Publication Date:
2022-05-25
Description:
Author Posting. © Oceanography Society, 2007. This article is posted here by permission of Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 20, 3 (2007): 80-89.
Description:
The importance of larval dispersal to the population
dynamics and biogeography of marine organisms has been
recognized for almost a century (Hjort, 1914; Thorson, 1950).
More recently, theoretical studies have highlighted the role that connectivity
may play in determining the resilience of marine populations
(Hastings and Botsford, 2006). Effective spatial management of marine capture fisheries,
including the design of marine reserve networks, also requires an understanding
of population connectivity (Sale et al., 2005). However, remarkably few empirical estimates
of larval dispersal or population connectivity in ocean environments exist.
Description:
Our sincere thanks to the Division of
Ocean Sciences at the National Science
Foundation for funding larval connectivity
research on K. kelletii (OCE 0351860
to DZ), bivalve mussels (OCE 0327209
and 0648656 to LAL), and coral reef
fishes (OCE 0424688 to SRT).
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Article
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application/pdf
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