Coral connectivity between equatorial eastern Pacific marine protected areas: A biophysical modeling approach
Fig 2
Connectivity matrices for PLD of 40 days (left panel) and 130 days (right panel). Solid lines separate MPAs of Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Mexico: HU (Huatulco Bays); El Salvador: CO (Los Cobanos); Costa Rica: SR (Santa Rosa), CB (Cabo Blanco), PB (Playa Blanca), MA (Manuel Antonio), MB (Marino Ballena), IC (Caño Island), CV (Corcovado), RO (Rio Oro), PI (Piedra Blanca), CC (Cocos Island); Panama: GC (Golfo de Chiriquí), BH (Isla Montuosa and Banco Hannibal), CA (Coiba Island), VE (Veraguas), CH (Cerro Hoya), II (Iguana Island), TU (Taboga-Uraba), LP (Las Perlas); Colombia: UT (Utria), MG (Malaga), GO (Gorgona Island), IM (Malpelo Island); and Ecuador: IG (Galapagos Islands), GF (Galera-San Francisco), MH (Machalilla), PE (El Pelado), SE (Santa Elena), SC (Santa Clara). Names in bold indicate MPAs of the Marine Conservation Corridor of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (MCCETP).