Adults of most marine benthic and demersal fish are site-attached, with the dispersal of their
larval stages ensuring connectivity among populations. In this study we aimed to infer spatial …

Understanding the key drivers of population connectivity in the marine environment is
essential for the effective management of natural resources. Although several different …

Aim Assessing the spatial structure and dynamics of marine populations is still a major
challenge in ecology. The need to manage marine resources from ecosystem and large …

Connectivity between spawning grounds and recruitment areas of marine fish species drives
population structure and dynamics, and may be affected by climate-induced changes in …

The dispersal during the planktonic larval period is a key feature to understand the
metapopulation structure of marine fishes, and is commonly described by four general …

Processes regulating population connectivity are complex, ranging from extrinsic
environmental factors to intrinsic individual based features, and are a major force shaping …

Estimates of connectivity are vital for understanding population dynamics and for the design
of spatial management areas. However, this is still a major challenge in the marine …

Catadromous species, such as the thinlip grey mullet Chelon ramada (Risso 1827), exhibit
complex life history traits and migratory behaviours that have different repercussions at the …

Gene flow shapes spatial genetic structure and the potential for local adaptation. Among
marine animals with nonmigratory adults, the presence or absence of a pelagic larval stage …

Introduction Many hypotheses have been suggested to explain recruitment variability in fish
populations. These can generally be divided into three groups, either related to: larval food …