Estimating dispersal distance in the deep sea: challenges and applications to marine reserves

A Hilário, A Metaxas, SM Gaudron… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Population connectivity refers to the exchange of individuals among populations: it affects
gene flow, regulates population size and function, and mitigates recovery from natural or …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated observations of global surface winds, currents, and waves: requirements and challenges for the next decade

AB Villas Bôas, F Ardhuin, A Ayet… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ocean surface winds, currents, and waves play a crucial role in exchanges of momentum,
energy, heat, freshwater, gases, and other tracers between the ocean, atmosphere, and ice …

Modeling environmental DNA transport in the coastal ocean using Lagrangian particle tracking

EA Andruszkiewicz, JR Koseff, OB Fringer… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A number of studies have illustrated the utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) for detecting
marine vertebrates. However, little is known about the fate and transport of eDNA in the …

Scale of inference: on the sensitivity of habitat models for wide‐ranging marine predators to the resolution of environmental data

KL Scales, EL Hazen, MG Jacox, CA Edwards… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting the responses of wide‐ranging marine predators such as
cetaceans, seabirds, sharks, turtles, pinnipeds and large migratory fish to dynamic …

Wrong-way migrations of benthic species driven by ocean warming and larval transport

HL Fuchs, RJ Chant, EJ Hunter, EN Curchitser… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Ocean warming has predictably driven some marine species to migrate polewards or to
deeper water, matching rates of environmental temperature change (climate velocity) to …

Behavioral adaptations in larvae of brachyuran crabs: a review

CE Epifanio, JH Cohen - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Larval development in brachyuran crabs includes a number of zoeal stages followed by a
single megalopal stage. Zoeae and megalopae are relatively strong swimmers, and …

Ocean sprawl facilitates dispersal and connectivity of protected species

LA Henry, CG Mayorga-Adame, AD Fox, JA Polton… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Highly connected networks generally improve resilience in complex systems. We present a
novel application of this paradigm and investigated the potential for anthropogenic …

Connectivity, dispersal, and recruitment

JW White, MH Carr, JE Caselle, L Washburn… - Oceanography, 2019 - JSTOR
The life cycle of most benthic marine species includes a planktonic larval stage. Movement,
largely by ocean currents, and survival during this stage drive patterns of variability and long …

Seascape drivers of Macrocystis pyrifera population genetic structure in the northeast Pacific

ML Johansson, F Alberto, DC Reed… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
At small spatial and temporal scales, genetic differentiation is largely controlled by
constraints on gene flow, while genetic diversity across a species' distribution is shaped on …

Early life history of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: a review

CE Epifanio - Journal of Shellfish Research, 2019 - BioOne
The blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun has been the subject of scientific investigation
for more than 100 years. The crab is a key predator in shallow estuarine and coastal …