Plankton are small organisms that dwell in oceans, seas and bodies of fresh water. In this
review, we discuss life in the plankton, which involves a balance between the behavioral …

Biophysical models are being used increasingly, both as predictive tools of larval dispersal
for a particular system and for general evaluation of the role of different factors in larval …

The quantification of coastal connectivity is important for a wide range of real‐world
applications ranging from assessment of pollutant risk to nearshore fisheries management …

The ability of miniscule larvae to control their fate and replenish populations in dynamic
marine environments has been a long‐running topic of debate of central importance for …

Populations of many nearshore marine species are connected through the dispersal of their
larvae. In this paper, larval connectivity patterns in the Southern California Bight are …

Patterns of recruitment in marine ecosystems can reflect the distribution of adults, dispersal
by ocean currents, or patterns of mortality after settlement. In turn, patterns of recruitment can …

Larvae are considered to be highly susceptible to offshore transport, thereby limiting
recruitment in productive upwelling regions, except in the recirculation features that form in …

Coupled biological and physical oceanographic models are powerful tools for studying
connectivity among marine populations because they simulate the movement of larvae …

Population outbreaks of the coral‐eating starfish, Acanthaster planci, are hypothesized to
spread to many localities in the Indo‐Pacific Ocean through dispersal of planktonic larvae …

The probability of dispersal from one habitat patch to another is a key quantity in our efforts
to understand and predict the dynamics of natural populations. Unfortunately, an often …