Herrera, Marcela and Nanninga, Gerrit B and Planes, Serge and Jones, Geoffrey P and Thorrold, Simon R and Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo and Almany, Glenn R and Berumen, Michael L (2016) Seascape and life-history traits do not predict self-recruitment in a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, 12 (8). p. 20160309. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0309
Herrera, Marcela and Nanninga, Gerrit B and Planes, Serge and Jones, Geoffrey P and Thorrold, Simon R and Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo and Almany, Glenn R and Berumen, Michael L (2016) Seascape and life-history traits do not predict self-recruitment in a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, 12 (8). p. 20160309. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0309
Herrera, Marcela and Nanninga, Gerrit B and Planes, Serge and Jones, Geoffrey P and Thorrold, Simon R and Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo and Almany, Glenn R and Berumen, Michael L (2016) Seascape and life-history traits do not predict self-recruitment in a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, 12 (8). p. 20160309. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0309
Abstract
The persistence and resilience of many coral reef species are dependent on rates of connectivity among sub-populations. However, despite increasing research efforts, the spatial scale of larval dispersal remains unpredictable for most marine metapopulations. Here, we assess patterns of larval dispersal in the angelfish Centropyge bicolor in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, using parentage and sibling reconstruction analyses based on 23 microsatellite DNA loci. We found that, contrary to previous findings in this system, self-recruitment (SR) was virtually absent at both the reef (0.4–0.5% at 0.15 km2) and the lagoon scale (0.6–0.8% at approx. 700 km2). While approximately 25% of the collected juveniles were identified as potential siblings, the majority of sibling pairs were sampled from separate reefs. Integrating our findings with earlier research from the same system suggests that geographical setting and life-history traits alone are not suitable predictors of SR and that high levels of localized recruitment are not universal in coral reef fishes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | larval dispersal; connectivity; parentage; sibship; Kimbe Bay; metapopulation |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2020 16:12 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:32 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/29198 |
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