Local replenishment of coral reef fish populations in a marine reserve
Abstract
The scale of larval dispersal of marine organisms is important for the design of networks of marine protected areas. We examined the fate of coral reef fish larvae produced at a small island reserve, using a mass-marking method based on maternal transmission of stable isotopes to offspring. Approximately 60% of settled juveniles were spawned at the island, for species with both short ( 1 month) pelagic larval durations. If natal homing of larvae is a common life-history strategy, the appropriate spatial scales for the management and conservation of coral reefs are likely to be much smaller than previously assumed.
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The first spawning strategy (local retention and self-recruitment) is common among tropical and subtropical fish but with increasing evidence also in species residing in temperate and Subarctic systems.
“The first spawning strategy is common among tropical and subtropical fish (Jones et al., 2005;Cowen et al., 2006;Almany et al., 2007;Planes et al., 2009) but with increasing evidence also in species residing in temperate and Subarctic systems (Miller and Shanks, 2004;Ciannelli et al., 2010).”
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- Authors
- Almany, G. R., Berumen, M. L., Thorrold, S. R., Planes, S., & Jones, G. P.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Almany, Glenn R.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2007-05-04
- Volume
- 316
- Issue
- 5825
- Pages
- 742-744
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2077869250
- Cited by
- 560
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 41.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Keywords
- coral reef fish, larval dispersal, marine protected areas, marine reserves, natal homing, mass marking, pelagic larval duration, juvenile settlement
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Chlorides, Conservation of Natural Resources, Female, Geography, Isotopes, Larva, Male, Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Perciformes, Population Dynamics, Reproduction, Barium Compounds, Ecosystem, Anthozoa
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