Coral reef fish larvae settle close to home

GP Jones, S Planes, SR Thorrold - Current biology, 2005 - cell.com
Population connectivity through larval dispersal is an essential parameter in models of
marine population dynamics [1–3] and the optimal size and spacing of marine reserves [4 …

Mothers matter: contribution to local replenishment is linked to female size, mate replacement and fecundity in a fish metapopulation

P Saenz-Agudelo, GP Jones, SR Thorrold, S Planes - Marine Biology, 2015 - Springer
A major assumption of marine population ecology and marine fisheries management is that
female size is related to the number of eggs they produced, and therefore, to the number of …

Connectivity dominates larval replenishment in a coastal reef fish metapopulation

P Saenz-Agudelo, GP Jones… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Direct estimates of larval retention and connectivity are essential to understand the structure
and dynamics of marine metapopulations, and optimize the size and spacing of reserves …

Estimating connectivity in marine populations: an empirical evaluation of assignment tests and parentage analysis under different gene flow scenarios

P SAENZ‐AGUDELO, GP Jones, SR Thorrold… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The application of spatially explicit models of population dynamics to fisheries management
and the design marine reserve network systems has been limited due to a lack of empirical …

Larger female fish contribute disproportionately more to self-replenishment

R Beldade, SJ Holbrook, RJ Schmitt… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While chance events, oceanography and selective pressures inject stochasticity into the
replenishment of marine populations with dispersing life stages, some determinism may …

Using isolation by distance and effective density to estimate dispersal scales in anemonefish

ML Pinsky, HR Montes, Jr, SR Palumbi - Evolution, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Robust estimates of dispersal are critical for understanding population dynamics and local
adaptation, as well as for successful spatial management. Genetic isolation by distance …

Long-distance dispersal via ocean currents connects Omani clownfish populations throughout entire species range

SD Simpson, HB Harrison, MR Claereboudt… - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Dispersal is a crucial ecological process, driving population dynamics and defining the
structure and persistence of populations. Measuring demographic connectivity between …

Reduced Genetic Diversity in the Clown Anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris in Exploited Reefs of Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

HH Madduppa, J Timm, M Kochzius - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Populations of the clown anemonefish in Spermonde Archipelago, one of the main
collection sites for ornamental fish in Indonesia, are potentially overfished, which might lead …

Patterns and persistence of larval retention and connectivity in a marine fish metapopulation

P Saenz‐Agudelo, GP Jones, SR Thorrold… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity, the demographic linking of local populations through the dispersal of
individuals, is one of the most poorly understood processes in population dynamics, yet has …

Are clownfish groups composed of close relatives? An analysis of microsatellite DNA variation in Amphiprion percula

PM Buston, SM Bogdanowicz, A Wong… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A central question of evolutionary ecology is: why do animals live in groups? Answering this
question requires that the costs and benefits of group living are measured from the …