The Influence of Eddies on Coral Larval Retention in the Flower Garden Banks

The Influence of Eddies on Coral Larval Retention in the Flower Garden Banks

While coral larval exchange among reef patches is crucial to the persistence of coral metapopulations, larval retention within patches is critical for local population maintenance. In isolated systems such as the Flower Garden Banks (FGB) of the northwest Gulf of Mexico (NW GoM), local retention is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin D. Limer, Jeanne Bloomberg, Daniel M. Holstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
coral reefs
eddies
local retention
biophysical models
larval ecology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00372/full

Similar Items

Similar Items