Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador
Poster presentation at ATLAS 3rd General Assembly. Canada is currently working on establishing networks of marine protected areas based on a variety of conservation objectives for a broad range of taxa with contrasting life history characteristics. This study focused on the connectivity of species o...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:1255743 2024-09-15T18:17:17+00:00 Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador Le Corre, Nicolas Pepin, Pierre Han, Guoqi Snelgrove, Paul 2018-05-30 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255743 eng eng Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/atlas https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255742 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255743 oai:zenodo.org:1255743 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode info:eu-repo/semantics/conferencePoster 2018 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.125574310.5281/zenodo.1255742 2024-07-27T06:19:53Z Poster presentation at ATLAS 3rd General Assembly. Canada is currently working on establishing networks of marine protected areas based on a variety of conservation objectives for a broad range of taxa with contrasting life history characteristics. This study focused on the connectivity of species of cold-water corals among Significant Benthic Areas (SBAs) off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Deep-sea benthic invertebrates could provide a test case for effective MPA networks because of the importance of their larval phase in ensuring colonization, recruitment, and connectivity. We evaluated the scale of potential larval dispersal of several dominant coral species with a significant pelagic larval phase by using an ice-ocean circulation model with a biophysical particle-tracking model. Our simulations show that coral larvae from populations located on the shelf edge may travel several hundreds of kilometres prior to settlement, driven by the strong Labrador Current. A smaller range of potential larval dispersal distances generally characterize corals positioned at other locations (e.g., Labrador Sea). Through these analyses we identify potential linkages (i.e., sources, sink and pathways) of coral larvae among various areas of interest (SBAs), and provide information on the scale of dispersal required to advise policy strategies to protect deep-water corals in this area. Conference Object Labrador Sea Newfoundland Zenodo |
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Poster presentation at ATLAS 3rd General Assembly. Canada is currently working on establishing networks of marine protected areas based on a variety of conservation objectives for a broad range of taxa with contrasting life history characteristics. This study focused on the connectivity of species of cold-water corals among Significant Benthic Areas (SBAs) off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Deep-sea benthic invertebrates could provide a test case for effective MPA networks because of the importance of their larval phase in ensuring colonization, recruitment, and connectivity. We evaluated the scale of potential larval dispersal of several dominant coral species with a significant pelagic larval phase by using an ice-ocean circulation model with a biophysical particle-tracking model. Our simulations show that coral larvae from populations located on the shelf edge may travel several hundreds of kilometres prior to settlement, driven by the strong Labrador Current. A smaller range of potential larval dispersal distances generally characterize corals positioned at other locations (e.g., Labrador Sea). Through these analyses we identify potential linkages (i.e., sources, sink and pathways) of coral larvae among various areas of interest (SBAs), and provide information on the scale of dispersal required to advise policy strategies to protect deep-water corals in this area. |
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Le Corre, Nicolas Pepin, Pierre Han, Guoqi Snelgrove, Paul Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Connectivity of Bentho-Pelagic Species among Significant Benthic Areas off Newfoundland and Labrador |
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connectivity of bentho-pelagic species among significant benthic areas off newfoundland and labrador |
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