↓ Skip to main content

Identifying the key biophysical drivers, connectivity outcomes, and metapopulation consequences of larval dispersal in the sea

Overview of attention for article published in Movement Ecology, July 2015
Altmetric Badge

Mentioned by

twitter
1 X user

Citations

dimensions_citation
114 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
167 Mendeley
You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output. Click here to find out more.
Title
Identifying the key biophysical drivers, connectivity outcomes, and metapopulation consequences of larval dispersal in the sea
Published in
Movement Ecology, July 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40462-015-0045-6
Pubmed ID
Authors

Eric A. Treml, John R. Ford, Kerry P. Black, Stephen E. Swearer

Abstract

Population connectivity, which is essential for the persistence of benthic marine metapopulations, depends on how life history traits and the environment interact to influence larval production, dispersal and survival. Although we have made significant advances in our understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of these individual processes, developing an approach that integrates the entire population connectivity process from reproduction, through dispersal, and to the recruitment of individuals has been difficult. We present a population connectivity modelling framework and diagnostic approach for quantifying the impact of i) life histories, ii) demographics, iii) larval dispersal, and iv) the physical seascape, on the structure of connectivity and metapopulation dynamics. We illustrate this approach using the subtidal rocky reef ecosystem of Port Phillip Bay, were we provide a broadly-applicable framework of population connectivity and quantitative methodology for evaluating the relative importance of individual factors in determining local and system outcomes. The spatial characteristics of marine population connectivity are primarily influenced by larval mortality, the duration of the pelagic larval stage, and the settlement competency characteristics, with significant variability imposed by the geographic setting and the timing of larval release. The relative influence and the direction and strength of the main effects were strongly consistent among 10 connectivity-based metrics. These important intrinsic factors (mortality, length of the pelagic larval stage, and the extent of the precompetency window) and the spatial and temporal variability represent key research priorities for advancing our understanding of the connectivity process and metapopulation outcomes.

X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 167 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
Unknown 166 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 23%
Researcher 35 21%
Student > Master 25 15%
Student > Bachelor 18 11%
Student > Postgraduate 8 5%
Other 27 16%
Unknown 16 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 69 41%
Environmental Science 43 26%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 10 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 4%
Unspecified 3 2%
Other 10 6%
Unknown 26 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 July 2015.
All research outputs
#19,015,492
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from Movement Ecology
#294
of 330 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#190,878
of 264,079 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Movement Ecology
#6
of 7 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,577,654 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 11th percentile – i.e., 11% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 330 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 22.6. This one is in the 4th percentile – i.e., 4% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 264,079 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 16th percentile – i.e., 16% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 7 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one.