Modeling spiny lobster larval dispersion in the Tropical Atlantic

• Published in: Fisheries research Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 206 - 215
• Main Authors: Rudorff, Camila A.G., Lorenzzetti, João A., Gherardi, Douglas F.M., Lins-Oliveira, Jorge E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.03.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Advection–diffusion model; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Drifting buoys; Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.); Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects. Techniques; Marine; Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...); Palinuridae; Phyllosoma; Pontophilus spinosus; Radar altimeters; Simulation; Equatorial Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean; ASW, Brazil, Pernambuco, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago; ASE, Ivory Coast; AS, Tropical Atlantic; ASW, Brazil, Sao Paulo; ASW, Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Atol das Rocas; Advection–diffusion model; Radar altimeters; Phyllosoma; Simulation; Drifting buoys; Palinuridae; Modeling; Dispersion; Macrura; Crustacea; Advection; Fishery; Larva; Arthropoda; Spiny lobster; Radar; Models; Advection-diffusion model; Decapoda; Invertebrata; Diffusion

Spiny lobsters have a relatively long larval phase with a planktonic duration of about 1 year. Phyllosomas lack efficient swimming ability and large-scale oceanic geostrophic currents are responsible for long-distance transport of larvae away from the spawning area. This raises the possibility that...