Upwelling bays: How coastal upwelling controls circulation, habitat, and productivity in bays

JL Largier - Annual review of marine science, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
Bays in coastal upwelling regions are physically driven and biochemically fueled by their
interaction with open coastal waters. Wind-driven flow over the shelf imposes a circulation in …

Beyond connectivity: how empirical methods can quantify population persistence to improve marine protected‐area design

SC Burgess, KJ Nickols, CD Griesemer… - Ecological …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Demographic connectivity is a fundamental process influencing the dynamics and
persistence of spatially structured populations. Consequently, quantifying connectivity is …

A connectivity portfolio effect stabilizes marine reserve performance

HB Harrison, M Bode, DH Williamson… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Well-managed and enforced no-take marine reserves generate important larval subsidies to
neighboring habitats and thereby contribute to the long-term sustainability of fisheries …

Operationalizing ecological connectivity in spatial conservation planning with Marxan Connect

RM Daigle, A Metaxas, AC Balbar… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Globally, protected areas are being established to protect biodiversity and to promote
ecosystem resilience. The typical spatial conservation planning process leading to the …

Biologically representative and well‐connected marine reserves enhance biodiversity persistence in conservation planning

RA Magris, M Andrello, RL Pressey… - Conservation …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Current methods in conservation planning for promoting the persistence of biodiversity
typically focus on either representing species geographic distributions or maintaining …

Integrating multiple species connectivity and habitat quality into conservation planning for coral reefs

RA Magris, EA Treml, RL Pressey, R Weeks - Ecography, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating connectivity into the design of marine protected areas (MPAs) has met with
conceptual, theoretical, and practical challenges, which include: 1) the need to consider …

Spatial coalescent connectivity through multi-generation dispersal modelling predicts gene flow across marine phyla

T Legrand, A Chenuil, E Ser-Giacomi… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Gene flow governs the contemporary spatial structure and dynamic of populations as well as
their long-term evolution. For species that disperse using atmospheric or oceanic flows …

The biogeography of marine invertebrate life histories

DJ Marshall, PJ Krug, EK Kupriyanova… - Annual review of …, 2012‏ - annualreviews.org
Biologists have long sought to identify and explain patterns in the diverse array of marine life
histories. The most famous speculation about such patterns is Gunnar Thorson's suggestion …

Resha** of the maize transcriptome by domestication

R Swanson-Wagner, R Briskine, R Schaefer… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
Through domestication, humans have substantially altered the morphology of Zea mays ssp.
parviglumis (teosinte) into the currently recognizable maize. This system serves as a model …

Increased local retention of reef coral larvae as a result of ocean warming

J Figueiredo, AH Baird, S Harii, SR Connolly - Nature Climate Change, 2014‏ - nature.com
Climate change will alter many aspects of the ecology of organisms, including dispersal
patterns and population connectivity. Understanding these changes is essential to predict …