Productivity and sea surface temperature are correlated with the pelagic larval duration of damselfishes in the Red Sea

Robitzch Sierra, Vanessa S. N.; Lozano-Cortés, Diego; Kandler, Nora; Salas, Eva; Berumen, Michael L.

dc.contributor.author	Robitzch Sierra, Vanessa S. N.
dc.contributor.author	Lozano-Cortés, Diego
dc.contributor.author	Kandler, Nora
dc.contributor.author	Salas, Eva
dc.contributor.author	Berumen, Michael L.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-26T07:46:55Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-26T07:46:55Z
dc.date.issued	2015-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	Productivity and sea surface temperature are correlated with the pelagic larval duration of damselfishes in the Red Sea 2015 Marine Pollution Bulletin
dc.identifier.issn	0025326X
dc.identifier.pmid	26654297
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.045
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10754/594792
dc.description.abstract	We examined the variation of pelagic larval durations (PLDs) among three damselfishes, Dascyllus aruanus, D. marginatus, and D. trimaculatus, which live under the influence of an environmental gradient in the Red Sea. PLDs were significantly correlated with latitude, sea surface temperature (SST), and primary production (CHLA; chlorophyll a concentrations). We find a consistent decrease in PLDs with increasing SST and primary production (CHLA) towards the southern Red Sea among all species. This trend is likely related to higher food availability and increased metabolic rates in that region. We suggest that food availability is a potentially stronger driver of variation in PLD than temperature, especially in highly oligotrophic regions. Additionally, variations in PLDs were particularly high among specimens of D. marginatus, suggesting a stronger response to local environmental differences for endemic species. We also report the first average PLD for this species over a broad geographic range (19.82 ± 2.92 days).
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.url	http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X15301958
dc.rights	NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Marine Pollution Bulletin. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1 December 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.045
dc.subject	Biogeography
dc.subject	Endemic
dc.subject	Environment
dc.subject	Food availability
dc.subject	PLD
dc.subject	Reef fish
dc.title	Productivity and sea surface temperature are correlated with the pelagic larval duration of damselfishes in the Red Sea
dc.type	Article
dc.contributor.department	Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
dc.contributor.department	Marine Science Program
dc.contributor.department	Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
dc.identifier.journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
dc.eprint.version	Post-print
dc.contributor.institution	Coral Reef Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aéreo 25360, Cali, Colombia
dc.contributor.institution	Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
dc.contributor.institution	Section of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
dc.contributor.affiliation	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
kaust.person	Robitzch Sierra, Vanessa S. N.
kaust.person	Lozano-Cortes, Diego
kaust.person	Kandler, Nora M.
kaust.person	Berumen, Michael L.
refterms.dateFOA	2017-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.published-online	2015-12-01
dc.date.published-print	2016-04