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