Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation

S Kininmonth; M Beger; M Bode; Eric L Peterson; V M Adams; D Dorfman; D R Brumbaugh; H P Possingham

doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.012

Back

Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation

Journal article

Peer reviewed

Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation

S Kininmonth, M Beger, M Bode, Eric L Peterson, V M Adams, D Dorfman, D R Brumbaugh and H P Possingham

Ecological Modelling, Vol.222(7), pp.1272-1282

2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.012

Files and links (1)

url

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.012View

Published Version

Abstract

marine larvae dispersal

marine conservation planning

marine reserves

connectivity

marine metapopulation model

Although larval dispersal is crucial for the persistence of most marine populations, dispersal connectivity between sites is rarely considered in designing marine protected area networks. In particular the role of structural characteristics (known as topology) for the network of larval dispersal routes in the conservation of metapopulations has not been addressed. To determine reserve site configurations that provide highest persistence values with respect to their connectivity characteristics, we model nine connectivity topological models derived from graph theory in a demographic metapopulation model. We identify reserve site configurations that provide the highest persistence values for each of the metapopulation connectivity models. Except for the minimally connected and fully connected populations, we observed two general 'rules of thumb' for optimising the mean life time for all topological models: firstly place the majority of reserves, so that they are neighbours of each other, on the sites where the number of connections between the populations is highest (hub), secondly when the reserves have occupied the majority of the vertices in the hub, then select another area of high connectivity and repeat. If there are no suitable hubs remaining then distribute the remaining reserves to isolated locations optimising contact with non-reserved sites.

Details

Title: Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation
Authors: S Kininmonth (Author) - University of Queensland
M Beger (Author) - University of Queensland
M Bode (Author) - University of Queensland
Eric L Peterson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
V M Adams (Author) - James Cook University
D Dorfman (Author) - NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA/Biogeography Branch
D R Brumbaugh (Author) - American Museum of Natural History
H P Possingham (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Ecological Modelling, Vol.222(7), pp.1272-1282
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.012
ISSN: 0304-3800
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449612002621
Output Type: Journal article

Metrics

5 File views/ downloads

490 Record Views

79 Times Cited - Web of Science

InCites Highlights

These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output

Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Web Of Science research areas: Ecology

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

Source: InCites