Understanding marine larval dispersal in a broadcast-spawning invertebrate: A dispersal modelling approach for optimising spat collection of the Fijian black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera

Monal Lal; Cyprien Bosserelle; Pranesh Kishore; Paul C Southgate

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234605

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Understanding marine larval dispersal in a broadcast-spawning invertebrate: A dispersal modelling approach for optimising spat collection of the Fijian black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera

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Understanding marine larval dispersal in a broadcast-spawning invertebrate: A dispersal modelling approach for optimising spat collection of the Fijian black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera

Monal Lal, Cyprien Bosserelle, Pranesh Kishore and Paul C Southgate

PLoS One, Vol.15(6), pp.1-22

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234605

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Abstract

Fisheries and aquaculture industries worldwide remain reliant on seed supply from wild populations, with their success and sustainability dependent on consistent larval recruitment. Larval dispersal and recruitment in the marine environment are complex processes, influenced by a multitude of physical and biological factors. Biophysical modelling has increasingly been used to investigate dispersal and recruitment dynamics, for optimising management of fisheries and aquaculture resources. In the Fiji Islands, culture of the blacklip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) is almost exclusively reliant on wild-caught juvenile oysters (spat), through a national spat collection programme. This study used a simple Lagrangian particle dispersal model to investigate current-driven larval dispersal patterns, identify potential larval settlement areas and compare simulated with physical spat-fall, to inform targeted spat collection efforts. Simulations successfully identified country-wide patterns of potential larval dispersal and settlement from 2012–2015, with east-west variations between bi-annual spawning peaks and circulation associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation. Localised regions of larval aggregation were also identified and compared to physical spat-fall recorded at 28 spat collector deployment locations. Significant and positive correlations at these sites across three separate spawning seasons (r(26) = 0.435; r(26) = 0.438; r (26) = 0.428 respectively, p = 0.02), suggest high utility of the model despite its simplicity, for informing future spat collector deployment. Simulation results will further optimise black-lip pearl oyster spat collection activity in Fiji by informing targeted collector deployments, while the model provides a versatile and highly informative toolset for the fishery management and aquaculture of other marine taxa with similar life histories.

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Title: Understanding marine larval dispersal in a broadcast-spawning invertebrate: A dispersal modelling approach for optimising spat collection of the Fijian black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera
Authors: Monal Lal (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
Cyprien Bosserelle (Author) - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Pranesh Kishore (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
Paul C Southgate (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
Publication details: PLoS One, Vol.15(6), pp.1-22
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234605
ISSN: 1932-6203
Copyright note: Copyright: © 2020 Lal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99467308002621
Output Type: Journal article

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