Spatial connectivity of Pacific insular species : insights from modeling and tagging

Kobayashi, DR

Spatial connectivity of Pacific insular species : insights from modeling and tagging

Kobayashi, DR

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dc.contributor.author	Kobayashi, DR
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-27T02:15:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-27T02:15:55Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35840
dc.description	University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Science.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Animal movement was quantitatively investigated with computer simulation modelling and the analysis of animal-borne tagging data. Larval transport was simulated using advection-diffusion models driven by a variety of current fields. Seasonal, interannual, and spatial correlates of larval transport and retention were explored, as well as the effect of pelagic larval duration (PLD), using generalized additive modeling (GAM) analyses. Diel vertical migration (DVM) was simulated using layered current fields, and the effect on horizontal transport was examined over a range of PLDs, spawning locations, and spawning times. DVM was found to robustly facilitate natal retention in the simulations, using GAM analyses. Biogeographic transport routes linking Johnston Atoll and the Hawaiian Archipelago were elucidated using high-resolution current data and advection-diffusion models. The hypothesized transport routes were consistent with existing field survey data and genetic analyses. This connectivity has implications for both population maintenance and biogeographic affinities. Archipelagic connectivity was determined for all pairs of geographic strata in the region, and a simple metapopulation model was developed which was driven by the modeled linkages. Additionally, the flow fields used for the Johnston Atoll analysis and the archipelagic connectivity analysis were ground truthed with a drifter buoy database and found to be in good agreement. Conventional tags deployed on a deepwater snapper were examined to determine adult movement dynamics. Comparison to a simple model of swimming behavior suggested that biphasic swimming may be the characteristic swimming pattern for this species. Electronic tags deployed on sea turtles were used to characterize pelagic habitat in the North Pacific, using a suite of oceanographic and environmental data merged to the satellite tracks. Most of the analyses involved examination of a variety of remotely-sensed, modeled, or surveyed environmental data.	en_US
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
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dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.rights	© 2008 Donald Rikio Kobayashi
dc.title	Spatial connectivity of Pacific insular species : insights from modeling and tagging	en_US
dc.type	Thesis
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

Animal movement was quantitatively investigated with computer simulation modelling and the analysis of animal-borne tagging data. Larval transport was simulated using advection-diffusion models driven by a variety of current fields. Seasonal, interannual, and spatial correlates of larval transport and retention were explored, as well as the effect of pelagic larval duration (PLD), using generalized additive modeling (GAM) analyses. Diel vertical migration (DVM) was simulated using layered current fields, and the effect on horizontal transport was examined over a range of PLDs, spawning locations, and spawning times. DVM was found to robustly facilitate natal retention in the simulations, using GAM analyses. Biogeographic transport routes linking Johnston Atoll and the Hawaiian Archipelago were elucidated using high-resolution current data and advection-diffusion models. The hypothesized transport routes were consistent with existing field survey data and genetic analyses. This connectivity has implications for both population maintenance and biogeographic affinities. Archipelagic connectivity was determined for all pairs of geographic strata in the region, and a simple metapopulation model was developed which was driven by the modeled linkages. Additionally, the flow fields used for the Johnston Atoll analysis and the archipelagic connectivity analysis were ground truthed with a drifter buoy database and found to be in good agreement. Conventional tags deployed on a deepwater snapper were examined to determine adult movement dynamics. Comparison to a simple model of swimming behavior suggested that biphasic swimming may be the characteristic swimming pattern for this species. Electronic tags deployed on sea turtles were used to characterize pelagic habitat in the North Pacific, using a suite of oceanographic and environmental data merged to the satellite tracks. Most of the analyses involved examination of a variety of remotely-sensed, modeled, or surveyed environmental data.

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