“…Larval dispersal research has already been integrated into MPA planning, primarily advising on MPA spacing (Botsford et al, 2001;Gaines et al, 2003;Shanks et al, 2003), size (Botsford et al, 2001;Shanks et al, 2003), and persistence (Jessopp et al, 2007). However all advice is currently based on several studies of shallow water taxa, and even then the advice is highly variable (Botsford et al, 2001;Jones et al, 2009;Shanks et al, 2003;Wedding et al, 2013). Even fewer data are available on the larval dispersal of deep sea organisms, leaving offshore MPA planning reliant upon the same limited shallow water advice (Roberts et al, 2010).…”