Abstract:Complex coastal currents control early-stage larval dispersal from intertidal populations, and late-stage settlement patterns, but are often poorly resolved in larval dispersal models. Generally, there is high uncertainty in the timing of larval spawning, which markedly affects larval dispersal. In this study, we describe the physical parameters that induce spawning events in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, using a variation of the Condition Index (which relates the mass of meat to the mass of the shell) as a… Show more
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