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Measuring the Fate of Patches in the Water: Larval Dispersal

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Patch Dynamics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics ((LNBM,volume 96))

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The aquatic contributions to this volume have focused on the dynamics of either patches on the substratum (benthic communities) or patches in the water column (pelagic communities). This contribution couples these two foci, exploring the importance to benthic organisms of the dynamics of patches in the water. We will outline benthic processes that depend on the transport of materials in the water column. We will describe an empirical technique for quantifying the mixing and transport of patches in nature, and will present some examples of our measurements for wave-swept rocky shores (habitats important in ecological research but difficult to study hydrodynamically). Then we will discuss how future modeling efforts might incorporate these findings.

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  1. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 08544-1003, Eno Hall, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Simon A. Levin

  2. Division of Environmental Sciences, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    Thomas M. Powell

  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 02543, Woods Hole, MA, USA

    John W. Steele

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Koehl, M.A.R., Powell, T.M., Dairiki, G. (1993). Measuring the Fate of Patches in the Water: Larval Dispersal. In: Levin, S.A., Powell, T.M., Steele, J.W. (eds) Patch Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 96. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50155-5_5

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