Publications by authors named "Michelle R Stuart"
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- * Using clownfish in the Camotes Sea, researchers combined oceanographic simulations with direct dispersal observations to explore how varying ocean conditions impact dispersal patterns over time.
- * Findings indicate that while oceanographic variability explains some dispersal patterns, significant unexplained variability suggests that other biological and environmental factors are also important for understanding connectivity.
Determining metapopulation persistence requires understanding both demographic rates and patch connectivity. Persistence is well understood in theory but has proved challenging to test empirically for marine and other species with high connectivity that precludes classic colonisation-extinction dynamics. Here, we assessed persistence for a yellowtail anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) metapopulation using 7 years of annual sampling data along 30 km of coastline.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDispersal drives diverse processes from population persistence to community dynamics. However, the amount of temporal variation in dispersal and its consequences for metapopulation dynamics is largely unknown for organisms with environmentally driven dispersal (e.g.
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