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MEPS 377:13-17 (2009)  -  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07836

Going against the flow: effects of non-Gaussian dispersal kernels and reproduction over multiple generations

J. M. Pringle1,*, F. Lutscher2, E. Glick3

1Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ontario, 585 King Edward Ave, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
3Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, USA

ABSTRACT: Our previous studies (Byers & Pringle 2006; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 313:27–41, Pringle & Wares 2007; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 335:69–84) discuss when populations and gradients in allele frequency can persist in the presence of a mean downstream dispersal of propagules from the parents’ location. These studies assume that reproduction is uniform over the lifetime of the adult and that the larval dispersal kernel is ‘nearly’ Gaussian in shape. These results are extended in the present study to include variable reproduction over the lifetime of an adult and non-Gaussian dispersal kernels. It is found that persistence is governed by the lifetime reproductive output of the adults. The impact of non-Gaussian dispersal kernels is quantified in terms of the excess kurtosis of the dispersal kernel.


KEY WORDS: Advection · Retention · Planktonic larvae · Coastal · Physical-biological coupling · Dispersal


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Cite this article as: Pringle JM, Lutscher F, Glick E (2009) Going against the flow: effects of non-Gaussian dispersal kernels and reproduction over multiple generations. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 377:13-17. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07836

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