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MEPS is a leading hybrid research journal on all aspects of marine, coastal and estuarine ecology. Priority is given to outstanding research that advances our ecological understanding.

Online: ISSN 1616-1599

Print: ISSN 0171-8630

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps

Marine functional connectivity: a rich, multidisciplinary emerging field of research (Mar 13, 2024)

Organizers: Audrey Darnaude, Federica Costantini, Ewan Hunter, Yael Teff-Seker, Myron Peck

Editors: Audrey Darnaude, Susanne E. Tanner, Maria Beger, Oscar Gaggiotti, Alejandro Gallego, Ewan Hunter, Pei-Yuan Qian, Myron Peck

 

This Theme Section presents current advances in the emerging field of marine functional connectivity (MFC), which refers to all the fluxes (of individuals, genes, and matter) resulting from the collective movements of marine organisms. Studying MFC is critical for understanding the complex relationships between marine species and their lifetime habitats, to accurately quantify worldwide fluxes of matter, and to predict how environmental drivers may alter marine ecosystem services. Contributions to this Theme Section illustrate the range of approaches applied in contemporary MFC studies and the diversity of ecosystems and taxa studied worldwide. They enrich current understanding of the role of MFC in ecosystem functioning and pave the way to improving MFC knowledge use for the conservation and management of marine and coastal habitats. This Theme Section was organized by COST Action CA19107 SEA-UNICORN, sponsored by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

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Introduction Darnaude AM, Tanner SE, Hunter E, Costantini F Advancing research in marine functional connectivity for improved policy and managementopen accessPages 1-8DOI: 10.3354/meps14550Research Article Jeannot LL, Mouronvalle C, Peyran C, Olabarria C, Beger M, Blanco A, Planes S Deriving connectivity from relatedness: broad-scale isolation-by-distance in the shanny Lipophrys pholisopen accessPages 9-26DOI: 10.3354/meps14459Research Article García Alonso VA, Franco BC, Palma ED, Pájaro M, Capitanio FL Integration of empirical and modelled data unravels spatiotemporal distribution and connectivity patterns of Fuegian sprat early life stagesopen accessPages 27-49DOI: 10.3354/meps14329Research Article Balbar AC, Metaxas A, Wu Y Comparing approaches for estimating ecological connectivity at a local scale in a marine systemopen accessPages 51-65DOI: 10.3354/meps14403Review Barbut L, Lehuta S, Volckaert FAM, Lacroix G Lessons from the calibration and sensitivity analysis of a fish larval transport modelopen accessPages 67-88DOI: 10.3354/meps14536Research Article Muller C, Lett C, Porri F, Pattrick P, Bailey D, Denis H, Barrier N, Potts W, Kaplan DM Coastal connectivity of an abundant inshore fish species: model-data comparison along the southern coast of South Africaopen accessPages 89-104DOI: 10.3354/meps14272Review Lett C, Malauene BS, Hoareau TB, Kaplan DM, Porri F Corridors and barriers to marine connectivity around southern Africaopen accessPages 105-127DOI: 10.3354/meps14312Research Article Quigley CN, Roughan M, Chaput R, Jeffs AG, Gardner JPA Simulating larval dispersal across the distribution of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel: insights into connectivity and source-sink dynamicsopen accessPages 129-145DOI: 10.3354/meps14411Research Article Daban P, Hillinger A, Mucientes G, Blanco A, Alonso-Fernández A Movement ecology determines isotopic niche width in the undulate skate Raja undulataopen accessPages 147-158DOI: 10.3354/meps14429Research Article Allgayer RL, Fernandes PG, Travis JMJ, Wright PJ Spatial patterns of within-stock connectivity provide novel insights for fisheries managementopen accessPages 159-178DOI: 10.3354/meps14375Research Article Stuart CE, Wedding LM, Pittman SJ, Serafy JE, Moura A, Bruckner AW, Green SJ Seascape connectivity modeling predicts hotspots of fish-derived nutrient provisioning to restored coral reefsopen accessPages 179-196DOI: 10.3354/meps14321Research Article Gonzalez JG, Frédou T, Duarte-Neto PJ, Labonne M, Lira AS, Soares APC, Darnaude AM Importance of estuaries for the horse-eye jack Caranx latus in northeastern Brazil: a case study of underestimated connectivity at the land-sea interfaceopen accessPages 197-215DOI: 10.3354/meps14359Research Article Bassi L, Tremblay R, Morissette O, Sirois P Otolith elemental fingerprints reveal source-sink dynamics between two Greenland halibut nurseries in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulfopen accessPages 217-229DOI: 10.3354/meps14303Research Article Ryan D, Wögerbauer C, Roche WK Otolith microchemistry to investigate nursery site fidelity and connectivity of juvenile European sea bass in Irelandopen accessPages 231-247DOI: 10.3354/meps14185Research Article Hendrick GC, Nicholson MD, Narvaez P, Sun D, Packard A, Grutter AS, Sikkel PC Diel fish migration facilitates functional connectivity of coral reef and seagrass habitats via transport of ectoparasitesopen accessPages 249-265DOI: 10.3354/meps14339Research Article Fleming BFM, Beaulieu SE, Mills SW, Gaggiotti OE, Mullineaux LS Ecological connectivity in Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent metacommunitiesopen accessPages 267-278DOI: 10.3354/meps14182Research Article Schwanck TN, Vizer LF, Thorburn J, Dodd J, Wright PJ, Donnan DW, Noble LR, Jones CS Mitochondrial haplotypes reveal low diversity and restricted connectivity of the critically endangered batoid population in a Marine Protected Areaopen accessPages 279-291DOI: 10.3354/meps14242Research Article Hansen FT, Erichsen AC, Saurel C, Freitas PS Assessing the demographic connectivity of common cockles in a shallow estuary as a basis for fisheries management and stock protection effortsopen accessPages 293-313DOI: 10.3354/meps14297

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