Data revealing migrations of larval reef fish vital for designing networks of marine protected areas
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 01:30
in Biology & Nature
Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the open ocean migrations of marine fish larvae that take them from one home to another sometimes hundreds of kilometers away. Research sheds new light on the dispersal of marine fish in their larval stages, important information for the effective design of marine protected areas (MPAs), a widely advocated conservation tool.