NOAA scientists and partners simulated marine larval transport between islands in the Mariana Archipelago. The dataset contains counts of virtual larvae transported from sources to destinations across multiple scenarios. Simulations were conducted from 2004 to 2012 for various larval durations, settlement zones, and priority species.
Use Cases
- Modeling population connectivity by analyzing the 'number of virtual larvae transported' between source and destination islands.
- Assessing species-specific dispersal patterns using simulation results for 'yellowfin goatfish' or 'crown-of-thorns seastar'.
- Comparing larval settlement success under different 'larval durations' and 'settlement zones' (multispecies).
- Estimating source-sink dynamics for reef species by examining transport counts from each 'source' to each 'destination'.
Strengths
- Simulations cover a 9-year time range from 2004 to 2012.
- Includes results for 6 priority species and 4 larval durations, enabling multi-scenario analysis.
Limitations
- The specific row count and column details are unknown.
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update in 2012.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Computer simulations of virtual larval transport conducted by NOAA scientists and partners.
- Time Range
- 2004 to 2012
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Mariana Archipelago and surrounding islands