caa a22 4500 445818972 CHVBK 20180317145238.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00338-010-0692-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00338-010-0692-4 Growth and pelagic larval duration of presettlement and newly settled neon damselfish, Pomacentrus coelestis, at multiple spatial scales [Elektronische Daten] [M. Kingsford, F. Smith, M. Flood] Variation in planktonic larval duration (PLD) and growth of Pomacentrus coelestis was investigated on the southern Great Barrier Reef at multiple spatial scales. A tetracycline experiment, using presettlement fish, demonstrated that increments were formed daily. Variation in PLD was low between reef clusters (0%), reefs within clusters (0.4-8.5%) and sites within reefs (13.1%), but high among individuals within sites (86.5-91.5%); PLD ranged from 15 to 27days. It was predicted that PLD would vary at greater spatial scales, but differences were low and a review of all studies on P. coelestis in tropical waters had a similar range of PLDs to our study. Contrary to a hypothesis that fish with slower growth would have longer PLDs, there was no significant relationship between mean presettlement increment width of otoliths and PLD for fish from the two reef clusters examined. There were, however, differences in presettlement growth rates between reef clusters (over 100km apart) over the last 5-6days of planktonic life. Warmer waters at the Swain Reefs (0.1-1°C) may have contributed to these differences in growth. Stochastic transport of larvae, habitat choice by presettlement fish in a reef mosaic, and variable conditions in the plankton may contribute to variation in PLD, presettlement growth and size-at-settlement in P. coelestis. We propose that prolonged periods of settlement choice may obscure simple relationships between PLD and size-at-settlement. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Pomacentrus coelestis nationallicence Spatial variation nationallicence Pelagic larval duration nationallicence Presettlement growth nationallicence Habitat selection nationallicence Kingsford M. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut Smith F. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut Flood M. Department of Animal Science, Teikyo University of Science and Technology, 2525 Uenohara, 409-0193, Yamanashi, Japan aut Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/1(2011-03-01), 203-214 0722-4028 30:1<203 2011 30 338 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-010-0692-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-010-0692-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kingsford M. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith F. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Flood M. Department of Animal Science, Teikyo University of Science and Technology, 2525 Uenohara, 409-0193, Yamanashi, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/1(2011-03-01), 203-214 0722-4028 30:1<203 2011 30 338 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer