caa a22 4500 606228446 CHVBK 20210128101203.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-015-0445-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-015-0445-x Transport and connectivity modeling of larval permit from an observed spawning aggregation in the Dry Tortugas, Florida [Elektronische Daten] [David Bryan, Jiangang Luo, Jerald Ault, David McClellan, Steven Smith, Derke Snodgrass, Michael Larkin] Large aggregations of adult permit (Trachinotus falcatus) were consistently observed since 2004 by divers in a collaborative fishery-independent reef fish visual census survey during May and June on the western-most edge of the Dry Tortugas Bank, Florida, in coral reef habitat, indicating proximal spawning sites. We investigated the possible fate and connectivity of larvae spawned at this location in the Dry Tortugas and two other published aggregation sites through a drift analysis using the ocean circulation and transport dynamics simulator HYCOM (Hybrid Community Ocean Model). New age-length data facilitated the determination of larval durations and rates of juvenile growth. Modeled larval transport data from spawning sites in the Dry Tortugas, Belize and Cuba were evaluated and compared to a spatially-extensive empirical juvenile permit data set from Florida. Our study revealed that unique oceanographic processes provided pathways for both downstream larval transport and juvenile retention, to and from Florida waters. These simulation results indicated that the Dry Tortugas region is a key source of permit recruits to southeast Florida stretching from the Florida Keys and up Florida's east coast, and to a much lesser extent the west Florida shelf. Simulations from Belize and Cuba spawning sites revealed high local retention with low connectivity to Florida, emphasizing the importance of local resource management throughout the permit's range. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Trachinotus falcatus nationallicence Larval transport and fate nationallicence Drift nationallicence Recruitment nationallicence Juvenile age and growth nationallicence Population dynamics nationallicence Fishery management nationallicence Bryan David University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut Luo Jiangang University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut Ault Jerald University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut McClellan David National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut Smith Steven University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut Snodgrass Derke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut Larkin Michael National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, 33701, St. Petersburg, FL, USA aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/11(2015-11-01), 2263-2276 0378-1909 98:11<2263 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0445-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0445-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bryan David University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luo Jiangang University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ault Jerald University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McClellan David National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith Steven University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Scienc, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Snodgrass Derke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, 33149, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Larkin Michael National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, 33701, St. Petersburg, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/11(2015-11-01), 2263-2276 0378-1909 98:11<2263 2015 98 10641