Coral Larvae Dispersal (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Coral Larvae Dispersal

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The pathways traveled by >14 million modeled coral larval over a one-year period using the Connectivity Modeling System developed by Dr. Claire Paris at the University of Miami. Note the empty no-man's-land that larvae have difficulty breaching -- this is the East Pacific Dispersal Barrier.

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S. Wood/Univ. of Bristol

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