Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus is a valued, heavily exploited fish species in the Gulf of Mexico. The species is distributed over a wide variety of habitats through its life history, and current evidence suggests moderate to high site fidelity, with particularly small home ranges and high residency times when fish are associated with reef structures. Given these life history traits, it is not surprising that within the gulf, there is evidence that the overall population is composed of multiple subpopulations. Thus, dispersal of early life stages plays an important role in the Red Snapper gulf population structure and dynamics, as embryo and larvae can be transported for longer distances, driving stock mixing and supplying recruits to sustain and replenish local subpopulations. Here, we assess the connectivity patterns of Red Snapper driven by larval dispersal in the Gulf of Mexico by simulating dispersal and recruitment.

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墨西哥湾红鲷鱼连接

红鲷鱼Lutjanus Campechanus是墨西哥湾一种有价值且被大量开发的鱼类。该物种在其生活史中分布在多种栖息地，目前的证据表明，其栖息地保真度为中等到高，当鱼类与珊瑚礁结构相关时，其活动范围特别小，并且停留时间较长。考虑到这些生活史特征，有证据表明海湾内的总体种群由多个亚种群组成也就不足为奇了。因此，早期生命阶段的分散在红鲷鱼海湾种群结构和动态中起着重要作用，因为胚胎和幼虫可以被运输到更远的距离，推动种群混合并提供新成员以维持和补充当地亚种群。在这里，我们通过模拟扩散和补充来评估墨西哥湾幼虫扩散驱动的红鲷鱼的连通模式。