Modelling the transport of tropical spiny lobster larvae Panulirus ornatus in east Australian waters

摘要

The panuliridae all have very long pelagic larval phases, during which the larvae could be transported great distances by ocean currents. Oceanic dispersal of three Australian spiny lobster populations has been studied in some detail using computer simulation and satellite estimates of ocean circulation. These models are still only crude representations of what happens in reality, but nevertheless, do provide valuable insight into the important question of where the settling puerulus stage (or seed lobsters) have come from.