JOINT EFFECTS OF LARVAL DISPERSAL, POPULATION REGULATION, MARINE RESERVE DESIGN, AND EXPLOITATION ON PRODUCTION AND RECRUITMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN SPINY LOBSTER

摘要

A spatially explicit population-dynamics model for the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in Exuma Sound, Bahames, was used to investigate the joint effect of marine reserve design and larval dispersal via hydrodynamic currents on an exploited benthic invertebrate. The effects of three hydrodynamic scenarios (one diffusion-only and two advection-diffusion cases), one exploitation level, and 28 reserve configurations (7 sizes ×4 locations) on catch and larval production were simulated.