Table Of ContentCoastal and Estuarine Studies
Managing Editors'
Malcolm J. Bowman Richard T. Barber
ChristopherN .K. Mooers John A.
Coastal
and Estuarine Studies
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P. W. Sammarco and M. L. Heron (Eds.)
The Bio-Physicso f
Marine Larval Dispersal
,
(cid:127)9(cid:127)9-(cid:127)994
American Geophy sical
Washington,D C
Managing Editors
Malcolm J. Bowman
Marine SciencesR esearchC enter, State Universityo f New York
StonyB rook,N .Y. 11794, USA
Richard T. Barber
Duke Marine Laboratory
Beaufort, N.C. 28516, USA
ChristopherN .K. Mooers
Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory
Institutefo r the Studyo f the Earth,O ceansa nd Space
Universityo f New Hampshire
Durham, N.H. 03824-3525, USA
John A. Raven
Dept. of BiologicaSl ciences,D undeeU niversity
Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland
Editors
Paul W. Sammarco Mal L. Heron
LouisianaU niversitiesM arineC onsortium(L UMCON) Departmento f Physics
8124 Hwy. 56 James Cook Universityo f NorthQ ueensland
Chauvin, LA. 70344 Townsville, Q. 4811
U.S.A. Australia
Frontispiece: The Great Wave at Kanagawa. Japanese Prints, Hokusai, Katsushika.
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Howard Mansfield
Collection, Rogers Fund, 1936.
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The Bio-physics of marine larval dispersal/ Paul W. Sammarco, Mal L.
Heron, editors.
p. cm.- (CES; 45)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-87590-259-6
1. Marine invertebrates--Larvae--Dispersal. 2. Marine fishes--
Larvae--Dispersal. 3. Biophysics. I. Sammarco, Paul William.
II. Heron, M. L. (Malcolm Lewis), 1944- III. Series: Coastal
and estuarine studies; 45.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
PART I INTRODUCTION AND THEME
Chapter 1 The multiple-team approach to scientific problem
solving: An effective paradigm
Paul W. Sammarco ....................
Chapter 2 The role of diffusion and related physical processes
in dispersal and recruitment of marine populations
Akira Okubo ........................
PART II CORALS
Chapter 3 Larval dispersal and recruitment processesi n Great
Barrier Reef corals: Analysis and synthesis
Paul W. Sammarco .................... 35
Chapter 4 The effects of recruitment strategies on coral larvae
settlement distributions at Helix Reef
S. L. Gay and J. C. Andrews .............. 73
Chapter 5 Physical oceanographica spects of the dispersal of coral
spawn slicks: A review
Charitha Pattiaratchi ................... 89
PART III FISH
Chapter 6 Dispersal and advection of Macruronus novaezealandiae
(Gadiformes: Merlucciidae) larvae off Tasmania:
Simulation of the effects of physical forcing on larval
distribution
V. D. Lyne and R. E. Thresher ............. 109
Chapter 7 Dispersal of the larval stage of Southern Bluefin Tuna,
Thunnus maccoyii, in the East Indian Ocean
T. L. O. Davis and V. D. Lyne ............. 137
Chapter 8 Factors affecting larval dispersioni n the central Great
Barrier Reef
Albert J. Gabric and John Parslow .......... 149
PART IV CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH (Acanthasterp lanci)
Chapter 9 Developments in our knowledge of dispersalo n the Great
Barrier Reef
Kerry Peter Black .....................
Chapter 10 Physical aspectso f large-scaled ispersali n the
Crown-of-Thorns StarfishA canthaster planci
I. J. Dight and M. K. James .............. 193
Chapter 11 The production of monoclonal antibodiesf or use as
probes in the identification of northern Australian
Crown-of-ThornsS tarfisha nd commercialp rawn larvae
Pete J. Hanna, Bruce J. Richardson, Klaus Altmann,
Jacqueline M. Smith, Katrina G. Roper, and
Laurie Hammond ..................... 215
Chapter 12 Dispersal and recruitment in Crown-of-Thorns Starfish:
Overview and future directions
Kerry Peter Black ...................... 229
PART V CRUSTACEA
Chapter 13 Processesc ontrollingt he larval dispersala nd
post-larval recruitmento f penaeidp rawns
Peter C. Rothlisberg and John A. Church ...... 235
Chapter 14 Transport processesa ffecting banana prawn
postlarvaei n the estuarieso f the Gulf of Carpentaria
M. L. Heron, H. X. Wang and D. J. Staples. .... 253
Chapter 15 Oceanic processes,p uerulus settlementa nd recruitment
of the Western Rock Lobster Panulirus cygnus
A. F. Pearce and B. F. Phillips ............. 279
PART VI MOLLUSCS (SCALLOPS)
Chapter 16 Modeling scallopl arvae movement in Great
Oyster Bay
Peter D. Craig and Richard J. McLoughlin ...... 307
Chapter 17 Recruitmentv ariability in scallops'P otential causesf or
the loss of Bass Strait populations
P. C. Young ........................ 327
PART VII CONCLUSION
Chapter 18 Concludingr emarks
Paul W. Sammarco and Mal Heron ..........
Preface
This book startedo ut as an idea. One day, JohnC . Andrews( a physicalo ceanographera)n d
I (PWS, a marinee cologistw) erec ommentinogn how rapidlyt he field of larvald ispersaal nd
recruitmenti n marine organismsw as advancingd ue to recent interdisciplinarys tudies.I n
earlier decadesb, iologistst endedt o work separatelyfr om the physicistsa nd vice versa.B y
and large,t his is still the case.S omes cientistsh, owever,a re willing to venturei nto that "No-
Man's Land" between the two fields--into the unchartedt erritories of the margins of their
disciplinesa, ttemptingt o understande acho ther'sf ields and working togethert o answera
single set of questionsim pingingo n both.
Personally,I have been doing this since 1980--working not necessarilya t the heart of
Ecologya ndE volution,b ut at the marginsw herei t interfacesw ith physicsg, eology,o rganic
chemistry,a nd mathematicsT. his to me is exciting and challengingf, or it forces me to
continuallyle arn new thingsa bouta notherf ield--new jargon,n ew concepts--givingm e the
opportunityto reapplyt hemt o my homeb ase--marinee cologyM. arine sciencele ndsi tself
well to this type of approachs, incei t has no centralb aseo thert han salt water. As a general
discipline,i t overlapsi nto almoste very other major field of science.
Once every two years,t he AustralianA cademyo f Sciencess ponsorsa Boden Conference,
similar to the Gordon Conferencei n the United States.D r. Alex Boden, a prominent member
of the Academy,d onatesfu ndst o supportt his event.I t is designedto host a small set of
researchersin a remotep lace for the purposeo f exchangingin formationo n some topic,
deemedb y the Academyt o be appropriatet,i mely, and of high priority. In 1990, the
AustralianM arine ScienceA ssociation(A MSA) choset o sponsorm y and Dr. Andrews'
applicationto host a BodenC onferenceo n "InterdisciplinarAyp proachetso Dispersala nd
Recruitment Processesi n the Marine Environment." The AAS acceptedo ur application.
Participationin the meetingw as by invitation.I n ordert o be eligiblet o participatein the
meeting, a researcherh ad to
ß be a physicist,m arine ecologist,o r populationg eneticist
ß be workinga ndi nteractingin a truly inter-disciplinartye am (not multi-disciplinaryi.,e .
in the presencoe f, or workinga longsidme emberso f differentd isciplines)
ß be activelyo r recentlyc onductinrge searcho n larvald ispersaal ndr ecruitmenpt rocesses
ß be involvedi n researcho n a specieso r groupo f speciesw hich were importante ither
from a commercialo r managemenpt erspectivea, nd
ß have conducted research in Australian waters.
This produceda list of participantsw hich was of workshops ize. Most of the inviteesw ere
able to join us in Thredbo.I n each area,w e attemptedto ensuret hat there were two teams
addressintgh e sames eto f questionasn dw orkingw ith the sames eto f organismsO. ften,t hey
were doing so in differentg eographicr egions.T he participatings cientistsw ere
Black, K.P. Davis, T. L. O.
Victorian Institute of Marine Science Division of Fisheries
14 Parliament Place CSIRO Marine Laboratories
Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Hobart, Tas 7000
Australia Australia
Church, J. A. Dight, I. K.
Division of Oceanography Department of Civil and
CSIRO Marine Laboratories SystemsE ngineering
G.P.O. Box 1538 JamesC ook University
Hobart, Tas 7001 Townsville, Qld 4811
Australia Australia
Craig, P. D. Doherty, P. J.
Division of Oceanography Australian Institute of
CSIRO Marine Laboratories Marine Science
G.P.O. Box 1538 P.M.B. No. 3
Hobart, Tas 7001 Townsville, M.C., Qld 4810
Australia Australia
Gabrio, A. J. Oliver, J. K.
Division of Environmental Studies Australian Institute of
Griffith UniversiW Marine Science
Nathan, Qld 4111 P.M.B. No. 3
Australia Townsville, M.C., Qld 4810
Australia
Gay, S. L.
Australian Institute of Pattiaratchi, C. B.
Marine Science( AIMS) Centre for Water Research
P.M.B. No. 3 University of Western Australia
Townsville, M.C., Qld 4810 Nedlands, WA 4009
Australia Australia
Hanna, J. Pearce, A. F.
Division of Biological and CSIRO Marine Laboratory
Health Sciences P.O. Box 20
Deakin University North Beach, WA 6020
Melbourne, Victoria 3217 Australia
Australia
Phillips, B. F.
Heron, M. L. CSIRO Marine Laboratory
PhysicsD epartment P.O. Box 20
James Cook University North Beach, WA 6020
Townsville, Qld 4811 Australia
Australia
Lyne, V. D. Rothlisberg,P . C.
Division of Oceanography CSIRO Marine Laboratory
CSIRO Marine Laboratories Cleveland, Qld 4163
Hobart, Tas 7000 Australia
Australia
Sammarco, P. W.
Okubo, A. Louisiana Universities Marine
Marine Sciences Research Center Consortium( LUMCON)
State University of New York 8124 Hwy. 56
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000 Chauvin, LA 70344
USA USA
Sasaki, T. Thresher, R. E.
Division of Sea Fisheries Division of Fisheries
c/o Postmaster CSIRO Marine Laboratories
Hobart, Tas 7000 Hobart, Tas 7000
Australia Australia
Staples,D . J. Young, P. C.
CSIRO Marine Laboratories Division of Fisheries
P.O. Box 120 CSIRO Marine Laboratories
Cleveland, Qld 4163 Hobart, Tas 7000
Australia Australia
Thomson, J. D.
TasmanianD epartment of Fisheries
c/o Postmaster
Hobart, Tas 7000
Australia
ProfessoAr kira Okubo( StateU niversityo f New York at StonyB rook) was invitedt o sett he
tone for the meeting.H e presentedh is ideas on diffusion and chaosa nd how the two relate
to dispersaal nd recruitmentp rocessesM. ost of the participantsp roducedm anuscriptfso r this
book.
Other additional authors who collaborated in the studies discussed here and co-authored
variousc haptersin clude
Altmann, Klaus Hammond, Laurie
Department of Biological Sciences Victorian Institute of Marine Science
Deakin University Melbourne, Vic 3002
Geelong, Victoria 3217 Australia
Australia
Andrews, J. C. James, M. K.
Australian Institute of Marine Department of Civil and
Science SystemsE ngineering
P.M.B. No. 3 JamesC ook University
Townsville, Qld 4810 Townsville, Qld 4811
Australia
