Macro-ecological consequences of microclimate
Recording date: Sep 30, 2019
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Background and objectives
Most macroscopic marine organisms, from algae to fish, are sessile or sedentary organisms reproducing through propagules (spores, vegetative fragments, larvae) that spend minutes to months 2 in the plankton.
The existence of a planktonic propagule in the life cycle of these organisms has two major consequences to the dynamics of the populations:
i) many marine species form metapopulations and
ii) small variations in the mortality factors during the dispersal phase originate large changes in supply to the adult habitat.
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: Mr. Henrique QueirogaLecturer, Aveiro University.
