Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-517-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-517-2022
Research article
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28 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2022

Using an oceanographic model to investigate the mystery of the missing puerulus

Jessica Kolbusz, Tim Langlois, Charitha Pattiaratchi, and Simon de Lestang

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Western rock lobster larvae spend up to 11 months in offshore waters before ocean currents and their ability to swim transport them back to the coast. In 2008, there was a reduction in the number of puerulus (larvae) settling into the fishery. We use an oceanographic model to see how the environment may have contributed to the reduction. Our results show that a combination of effects from local currents and a widespread quiet period in the ocean off WA likely led to less puerulus settlement.
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