ArticleNature communications2019
Split spawning increases robustness of coral larval supply and inter-reef connectivity.
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- Impacts of local anthropogenic stressors outpace those of climate on coral reef collapse in the northern South China Sea.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Passive retention of simulated larvae on coral reefs.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Going with the flow: Leveraging reef-scale hydrodynamics for upscaling larval-based restoration.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
- Connectivity modelling identifies sources and sinks of coral recruitment within reef clusters.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Long-term aquarium records delineate the synchronized spawning strategy ofRoyal Society open science · 2024Article
- Larval precompetency and settlement behaviour in 25 Indo-Pacific coral species.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Coral spawning patterns ofPeerJ · 2023Article
- The El Niño Southern Oscillation drives multidirectional inter-reef larval connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Large-scale interventions may delay decline of the Great Barrier Reef.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Many habitat-building corals undergo mass synchronous spawning events. Yet, despite the enormous amounts of larvae produced, larval dispersal from a single spawning event and the reliability of larval supply are highly dependent on vagaries of ocean currents. However, colonies from the same population will occasionally spawn over successive months. These split spawning events likely help to realign reproduction events to favourable environmental conditions. Here, we show that split spawning may benefit corals by increasing the reliability of larval supply. By modelling the dispersal of coral larvae across Australia's Great Barrier Reef, we find that split spawning increased the diversity of sources and reliability of larval supply the reefs could receive, especially in regions with low and intrinsically variable connectivity. Such increased larval supply might help counteract the expected declines in reproductive success associated with split spawning events.
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