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ArticleNature communications2025

Near-global spawning strategies of large pelagic fish.

Kristine Camille V Buenafe, Sandra Neubert, Kylie L Scales, Daniel C Dunn, Jason D Everett, Jason Flower, Iain M Suthers, Pablo Granados-Dieseldorff, Alvise Dabalà, Kris Jypson T Esturas and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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  1. Pelagic food web realignment supports resilient larvae of Southern Bluefin Tuna in a warming ocean.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Kristine Camille V BuenafeSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. k.buenafe@uq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-5557
Sandra NeubertSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3112-4116
Kylie L ScalesOcean Futures Research Cluster, School of Science, Technology & Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-0956
Daniel C DunnSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-0681
Jason D EverettSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-8054
Jason FlowerMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6731-8182
Iain M SuthersCentre for Marine Science and Innovation (CMSI), The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-7461
Pablo Granados-DieseldorffWaitt Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alvise DabalàSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7567-1181
Kris Jypson T EsturasSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-7222-8490
James MercerCentre for Marine Science and Innovation (CMSI), The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Anthony J RichardsonSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the spawning strategies of large pelagic fish could provide insights into their underlying evolutionary drivers, but large-scale information on spawning remains limited. Here we leverage a near-global larval dataset of 15 large pelagic fish taxa to develop habitat suitability models and use these as a proxy for spawning grounds. Our analysis reveals considerable consistency in spawning in time and space, with 10 taxa spawning in spring/summer and 9 taxa spawning off Northwest Australia. Considering the vast ocean expanse available for spawning, these results suggest that the evolutionary benefits of co-locating spawning in terms of advantageous larval conditions outweigh the benefits of segregated spawning in terms of reduced competition and lower larval predation. Further, tropical species spawn over broad areas throughout the year, whereas more subtropical and temperate species spawn in more restricted areas and seasons. These insights into the spawning strategies of large pelagic fish could inform marine management, including through fisheries measures to protect spawners and through the placement of marine protected areas.

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