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Ìýfrom the ³ÉÈË´óƬÌýwas one of three researchers involved in a paper entitled ',' published in Biology Letters.ÌýThe paper explores the state of 'marine movement ecology' from small invertebrates to the largest fish, inhabiting benthic and pelagic realms.

Most marine species inhabit a world where populations are connected to one another through the migration and dispersal of individuals at particular life-history stages. Recent research, both theoretical and empirical, on connectivity of metapopulations has challenged the established paradigm that marine populations are largely 'open,' leading to growing recognition that self-recruitment may be common, providing new insights into the evolutionary consequences of living in a patchy world and the design of marine protected areas.



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