Connectivity by numbers James Watson, UCSB
...the probability of transport of a parcel of water between one place and another Lagrangian particle simulations give us what... Settlement from here Settlement Location
There’s a Probability distribution for each patch Number of Patches
Source Destination The results are stored as a connectivity matrix
Day 1 Day 2 Averaged over a Spawning Season
From Day 1 to Day 180
Time (Days) Difference to day 1 … reveal ocean structures Difference between Connectivity Matrices…
Average Connectivity Matrix Source Destination
Blue = exporter Red = importer January Spawning - 30 day PLD, Import/Export ratio
JanuaryAprilJuly PLD = 30 d PLD = 60 d PLD = 90 d Release duration = one month
Summary... Connectivity holds a lot of information