1. Settlement Scheme & Connectivity Satoshi Mitarai 1/17/2007

2. Two Extreme Settlement Schemes 1. Bouncing Settlement = particle being within nearshore waters during competency Multiple settlements per particle 2. Non-bouncing Settlement = same as above, but particles are allowed to settle only once

3. # of Settlement Events per Particle Sampling Frequency = 1 d BouncingNon-bouncing Connectivity may be very different with different schemes

4. Connectivity Matrix BouncingNon-bouncing Unexpectedly general connectivity patterns persist

5. More Connectivity BouncingNon-bouncing General connectivity patterns persist

6. And More,... BouncingNon-bouncing Connectivity pattern persists, but why???

7. Settlement Range Per Particle “Settlement range” = SD of alongshore settlement locations per particle Multiple settlements occur in narrow region Bouncing Case Let us measure spatial scale of multiple settlements per particles

8. This result implies Multiple settlements occur on the arrival of a larval packet Most packets do not “bounce” (i.e., not settle multiple times) Note that packet model assumes one- to-one correspondence between a source and destination, and it works

9. Conclusion Connectivity patterns are insensitive to particle bouncing scheme because larval packets do not bounce Do you agree?