@article{fdi:010064862,
  title = {{L}inking local retention, self-recruitment, and persistence in marine metapopulations},
  author = {{L}ett, {C}hristophe and {T}ri, {N}. {H}. and {C}uif, {M}. and {S}aenz-{A}gudelo, {P}. and {K}aplan, {D}avid},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}hree indices of larval retention have been used in the literature to assess the tendency for self-maintenance of local marine populations: local retention ({LR}), self-recruitment ({SR}), and relative local retention ({RLR}). {O}nly one of these, {LR}, defined as the ratio of locally produced settlement to local egg production, has a clear relationship to self-persistence of individual sites. {H}owever, {SR}, the ratio of locally produced settlement to settlement of all origins at a site, is generally easier to measure experimentally. {W}e use theoretical, simulation, and empirical approaches to bridge the gap between these different indices, and demonstrate that there is a proportional relationship between {SR} and {LR} for metapopulations close to a stable state and with lifetime egg production ({LEP}) approximately uniform over space. {S}imilarly, for systems where larval mortality rates are a relatively uniform function of release site, {RLR} (defined as the ratio of locally produced settlement to all settlement of local origin) and {LR} will also be proportional. {T}herefore, {SR} and {RLR} provide information on relative rates of {LR} for systems satisfying these conditions. {F}urthermore, the ratio between {LR} and {SR} can be used to evaluate global persistence of metapopulations, and therefore provides valuable information not necessarily available if only {LR} is considered.},
  keywords = {connectivity ; larval dispersal ; lifetime egg production ; local retention ; marine reserve ; metapopulation ; network persistence ; population persistence ; self-persistence ; self-recruitment},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cology},
  volume = {96},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {2236--2244},
  ISSN = {0012-9658},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1890/14-1305.1.sm},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064862},
}