Yearly variation in recruitment and its effect on population dynamics inYoldia notabilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia), analyzed using projection matrix model |
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Authors: | Masahiro Nakaoka |
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Institution: | (1) Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Minamidai, Nakano, 164 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Long-term variation in recruitment was estimated by constructing projection matrices for a marine bivalve,Yoldia notabilis, at two stations in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan, and the effects of its variation on population dynamics were examined
using a simple matrix model. The matrix model was developed from the Leslie matrix, in which the population growth rate λ
was expressed as a function of recruitment rater
0. The equilibrium recruitment rater
s, or the recruitment rate required to maintain population at constant size (λ=1), was expressed by the reciprocal of the reproductive
value of a newly recruited individual. The estimates ofr
s for the field population were lower at the shallower station than at the deeper station, reflecting higher survivorship and
fecundity. Past recruitment rate estimated both by the field samplings for 3 years and by the back-calculation from the current
age structure for over 10 years showed large yearly variation, ranging between 0 and 58.6×10−4. The estimates were larger thanr
s, and hence, large enough to increase population size (λ>1) only in approximately one-third of the estimated years. This suggests
that the population has been maintained by occasional successful recruitment occurring once every few years. |
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Keywords: | marine benthos bivalve recruitment long-term variation demographic analysis matrix model |
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