Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4378109 | Ecological Modelling | 2009 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The realism and diversity of the patterns simultaneously simulated suggested the cluster-microcohort equivalence hypothesis as a candidate framework accounting for the origin of the clusters observed in situ. Within this preliminary exploration, we discuss the consistency of the hypothesis and the accuracy of the model. If the correspondence between clusters and microcohorts proves to be real, it may be transient and progressively modified by other environmental factors. If stable over time, as simulated in the model, the number of observed clusters should be related to the number of spawning events in the species' lifetime.
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Authors
Jean Le Fur, Patrick Simon,