Figure 5
From: Evidence and patterns of tuna spawning inside a large no-take Marine Protected Area
Relative spawning output map. Relative spawning output, from backtracking simulations, is shown for Katsuwonus pelamis (panels a–c) and Thunnus spp. (panels d–f). Panels a and d show the relative spawning output in 2015, panels b and e for 2016, and panels c and f for 2017. The log-scale colorbar corresponds to filled color contours of relative spawning output, which was calculated on 0.05° by 0.05° latitude/longitude grid and normalized such that the largest value in each panel is 1. Black triangles indicate the release locations for backtracking simulations, which are the same as the collection locations in Fig. 3. The boundaries of PIPA are shown in green. Current vectors represent the mean HyCOM velocities in the upper 25 m of the water column for the sampling period of each year.
