Recruitment variation in sympatric populations of Haliotis rubra (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southeast Australian waters

Abstract

Recruitment was strongest after the main spawning period but episodic minor recruitment in some populations was also observed throughout each year. Recruitment varied significantly both between populations and for each population over time; the latter varied over three orders of magnitude. The highest number of recruits in a sample (1 m2 quadrat) was 12 456. -from Authors