Setting the limits: Ecological and genetic tests of the status of marine populations at species borders.

澳大利亚人口广泛分散在我们的沿海边缘，加上全球气候变化，对海洋生物多样性构成严重威胁，必须采取紧急保护措施。我们的研究将使用生态学和遗传学的方法来帮助我们理解繁殖和传播在维持生物多样性方面的作用。我们将确定一些地点是否是幼虫殖民者的高产来源，而其他地点是非生产性和依赖其他招募来源，我们将向管理做法提供信息，例如建立海洋保护区。

The wide dispersion of Australia's population along our coastal fringe combined with global climate change poses severe threats to marine biodiversity and necessitates urgent conservation measures. Our study will use ecological and genetic approaches to contribute to our understanding of the roles of reproduction and dispersal in maintaining biodiversity. We will determine whether some locations are highly productive sources of larval colonists, whereas others are unproductive and dependent on other sources of recruits, and we will inform management practices such as the creation of marine protected areas.