Data from: Combined mechanistic modelling predicts changes in species distribution and increased co-occurrence of a tropical urchin herbivore and a habitat-forming temperate kelp

This dataset aims to identify climate change impacts on spawning and
settlement of a tropical herbivore, the sea-urchin, Tripneustes gratilla,
along eastern Australia and into the Tasman Sea including Lord Howe
Island. The dataset contains the trajectories of particles that represent
T. gratilla larvae and their dispersal by ocean currents for each day of
both a contemporary (2006-2015) and future ‘business as usual’ RCP 8.5
climate change scenario (2090-2100). T. gratilla larval dispersal under
both climate scenarios is simulated using the Connectivity Modelling
System (CMS). Particles are advected in CMS by 3D velocity fields produced
with a state-of-the-art configuration of the Ocean Forecasting Model
version 3 (OFAM3) that simulates the contemporary oceanic environment and
projects it under an RCP8.5 climate change scenario. Spawning and
settlement of particles within CMS are based on known biological traits of
T. gratilla.