Simulated daily connectivity for sea lice between salmon aquaculture sites in Loch Fyne, Scotland

Larval connectivity between 9 salmon aquaculture sites in Loch Fyne, Scotland. The sites used here match the sites used in Adams et al. 2012, but values are calculated using the outputs from the more recent WestCOMS hydrodynamic model and a particle tracking model, described by Adams et al. 2016. Connectivity values are calculated mean values over 85 14-day simulations, with start dates separated by 7 days, covering the period 04/07/2013-15/02/2015. The matrices (c_dX.dat; X=[1:14]) indicate the proportion of particles released from each site that arrived at each other site on a given day of the simulation (Lakey, 2015). Presented matrices are a subset of matrices covering the same period for all active sites within the WestCOMS domain; the numbers assigned to sites on the figures reflect their index within the full matrices.- Number in filename indicates day of arrival.- Row of matrix is the source site.- Column of matrix is the destination site.Sites are organised in the presented matrices from south to north (site IDs: 117, 115, 111, 113, 112, 116, 109, 108, 114). Site ID 110 is omitted as it is a broodstock site.Adams, T. P., Aleynik, D., & Black, K. D. (2016). Temporal variability in sea lice population connectivity and implications for regional management protocol. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 8, 585–596. doi:10.3354/aei00203Adams, T. P., Black, K., MacIntyre, C., MacIntyre, I., & Dean, R. (2012). Connectivity modelling and network analysis of sea lice infection in Loch Fyne, west coast of Scotland. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 3, 51–63. doi:10.3354/aei00052Lakey, C. C. (2015). The dynamics of sea lice in Scottish salmon farms (Masters’ thesis). University of York, York, UK.