Matrices of connectivity, community structure, and geographic distance, between six provinces in the Gulf of Mexico

The dataset contains matrices describing the relationship between six provinces in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in terms of the Lagrangian dynamical geography of the GoM regions, the community structure of demersal fish, the potential for larval connectivity, and geographic distance. The six provinces are West Florida Shelf (WSF), North Central (NC) North West (NW), South West (SW), Yucatan Peninsula (YP), and Cuba (CUB). The similarity in community structure was computed for marine demersal fish based on the gulf-wide bottom longline survey is archived in GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI) R4.x267.000:0039 (DOI: 10.7266/N7G73C4N). Connectivity matrices were computed for larval tuna, red snapper, red grouper, and tilefish. The 6x6 connectivity matrices for each of the four species include biophysical larval connectivity using the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) and Oceanic Surface Connectivity (OCE), based on satellite-tracked Lagrangian surface drifters deployed from 1994-2016.