R code to produce Figure 3: Schematic of the proportion of potential settlers for reefs with short, intermediate and long mean residence times

Proportion of potential settlers (live larvae not yet flushed from the reef) for reefs with short (1 day, light blue), intermediate (2.5 days, dark blue) and long (10 days, green) mean residence times, using estimates for A. millepora (Table S2). In A&B, mortality rate is equal for all reefs (λ27), and the vertical distance between the dashed lines represents the increased proportion of potential settlers due to the reduction in the minimum time to competence from tc27 to tc31. In C&D, minimum competence time is fixed at tc27, and mortality rate is low on the top (λ27) and higher on the bottom (λ31) of each shaded band; thus, the vertical distance between the dashed lines shows the reduction in the proportion of potential settlers due to the increased mortality rate.

本研究以微孔鹿角珊瑚（A. millepora）的估算参数（补充表S2）为依据，分析了平均滞留时长分别为短期（1天，浅蓝色）、中期（2.5天，深蓝色）与长期（10天，绿色）的珊瑚礁的潜在定居者占比——此处潜在定居者指尚未从珊瑚礁中被冲刷走的活幼虫。在A、B子图中，所有珊瑚礁的死亡率均保持一致（λ27），虚线间的垂直间距代表因最小定居胜任时长从tc27降至tc31，所带来的潜在定居者占比提升幅度。在C、D子图中，最小定居胜任时长固定为tc27；每个阴影条带的顶部死亡率较低（λ27），底部死亡率较高（λ31），因此虚线间的垂直间距代表因死亡率升高所导致的潜在定居者占比降幅。