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    • Evolutionary Biology
    • Fisheries Science

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    • Pelagic larval fish face high mortality rates.
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    • Larval size at first feeding influences ecological interactions.

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    • To model the survival of pelagic larval fish under varying food availability and patchiness.
    • To compare the success of larval cohorts with different initial numbers and sizes.
    • To identify optimal larval production strategies for different marine environments.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a simulation model incorporating size-based rules for foraging, growth, and survival.
    • Compared cohort success with equivalent initial biomass but varying numbers/sizes of larvae.
    • Utilized a negative binomial algorithm to simulate prey encounter probabilities with patchily distributed prey.

    Main Results:

    • Larger larvae exhibited faster growth and higher survival in uniformly distributed prey environments.
    • In low-prey densities, fewer, larger larvae yielded more survivors.
    • In prey-rich environments, more, smaller larvae were more successful, especially with increased prey patchiness.
    • Large-scale prey patchiness favored strategies producing more, smaller larvae under specific conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • Larval fish survival strategies are contingent on prey density and spatial distribution.
    • Producing numerous smaller larvae is an advantageous evolutionary strategy in large-scale patchy environments.
    • Optimal larval production balances initial survival probability with resource acquisition potential.