Population Feature	Hypothesis	Physical Oceanographic Process	Key Biological Features
Pattern	migration triangle	persistent residual currents	drift from spawing area to nursery area
Pattern	member-vagrant	re-circulation	limitation of dispersal from spawning area
Abundance	match-mismatch	not relevant	density-dependent larval feeding
Abundance	member-vagrant	size of recirculation feature	density-dependent vagrancy
Variability	match-mismatch	seasonal vertical stratification	larval feeding success
Variability	stable ocean	summer wind mixing	larval feeding success
Variability	encounter rate	summer turbulent mixing	larval feeding success
Variability	member-vagrant	horizontal circulation	vagrancy from appropriate distributional areas