Risk of larval mortality is a critical component of models and debates concerning the ecology
and evolution of the differing reproductive characteristics exhibited by marine invertebrates …

Modern biodistributional patterns suggest that modes of larval development are a factor in
determining the patterns of diversity of benthic invertebrates. Taxa restricted to a single …

Despite considerable theoretical and empirical work on the population genetic effects of
mode of development in benthic marine invertebrates, it is unclear what factors generate …

The reproductive strategies of an organism play a major role in the dynamics of the
population and the biogeography and continuity of the species. Numerous processes are …

The role of fertilization ecology in the life-history evolution of marine organisms has received
growing attention in the last decade (Pennington 1985; Denny and Shibata 1989; Levitan …

Many aquatic crustaceans pass through a complex life cycle comprising a benthic juvenile-
adult and a pelagic larval phase. In the study of aquatic ecology, meroplanktonic larvae are …

The present study provides the first clear evidence of larval developmental plasticity in
forcipulate seastars and a relationship between egg size and developmental plasticity. Adult …

Phenotypic plasticity in feeding structures has been described for several larvae of marine
invertebrates, including four species of echinoids. In these echinoids, larvae grown with …

M any marine invertebrate spccies have complex life cyeIes, in which oue Of more free-living
developmental stages cventually metamorphoses to a morphologically-and often cco …

Abstract The Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae is the most comprehensive guide to larval
form and anatomy ever produced. Each chapter provides a referenced overview of life …