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 …

Successful fertilization in marine organisms that release sperm into seawater is potentially
limited by the rapid dilution of gametes; cases of severe sperm limitation have been …

For many species of marine invertebrates, variability in larval settlement behaviour appears
to be the rule rather than the exception. This variability has the potential to affect larval …

Intraspecific variation in offspring size is of fundamental ecological and evolutionary
importance. The level of provisioning an organism receives from its mother can have far …

Egg size is one of the most important aspects of the life history of free-spawning marine
organisms, and it is correlated with larval developmental mode and many other life-history …

Life-history models for marine invertebrate larvae generally predict a dichotomy in egg size
in different species: eggs should be either minimal in size or large enough to support …

This chapter reviews selected aspects of the evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrate
larval types and how they relate to available life-history theory for marine invertebrate …

Game theory predicts that investment in spermatogenesis will increase with the risk and
intensity of sperm competition. Widespread support for this prediction has come from …

The mode of development in marine invertebrates is believed to have consequences for
dispersal, gene flow, geographic range, and speciation and extinction rates. The factors …

Many life‐history and developmental studies of marine invertebrates assume that eggs of
species with nonfeeding larvae are large because they provide materials for rapid …