Public awareness of microplastics and their widespread presence throughout most bodies of
water are increasingly documented. The accumulation of microplastics in the ocean …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) negatively impact coastal ecosystems, fisheries, and human
health, and their prediction has become imperative for effective coastal management. This …

The early life of most decapod crustaceans takes place in the water column as larvae before
they settle in benthic habitats. The spatial and temporal variability in the settling of larval …

Many marine species have been shown to be threatened by both ocean acidification and
ocean warming which are reducing survival, altering behavior, and posing limits on …

Deep-water shrimps remain some of the less understood decapod crustacean taxa, despite
the high commercial and ecological importance. The lack of knowledge on adults and larval …

Seascape connectivity studies, informing the level of exchange of individuals between
populations, can provide extremely valuable data for marine population biology and …

Context Spiny lobsters are critically affected by ocean current movements over their long
journey from hatching to swimming post-larvae (puerulus). Methods Isolating three different …

Vertical migration and dispersal processes during the marine crab larval stage markedly
affect transport, habitat selection, population connectivity, and resource replenishment …

The role of oceanographic processes on the settlement of the Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus
cygnus) Page 1 The role of oceanographic processes on the settlement of the Western Rock …