Parasites, including macroparasites, protists, fungi, bacteria and viruses, can impose a
heavy burden upon host animals. However, hosts are not without defences. One aspect of …

Behavior such as ontogenetic vertical migration (OVM) limits the transport of marine larvae
with short pelagic larval durations (PLDs), but its effect on the supposed long-distance …

The shallow distribution of Panulirus spiny lobsters makes them especially vulnerable to
overexploitation and their coastal habitats to the synergistic effects of multiple environmental …

Based upon papers presented at the Ninth Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial
Habitats (CARAH), this reference offers a timely compilation of information to increase …

Drawing attention to interactions between processes affecting biodiversity loss in marine
environments and effects on food security, we draw on research in the Turks and Caicos …

The success of marine stocking programs hinges on releasing hatchery-produced juvenile
animals into the optimal marine habitat. This study sought to identify optimal microhabitat …

Shelter competition is uncommon among social animals, as is the case among normally
gregarious Caribbean spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus). However, healthy lobsters avoid …

We conducted a series of laboratory experiments to examine the orientation, settlement, and
metamorphosis of Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) pueruli (postlarvae) in …

Coastal ecosystems are constantly buffeted by anthropogenic forces that degrade habitats
and alter ecological processes and functions; in turn, this habitat degradation diminishes the …

Resource allocation theory predicts a disproportionately large allocation of resources to
defensive structures during early ontogeny in organisms that are subject to more intense …