Most semiterrestrial, intertidal and shallow subtidal brachyuran crabs that live in tropical and
warm temperate estuaries, bays and protected coasts world-wide release their planktonic …

Future ocean acidification has the potential to adversely affect many marine organisms. A
growing body of evidence suggests that many species could suffer from reduced fertilization …

Abstract The Humboldt Current System (HCS) is one of the most productive marine
ecosystems on earth. It extends along the west coast of South America from southern Chile …

Reproductive output (RO) is commonly used as a proxy for reproductive effort (RE) among
Brachyuran crabs and other marine invertebrates, and so far no attempt has been made to …

Synopsis “Polar gigantism” describes a biogeographic pattern in which many ectotherms in
polar seas are larger than their warmer-water relatives. Although many mechanisms have …

The Chilean government is developing a comprehensive climate change policy for fisheries
and aquaculture, including institutional, research and capacity building, to reduce …

Low p O 2 values have been measured in the perivitelline fluids (PVF) of marine animal
eggs on several occasions, especially towards the end of development, when embryonic …

Adolescent and mature female red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus were captured by
scuba divers and held in seawater tanks at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center at …

Rimicaris exoculata is one of the most well-known and emblematic species of endemic vent
fauna. Like many other species from these ecosystems, Rimicaris shrimps host important …

Abstract Background We used the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus, one of the
largest brooding invertebrates in the Western Atlantic, to test for the presence/absence of …