While most copepods are holoplanktonic, decapod larvae are meroplanktonic with a pelagic
larval development ranging from days (Penaeidae) to weeks (most Palaemonidae …

Abstract Green crabs (Carcinus, Portunidae) include two species native to Europe—
Carcinus aestuarii (Mediterranean species) and Carcinus maenas (Atlantic species). These …

The shore crab, Carcinus maenas L.(Portunidae), is a coastal and estuarine species, which
can live and reproduce under brackish water conditions; freshly hatched larvae have been …

Introduced populations can cause ecological and economic damage and are difficult to
eradicate once they have established. It is therefore important to be able to predict both …

The ontogeny of osmoregulation, the development of branchial transporting epithelia and
the expression of the enzyme Na+/K+-ATPase were studied in Carcinus maenas (L.) …

Under climate change, increased temperatures combined with food limitation may be critical
for species with complex life cycles, if high growth rates characterize the larval development …

In meroplanktonic larvae, growth is accompanied by developmental changes in
physiological, biochemical, morphological, behavioural, and ecological traits, and these …

Environmental effects on sets of traits of organisms can have important consequences on
populations. In marine species with complex life cycles, plastic responses in larval traits can …

Planktonic larvae experiencing short periods of starvation or reduced food supply often grow
and develop more slowly, have poor survival, fail to metamorphose, metamorphose at …

Abstract The Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus has become invasive in North
Europe and it co-occurs and competes with the native European shore crab Carcinus …