Sea urchins are dominant members of rocky temperate reefs around the world. They often
occur in cavities within the rock, and fit so tightly, it is natural to assume they sculpted these …

Though phenotypically plastic responses in echinoids are well studied, the majority of the
literature examines the effect of altered diet. Some species, however, such as the purple sea …

Understanding spatio-temporal variability in the demography of harvested species is
essential to improve sustainability, especially if there is large geographic variation in …

A wide variety of organisms show morphologically plastic responses to environmental
stressors but in general these changes are not reversible. Though less common, reversible …

Negative senescence, a decrease in size-specific mortality of large individuals, is shown by
sea urchins. Sea urchins have indeterminate growth and size-specific gamete production …

Most organisms reproduce seasonally, including most species of marine invertebrates that
live across wide ranges in habitat, depth and environmental conditions. We asked: What …

John Stuart Pearse, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology (EEB) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, died on July 31, 2020, at the age of …

Larval cloning occurs in echinoderm species and has been viewed as possibly adaptive. A
species of Oreaster currently being described has linked a rare benthic stage with common …

Аннотация Предлагаемая статья посвящена исследованию концепций современного
гилозоизма, в которых ученые экспериментально подтверждают, что природный мир …