A feature of the central equatorial Pacific is a strong divergent equatorial upwelling called
the cold tongue, which is favorable to the development of a large zonal band with high levels …

Stomach contents of 893 blue shark (Prionace glauca) caught off Ensenada, Todos Santos
Bay, Baja California, from 1995 to 1997 were analysed. 614 had identifiable food remains. A …

Micronekton are relatively small, but actively swimming, organisms ranging in size (2–10
cm) between plankton, which mostly drift with the currents, to the larger nekton, which have …

Squat lobsters are conspicuous representatives of the benthic fauna in diverse marine
environments. They may occur as solitary individuals or as dense benthic aggregations …

Squat lobsters are highly diversified and widespread decapods, of which only three species
form pelagic swarms. Here we infer the expansion of Munida gregaria populations in the …

The external and internal morphology of the marine squat lobsters is reviewed. External
morphology of squat lobsters has been extensively studied, primarily in the context of …

The pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes, is abundant throughout the Eastern Tropical
Pacific in both benthic and pelagic environments to depths of several hundred meters. The …

Nyctiphanes simplex is the most prominent neritic euphausiid along the southwest coast of
the Baja California peninsula, México. It was thought that this species is usually distributed …

The zooplankton community structure, including copepods, euphausiids, chaetognaths, and
decapod larvae, was monitored during six circadian cycles using Bongo net (500* m mesh …

This chapter overviews embryonic and larval development of squat lobsters, as well as egg
size, fecundity, larval dispersal and recruitment. Coverage of embryonic development is …