This chapter summarizes the ways that larvae respond behaviorally to the biotic and abiotic
attributes of their environment while swimming. Most larvae are heavier than seawater and …

Marine animals typically release tremendous numbers of larvae or gametes into the
surrounding water column. Conventional wisdom purports that few larvae survive long …

This study compiled available information on the dispersal distance of the propagules of
benthic marine organisms and used this information in the development of criteria for the …

Many benthic marine invertebrates develop by means of free-living, dispersive larval stages.
The presumed advantages of such larvae include the avoidance of competition for …

Models of larval dispersal rarely incorporate the behavior of larvae, yet many potential
settlers of marine invertebrates and fishes may navigate toward suitable settlement sites by …

Planktonic marine invertebrate embryos and larvae lead transitory lives of great risk and
grave uncertainty. Estimation of the magnitude of risk and mortality, however presents a …

In the laboratory, the swimming larvae of benthic marine invertebrates are generally capable
of prolonging their larval period beyond the time that they first become physiologically …

Australia's marine life is highly diverse and endemic. Here we describe projections of
climate change in Australian waters and examine from the literature likely impacts of these …

Marine broadcast spawners have two-phase life cycles, with pelagic larvae and benthic
adults. Larval supply and settlement link these two phases and are crucial for the …

The interdisciplinary field of marine chemical ecology is an expanding and dynamic science.
It is no surprise that the breadth of marine organisms studied expanded in concert with …