The review explores the current diversity of methods used to determine the nutritional
condition of crustaceans and to provide evidence that standardization is needed to make …

Functional trait-based approaches provide an opportunity to assess how changes in habitat
affect the structure of associated communities. Global analyses have found a similarity in the …

Spiny lobsters are one of the most valuable fishing resources worldwide. These lobsters
have a complex life cycle with a lengthy pelagic phase followed by a lengthier benthic …

Direct exploitation through fishing is driving dramatic declines of wildlife populations in
ocean environments, particularly for predatory and large‐bodied taxa. Despite wide …

Introducción: El bentos constituye un eficiente indicador de disturbios ambientales, de
biodiversidad y de dinámica trófica. En Cuba, los moluscos bentónicos han sido reportados …

Decapods are one of the most diverse crustacean orders, with around 17,500 extant species
[1] of those morphotypes that are most easily identifiable as crustaceans, shrimps, crayfish …

Diet of the Tristan spiny lobster Jasus paulensis was examined using gut content and Stable
Isotope Analyses (SIA) to assess whether diets differed among three islands in the Tristan …

Paracentrotus lividus is a sea urchin widely distributed throughout Mediterranean basin and
Atlantic coast, highly appreciated for its gonads. It is broadly distributed along the …

PaV1 is a pathogenic virus found only to infect Caribbean spiny lobsters Panulirus argus, a
major fishing resource. P. argus is a benthic mesopredator and has a complex life history …

Spiny lobsters (Panulirus longipes, P. penicillatus and P. versicolor) are an important
resource in Seychelles, where they inhabit coastal carbonate and granite reefs that have …