Caribbean coral reef habitats, seagrass beds and mangroves provide important goods and
services both individually and through functional linkages. A range of anthropogenic factors …

Newly settled invertebrates usually are subject to high rates of mortality (Type 111
survivorship). Therefore, knowledge of early post-settlement events is critical in determ …

Florida Bay, the shallow lagoon separating mainland Florida and the Florida Keys, USA, is
experiencing an unprecedented series of ecological disturbances. In 1991, following reports …

The fishery for Panulirus argus in the Western Central Atlantic is the largest spiny lobster
fishery in the world and the most valuable single-species fishery in Cuba, accounting for …

We conducted a field experiment in the Florida Keys in which we manipulated Caribbean
spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) settlement and shelter for juveniles to (i) investigate how …

As is true for many fish and invertebrate fisheries, stock–recruitment relationships remain
poorly understood for most commercially important species of lobsters and crabs. This paper …

Caribbean spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, reside solitarily during the first months
postsettlement, but shift to gregarious shelter use in later juvenile stages, at sizes as small …

Marine organisms suffer extensive mortality just after settling from the plankton, yet, little is
known about the role that predators play in causing this mortality. We estimated the rates of …

The use of mangrove prop roots and associated coralline habitats by Caribbean spiny
lobsters was investigated near two types of mangrove islands in Belize. Spiny lobsters …

Factors affecting the recruitment of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters dwelling in macroalgae
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