Recent studies have shown that coastal and shelf cephalopod populations have increased
globally over the last six decades. Although cephalopod landings are dominated by the …

This paper addresses a recent claim by Miyashita and co-authors that the filter-feeding larval
lamprey is a new evolutionary addition to the lamprey life-cycle and does not provide …

Does warmth from hydrothermal springs play a vital role in the biology and ecology of
abyssal animals? Deep off central California, thousands of octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) …

Models for future environmental change all involve global warming, whether slow or fast.
Predicting how plants and animals will respond to such warming can be aided by using …

Within the context of global climate change and overfishing of fish stocks, there is some
evidence that cephalopod populations are benefiting from this changing setting. These …

Coleoids are the most diverse group of cephalopod mollusks. While their origin is date
during the Mesozoic, the diversification pattern is unknown. However, two hypotheses have …

The pelagic cephalopods Japetella diaphana and Vampyroteuthis infernalis are charismatic
and widely distributed members of deep pelagic ecosystems. Their habitat temperatures …

One of the major mechanisms responsible for the animals' fitness dynamics is fecundity.
Fecundity as a trait does not evolve independently, and rather interacts with other traits such …

Macroecological studies have primarily focused on investigating the relationships between
body size and geographic distribution on large scales, including regional, continental, and …

Despite strong selective pressure to optimize larval life history in marine environments, there
is a wide diversity with regard to developmental mode, size, and time larvae spend in the …