The reduction of the survival of mud crab during culture has been largely attributed to
aggressive encounters and cannibalism. In some crustaceans, suppressed aggression is …

The herbicide atrazine is heavily applied in agricultural areas in the Midwestern United
States and can run-off and seep into surrounding aquatic habitats where concentrations can …

Growth and reproduction are competitive processes with the first being an essential
prerequisite for the second. In crayfish both of these processes continue until the animal dies …

In the culture of mud crab Scylla serrata, cannibalism is often the greatest cause of mortality.
A laboratory study was conducted to compare the influence of size class differences and …

Clothianidin, a neonicotinoid insecticide that binds to arthropod nicotinic acetylcholine
receptors, is widely used to protect plants against a wide variety of agricultural pests. Little is …

For years, individual recognition has been the subject of many studies but, owing to the
intrinsic complexity of the phenomenon, it has also been the source of much controversy …

Three novel crayfish-infecting nudiviruses from crayfish in North America represent the first
genomic confirmation of nudiviruses in crayfish: Faxonius propinquus nudivirus (FpNV) …

Intra-and interspecific interactions contribute to the successful establishment and
consequent spreading of species in the environment, which became particularly apparent in …

Ecosystems increasingly face concurrent invasions by multiple species, but knowledge
about relationships among invasive species is under studied. We examined agonistic …

In species whose social structure includes dominance relationships, individuals are likely to
engage in frequent agonistic interactions with conspecifics, and these interactions can have …