Recent papers have suggested that epifaunal organisms use artificial structures as stepping‐
stones to spread to areas that are too distant to reach in a single generation. With thousands …

Many marine and terrestrial clades show similar latitudinal gradients in species richness, but
opposite gradients in range size—on land, ranges are the smallest in the tropics, whereas in …

Background While males usually benefit from as many matings as possible, females often
evolve various methods of resistance to matings. The prevalent explanation for this is that …

The great scallop Pecten maximus is harvested in several European countries and fisheries
targeting this species are severely regulated by fishing quotas. In addition, hatchery-based …

The objective of the research presented in this thesis was to understand the patterns of
benthic biodiversity on reefs in the North Sea. To gain this understanding, I studied which …

Cetaceans are large mammals widely distributed on Earth. The fin whale, Balaenoptera
physalus, is the second largest living animal. In the 20th century, commercial whaling …

The population genetic structure of marine species lacking free-swimming larvae is
expected to be strongly affected by random genetic drift among populations, resulting in …

Because of the high frequencies of null alleles at microsatellite loci in mollusks, it is difficult
to enhance the accuracy of parentage assignment in closely related families by increasing …

Abstract The Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, is one of the most important
aquaculture species in Europe. Appropriate molecular markers are required to evaluate …

The Korean mussel Mytilus coruscus, an endemic marine bivalve mollusk, is economically
important. Its population is currently decreasing due to overexploitation and invasion of a …