Aquatic organisms detect chemical cues to sense the local environment, for example, to find
a mate, locate food, and identify danger. Knowledge of chemical cues can be used in …

The interdisciplinary field of marine chemical ecology is an expanding and dynamic science.
It is no surprise that the breadth of marine organisms studied expanded in concert with …

The fishery for Panulirus argus has evolved from a small undercapitalized fishery to a large,
economically important, heavily capitalized fishery during the course of the twentieth …

Commercial fishers report finding their lobster traps often great distances from their original
location following major hurricanes. But traps also move during lesser wind events, such as …

Ghost fishing is the capacity of lost traps to continue to catch and kill animals. In the spiny
lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery in Florida, the effects of ghost fishing are of particular …

Desiccation rates and hemolymph pH, lactic acid and ammonia concentrations of spiny
lobsters, Panulirus argus, exposed in air for up to 2 hours were measured. Desiccation rates …

The fishery for spiny lobster Panulirus argus in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
is well chronicled, but little information is available on the prevalence of lost or abandoned …

Throughout the world traps of various materials and designs are employed extensively by
commercial and recreational fishermen to catch clawed and spiny lobsters, crabs, crayfish …

Using diver surveys, we compared the size structure, fecundity, and reproductive season of
spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) in the Dry Tortugas National Park lobster sanctuary with …

Spiny lobster size and abundance have been monitored in the Western Sambo Ecological
Reserve since its designation in 1997 as a fully protected marine reserve in the Florida Keys …