Animal migration plays a central role in many ecological and evolutionary processes, yet
migratory populations worldwide are increasingly threatened. Adjusting migration timing to …

School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, 4072, Australia E-
mail: d. marshall1@ uq. edu. au, richard. allen@ uq. edu. au, a. crean@ uq. edu. auAbstract …

Kelp forests are regarded as important nursery and foraging habitats for commercially
important species of finfish and shellfish despite an absence of fishery-independent data in …

The molt cycle is a constitutive phenomenon in crustaceans, with molting being a complex
and energy-demanding process. Reproduction and metabolism in crustaceans depend on …

Verísimo, P., Bernárdez, C., González-Gurriarán, E., Freire, J., Muiño, R., and Fernández, L.
2011. Changes between consecutive broods in the fecundity of the spider crab, Maja …

Rensch's rule, a well-studied macroevolutionary pattern of sexual size dimorphism (SSD),
predicts, in monophyletic taxa in which males are the larger sex, that as the body size of the …

Simple Summary On one hand, the females of some crabs can store the sperm from
copulations for several years. On the other hand, it is reported that DNA repair mechanisms …

Since its establishment in North America around 2013, the east-Asian spider Trichonephila
clavata has expanded its range to 120,000 km 2. We used 'MaxEnt'species distribution …

Many marine species are under high fishing pressure, which can cause alterations in their
mating systems and the structure of their populations. The spiny spider crab Maja …

Distribution and spatial population structure of the spider crab, Maja brachydactyla, in the
Ría de A Coruña (NW Spain) and adjacent coastal area was analysed. Sampling was done …