Sexual selection has been studied as a major evolutionary driver of animal diversity for
roughly 50 years. Much evidence indicates that competition for mates favors elaborate …

Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by AJ Southward
(Marine Biological Association, UK), PA Tyler (Southampton Oceanography Association …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

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 …

Abstract Background The polychaete annelid Platynereis dumerilii is an emerging model
organism for the study of molecular developmental processes, evolution, neurobiology and …

Nereidid polychaetes are well known from shallow marine habitats, but their diversity in the
deep sea is poorly known. Here we describe an unusual new nereidid species found at …

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 …

As alien crayfish continue to spread in many countries throughout the world, there is a need
to find a means to control or eradicate those established populations that have become a …

Nereis diversicolor OF Müller, collected on the tidal flats of the Jadebusen (North Sea, FRG)
in autumn 1987 and 1988, was exposed to different temperatures in the laboratory. Results …

Publisher Summary Social aggregations are a familiar sight among aquatic vertebrates: One
has only to think of schools of dolphins, pods of whales, flocks of seagulls, and schools of …