Body size is manifestly one of the most important attributes of an organism from an
ecological and evolutionary point of view. Size has a predominant influence on an animal's …

General Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The
main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms' make a living'in …

In two-species interactions the effect of one competitor on the second is, in many cases,
much greater than the reverse. It has been argued that this situation, termed asymmetrical …

This study reports for the first time the ingestion of meso-(5.01–25 mm) and microplastics (1
μm–5 mm) by the sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum, the most abundant actiniarian …

Clonal animals, that is those that are genetically identical, are of great importance in biology.
The supposed evolutionary advantages of sexual versus asexual reproduction are one of …

Chemical engineering theory can be used in accounting for the broad range of metabolic
scaling exponents found in some aquatic invertebrates and algae. Delivery of metabolically …

We propose that some of the more conspicuous Ediacaran fossils from the Avalon Peninsula
of Newfoundland, including Aspidella, Charnia, and Charniodiscus, were biologically similar …

Jellyfish, hydras, corals and sea anemones (phylum Cnidaria) are known for their venomous
stinging cells, nematocytes, used for prey and defence. Here we show, however, that the …

A study of the stomach contents of a population of the Mediterranean gorgonian
Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) showed that zooplankton accounted for an important …

Abstract The Alcyonacean octocoral Alcyonium siderium Verrill and the sea anemone
Metridium senile (L.), the only common perennial zooplanktivores on shallow (≦ 16-m …