The author shares some lessons learned from a lifetime of working with and thinking about
groups. Three types of groups are described, including the impact they have on the …

Understanding the mechanisms by which environmental chemical signals, chemical
defenses, and other chemical agents mediate various life-history processes can lead to …

The fluid mechanical environment provides the context in which denizens of aquatic realms,
as well as terrestrial creatures, use chemoperception to search for objects. Our ability to …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

Florida Bay is home to a network of shallow mud-banks which act as barriers to circulation
creating small basins that are often subject to extremes in temperature and salinity. Florida …

A complex nervous system enables spiny lobsters to have a rich behavioural repertoire. The
present paper discusses the ways in which the sensory systems of the Caribbean spiny …

Noise is a form of human-induced rapid environmental change, and mounting evidence
suggests that it can affect the sensory environment and consequently the decision-making …

Many animals are gregarious and potentially benefit from the presence of conspecifics. We
examined both den finding and den sharing by vulnerable juvenile Caribbean spiny …

Based upon papers presented at the Ninth Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial
Habitats (CARAH), this reference offers a timely compilation of information to increase …

Aggregations of organisms, ranging from zooplankton to whales, are an extremely common
phenomenon in the pelagic zone; perhaps the best known are fish schools. Social …