Maternal effects are increasingly recognized as important drivers of population dynamics
and determinants of evolutionary trajectories. Recently, there has been a proliferation of …

Harbors and marinas are well known gateways for species introductions in marine
environments but little work has been done to ascertain relationships between species …

The ability of females to adaptively influence offspring phenotype via maternal effects is
widely acknowledged, but corresponding nongenetic paternal effects remain unexplored …

Large recruitment plates measuring 1× 1 m were deployed over an 18-month period from
September 2013 to March 2015 for the purpose of documenting recruitment and …

Ascidians are recognized as major invaders on a global scale, found from the poles to the
tropics and from shallow to deep sea waters with approximately 3000 known described …

In recent years, new analytical tools have allowed researchers to extract historical
information contained in molecular data, which has fundamentally transformed our …

Aim As the main or sole motile stage of many aquatic taxa, propagules play a central role in
their population dynamics, macroevolution and biogeography. The premises of studies …

Following the introduction to a new area (pre-border dispersal), post-border processes
determine the success in the establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS). However, little …

Body size is directly linked to key life history traits such as growth, fecundity, and
survivorship. Identifying the causes of body size variation is a critical task in ecological and …

The current global redistribution of biota is often attributed to two main drivers: contemporary
climate change (CCC) and non-indigenous species (NIS). Despite evidence of synergetic …