Many benthic marine invertebrates develop by means of free-living, dispersive larval stages.
The presumed advantages of such larvae include the avoidance of competition for …

For many years ecologists have documented the remarkable within-species variation
inherent in natural systems—for example, variability in juvenile growth rates, mortality rates, …

Exposing larvae of the marine prosobranch gastropod Crepidula fornicata L. to excess K +
triggers the metamorphosis of competent individuals. This paper considers whether larvae of …

M any marine invertebrate spccies have complex life cyeIes, in which oue Of more free-living
developmental stages cventually metamorphoses to a morphologically-and often cco-…

In the laboratory, the swimming larvae of benthic marine invertebrates are generally capable
of prolonging their larval period beyond the time that they first become physiologically …

Many benthic marine invertebrate species have mixed life histories, in which larvae emerge
into the plankton to continue their development after a relatively short period of …

Larvae of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. are known to settle preferentially on filamentous
substrata, in this study, competent larvae attached by secreting byssal threads onto …

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To determine if a relationship exists between rate of development and ability to delay
metamorphosis, larvae of the prosobranch gastropod Crepidula fornicata (L.) were reared at 18 …

The relationship between growth rate, rate of morphological development, and length of larval
life, was examined for larvae of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. The larvae were reared …