Natural mortality of marine invertebrate larvae

Life-History Tactics: A Review of the Ideas

1976 • 3,515 citations

REPRODUCTIVE and LARVAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE BOTTOM INVERTEBRATES

1950 • 2,357 citations

Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates

1979 • 1,334 citations

Recruitment Dynamics in Complex Life Cycles

1988 • 1,229 citations

The Evolution of Life History Traits: A Critique of the Theory and a Review of the Data

1977 • 1,135 citations

Advances in invertebrate reproduction

1977 • 1,083 citations

THEORY OF POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION

1980 • 980 citations

Encounter Probabilities and Community Structure in Zooplankton: a Mathematical Model

1977 • 837 citations

Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment

1988 • 832 citations

The American oyster: Crassostrea virginica Gmelin

1964 • 825 citations

The consequences of variation in initial settlement vs. post-settlement mortality in rocky intertidal communities

1985 • 818 citations

Larval settlement rate: A leading determinant of structure in an ecological community of the marine intertidal zone

1985 • 791 citations

Supply-side ecology and benthic marine assemblages

1989 • 749 citations

Rearing of Bivalve Mollusks

1963 • 733 citations

Feeding and Nonfeeding Larval Development and Life-History Evolution in Marine Invertebrates

1985 • 660 citations

Skeletal Growth of Aquatic Organisms

1980 • 632 citations

On Reproductive Strategies in Marine Benthic Invertebrates

1973 • 625 citations

LARVAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES: PALEOBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

1983 • 583 citations

Feeding Ecology and Predation of Marine Fish Larvae

2013 • 560 citations

Demographic Theory for an Open Marine Population with Space‐Limited Recruitment

1985 • 551 citations

Types of larval development in marine bottom invertebrates, their distribution and ecological significance: a re-evaluation

1971 • 547 citations

Factors influencing the settlement of marine invertebrate larvae

1974 • 537 citations

LARVAL DISPERSAL AS A MEANS OF GENETIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED POPULATIONS OF SHALLOW-WATER BENTHIC MARINE GASTROPODS

1971 • 522 citations

Estuarine Comparisons

1982 • 508 citations

THE ECOLOGY OF FERTILIZATION OF ECHINOID EGGS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF SPERM DILUTION, ADULT AGGREGATION, AND SYNCHRONOUS SPAWNING

1985 • 501 citations

A Predator‐Prey System in the Marine Intertidal Region. I. Balanus glandula and Several Predatory Species of Thais

1970 • 479 citations

Larval Mortality in Marine Fishes and the Critical Period Concept

1974 • 459 citations

Hydrodynamic processes affecting benthic recruitment1

1983 • 446 citations

Chemoreception in marine organisms

1975 • 432 citations

Estuarine Perspectives

1980 • 422 citations

Reproduction of marine invertebrates

1974 • 422 citations

Some factors influencing the recruitment and establishment of marine benthic communities

1966 • 392 citations

Natural mortality of marine pelagic fish eggs and larvae: role of spatial patchiness

1986 • 388 citations

Consequences of Surf-Zone Turbulence for Settlement and External Fertilization

1989 • 388 citations

ESTIMATING LEVELS OF GENE FLOW IN NATURAL POPULATIONS

1981 • 372 citations

Reproductive ecology of marine invertebrates

1979 • 365 citations

Habitat Selection by Aquatic Invertebrates

1972 • 351 citations

Spatial variation in larval concentrations as a cause of spatial variation in settlement for the barnacle, Balanus glandula

1985 • 332 citations

EVOLUTION OF THE METAZOAN LIFE CYCLE

1974 • 325 citations

Reproduction and development of marine invertebrates of the northern Pacific coast: data and methods for the study of eggs, embryos, and larvae

1987 • 324 citations

Structure of Pelagic Food Chain and Relationship Between Plankton and Fish Production

1977 • 320 citations

Direct Coupling of Marine Invertebrate Spawning with Phytoplankton Blooms

1990 • 317 citations

Prey Vulnerability and Size Selection by Chaoborus Larvae

1981 • 316 citations

POPULATION GENETICS OF MARINE PELECYPODS. IV. SELECTION, MIGRATION AND GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN THE BLUE MUSSEL MYTILUS EDULIS

1976 • 307 citations

INTRODUCTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1974 • 306 citations

Surface slicks associated with tidally forced internal waves may transport pelagic larvae of benthic invertebrates and fishes shoreward

1983 • 301 citations

Spatial and Temporal Variation in Settlement and Recruitment of Intertidal Barnacles

1985 • 300 citations

Floating and algal rafting as potential dispersal mechanisms in brooding invertebrates

1985 • 279 citations

Exploitation of Marine Communities

1984 • 263 citations

The ecology and behavior of ascidian larvae

1989 • 261 citations

The evolution of individuality

1988 • 253 citations

Terrestrial runoff as a cause of outbreaks of Acanthaster planci (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

1982 • 250 citations

Evolution of marine invertebrate reproductive patterns

1979 • 248 citations

The Food of Plankton Organisms

1922 • 248 citations

The Spread of Sibling Larvae of Sedentary Marine Invertebrates

1974 • 244 citations

Overview of Research on Marine Invertebrate Larvae, 1940–1980

1984 • 241 citations

Food-Limited Growth of Marine Zooplankton

1984 • 232 citations

The propagation of cod — Gadus morhua L.

1985 • 230 citations

Production of a Calanoid Copepod, Acartia Tonsa, in the Patuxent River Estuary

1966 • 227 citations

Food Limitation of Planktotrophic Marine Invertebrate Larvae: Does it Control Recruitment Success?

1989 • 225 citations

Induced Settlement and Metamorphosis of Sand Dollar (Dendraster Ecentricus) Larvae in Predator‐Free sites: Adult Sand Dollar Beds

1982 • 217 citations

Larval Mortality from Offshore Mixing as a Link between Precompetent and Competent Periods of Development

1981 • 217 citations

The Consequences of Short‐Distance Larval Dispersal in a Sessile Marine Invertebrate

1985 • 215 citations

Influence of Larval Dispersal and Geographic Distribution on Species Longevity in Neogastropods

1980 • 208 citations

Settlement and recruitment of sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp.) in a sea-urchin barren ground and a kelp bed: are populations regulated by settlement or post-settlement processes?

1989 • 204 citations

Mathematical Evolutionary Theory

1989 • 189 citations

Role of Encapsulation in Invertebrate Life Histories

1979 • 187 citations

Quantitative studies of feeding and nutrition during larval development of the coral reef asteroid Acanthaster planci (L.)

1982 • 168 citations

Microscale and finescale variations of small plankton in coastal and pelagic environments

1989 • 167 citations

Brood or broadcast? The adaptive significance of different reproductive strategies in the two intertidal sea stars Leptasterias hexactis and Pisaster ochraceus

1975 • 166 citations

DEVELOPMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, AND SEASONAL ABUNDANCE OF EMBRYOS AND LARVAE OF THE ANTARCTIC SEA URCHIN STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI

1987 • 160 citations

Selective Feeding by Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) Larvae on Zooplankton in Natural Assemblages

1982 • 160 citations

Experimental evidence for limited dispersal of haliotid larvae (genus Haliotis; Mollusca: Gastropoda)

1987 • 151 citations

Role of Planktonic and Benthic Factors in the Population Dynamics of the Bryozoan Membranipora Membranacea

1982 • 146 citations

Morphological plasticity in laboratory-reared echinoplutei of Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz) and Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck) in response to food conditions

1988 • 146 citations

More on Reproductive Strategies in Marine Benthic Invertebrates

1973 • 146 citations

Relative value of ten genera of microorganisms as foods for oyster and clam larvae

1958 • 141 citations

Internal-wave-mediated shoreward transport of cyprids, megalopae, and gammarids and correlated longshore differences in the settling rate of intertidal barnacles

1987 • 140 citations

Competitive displacement and predation between introduced and native mud snails

1982 • 132 citations

Predation on zooplankton by the benthic anthozoans Alcyonium siderium (Alcyonacea) and Metridium senile (Actiniaria) in the New England subtidal

1984 • 130 citations

The relationship between temperature, growth rate, and duration of planktonic life for larvae of the gastropod Crepidula fornicata (L.)

1984 • 129 citations

SMALL‐SCALE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN OCEANIC ZOOPLANKTON1

1970 • 126 citations

Selective Predation in Freshwater Zooplankton Communities

1983 • 124 citations

Phytoplankton as a stimulus for spawning in three marine invertebrates

1975 • 122 citations

Nutritional Ecology of Ctenophores—A Review of Recent Research

1979 • 121 citations

A review of methods for labeling and tracking marine invertebrate larvae

1990 • 119 citations

CLASSIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES.

1974 • 118 citations

Food limited growth and development of larvae: Experiments with natural sea water

1985 • 116 citations

Direct observations of larval dispersal in the colonial ascidian Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter: evidence for closed populations

1989 • 114 citations

Population Genetics of Marine Pelecypods. IV. Selection, Migration and Genetic Differentiation in the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis

1976 • 110 citations

Bacteria-Free Sea Urchin Larvae: Selective Uptake of Neutral Amino Acids from Seawater

1983 • 105 citations

EARLY LIFE HISTORIES OF CORAL REEF ASTEROIDS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO Acanthaster planci (L.)

1973 • 104 citations

On predation of pelagic larvae and early juveniles of marine bottom invertebrates by adult benthic invertebrates and their passing alive through their predators

1974 • 103 citations

Variation in egg organic content and its relationship with egg size in the starfish Solaster stimpsoni

1987 • 102 citations

THE UPTAKE AND METABOLISM OF DISSOLVED AMINO ACIDS BY BIVALVE LARVAE

1983 • 100 citations

Behavioral basis of internal-wave-induced shoreward transport of megalopae of the crab Pachygrapsus crassipes

1985 • 100 citations

Constraints on egg masses. I. Retarded development within thick egg masses

1984 • 98 citations

The food of four species of pleuronectiform larvae in the eastern English Channel and southern North Sea

1978 • 98 citations

Recruitment-limitation in open populations of Diadema antillarum: an evaluation

1990 • 97 citations

Egg Size, Larval Development, and Juvenile Size in Benthic Marine Invertebrates

1977 • 97 citations

Models for Age‐Specific Interactions in a Periodic Environment

1974 • 96 citations

Potential vs. realized larval dispersal: fish predation on larvae of the ascidian Lissoclinum patella (Gottschaldt)

1987 • 96 citations

Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis and gonadal growth in the sea star Pisaster ochraceus

1982 • 93 citations

The Role of Dissolved Organic Material in the Nutrition of Pelagic Larvae: Amino Acid Uptake by Bivalve Veligers

1982 • 91 citations

Adaptive Significance of Spination in Estuarine Crab Zoeae

1989 • 90 citations

Planktivore functional groups and patterns of prey selection in pelagic communities

1985 • 89 citations

Factors extending gastropod embryonic development and their selective cost

1975 • 88 citations

Differential predation on marine invertebrate larvae by two benthic predators

1984 • 87 citations

Temperature and embryonic development in polar marine invertebrates

1982 • 85 citations

Slow developing demersal embryos and larvae of the antarctic sea star Odontaster validus

1969 • 85 citations

Simultaneous Spawning of Six Species of Echinoderms in Barkley Sound, British Columbia

1988 • 84 citations

EGG VOLUME AND ENERGETIC CONTENT ARE NOT CORRELATED AMONG SIBLING OFFSPRING OF STARFISH: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE-HISTORY THEORY

1987 • 80 citations

Phoxocephalid Amphipod Crustaceans as Predators on Larvae and Juveniles in Marine Soft-Bottom Communities

1982 • 79 citations

Bacterivory: A Novel Feeding Mode for Asteroid Larvae

1986 • 79 citations

The Food of Plankton Organisms. II

1923 • 79 citations

EFFECTS OF EARLY STARVATION PERIODS ON ZOEAL DEVELOPMENT OF BRACHYURAN CRABS

1981 • 79 citations

Effects of crustacean predators on species composition and population structure of soft-bodied infauna from Mcmurdo sound, Antarctica

1985 • 78 citations

Larval Predation by Barnacles: Effects on Patch Colonization in a Shallow Subtidal Community

1988 • 77 citations

Effects of the gastropod, Ilyanassa obsoleta(Say) and the bivalve, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.), on larval settlement and juvenile recruitment of infauna

1987 • 75 citations

In situ culturing as a test of the larval starvation hypothesis for the crown‐of‐thoms starfish, Acanthaster planci1

1987 • 74 citations

Morphological and behavioral antipredatory adaptations of decapod zoeae

1987 • 69 citations

Distribution of Introduced Marine Mollusca in British Columbia Waters

1964 • 69 citations

Sperm Chemotaxis in Ascidians

1982 • 68 citations

STOMACH CONTENTS AND MICROFEEDING OF SOME COMMON CIRRIPEDES

1959 • 68 citations

Asynchronous spawning and aggregative behavior in the sea urchin Diadema antillarum (Philippi)

1988 • 68 citations

Relationship of larval dispersal, gene-flow and natural selection to geographic variation of benthic invertebrates in estuaries and along coastal regions

1975 • 68 citations

Mortality, growth, and grazing impact of a cohort of bivalve larvae,Mytilus edulisL.

1981 • 68 citations

Variation in recruitment of the subtidal colonial ascidian Podoclavella cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard): the rôle of substratum choice and early survival

1987 • 66 citations

Non-viable seasonal settlement of larvae of the upper bathyal brittle star Ophiocten gracilis in the Rockall Trough abyssal

1981 • 65 citations

Differences in Temperature Dependence of Early Development of Sea Urchins with Different Growing Seasons

1989 • 64 citations

Organic level and caloric content of eggs of brooding asteroids and an echinoid (Echinodermata) from Kerguelen (South Indian Ocean)

1984 • 62 citations

Annual and lunar reproductive rhythms of the sea urchin,Diadema antillarum(Philippi) in Bermuda

1982 • 62 citations

The Ecology of the Tropical Compound Ascidian Trididemnum solidum. I. Reproductive Strategy and Larval Behaviour

1981 • 61 citations

Adult-larval interactions: Predictions, mussels and cocoons

1987 • 60 citations

Drift-tube study of the dispersal potential of green abalone (Haliotis fulgens) larvae in the southern California Bight: implications for recovery of depleted populations

1985 • 60 citations

Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis in a North Atlantic sea star,Asterias vulgaris

1986 • 59 citations

Distribution of bivalve larvae at a frontal system in the James River, Virginia

1988 • 59 citations

MORPHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL DEFENSES OF TROCHOPHORE LARVAE OFSABELLARIA CEMENTARIUM(POLYCHAETA) AGAINST FOUR PLANKTONIC PREDATORS

1984 • 58 citations

Larval problems and perspectives in life histories of marine invertebrates

1986 • 56 citations

Distribution of pelagic larvae of bottom invertebrates of the Norwegian and Barents Seas

1968 • 55 citations

Abundance and Distribution of Lobster Larvae (Homarus americanus) in Northumberland Strait

1964 • 55 citations

Heat resistance of gametes of marine invertebrates in relation to temperature conditions under which the species exist

1975 • 55 citations

Estimation of the size of molluscan larval settlement using the death assemblage

1984 • 54 citations

The Reproduction and Maintenance of Polydora Ciliata (Johnst.) at Whitstable

1961 • 49 citations

GENETIC VARIATION WITHIN AND BETWEEN GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED POPULATIONS OF THE SEA URCHIN,ARBACIA PUNCTULATA

1977 • 49 citations

Solitary ascidians as predators of invertebrate larvae: evidence from gut analyses and plankton samples

1989 • 49 citations

Larval Colonizing Strategies in Marine Benthic Invertebrates

1979 • 46 citations

Differential susceptibility of marine invertebrate larvae: Laboratory predation of sand dollar, Dendrasterexcentricus (Eschscholtz), embryos and larvae by zoeae of the red crab, Cancer productus Randall

1985 • 45 citations

Egg Volume and Energetic Content are not Correlated Among Sibling Offspring of Starfish: Implications for Life-History Theory

1987 • 45 citations

Chemotactic behavior of the sperm of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)

1977 • 44 citations

Lunar synchronization of the monthly reproductive rhythm in the sea urchin Centrostephanus coronatus Verrill

1975 • 44 citations

Population Dynamics of the Marine Clam, Mya arenaria1

1956 • 44 citations

Population Biology of the Japanese Little-neck Clam, Tapes philippinarum, in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

1977 • 44 citations

Significance of Temperature to Larval Survival and Length of Development in Balanus ebumeus (Crustacea: Cirripedia)

1982 • 44 citations

Fouling Community Structure: Effects of the Hydroid, Obelia Dichotoma, on Larval Recruitment

1976 • 44 citations

SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF LARVAE OF THE EUROPEAN OYSTER (OSTREA EDULISL.) AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES

1969 • 42 citations

Larval depletion by ascidians has little effect on settlement of epifauna

1989 • 41 citations

Effects of temperature on the body form, growth, electron transport system activity, and development rate of an echinopluteus

1985 • 40 citations

Sources of variability in attack rates of Euchaeta elongata Esterly, a carnivorous marine copepod

1982 • 39 citations

Astronomical cycles

1975 • 38 citations

The hypothesis of antarctic larval starvation examined for the asteroid Odontaster validus1

1987 • 38 citations

Population size-structure, juvenile growth, and breeding periodicity of the sea star Asterina miniata in Barkley Sound, British Columbia

1989 • 38 citations

Uptake of free amino acids by bacteria-free larvae of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus

1984 • 37 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT IN THE DEPTH REGULATION OF CRAB LARVAE

1975 • 37 citations

Effects of variation in initial settlement on distribution and abundance of Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter

1988 • 35 citations

Efficiency of Large-Volume Plankton Pumps, and Evaluation of a Design Suitable for Deployment from Small Boats

1984 • 34 citations

The fecundity of Ostrea edulis

1941 • 34 citations

Growth, reproduction and nutrition of some Barents Sea hydromedusae in natural aggregations

1969 • 33 citations

GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN ESTUARIES

1980 • 33 citations

Photoperiodic regulation of feeding and reproduction in a brooding sea star from central California

1986 • 33 citations

The importance of long term endogenous rhythms in the maintenance of reproductive cycles of marine invertebrates: a reappraisal

1983 • 33 citations

Larval abundance and recruitment of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus in Monterey Bay, California, USA

1982 • 32 citations

Predation on Encapsulated Larvae by Adults: Effects of Introduced Species on the Gastropod llyanassa obsolete

1982 • 32 citations

Feeding, assimilation, and growth of mud snail larvae, Nassarius obsoleyus (Say), on three different algal diets

1979 • 31 citations

On the Evolution of Brood Protection in Marine Benthic Invertebrates

1983 • 31 citations

Larval biology of six species of the genus Conus (Gastropoda: Toxoglossa) in Hawaii, USA

1981 • 30 citations

The larval development of three species ofMagelona(Polychaeta) from localities near Plymouth

1982 • 30 citations

Recruitment and juvenile survival in the sea hare Aplysia juliana (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)

1979 • 28 citations

Abundances and Production of Copepods in the Rhode River Subestuary of Chesapeake Bay

1976 • 28 citations

GONADAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE ANNUAL REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF COMANTHUS JAPONICA (ECHINODERMATA: CRINOIDEA)

1975 • 27 citations

Population dynamics of Euterpina acutifrons (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from North Inlet, South Carolina, with reference to Dimorphic Males

1979 • 27 citations

The Diet of Large and Small Individuals of the Sea Anemone Metridium senile

1977 • 27 citations

GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF LARVAL RETENTION: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

1982 • 23 citations

r-Curves and the Cost of the Planktonic Stage

1982 • 23 citations

Notes on the Ecology of Ship-Fouling Organisms

1950 • 22 citations

Control of the Reproductive Cycle in Female Eulalia Viridis (Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae)

1981 • 21 citations

SELECTIVE FEEDING ON ALGAL CELLS BY THE VELIGER LARVAE OF NASSARIUS OBSOLETUS (GASTROPODA, PROSOBRANCHIA) ,

1968 • 20 citations

Detachment of Egg Masses of a Polychaete: Environmental Risks of Benthic Protective Development

1986 • 18 citations

Uptake of dissolved amino acids by embryos and larvae of Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

1983 • 17 citations

Dynamics and Evolution of Marine Populations with Pelagic Larval Dispersal

1984 • 17 citations

Neptunea pribiloffensis (DALL, 1919) and Tealia crassicornis (MULLER, 1776) : on a snail's use of babysitters

1981 • 16 citations

PREDATION UPON CRASSOSTREA-VIRGINICA (GMELIN) LARVAE BY 2 INVERTEBRATE SPECIES COMMON TO CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER BARS

1979 • 11 citations

Predation by hydromedusae on hydrozoan embryos and larvae: planktonic kin selection?

1990 • 9 citations

Prefeeding larval development time is not correlated with egg size in regular echinoids (Strongylocentrotusspecies)

1989 • 7 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations