American lobsters can live to the ripe old age of 100 years or more. They reach sexual maturity at 10 years old, and each ...

AMONG the lower groups of Crustacea, namely, the phyllopods, cladocera and ostracods, parthenogenesis is a well-known phenomenon and in many cases it is the only one known by which reproduction ...

Why these invisible organisms generate a significant portion of oxygen, absorb vast amounts of carbon, and purify water ...

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Speciation is the process by which a single species gives rise to two daughter species, which are genetically distinct and eventually unable to interbreed. Speciation can occur as a result of ...

The constant flow of new environmental science is a wonder to behold: Every day I receive dozens of notifications of newly published papers from every continent, often sharing discoveries about some ...

Introduction: Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of water is increasingly being used to monitor coastal biodiversity shifts. However, we have limited knowledge of whether samples collected during ...

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Few features of any organism draw more attention than their color. Color can play an important role in an organism’s survival, providing camouflage and photoprotection, and influencing sexual ...

In order to characterize the zooplankton community at the Vitória Bay estuarine system (Southeastern Brazil), samples were collected in 10 sampling stations during a three-year study (1998-2000), ...