If you're hoping that reef-restoring coral larvae will settle down in damaged reefs, you can't just sit around and wait for ...

A substance developed at UC San Diego improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated ...

For coral to reproduce, adults spawn gametes that form planktonic larvae that drift in the currents and settle on a suitable substrate if environmental conditions are favorable. One of the major ...

Most marine fish larvae feed selectively (Hunter, 1981; Houde & Lovdal, 1985; Govoni et al, 1983; 1986; Young & Davis, 1992). Food selection depends on the availability of food organisms in larval ...

Here, we uncovered the cellular and circuit bases of a barokinetic response in the planktonic larva of the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii. Increased pressure induced a rapid, graded, and ...

These larvae grow into fish that are eaten by animals higher up the food web, such as sharks, birds and humans. Planktonic krill, a shrimp-like crustacean up to 5cm in size, make up most of the ...

Over the past decade, more than 90% of sunflower sea stars have disappeared from the West Coast of North America. It’s gotten so bad that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ...

The world’s largest extant shark species, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a filter feeder that dines primarily on planktonic jellyfish, crab larvae, copepods, fish eggs, and krill. Unlike the ...

Sea stars' planktonic larvae, however, are still bilateral, which scientists believe is evidence of their ancestors' bilateral body form. One, known as the duplication hypothesis, posits that ...

“So, it’s an indirect benefit to all reefs.” Oysters reproduce by producing planktonic larvae that float around in the water for two or three weeks, Pollack said. "Because of the ...

That broad definition includes jellyfish, krill, marine bacteria, viruses, algae and fish larvae. With no roots to the seabed, planktonic creatures mostly drift, though as those World War II pings ...