Description of complex life cycle in Marine invertebrates

Larval diversity in: Basal metazoa, Bilaterian: Protostome Lophotrocozoa and Ecdisozoa; Deuterostome

Case of study: molluscs, polychaetes echinoderms

Importance of egg size and covariability of traits in marine invertebrates

integrating functions in the evolution of life cycle

phylogenetic constraits

Meaning of the developmental diversity

Evolutionary and ecological aspects

More on larval dispersal

life history theories

Importance of life cycle knowledge in ecological studies

Description of settlement and recruitment,  population and community dynamics

Supply side ecology and connectivities

Bio-physical models

Some examples