Competent-to-settle larval responses to conspecific chemical cues

Published work on this topic:

Meyer KS, Wheeler JD, Houlihan E, Mullineaux LS (2018). Desperate planktotrophs: decreased settlement selectivity with age in competent eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 599: 93-106.

Maciejewksi MF, Meyer KS, Wheeler JD, Anderson EJ, Pittoors NC, Mullineaux LS (2019). Helical swimming as an exploratory behavior in competent larvae of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 510: 86-94.

DiBenedetto MH, Meyer-Kaiser KS, Torjman B, Wheeler JD, Mullineaux LS (2021). Departures from isotropy: The kinematics of a larval snail in response to food. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb239178.

This is an ongoing research project and this page remains a work in progress!