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Maternal and latent effects

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In many species, including humans, the performance of individuals during the juvenile life depends on environmental conditions experienced of mothers, embryos or larvae. This experiences modify the phenotype of organisms but sometimes their effect remain latent for a while, and only express themselves in particular environmental conditions or at critical stages of the life cycles.  We study how these experiences affect organisms physiology and result in differential performance and survival. Ultimately, we want to understand how these effects can influence recruitment and population dynamics of benthic organisms

Ovigerous female of the shore crab Carcinus maenas

Selected publications:

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Maternal Trophic Status and Offpsring Phenotype in a Marine Invertebrate. 

   González-Ortegón E, Le Vay L, Walton M & Giménez  L(2018)  Scientific Reports 8:9618.

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Scale-dependent natural variation in larval nutritional reserves in a marine invertebrate: implications for recruitment and cross-ecosystem coupling.

   Giménez L, Torres G, Pettersen AK, , Burrows MT, Estevez A, Jenkins SR (2017) Marine Ecology Progress Series 570:141-165. 

 

Persistent and context-dependent effects of the larval feeding environment on post-metamorphic performance through the adult stage. 

    Torres G, Giménez L, Pettersen AK, Bue M, Burrows MT, Jenkins SR (2016) Marine Ecology Progress Series 545, 147-160.

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Environmentally mediated phenotypic links and performance in larvae of a marine invertebrate.

    Gonzalez-Ortegon E, Giménez L (2014) Marine Ecology Progress Series 503, 185-195.

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Relationships between habitat conditions, larval traits and juvenile performance in a marine invertebrate.

   Giménez L (2010) Ecology 91, 1401-1413.

 

Linking life history traits in successive phases of a complex life cycle: effects of larval biomass on early juvenile development in an estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata.

Giménez L, Anger K, Torres G (2004) Oikos 104, 570-580.

 

Relationships among salinity, egg size, embryonic development, and larval biomass in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata Dana, 1851.

Giménez L, Anger K (2001) J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 260.

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