“…6). This observation is consistent with the intriguing hypothesis that ovigerous lobsters might adjust their springtime shoreward migrations to "control" their embryos' later development and hatch time (Cowan et al, 2007;Goldstein and Watson, 2015b;Goldstein and Watson, 2019;Moore et al, 2020), potentially to synchronize the release of their larvae with the presence of their plankton prey (Carlberg et al, 1976;Cushing, 1990;Carloni and Watson, 2018), or to position their larvae in optimal currents for survival (Goldstein and Watson, 2015a). The timing and location of hatch will subject larvae to particular sets of environment factors (e.g., currents and temperature) that will affect their dispersal, the time they spend in the plankton, and their trophic interactions during their planktonic phase (Incze et al, 2006;Xue et al, 2008;Carloni and Watson, 2018).…”