Mate choice in temperate and tropical spiny lobsters with contrasting reproductive systems

Mark Butler, IV1*, Rodney Bertelsen2, and Alison MacDiarmid3 Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, South Florida Regional Laboratory, 2796 Overseas Highway, Suite 119, Marathon, FL 33050, USA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand *Corresponding author: tel: +1 757 683 3609; fax: +1 757 683 5283; e-mail: mbutler@odu.edu