o Egg size is strongly associated with developmental mode; species with small eggs generally have long-lived planktonic larvae, species with large eggs tend to have short-lived, non- feeding larvae or to lack dispersing planktonic stages altogether
o Egg size is also linked to a number of fundamental and adaptive traits such as length of larval development, larval form, size at metamorphosis, juvenile growth and survival, resistance to starvation, and fertilization success.