What makes a shrimp colony eusocial?
A guide to the evidence behind eusociality in Synalpheus, and to the distinctions a careful reader should preserve.
Publications & research library
The evidence.
The questions. The working notes.
Original explanatory articles and methodological discussions, with traceable sources and clearly stated limits.
The colony is not a command hierarchy
Why reproductive roles, coordinated behaviour, and institutional authority should not be treated as interchangeable ideas.
From contacts to networks: an edge is a scientific claim
A proposed protocol for constructing and interpreting colony-inspired graphs without mistaking a drawing for a mechanism.
Agreement without a central controller
An accessible mathematical example of local averaging, including the assumptions that make agreement possible and the things agreement cannot prove.
A minimum reproducible colony model
A proposed research protocol for making a small agent-based model understandable, repeatable, and honest about its biological limits.
What, exactly, would a colony optimise?
An original decision-theory example showing why an apparently efficient collective needs a stated objective, comparison, and account of costs.
Understanding publication statusThese are AESRD editorial or working drafts, not externally peer-reviewed papers. References link to the source literature. Read the proposed publication standards.