Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 18, 2019

Combining simulation modeling and stable isotope analyses to reconstruct the last known movements of one of Nature’s giants

Clive N. Trueman, Andrew L. Jackson, Katharyn S. Chadwick, Ellen J. Coombs, Laura J. Feyrer, Sarah Magozzi, Richard C. Sabin, Natalie Cooper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7912 PubMed 31637141

October 29, 2019

Global marine biodiversity in the context of achieving the Aichi Targets: ways forward and addressing data gaps

Hanieh Saeedi, James Davis Reimer, Miriam I. Brandt, Philippe-Olivier Dumais, Anna Maria Jażdżewska, Nicholas W. Jeffery, Peter M. Thielen, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7221 PubMed 31681508

October 4, 2019

Multiplexed ISSR genotyping by sequencing distinguishes two precious coral species (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Coralliidae) that share a mitochondrial haplotype

Kenji Takata, Hiroki Taninaka, Masanori Nonaka, Fumihito Iwase, Taisei Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Suyama, Satoshi Nagai, Nina Yasuda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7769 PubMed 31598424

October 18, 2019

The distribution and mitochondrial genotype of the hydroid Aglaophenia latecarinata is correlated with its pelagic Sargassum substrate type in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean

Annette F. Govindarajan, Laura Cooney, Kerry Whittaker, Dana Bloch, Rachel M. Burdorf, Shalagh Canning, Caroline Carter, Shannon M. Cellan, Fredrik A.A. Eriksson, Hannah Freyer, Grayson Huston, Sabrina Hutchinson, Kathleen McKeegan, Megha Malpani, Alex Merkle-Raymond, Kendra Ouellette, Robin Petersen-Rockney, Maggie Schultz, Amy N.S. Siuda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7814 PubMed 31637119

October 1, 2019

Thermal biology and swimming performance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Tommy Norin, Paula Canada, Jason A. Bailey, A. Kurt Gamperl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7784 PubMed 31592351

October 11, 2019

Natural stable isotope ratios and fatty acid profiles of estuarine tidal flat nematodes reveal very limited niche overlap among co-occurring species

Xiuqin Wu, Tania Campinas Bezerra, Dirk Van Gansbeke, Tom Moens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7864 PubMed 31616602

October 28, 2019

Demographic history and population genetic analysis of Decapterus maruadsi from the northern South China Sea based on mitochondrial control region sequence

Su-Fang Niu, Ren-Xie Wu, Yun Zhai, Hao-Ran Zhang, Zhong-Lu Li, Zhen-Bang Liang, Yu-Hang Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7953 PubMed 31681517

October 14, 2019

Population genetics and historical demographic inferences of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in the US based on microsatellites

Danielle Macedo, Isabel Caballero, Mariana Mateos, Raphael Leblois, Shelby McCay, Luis A. Hurtado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7780 PubMed 31632846

October 14, 2019

The planktonic stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are tolerant of end-of-century pCO₂ concentrations

Cameron R.S. Thompson, David M. Fields, Reidun M. Bjelland, Vera B.S. Chan, Caroline M.F. Durif, Andrew Mount, Jeffrey A. Runge, Steven D. Shema, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Howard I. Browman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7810 PubMed 31632848

October 8, 2019

Fluctuation and diversity of Hydromedusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) in a highly productive region of the Gulf of Mexico inferred from high frequency plankton sampling

Sarah Pruski, Maria Pia Miglietta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7848 PubMed 31608180

October 8, 2019

Norrisanima miocaena, a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California

Matthew S. Leslie, Carlos Mauricio Peredo, Nicholas D. Pyenson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7629 PubMed 31608165

October 21, 2019

Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) rafting behaviour revealed by GPS tracking and behavioural observations

Cerren Richards, Oliver Padget, Tim Guilford, Amanda E. Bates