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James Reimer
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20,655 Points

Contributions by role

Author 2,225
Preprint Author 245
Reviewer 75
Editor 18,110

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Evolutionary Studies
Marine Biology
Zoology
Ecology
Taxonomy
Biogeography
Molecular Biology
Conservation Biology
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Environmental Impacts
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Natural Resource Management
Microbiology
Population Biology
Biosphere Interactions
Genetics
Climate Change Biology
Bioinformatics
Biological Oceanography
Ecosystem Science
Freshwater Biology
Environmental Sciences
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Genomics
Parasitology
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Contamination and Remediation
Public Health
Animal Behavior
Histology
Bioengineering
Plant Science
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Science Policy
Toxicology
Entomology
Mathematical Biology
Statistics
Biochemistry
Paleontology
Anthropology
Veterinary Medicine
Forestry
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James Davis Reimer

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

James Davis Reimer's research focuses on the biodiversity of understudied marine invertebrate groups (so-called "minor taxa"), primarily benthic cnidarians including zoantharians and their endosymbionts, as well as octocorals, from shallow tropical coral reefs to the deep sea. Recent research has also examined the impact of coastal development on marine diversity and ecosystems. Since 2007, he has been based at the University of the Ryukyus, where he is now a professor.

In 2015, he was awarded the Okinawa Research Prize for science contributing to the well-being and understanding of the Ryukyu Islands, and in 2021, he was awarded the Narishige Prize by the Zoological Society of Japan in recognition of his unique research output.

Biodiversity Biogeography Biological Oceanography Climate Change Biology Ecology Environmental Impacts Evolutionary Studies Marine Biology Molecular Biology Taxonomy Zoology

Section Editor

Aquatic Biology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of the Ryukyus

Work details

Professor

University of the Ryukyus
Department of Marine Sciences, Chemistry and Biology
National university, based in Okinawa, Japan, with access to a wide variety of marine ecosystems and a whole chain of relatively under-studied islands stretching from Taiwan to mainland Japan. Great students, great research location!

Adjunct Researcher

Tropical Biosphere Research Center (U. Ryukyus)
April 2014

Websites

  • MISE Lab
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 19
  • Preprints 5
  • Edited 156
July 30, 2025
The tip of the iceberg: extraordinarily high diversity while examining two infralittoral nematode communities on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan, using morphology and DNA barcoding
Marilyn Carletti, Nuria Viñuela Rodríguez, Gaia Rossetti, Virginia Rossi, Bryan Gabriel Pulido Tan, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19757 PubMed 40755798
October 16, 2023
Genome sizes and repeatome evolution in zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia)
Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Hiroki Kise, Mylena Daiana Santander, Stacy Pirro, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Angelo Poliseno, Maria E.A. Santos, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16188 PubMed 37868064
May 2, 2023
Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity
Sarah W. Davies, Matthew H. Gamache, Lauren I. Howe-Kerr, Nicola G. Kriefall, Andrew C. Baker, Anastazia T. Banaszak, Line Kolind Bay, Anthony J. Bellantuono, Debashish Bhattacharya, Cheong Xin Chan, Danielle C. Claar, Mary Alice Coffroth, Ross Cunning, Simon K. Davy, Javier del Campo, Erika M. Díaz-Almeyda, Jörg C. Frommlet, Lauren E. Fuess, Raúl A. González-Pech, Tamar L. Goulet, Kenneth D. Hoadley, Emily J. Howells, Benjamin C. C. Hume, Dustin W. Kemp, Carly D. Kenkel, Sheila A. Kitchen, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Senjie Lin, Shelby E. McIlroy, Ryan McMinds, Matthew R. Nitschke, Clinton A. Oakley, Raquel S. Peixoto, Carlos Prada, Hollie M. Putnam, Kate Quigley, Hannah G. Reich, James Davis Reimer, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty, Stephanie M. Rosales, Osama S. Saad, Eugenia M. Sampayo, Scott R. Santos, Eiichi Shoguchi, Edward G. Smith, Michael Stat, Timothy G. Stephens, Marie E. Strader, David J. Suggett, Timothy D. Swain, Cawa Tran, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Christian R. Voolstra, Mark E. Warner, Virginia M. Weis, Rachel M. Wright, Tingting Xiang, Hiroshi Yamashita, Maren Ziegler, Adrienne M. S. Correa, John Everett Parkinson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15023 PubMed 37151292
October 6, 2022
Shallow epifaunal sea cucumber densities and their relationship with the benthic community in the Okinawa Islands
Kohei Hamamoto, Angelo Poliseno, Taha Soliman, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14181 PubMed 36221267
September 21, 2022
Exploring the trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerites with regards to habitat depth in sea pens
Yuka Kushida, Yukimitsu Imahara, Hin Boo Wee, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Jane Fromont, Oliver Gomez, Nerida Wilson, Taeko Kimura, Shinji Tsuchida, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Takuo Higashiji, Hiroaki Nakano, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Akira Iguchi, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13929 PubMed 36164604
July 19, 2022
Diversity and distribution of air-breathing sea slug genus Peronia Fleming, 1822 (Gastropoda: Onchidiidae) in southern Japanese waters
Iori Mizukami, Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Sakine Matsuo, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13720 PubMed 35873908
May 31, 2022
Population genetics and demography of the coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge, Terpios hoshinota, in the Indo-West Pacific
Savanna Wenhua Chow, Shashank Keshavmurthy, James Davis Reimer, Nicole de Voogd, Hui Huang, Jih-Terng Wang, Sen-Lin Tang, Peter J. Schupp, Chun Hong Tan, Hock-Chark Liew, Keryea Soong, Beginer Subhan, Hawis Madduppa, Chaolun Allen Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13451 PubMed 35669953
September 22, 2020
Coral cover and rubble cryptofauna abundance and diversity at outplanted reefs in Okinawa, Japan
Piera Biondi, Giovanni Diego Masucci, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9185 PubMed 33024621
February 3, 2020
Comparison of Symbiodiniaceae diversities in different members of a Palythoa species complex (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoantharia)—implications for ecological adaptations to different microhabitats
Masaru Mizuyama, Akira Iguchi, Mariko Iijima, Kodai Gibu, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8449 PubMed 32117611
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
September 6, 2019
Expanding walls and shrinking beaches: loss of natural coastline in Okinawa Island, Japan
Giovanni Diego Masucci, James D. Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7520 PubMed 31534840
April 12, 2019
Marine biodiversity research in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: current status and trends
James Davis Reimer, Piera Biondi, Yee Wah Lau, Giovanni Diego Masucci, Xuan Hoa Nguyen, Maria E.A. Santos, Hin Boo Wee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6532 PubMed 31011490
February 6, 2019
Digging for DNA at depth: rapid universal metabarcoding surveys (RUMS) as a tool to detect coral reef biodiversity across a depth gradient
Joseph D. DiBattista, James D. Reimer, Michael Stat, Giovanni D. Masucci, Piera Biondi, Maarten De Brauwer, Michael Bunce
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6379 PubMed 30755831
July 4, 2018
Speciation among sympatric lineages in the genus Palythoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoantharia) revealed by morphological comparison, phylogenetic analyses and investigation of spawning period
Masaru Mizuyama, Giovanni D. Masucci, James D. Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5132 PubMed 30013833
October 3, 2017
A preliminary survey of zoantharian endosymbionts shows high genetic variation over small geographic scales on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan
Hatsuko Noda, John Everett Parkinson, Sung-Yin Yang, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3740 PubMed 29018596
August 18, 2017
Shifting communities after­­ typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan
Kristine N. White, David K. Weinstein, Taku Ohara, Vianney Denis, Javier Montenegro, James D. Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236
September 28, 2016
Extremely low genetic variability within and among locations of the greenfish holothurian Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835 in Okinawa, Japan
Taha Soliman, Okuto Takama, Iria Fernandez-Silva, James D. Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2410 PubMed 27703841
March 28, 2016
A citizen science approach to monitoring bleaching in the zoantharian Palythoa tuberculosa
John Everett Parkinson, Sung-Yin Yang, Iori Kawamura, Gordon Byron, Peter Alan Todd, James Davis Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1815 PubMed 27069784
September 3, 2013
Typhoon damage on a shallow mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan
Kristine N. White, Taku Ohara, Takuma Fujii, Iori Kawamura, Masaru Mizuyama, Javier Montenegro, Haruka Shikiba, Tohru Naruse, TY McClelland, Vianney Denis, James D. Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.151 PubMed 24032094
August 18, 2019 - Version: 1
Effect of coral reef restoration on demersal biodiversity in Okinawa, Japan
Piera Biondi, Giovanni D Masucci, James D Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27906v1
June 3, 2019 - Version: 1
The expanding wall and the shrinking beach: Loss of natural coastline in Okinawa Island, Japan
Giovanni D Masucci, James D Reimer
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27779v1
January 14, 2019 - Version: 2
Marine biodiversity research in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Current status and trends
James D Reimer, Piera Biondi, Yee Wah Lau, Giovanni Masucci, Xuan Hoa Nguyen, Maria E.A. Santos, Hin Boo Wee
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27029v2
August 17, 2018 - Version: 2
Research Infrastructures offer capacity to address scientific questions never attempted before: Are all taxa equal?
Christos D Arvanitidis, Richard M Warwick, Paul J Somerfield, Christina Pavloudi, Evangelos Pafilis, Anastassis Oulas, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Theodoros Patkos, Nicolas Bailly, Francisco Hernandez, Bart Vanhoorne, Leen Vandepitte, Ward Appeltans, Robert Adlard, Peter Adriaens, Ahn Kee-Jeong, Ahyong Shane, Akkari Nesrine, Gary Anderson, Angel Martin, Claudia Arango, Tom Artois, Stephen Atkinson, Ruud Bank, Anthony D Barber, Joao P Barbosa, Ilse Bartsch, Denise Bellan-Santini, Jimmy Bernot, Rüdiger Bieler, Magda Błażewicz, Phil Bock, Ruth Böttger-Schnack, Philippe Bouchet, Nicole Boury-Esnault, Geoff Boxshall, Christopher B Boyko, Simone Nunes Brandão, Rod Bray, Niel L Bruce, Stephen Cairns, Tania N Campinas Bezerra, Paco Cárdenas, Benny KK Chan, Tin-Yam Chan, Lanna Cheng, Morgan Churchill, Laure Corbari, Ralf Cordeiro, Astrid Cornils, Keith A Crandall, Thomas Cribb, Jean-Loup D'hondt, Meg Daly, Mikhail Daneliya, Jean-Claude Dauvin, Peter Davie, Claude De Broyer, Valentin De Mazancourt, Nicole De Voogd, Peter Decker, Danielle Defaye, Henk Dijkstra, Martin Dohrmann, Daryl Domning, Rachel Downey, Inna Drapun, Ursula Eisendle-Flöckner, Christine Ewers-Saucedo, Marien Faber, Diego Figueroa, Julian Finn, Gustavo Fonseca, Ewan Fordyce, William Foster, Hidetaka Furuya, Horia Galea, Oscar Garcia-Alvarez, Rade Garic, Rebeca Gasca, Santiago Gaviria-Melo, Sarah Gerken, David Gibson, João Gil, Arjan Gittenberger, Chris Glasby, Serge Gofas, Samuel E Gómez-Noguera, David González-Solís, Dennis Gordon, Michal Grabowski, Cinzia Gravili, José M Guerra-García, Roberto Guidetti, Katja Guilini, Kerry A Hadfield, Ed Hendrycks, Bachiller Herrera, Ju-Shey Ho, Jens Høeg, Oleksandr Holovachov, Matthew D Hooge, John Hooper, Tammy Horton, Lauren Hughes, Matús Hyžný, Luiz IF Moretti, Tohru Iseto, Viatcheslav N Ivanenko, Gerhard Jarms, Damià Jaume, Krzysztof Jazdzewski, Ivana Karanovic, Young-Hyo Kim, Rachael King, Michelle Klautau, Jürgen Kolb, Alexey Kotov, Traudl Krapp-Schickel, Antonina Kremenetskaia, Reinhardt Kristensen, Andreas Kroh, Sven Kullander, Rafael La Perna, Sara LeCroy, Daniel Leduc, Rafael Lemaitre, Anne-Nina Lörz, Jim Lowry, Enrique Macpherson, Larry Madin, Tomasz Mamos, Renata Manconi, Bruce Marshall, David J Marshall, Patrick Martin, Sandra McInnes, Jan Mees, Tõnu Meidla, Kelly Merrin, Dmitry Miljutin, Claudia Mills, Vadim Mokievsky, Tina Molodtsova, Rich Mooi, André C Morandini, Rosana Moreira Da Rocha, Fabio Moretzsohn, Jonas Mortelmans, Jeanne Mortimer, Luigi Musco, Thomas A Neubauer, Eike Neubert, Peter NG Neuhaus, Anh D Nguyen, Claus Nielsen, Jon Norenburg, Tim O'Hara, Hisayo Okahashi, Dennis Opresko, Masayuki Osawa, Yuzo Ota, Gustav Paulay, Vincent Perrier, William Perrin, Iorgu Petrescu, Bernard Picton, John F Pilger, Andrzej Pisera, Dan Polhemus, Gary Poore, James D Reimer, Hans Reip, Michael Reuscher, Pilar Rios Lopez, Marc Rius, Alexander Rzhavsky, José Saiz-Salinas, André F Sartori, Heinrich Schatz, Bernd Schierwater, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Simon Schneider, Christine Schönberg, André R Senna, Cristiana Serejo, Shabuddin Shaik, Shokoofeh Shamsi, Jyotsna Sharma, Noa Shenkar, Andrew Shinn, Jacek Sicinski, Volker Siegel, Petra Sierwald, Elizabeth Simmons, Frederic Sinniger, Duncan Sivell, Boris Sket, Harry Smit, Nicole Smol, Jesser F Souza-Filho, Jörg Spelda, Sérgio N Stampar, Eric Stienen, Pavel Stoev, Sabine Stöhr, Malin Strand, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, Mindi Summers, Billie J Swalla, Stefano Taiti, Masaatsu Tanaka, Anne H Tandberg, Danny Tang, Mark Tasker, Harry ten Hove, Jan J ter Poorten, Jim Thomas, Erik V Thuesen, Ben Thuy, Juan T Timi, Antonio Todaro, Xavier Turon, Peter Uetz, Sergiy Utevsky, Jean Vacelet, Risto Väinölä, Sancia ET van der Meij, Ton van Haaren, Virág Venekey, Chris Vos, Genefor Walker-Smith, Chad T Walter, Les Watling, Matthew Wayland, Christopher Whipps, Gary Williams, Robin Wilson, Moriaki Yasuhara, Joana Zanol, Wolfgang Zeidler
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26819v2
March 29, 2018 - Version: 1
Utilization of eDNA metabarcoding to assess coral reef health in Okinawa, Japan
James D Reimer, Joseph DiBattista, Piera Biondi, Giovanni D Masucci, Michael Stat, Michael Bunce
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26791v1

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June 3, 2025
Assessment of the fecundity of deep-sea corals in southeastern Brazil
Nathália Bastos, Carolina Siqueira Safra Terra, Márcio Alves Siqueira, Lourença Helena de Oliveira Vieira, Caio de Lima Mota, Halesio Milton Correa de Barros Neto, Guarani de Hollanda Cavalcanti, Ricardo Coutinho
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19525 PubMed 40487069
August 7, 2023
Tank fouling community enhances coral microfragment growth
Christopher Page, Riley Perry, Claire VA Lager, Jonathan Daly, Jessica Bouwmeester, E. Michael Henley, Mary Hagedorn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15723 PubMed 37576514
July 25, 2023
Morphological and molecular analysis of the tropical hermit crab Calcinus vachoni (Decapoda, Diogenidae) and its potential association with colonial anemone
Jibom Jung, Joong-Ki Park
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15691 PubMed 37520250
May 24, 2023
A low-tech method for monitoring survival and growth of coral transplants at a boutique restoration site
Sarah Frias-Torres, Claude Reveret, Kerstin Henri, Nirmal Shah, Phanor Hernando Montoya Maya
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15062 PubMed 37250710
April 25, 2023
Macroevolutionary patterns in intragenomic rDNA variability among planktonic foraminifera
Mattia Greco, Raphaël Morard, Kate Darling, Michal Kucera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15255 PubMed 37123000
February 21, 2023
Population biology of Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Quang Minh Dinh, Ton Huu Duc Nguyen, Ngon Trong Truong, Tien Thi Kieu Nguyen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14901 PubMed 36846463
December 15, 2022
Neospongodes atlantica, a potential case of an early biological introduction in the Southwestern Atlantic
Ralf T.S. Cordeiro, Ágatha Nascimento Carpinelli, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Barbara de Moura Neves, Carlos D. Pérez, Umberto de Oliveira, Paulo Sumida, Henrique Maranhão, Leonardo H.U. Monteiro, Pedro Carneiro, Marcelo V. Kitahara
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14347 PubMed 36540794
November 18, 2022
Growing up is hard to do: a demographic model of survival and growth of Caribbean octocoral recruits
Howard R. Lasker, Ángela Martínez-Quintana
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14386 PubMed 36420132
November 11, 2022
Marine or freshwater: the role of ornamental fish keeper’s preferences in the conservation of aquatic organisms in Brazil
Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14387 PubMed 36389422
September 2, 2022
Variation in genetics, morphology, and recruitment of the invasive barnacle Amphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841) in the southern Korean peninsula
Jeongho Kim, Michael Ubagan, Soyeon Kwon, Il-Hoi Kim, Sook Shin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14002 PubMed 36071826
August 23, 2022
Synchrotron µ-XRF mapping analysis of trace elements in in-situ cultured Japanese red coral, Corallium japonicum
Nozomu Iwasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yusuke Tamenori, Mutsuro Kikunaga, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Hikaru Sawai
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13931 PubMed 36032948
July 25, 2022
Recent deterioration of coral reefs in the South China Sea due to multiple disturbances
Jiaguang Xiao, Wei Wang, Xiaolei Wang, Peng Tian, Wentao Niu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13634 PubMed 35910778
June 30, 2022
Taxonomic and functional nematode diversity in Maldivian coral degradation zones: patterns across reef typologies and depths
Eleonora Grassi, Monica Montefalcone, Lucia Cesaroni, Loretta Guidi, Maria Balsamo, Federica Semprucci
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13644 PubMed 35791363
March 9, 2022
Three new species of Microlaimus (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the South Atlantic
Rita C. Lima, Patrícia F. Neres, André M. Esteves
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12734 PubMed 35287342
February 24, 2022
Comparing different farming habitats for mid-water rope nurseries to advance coral restoration efforts in the Maldives
Inga Dehnert, Luca Saponari, Paolo Galli, Simone Montano
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12874 PubMed 35233294
February 23, 2022
Holothuriophilus trapeziformis Nauck, 1880 (Decapoda: Pinnotheridae) from the Pacific coast of Mexico: taxonomic revision based on integrative taxonomy
Fernando Cortés-Carrasco, Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez, María del Socorro García-Madrigal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12774 PubMed 35228905
February 1, 2022
A revision of Plectanocotyle (Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae), with molecular barcoding of three species and the description of a new species from the streaked gurnard Chelidonichthys lastoviza off Algeria
Zouhour El Mouna Ayadi, Fadila Tazerouti, Delphine Gey, Jean-Lou Justine
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12873 PubMed 35178303
January 21, 2022
Chondrochelia Guţu, 2016 (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) from North America: new species, redescription and distribution using morphological and molecular data
Jani Jarquín-González, Luis F. Carrera-Parra
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12773 PubMed 35116196
December 17, 2021
Methodological recommendations for assessing scleractinian and octocoral recruitment to settlement tiles
Leah M. Harper, Lindsay K. Huebner, Elijah D. O’Cain, Rob Ruzicka, Daniel F. Gleason, Nicole D. Fogarty
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12549 PubMed 35003917
November 23, 2021
Thresholds of acidification impacts on macroinvertebrates adapted to seasonally acidified tropical streams: potential responses to extreme drought-driven pH declines
Carissa Ganong, Minor Hidalgo Oconitrillo, Catherine Pringle
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11955 PubMed 34900405
August 24, 2021
Carinacuma umesi, a new genus and species of bodotriid cumacean (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from shallow waters of the Maryland Coastal Bays, Mid-Atlantic region, USA
Andrés G. Morales-Núñez, Paulinus Chigbu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11740 PubMed 34513322
August 11, 2021
Muvi schmallenbergi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from the southeast Australian coast, with comments on the distribution and habitat preferences of Chondropodinae
Piotr Jóźwiak, Magdalena Błażewicz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11607 PubMed 34447616
August 3, 2021
Impact of the the COVID-19 pandemic on a queen conch (Aliger gigas) fishery in The Bahamas
Nicholas D. Higgs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11924 PubMed 34414036
August 2, 2021
High genetic diversity and mixing of coastal horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus gigas) across major habitats in Sundaland, Indonesia
Naila Khuril Aini, Yusli Wardiatno, Hefni Effendi, Ali Mashar, Hawis Madduppa
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11739 PubMed 34414023
July 2, 2021
Description of three species of ophioplinthacids, including a new species, from a deep seamount in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
Wanying Chen, Jieying Na, Dongsheng Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11566 PubMed 34249490
June 29, 2021
Vertical zonation of the Siberian Arctic benthos: bathymetric boundaries from coastal shoals to deep-sea Central Arctic
Andrey Vedenin, Sergey Galkin, Alexander N. Mironov, Andrey Gebruk
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11640 PubMed 34249501
May 11, 2021
Artificial light source selection in seaweed production: growth of seaweed and biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments and soluble protein
Shitao Huang, Ke Li, Yaoru Pan, Yan Yu, Thomas Wernberg, Thibaut de Bettignies, Jiaping Wu, Chaosheng Zhou, Zhixing Huang, Xi Xiao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11351 PubMed 34026353
April 23, 2021
Bosminopsis deitersi (Crustacea: Cladocera) as an ancient species group: a revision
Petr G. Garibian, Dmitry P. Karabanov, Anna N. Neretina, Derek J. Taylor, Alexey A. Kotov
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11310 PubMed 33981506
April 14, 2021
Morphological grounds for the obligate aerial respiration of an aquatic snail: functional and evolutionary perspectives
Cristian Rodriguez, Guido I. Prieto, Israel A. Vega, Alfredo Castro-Vazquez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10763 PubMed 33954023
April 2, 2021
Systematics of ‘lithistid’ tetractinellid demosponges from the Tropical Western Atlantic—implications for phylodiversity and bathymetric distribution
Astrid Schuster, Shirley A. Pomponi, Andrzej Pisera, Paco Cárdenas, Michelle Kelly, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10775 PubMed 33859870
February 18, 2021
Metasychis varicollaris sp. nov. and report of Metasychis gotoi (Maldanidae, Annelida) from the China Seas
Yueyun Wang, Xinzheng Li, Chunsheng Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10608 PubMed 33643700
December 21, 2020
The Aichi Biodiversity Targets: achievements for marine conservation and priorities beyond 2020
Hannah Carr, Marina Abas, Loubna Boutahar, Olivia N. Caretti, Wing Yan Chan, Abbie S.A. Chapman, Sarah N. de Mendonça, Abigail Engleman, Filippo Ferrario, Kayelyn R. Simmons, Jana Verdura, Anna Zivian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9743 PubMed 33391861
October 21, 2020
Morphological and molecular systematic review of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Annelida: Eunicidae) species from South Africa
Jyothi Kara, Isabel C. Molina-Acevedo, Joana Zanol, Carol Simon, Izwandy Idris
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10076 PubMed 33150064
October 5, 2020
Are giant clams (Tridacna maxima) distractible? A multi-modal study
Ryan Doyle, Jonathan Kim, Angelika Pe, Daniel T. Blumstein
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10050 PubMed 33083126
September 18, 2020
Radiolarian assemblages in the shelf area of the East China Sea and Yellow Sea and their ecological indication of the Kuroshio Current derivative branches
Hanxue Qu, Yong Xu, Jinbao Wang, Xin-Zheng Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9976 PubMed 32999769
July 16, 2020
Review of the genus Loimia Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida, Terebellidae) from China seas with recognition of two new species based on integrative taxonomy
Weina Wang, Jixing Sui, Qi Kou, Xin-Zheng Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9491 PubMed 32742787
May 27, 2020
A new sponge-associated starfish, Astrolirus patricki sp. nov. (Asteroidea: Brisingida: Brisingidae), from the northwestern Pacific seamounts
Ruiyan Zhang, Yadong Zhou, Ning Xiao, Chunsheng Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9071 PubMed 32518717
April 17, 2020
Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic
Johanna Calle-Triviño, Renata Rivera-Madrid, María Geovana León-Pech, Camilo Cortés-Useche, Rita Inés Sellares-Blasco, Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, Jesús Ernesto Arias-González
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8863 PubMed 32337099
March 25, 2020
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three new deep-sea species of Chrysogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from seamounts in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean
Yu Xu, Zifeng Zhan, Kuidong Xu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8832 PubMed 32257645
March 16, 2020
Atlantia, a new genus of Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the eastern Atlantic
Kátia C.C. Capel, Cataixa López, Irene Moltó-Martín, Carla Zilberberg, Joel C. Creed, Ingrid S.S. Knapp, Mariano Hernández, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen, Marcelo V. Kitahara
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8633 PubMed 32211227
March 10, 2020
Effects of mucus trail following on the distance between individuals of opposite sex and its influence on the evolution of the trait in the Ezo abalone Haliotis discus hannai
Yukio Matsumoto
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8710 PubMed 32195052
February 25, 2020
Holistic Environmental Approaches and Aichi Biodiversity Targets: accomplishments and perspectives for marine ecosystems
Elliot Dreujou, Charlotte Carrier-Belleau, Jesica Goldsmit, Dario Fiorentino, Radhouane Ben-Hamadou, Jose H. Muelbert, Jasmin A. Godbold, Rémi M. Daigle, David Beauchesne
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8171 PubMed 32140297
February 10, 2020
A new species of the genus Sarsamphiascus Huys, 2009 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Miraciidae) from a sublittoral zone of Hawaii
Jisu Yeom, Wonchoel Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8506 PubMed 32095348
January 24, 2020
Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of three Merulinidae corals and novel insights into the phylogenetics
Wentao Niu, Jiaguang Xiao, Peng Tian, Shuangen Yu, Feng Guo, Jianjia Wang, Dingyong Huang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8455 PubMed 32002337
November 18, 2019
Bibliographic revision of Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927 (Nematoda: Thoracostomopsidae) with description of a new species from Jeju Island, South Korea
Raehyuk Jeong, Alexei V. Tchesunov, Wonchoel Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8023 PubMed 31763070
November 11, 2019
Genome-wide identification and characterization of heat shock protein family 70 provides insight into its divergent functions on immune response and development of Paralichthys olivaceus
Kaiqiang Liu, Xiancai Hao, Qian Wang, Jilun Hou, Xiaofang Lai, Zhiguo Dong, Changwei Shao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7781 PubMed 31737440
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
September 2, 2019
Nutrient availability induces community shifts in seagrass meadows grazed by turtles
Isis Gabriela Martínez López, Marloes van Den Akker, Liene Walk, Marieke M. van Katwijk, Tjisse van Der Heide, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7570 PubMed 31534846
August 26, 2019
Cell proliferation controls body size growth, tentacle morphogenesis, and regeneration in hydrozoan jellyfish Cladonema pacificum
Sosuke Fujita, Erina Kuranaga, Yu-ichiro Nakajima
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7579 PubMed 31523518
August 19, 2019
Redescription of Hargeria rapax (Harger, 1879) and description of H. chetumalensis a new species from the Mexican Caribbean (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) based upon morphological and molecular evidence
Jani Jarquín-González, Luis F. Carrera-Parra
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7472 PubMed 31489263
July 29, 2019
First molecular approach to the octopus fauna from the southern Caribbean
Elena A. Ritschard, Jürgen Guerrero-Kommritz, Juan A. Sanchez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7300 PubMed 31392090
May 13, 2019
The highly toxic and cryptogenic clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) on the Swedish west coast
Annette F. Govindarajan, Björn Källström, Erik Selander, Carina Östman, Thomas G. Dahlgren
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6883 PubMed 31139502
May 6, 2019
Hatchery-reared enhancement program for silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the middle Yangtze River: monitoring the effectiveness based on parentage analysis
Huijuan Chen, Dengqiang Wang, Xinbin Duan, Shaoping Liu, Daqing Chen, Yun Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6836 PubMed 31119073
April 25, 2019
Diatom identification including life cycle stages through morphological and texture descriptors
Carlos Sánchez, Gabriel Cristóbal, Gloria Bueno
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6770 PubMed 31086732
April 23, 2019
A network approach to identify bioregions in the distribution of Mediterranean amphipods associated with Posidonia oceanica meadows
Bruno Bellisario, Federica Camisa, Chiara Abbattista, Roberta Cimmaruta
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6786 PubMed 31065458
April 5, 2019
Diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotype of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found dead off Jurong Island, Singapore
Marcus A.H. Chua, David J.W. Lane, Seng Keat Ooi, Serene H.X. Tay, Tsunemi Kubodera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6705 PubMed 30984481
March 21, 2019
Sea stars of the genus Henricia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from Vostok Bay, Sea of Japan
Anton Chichvarkhin, Olga Chichvarkhina, Daiki Wakita
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6585 PubMed 30923651
March 20, 2019
Transcriptome sequencing of olfactory-related genes in olfactory transduction of large yellow croaker (Larimichthy crocea) in response to bile salts
Jiabao Hu, Yajun Wang, Qijun Le, Na Yu, Xiaohuan Cao, Siwen Kuang, Man Zhang, Weiwei Gu, Yibo Sun, Yang Yang, Xiaojun Yan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6627 PubMed 30918761
February 22, 2019
The response of sulfur dioxygenase to sulfide in the body wall of Urechis unincinctus
Litao Zhang, Zhifeng Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6544 PubMed 30809466
February 12, 2019
Morphological identification and molecular confirmation of the deep-sea blue and red shrimp Aristeus antennatus larvae
Marta Carreton, Joan B. Company, Laia Planella, Sandra Heras, José-Luis García-Marín, Melania Agulló, Morane Clavel-Henry, Guiomar Rotllant, Antonina dos Santos, María Inés Roldán
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6063 PubMed 30775163
January 14, 2019
Mantle transcriptome sequencing of Mytilus spp. and identification of putative biomineralization genes
Magdalena Malachowicz, Roman Wenne
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6245 PubMed 30723611
December 17, 2018
Remains of Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Mid-Late Holocene archaeological sites in coastal Oman: clues of past worlds
John G. Frazier, Valentina Azzarà, Olivia Munoz, Lapo Gianni Marcucci, Emilie Badel, Francesco Genchi, Maurizio Cattani, Maurizio Tosi, Massimo Delfino
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6123 PubMed 30588406
December 7, 2018
Bait-attending amphipods of the Tonga Trench and depth-stratified population structure in the scavenging amphipod Hirondellea dubia Dahl, 1959
James P.A. Wilson, Kareen E. Schnabel, Ashley A. Rowden, Rachael A. Peart, Hiroshi Kitazato, Ken G. Ryan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5994 PubMed 30568853
November 5, 2018
All you can eat: the functional response of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus feeding on krill and copepods
Juan Höfer, Humberto E. González, Jürgen Laudien, Gertraud M. Schmidt, Verena Häussermann, Claudio Richter
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5872 PubMed 30416885
October 10, 2018
Modulating factors of the abundance and distribution of Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) (Decapoda, Portunoidea), a fishery resource, in Southeastern Brazil
Aline Nonato de Sousa, Giovana Bertini, Fabiano Gazzi Taddei, Rogério Caetano da Costa, Thiago Elias da Silva, Adilson Fransozo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5720 PubMed 30324019
September 28, 2018
First record of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the coastal waters of the United Arab Emirates
Fadi Yaghmour, Brendan Whittington-Jones
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5555 PubMed 30280015
September 24, 2018
Identification of an aquaculture poriferan “Pest with Potential” and its phylogenetic implications
Adrian Galitz, Steve de C. Cook, Merrick Ekins, John N. A. Hooper, Peter T. Naumann, Nicole J. de Voogd, Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5586 PubMed 30280018
September 7, 2018
A bathypelagic ostracod Conchoecissa nigromaculatus sp. nov. (Myodocopa, Halocyprididae) from the South China Sea
Peng Xiang, Yu Wang, Ruixiang Chen, Liyuan Zhao, Chunguang Wang, Mao Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5557 PubMed 30210944
August 31, 2018
Effectiveness of five personal shark-bite deterrents for surfers
Charlie Huveneers, Sasha Whitmarsh, Madeline Thiele, Lauren Meyer, Andrew Fox, Corey J.A. Bradshaw
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5554 PubMed 30186701
August 8, 2018
Herbivore biocontrol and manual removal successfully reduce invasive macroalgae on coral reefs
Brian J. Neilson, Christopher B. Wall, Frank T. Mancini, Catherine A. Gewecke
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5332 PubMed 30123695
July 20, 2018
The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function
Jill R. Bourque, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276 PubMed 30042896
July 11, 2018
Progress in the discovery of amphipod crustaceans
Tri Arfianti, Simon Wilson, Mark John Costello
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5187 PubMed 30018857
June 18, 2018
Unusually low genetic divergence at COI barcode locus between two species of intertidal Thalassaphorura (Collembola: Onychiuridae)
Xin Sun, Anne Bedos, Louis Deharveng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5021 PubMed 29938135
June 13, 2018
Efficient dispersal and substrate acquisition traits in a marine invasive species via transient chimerism and colony mobility
Andrew E. Fidler, Aurelie Bacq-Labreuil, Elad Rachmilovitz, Baruch Rinkevich
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5006 PubMed 29915705
May 21, 2018
Living upside down: patterns of red coral settlement in a cave
Federica Costantini, Luca Rugiu, Carlo Cerrano, Marco Abbiati
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4649 PubMed 29844950
May 8, 2018
Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef—how adequately is it protected?
Zoe T. Richards, Jon C. Day
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4747 PubMed 29761059
April 26, 2018
Haimormus shimojiensis, a new genus and species of Pseudozeuxidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from a submarine limestone cave in Northwestern Pacific
Keiichi Kakui, Yoshihisa Fujita
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4720 PubMed 29713569
March 9, 2018
First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete and its evolutionary history—an integrative taxonomy approach
Kamil Hupało, Tomasz Mamos, Weronika Wrzesińska, Michał Grabowski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4457 PubMed 29568704
March 5, 2018
Genetic diversity and connectivity of the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Shoou Jeng Joung, Chi-Ju Yu, Hua-Hsun Hsu, Wen-Pei Tsai, Kwang Ming Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4432 PubMed 29527411
March 2, 2018
Reproduction and community structure of fish from winter catch sites from industrial shrimp bycatch from the northeast and southeast Mexican Pacific
Jorge de Jesus Tirado-Ibarra, Mariany Loya-Rodriguez, Jose Carlos Morales-Arevalo, Isabel Rosario Muñoz-Garcia, Francisco Martinez-Perez, Jorge Saul Ramirez-Perez, Laura Rebeca Jimenez-Gutierrez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4460 PubMed 29507841
February 23, 2018
Quantifying the effectiveness of shoreline armoring removal on coastal biota of Puget Sound
Timothy S. Lee, Jason D. Toft, Jeffery R. Cordell, Megan N. Dethier, Jeffrey W. Adams, Ryan P. Kelly
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4275 PubMed 29492331
December 14, 2017
Unraveling the structure and composition of Varadero Reef, an improbable and imperiled coral reef in the Colombian Caribbean
Valeria Pizarro, Sara C. Rodríguez, Mateo López-Victoria, Fernando A. Zapata, Sven Zea, Claudia T. Galindo-Martínez, Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Joseph Pollock, Mónica Medina
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4119 PubMed 29259841
December 11, 2017
Disentangling diatom species complexes: does morphometry suffice?
Saúl Blanco, María Borrego-Ramos, Adriana Olenici
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4159 PubMed 29250472
December 11, 2017
A molecular phylogenetic appraisal of the acanthostomines Acanthostomum and Timoniella and their position within Cryptogonimidae (Trematoda: Opisthorchioidea)
Andrés Martínez-Aquino, Victor M. Vidal-Martínez, M. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4158 PubMed 29250471
November 30, 2017
Ordinary kriging vs inverse distance weighting: spatial interpolation of the sessile community of Madagascar reef, Gulf of Mexico
Salvador Zarco-Perello, Nuno Simões
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4078 PubMed 29204321
November 29, 2017
Age-based and reproductive biology of the Pacific Longnose Parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps from Guam
Brett M. Taylor, Eric Cruz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4079 PubMed 29201565
November 7, 2017
Metabarcoding analysis of the stomach contents of the Antarctic Toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) collected in the Antarctic Ocean
Tae-Ho Yoon, Hye-Eun Kang, Soo Rin Lee, Jae-Bong Lee, Gun Wook Baeck, Hyun Park, Hyun-Woo Kim
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3977 PubMed 29134141
October 27, 2017
Comparative demography of two common scleractinian corals: Orbicella annularis and Porites astreoides
Francisco J. Soto-Santiago, Alex Mercado-Molina, Koralis Reyes-Maldonado, Yaileen Vélez, Claudia P. Ruiz-Díaz, Alberto Sabat
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3906 PubMed 29093994
October 26, 2017
Species–specific crab predation on the hydrozoan clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), subsequent crab mortality, and possible ecological consequences
Mary R. Carman, David W. Grunden, Annette F. Govindarajan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3966 PubMed 29085761
October 19, 2017
First record of the family Sphyrapodidae Guţu, 1980 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha) with the description of a new species of Sphyrapus from the Colombian Caribbean
Andrés G. Morales-Núñez, Catalina Morales-Ruiz, Néstor E. Ardila
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3947 PubMed 29071166
October 5, 2017
Clone wars: asexual reproduction dominates in the invasive range of Tubastraea spp. (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the South-Atlantic Ocean
Katia Cristina Cruz Capel, Robert J. Toonen, Caio T.C.C. Rachid, Joel C. Creed, Marcelo V. Kitahara, Zac Forsman, Carla Zilberberg
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3873 PubMed 29018611
October 2, 2017
Framework for community functioning: synthesis of stress gradient and resource partitioning concepts
Sophia I. Passy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3885 PubMed 29018618
October 2, 2017
Diverse responses of Symbiodinium types to menthol and DCMU treatment
Jih-Terng Wang, Shashank Keshavmurthy, Tzu-Ying Chu, Chaolun Allen Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3843 PubMed 29018600
September 8, 2017
A comparison of the morphological and biochemical characteristics of Chlorella sorokiniana and Chlorella zofingiensis cultured under photoautotrophic and mixotrophic conditions
Siti Nor Ani Azaman, Norio Nagao, Fatimah M. Yusoff, Sheau Wei Tan, Swee Keong Yeap
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3473 PubMed 28929006
August 29, 2017
Distribution and biological implications of plastic pollution on the fringing reef of Mo’orea, French Polynesia
Elizabeth J. Connors
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3733 PubMed 28875079
August 21, 2017
Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea
Andrew D. Thaler, William Saleu, Jens Carlsson, Thomas F. Schultz, Cindy L. Van Dover
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3655 PubMed 28852590
August 17, 2017
Lionfish (Pterois spp.) invade the upper-bathyal zone in the western Atlantic
Erika Gress, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Lucy Woodall, Pamela J. Schofield, Karl Stanley, Alex D. Rogers
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3683 PubMed 28828275
July 25, 2017
Mortality, recovery, and community shifts of scleractinian corals in Puerto Rico one decade after the 2005 regional bleaching event
Jorge R. García-Sais, Stacey M. Williams, Ali Amirrezvani
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3611 PubMed 28761791
July 11, 2017
Predator–prey interactions between native brine shrimp Artemia parthenogenetica and the alien boatman Trichocorixa verticalis: influence of salinity, predator sex, and size, abundance and parasitic status of prey
Vanessa Céspedes, Marta I. Sánchez, Andy J. Green
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3554 PubMed 28713654
June 22, 2017
Euphilomedes biacutidens (Ostracoda, Myodocopida, Philomedidae), a new species from China Sea
Peng Xiang, Youyin Ye, Xiaoyin Chen, Ruixiang Chen, Mao Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3488 PubMed 28652938
May 30, 2017
A new view on the morphology and phylogeny of eugregarines suggested by the evidence from the gregarine Ancora sagittata (Leuckart, 1860) Labbé, 1899 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida)
Timur G. Simdyanov, Laure Guillou, Andrei Y. Diakin, Kirill V. Mikhailov, Joseph Schrével, Vladimir V. Aleoshin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3354 PubMed 28584702
May 23, 2017
Storm effects on intertidal invertebrates: increased beta diversity of few individuals and species
Guilherme N. Corte, Thomas A. Schlacher, Helio H. Checon, Carlos A.M. Barboza, Eduardo Siegle, Ross A. Coleman, Antonia Cecília Z. Amaral
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3360 PubMed 28560108
May 23, 2017
Effectiveness of coral relocation as a mitigation strategy in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i
Ku’ulei S. Rodgers, Koi Lorance, Angela Richards Donà, Yuko Stender, Claire Lager, Paul L. Jokiel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3346 PubMed 28560102
May 18, 2017
Divergent evolutionary histories of DNA markers in a Hawaiian population of the coral Montipora capitata
Hollie M. Putnam, Diane K. Adams, Ehud Zelzion, Nicole E. Wagner, Huan Qiu, Tali Mass, Paul G. Falkowski, Ruth D. Gates, Debashish Bhattacharya
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3319 PubMed 28533967
May 17, 2017
Metabarcoding monitoring analysis: the pros and cons of using co-extracted environmental DNA and RNA data to assess offshore oil production impacts on benthic communities
Olivier Laroche, Susanna A. Wood, Louis A. Tremblay, Gavin Lear, Joanne I. Ellis, Xavier Pochon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3347 PubMed 28533985
May 16, 2017
Worldwide exploration of the microbiome harbored by the cnidarian model, Exaiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) indicates a lack of bacterial association specificity at a lower taxonomic rank
Tanya Brown, Christopher Otero, Alejandro Grajales, Estefania Rodriguez, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3235 PubMed 28533949
May 2, 2017
Porites superfusa mortality and recovery from a bleaching event at Palmyra Atoll, USA
Kathryn Anne Furby, Jennifer Ellen Smith, Stuart Adrian Sandin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3204 PubMed 28480135
April 25, 2017
DNA Barcoding analysis of seafood accuracy in Washington, D.C. restaurants
David B. Stern, Eduardo Castro Nallar, Jason Rathod, Keith A. Crandall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3234 PubMed 28462038
April 18, 2017
Mitochondrial diversity in Gonionemus (Trachylina:Hydrozoa) and its implications for understanding the origins of clinging jellyfish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Annette F. Govindarajan, Mary R. Carman, Marat R. Khaidarov, Alexander Semenchenko, John P. Wares
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3205 PubMed 28439470
April 6, 2017
Two new benthic Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967 (Ostracoda, Myodocopida, Philomedidae) from the Taiwan Strait (East China Sea)
Peng Xiang, Xiaoyin Chen, Ruixiang Chen, Jinghong Lin, Yu Wang, Youyin Ye, Mao Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3146 PubMed 28396825
March 14, 2017
Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays
Julia M. Lawson, Sonja V. Fordham, Mary P. O’Malley, Lindsay N.K. Davidson, Rachel H.L. Walls, Michelle R. Heupel, Guy Stevens, Daniel Fernando, Ania Budziak, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Isabel Ender, Malcolm P. Francis, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Nicholas K. Dulvy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3027 PubMed 28316882
March 8, 2017
Hard time to be parents? Sea urchin fishery shifts potential reproductive contribution of population onto the shoulders of the young adults
Barbara Loi, Ivan Guala, Rodrigo Pires da Silva, Gianni Brundu, Maura Baroli, Simone Farina
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3067 PubMed 28289567
March 7, 2017
True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) in Macaronesia
Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Vidal Martín, Monica Silva, Roland Edler, Cristel Reyes, Manuel Carrillo, Agustina Schiavi, Talia Morales, Belen García-Ovide, Anna Sanchez-Mora, Nerea Garcia-Tavero, Lisa Steiner, Michael Scheer, Roland Gockel, Dylan Walker, Enrico Villa, Petra Szlama, Ida K. Eriksson, Marisa Tejedor, Monica Perez-Gil, João Quaresma, Wojtek Bachara, Emma Carroll
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3059 PubMed 28286714
February 21, 2017
A detailed observation of the ejection and retraction of defense tissue acontia in sea anemone (Exaiptasia pallida)
Julie Lam, Ya-Wen Cheng, Wan-Nan U. Chen, Hsing-Hui Li, Chii-Shiarng Chen, Shao-En Peng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2996 PubMed 28243530
February 16, 2017
Exoskeletons of Bougainvilliidae and other Hydroidolina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): structure and composition
María A. Mendoza-Becerril, José Eduardo A.R. Marian, Alvaro Esteves Migotto, Antonio Carlos Marques
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2964 PubMed 28224050
February 14, 2017
Spawning aggregation of white-streaked grouper Epinephelus ongus: spatial distribution and annual variation in the fish density within a spawning ground
Atsushi Nanami, Taku Sato, Yuuki Kawabata, Junichi Okuyama
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3000 PubMed 28229026
February 7, 2017
Large-scale gene flow in the barnacle Jehlius cirratus and contrasts with other broadly-distributed taxa along the Chilean coast
Baoying Guo, John P. Wares
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2971 PubMed 28194316
February 2, 2017
Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of Chaetopterus spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae)
Temir A. Britayev, Elena Mekhova, Yury Deart, Daniel Martin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2930 PubMed 28168108
January 10, 2017
Henricia djakonovi sp. nov. (Echinodermata, Echinasteridae): a new sea star species from the Sea of Japan
Anton Chichvarkhin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2863 PubMed 28097066
January 4, 2017
Resistance to starvation of first-stage juveniles of the Caribbean spiny lobster
Alí Espinosa-Magaña, Enrique Lozano-Álvarez, Patricia Briones-Fourzán
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2852 PubMed 28070466
November 29, 2016
Abundance and physiology of dominant soft corals linked to water quality in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia
Gunilla Baum, Indra Januar, Sebastian C.A. Ferse, Christian Wild, Andreas Kunzmann
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2625 PubMed 27904802
November 1, 2016
A potential third Manta Ray species near the Yucatán Peninsula? Evidence for a recently diverged and novel genetic Manta group from the Gulf of Mexico
Silvia Hinojosa-Alvarez, Ryan P. Walter, Pindaro Diaz-Jaimes, Felipe Galván-Magaña, E. Misty Paig-Tran
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2586 PubMed 27833795
October 27, 2016
Sewage treatment plant associated genetic differentiation in the blue mussel from the Baltic Sea and Swedish west coast
Josefine Larsson, Mikael Lönn, Emma E. Lind, Justyna Świeżak, Katarzyna Smolarz, Mats Grahn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2628 PubMed 27812424
October 27, 2016
Comparative internal anatomy of Staurozoa (Cnidaria), with functional and evolutionary inferences
Lucília S. Miranda, Allen G. Collins, Yayoi M. Hirano, Claudia E. Mills, Antonio C. Marques
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2594 PubMed 27812408
October 25, 2016
Baseline reef health surveys at Bangka Island (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) reveal new threats
Massimo Ponti, Francesca Fratangeli, Nicolò Dondi, Marco Segre Reinach, Clara Serra, Michael J. Sweet
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2614 PubMed 27812416
October 13, 2016
Variation in habitat soundscape characteristics influences settlement of a reef-building coral
Ashlee Lillis, DelWayne Bohnenstiehl, Jason W. Peters, David Eggleston
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2557 PubMed 27761342
October 5, 2016
The effect of CO2 enrichment on net photosynthesis of the red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis in a brackish water environment
Liina Pajusalu, Georg Martin, Tiina Paalme, Arno Põllumäe
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2505 PubMed 27761318
September 29, 2016
Reef-scale trends in Florida Acropora spp. abundance and the effects of population enhancement
Margaret W. Miller, Katryna Kerr, Dana E. Williams
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2523 PubMed 27703862
August 31, 2016
Joint estimation of crown of thorns (Acanthaster planci) densities on the Great Barrier Reef
M. Aaron MacNeil, Camille Mellin, Morgan S. Pratchett, Jessica Hoey, Kenneth R.N. Anthony, Alistair J. Cheal, Ian Miller, Hugh Sweatman, Zara L. Cowan, Sascha Taylor, Steven Moon, Chris J. Fonnesbeck
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2310 PubMed 27635314
August 30, 2016
Microsatellite loci in the tiger shark and cross-species amplification using pyrosequencing technology
Natália J. Mendes, Vanessa P. Cruz, Fernando Y. Ashikaga, Sâmia M. Camargo, Claudio Oliveira, Andrew N. Piercy, George H. Burgess, Rui Coelho, Miguel N. Santos, Fernando F. Mendonça, Fausto Foresti
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2205 PubMed 27635306
August 18, 2016
Population genetic structure between Yap and Palau for the coral Acropora hyacinthus
Annick Cros, Robert J. Toonen, Sarah W. Davies, Stephen A. Karl
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2330 PubMed 27602294
July 27, 2016
Community shelter use in response to two benthic decapod predators in the Long Island Sound
David M. Hudson, Dugan Reagan, Joseph F. Crivello
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2265 PubMed 27547570
July 27, 2016
Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers by Next Generation Sequencing for the blue and red shrimp Aristeus antennatus
Sandra Heras, Laia Planella, Ilaria Caldarazzo, Manuel Vera, José-Luis García-Marín, Maria Ines Roldán
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2200 PubMed 27547526
July 26, 2016
Morphometric comparisons of plant-mimetic juvenile fish associated with plant debris observed in the coastal subtropical waters around Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan
Alexya Cunha de Queiroz, Yoichi Sakai, Marcelo Vallinoto, Breno Barros
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2268 PubMed 27547571
July 14, 2016
Quantification of coral sperm collected during a synchronous spawning event
Aaron Teo, James R. Guest, Mei Lin Neo, Kareen Vicentuan, Peter A. Todd
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2180 PubMed 27478697
July 6, 2016
The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands
Lindsay M. Veazey, Erik C. Franklin, Christopher Kelley, John Rooney, L. Neil Frazer, Robert J. Toonen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2189 PubMed 27441122
July 6, 2016
Characterisation of an atypical manifestation of black band disease on Porites lutea in the Western Indian Ocean
Mathieu Séré, David A. Wilkinson, Michael H. Schleyer, Pascale Chabanet, Jean-Pascal Quod, Pablo Tortosa
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2073 PubMed 27441106
July 5, 2016
Differences in meiofauna communities with sediment depth are greater than habitat effects on the New Zealand continental margin: implications for vulnerability to anthropogenic disturbance
Norliana Rosli, Daniel Leduc, Ashley A. Rowden, Malcolm R. Clark, P. Keith Probert, Katrin Berkenbusch, Carlos Neira
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2154 PubMed 27441114
June 23, 2016
Stochasticity in space, persistence in time: genetic heterogeneity in harbour populations of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata
Mari-Carmen Pineda, Beatriz Lorente, Susanna López-Legentil, Creu Palacín, Xavier Turon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2158 PubMed 27366653
June 23, 2016
Five new species and one new genus of recent miliolid foraminifera from Raja Ampat (West Papua, Indonesia)
Meena Förderer, Martin R. Langer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2157 PubMed 27366652
June 14, 2016
Transient turbid water mass reduces temperature-induced coral bleaching and mortality in Barbados
Hazel A. Oxenford, Henri Vallès
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2118 PubMed 27326377
June 9, 2016
Genetic, morphological and growth characterisation of a new Roseofilum strain (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) associated with coral black band disease
Patrick Buerger, Carlos Alvarez-Roa, Karen D. Weynberg, Sebastien Baekelandt, Madeleine J.H. van Oppen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2110 PubMed 27330865
June 1, 2016
Living to the range limit: consumer isotopic variation increases with environmental stress
Carl J. Reddin, Nessa E. O’Connor, Chris Harrod
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2034 PubMed 27280067
May 18, 2016
Coral reproduction in Western Australia
James Gilmour, Conrad W. Speed, Russ Babcock
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2010 PubMed 27231651
May 5, 2016
Integrative taxonomy of Metrichia Ross (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Ochrotrichiinae) microcaddisflies from Brazil: descriptions of twenty new species
Allan P.M. Santos, Daniela M. Takiya, Jorge L. Nessimian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2009 PubMed 27169001
May 3, 2016
The interplay between habitat structure and chemical contaminants on biotic responses of benthic organisms
Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Miguel G. Matias, Ross A. Coleman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1985 PubMed 27168991
April 26, 2016
Potential spawn induction and suppression agents in Caribbean Acropora cervicornis corals of the Florida Keys
Mark Flint, John T. Than
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1982 PubMed 27168990
April 25, 2016
Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands
Nicola C. Dobson, Magnus L. Johnson, Sammy De Grave
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1926 PubMed 27168962
April 21, 2016
Plastome data reveal multiple geographic origins of Quercus Group Ilex
Marco Cosimo Simeone, Guido W. Grimm, Alessio Papini, Federico Vessella, Simone Cardoni, Enrico Tordoni, Roberta Piredda, Alain Franc, Thomas Denk
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1897 PubMed 27123376
April 19, 2016
Changes to coral health and metabolic activity under oxygen deprivation
James W.A. Murphy, Robert H. Richmond
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1956 PubMed 27114888
March 31, 2016
Improved ultrastructure of marine invertebrates using non-toxic buffers
Jacqueline Montanaro, Daniela Gruber, Nikolaus Leisch
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1860 PubMed 27069800
March 29, 2016
Caribbean Bulimulus revisited: physical moves and molecular traces (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)
Abraham S.H. Breure
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1836 PubMed 27069787
March 24, 2016
The sex lives of ctenophores: the influence of light, body size, and self-fertilization on the reproductive output of the sea walnut, Mnemiopsis leidyi
Daniel A. Sasson, Joseph F. Ryan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1846 PubMed 27042395
March 10, 2016
Genetic diversity and structure in the Endangered Allen Cays Rock Iguana, Cyclura cychlura inornata
Andrea C. Aplasca, John B. Iverson, Mark E. Welch, Giuliano Colosimo, Evon R. Hekkala
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1793 PubMed 26989628
March 10, 2016
Molecular phylogeny of porcelain crabs (Porcellanidae: Petrolisthes and allies) from the south eastern Pacific: the genera Allopetrolisthes and Liopetrolisthes are not natural entities
J. Antonio Baeza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1805 PubMed 26989636
March 10, 2016
Occurrence patterns of coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) over depth intervals in the Caribbean
Kaj M. van Tienderen, Sancia E.T. van der Meij
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1794 PubMed 26989629