Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 31, 2017

Largest baleen whale mass mortality during strong El Niño event is likely related to harmful toxic algal bloom

1 citation

311 downloads

2,451 views

Verena Häussermann, Carolina S. Gutstein, Michael Bedington, David Cassis, Carlos Olavarria, Andrew C. Dale, Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Maria Jose Perez-Alvarez, Hector H. Sepúlveda, Kaitlin M. McConnell, Fanny E. Horwitz, Günter Försterra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3123

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

1 citation

200 downloads

886 views

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 31, 2017

Seed morphometric characteristics of European species of Elatine (Elatinaceae)

1 citation

55 downloads

272 views

Agnieszka Popiela, Andrzej Łysko, Bożenna Białecka, Magdalena Marta Bihun, Gábor Sramkó, Waldemar Staroń, Anetta Wieczorek, Attila Molnár V.

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3399 PubMed 28584724

May 16, 2017

Conserved queen pheromones in bumblebees: a reply to Amsalem et al.

1 citation

41 downloads

283 views

Luke Holman, Jelle S. van Zweden, Ricardo C. Oliveira, Annette van Oystaeyen, Tom Wenseleers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3332 PubMed 28533978

May 2, 2017

The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae

848 downloads

3,967 views

Philip D. Mannion, Ronan Allain, Olivier Moine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3217 PubMed 28480136

May 2, 2017

Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov. (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae), with implications for neurocentral closure timing, and the cervico-dorsal transition in diplodocids

701 downloads

3,370 views

Emanuel Tschopp, Octávio Mateus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3179 PubMed 28480132

May 24, 2017

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for Sturnira parvidens and cross-species amplification in Sturnira species

547 downloads

370 views

Edgar G. Gutiérrez, Giovani Hernández Canchola, Livia S. León Paniagua, Norberto Martínez Méndez, Jorge Ortega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3367 PubMed 28560110

May 4, 2017

Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?

363 downloads

2,572 views

Felipe L. Pinheiro, Taissa Rodrigues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3285 PubMed 28484676

May 4, 2017

Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico

318 downloads

3,423 views

Dení Ramírez-Macías, Nuno Queiroz, Simon J. Pierce, Nicolas E. Humphries, David W. Sims, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3271 PubMed 28484673

May 23, 2017

The first reported ceratopsid dinosaur from eastern North America (Owl Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mississippi, USA)

310 downloads

3,165 views

Andrew A. Farke, George E. Phillips

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3342 PubMed 28560100

May 25, 2017

Invasive lionfish had no measurable effect on prey fish community structure across the Belizean Barrier Reef

227 downloads

1,841 views

Serena Hackerott, Abel Valdivia, Courtney E. Cox, Nyssa J. Silbiger, John F. Bruno

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3270 PubMed 28560093

May 30, 2017

The presumed oldest flying insect: more likely a myriapod?

214 downloads

1,168 views

Carolin Haug, Joachim T. Haug

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3402 PubMed 28584727

May 31, 2017

Alien vs. predator: bacterial challenge alters coral microbiomes unless controlled by Halobacteriovorax predators

209 downloads

1,271 views

Rory M. Welsh, Stephanie M. Rosales, Jesse R. Zaneveld, Jérôme P. Payet, Ryan McMinds, Steven L. Hubbs, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3315 PubMed 28584701

May 9, 2017

A public dataset of running biomechanics and the effects of running speed on lower extremity kinematics and kinetics

203 downloads

1,020 views

Reginaldo K. Fukuchi, Claudiane A. Fukuchi, Marcos Duarte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3298 PubMed 28503379

May 9, 2017

Direct evidence of megamammal-carnivore interaction decoded from bone marks in historical fossil collections from the Pampean region

200 downloads

972 views

Karina Vanesa Chichkoyan, Borja Figueirido, Margarita Belinchón, José Luis Lanata, Anne-Marie Moigne, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3117 PubMed 28503369

May 3, 2017

Isolated teeth of Anhangueria (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

188 downloads

681 views

Tom Brougham, Elizabeth T. Smith, Phil R. Bell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3256 PubMed 28480142

May 18, 2017

A genome-wide assessment of stages of elevational parapatry in Bornean passerine birds reveals no introgression: implications for processes and patterns of speciation

186 downloads

927 views

Robert G. Moyle, Joseph D. Manthey, Peter A. Hosner, Mustafa Rahman, Maklarin Lakim, Frederick H. Sheldon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3335 PubMed 28533979

May 3, 2017

vConTACT: an iVirus tool to classify double-stranded DNA viruses that infect Archaea and Bacteria

183 downloads

848 views

Benjamin Bolduc, Ho Bin Jang, Guilhem Doulcier, Zhi-Qiang You, Simon Roux, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3243 PubMed 28480138

May 10, 2017

Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) survival, oil spills, shrimp fisheries, and hurricanes

162 downloads

982 views

Ryan M. Huang, Oron L. Bass Jr, Stuart L. Pimm

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3287 PubMed 28503374

May 16, 2017

Quantifying climate change impacts emphasises the importance of managing regional threats in the endangered Yellow-eyed penguin

153 downloads

1,802 views

Thomas Mattern, Stefan Meyer, Ursula Ellenberg, David M. Houston, John T. Darby, Melanie Young, Yolanda van Heezik, Philip J. Seddon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3272 PubMed 28533952

May 17, 2017

Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha: Sciaroidea) in early Eocene Cambay amber

142 downloads

853 views

Frauke Stebner, Hukam Singh, Jes Rust, David A. Grimaldi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3313 PubMed 28533964

May 18, 2017

StrainSeeker: fast identification of bacterial strains from raw sequencing reads using user-provided guide trees

142 downloads

720 views

Märt Roosaare, Mihkel Vaher, Lauris Kaplinski, Märt Möls, Reidar Andreson, Maarja Lepamets, Triinu Kõressaar, Paul Naaber, Siiri Kõljalg, Maido Remm

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3353 PubMed 28533988

May 30, 2017

Patterns of bleaching and mortality following widespread warming events in 2014 and 2015 at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Hawai‘i

138 downloads

1,386 views

Ku‘ulei S. Rodgers, Keisha D. Bahr, Paul L. Jokiel, Angela Richards Donà

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3355 PubMed 28584703

May 17, 2017

Characterisation of false-positive observations in botanical surveys

132 downloads

1,370 views

Quentin J. Groom, Sarah J. Whild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3324 PubMed 28533972

May 16, 2017

Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion

131 downloads

807 views

Leonard Dewaele, Eli Amson, Olivier Lambert, Stephen Louwye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3316 PubMed 28533965

Current Issue - May 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Galeamopus pabsti

Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov.

Current Issue - May 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Galeamopus pabsti

Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov.

Galeamopus pabsti

Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov.

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