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North Atlantic right whales

June 3, 2014

Notifying speeding mariners lowers ship speeds in areas with North Atlantic Right Whales

There are only around 500 North Atlantic right whales alive today. In an effort to further protect them, a recent NOAA regulation required large vessels to reduce speed in areas seasonally occupied by the whales. The policy of notifying speeding vessels in protected areas was effective in lowering their speeds, helping to protect these magnificent creatures from ship collisions -

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June 24, 2014

Mobile phones carry the personal microbiome of their owners

77 citations

3,437 downloads

29,022 views

James F. Meadow, Adam E. Altrichter, Jessica L. Green

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.447 PubMed 25024916

June 17, 2014

Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable heterotrophic bacteria associated with the endemic marine sponge Arenosclera brasiliensis

36 citations

1,588 downloads

3,641 views

Cintia P.J. Rua, Amaro E. Trindade-Silva, Luciana R. Appolinario, Tainá M. Venas, Gizele D. Garcia, Lucas S. Carvalho, Alinne Lima, Ricardo Kruger, Renato C. Pereira, Roberto G.S. Berlinck, Rogério A.B. Valle, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.419 PubMed 25024903

June 10, 2014

Stability of commercial glucanase and β-glucosidase preparations under hydrolysis conditions

23 citations

1,323 downloads

2,783 views

Oscar Rosales-Calderon, Heather L. Trajano, Sheldon J.B. Duff

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.402 PubMed 24949230

June 19, 2014

Photobacterium sanctipauli sp. nov. isolated from bleached Madracis decactis (Scleractinia) in the St Peter & St Paul Archipelago, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil

15 citations

781 downloads

2,660 views

Ana Paula B. Moreira, Gwen Duytschaever, Luciane A. Chimetto Tonon, Adriana M. Fróes, Louisi S. de Oliveira, Gilberto M. Amado-Filho, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Paul De Vos, Jean Swings, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano L. Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.427 PubMed 25024905

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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

North Atlantic right whales

Notifying speeding mariners lowers ship speeds in areas with North Atlantic Right Whales

June 2014

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

North Atlantic right whales

Notifying speeding mariners lowers ship speeds in areas with North Atlantic Right Whales

North Atlantic right whales

Notifying speeding mariners lowers ship speeds in areas with North Atlantic Right Whales

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