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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 10, 2014

Diversity of introduced terrestrial flatworms in the Iberian Peninsula: a cautionary tale

19 citations

811 downloads

6,836 views

Marta Álvarez-Presas, Eduardo Mateos, Àngels Tudó, Hugh Jones, Marta Riutort

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.430 PubMed 24949245

June 26, 2014

Bird-window collisions in the summer breeding season

18 citations

928 downloads

3,441 views

Stephen B. Hager, Matthew E. Craig

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.460 PubMed 25024923

June 17, 2014

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

32 citations

1,491 downloads

3,330 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 26, 2014

Drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure in unmodified streams

12 citations

982 downloads

3,020 views

Jonathan D. Tonkin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.465 PubMed 25024926

June 19, 2014

Movement and ranging patterns of the Common Chaffinch in heterogeneous forest landscapes

2 citations

505 downloads

2,757 views

Katrin Kubiczek, Swen C. Renner, Stefan M. Böhm, Elisabeth K.V. Kalko, Konstans Wells

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.368 PubMed 25024900

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

703 downloads

2,485 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

June 17, 2014

Laboratory generation of new parthenogenetic lineages supports contagious parthenogenesis in Artemia

12 citations

583 downloads

2,132 views

Marta Maccari, Francisco Amat, Francisco Hontoria, Africa Gómez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.439 PubMed 25024909

June 17, 2014

Cascading effects of a highly specialized beech-aphid–fungus interaction on forest regeneration

1 citation

775 downloads