August 2014

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The Maldives & the whale shark: the world's biggest fish adds value to paradise

Whale shark in Maldives

August 12, 2014

The Maldives & the whale shark: the world's biggest fish adds value to paradise

New research shows that a small group of whale sharks in a single Maldivian Atoll accounts for nearly 3% of the global shark ecotourism and nearly half that of the Maldives -

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August 28, 2014
New craniodental remains of Thylacinus potens (Dasyuromorphia: Thylacinidae), a carnivorous marsupial from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna of central Australia
5 citations
576 downloads
2,657 views
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.547 PubMed 25237601
August 28, 2014
Disease dynamics and potential mitigation among restored and wild staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis
24 citations
698 downloads
2,928 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
marine-biology
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.541 PubMed 25210660
August 28, 2014
Recommended survey designs for occupancy modelling using motion-activated cameras: insights from empirical wildlife data
25 citations
3,405 downloads
5,700 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.532 PubMed 25210658
August 26, 2014
Rice koji reduced body weight gain, fat accumulation, and blood glucose level in high-fat diet-induced obese mice
11 citations
977 downloads
2,930 views
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food-science-and-technology
diabetes-and-endocrinology
nutrition
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.540 PubMed 25237599
August 26, 2014
Evaluation of a semiquantitative SNAP test for measurement of bile acids in dogs
1 citation
782 downloads
1,657 views
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veterinary-medicine
gastroenterology-and-hepatology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.539 PubMed 25210659
August 26, 2014
Metabolic fingerprinting of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) liver to track interactions between dietary factors and seasonal temperature variations
18 citations
638 downloads
2,612 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.527 PubMed 25210655
August 26, 2014
A survey on cultivable heterotrophic bacteria inhabiting a thermally unstratified water column in an Atlantic Rainforest lake
4 citations
522 downloads
1,830 views
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microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.478 PubMed 25237594
August 21, 2014
Subsampled open-reference clustering creates consistent, comprehensive OTU definitions and scales to billions of sequences
284 citations
3,799 downloads
19,195 views
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bioinformatics
ecology
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.545 PubMed 25177538
August 21, 2014
Stream grazers determine their crawling direction on the basis of chemical and particulate microalgal cues
5 citations
237 downloads
1,224 views
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animal-behavior
aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
ecology
entomology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.503 PubMed 25177531
August 19, 2014
Scaling of olfactory antennae of the terrestrial hermit crabs Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita perlatus during ontogeny
7 citations
520 downloads
2,136 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
marine-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.535 PubMed 25177536
August 19, 2014
Applying a reservoir functional-zone paradigm to littoral bluegills: differences in length and catch frequency?
412 downloads
1,885 views
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animal-behavior
aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
ecology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.528 PubMed 25177535
August 19, 2014
Sequencing at sea: challenges and experiences in Ion Torrent PGM sequencing during the 2013 Southern Line Islands Research Expedition
13 citations
5,495 downloads
18,862 views
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bioinformatics
ecology
genomics
marine-biology
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.520 PubMed 25177534
August 19, 2014
Motivational interviewing may facilitate professional interactions with inspectees during environmental inspections and enforcement conversations
7 citations
451 downloads
1,635 views
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environmental-impacts
environmental-sciences
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.508 PubMed 25177533
August 19, 2014
Data-driven discovery of the spatial scales of habitat choice by elephants
10 citations
652 downloads
2,732 views
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animal-behavior
computational-biology
conservation-biology
ecology
environmental-sciences
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.504 PubMed 25177532
August 14, 2014
Recent genome reduction of Wolbachia in Drosophila recens targets phage WO and narrows candidates for reproductive parasitism
22 citations
663 downloads
3,651 views
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evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.529 PubMed 25165636
August 14, 2014
Demographic effects on fruit set in the dioecious shrub Canada buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
5 citations
507 downloads
1,784 views
,
ecology
evolutionary-studies
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.526 PubMed 25165635
August 14, 2014
Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish
11 citations
489 downloads
3,008 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
ecology
evolutionary-studies
genetics
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525 PubMed 25165634
August 14, 2014
Fast and accurate semantic annotation of bioassays exploiting a hybrid of machine learning and user confirmation
12 citations
541 downloads
3,619 views
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bioinformatics
computational-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.524 PubMed 25165633
August 14, 2014
Three dimensional digital reconstruction of the jaw adductor musculature of the extinct marsupial giant Diprotodon optatum
10 citations
1,038 downloads
4,354 views
agricultural-science
paleontology
zoology
anatomy-and-physiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.514 PubMed 25165628
August 12, 2014
The relationship between managed bees and the prevalence of parasites in bumblebees
44 citations
1,279 downloads
5,001 views
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conservation-biology
entomology
natural-resource-management
parasitology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.522 PubMed 25165632
August 12, 2014
Feeding behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans is an indicator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 virulence
10 citations
1,413 downloads
2,558 views
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microbiology
infectious-diseases
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.521 PubMed 25165631
August 12, 2014
Yawn contagion in humans and bonobos: emotional affinity matters more than species
24 citations
1,169 downloads
6,057 views
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animal-behavior
anthropology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.519 PubMed 25165630
August 12, 2014
Whale shark economics: a valuation of wildlife tourism in South Ari Atoll, Maldives
21 citations
1,429 downloads
8,500 views
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conservation-biology
marine-biology
coupled-natural-and-human-systems
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.515 PubMed 25165629
August 12, 2014
Intergenerational conflicts may help explain parental absence effects on reproductive timing: a model of age at first birth in humans
14 citations
1,488 downloads
2,907 views
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animal-behavior
anthropology
developmental-biology
evolutionary-studies
psychiatry-and-psychology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.512 PubMed 25165627
August 12, 2014
A comparison of success rates of introduced passeriform birds in New Zealand, Australia and the United States
5 citations
438 downloads
1,716 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.509 PubMed 25165625
The Maldives & the whale shark: the world's biggest fish adds value to paradise

Whale shark in Maldives

August 12, 2014

The Maldives & the whale shark: the world's biggest fish adds value to paradise

New research shows that a small group of whale sharks in a single Maldivian Atoll accounts for nearly 3% of the global shark ecotourism and nearly half that of the Maldives -

- read article

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