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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

Disease dynamics and potential mitigation among restored and wild staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis

Margaret W. Miller, Kathryn E. Lohr, Caitlin M. Cameron, Dana E. Williams, Esther C. Peters

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.541 PubMed 25210660

August 12, 2014

Whale shark economics: a valuation of wildlife tourism in South Ari Atoll, Maldives

Edgar Fernando Cagua, Neal Collins, James Hancock, Richard Rees

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.515 PubMed 25165629

August 7, 2014

Asymmetric connectivity of spawning aggregations of a commercially important marine fish using a multidisciplinary approach

Adrian Munguia-Vega, Alexis Jackson, Silvio Guido Marinone, Brad Erisman, Marcia Moreno-Baez, Alfredo Girón-Nava, Tad Pfister, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Jorge Torre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.511 PubMed 25165626

August 14, 2014

Divergence by depth in an oceanic fish

Peter Shum, Christophe Pampoulie, Carlotta Sacchi, Stefano Mariani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.525 PubMed 25165634

August 19, 2014

Sequencing at sea: challenges and experiences in Ion Torrent PGM sequencing during the 2013 Southern Line Islands Research Expedition

Yan Wei Lim, Daniel A. Cuevas, Genivaldo Gueiros Z. Silva, Kristen Aguinaldo, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Andreas F. Haas, Mark Hatay, Savannah E. Sanchez, Linda Wegley-Kelly, Bas E. Dutilh, Timothy T. Harkins, Clarence C. Lee, Warren Tom, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith, Brian Zgliczynski, Mark J.A. Vermeij, Forest Rohwer, Robert A. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.520 PubMed 25177534

August 19, 2014

Scaling of olfactory antennae of the terrestrial hermit crabs Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita perlatus during ontogeny

Lindsay D. Waldrop, Roxanne M. Bantay, Quang V. Nguyen

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?

Nathan Ruhl, Holly DeAngelis, Abigale M. Crosby, Willem M. Roosenburg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.528 PubMed 25177535