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January 13, 2015

Sizing up the giants that live in the ocean

In this monumental study, researchers sifted through multiple datasets and historical records to produce more accurate and comprehensive size measurements for 25 marine species including the Blue Whale, Giant Squid, and Great White Shark. Infographic CC-BY 4.0 PeerJ (Low Res, High Res, PDF)

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January 13, 2015

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

Craig R. McClain, Meghan A. Balk, Mark C. Benfield, Trevor A. Branch, Catherine Chen, James Cosgrove, Alistair D.M. Dove, Leo Gaskins, Rebecca R. Helm, Frederick G. Hochberg, Frank B. Lee, Andrea Marshall, Steven E. McMurray, Caroline Schanche, Shane N. Stone, Andrew D. Thaler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.715 PubMed 25649000

January 29, 2015

More coral, more fish? Contrasting snapshots from a remote Pacific atoll

Ricardo Beldade, Suzanne C. Mills, Joachim Claudet, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.745 PubMed 25650118

January 8, 2015

Piecing together the biogeographic history of Chenopodium vulvaria L. using botanical literature and collections

Quentin J. Groom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.723 PubMed 25653906

January 22, 2015

First photographic records of the giant manta ray Manta birostris off eastern Australia

Lydie I.E. Couturier, Fabrice R.A. Jaine, Tom Kashiwagi