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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 8, 2015

Effects of five southern California macroalgal diets on consumption, growth, and gonad weight, in the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Matthew C. Foster, Jarrett E.K. Byrnes, Daniel C. Reed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.719 PubMed 25653904

January 15, 2015

Using citizen-science data to identify local hotspots of seabird occurrence

Eric J. Ward, Kristin N. Marshall, Toby Ross, Adam Sedgley, Todd Hass, Scott F. Pearson, Gerald Joyce, Nathalie J. Hamel, Peter J. Hodum, Rob Faucett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.704 PubMed 25653898

January 29, 2015

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

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