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Weight–length relationships & Fulton’s condition factors of skipjack tuna

Katsuwonus pelamis (Skipjack Tuna)

February 12, 2015

Weight–length relationships & Fulton’s condition factors of skipjack tuna

Given the significance of the skipjack tuna to Pacific fisheries, it is important to have a good knowledge of certain parameters of growth and size, as they relate to different stages of fish age and development. Researchers therefore measured certain biological parameters from in different seasons and different growth phases in the Pacific ocean.

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February 26, 2015

Mammals from ‘down under’: a multi-gene species-level phylogeny of marsupial mammals (Mammalia, Metatheria)

Laura J. May-Collado, C. William Kilpatrick, Ingi Agnarsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.805 PubMed 25755933

February 3, 2015

Clues to unraveling the coral species problem: distinguishing species from geographic variation in Porites across the Pacific with molecular markers and microskeletal traits

Zac Forsman, Gerrard M. Wellington, George E. Fox, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.751 PubMed 25674364

February 10, 2015

Diversity and ecological structure of vibrios in benthic and pelagic habitats along a latitudinal gradient in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Luciane A. Chimetto Tonon, Bruno Sergio de O. Silva, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Cecilia Valle, Nelson Alves, Giselle Cavalcanti, Gizele Garcia, Rubens M. Lopes, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Rodrigo L. de Moura, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano L. Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.741 PubMed 25699199

February 12, 2015

A meta-analysis of plant facilitation in coastal dune systems: responses, regions, and research gaps

Camila de Toledo Castanho, Christopher J. Lortie, Benjamin Zaitchik, Paulo Inácio Prado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.768 PubMed 25699214

February 12, 2015

Testing the influence of environmental heterogeneity on fish species richness in two biogeographic provinces

Philippe Massicotte, Raphaël Proulx, Gilbert Cabana, Marco A. Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.760 PubMed 25699209

February 19, 2015

Bird conservation would complement landslide prevention in the Central Andes of Colombia

Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, Stuart L. Pimm