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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 24, 2015

Oxygen availability is a major factor in determining the composition of microbial communities involved in methane oxidation

Maria E. Hernandez, David A.C. Beck, Mary E. Lidstrom, Ludmila Chistoserdova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.801 PubMed 25755930

February 26, 2015

Wild plant species growing closely connected in a subalpine meadow host distinct root-associated bacterial communities

Kristin Aleklett, Jonathan W. Leff, Noah Fierer, Miranda Hart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.804 PubMed 25755932

February 17, 2015

First record of multi-species synchronous coral spawning from Malaysia

Alvin Chelliah, Halimi Bin Amar, Julian Hyde, Katie Yewdall, Peter D. Steinberg, James R. Guest

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.777 PubMed 25737817

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 5, 2015

Nephila clavata L Koch, the Joro Spider of East Asia, newly recorded from North America (Araneae: Nephilidae)

E. Richard Hoebeke, Wesley Huffmaster, Byron J. Freeman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.763 PubMed 25699210

February 10, 2015

Pronounced and prevalent intersexuality does not impede the ‘Demon Shrimp’ invasion

Amaia Green Etxabe, Stephen Short, Tim Flood, Tim Johns, Alex T. Ford

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.757 PubMed 25699206

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