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June 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Chinese villagers' perceptions of wolves

Canis lupus

June 9, 2015

Chinese villagers' perceptions of wolves

Against a background of increasing reports of human-wolf conflict in China, researchers conducted surveys to determine the attitudes of villagers in regions with wolf depradation.

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June 23, 2015

Decreasing seagrass density negatively influences associated fauna

33 citations

2,118 downloads

5,904 views

Rosemary M. McCloskey, Richard K.F. Unsworth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1053 PubMed 26137432

June 16, 2015

Niche distribution and influence of environmental parameters in marine microbial communities: a systematic review

19 citations

2,027 downloads

3,937 views

Felipe H. Coutinho, Pedro M. Meirelles, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Rodolfo P. Paranhos, Bas E. Dutilh, Fabiano L. Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1008 PubMed 26157601

June 9, 2015

Catch, bycatch and discards of the Galapagos Marine Reserve small-scale handline fishery

18 citations

1,382 downloads

4,381 views

Johanna S. Zimmerhackel, Anna C. Schuhbauer, Paolo Usseglio, Lena C. Heel, Pelayo Salinas-de-León

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.995 PubMed 26082874

June 25, 2015

Metabarcoding dietary analysis of coral dwelling predatory fish demonstrates the minor contribution of coral mutualists to their highly partitioned, generalist diet

55 citations

1,314 downloads

5,058 views

Matthieu Leray, Christopher P. Meyer, Suzanne C. Mills

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1047 PubMed 26137428

June 9, 2015

Can sea urchins beat the heat? Sea urchins, thermal tolerance and climate change

18 citations

984 downloads

5,082 views

Elizabeth Sherman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1006 PubMed 26082862

June 30, 2015

Histopathology of crustose coralline algae affected by white band and white patch diseases

4 citations

803 downloads

2,361 views

Gaëlle Quéré, Anne-Leila Meistertzheim, Robert S. Steneck, Maggy M. Nugues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1034 PubMed 26157617

June 11, 2015

Non-lethal approach identifies variability of δ¹⁵N values in the fin rays of Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara

9 citations

670 downloads

2,336 views

Orian E. Tzadik, Ethan A. Goddard, David J. Hollander, Christopher C. Koenig, Christopher D. Stallings

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1010 PubMed 26082864

June 18, 2015

Recent mobility of plastid encoded group II introns and twintrons in five strains of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium

11 citations

606 downloads

2,367 views

Marie-Mathilde Perrineau, Dana C. Price, Georg Mohr, Debashish Bhattacharya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1017 PubMed 26157604

June 4, 2015

Soundscape manipulation enhances larval recruitment of a reef-building mollusk

16 citations

605 downloads

2,781 views

Ashlee Lillis, DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl, David B. Eggleston

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.999 PubMed 26056624

June 30, 2015

Population structure among octocoral adults and recruits identifies scale dependent patterns of population isolation in The Bahamas

10 citations

593 downloads

2,204 views

Howard R. Lasker, Isabel Porto-Hannes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1019 PubMed 26157606

June 11, 2015

Pyrosequencing revealed shifts of prokaryotic communities between healthy and disease-like tissues of the Red Sea sponge Crella cyathophora

16 citations

580 downloads

2,352 views

Zhao-Ming Gao, Yong Wang, Ren-Mao Tian, On On Lee, Yue Him Wong, Zenon B. Batang, Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem, Feras F. Lafi, Vladimir B. Bajic, Pei-Yuan Qian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.890 PubMed 26082867

June 16, 2015

Influence of sediment characteristics on the composition of soft-sediment intertidal communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico

6 citations

496 downloads

2,193 views

Kyle E. Coblentz, Jessica R. Henkel, Bryan J. Sigel, Caz M. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1014 PubMed 26157603

June 30, 2015

Photosynthetic response of Persian Gulf acroporid corals to summer versus winter temperature deviations

6 citations

492 downloads