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November 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Kingman reef

November 10, 2015

Can we measure beauty?

Researchers have shown that an objective computational analysis of photographic images can be used to assess the health of a coral reef. The results have even wider posible application. The authors have also created a website using the techniques developed in this article where you can upload your own image to and get an 'aesthetic' score back.

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November 19, 2015

Spintharus flavidus in the Caribbean—a 30 million year biogeographical history and radiation of a ‘widespread species’

Austin Dziki, Greta J. Binford, Jonathan A. Coddington, Ingi Agnarsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1422 PubMed 26618089

November 12, 2015

Porphyrobacter mercurialis sp. nov., isolated from a stadium seat and emended description of the genus Porphyrobacter

David A. Coil, Jennifer C. Flanagan, Andrew Stump, Alexandra Alexiev, Jenna M. Lang, Jonathan A. Eisen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1400 PubMed 26587357

November 5, 2015

The Bulimulidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile

Juan Francisco Araya