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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

February 2, 2016

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

Researchers discover that man-made underwater noise could interfere with the communication of orcas & their ability to locate scarce salmon.

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February 2, 2016

Ship noise extends to frequencies used for echolocation by endangered killer whales

34 citations

3,134 downloads

15,987 views

Scott Veirs, Val Veirs, Jason D. Wood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1657 PubMed 27004149

February 15, 2016

RNA-Seq of the Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata (Scleractinia-Merulinidae) under bleaching and disease stress expands models of coral innate immunity

26 citations

1,059 downloads

4,489 views

David A. Anderson, Marcus E. Walz, Ernesto Weil, Peter Tonellato, Matthew C. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1616 PubMed 26925311

February 22, 2016

Fully-automated identification of fish species based on otolith contour: using short-time Fourier transform and discriminant analysis (STFT-DA)

9 citations

924 downloads

2,662 views

Nima Salimi, Kar Hoe Loh, Sarinder Kaur Dhillon, Ving Ching Chong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1664 PubMed 26925315

February 15, 2016

Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China

6 citations

812 downloads

3,176 views

Zhi-Tao Wang, Whitlow W.L. Au, Luke Rendell, Ke-Xiong Wang, Hai-Ping Wu, Yu-Ping Wu, Jian-Chang Liu, Guo-Qin Duan, Han-Jiang Cao, Ding Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1695 PubMed 26893973

February 23, 2016

The past, present and future distribution of a deep-sea shrimp in the Southern Ocean

16 citations

769 downloads

3,129 views

Zeenatul Basher, Mark J. Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1713 PubMed 26925334

February 18, 2016

First record of hybridization between green Chelonia mydas and hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata sea turtles in the Southeast Pacific

3 citations

732 downloads

5,719 views

Shaleyla Kelez, Ximena Velez-Zuazo, Aldo S. Pacheco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1712 PubMed 26925333

February 16, 2016

Can macroalgae provide promising anti-tumoral compounds? A closer look at Cystoseira tamariscifolia as a source for antioxidant and anti-hepatocarcinoma compounds

10 citations

732 downloads

2,963 views

Catarina Vizetto-Duarte, Luísa Custódio, Gerardo Acosta, João H.G. Lago, Thiago R. Morais, Carolina Bruno de Sousa, Katkam N. Gangadhar, Maria João Rodrigues, Hugo Pereira, Raquel T. Lima, M. Helena Vasconcelos, Luísa Barreira, Amélia P. Rauter, Fernando Albericio, João Varela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1704 PubMed 26925328

February 2, 2016

Physiological response of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus to thermal stress and ocean acidification

24 citations

705 downloads

2,859 views

Andrea Gori, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Sebastian J. Hennige, Fiona Murray, Cécile Rottier, Laura C. Wicks, J. Murray Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1606 PubMed 26855864

February 25, 2016

Metamorphosis of the invasive ascidian Ciona savignyi: environmental variables and chemical exposure

4 citations

431 downloads