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February 2016

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 23, 2016

Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life

125 citations

3,715 downloads

25,390 views

Nicole L. Garrison, Juanita Rodriguez, Ingi Agnarsson, Jonathan A. Coddington, Charles E. Griswold, Christopher A. Hamilton, Marshal Hedin, Kevin M. Kocot, Joel M. Ledford, Jason E. Bond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1719 PubMed 26925338

February 18, 2016

The structure and diversity of freshwater diatom assemblages from Franz Josef Land Archipelago: a northern outpost for freshwater diatoms

6 citations

2,701 downloads

3,303 views

Sergi Pla-Rabés, Paul B. Hamilton, Enric Ballesteros, Maria Gavrilo, Alan M. Friedlander, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1705 PubMed 26925329

February 9, 2016

Taxonomic and systematic revisions to the North American Nimravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)

2 citations

1,292 downloads

6,340 views

Paul Z. Barrett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1658 PubMed 26893959

February 4, 2016

Monogenean anchor morphometry: systematic value, phylogenetic signal, and evolution

10 citations

1,122 downloads

3,779 views

Tsung Fei Khang, Oi Yoon Michelle Soo, Wooi Boon Tan, Lee Hong Susan Lim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1668 PubMed 26966649

February 4, 2016

A comparison of rumen microbial profiles in dairy cows as retrieved by 454 Roche and Ion Torrent (PGM) sequencing platforms

12 citations

974 downloads

4,590 views

Nagaraju Indugu, Kyle Bittinger, Sanjay Kumar, Bonnie Vecchiarelli, Dipti Pitta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1599 PubMed 26870608

February 22, 2016

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

10 citations

964 downloads

2,767 views

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

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

February 1, 2016

New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis, a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho

5 citations

912 downloads

4,406 views

Claire Peyre de Fabrègues, Ronan Allain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1639 PubMed 26855874

February 8, 2016

PhyloPythiaS+: a self-training method for the rapid reconstruction of low-ranking taxonomic bins from metagenomes

43 citations

891 downloads

5,159 views

Ivan Gregor, Johannes Dröge, Melanie Schirmer, Christopher Quince, Alice C. McHardy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1603 PubMed 26870609

February 18, 2016

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

4 citations

764 downloads

5,863 views

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

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

February 4, 2016

Inside-out flowers of Lacandonia brasiliana (Triuridaceae) provide new insights into fundamental aspects of floral patterning

3 citations

745 downloads

2,674 views

Paula J. Rudall, Marccus Alves, Maria das Graças Sajo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1653 PubMed 26870611

February 9, 2016

The furculae of the dromaeosaurid dinosaur Dakotaraptor steini are trionychid turtle entoplastra

2 citations

650 downloads

4,804 views

Victoria M. Arbour, Lindsay E. Zanno, Derek W. Larson, David C. Evans, Hans-Dieter Sues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1691 PubMed 26893972

February 1, 2016

Phylogenetic and morphologic evidence confirm the presence of a new montane cloud forest associated bird species in Mexico, the Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii; Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

2 citations

477 downloads

1,901 views

Zachary R. Hanna, Marco F. Ortiz-Ramírez, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Héctor Cayetano-Rosas, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1598 PubMed 26855860

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February 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

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