April 2016

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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 12, 2016
A crab swarm at an ecological hotspot: patchiness and population density from AUV observations at a coastal, tropical seamount
8 citations
902 downloads
10,126 views
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ecology
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1770 PubMed 27114859
April 26, 2016
Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia
37 citations
1,898 downloads
7,707 views
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biodiversity
ecology
marine-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1980 PubMed 27168988
April 25, 2016
GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science
26 citations
1,321 downloads
6,584 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
ecology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 PubMed 27168973
April 18, 2016
In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity
32 citations
786 downloads
3,655 views
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ecology
marine-biology
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1936 PubMed 27114882
April 18, 2016
Characterization of microbial associations with methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria through statistical comparison of nested Magneto-FISH enrichments
18 citations
797 downloads
3,586 views
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bioinformatics
ecology
marine-biology
microbiology
statistics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1913 PubMed 27114874
April 4, 2016
Colony geometry and structural complexity of the endangered species Acropora cervicornis partly explains the structure of their associated fish assemblage
18 citations
887 downloads
2,884 views
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ecology
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1861 PubMed 27069801
April 25, 2016
Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands
2 citations
566 downloads
2,721 views
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ecology
marine-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1926 PubMed 27168962
April 19, 2016
Autumn ichthyoplankton assemblage in the Yangtze Estuary shaped by environmental factors
8 citations
463 downloads
2,134 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
biological-oceanography
ecology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1922 PubMed 27114877
April 26, 2016
Potential spawn induction and suppression agents in Caribbean Acropora cervicornis corals of the Florida Keys
2 citations
412 downloads
1,716 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1982 PubMed 27168990
Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

- read article

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