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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 26, 2016

Potential spawn induction and suppression agents in Caribbean Acropora cervicornis corals of the Florida Keys

Mark Flint, John T. Than

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1982 PubMed 27168990

April 26, 2016

Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia

Jessica A. Schultz, Ryan N. Cloutier, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1980 PubMed 27168988

April 25, 2016

GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science

Vincent Raoult, Peter A. David, Sally F. Dupont, Ciaran P. Mathewson, Samuel J. O’Neill, Nicholas N. Powell, Jane E. Williamson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 PubMed 27168973

April 25, 2016

Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands

Nicola C. Dobson, Magnus L. Johnson, Sammy De Grave

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1926 PubMed 27168962

April 19, 2016

Changes to coral health and metabolic activity under oxygen deprivation

James W.A. Murphy, Robert H. Richmond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1956 PubMed 27114888

April 19, 2016

Autumn ichthyoplankton assemblage in the Yangtze Estuary shaped by environmental factors

Hui Zhang, Weiwei Xian, Shude Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1922 PubMed 27114877

April 18, 2016

In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity

Georg Steinert, Michael W. Taylor, Peter Deines, Rachel L. Simister, Nicole J. de Voogd, Michael Hoggard, Peter J. Schupp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1936 PubMed 27114882

April 18, 2016

Phylogenetic species delimitation for crayfishes of the genus Pacifastacus

Eric R. Larson, Magalie Castelin, Bronwyn W. Williams, Julian D. Olden, Cathryn L. Abbott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1915 PubMed 27114875

April 18, 2016

Characterization of microbial associations with methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria through statistical comparison of nested Magneto-FISH enrichments

Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert, David H. Case, Victoria J. Orphan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1913 PubMed 27114874

April 12, 2016

A crab swarm at an ecological hotspot: patchiness and population density from AUV observations at a coastal, tropical seamount

Jesús Pineda, Walter Cho, Victoria Starczak, Annette F. Govindarajan, Héctor M. Guzman, Yogesh Girdhar, Rusty C. Holleman, James Churchill, Hanumant Singh, David K. Ralston

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1770 PubMed 27114859

April 11, 2016

Evaluating the adaptive potential of the European eel: is the immunogenetic status recovering?

Miguel Baltazar-Soares, Seraina E. Bracamonte, Till Bayer, Frédéric J.J. Chain, Reinhold Hanel, Chris Harrod, Christophe Eizaguirre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1868 PubMed 27077000

April 7, 2016

Metagenomic analysis of nitrogen and methane cycling in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone

Claudia Lüke, Daan R. Speth, Martine A.R. Kox, Laura Villanueva, Mike S.M. Jetten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1924 PubMed 27077014

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Olga Panagiotopoulou, Panagiotis Spyridis, Hyab Mehari Abraha, David R. Carrier, Todd C. Pataky