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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Coronal muscle

May 5, 2016

Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

In this study, researchers demonstrate a novel view of the evolutionary history of stalked jellyfish, an understudied but important cnidarian clade.

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May 10, 2016

Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf

Pelayo Salinas-de-León, David Acuña-Marrero, Etienne Rastoin, Alan M. Friedlander, Mary K. Donovan, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1911 PubMed 27190701

May 17, 2016

Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient

Gareth Trubl, Natalie Solonenko, Lauren Chittick, Sergei A. Solonenko, Virginia I. Rich, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1999 PubMed 27231649

May 10, 2016

Incorporation of an invasive plant into a native insect herbivore food web

Menno Schilthuizen, Lúcia P. Santos Pimenta, Youri Lammers, Peter J. Steenbergen, Marco Flohil, Nils G.P. Beveridge, Pieter T. van Duijn, Marjolein M. Meulblok, Nils Sosef, Robin van de Ven, Ralf Werring, Kevin K. Beentjes, Kim Meijer, Rutger A. Vos, Klaas Vrieling, Barbara Gravendeel, Young Choi, Robert Verpoorte, Chris Smit, Leo W. Beukeboom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1954 PubMed 27190702

May 24, 2016

Response of marine copepods to a changing tropical environment: winners, losers and implications

Li Lee Chew, Ving Ching Chong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2052 PubMed 27257540

May 5, 2016

A low dose of an organophosphate insecticide causes dysbiosis and sex-dependent responses in the intestinal microbiota of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Eduardo Crisol-Martínez, Laura T. Moreno-Moyano, Ngare Wilkinson, Tanka Prasai, Philip H. Brown, Robert J. Moore, Dragana Stanley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2002 PubMed 27168998

May 3, 2016

The interplay between habitat structure and chemical contaminants on biotic responses of benthic organisms

Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Miguel G. Matias, Ross A. Coleman