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July 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other
behaviors

Great-tailed grackle

July 12, 2016

Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other behaviors

Researchers investigated whether 'reversal learning' performance was linked to other behaviors in great-tailed grackles. The results provide potential insights into why this invasive species has been able to succeed.

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July 7, 2016

Dugong dugon feeding in tropical Australian seagrass meadows: implications for conservation planning

Samantha J. Tol, Rob G. Coles, Bradley C. Congdon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2194 PubMed 27441123

July 19, 2016

The final spawning ground of Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785) on the east Peninsular Malaysia is at risk: a call for action

Bryan Raveen Nelson, Behara Satyanarayana, Julia Hwei Zhong Moh, Mhd Ikhwanuddin, Anil Chatterji, Faizah Shaharom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2232 PubMed 27547542

July 27, 2016

Further evidence of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) latency: high levels of ChHV5 DNA detected in clinically healthy marine turtles

Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Anders Miki Bojesen, Mads F. Bertelsen, Nathan Wales, George H. Balazs, M. Thomas P. Gilbert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2274 PubMed 27547576

July 5, 2016

Differences in meiofauna communities with sediment depth are greater than habitat effects on the New Zealand continental margin: implications for vulnerability to anthropogenic disturbance

Norliana Rosli, Daniel Leduc, Ashley A. Rowden, Malcolm R. Clark, P. Keith Probert, Katrin Berkenbusch, Carlos Neira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2154 PubMed 27441114

July 20, 2016

Artificial reefs and marine protected areas: a study in willingness to pay to access Folkestone Marine Reserve, Barbados, West Indies

Anne E. Kirkbride-Smith, Philip M. Wheeler, Magnus L. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2175 PubMed 27547521

July 27, 2016

Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers by Next Generation Sequencing for the blue and red shrimp Aristeus antennatus

Sandra Heras, Laia Planella, Ilaria Caldarazzo, Manuel Vera, José-Luis García-Marín, Maria Ines Roldán

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2200 PubMed 27547526

July 28, 2016

Site fidelity, size, and morphology may differ by tidal position for an intertidal fish, Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes-Gobiidae), in Eastern Australia

Lucie A. Malard, Katrina McGuigan, Cynthia Riginos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2263 PubMed 27547568

July 6, 2016

Characterisation of an atypical manifestation of black band disease on Porites lutea in the Western Indian Ocean

Mathieu Séré, David A. Wilkinson, Michael H. Schleyer, Pascale Chabanet, Jean-Pascal Quod, Pablo Tortosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2073 PubMed 27441106

July 26, 2016

Tissue mortality by Caribbean ciliate infection and white band disease in three reef-building coral species

Alejandra Verde, Carolina Bastidas, Aldo Croquer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2196 PubMed 27547525

July 14, 2016

A practical application of reduced-copper antifouling paint in marine biological research

Andrea S. Jerabek, Kara R. Wall, Christopher D. Stallings

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2213 PubMed 27478704

July 28, 2016

Larval settlement and metamorphosis in a marine gastropod in response to multiple conspecific cues

Abigail E. Cahill, Spencer A. Koury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2295 PubMed 27547586

July 6, 2016

The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands

Lindsay M. Veazey, Erik C. Franklin, Christopher Kelley, John Rooney, L. Neil Frazer, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2189 PubMed 27441122

July 14, 2016

Molecular characterization of an adiponectin receptor homolog in the white leg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Ah Ran Kim, Md Jobaidul Alam, Tae-ho Yoon, Soo Rin Lee, Hyun Park, Doo-Nam Kim, Doo-Hae An, Jae-Bong Lee, Chung Il Lee, Hyun-Woo Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2221 PubMed 27478708

July 7, 2016

Open source approaches to establishing Roseobacter clade bacteria as synthetic biology chassis for biogeoengineering

Yanika Borg, Aurelija Marija Grigonyte, Philipp Boeing, Bethan Wolfenden, Patrick Smith, William Beaufoy, Simon Rose, Tonderai Ratisai, Alexey Zaikin, Darren N. Nesbeth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2031 PubMed 27441104

July 14, 2016

Quantification of coral sperm collected during a synchronous spawning event

Aaron Teo, James R. Guest, Mei Lin Neo, Kareen Vicentuan, Peter A. Todd

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2180 PubMed 27478697

July 26, 2016

Morphometric comparisons of plant-mimetic juvenile fish associated with plant debris observed in the coastal subtropical waters around Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan

Alexya Cunha de Queiroz, Yoichi Sakai, Marcelo Vallinoto, Breno Barros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2268 PubMed 27547571

July 20, 2016

Commercial fishing gear modifications to reduce interactions between Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) and the southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) fishery in North Carolina (USA)

Juan C. Levesque, Christian Hager, Eric Diaddorio, R. Jason Dickey