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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 28, 2016

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

6 citations

514 downloads

2,506 views

Abigail E. Cahill, Spencer A. Koury

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

July 28, 2016

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

6 citations

627 downloads

1,723 views

Lucie A. Malard, Katrina McGuigan, Cynthia Riginos

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

July 27, 2016

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

14 citations

583 downloads

2,390 views

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 27, 2016

Community shelter use in response to two benthic decapod predators in the Long Island Sound

1 citation

344 downloads

1,810 views

David M. Hudson, Dugan Reagan, Joseph F. Crivello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2265 PubMed 27547570

July 27, 2016

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

11 citations

449 downloads

2,194 views

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 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

1 citation

792 downloads

2,787 views

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

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

July 26, 2016

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

4 citations

547 downloads

2,817 views

Alejandra Verde, Carolina Bastidas, Aldo Croquer

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

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)

2 citations

554 downloads

2,180 views

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2192 PubMed 27547524

July 20, 2016

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

8 citations

1,235 downloads

5,084 views

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

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

July 19, 2016

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

12 citations

580 downloads

1,807 views

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 14, 2016

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

5 citations

650 downloads

2,915 views

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 14, 2016

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

6 citations

756 downloads

1,994 views

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

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

July 14, 2016

Quantification of coral sperm collected during a synchronous spawning event

2 citations

480 downloads

1,869 views

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

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

July 7, 2016

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

3 citations

600 downloads

3,485 views

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 7, 2016

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

16 citations

1,044 downloads

3,173 views

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

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

July 6, 2016

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

6 citations

766 downloads