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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

5 citations

430 downloads

2,188 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

3 citations

542 downloads

1,532 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

7 citations

472 downloads

2,118 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

274 downloads

1,616 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

9 citations

366 downloads

1,932 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

665 downloads

2,468 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

3 citations

458 downloads

2,484 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

489 downloads

1,923 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

6 citations

1,076 downloads

4,225 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

8 citations

472 downloads

1,583 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

3 citations

550 downloads

2,654 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

3 citations

607 downloads

1,751 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

410 downloads

1,615 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

2 citations

474 downloads

3,088 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

8 citations

781 downloads

2,531 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

663 downloads