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How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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February 28, 2017
Spatial distribution of environmental DNA in a nearshore marine habitat
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3044 PubMed 28265513
February 9, 2017
Phylogenetic factorization of compositional data yields lineage-level associations in microbiome datasets
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2969 PubMed 28289558
February 15, 2017
Opportunities drive the global distribution of protected areas
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2989 PubMed 28229022
February 2, 2017
Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to an abrupt decline in sea ice availability
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2957 PubMed 28168119
February 23, 2017
Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (Panthera pardus) in north-eastern Iran
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3049 PubMed 28243544
February 23, 2017
Effectiveness of removals of the invasive lionfish: how many dives are needed to deplete a reef?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3043 PubMed 28243542
February 28, 2017
Facilitating permeability of landscapes impacted by roads for protected amphibians: patterns of movement for the great crested newt
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2922 PubMed 28265490
February 14, 2017
Spawning aggregation of white-streaked grouper Epinephelus ongus: spatial distribution and annual variation in the fish density within a spawning ground
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3000 PubMed 28229026
February 1, 2017
Epidermal cell death in frogs with chytridiomycosis
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2925 PubMed 28168107
February 16, 2017
High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2985 PubMed 28224051
February 21, 2017
Intersexual differences of heat shock response between two amphipods (Eulimnogammarus verrucosus and Eulimnogammarus cyaneus) in Lake Baikal
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2864 PubMed 28243524
February 2, 2017
Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of Chaetopterus spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2930 PubMed 28168108
February 28, 2017
Predatory blue crabs induce stronger nonconsumptive effects in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica than scavenging blue crabs
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3042 PubMed 28265512
February 8, 2017
Cropping system diversification for food production in Mindanao rubber plantations: a rice cultivar mixture and rice intercropped with mungbean
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2975 PubMed 28194318
February 8, 2017
Will you swim into my parlour? In situ observations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) interactions with baited pots, with implications for gear design
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2953 PubMed 28194312
February 7, 2017
Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2835 PubMed 28194307
February 21, 2017
How patch size and refuge availability change interaction strength and population dynamics: a combined individual- and population-based modeling experiment
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2993 PubMed 28243529
February 28, 2017
Effects of enhanced hydrological connectivity on Mediterranean salt marsh fish assemblages with emphasis on the endangered Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3009 PubMed 28265500
February 21, 2017
Species coexistence and the superior ability of an invasive species to exploit a facilitation cascade habitat
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2848 PubMed 28243523
February 28, 2017
Limited effects of source population identity and number on seagrass transplant performance
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2972 PubMed 28265496
February 1, 2017
The embryonic life history of the tropical sea hare Stylocheilus striatus (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) under ambient and elevated ocean temperatures
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2956 PubMed 28168118
February 7, 2017
Large-scale gene flow in the barnacle Jehlius cirratus and contrasts with other broadly-distributed taxa along the Chilean coast
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2971 PubMed 28194316
February 2, 2017
A new glimpse on Mesozoic zooplankton—150 million-year-old lobster larvae
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2966 PubMed 28168123
February 28, 2017
Evidence for high inter-generational individual quality in yellow-eyed penguins
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2935 PubMed 28265492
February 7, 2017
Differences in pollination success between local and foreign flower color phenotypes: a translocation experiment with Gentiana lutea (Gentianaceae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2882 PubMed 28194308
How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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