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August 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 29, 2017

Distribution and biological implications of plastic pollution on the fringing reef of Mo’orea, French Polynesia

3 citations

626 downloads

2,044 views

Elizabeth J. Connors

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3733 PubMed 28875079

August 17, 2017

Lionfish (Pterois spp.) invade the upper-bathyal zone in the western Atlantic

7 citations

546 downloads

3,763 views

Erika Gress, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Lucy Woodall, Pamela J. Schofield, Karl Stanley, Alex D. Rogers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3683 PubMed 28828275

August 18, 2017

Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury

5 citations

438 downloads

2,704 views

Joshua Louis Bonesso, William Leggat, Tracy Danielle Ainsworth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3719 PubMed 28828283

August 2, 2017

A comparison of two common sample preparation techniques for lipid and fatty acid analysis in three different coral morphotypes reveals quantitative and qualitative differences

8 citations

407 downloads

1,718 views

Jessica A. Conlan, Melissa M. Rocker, David S. Francis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3645 PubMed 28785524

August 16, 2017

Microbiome succession during ammonification in eelgrass bed sediments

5 citations

400 downloads

1,923 views

Cassandra L. Ettinger, Susan L. Williams, Jessica M. Abbott, John J. Stachowicz, Jonathan A. Eisen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3674 PubMed 28828269

August 7, 2017

Molecular identification of methane monooxygenase and quantitative analysis of methanotrophic endosymbionts under laboratory maintenance in Bathymodiolus platifrons from the South China Sea

3 citations

396 downloads

1,961 views

Yan Sun, Minxiao Wang, Leilei Li, Li Zhou, Xiaocheng Wang, Ping Zheng, Haiyan Yu, Chaolun Li, Song Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3565 PubMed 28828234

August 18, 2017

Shifting communities after typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

11 citations

382 downloads

1,702 views

Kristine N. White, David K. Weinstein, Taku Ohara, Vianney Denis, Javier Montenegro, James D. Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236

August 10, 2017

Littorally adaptive? Testing the link between habitat, morphology, and reproduction in the intertidal sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces: Cottoidea)

7 citations

354 downloads

2,064 views

Thaddaeus J. Buser, Michael D. Burns, J. Andrés López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3634 PubMed 28828246

August 15, 2017

Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms

5 citations

352 downloads

1,686 views

Kevin Walsh, J. Matthew Haggerty, Michael P. Doane, John J. Hansen, Megan M. Morris, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Louisi de Oliveira, Luciana Leomil, Gizele D. Garcia, Fabiano Thompson, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3666 PubMed 28828261

August 29, 2017

The microbial biosphere of the coral Acropora cervicornis in Northeastern Puerto Rico

6 citations

326 downloads

1,732 views

Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz, Abigail Rivera-Seda, Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo, Carlos Toledo-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3717 PubMed 28875073

August 21, 2017

Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea

3 citations

315 downloads

2,070 views

Andrew D. Thaler, William Saleu, Jens Carlsson, Thomas F. Schultz, Cindy L. Van Dover

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3655 PubMed 28852590

August 24, 2017

Comparative molecular analyses of select pH- and osmoregulatory genes in three freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, C. destructor and C. cainii

312 downloads

1,538 views

Muhammad Y. Ali, Ana Pavasovic, Lalith K. Dammannagoda, Peter B. Mather, Peter J. Prentis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3623 PubMed 28852583

August 25, 2017

Comparison of chemical compounds associated with sclerites from healthy and diseased sea fan corals (Gorgonia ventalina)

1 citation

287 downloads

1,463 views

Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz, Liz M. Díaz-Vázquez, Vanessa Santiago-Cárdenas, Derick N. Rosario-Berrios, Derek M. García-Almedina, Loretta M. Roberson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3677 PubMed 28852592

August 14, 2017

Microbial communities in the reef water at Kham Island, lower Gulf of Thailand

2 citations

280 downloads

1,427 views

Naraporn Somboonna, Alisa Wilantho, Somchai Monanunsap, Suchana Chavanich, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Sissades Tongsima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3625 PubMed 28828243

August 14, 2017

Presence of the tunicate Asterocarpa humilis on ship hulls and aquaculture facilities in the coast of the Biobío Region, south central Chile

2 citations

280 downloads