Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

The International Space Station

December 5, 2017

Census of microbial life on the International Space Station

Microbiologists have analyzed swabs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and compared them with samples from homes on Earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project. They found that the microbial community in this unique habitat was very diverse and more closely resembled that of homes than of humans.

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December 14, 2017

Unraveling the structure and composition of Varadero Reef, an improbable and imperiled coral reef in the Colombian Caribbean

Valeria Pizarro, Sara C. Rodríguez, Mateo López-Victoria, Fernando A. Zapata, Sven Zea, Claudia T. Galindo-Martínez, Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Joseph Pollock, Mónica Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4119 PubMed 29259841

December 13, 2017

Combining occurrence and abundance distribution models for the conservation of the Great Bustard

Chunrong Mi, Falk Huettmann, Rui Sun, Yumin Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4160 PubMed 29255652

December 4, 2017

Patterns in artisanal coral reef fisheries revealed through local monitoring efforts

David G. Delaney, Lida T. Teneva, Kostantinos A. Stamoulis, Jonatha L. Giddens, Haruko Koike, Tom Ogawa, Alan M. Friedlander, John N. Kittinger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4089 PubMed 29226033

December 6, 2017

Mass marking of juvenile Schizothorax wangchiachii (Fang) with alizarin red S and evaluation of stock enhancement in the Jinping area of the Yalong River

Kun Yang, Shu Li, Xiaoshuai Liu, Weixiong Gan, Longjun Deng, Yezhong Tang, Zhaobin Song