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December 2017

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 5, 2017

A microbial survey of the International Space Station (ISS)

Jenna M. Lang, David A. Coil, Russell Y. Neches, Wendy E. Brown, Darlene Cavalier, Mark Severance, Jarrad T. Hampton-Marcell, Jack A. Gilbert, Jonathan A. Eisen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4029 PubMed 29492330

December 12, 2017

Artificial night light alters nocturnal prey interception outcomes for morphologically variable spiders

Suet Wai Yuen, Timothy C. Bonebrake

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4070 PubMed 29250464

December 13, 2017

Shift of symbiont communities in Acropora tenuis juveniles under heat stress

Makiko Yorifuji, Saki Harii, Ryota Nakamura, Masayuki Fudo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4055 PubMed 29255647

December 6, 2017

Cytochrome c oxidase barcodes for aquatic oligochaete identification: development of a Swiss reference database

Régis Vivien, Maria Holzmann, Inge Werner, Jan Pawlowski, Michel Lafont, Benoit J.D. Ferrari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4122 PubMed 29230362

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 11, 2017

Disentangling diatom species complexes: does morphometry suffice?

Saúl Blanco, María Borrego-Ramos, Adriana Olenici

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4159 PubMed 29250472

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 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 13, 2017

In silico identification of off-target pesticidal dsRNA binding in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Christina L. Mogren, Jonathan Gary Lundgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4131 PubMed 29255651

December 13, 2017

Evaluating the role of wild songbirds or rodents in spreading avian influenza virus across an agricultural landscape

Derek D. Houston, Shahan Azeem, Coady W. Lundy, Yuko Sato, Baoqing Guo, Julie A. Blanchong, Phillip C. Gauger, David R. Marks, Kyoung-Jin Yoon, James S. Adelman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4060 PubMed 29255648

December 1, 2017

Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough

Chong Chen, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Junichi Miyazaki, Shinsuke Kawagucci

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4121 PubMed 29209579

December 5, 2017

Interpopulational and seasonal variation in the chemical signals of the lizard Gallotia galloti

Roberto García-Roa, Rodrigo Megía-Palma, Jesús Ortega, Manuel Jara, Pilar López, José Martín

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3992 PubMed 29230352

December 6, 2017

Ecomorphological inferences in early vertebrates: reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi) caudal fin from palaeoecological data

Humberto G. Ferrón, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Héctor Botella