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Relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

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February 6, 2018

Relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

This study explores the relationship between 2D and 3D metrics of coral size. Researchers used a photogrammetric approach, with open-source software, to estimate the ability of photogrammetry to provide measurement estimates of corals in 3D

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February 21, 2018

Diversity in root growth responses to moisture deficit in young faba bean (Vicia faba L.) plants

Kiflemariam Yehuala Belachew, Kerstin A. Nagel, Fabio Fiorani, Frederick L. Stoddard

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4401 PubMed 29492343

February 20, 2018

Status of the undisturbed mangroves at Brunei Bay, East Malaysia: a preliminary assessment based on remote sensing and ground-truth observations

Behara Satyanarayana, Aidy M. Muslim, Nurul Amira Izzaty Horsali, Nurul Ashikin Mat Zauki, Viviana Otero, Muhammad Izuan Nadzri, Sulong Ibrahim, Mohd-Lokman Husain, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4397 PubMed 29479500

February 15, 2018

Life histories predict genetic diversity and population structure within three species of octopus targeted by small-scale fisheries in Northwest Mexico

José F. Domínguez-Contreras, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Bertha P. Ceballos-Vázquez, Marcial Arellano-Martínez, Francisco J. García-Rodríguez, Melanie Culver, Hector Reyes-Bonilla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4295 PubMed 29472993

February 23, 2018

Quantifying the effectiveness of shoreline armoring removal on coastal biota of Puget Sound

Timothy S. Lee, Jason D. Toft, Jeffery R. Cordell, Megan N. Dethier, Jeffrey W. Adams, Ryan P. Kelly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4275 PubMed 29492331

February 13, 2018

A six-year grazing exclusion changed plant species diversity of a Stipa breviflora desert steppe community, northern China

Xing Wang, Xinguo Yang, Lei Wang, Lin Chen, Naiping Song, Junlong Gu, Yi Xue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4359 PubMed 29456890