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February 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 12, 2018

Estimating common dolphin bycatch in the pole-and-line tuna fishery in the Azores

6 citations

813 downloads

3,547 views

Maria João Cruz, Miguel Machete, Gui Menezes, Emer Rogan, Mónica A. Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4285 PubMed 29456883

February 6, 2018

Moving to 3D: relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

18 citations

781 downloads

4,144 views

Jenny E. House, Viviana Brambilla, Luc M. Bidaut, Alec P. Christie, Oscar Pizarro, Joshua S. Madin, Maria Dornelas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4280 PubMed 29435392

February 20, 2018

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

9 citations

756 downloads

2,812 views

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 27, 2018

Marine exotic isopods from the Iberian Peninsula and nearby waters

1 citation

700 downloads

3,457 views

Gemma Martínez-Laiz, Macarena Ros, José M. Guerra-García

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4408 PubMed 29507825

February 8, 2018

A simple molecular technique for distinguishing species reveals frequent misidentification of Hawaiian corals in the genus Pocillopora

11 citations

696 downloads

3,378 views

Erika C. Johnston, Zac H. Forsman, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4355 PubMed 29441239

February 16, 2018

High-resolution modeling of thermal thresholds and environmental influences on coral bleaching for local and regional reef management

6 citations

660 downloads

3,664 views

Naoki H. Kumagai, Hiroya Yamano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4382 PubMed 29473007

February 9, 2018

Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats

10 citations

652 downloads

2,978 views

Guido Bonthond, Daniel G. Merselis, Katherine E. Dougan, Trevor Graff, William Todd, James W. Fourqurean, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4323 PubMed 29441234

February 28, 2018

Outplanting technique, host genotype, and site affect the initial success of outplanted Acropora cervicornis

13 citations

642 downloads

2,358 views

Elizabeth A. Goergen, David S. Gilliam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4433 PubMed 29507829

February 15, 2018

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

9 citations

639 downloads

3,258 views

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 20, 2018

Genomic evolution, recombination, and inter-strain diversity of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 from Florida and Hawaii green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis

10 citations

621 downloads

3,434 views

Cheryl L. Morrison, Luke Iwanowicz, Thierry M. Work, Elizabeth Fahsbender, Mya Breitbart, Cynthia Adams, Deb Iwanowicz, Lakyn Sanders, Mathias Ackermann, Robert S. Cornman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4386 PubMed 29479497

February 27, 2018

Seasonal variation in the abundance and distribution of Anomalocardia flexuosa (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae) in an estuarine intertidal plain

1 citation

595 downloads

1,723 views

Jacqueline S. Silva-Cavalcanti, Monica F. Costa, Luis H.B. Alves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4332 PubMed 29507822

February 23, 2018

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

5 citations

589 downloads