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March 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

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March 9, 2018

First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

Researchers describe Gammarus plaitisi (a Gammarid amphipod), endemic to Cretan streams. The divergence of the new species is strongly connected to the geological history of the island.

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March 28, 2018

Limb-use by foraging marine turtles, an evolutionary perspective

4 citations

1,209 downloads

9,187 views

Jessica A. Fujii, Don McLeish, Andrew J. Brooks, John Gaskell, Kyle S. Van Houtan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4565 PubMed 29610708

March 19, 2018

The effect of tides on nearshore environmental DNA

27 citations

795 downloads

4,234 views

Ryan P. Kelly, Ramón Gallego, Emily Jacobs-Palmer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4521 PubMed 29576982

March 19, 2018

Assessing the disturbance potential of small unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) on gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) at breeding colonies in Nova Scotia, Canada

15 citations

692 downloads

3,772 views

Lauren Arona, Julian Dale, Susan G. Heaslip, Michael O. Hammill, David W. Johnston

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4467 PubMed 29576950

March 22, 2018

Will the California Current lose its nesting Tufted Puffins?

4 citations

482 downloads

2,995 views

Christopher J. Hart, Ryan P. Kelly, Scott F. Pearson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4519 PubMed 29593940

March 13, 2018

Strong genetic differentiation in tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides (Hydrocharitaceae) at the Indo-Malay Archipelago revealed by microsatellite DNA

3 citations

644 downloads

2,606 views

I Nyoman Giri Putra, Yuliana Fitri Syamsuni, Beginer Subhan, Made Pharmawati, Hawis Madduppa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4315 PubMed 29576933

March 30, 2018

Acidification increases abundances of Vibrionales and Planctomycetia associated to a seaweed-grazer system: potential consequences for disease and prey digestion efficiency

7 citations

550 downloads

2,119 views

Tania Aires, Alexandra Serebryakova, Frédérique Viard, Ester A. Serrão, Aschwin H. Engelen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4377 PubMed 29610702

March 2, 2018

Reproduction and community structure of fish from winter catch sites from industrial shrimp bycatch from the northeast and southeast Mexican Pacific

2 citations

498 downloads

1,819 views

Jorge de Jesus Tirado-Ibarra, Mariany Loya-Rodriguez, Jose Carlos Morales-Arevalo, Isabel Rosario Muñoz-Garcia, Francisco Martinez-Perez, Jorge Saul Ramirez-Perez, Laura Rebeca Jimenez-Gutierrez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4460 PubMed 29507841

March 27, 2018

Infection by Parorchis acanthus (Trematoda) decreases grazing by the keystone gastropod, Littoraria irrorata

4 citations

433 downloads

1,741 views

Joseph P. Morton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4544 PubMed 29607259

March 26, 2018

Description of a Zostera marina catalase gene involved in responses to temperature stress

3 citations

545 downloads