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March 2018

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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 30, 2018

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

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

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

March 29, 2018

Determining the numbers of a landscape architect species (Tapirus terrestris), using footprints

Danielle O. Moreira, Sky K. Alibhai, Zoe C. Jewell, Cristina J. da Cunha, Jardel B. Seibert, Andressa Gatti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4591 PubMed 29610711

March 29, 2018

The value of citizen science for ecological monitoring of mammals

Arielle Waldstein Parsons, Christine Goforth, Robert Costello, Roland Kays

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4536 PubMed 29610706

March 28, 2018

Limb-use by foraging marine turtles, an evolutionary perspective

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

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

March 27, 2018

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

Joseph P. Morton

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

March 26, 2018

Pollination implications of the diverse diet of tropical nectar-feeding bats roosting in an urban cave

Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu, John-James Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4572 PubMed 29607265

March 26, 2018

Female harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) behavioral response to playbacks of underwater male acoustic advertisement displays

Leanna P. Matthews, Brittany Blades, Susan E. Parks

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4547 PubMed 29607261

March 26, 2018

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

Yu Zang, Jiao Liu, Xue Xi Tang, Bin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4532 PubMed 29607258

March 22, 2018

Will the California Current lose its nesting Tufted Puffins?

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

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

March 21, 2018

Stable isotopes of Hawaiian spiders reflect substrate properties along a chronosequence

Susan R. Kennedy, Todd E. Dawson, Rosemary G. Gillespie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4527 PubMed 29576984

March 20, 2018

Conserving relics from ancient underground worlds: assessing the influence of cave and landscape features on obligate iron cave dwellers from the Eastern Amazon

Rodolfo Jaffé, Xavier Prous, Allan Calux, Markus Gastauer, Gilberto Nicacio, Robson Zampaulo, Pedro W.M. Souza-Filho, Guilherme Oliveira, Iuri V. Brandi, José O. Siqueira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4531 PubMed 29576987

March 19, 2018

The effect of tides on nearshore environmental DNA

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

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

March 19, 2018

Large-scale assessment of commensalistic–mutualistic associations between African birds and herbivorous mammals using internet photos

Peter Mikula, Jiří Hadrava, Tomáš Albrecht, Piotr Tryjanowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4520 PubMed 29576981

March 19, 2018

Half-lives of PAHs and temporal microbiota changes in commonly used urban landscaping materials

Marja I. Roslund, Mira Grönroos, Anna-Lea Rantalainen, Ari Jumpponen, Martin Romantschuk, Anirudra Parajuli, Heikki Hyöty, Olli Laitinen, Aki Sinkkonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4508 PubMed 29576975

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

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

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

March 16, 2018

Seasonal temperature acclimatization in a semi-fossorial mammal and the role of burrows as thermal refuges

Charlotte R. Milling, Janet L. Rachlow, Mark A. Chappell, Meghan J. Camp, Timothy R. Johnson, Lisa A. Shipley, David R. Paul, Jennifer S. Forbey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4511 PubMed 29576977

March 16, 2018

Distribution and seasonal differences in Pacific Lamprey and Lampetra spp eDNA across 18 Puget Sound watersheds

Carl O. Ostberg, Dorothy M. Chase, Michael C. Hayes, Jeffrey J. Duda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4496 PubMed 29576966

March 15, 2018

Measuring short distance dispersal of Alliaria petiolata and determining potential long distance dispersal mechanisms

Christopher A. Loebach, Roger C. Anderson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4477 PubMed 29576955

March 13, 2018

Ecosystem functional response across precipitation extremes in a sagebrush steppe

Andrew T. Tredennick, Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, J. Bret Taylor, Peter B. Adler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4485 PubMed 29576958

March 13, 2018

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

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

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

March 12, 2018

Chloropid flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) associated with pitcher plants in North America

Julia J. Mlynarek, Terry A. Wheeler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4491 PubMed 29576962

March 9, 2018

Current state of knowledge on Wolbachia infection among Coleoptera: a systematic review

Łukasz Kajtoch, Nela Kotásková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4471 PubMed 29568706

March 5, 2018

Changes in nutrients and decay rate of Ginkgo biloba leaf litter exposed to elevated O₃ concentration in urban area

Wei Fu, Xingyuan He, Sheng Xu, Wei Chen, Yan Li, Bo Li, Lili Su, Qin Ping

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4453 PubMed 29527413

March 2, 2018

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

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 2, 2018

Landscape connectivity among remnant populations of guanaco (Lama guanicoe Müller, 1776) in an arid region of Chile impacted by global change

Mara I. Espinosa, Nicolas Gouin, Francisco A. Squeo, David López, Angéline Bertin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4429 PubMed 29507827