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May 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Tracks of five wide-ranging blue whales tagged in Chilean Northern Patagonia.

April 30, 2018

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Researchers tracked 10 blue whales and documented their individual variations in departure time, northbound migratory routes and potential wintering grounds in the Eastern South Pacific.

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May 28, 2018

Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data

Jonathan M. Palmer, Michelle A. Jusino, Mark T. Banik, Daniel L. Lindner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4925 PubMed 29868296

May 4, 2018

DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers

Owen S. Wangensteen, Creu Palacín, Magdalena Guardiola, Xavier Turon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4705 PubMed 29740514

May 23, 2018

An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region

Benjamin C.C. Hume, Maren Ziegler, Julie Poulain, Xavier Pochon, Sarah Romac, Emilie Boissin, Colomban de Vargas, Serge Planes, Patrick Wincker, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4816 PubMed 29844969

May 17, 2018

Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles

Chelsea L. Blankenchip, Dana E. Michels, H. Elizabeth Braker, Shana K. Goffredi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4793 PubMed 29785353

May 23, 2018

Altitudinal patterns in breeding bird species richness and density in relation to climate, habitat heterogeneity, and migration influence in a temperate montane forest (South Korea)

Jin-Yong Kim, Sanghun Lee, Man-Seok Shin, Chang-Hoon Lee, Changwan Seo, Soo Hyung Eo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4857 PubMed 29844993

May 11, 2018

Lighten up the dark: metazoan parasites as indicators for the ecology of Antarctic crocodile icefish (Channichthyidae) from the north-west Antarctic Peninsula

Thomas Kuhn, Vera M.A. Zizka, Julian Münster, Regina Klapper, Simonetta Mattiucci, Judith Kochmann, Sven Klimpel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4638 PubMed 29770270

May 24, 2018

Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of riparian springs in a small lowland river valley: what are the key factors for species distribution?

Andrzej Zawal, Robert Stryjecki, Edyta Buczyńska, Paweł Buczyński, Joanna Pakulnicka, Aleksandra Bańkowska, Tomasz Czernicki, Katarzyna Janusz, Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Vladimir Pešić

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4797 PubMed 29844962

May 4, 2018

The pitfalls of short-range endemism: high vulnerability to ecological and landscape traps

Leanda D. Mason, Philip W. Bateman, Grant W. Wardell-Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4715 PubMed 29740516

May 25, 2018

Do latitudinal gradients exist in New Zealand stream invertebrate metacommunities?

Jonathan D. Tonkin, Russell G. Death, Timo Muotka, Anna Astorga, David A. Lytle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4898 PubMed 29844999

May 30, 2018

Urbanization alters small rodent community composition but not abundance

Jessica N. Alvarez Guevara, Becky A. Ball