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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 22, 2018

Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories

Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, Jessica Thévenot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4672 PubMed 29844951

May 2, 2018

From water striders to water bugs: the molecular diversity of aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) of Germany based on DNA barcodes

Nadine Havemann, Martin M. Gossner, Lars Hendrich, Jèrôme Morinière, Rolf Niedringhaus, Peter Schäfer, Michael J. Raupach

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4577 PubMed 29736329

May 16, 2018

A new species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura, Leiuperinae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Dario E. Cardozo, Diego Baldo, Nadya Pupin, João Luiz Gasparini, Célio F. Baptista Haddad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4766 PubMed 29785347

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 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 30, 2018

A new species of spotted leaf frog, genus Phasmahyla (Amphibia, Phyllomedusidae) from Southeast Brazil

Elvis Almeida Pereira, Lucas Custódio Lomba Rocha, Henrique Folly, Hélio Ricardo da Silva, Diego José Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4900 PubMed 29868290

May 24, 2018

On the taxonomic status and distribution of African species of Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

Bruce D. Patterson, Paul W. Webala, Michael Bartonjo, Julius Nziza, Carl W. Dick, Terrence C. Demos