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August 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Evidence of acclimatization or adaptation in Hawaiian corals to higher ocean temperatures

Dr. Keisha Bahr surveying a healthy coral colony

August 7, 2018

Evidence of acclimatization or adaptation in Hawaiian corals to higher ocean temperatures

Scientists replicated a landmark study to determine changes in coral sea temperature tolerance over time. In the three species of Hawaiian corals retested, bleaching occurred later, with higher survivorship and growth rates than the same species of corals in 1970. However, scientists warn that temperatures are rising faster than corals can change.

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August 8, 2018

Denoising the Denoisers: an independent evaluation of microbiome sequence error-correction approaches

Jacob T. Nearing, Gavin M. Douglas, André M. Comeau, Morgan G.I. Langille

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5364 PubMed 30123705

August 7, 2018

Evidence of acclimatization or adaptation in Hawaiian corals to higher ocean temperatures

Steve L. Coles, Keisha D. Bahr, Ku’ulei S. Rodgers, Stacie L. May, Ashley E. McGowan, Anita Tsang, Josh Bumgarner, Ji Hoon Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5347 PubMed 30123699

August 8, 2018

Herbivore biocontrol and manual removal successfully reduce invasive macroalgae on coral reefs

Brian J. Neilson, Christopher B. Wall, Frank T. Mancini, Catherine A. Gewecke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5332 PubMed 30123695

August 14, 2018

Variation in the leaf and root microbiome of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) at an elevational range limit

Jessica Wallace, Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, Steven W. Kembel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5293 PubMed 30128178

August 3, 2018

Daytime driving decreases amphibian roadkill

Wenyan Zhang, Guocheng Shu, Yulong Li, Shan Xiong, Chunping Liang, Cheng Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5385 PubMed 30083473

August 14, 2018

Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera)—an invasive species in Maritime Antarctica

Marta Potocka, Ewa Krzemińska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5408 PubMed 30128194

August 22, 2018

Environmental stressors may cause equine herpesvirus reactivation in captive Grévy’s zebras (Equus grevyi)

Peter A. Seeber, Benoît Quintard, Florian Sicks, Martin Dehnhard, Alex D. Greenwood, Mathias Franz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5422 PubMed 30155350

August 22, 2018

Unveiling community patterns and trophic niches of tropical and temperate ants using an integrative framework of field data, stable isotopes and fatty acids

Felix B. Rosumek, Nico Blüthgen, Adrian Brückner, Florian Menzel, Gerhard Gebauer, Michael Heethoff

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5467 PubMed 30155364

August 10, 2018

Long-term effects of competition and environmental drivers on the growth of the endangered coral Mussismilia braziliensis (Verril, 1867)

Felipe V. Ribeiro, João A. Sá, Giovana O. Fistarol, Paulo S. Salomon, Renato C. Pereira, Maria Luiza A.M. Souza, Leonardo M. Neves, Gilberto M. Amado-Filho, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Leonardo T. Salgado, Alex C. Bastos, Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho, Fernando C. Moraes, Rodrigo L. Moura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5419 PubMed 30128199

August 22, 2018

Contrasting gene flow at different spatial scales revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing in Isocladus armatus, a massively colour polymorphic New Zealand marine isopod

Sarah J. Wells, James Dale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5462 PubMed 30155361

August 30, 2018

Rhizobacterial communities of five co-occurring desert halophytes

Yan Li, Yan Kong, Dexiong Teng, Xueni Zhang, Xuemin He, Yang Zhang, Guanghui Lv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5508 PubMed 30186688

August 24, 2018

Body size information in large-scale acoustic bat databases

Caterina Penone, Christian Kerbiriou, Jean-François Julien, Julie Marmet, Isabelle Le Viol