Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 26, 2018

Inhibitory effect of microalgae and cyanobacteria extracts on influenza virus replication and neuraminidase activity

Thauane Silva, Paulo S. Salomon, Lidilhone Hamerski, Juline Walter, Rafael B. Menezes, José Edson Siqueira, Aline Santos, Jéssica Aparecida Morais Santos, Natália Ferme, Thaise Guimarães, Giovana O. Fistarol, Paulo I. Hargreaves, Cristiane Thompson, Fabiano Thompson, Thiago Moreno Souza, Marilda Siqueira, Milene Miranda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5716 PubMed 30386690

October 17, 2018

Intraspecific phenotypic variation in life history traits of Daphnia galeata populations in response to fish kairomones

Verena Tams, Jennifer Lüneburg, Laura Seddar, Jan-Phillip Detampel, Mathilde Cordellier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5746 PubMed 30356988

October 5, 2018

Trophic state (TSI_SD) and mixing type significantly influence pelagic zooplankton biodiversity in temperate lakes (NW Poland)

Łukasz Sługocki, Robert Czerniawski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5731 PubMed 30310753

October 12, 2018

Assessment of the kidney and lung as immune barriers and hematopoietic sites in the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata

Cristian Rodriguez, Guido I. Prieto, Israel A. Vega, Alfredo Castro-Vazquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5789 PubMed 30345179

October 24, 2018

Species diversity of drifting fish eggs in the Yangtze River using molecular identification

Mingdian Liu, Dengqiang Wang, Lei Gao, Huiwu Tian, Shaoping Liu, Daqing Chen, Xinbin Duan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5807 PubMed 30386702

October 23, 2018

Seven new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing the gills of Congolese cichlids from northern Lake Tanganyika

Chahrazed Rahmouni, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Andrea Šimková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5604 PubMed 30370182

October 26, 2018

Size-dependent functional response of Xenopus laevis feeding on mosquito larvae

Corey J. Thorp, Mhairi E. Alexander, James R. Vonesh, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5813 PubMed 30386704

October 12, 2018

Movements and dispersal of brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758) in Mediterranean streams: influence of habitat and biotic factors

Enric Aparicio, Rafel Rocaspana, Adolfo de Sostoa, Antoni Palau-Ibars, Carles Alcaraz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5730 PubMed 30345173

October 2, 2018

What’s for dinner? Diet and potential trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago

Nitya Prakash Mohanty, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5698 PubMed 30310745

October 25, 2018

Estimation of antimicrobial activities and fatty acid composition of actinobacteria isolated from water surface of underground lakes from Badzheyskaya and Okhotnichya caves in Siberia

Irina V. Voytsekhovskaya, Denis V. Axenov-Gribanov, Svetlana A. Murzina, Svetlana N. Pekkoeva, Eugeniy S. Protasov, Stanislav V. Gamaiunov, Maxim A. Timofeyev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5832 PubMed 30386707

October 29, 2018

Egg perivitelline fluid of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata affects mice gastrointestinal function and morphology

Matías Giglio, Cintia Garro, Enrique Caviedes-Vidal, Horacio Heras

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5314 PubMed 30397537

October 10, 2018

Could resistance to lactate accumulation contribute to the better swimming performance of Brycon amazonicus when compared to Colossoma macropomum?

Marcio S. Ferreira, Paulo H.R. Aride, Adalberto L. Val

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5719 PubMed 30324018

October 26, 2018

Evolution of African barbs from the Lake Victoria drainage system, Kenya

Violet M. Ndeda, Mariana Mateos, Luis A. Hurtado