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October 2018

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A new tyrannosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation

Fig 1: Frontals of UMNH VP 28348 in rostral view

October 9, 2018

A new tyrannosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation

Researchers report a new tyrannosaurid represented by an associated skeleton from the lower Campanian Allison Member of the Menefee Formation of New Mexico. The specimen is the holotype of the new genus and species Dynamoterror dynastes.

October 30, 2018

Microbiome analysis of Pacific white shrimp gut and rearing water from Malaysia and Vietnam: implications for aquaculture research and management

Muhammad Zarul Hanifah Md Zoqratt, Wilhelm Wei Han Eng, Binh Thanh Thai, Christopher M. Austin, Han Ming Gan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5826 PubMed 30397546

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

Morphological characterization of virus-like particles in coral reef sponges

Cecília Pascelli, Patrick W. Laffy, Marija Kupresanin, Timothy Ravasi, Nicole S. Webster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5625 PubMed 30356950

October 29, 2018

Body size and temperature effects on standard metabolic rate for determining metabolic scope for activity of the polychaete Hediste (Nereis) diversicolor

Helena Lopes Galasso, Marion Richard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Catherine Aliaume, Myriam D. Callier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5675 PubMed 30397539

October 26, 2018

Using accelerometers to develop time-energy budgets of wild fur seals from captive surrogates

Monique A. Ladds, Marcus Salton, David P. Hocking, Rebecca R. McIntosh, Adam P. Thompson, David J. Slip, Robert G. Harcourt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5814 PubMed 30386705

October 25, 2018

Molecular assessment of Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) distribution along a depth gradient in Ludao, Taiwan

Stéphane De Palmas, Derek Soto, Vianney Denis, Ming-Jay Ho, Chaolun Allen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5797 PubMed 30386700

October 23, 2018

Creating functional groups of marine fish from categorical traits

Monique A. Ladds, Nokuthaba Sibanda, Richard Arnold, Matthew R. Dunn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5795 PubMed 30370185

October 5, 2018

Potential impacts of finfish aquaculture on eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds and possible monitoring metrics for management: a case study in Atlantic Canada

Nakia Cullain, Reba McIver, Allison L. Schmidt, Inka Milewski, Heike K. Lotze

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5630 PubMed 30310739

October 12, 2018

A new specimen of Palvennia hoybergeti: implications for cranial and pectoral girdle anatomy in ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs

Lene Liebe Delsett, Patrick Scott Druckenmiller, Aubrey Jane Roberts, Jørn Harald Hurum

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5776 PubMed 30345178

October 2, 2018

The potential contribution of miRNA-200-3p to the fatty acid metabolism by regulating AjEHHADH during aestivation in sea cucumber

Muyan Chen, Shanshan Wang, Xingke Li, Kenneth B. Storey, Xiumei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5703 PubMed 30310746

October 10, 2018

Distribution of deep-water corals, sponges, and demersal fisheries landings in Southern California, USA: implications for conservation priorities

Enrique J. Salgado, Stephanie E. Nehasil, Peter J. Etnoyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5697 PubMed 30324013

October 1, 2018

Periwinkle climbing response to water- and airbone predator chemical cues may depend on home-marsh geography

John M. Carroll, Morgan B. Church, Christopher M. Finelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5744 PubMed 30294513

October 16, 2018

The Messinian stromatolites of the Sierra del Colmenar (Western Mediterranean): facies characterization and sedimentological interpretation

Patricio Guillermo Villafañe, Hugo Corbí, Carlos Cónsole-Gonella, Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez, Jesús Miguel Soria

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5766 PubMed 30356960

October 26, 2018

Three, two, one! Revision of the long-bodied sphaerodorids (Sphaerodoridae, Annelida) and synonymization of Ephesiella, Ephesiopsis and Sphaerodorum

María Capa, Torkild Bakken, Karin Meißner, Arne Nygren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5783 PubMed 30386698

October 10, 2018

Modulating factors of the abundance and distribution of Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) (Decapoda, Portunoidea), a fishery resource, in Southeastern Brazil

Aline Nonato de Sousa, Giovana Bertini, Fabiano Gazzi Taddei, Rogério Caetano da Costa, Thiago Elias da Silva, Adilson Fransozo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5720 PubMed 30324019

October 24, 2018

Effects of inconsistent reporting, regulation changes and market demand on abundance indices of sharks caught by pelagic longliners off southern Africa

Gareth L. Jordaan, Jorge Santos, Johan C. Groeneveld

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5726 PubMed 30386693

October 10, 2018

Regional differences in an established population of invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in south Florida

David R. Bryan, Jeremiah Blondeau, Ashley Siana, Jerald S. Ault

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5700 PubMed 30324014

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