Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 5, 2019

Disentangling the effect of host-genotype and environment on the microbiome of the coral Acropora tenuis

Bettina Glasl, Caitlin E. Smith, David G. Bourne, Nicole S. Webster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6377 PubMed 30740275

February 28, 2019

Active management is required to turn the tide for depleted Ostrea edulis stocks from the effects of overfishing, disease and invasive species

Luke Helmer, Paul Farrell, Ian Hendy, Simon Harding, Morven Robertson, Joanne Preston

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6431 PubMed 30842897

February 6, 2019

Digging for DNA at depth: rapid universal metabarcoding surveys (RUMS) as a tool to detect coral reef biodiversity across a depth gradient

Joseph D. DiBattista, James D. Reimer, Michael Stat, Giovanni D. Masucci, Piera Biondi, Maarten De Brauwer, Michael Bunce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6379 PubMed 30755831

February 12, 2019

Morphological identification and molecular confirmation of the deep-sea blue and red shrimp Aristeus antennatus larvae

Marta Carreton, Joan B. Company, Laia Planella, Sandra Heras, José-Luis García-Marín, Melania Agulló, Morane Clavel-Henry, Guiomar Rotllant, Antonina dos Santos, María Inés Roldán

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6063 PubMed 30775163

February 14, 2019

Factors that affect the growth and photosynthesis of the filamentous green algae, Chaetomorpha valida, in static sea cucumber aquaculture ponds with high salinity and high pH

Ronglian Xing, Weiwei Ma, Yiwen Shao, Xuebin Cao, Lihong Chen, Aili Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6468 PubMed 30783579

February 21, 2019

Seasonal variations of the ichthyoplankton assemblage in the Yangtze Estuary and its relationship with environmental factors

Hui Zhang, Weiwei Xian, Shude Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6482 PubMed 30809455

February 26, 2019

Heat stress compromises epithelial integrity in the coral, Acropora hyacinthus

Nikki Traylor-Knowles

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6510 PubMed 30828497

February 4, 2019

Density dependent attributes of fish aggregative behaviour

Michaela Holubová, Martin Čech, Mojmír Vašek, Jiří Peterka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6378 PubMed 30740276

February 25, 2019

Success of concrete and crab traps in facilitating Eastern oyster recruitment and reef development

Emma E. Johnson, Miles D. Medina, Ada C. Bersoza Hernandez, Gregory A. Kusel, Audrey N. Batzer, Christine Angelini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6488 PubMed 30828494

February 15, 2019

Shifting headlines? Size trends of newsworthy fishes

Fiona T. Francis, Brett R. Howard, Adrienne E. Berchtold, Trevor A. Branch, Laís C.T. Chaves, Jillian C. Dunic, Brett Favaro, Kyla M. Jeffrey, Luis Malpica-Cruz, Natalie Maslowski, Jessica A. Schultz, Nicola S. Smith, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6395 PubMed 30783570

February 5, 2019

Molecular and morphological congruence of three new cryptic Neopetrosia spp. in the Caribbean

Jan Vicente, Jaime Andrés Ríos, Sven Zea, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6371 PubMed 30746308

February 8, 2019

Positive association between epiphytes and competitiveness of the brown algal genus Lobophora against corals

Andreas Eich, Amanda K. Ford, Maggy M. Nugues, Ryan S. McAndrews, Christian Wild, Sebastian C.A. Ferse

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6380 PubMed 30775176

February 7, 2019

Tamilokus mabinia, a new, anatomically divergent genus and species of wood-boring bivalve from the Philippines

J. Reuben Shipway, Marvin A. Altamia, Gary Rosenberg, Gisela P. Concepcion, Margo G. Haygood, Daniel L. Distel