Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 2, 2021

Longitudinal variations in the gastrointestinal microbiome of the white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Estefanía Garibay-Valdez, Francesco Cicala, Marcel Martinez-Porchas, Ricardo Gómez-Reyes, Francisco Vargas-Albores, Teresa Gollas-Galván, Luis Rafael Martínez-Córdova, Kadiya Calderón

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11827 PubMed 34414030

August 23, 2021

Reef manta rays forage on tidally driven, high density zooplankton patches in Hanifaru Bay, Maldives

Asia O. Armstrong, Guy M.W. Stevens, Kathy A. Townsend, Annie Murray, Michael B. Bennett, Amelia J. Armstrong, Julian Uribe-Palomino, Phil Hosegood, Christine L. Dudgeon, Anthony J. Richardson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11992 PubMed 34513330

August 11, 2021

Preference and effect of gustatory sense on sugar-feeding of fire ants

Waqar Jaleel, Qunchen Li, Qingxing Shi, Lihua LYU

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11943 PubMed 34447630

August 16, 2021

Behavioral phenotyping of cancer pain in domesticated cats with naturally occurring squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: initial validation studies provide evidence for regional and widespread algoplasticity

Yen-Hao Erik Lai, B. Duncan X. Lascelles, Michael W. Nolan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11984 PubMed 34458024

August 12, 2021

Quantifying bite force in coexisting tayassuids and feral suids: a comparison between morphometric functional proxies and in vivo measurements

Fernando L. Sicuro, Luiz Flamarion B. Oliveira, Carla D. Hendges, Carlos Fonseca