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 18, 2021

A synthesis tree of the Copepoda: integrating phylogenetic and taxonomic data reveals multiple origins of parasitism

James P. Bernot, Geoffrey A. Boxshall, Keith A. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12034 PubMed 34466296

August 13, 2021

Living shorelines achieve functional equivalence to natural fringe marshes across multiple ecological metrics

Robert E. Isdell, Donna Marie Bilkovic, Amanda G. Guthrie, Molly M. Mitchell, Randolph M. Chambers, Matthias Leu, Carl Hershner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11815 PubMed 34447620

August 10, 2021

Disintegration half-life of biodegradable plastic films on different marine beach sediments

Andreas Eich, Miriam Weber, Christian Lott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11981 PubMed 34434671

August 13, 2021

Metabarcoding confirms the opportunistic foraging behaviour of Atlantic bluefin tuna and reveals the importance of gelatinous prey

Babett Günther, Jean-Marc Fromentin, Luisa Metral, Sophie Arnaud-Haond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11757 PubMed 34447617

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 9, 2021

Cephalopod species identification using integrated analysis of machine learning and deep learning approaches

Hui Yuan Tan, Zhi Yun Goh, Kar-Hoe Loh, Amy Yee-Hui Then, Hasmahzaiti Omar, Siow-Wee Chang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11825 PubMed 34434645

August 26, 2021

Sponges of Western Mediterranean seamounts: new genera, new species and new records

Julio A. Díaz, Sergio Ramírez-Amaro, Francesc Ordines

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11879 PubMed 34527436

August 11, 2021

Biogeography, diversity and environmental relationships of shelf and deep-sea benthic Amphipoda around Iceland

Anne-Nina Lörz, Stefanie Kaiser, Jens Oldeland, Caroline Stolter, Karlotta Kürzel, Saskia Brix

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11898 PubMed 34447625

August 2, 2021

Embryo and larval biology of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor under different temperature regimes

Maria Rakka, António Godinho, Covadonga Orejas, Marina Carreiro-Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11604 PubMed 34414021

August 3, 2021

Impact of the the COVID-19 pandemic on a queen conch (Aliger gigas) fishery in The Bahamas

Nicholas D. Higgs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11924 PubMed 34414036

August 17, 2021

Estimating the impact of climate change on the potential distribution of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins with species distribution model

Jinbo Fu, Linlin Zhao, Changdong Liu, Bin Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12001 PubMed 34458027

August 24, 2021

A new threat to local marine biodiversity: filamentous mats proliferating at mesophotic depths off Rapa Nui

Javier Sellanes, Matthias Gorny, Germán Zapata-Hernández, Gonzalo Alvarez, Praxedes Muñoz, Fadia Tala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12052 PubMed 34513338

August 20, 2021

Reeling them in: taxonomy of marine annelids used as bait by anglers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Carol Simon, Jyothi Kara, Alheit du Toit, Hendré van Rensburg, Caveshlin Naidoo, Conrad A. Matthee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11847 PubMed 34484982

August 30, 2021

When size matters: the first comprehensive anatomical study of a species of “Condylocardiidae”, an extremely miniaturized bivalve

Flávio Dias Passos, Alan Rodrigo Batistão, Rüdiger Bieler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12108 PubMed 34540376

August 11, 2021

Transport of biodeposits and benthic footprint around an oyster farm, Damariscotta Estuary, Maine

Kara Gadeken, William C. Clemo, Will Ballentine, Steven L. Dykstra, Mai Fung, Alexis Hagemeyer, Kelly M. Dorgan, Brian Dzwonkowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11862 PubMed 34447622

August 31, 2021

Dongsha Atoll is an important stepping-stone that promotes regional genetic connectivity in the South China Sea

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Jacob Green, Dana Briggs, Ruth Hastings, Ylva Jondelius, Skylar Kensinger, Hannah Leever, Sophia Santos, Trevor Throne, Chi Cheng, Hawis Madduppa, Robert J. Toonen, Michelle R. Gaither, Eric D. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12063 PubMed 34540369

August 30, 2021

The distribution of benthic amphipod crustaceans in Indonesian seas

Tri Arfianti, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12054 PubMed 34540368

August 20, 2021

Measurement error using a SeeMaLab structured light 3D scanner against a Microscribe 3D digitizer

Dolores Messer, Michelle S. Svendsen, Anders Galatius, Morten T. Olsen, Vedrana A. Dahl, Knut Conradsen, Anders B. Dahl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11804 PubMed 34484981

August 10, 2021

Potential oxygen consumption and community composition of sediment bacteria in a seasonally hypoxic enclosed bay

Fumiaki Mori, Yu Umezawa, Ryuji Kondo, Gregory N. Nishihara, Minoru Wada