Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 12, 2023

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery

Amy R. Baco, Rebecca Ross, Franziska Althaus, Diva Amon, Amelia E. H. Bridges, Saskia Brix, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Ana Colaco, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Malcolm R. Clark, Cherisse Du Preez, Mari-Lise Franken, Matthew Gianni, Genoveva Gonzalez-Mirelis, Thomas Hourigan, Kerry Howell, Lisa A. Levin, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Tina N. Molodtsova, Nicole Morgan, Telmo Morato, Beatriz E. Mejia-Mercado, David O’Sullivan, Tabitha Pearman, David Price, Katleen Robert, Laura Robson, Ashley A. Rowden, James Taylor, Michelle Taylor, Lissette Victorero, Les Watling, Alan Williams, Joana R. Xavier, Chris Yesson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16024 PubMed 37846312

October 9, 2023

Replacing mechanical protection with colorful faces–twice: parallel evolution of the non-operculate marine worm-snail genera Thylacodes (Guettard, 1770) and Cayo n. gen. (Gastropoda: Vermetidae)

Rüdiger Bieler, Timothy M. Collins, Rosemary Golding, Camila Granados-Cifuentes, John M. Healy, Timothy A. Rawlings, Petra Sierwald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15854 PubMed 37842057

October 5, 2023

Biodiversity of symbiotic microalgae associated with meiofaunal marine acoels in Southern Japan

Siratee Riewluang, Kevin C. Wakeman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16078 PubMed 37814628

October 16, 2023

Genome sizes and repeatome evolution in zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia)

Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Hiroki Kise, Mylena Daiana Santander, Stacy Pirro, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Angelo Poliseno, Maria E.A. Santos, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16188 PubMed 37868064

October 11, 2023

Automatic identification and morphological comparison of bivalve and brachiopod fossils based on deep learning

Jiarui Sun, Xiaokang Liu, Yunfei Huang, Fengyu Wang, Yongfang Sun, Jing Chen, Daoliang Chu, Haijun Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16200 PubMed 37842038

October 30, 2023

Coral spawning patterns of Acropora across two Maldivian reef ecosystems

Margaux A.A. Monfared, Kate Sheridan, Simon P. Dixon, Matthew Gledhill, Thomas Le Berre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16315 PubMed 37927798

October 11, 2023

Bridging the gap between sustainability and profitability: unveiling the untapped potential of sea cucumber viscera

Muhammad Fatratullah Muhsin, Yushinta Fujaya, Andi Aliah Hidayani, Hanafiah Fazhan, Wan Adibah Wan Mahari, Su Shiung Lam, Alexander Chong Shu-Chien, Youji Wang, Nor Afiqah-Aleng, Nita Rukminasari, Khor Waiho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16252 PubMed 37842055

October 3, 2023

Current knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere marine microbiome in eukaryotic hosts and the Strait of Magellan surface microbiome project

Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez, Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez, Lia Ramírez-Fenández, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15978 PubMed 37810788

October 9, 2023

Machine learning algorithms accurately identify free-living marine nematode species

Simone Brito de Jesus, Danilo Vieira, Paula Gheller, Beatriz P. Cunha, Fabiane Gallucci, Gustavo Fonseca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16216 PubMed 37842061

October 2, 2023

Standardization of in situ coral bleaching measurements highlights the variability in responses across genera, morphologies, and regions

Adi Khen, Christopher B. Wall, Jennifer E. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16100 PubMed 37810774

October 11, 2023

Dead but not forgotten: complexity of Acropora palmata colonies increases with greater composition of dead coral

Abigail Engleman, Kieran Cox, Sandra Brooke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16101 PubMed 37842045

October 12, 2023

Diurnal predators of restocked lab-reared and wild Diadema antillarum near artificial reefs in Saba

Mareike de Breuyn, Alex J. van der Last, Oliver J. Klokman, Alwin Hylkema

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16189 PubMed 37846309

October 16, 2023

Developing a semi-pelagic trawl to capture redfish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Vang Y. Nguyen, Shannon M. Bayse, Paul D. Winger, Harold DeLouche, George Legge

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16244 PubMed 37868062

October 4, 2023

Diversity and structure of the root-associated bacterial microbiomes of four mangrove tree species, revealed by high-throughput sequencing

Jinlei Sui, Xiaowen He, Guohui Yi, Limin Zhou, Shunqing Liu, Qianqian Chen, Xiaohu Xiao, Jinyan Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16156 PubMed 37810771

October 3, 2023

Characterization of macroalgal-associated microbial communities from shallow to mesophotic depths at Manawai, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i

Gabrielle M. Kuba, Heather L. Spalding, Kristina M. Hill-Spanik, Taylor M. Williams, Monica O. Paiano, Alison R. Sherwood, Brian B. Hauk, Randall K. Kosaki, Heather Fullerton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16114 PubMed 37842050

October 16, 2023

Phylomitogenomics elucidates the evolution of symbiosis in Thoracotremata (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae, Pinnotheridae, Varunidae)

Tao Xu, Henrique Bravo, Sancia E.T. van der Meij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16217 PubMed 37868050

October 20, 2023

Evaluation of crystalline amino acids as potent stimulatory chemoattractants for the slipper lobster Thenus orientalis

Chui-Fen Teoh, Audrey Daning Tuzan, Annita Seok-Kian Yong, Kit-Shing Liew, Leong-Seng Lim, Hon-Jung Liew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15607 PubMed 37876908

October 24, 2023

Patterns of change in coral reef communities of a remote Maldivian atoll revisited after eleven years

Greta Zampa, Annalisa Azzola, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carla Morri, Alice Oprandi, Monica Montefalcone