Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 26, 2024

Collecting whales: processes and biases in Nordic museum collections

Lene Liebe Delsett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16794 PubMed 38288462

January 15, 2024

Distribution and demographics of mysids (Crustacea: Mysida) as prey for gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in northwest Washington state

Elizabeth Marina Allyn, Jonathan J. Scordino, Adrianne M. Akmajian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16587 PubMed 38239296

January 3, 2024

DNA barcoding continues to identify endangered species of shark sold as food in a globally significant shark fin trade hub

Kai-Lin Selena Shen, Jin Jie Cheow, Abigail Belle Cheung, Ryan Jia Rong Koh, Amanda Koh Xiao Mun, Yun Ning Lee, Yan Zhen Lim, Maya Namatame, Eileen Peng, Vladislav Vintenbakh, Elisa X.Y. Lim, Benjamin John Wainwright

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16647 PubMed 38188178

January 5, 2024

Development of a new control rule for managing anthropogenic removals of protected, endangered or threatened species in marine ecosystems

Fanny Ouzoulias, Nicolas Bousquet, Mathieu Genu, Anita Gilles, Jérôme Spitz, Matthieu Authier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16688 PubMed 38192603

January 31, 2024

Insulin signaling and pharmacology in humans and in corals

Meghana Hosahalli Shivananda Murthy, Paniz Jasbi, Whitney Lowe, Lokender Kumar, Monsurat Olaosebikan, Liza Roger, Jinkyu Yang, Nastassja Lewinski, Noah Daniels, Lenore Cowen, Judith Klein-Seetharaman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16804 PubMed 38313028

January 30, 2024

Characterizing transcriptomic responses to sediment stress across location and morphology in reef-building corals

Jill Ashey, Hailey McKelvie, John Freeman, Polina Shpilker, Lauren H. Zane, Danielle M. Becker, Lenore Cowen, Robert H. Richmond, Valerie J. Paul, Francois O. Seneca, Hollie M. Putnam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16654 PubMed 38313033

January 23, 2024

Seventeen-year study reveals fluctuations in key ecological indicators on two reef crests in Cuba

Amanda Ramos, Patricia González-Díaz, Anastazia T. Banaszak, Orlando Perera, Fredy Hernandez Delgado, Sandra Delfín de León, Patricia Vicente Castro, Gabriela Caridad Aguilera Pérez, Alain Duran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16705 PubMed 38282865

January 29, 2024

A fish can change its stripes: investigating the role of body colour and pattern in the bluelined goatfish

Louise Tosetto, Nathan S. Hart, Jane E. Williamson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16645 PubMed 38304190

January 16, 2024

Transcriptome analysis of Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) gills in response to ammonia stress

Zhengfei Wang, Yue Wang, Yayun Guan, Zhuofan Chen, Yaotong Zhai, Ya Wu, Ying Zhou, Jinghao Hu, Lulu Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16786 PubMed 38250716

January 15, 2024

A simulation study evaluating how population survival and genetic diversity in a newly established population can be affected by propagule size, extinction rates, and initial heterozygosity

Iván Vera-Escalona, Antonio Brante