Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 24, 2024

Is it worth the extra mile? Comparing environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding for vertebrate and invertebrate biodiversity surveys in a lowland stream

Till-Hendrik Macher, Jens Arle, Arne J. Beermann, Lina Frank, Kamil Hupało, Jan Koschorreck, Robin Schütz, Florian Leese

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18016 PubMed 39465159

October 10, 2024

Spring haul-out behavior of seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: implications for abundance estimation

Josh M. London, Paul B. Conn, Stacie M. Koslovsky, Erin L. Richmond, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Michael F. Cameron, Justin A. Crawford, Andrew L. Von Duyke, Lori Quakenbush, Peter L. Boveng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18160 PubMed 39399416

October 14, 2024

Wind energy and insects: reviewing the state of knowledge and identifying potential interactions

Michelle Weschler, Lusha Tronstad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18153 PubMed 39421426

October 29, 2024

Clocks at a snail pace: biological rhythms in terrestrial gastropods

Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador, Barbara Mizumo Tomotani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18318 PubMed 39494278

October 8, 2024

Bivalve microbiomes are shaped by host species, size, parasite infection, and environment

Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Monserrat Garcia Ruiz, Diana Portugal Barron, Gregory Ruiz, Katrina Lohan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18082 PubMed 39399422

October 31, 2024

Deep-ocean macrofaunal assemblages on ferromanganese and phosphorite-rich substrates in the Southern California Borderland

Michelle Guraieb, Guillermo Mendoza, Kira Mizell, Greg Rouse, Ryan A. McCarthy, Olívia S. Pereira, Lisa A. Levin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18290 PubMed 39494296

October 14, 2024

Effect of environmental DNA sampling resolution in detecting nearshore fish biodiversity compared to capture surveys

Ben Millard-Martin, Kate Sheridan, Evan Morien, Matthew A. Lemay, Margot Hessing-Lewis, Rute B.G. Clemente-Carvalho, Jennifer M. Sunday

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17967 PubMed 39421418

October 1, 2024

Changes of collagen content in lung tissues of plateau yak and its mechanism of adaptation to hypoxia

Jingyi Li, Nating Huang, Xun Zhang, Ci Sun, Jiarui Chen, Qing Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18250 PubMed 39372716

October 18, 2024

Exploring the scale effect of nonpoint source pollution risk on water quality in Lake Basins of Central Yunnan Plateau using the Minimum Cumulative Resistance model

Li Fu, Xiaoliang Ma, Shuangyun Peng, Luping Gong, Rui Zhang, Bangmei Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18247 PubMed 39434800

October 18, 2024

The impact of combined application of biochar and fertilizer on the biochemical properties of soil in soybean fields

Mingcong Zhang, Wei Xie, Xingjie Zhong, Yuqing Wang, Siyan Li, Yanhong Zhou, Chen Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18172 PubMed 39434794

October 21, 2024

Exploring reported population differences in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in the Pomo Pits region of the Adriatic Sea using genome-wide markers

Tom L. Jenkins, Michela Martinelli, Charlie D. Ellis, Jamie R. Stevens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17852 PubMed 39450211

October 10, 2024

Demography and predatory potential of Orius strigicollis on eggs of Plutella xylostella at two temperatures

Shakeel Ur Rehman, Xingfu Jiang, Mahnoor Saleem, Xingmiao Zhou, Bangqing Chen, Khalid Ali Khan, Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim, Hamed A. Ghramh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18044 PubMed 39399415

October 4, 2024

A method for evaluating sediment-induced macroinvertebrate community composition changes in Idaho streams

Jason Williams, James Efta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18060 PubMed 39376228

October 8, 2024

The departure of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in response to the declining jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) population in the central portion of the Gulf of California

Héctor Pérez-Puig, Alejandro Arias Del Razo, Daniela Ahuatzin Gallardo, Jaime Bolaños

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18117 PubMed 39399432

October 24, 2024

Current status of the remaining Mexican cloud forests: landscape findings and conservation initiatives

Wesley Dáttilo, Sergio A. Cabrera-Cruz, César A. Gallo-Gómez, Juan Carlos Serio-Silva, Rafael Villegas-Patraca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18386 PubMed 39465166

October 9, 2024

Dynamic perspectives on biodiversity quantification: beyond conventional metrics

Manjula Josephine Bollarapu, Swarna Kuchibhotla, Ramarao Kvsn, Harshita Patel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17924 PubMed 39399437

October 30, 2024

Using vessels of opportunity for determining important habitats of bottlenose dolphins in Port Phillip Bay, south-eastern Australia

Maddison J. Ledwidge, Jacquomo Monk, Suzanne J. Mason, John P. Y. Arnould

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18400 PubMed 39494272

October 31, 2024

The influence of inactivated entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis on the immune responses of the Colorado potato beetle

Olga V. Polenogova, Natalia A. Kryukova, Tatyana Klementeva, Anna S. Artemchenko, Alexander D. Lukin, Viktor P. Khodyrev, Irina Slepneva, Yana Vorontsova, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18259 PubMed 39494291

October 10, 2024

Parental thermal conditions affect the brain activity response to alarm cue in larval zebrafish

Jade M. Sourisse, Julie L. Semmelhack, Celia Schunter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18241 PubMed 39399440

October 14, 2024

A small venomous reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States

Helen E. Burch, Hannah-Marie S. Eddins, Michelle R. Stocker, Ben T. Kligman, Adam D. Marsh, William G. Parker, Sterling J. Nesbitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18279 PubMed 39421413

October 14, 2024

Mangrove afforestation as an ecological control of invasive Spartina alterniflora affects rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties and bacterial community in a subtropical tidal estuarine wetland

Jinwang Wang, Xi Lin, Xia An, Shuangshuang Liu, Xin Wei, Tianpei Zhou, Qianchen Li, Qiuxia Chen, Xing Liu