Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

January 24, 2018

Are pumas subordinate carnivores, and does it matter?

L. Mark Elbroch, Anna Kusler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4293 PubMed 29379688

January 31, 2018

A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what’s old, what’s new, and future directions

Joseph R. Pawlik, Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4343 PubMed 29404224

January 2, 2018

Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, David P. Robinson, Katie E. Reeve-Arnold, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4161 PubMed 29312815

January 4, 2018

Domestic carnivore interactions with wildlife in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile: husbandry and perceptions of impact from a community perspective

Elke Schüttler, Lorena Saavedra-Aracena, Jaime E. Jiménez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4124 PubMed 29312813

January 18, 2018

The importance of local settings: within-year variability in seawater temperature at South Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula

César A. Cárdenas, Marcelo González-Aravena, Pamela A. Santibañez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4289 PubMed 29372123

January 24, 2018

Historical baselines of coral cover on tropical reefs as estimated by expert opinion

Tyler D. Eddy, William W.L. Cheung, John F. Bruno

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4308 PubMed 29379692

January 25, 2018

Species identification by conservation practitioners using online images: accuracy and agreement between experts

Gail E. Austen, Markus Bindemann, Richard A. Griffiths, David L. Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4157 PubMed 29379682

January 16, 2018

Distributional dynamics of a vulnerable species in response to past and future climate change: a window for conservation prospects

Yunjun Bai, Xueping Wei, Xiaoqiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4287 PubMed 29362700

January 12, 2018

Crustacean amphipods from marsh ponds: a nutritious feed resource with potential for application in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture

Pablo Jiménez-Prada, Ismael Hachero-Cruzado, Inmaculada Giráldez, Catalina Fernández-Diaz, César Vilas, José Pedro Cañavate, José Manuel Guerra-García

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4194 PubMed 29340233

January 8, 2018

Beyond harm’s reach? Submersion of river turtle nesting areas and implications for restoration actions after Amazon hydropower development

Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4228 PubMed 29333347

January 17, 2018

Effects of chronic exposure to thiamethoxam on larvae of the hoverfly Eristalis tenax (Diptera, Syrphidae)

Kate Basley, Balin Davenport, Kate Vogiatzis, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4258 PubMed 29372118

January 29, 2018

Cost-benefit analysis for invasive species control: the case of greater Canada goose Branta canadensis in Flanders (northern Belgium)

Nikolaas Reyns, Jim Casaer, Lieven De Smet, Koen Devos, Frank Huysentruyt, Peter A. Robertson, Tom Verbeke, Tim Adriaens