Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

February 3, 2023

Growth of water hyacinth biomass and its impact on the floristic composition of aquatic plants in a wetland ecosystem of the Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, India

Durlov Lahon, Dhrubajyoti Sahariah, Jatan Debnath, Nityaranjan Nath, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq, Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Kesar Chand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14811 PubMed 36755867

February 3, 2023

Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of diverse Phoebe (Lauraceae) species endemic to China provide insight into their phylogeographical origin

Wenbo Shi, Weicai Song, Zimeng Chen, Haohong Cai, Qin Gong, Jin Liu, Chao Shi, Shuo Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14573 PubMed 36755871

February 1, 2023

Determination and risk assessment of pharmaceutical residues in the urban water cycle in Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Zarimah Mohd Hanafiah, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar, Teh Sabariah Abd Manan, Nur Aina Bachi, Nurfaizah Abu Tahrim, Haris Hafizal Abd Hamid, Abdulnoor Ghanim, Amirrudin Ahmad, Nadiah Wan Rasdi, Hamidi Abdul Aziz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14719 PubMed 36748091

February 27, 2023

Multi-temporal ecological niche modeling for bird conservation in the face of climate change scenarios in Caatinga, Brazil

Gabriela Silva Ribeiro Gonçalves, Pablo Vieira Cerqueira, Daniel Paiva Silva, Letícia Braga Gomes, Camila Ferreira Leão, André Felipe Alves de Andrade, Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14882 PubMed 36874965

February 24, 2023

The impact of spring wheat species and sowing density on soil biochemical properties, content of secondary plant metabolites and the presence of Oulema ssp.

Jarosław Pobereżny, Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska, Robert Lamparski, Joanna Lemanowicz, Agata Bartkowiak, Małgorzata Szczepanek, Katarzyna Gościnna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14916 PubMed 36860764

February 3, 2023

Genetic diversity and organic waste degrading capacity of Hermetia illucens from the evergreen forest of the Equatorial Choco lowland

María Fernanda Pazmiño, Ana G. Del Hierro, Francisco Javier Flores

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14798 PubMed 36755868

February 14, 2023

Presence of microplastics and microparticles in Oregon Black Rockfish sampled near marine reserve areas

Katherine S. Lasdin, Madison Arnold, Anika Agrawal, H. William Fennie, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Su Sponaugle, Lindsay Aylesworth, Scott Heppell, Susanne M. Brander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14564 PubMed 36815986

February 16, 2023

Diversity and structural analysis of rhizosphere soil microbial communities in wild and cultivated Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and their effects on the accumulation of active components

Pingping Song, Junling Liu, Peng Huang, Zhili Han, Dianlei Wang, Nianxia Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14841 PubMed 36811005

February 27, 2023

Benthic biogeographic patterns on the deep Brazilian margin

Daniela Y. Gaurisas, Angelo F. Bernardino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14585 PubMed 36874960

February 20, 2023

A multi-method approach for assessing the distribution of a rare, burrowing North American crayfish species

Kathleen B. Quebedeaux, Christopher A. Taylor, Amanda N. Curtis, Eric R. Larson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14748 PubMed 36846445

February 6, 2023

Molecular identification of critically endangered European eels (Anguilla anguilla) in US retail outlets

Taylor Ely, Nathaniel Patten, Lewis C. Naisbett-Jones, Erin T. Spencer, Demian A. Willette, Peter B. Marko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14531 PubMed 36778145

February 28, 2023

Associations between picocyanobacterial ecotypes and cyanophage host genes across ocean basins and depth

Clara A. Fuchsman, David Garcia Prieto, Matthew D. Hays, Jacob A. Cram

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14924 PubMed 36874978

February 6, 2023

Prohexadione calcium enhances rice growth and tillering under NaCl stress

Rongjun Zhang, Dianfeng Zheng, Naijie Feng, Quan-Sheng Qiu, Hang Zhou, Meiling Liu, Yao Li, Fengyan Meng, XiXin Huang, Anqi Huang, Yixiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14804 PubMed 36778152

February 8, 2023

Occurrence of microplastics in freshwater gastropods from a tropical river U-Taphao, southern Thailand

Preyanuch Jitkaew, Siriporn Pradit, Prakrit Noppradit, Karnda Sengloyluan, Mathinee Yucharoen, Suvit Suwanno, Varaporn Tanrattanakul, Kittiwara Sornplang, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14861 PubMed 36785706

February 21, 2023

Meta-analytic evidence that allelopathy may increase the success and impact of invasive grasses

Manya Singh, Curtis C. Daehler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14858 PubMed 36846446

February 13, 2023

Variable level of genetic dominance controls important agronomic traits in rice populations under water deficit condition

Hamada M. Hassan, Adel A. Hadifa, Sara A. El-leithy, Maria Batool, Ahmed Sherif, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Akihiro Ueda, Md Atikur Rahman, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Ayman Elsabagh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14833 PubMed 36815980

February 10, 2023

Low-stress livestock handling protects cattle in a five-predator habitat

Naomi X. Louchouarn, Adrian Treves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14788 PubMed 36793893

February 2, 2023

The contents of essential and toxic metals in coffee beans and soil in Dale Woreda, Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia

Yohannes Seifu Berego, Solomon Sorsa Sota, Mihret Ulsido, Embialle Mengistie Beyene

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14789 PubMed 36751640

February 6, 2023

Efficacy of Saccharothrix algeriensis NRRL B-24137 to suppress Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum induced wilt disease in cotton

Rizwan Asif, Muhammad Hussnain Siddique, Sumreen Hayat, Ijaz Rasul, Habibullah Nadeem, Muhammad Faisal, Muhammad Waseem, Shahbaz Ahmad Zakki, Abdelghani Zitouni, Saima Muzammil

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14754 PubMed 36778156

February 13, 2023

Role of tea plantations in the maintenance of bird diversity in Anji County, China

Jueying Wu, Jinli Hu, Xinyu Zhao, Yangyang Sun, Guang Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14801 PubMed 36815977

February 28, 2023

Determination of drought tolerance of different strawberry genotypes

Eser Celiktopuz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14972 PubMed 36874961

February 28, 2023

Assessment of the recovery and photosynthetic efficiency of Breviolum psygmophilum and Effrenium voratum (Symbiodiniaceae) following cryopreservation

Joseph K. Kihika, Susanna A. Wood, Lesley Rhodes, Kirsty F. Smith, Juliette Butler, Ken G. Ryan