Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

January 29, 2024

Screening of salt tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) lines using membership function value and GGE biplot analysis

Huijuan Tian, Hong Liu, Dan Zhang, Mengting Hu, Fulai Zhang, Shuqi Ding, Kaizhi Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16838 PubMed 38304185

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 10, 2024

Response of conventional sunflower cultivars to drift rates of synthetic auxin herbicides

Ahmet Tansel Serim, Eric L. Patterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16729 PubMed 38223756

January 4, 2024

Effects of nanoplastics on the gut microbiota of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Chenxi Zhu, Yiming Li, Guoxing Liu, Anisah Lee Abdullah, Qichen Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16743 PubMed 38188162

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 4, 2024

Vertical distribution characteristics of soil organic carbon and vegetation types under different elevation gradients in Cangshan, Dali

Xue Yang, Jianhong Xu, Huifang Wang, Hong Quan, Huijuan Yu, Junda Luan, Dishan Wang, Yuancheng Li, Dongpeng Lv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16686 PubMed 38188153

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 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

Understanding park visitors’ soundscape perception using subjective and objective measurement

Lauren A. Ferguson, B. Derrick Taff, Justine I. Blanford, Daniel J. Mennitt, Andrew J. Mowen, Mitchell Levenhagen, Crow White, Christopher A. Monz, Clinton D. Francis, Jesse R. Barber, Peter Newman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16592 PubMed 38313034

January 4, 2024

The influence of management practices on plant diversity: a comparative study of three urban wetlands in an expanding city in eastern China

Yijun Lu, Guofu Yang, Youli Zhang, Biao Wei, Qiaoyi He, Huifang Yu, Yue Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16701 PubMed 38188175

January 15, 2024

Analysis of biogas production from sewage sludge combining BMP experimental assays and the ADM1 model

Mariana Erthal Rocha, Thais Carvalho Lazarino, Gabriel Oliveira, Lia Teixeira, Marcia Marques, Norberto Mangiavacchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16720 PubMed 38239297

January 4, 2024

Temporal trends of land-use favourability for the strongly declining little bustard: assessing the role of protected areas

David González del Portillo, Manuel B. Morales, Beatriz Arroyo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16661 PubMed 38188158

January 22, 2024

Vegetation restoration improved aggregation stability and aggregated-associated carbon preservation in the karst areas of Guizhou Province, southwest China

Hui Yang, Hui Long, Xuemei Li, Xiulong Luo, Yuanhang Liao, Changmin Wang, Hua Cai, Yingge Shu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16699 PubMed 38274326

January 11, 2024

Species composition, relative abundance, and habitat association of birds in Dodola dry evergreen afro-montane forest and sub-afro-alpine scrubland vegetation, southeast Ethiopia

Zenebe Ageru Yilma, Girma Mengesha, Zerihun Girma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16775 PubMed 38223764

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 3, 2024

Experimental trials of species-specific bat flight responses to an ultrasonic deterrent

Sarah Rebecah Fritts, Emma Elizabeth Guest, Sara P. Weaver, Amanda Marie Hale, Brogan Page Morton, Cris Daniel Hein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16718 PubMed 38188150

January 2, 2024

A successful method to restore seagrass habitats in coastal areas affected by consecutive natural events

Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Diaz, Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Juan Luis Sánchez-González, Alex E. Mercado-Molina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16700 PubMed 38188168

January 3, 2024

Systematic review of residual toxicity studies of pesticides to bees and veracity of guidance on pesticide labels

Leah Swanson, Andony Melathopoulos, Matthew Bucy