PeerJ Preprints - Table of Contents

March 17, 2016 - Version: 1

Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf

Pelayo Salinas de León, David Acuña-Marrero, Etienne Rastoin, Alan M Friedlander, Mary K Donovan, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1872v1

March 31, 2016 - Version: 3

Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity

Kenneth J Locey, Jay T Lennon

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1451v3

March 31, 2016 - Version: 1

Climate, topography and soil factors interact to drive community trait distributions in global drylands

Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Pierre Liancourt, Nicolas Gross, Francesco de Bello, Carlos Roberto Carlos Fonseca, Jens Kattge, Enrique Valencia, Jan Leps, Fernando T. Maestre

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1913v1

March 21, 2016 - Version: 1

Evidence that St. Helena island is an important multi-use habitat for whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, with the first description of putative mating in this species

Elizabeth Clingham, Judith Brown, Leeann Henry, Annalea Beard, Alistair D Dove

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1885v1

March 1, 2016 - Version: 1

Comparative proteomics reveals signature metabolisms of exponentially growing and stationary phase marine bacteria

Saraldevi Muthusamy, Daniel Lundin, Rui MM Branca, Federico Baltar, José M González, Janne Lehtiö, Jarone Pinhassi

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1804v1

March 1, 2016 - Version: 1

Effectiveness of phalanx skeletochronology to estimate age in living reptiles

Mar Comas, Senda Reguera, Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho, Humbert H Salvado, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1809v1

March 2, 2016 - Version: 3

Microsatellite loci discovery from next-generation sequencing data and marker characterization in the epizoic barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1798)

Christine Ewers-Saucedo, John D Zardus, John P Wares

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1715v3

March 26, 2016 - Version: 1

Incorporation of an invasive plant into a native insect herbivore food web

Menno Schilthuizen, Lúcia P Santos Pimenta, Youri Lammers, Peter J Steenbergen, Marco Flohil, Nils G.P. Beveridge, Pieter T van Duijn, Marjolein M Meulblok, Nils Sosef, Robin van de Ven, Ralf Werring, Kevin K Beentjes, Kim Meijer, Rutger A Vos, Klaas Vrieling, Barbara Gravendeel, Young Choi, Robert Verpoorte, Chris Smit, Leo W Beukeboom

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1899v1

March 2, 2016 - Version: 1

Population structure, migratory behavior and spawning habitat of East Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna revealed by a multi-annual electronic tagging program

Gemma Quílez-Badia, Andres Ospina-Alvarez, Susana Sainz Trápaga, Antonio Di Natale, Noureddine Abid, Naima A Rodríguez López, Sergi Tudela

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1813v1

March 31, 2016 - Version: 1

Additive and compensatory predation mortality by cougar on elk

David J. Vales, Michael P. Middleton, Mike T. McDaniel

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1915v1

March 17, 2016 - Version: 1

Carotenoid biotransformation pathways and oxidative stress in a bird: an experimental approach and its implications for color signaling

Esther García-de Blas, Rafael Mateo, Carlos Alonso-Alvarez

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1873v1

March 20, 2016 - Version: 1

Preferred temperature and thermal breadth of birds wintering in peninsular Spain – the limited effect of temperature on species distribution

Luis M. Carrascal, Sara Villén-Pérez, David Palomino

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1880v1

March 12, 2016 - Version: 1

Nutrient uplift in a cyclonic eddy increases diversity, primary productivity and iron demand of microbial communities relative to a western boundary current

Martina A Doblin, Katherina Petrou, Sutinee Sinutok, Justin R Seymour, Lauren F Messer, Mark V Brown, Louiza Norman, Jason D Everett, Allison S McInnes, Peter J Ralph, Peter A Thompson, Christel S Hassler

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1854v1

March 1, 2016 - Version: 1

Electronic tagging data and habitat envelope modeling used to monitor spatial persistency and possible relocation of spawning grounds for the bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

Andres Ospina-Alvarez, Susana Sainz Trápaga, Sergi Tudela, Antonio Di Natale, Gemma Quílez-Badia

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1803v1

March 16, 2016 - Version: 1

Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pontoniinae); the effects of habitat demands

Nicola C Dobson, Magnus L Johnson, Sammy De Grave

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1868v1

March 21, 2016 - Version: 1

Reef manta ray life history and demography: is it really all about survival?

Isabel M Smallegange, Isabelle BC van der Ouderaa, Yara Tibiriçá