PeerJ Preprints - Table of Contents

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

10 years of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): where do we stand & where are we heading?

Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Wim Decock, Thomas Lanssens, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Kevin Verfaille, Francisco Hernandez, Tammy Horton, Andreas Kroh

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26682v1

March 26, 2018 - Version: 1

A little can be enough. Native fish from the Western Mediterranean Sea can act as a control agent for the invasive alga Caulerpa cylindracea

Jorge Santamaría, Fiona Tomas, Enric Ballesteros, Juan Manuel Ruiz, Jorge Terrados, Emma Cebrian

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26772v1

March 23, 2018 - Version: 1

Drivers of polychaetes functional α- and β-diversity at regional scale: Disentangling the role of biogenic habitats and environmental variability

Aurélien Boyé, Éric Thiébaut, Jacques Grall, Pierre Legendre, Caroline Broudin, Céline Houbin, Vincent Le Garrec, Marion Maguer, Gabin Droual, Olivier Gauthier

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26760v1

March 20, 2018 - Version: 1

Biochemical changes throughout early- and middle-stage of embryogenesis in lobsters (Homarus americanus) under varying thermal regimes

Jason S Goldstein, Winsor H Watson

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26741v1

March 1, 2018 - Version: 1

The interactive effect of herbivory, nutrient enrichment and mucilage on shallow rocky macroalgal communities

Sarah Caronni, Chiara Calabretti, Giulia Ceccherelli, Sandra Citterio, Maria Anna Delaria, Rodolfo Gentili, Giovanni Macri, Chiara Montagnani, Augusto Navone, Pieraugusto Panzalis

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26590v1

March 7, 2018 - Version: 1

Phylogeography of Swertia perennis in Europe based on cpDNA markers

Jacek Urbaniak, Paweł Kwiatkowski, Paweł Pawlikowski

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26634v1

March 15, 2018 - Version: 1

Multiscale spatial distribution of macrofauna response to fishery pressure

Dario Fiorentino, Casper Kraan, Jennifer Dannheim, Shahin Kadar Badesab, Werner Armonies, Ulf Gräwe, Thomas Brey

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26709v1

March 9, 2018 - Version: 1

Why is nonword reading so variable in adult skilled readers?

Max Coltheart, Anastasia Ulicheva

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26647v1

March 21, 2018 - Version: 1

Analyses of the links between species and functional diversity: the effects of methodological choices to assess functional diversity

Céline Houbin, Lise Bacouillard, Noemie Baux, Jean Claude Dauvin, Nicolas Desroy, Katja Geiger, Franck Gentil, Eric Thiébaut

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26746v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Spatial and environmental drivers of biodiversity, ecology and biogeography of coral communities in SW of the Arabian/Persian Gulf

Jessica Bouwmeester, John Burt, Pedro Range, Radhouan Ben-Hamadou

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26671v1

March 31, 2018 - Version: 1

Species distribution modeling of deep sea sponges in the North Pacific Ocean.

Fiona Davidson

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26815v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

HIV infected patients attendance in a Brazilian public health service: A short report

Larissa Silva dos Santos, Kátia Azevedo, Licinio Silva, Solange Oliveira, Ledy Oliveira

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26788v1

March 5, 2018 - Version: 1

Horseshoe crabs as a flagship species for the conservation and restoration of estuarine, beach and mangrove habitats

Mark Botton, John Tanacredi

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26621v1

March 9, 2018 - Version: 1

Profile of the Portuguese male university rugby sevens championship

João Diogo Silva, Antonio Cruz-Ferreira, Carlos Alberto Fontes Ribeiro, Luiz Miguel Santiago

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26651v1

March 20, 2018 - Version: 1

Bottom trawling effects on marine macrobenthos: Changes in ecological functioning interpreted by a biological multiple traits approach

Grete E. Dinesen, Henrik Gislason, Ciaran McLaverty, Francois Bastardie, Ole R. Eigaard

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26739v1

March 26, 2018 - Version: 1

Seabird Expert Network (CBird): Findings and recommendations from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program’s State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report

Kathy Kuletz, Mark Mallory, Grant Gilchrist, Gregory J Robertson, Flemming Merkel, Bergur Olsen, Erpur Hansen, Mia Rönkä, Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Hallvard Strøm, Sebastien Descamps, Maria Gavrilo, Robert Kaler, David Irons, Antii Below

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26771v1

March 8, 2018 - Version: 1

Diverse effects of Perlecan-HS on cell and matrix regulation: Tendon destabilization in Hspg2 Exon 3 null HS deficient mice reveals essential homeostatic roles for HS in cellular regulation and tendon functionality

Cindy C Shu, Margaret M Smith, Richard C Appleyard, Christopher B Little, James Melrose

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26644v1

March 23, 2018 - Version: 1

Latitudinal and bathymetrical species richness patterns in the NW Pacific and adjacent Arctic Ocean

Hanieh Saeedi, Mark John Costello, Angelika Brandt

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26756v1

March 14, 2018 - Version: 1

Benthic fauna distribution over different seamounts in the Mozambique Channel, from towed camera data

Marion Boulard, Inge Van Den Beld, Julie Tourolle, Olivier Soubigou, Stephan Jorry, Karine Olu

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26699v1

March 27, 2018 - Version: 1

Benthos Expert Network: Findings and recommendations from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program’s State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report (SAMBR)

Virginie Roy, Lis Lindal Jørgensen, Philippe Archambault, Martin Blicher, Nina Denisenko, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Katrin Iken, Jan Sørensen, Natalia Anisimova, Carolina Behe, Stanislav Denisenko, Vera Metcalf, Steinunn Olafsdóttir, Tom Schiøtte, Ole Tendal, Alexandra M. Ravelo, Monika Kędra, Dieter Piepenburg

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26775v1

March 30, 2018 - Version: 1

The evils of trawling: Threat to Marine Biodiversity

Bindu Sravya Surapaneni, Shashikala Gurpur, Sujata Arya

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26810v1

March 9, 2018 - Version: 1

Using constructed covers to protect infrared cameras while surveying wildlife along roadways

Marc Albrecht, Matt Peek

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26652v1

March 2, 2018 - Version: 1

Aquatic training in menopause experimental model promote changes in the sarcomeres of the myotendinous junctions

Gabriel Favaro, Luan Rissatto, lara Rocha, Sonia Madre, Ii Watanabe, Adriano Ciena