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March 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ Preprints

March 26, 2018 - Version: 1

Effects of the 2016 El Niño on the Galapagos artisanal coastal fin-fish fishery

Jose R Marin Jarrin, Pelayo Salinas-de-León

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26773v1

March 9, 2018 - Version: 1

The Messinian stromatolites of the Sierra del Colmenar (Western Mediterranean): facies characterization and sedimentological interpretation

Patricio Guillermo Villafañe, Hugo Corbí, Carlos Cónsole-Gonella, Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26648v1

March 2, 2018 - Version: 1

Taxonomical and functional diversity in zooplankton communities from boreal and arctic waters

Marta Głuchowska, Emilia Trudnowska, Slawomir Kwasniewski

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26602v1

March 23, 2018 - Version: 1

Lessepsian invaders reshape soft substrate assemblages on the Israeli Mediterranean shelf

Jan Steger, Bella S. Galil, Martin Zuschin, Paolo G. Albano

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26762v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Marine environmental heterogeneity detected from the sky helps to estimate biodiversity hotspots across the food web.

Alice Soccodato, Kristin Kaschner, Cristina Garilao, Severine Alvain, Francesco D'Ovidio

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26795v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Arctic benthic diversity research with PANABIO: scale, sharing, and modelling

Dieter Piepenburg, Jan Holstein, Paul Kloss, Thomas Brey, Casper Kraan

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26681v1

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 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Integrative, regional assessment of bottom trawling impact on benthic habitats in the east Atlantic.

Gert Van Hoey, Ole Ritzau Eigaard, Tobias Van Kooten, Sebastian Valenko, Adriaan Rijnsdorp

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26683v1

March 23, 2018 - Version: 2

Risk, politics, and science: A new approach to UK marine biodiversity monitoring.

Karen E Webb, Hayley Hinchen

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26754v2

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 22, 2018 - Version: 1

Effects of crude oil on survival and development in embryonated eggs in Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Portunidae)

Kelsie L. Kelly, Caz M. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26750v1

March 27, 2018 - Version: 1

Marine Genetic Resources, the Nagoya Protocol and the Law of the Sea

Sabine Zajderman

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26781v1

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 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 21, 2018 - Version: 1

Sustainostic Nusantara: Managing marine plastic debris for sustainable tourism in the ‘New Bali’ of Indonesia

Kaisar Akhir, Mary S Wisz

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26747v1

March 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Adding the “where” to the “who and what”. Considering the seascape can help the study of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Filippo Ferrario, Thew Suskiewicz, Yuri Rzhanov, Ladd E Johnson, Philippe Archambault

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26807v1

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 16, 2018 - Version: 1

Evaluating the efficacy of management zones in the FKNMS: Integrating visual and photogrammetric surveys, and passive acoustics to characterize reef fish assemblages and spawning activity across coral reef management regimes

Kayelyn Simmons, DelWayne Bohnenstiehl, David Eggleston

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26720v1

March 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Developing an ecologically-coherent and well-managed Marine ProtectedArea (MPA) network: Reflections and lessons learned from the UK

Hannah Carr, Peter Chaniotis, Rebekah Cioffi, Laura Cornick, Alice Cornthwaite, Jon Davies, Hugh Wright

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26806v1

March 24, 2018 - Version: 1

Lax science can have negative impacts on conservation: A rebuttal to Lau and Jacobs (2017)

Richard Brusca

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26767v1

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 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 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Incorporating spatial analyses into conservation and monitoring of deep-sea megafauna in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Sarah N de Mendonça, Anna Metaxas

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26808v1

March 21, 2018 - Version: 1

Monitoring biodiversity in offshore marine protected areas: A habitat mapping approach

Myriam Lacharité, Craig J Brown

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26748v1

March 11, 2018 - Version: 1

Benthic biodiversity and food web structure in the European sector of the Arctic Ocean during spring time

Barbara Oleszczuk, Katarzyna Grzelak, Monika Kędra

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26660v1