PeerJ Preprints - Table of Contents

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 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Restoring biodiversity in the Mediterranean coralligenous - the MERCES project

Carlo Cerrano, Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli, Joana Boavida, Eliana Ferretti, Andrea Gari, Daniel Gomez-Gras, Andrea Gori, Bernat Hereu, Silvija Kipson, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Cristina Linares, Àngel López-Sanz, Paula López-Sendino, Martina Milanese, Ignasi Montero-Serra, Marta Pagès, Antonio Sarà, Daniela Pica, Ester Serrao, Fabrizio Torsani, Núria Viladrich, Joaquim Garrabou

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26813v1

March 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Taxonomic identification of environmental DNA with informatic sequence classification trees.

Shaun P Wilkinson, Simon K Davy, Michael Bunce, Michael Stat

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26812v1

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 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 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 30, 2018 - Version: 1

Marine Fungi: the missing tile in the Ocean Biodiversity mosaic

Giovanna Cristina Varese, Elena Bovio, Laura Garzoli, Giorgio Gnavi, Anna Poli, Valeria Prigione

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26805v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Restoration actions in marine ecosystems: a global analysis

Simonetta Fraschetti, Giuseppe Guarnieri, Loredana Papa, Chris McOwen, Nadia Papadopoulou, Meri Bilan, Christoffer Boström, Pol Capdevila, Laura Carugati, Emma Cebrian, Thanos Dailianis, Francesco De Leo, Dario Fiorentino, Karine Gagnon, Cristina Gambi, Joaquim Garrabou, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Bernat Hereu, Silvija Kipson, Jonne Kotta, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Cristina Linares, Juliette Martin, Alba Medrano, Ignasi Montero-Serra, Telmo Morato, Antonio Pusceddu, Katerina Sevastou, Chris Smith, Jana Verdura, Roberto Danovaro

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26799v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Herbivore biocontrol and manual removal successfully reduce invasive macroalgae on coral reefs

Brian J Neilson, Christopher B Wall, Frank T Mancini, Catherine A Gewecke

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26796v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Has Dreissena polymorpha, an older immigrant in a coastal Baltic lagoon, responded to appearance of a new non-indigenous dreissenid?

Brygida Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska, Anna Skrzypacz, Adam Wozniczka, Teresa Radziejewska

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26797v1

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 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Hypoxia shapes coral reefs

David Blakeway

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26794v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Utilization of eDNA metabarcoding to assess coral reef health in Okinawa, Japan

James D Reimer, Joseph DiBattista, Piera Biondi, Giovanni D Masucci, Michael Stat, Michael Bunce

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26791v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Habitat degradation of an eelgrass bed variably affects epifaunal biodiversity

Francesca Rossi, Marie Pierrejean

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26789v1

March 28, 2018 - Version: 1

Managing human impacts across diverse marine environments

Laura M Robson, Anita J Carter, Ellen Last, Frances J Peckett, Elly Hill

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26784v1

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 27, 2018 - Version: 1

Marine Fishes Expert Network: findings and recommendations from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program’s State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report

Kevin J Hedges, Shannon MacPhee, Hreiðar Þór Valtýsson, Edda Johannesen, Catherine W Mecklenburg

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26780v1

March 27, 2018 - Version: 1

Fit for purpose? Identifying and resolving quality issues with marine biodiversity datasets in R

Samuel Bosch, Pieter Provoost, Ward Appeltans

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26776v1

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 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 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 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 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 23, 2018 - Version: 1

Antioxidant enzyme cycling over reproductive lunar cycles in Pocillopora damicornis

James WA Murphy, Abby C Collier, Robert H Richmond

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26765v1

March 23, 2018 - Version: 1

Vulnerability of marine forests to temperature and UV radiation: effects on the recruits

Alba Verges, Sonia de Caralt, Jana Verdura, Jorge Santamaria, Enric Ballesteros, Emma Cebrian