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March 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ Preprints

March 22, 2018 - Version: 1

What and where? Identifying high-risk aquatic invasive species and hotspots of suitable habitat in the Arctic

Jesica Goldsmit, Chris Mckindsey, Philippe Archambault, Kimberly Howland

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26752v1

March 7, 2018 - Version: 1

Dramatic decline and limited recovery of a green crab (Carcinus maenas) population in the Minas Basin, Canada after the summer of 2013

Brady K. Quinn

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26631v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Diversity and biological trait analysis of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities in the Belgian part of the North Sea.

Naomi Breine, Annelies De Backer, Kris Hostens, Carl Van Colen, Tom Moens, Gert Van Hoey

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26685v1

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 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 15, 2018 - Version: 1

Using passive acoustics for long-term, continuous measurements of fish biodiversity in estuarine systems

Olivia N Caretti, David B Eggleston, DelWayne R Bohnenstiehl

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26711v1

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 20, 2018 - Version: 1

Marine benthic communities and anthropogenic activities in Sept-Îles (Canada): a peaceful coexistence?

Elliot Dreujou, Philippe Archambault, Christopher W McKindsey

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26737v1

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

March 20, 2018 - Version: 1

Biogenic structures in the Arctic: an ecosystem functioning hotspot?

Marie Pierrejean, Philippe Archambault, Barbara Neves, Evan Edinger, Christian Nozais

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26738v1

March 21, 2018 - Version: 1

Changes in a benthic system exposed to multiple stressors: a 40-year time-series in the English Channel

Eric Thiébaut, Jean-Claude Dauvin, Franck Gentil, Céline Houbin, Caroline Broudin, Paul J. Somerfield

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26745v1

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 14, 2018 - Version: 1

Assessing health status of corals at a tropical marginal reef site through bleaching and decadal change in population parameters

Lélis Carlos-Júnior, Carla Zilberberg, Amana Garrido, Fernanda Casares, Joel Christopher Creed, Emiliano Calderon, Simone Oigman-Pszczol

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26700v1

March 19, 2018 - Version: 1

Biological and environmental drivers of deep-sea benthic ecosystem functioning in Canada’s Laurentian Channel Area of Interest (AOI)

Marta Miatta, Paul V Snelgrove

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26732v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Trends in the abundance of picophytoplankton due to changes in boundary currents and by marine heat waves in Australian coastal waters from IMOS National Reference Stations

PAUL G THOMSON, CHARITHA B PATTIARATCHI

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26677v1

March 29, 2018 - Version: 1

Active or not? What microbial assemblages say about pockmarks located at Estremadura Spur (NE Atlantic)

Clara F Rodrigues, Vitor Magalhães, Marina Cunha

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26792v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Food web structure of the epibenthic community at the sea ice edge in Baffin Bay, Canada

Gustavo Yunda-Guarin, Philippe Archambault, Guillaume Massé, Christian Nozais

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26673v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Effectiveness of Brazilian Marine Protected Areas for macro and mesopredators fish species

Sara B Kennedy, Carlos W Hackradt, João L Feitosa, Fabiana C Félix Hackradt

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26676v1

March 9, 2018 - Version: 1

The impact of sea ice regime on meiobenthic structure and function north of Svalbard

Katarzyna Grzelak, Monika Kędra, Klaudia Gregorczyk, Nathalie Morata, Magdalena Blazewicz

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26650v1

March 14, 2018 - Version: 1

Trait-based approach on deep-sea corals in the high-seas of the Flemish Cap and Flemish Pass (northwest Atlantic)

Ana García-Alegre, Francisco J Murillo, Mar Sacau, Ellen Kenchington, Alberto Serrano, Pablo Durán Muñoz

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26698v1

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 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 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Relating productivity patterns to functional diversity of North Sea macrofauna – knowledge increase by functional focus?

Henrike Andresen, Jennifer Dannheim, Thomas Brey

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26686v1

March 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Long-term trends in soft-bottom fauna based on 30 years biodiversity monitoring systems

Annelies De Backer, Gert Van Hoey, Kris Hostens

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26684v1

March 16, 2018 - Version: 1

Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program’s state of the Arctic marine biodiversity

Kit M. Kovacs, Rosa Meehan, Stas Belikov, Genevieve Desportes, Steve Ferguson, Kristin Laidre, Garry Stenson, Peter Thomas, Fernando Ugarte, Dag Vongraven

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26717v1