PeerJ – Aquatic Biology section

14 April 2021

Brazilian silverside, Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard,1825) embryos as a test-species for marine fish ecotoxicological tests

Natália Martins Feitosa, Emiliano Nicolas Calderon, Rhennã Nascimento da Silva, Sônia Lopes Rezende de Melo, Jackson Souza-Menezes, Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca, Márcia Vieira Reynier

James Reimer –– Important work for the establishment of South American model fish species.

8 April 2021

Influence of sex and maturity state on trace elements content in liver and muscle of the Sciaenidae Totoaba macdonaldi

Lia C. Méndez-Rodríguez, Berenice Hernández-Aguilar, Juan A. de Anda-Montañez, Eduardo F. Balart, Martha J. Román-Rodríguez, Tania Zenteno-Savín

Charles Okpala –– This work is very important because it assessed trace elements arising from consumption of fish, based on sex and maturity state .

2 April 2021

Systematics of ‘lithistid’ tetractinellid demosponges from the Tropical Western Atlantic—implications for phylodiversity and bathymetric distribution

Astrid Schuster, Shirley A. Pomponi, Andrzej Pisera, Paco Cárdenas, Michelle Kelly, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck

James Reimer –– A thorough and well-done study on a group of marine invertebrates that are ecologically very important and yet little-studied. This work should be well-cited and referenced in coming years, and provides an excellent framework for future biodiversity studies on sponges.

31 March 2021

Nutritional content of Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890), Antioxidants and lipid peroxidation in muscle

Priscila Conde-Guerrero, Lia C. Méndez-Rodríguez, Juan A. de Anda-Montañez, Tania Zenteno-Savín

Charles Okpala –– This work is very useful, highlighting fish species from the Gulf of California, bring new information for fish product processing and scientists, and demonstrating its usefulness for a healthy lifestyle.

29 March 2021

Incorporation of feeding functional group information informs explanatory patterns of long-term population changes in fish assemblages

Jason C. Doll, Stephen J. Jacquemin

Charles Okpala –– The authors showed an interesting approach to describe and predict long-term changes in the nearshore fish community of Lake Michigan.

25 March 2021

Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: dolphins with an international courtyard

Ana Dinis, Carlota Molina, Marta Tobeña, Annalisa Sambolino, Karin Hartman, Marc Fernandez, Sara Magalhães, Rui Peres dos Santos, Fabian Ritter, Vidal Martín, Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Filipe Alves

Diogo Provete –– The data can be used in conservation programmes of dolphins

4 March 2021

The influence of fish farm activity on the social structure of the common bottlenose dolphin in Sardinia (Italy)

Serena Frau, Fabio Ronchetti, Francesco Perretti, Alberto Addis, Giulia Ceccherelli, Gabriella La Manna

Mark Costello –– Provides rare insights into social relationships of dolphins, including how males tend to be solitary.

25 February 2021

A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

Simon M. Dittami, Enrique Arboleda, Jean-Christophe Auguet, Arite Bigalke, Enora Briand, Paco Cárdenas, Ulisse Cardini, Johan Decelle, Aschwin H. Engelen, Damien Eveillard, Claire M.M. Gachon, Sarah M. Griffiths, Tilmann Harder, Ehsan Kayal, Elena Kazamia, François H. Lallier, Mónica Medina, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Teresa Maria Morganti, Laura Núñez Pons, Soizic Prado, José Pintado, Mahasweta Saha, Marc-André Selosse, Derek Skillings, Willem Stock, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eve Toulza, Alexey Vorobev, Catherine Leblanc, Fabrice Not

Konstantinos Kormas –– As the holobiont concept expands, insightful perspectives, such as this one, are more than useful for the advancement of the field.

18 February 2021

Pseudocnidae of ribbon worms (Nemertea): ultrastructure, maturation, and functional morphology

Timur Yu Magarlamov, James M. Turbeville, Alexei V. Chernyshev

Wagner Magalhães –– The manuscript describes with detail several nemertean pseudocnides and shed light into the evolution of this structure and the importance to the systematics and phylogeny of the group. It will be relevant not only for nemertean enthusiasts but for zoologists in general.

11 February 2021

Freshwater sponge hosts and their green algae symbionts: a tractable model to understand intracellular symbiosis

Chelsea Hall, Sara Camilli, Henry Dwaah, Benjamin Kornegay, Christie Lacy, Malcolm S. Hill, April L. Hill