Comparing the catch composition, profitability and discard survival from different trammel net designs targeting common spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) in a Mediterranean fishery.

abstract：:Freshwater food webs are dominated by aquatic invertebrates whose trophic relationships are often poorly known. Here, I used laboratory experiments to study the role of a water bug, Sigara striata, as a potential predator and prey in food webs of stagnant waters. Multiple-choice predation experiment revealed that Siga...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Klecka J

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is a widely accepted technique of non-invasive respiratory support in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome due to lack of lung surfactant. If this approach fails, the next step is often intubation, mechanical ventilation (MV) and intratrache...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Walther FJ,Hernández-Juviel JM,Waring AJ

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual movement influences the spatial and social structuring of a population. Animals regularly use the same paths to move efficiently to familiar places, or to patrol and mark home ranges. We found that Australian sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa), a monogamous species with stable pair-bonds, repeatedly used the s...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Leu ST,Jackson G,Roddick JF,Bull CM

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being geographically central to the Atlantic Americas Flyway for migratory birds, the Caribbean is often overlooked or underappreciated when addressing the conservation of North American shorebirds. To our knowledge, this is the first Caribbean-wide assessment of shorebird use in the region. We analyzed 211,01...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cañizares JR,Reed JM

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal co-existence of metal and antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria offers a new perspective to the bacterial resistance proliferation in contaminated environment. In this study, an arsenotrophic bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans BHW-15, isolated from Arsenic (As) contaminated tubewell water in the Bogra ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Istiaq A,Shuvo MSR,Rahman KMJ,Siddique MA,Hossain MA,Sultana M

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumours of the head and neck. Recent evidence has demonstrated that lncRNAs play important roles in tumour progression and could be used as biomarkers for early diagnosis, prognosis, and potential therapeutic targets. The "competiti...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liu Y,Ye F

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Biopesticides based on strains of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used globally for effective and environmentally friendly pest control. The most serious threat to the sustainable use of these microbial pesticides is the development of resistance on targeted pests. Populations of Plutella xylos...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Baragamaarachchi RY,Samarasekera JKRR,Weerasena OVDSJ,Lamour K,Jurat-Fuentes JL

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a semi-empirical (PM6-based) computational method for systematically estimating the effect of all possible single mutants, within a certain radius of the active site, on the barrier height of an enzymatic reaction. The intent of this method is not a quantitative prediction of the barrier heights, but rather...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hediger MR,Steinmann C,De Vico L,Jensen JH

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Language WorkBenches (LWBs) are software engineering tools that help domain experts develop solutions to various classes of problems. Some of these tools focus on non-technical users and provide languages to help organize knowledge while other workbenches provide means to create new programming languages. A key advant...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Simi M,Campagne F

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neonicotinoids are targeted at insects, their predominant use as a seed dressing and their long persistence in soils mean that non-target soil organisms such as earthworms are likely to be chronically exposed to them. Chronic exposure may pose risks that are not evaluated in most toxicity tests. We experiment...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Basley K,Goulson D

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown that odorants consistently evoke associations with textures and their tactile properties like smoothness and roughness. Also, it has been observed that olfaction can modulate tactile perception. We therefore hypothesized that tactile roughness perception may be biased towards the somatosens...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Koijck LA,Toet A,Van Erp JB

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Applying quantitative morphological approaches in systematics research is a promising way to discover cryptic biological diversity. Information obtained through twenty-first century science poses new challenges to taxonomy by offering the possibility of increased objectivity in independent and automated hy...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Csősz S,Fisher BL

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Elatine contains ca 25 species, all of which are small, herbaceous annuals distributed in ephemeral waters on both hemispheres. However, due to a high degree of morphological variability (as a consequence of their amphibious life-style), the taxonomy of this genus remains controversial. Thus, to fill this ga...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sramkó G,Molnár V A,Tóth JP,Laczkó L,Kalinka A,Horváth O,Skuza L,Lukács BA,Popiela A

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The composition of the salivary microbiota has been reported to differentiate between patients with periodontitis, dental caries and orally healthy individuals. To identify characteristics of diseased and healthy saliva we thus wanted to compare saliva metaproteomes from patients with periodontitis and denta...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Belstrøm D,Jersie-Christensen RR,Lyon D,Damgaard C,Jensen LJ,Holmstrup P,Olsen JV

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome rearrangements have played an important role in the evolution of Yersinia pestis from its progenitor Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Traditional phylogenetic trees for Y. pestis based on sequence comparison have short internal branches and low bootstrap supports as only a small number of nucleotide substitutions h...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bochkareva OO,Dranenko NO,Ocheredko ES,Kanevsky GM,Lozinsky YN,Khalaycheva VA,Artamonova II,Gelfand MS

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Construction of hydropower stations has been an important approach to meet China's increasing power demand, but the impact of construction of hydropower stations on river microbiota is not fully understood. To evaluate this, the microbial composition from 18 sampling sites in the downstream of Jinsha River of China, u...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chen X,He D,Zhou L,Cao Y,Li Z

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Barona arcuata, n.gen et n.sp., a left forewing of a relatively large cockroach of the Order Blattaria, is described from mesosaur-bearing lagoonal shales of the Mangrullo Formation (north-eastern Uruguay). While most of the insect remains recovered from the Mangrullo Formation come from sandy limestones, associated t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Calisto V,Piñeiro G

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead (Pb) is a ubiquitous pollutant which poses serious threats to plants, animals and humans once entered into the food chain via contaminated industrial effluents on their discharge into the surface of water bodies and/or geological materials. This study aimed to examine and compare the biosorption potential of natu...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Shah GM,Nasir M,Imran M,Bakhat HF,Rabbani F,Sajjad M,Umer Farooq AB,Ahmad S,Song L

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As key negative regulators of gene expression, microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the onset and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to identify the miRNAs involved in HCC carcinogenesis and their regulated genes. Methods:The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset (GSE108...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liu Y,Cao Y,Cai W,Wu L,Zhao P,Liu XG

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:3D printers that build objects using extruded thermoplastic are quickly becoming commonplace tools in laboratories. We demonstrate that with appropriate handling, these devices are capable of producing sterile components from a non-sterile feedstock of thermoplastic without any treatment after fabrication. The fabrica...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Neches RY,Flynn KJ,Zaman L,Tung E,Pudlo N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because etomidate induces prolonged adrenal suppression, even following a single bolus, its use as an infused anesthetic is limited. Our previous study indicated that a single administration of the novel etomidate analog methoxyethyletomidate hydrochloride (ET-26-HCl) shows little suppression of adrenocortic...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jiang J,Wang B,Zhu Z,Yang J,Liu J,Zhang W

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Development of incisional complications following ventral median celiotomy might depend on suture pattern for skin closure. Methods:In this prospective study, 21 healthy male horses underwent celiotomy. Skin closure was either performed via a continuous percutaneous pattern (CO group; 5 warmbloods/5 ponies)...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Scharner D,Gittel C,Winter K,Blaue D,Schedlbauer C,Vervuert I,Brehm W

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephila clavata L Koch, known as the Joro spider and native to East Asia (Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan), is newly reported from North America. Specimens from several locations in northeast Georgia were collected from around residential properties in Barrow, Jackson, and Madison counties in late October and early No...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hoebeke ER,Huffmaster W,Freeman BJ

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several data loggers deployed to monitor temperature and humidity of Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile) nests in South Florida could not be located after hatching. One badly damaged data logger was retrieved, providing insight into the possible fate of the others. Using a taphonomic approach, we identified numerou...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Drumheller SK,Nestler JH,Hackett Farris CE,Farris SC,Mazzotti FJ

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the local and global importance of forests, deforestation is driven by various socio-economic and biophysical factors continues in many countries. In Nepal, in response to massive deforestation, the community forestry program has been implemented to reduce deforestation and support livelihoods. After four deca...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Shrestha S,Shrestha UB,Bawa K

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is common in the presence of other significantly narrowed coronary arteries. The impact of total occlusion and its association with completeness of revascularization on patients with multivessel disease undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) remains largely unknown. A...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Konstanty-Kalandyk J,Bartuś K,Piątek J,Kędziora A,Darocha T,Bryniarski KL,Wróżek M,Ceranowicz P,Bartuś S,Bryniarski L,Kapelak B

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse sources of pollution like agricultural or urban runoff are important factors in determining the quality of surface waters, although they are more difficult to monitor than point sources. The objective of our study was to verify assumptions that the inflow from agricultural nutrient sources is higher than from ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Matej-Lukowicz K,Wojciechowska E,Nawrot N,Dzierzbicka-Głowacka LA

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:DegS is a periplasmic serine protease that is considered to be the initiator of the σE stress response pathway, and this protein plays an important role in the regulation of the stress response in E. coli. However, knowledge of the biological function and global regulatory network of DegS in Vibrio cholerae ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Huang J,Chen Y,Chen J,Liu C,Zhang T,Luo S,Huang M,Min X

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene response factors (ERFs) are plant-specific transcription factors (TFs) that play important roles in plant growth and stress defense and have received a great amount of attention in recent years. In this study, seven ERF genes related to abiotic stress tolerance and response were identified in plants of the Po...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Huang J,Wang S,Wang X,Fan Y,Han Y

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:It was well known that age has an impact on word processing (word frequency or predictability) in terms of fixating time during reading. However, little is known about whether or not age modulates these impacts on saccade behaviors in Chinese reading (i.e., length of incoming/outgoing saccades for a target w...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liu Z,Tong W,Su Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00