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Larval exposure to field-realistic concentrations of clothianidin has no effect on development rate, over-winter survival or adult metabolic rate in a solitary bee, Osmia bicornis (2017)
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Nicholls, E., Fowler, R., Niven, J. E., Gilbert, J. D., & Goulson, D. (2017). Larval exposure to field-realistic concentrations of clothianidin has no effect on development rate, over-winter survival or adult metabolic rate in a solitary bee, Osmia bicornis. PeerJ, 5(6), e3417. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3417

© 2017 Nicholls et al. There is widespread concern regarding the effects of agro-chemical exposure on bee health, of which neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides detected in the pollen and nectar of both crops and wildflowers, have been the most stron... Read More about Larval exposure to field-realistic concentrations of clothianidin has no effect on development rate, over-winter survival or adult metabolic rate in a solitary bee, Osmia bicornis.

Integrated planning framework for successful river restoration projects: upscaling lessons learnt from European case studies (2017)
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Angelopoulos, N. V., Cowx, I. G., & Buijse, A. D. (2017). Integrated planning framework for successful river restoration projects: upscaling lessons learnt from European case studies. Environmental science & policy, 76, 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.06.005

Despite considerable investment in river restoration projects, there is still limited information on the efficacy and success of river restoration activities. One of the main reasons is poor or improper project design, resulting in common problems su... Read More about Integrated planning framework for successful river restoration projects: upscaling lessons learnt from European case studies.

Cyanobacteria and microcystin contamination in untreated and treated drinking water in Ghana (2017)
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Addico, G. N. D., Hardege, J. D., Kohoutek, J., DeGraft-Johnson, K. A. A., & Babica, P. (2017). Cyanobacteria and microcystin contamination in untreated and treated drinking water in Ghana. Advances in oceanography and limnology, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2017.6323

© 2017, Page Press Publications. All rights reserved. Although cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins represent a worldwide-occurring phenomenon, there are large differences among different countries in cyanotoxin-related human health risk assessment,... Read More about Cyanobacteria and microcystin contamination in untreated and treated drinking water in Ghana.

Socio-economic drivers of specialist anglers targeting the non-native European catfish (Silurus glanis) in the UK (2017)
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Rees, E. M. A., Edmonds-Brown, V. R., Alam, M. F., Wright, R. M., Britton, J. R., Davies, G. D., & Cowx, I. G. (2017). Socio-economic drivers of specialist anglers targeting the non-native European catfish (Silurus glanis) in the UK. PLoS ONE, 12(6), e0178805. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178805

© 2017 Rees et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credi... Read More about Socio-economic drivers of specialist anglers targeting the non-native European catfish (Silurus glanis) in the UK.

Student perceptions of their autonomy at University (2017)
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Henri, D. C., Morrell, L. J., & Scott, G. W. (2018). Student perceptions of their autonomy at University. Higher Education, 75(3), 507-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0152-y

© 2017, The Author(s). Learner autonomy is a primary learning outcome of Higher Education in many countries. However, empirical evaluation of how student autonomy progresses during undergraduate degrees is limited. We surveyed a total of 636 students... Read More about Student perceptions of their autonomy at University.

The effects of population density and lake characteristics on growth and size structure of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1815) in boreal forest lakes in Canada (2017)
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van Zyll de Jong, M., Adams, B., Cote, D., & Cowx, I. (2017). The effects of population density and lake characteristics on growth and size structure of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1815) in boreal forest lakes in Canada. Zeitschrift für angewandte Ichthyologie = Journal of applied ichthyology, 33(5), 957-965. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13407

© 2017 Blackwell Verlag GmbH This paper examines the effect of lake characteristics on population density and how this variation affects growth, mortality and population size structure of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. The study was conducted on... Read More about The effects of population density and lake characteristics on growth and size structure of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1815) in boreal forest lakes in Canada.

Barcoding rotifer biodiversity in Mediterranean ponds using diapausing egg banks (2017)
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Moreno, E., Conde-Porcuna, J. M., & Gómez, A. (2017). Barcoding rotifer biodiversity in Mediterranean ponds using diapausing egg banks. Ecology and Evolution, 7(13), 4855-4867. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2986

The biodiversity of Mediterranean freshwater bodies is among the most threatened worldwide; therefore, its accurate estimation is an urgent issue. However, traditional methods are likely to underestimate freshwater zooplankton biodiversity due to its... Read More about Barcoding rotifer biodiversity in Mediterranean ponds using diapausing egg banks.

Transcriptomic and macroevolutionary evidence for phenotypic uncoupling between frog life history phases (2017)
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Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Garcia-Porta, J., Rodríguez, A., Arias, M., Shah, A., Randrianiaina, R. D., Brown, J. L., Glaw, F., Amat, F., Künzel, S., Metzler, D., Isokpehi, R. D., & Vences, M. (2017). Transcriptomic and macroevolutionary evidence for phenotypic uncoupling between frog life history phases. Nature communications, 8, Article 15213. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15213

Anuran amphibians undergo major morphological transitions during development, but the contribution of their markedly different life-history phases to macroevolution has rarely been analysed. Here we generate testable predictions for coupling versus u... Read More about Transcriptomic and macroevolutionary evidence for phenotypic uncoupling between frog life history phases.

Designing a global assessment of climate change on inland fishes and fisheries: knowns and needs (2017)
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Paukert, C. P., Lynch, A. J., Beard, T. D., Chen, Y., Cooke, S. J., Cooperman, M. S., Cowx, I. G., Ibengwe, L., Infante, D. M., Myers, B. J. E., Nguyễn, H. P., & Winfield, I. J. (2017). Designing a global assessment of climate change on inland fishes and fisheries: knowns and needs. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 27(2), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-017-9477-y

© 2017, Springer International Publishing Switzerland (outside the USA). To date, there are few comprehensive assessments of how climate change affects inland finfish, fisheries, and aquaculture at a global scale, but one is necessary to identify res... Read More about Designing a global assessment of climate change on inland fishes and fisheries: knowns and needs.

A new molecular diagnostic tool for surveying and monitoring Triops cancriformis populations (2017)
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Sellers, G. S., Griffin, L. R., Hänfling, B., & Gómez, A. (2017). A new molecular diagnostic tool for surveying and monitoring Triops cancriformis populations. PeerJ, 2017(5), Article e3228. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3228

© 2017 Sellers et al. The tadpole shrimp, Triops cancriformis, is a freshwater crustacean listed as endangered in the UK and Europe living in ephemeral pools. Populations are threatened by habitat destruction due to land development for agriculture a... Read More about A new molecular diagnostic tool for surveying and monitoring Triops cancriformis populations.

Hepatocellular adenoma in a European flatfish (Limanda limanda) : genetic alterations in laser-capture microdissected tissue and global transcriptomic approach (2017)
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Lerebours, A., Lyons, B. P., Bignell, J. P., Stentiford, G. D., Rotchell, J. M., Lerebours, A., Chapman, E., Rotchell, J., Bignell, J., Lyons, B., & Stentiford, G. (2017). Hepatocellular adenoma in a European flatfish (Limanda limanda) : genetic alterations in laser-capture microdissected tissue and global transcriptomic approach. Marine pollution bulletin, 119(2), 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.052

Liver tumours in flatfish have been diagnosed using histopathology for decades to monitor the impacts of marine pollution. Here we describe the application of specific gene (retinoblastoma, Rb) profiling in laser capture micro-dissected samples, and... Read More about Hepatocellular adenoma in a European flatfish (Limanda limanda) : genetic alterations in laser-capture microdissected tissue and global transcriptomic approach.

Human bipedal instability in tree canopy environments is reduced by "light touch" fingertip support (2017)
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Johannsen, L., Coward, S. R., Martin, G. R., Wing, A. M., Casteren, A. V., Sellers, W. I., …Thorpe, S. K. (2017). Human bipedal instability in tree canopy environments is reduced by "light touch" fingertip support. Scientific reports, 7(1), Article 1135. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01265-7

© 2017 The Author(s). Whether tree canopy habitats played a sustained role in the ecology of ancestral bipedal hominins is unresolved. Some argue that arboreal bipedalism was prohibitively risky for hominins whose increasingly modern anatomy prevente... Read More about Human bipedal instability in tree canopy environments is reduced by "light touch" fingertip support.

Detection of a new non-native freshwater species by DNA metabarcoding of environmental samples — first record of Gammarus fossarum in the UK (2017)
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Blackman, R. C., Constable, D., Hahn, C., Sheard, A. M., Durkota, J., Hänfling, B., & Handley, L. L. (2017). Detection of a new non-native freshwater species by DNA metabarcoding of environmental samples — first record of Gammarus fossarum in the UK. Aquatic Invasions, 12(2), 177-189. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.2.06

© 2017 The Author(s). and 2017 REABIC. We report the discovery of a non-native gammarid, Gammarus fossarum (Koch, 1836) (Crustacea, Amphipoda), in UK rivers. Gammarus fossarum is a common freshwater gammarid in many parts of mainland Europe, but was... Read More about Detection of a new non-native freshwater species by DNA metabarcoding of environmental samples — first record of Gammarus fossarum in the UK.

Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric brown hares and rabbits (2017)
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Lush, L., Ward, A. I., & Wheeler, P. (2017). Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric brown hares and rabbits. Journal of Zoology, 303(1), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12461

© 2017 The Zoological Society of London Coexistence of ecologically similar species is sustained by niche partitioning, a fundamental element of which is diet. Overlapping of resource requirements between sympatric species can create interspecific co... Read More about Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric brown hares and rabbits.

Open data and digital morphology (2017)
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Davies, T. G., Rahman, I. A., Lautenschlager, S., Cunningham, J. A., Asher, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Bates, K. T., Bengtson, S., Benson, R. B. J., Boyer, D. M., Braga, J., Bright, J. A., Claessens, L. P. A. M., Cox, P. G., Dong, X. P., Evans, A. R., Falkingham, P. L., Friedman, M., Garwood, R. J., Goswami, A., …Donoghue, P. C. J. (2017). Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1852), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194

Over the past two decades, the development of methods for visualizing and analysing specimens digitally, in three and even four dimensions, has transformed the study of living and fossil organisms. However, the initial promise that the widespread app... Read More about Open data and digital morphology.

Demography of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ammocoete populations in relation to potential spawning-migration obstructions (2017)
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Nunn, A. D., Taylor, R. J., Cowx, I. G., Noble, R. A. A., Bolland, J. D., & Harvey, J. P. (2017). Demography of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ammocoete populations in relation to potential spawning-migration obstructions. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 27(4), 764-772. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2748

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Recent advances in the understanding of lamprey migrations have led to concerns over the impacts of obstructions on the demography of many species. This study investigated sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) la... Read More about Demography of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ammocoete populations in relation to potential spawning-migration obstructions.

Disturbed flow in an aquatic environment may create a sensory refuge for aggregated prey (2017)
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Johannesen, A., Dunn, A. M., & Morrell, L. J. (2017). Disturbed flow in an aquatic environment may create a sensory refuge for aggregated prey. PeerJ, 5, Article e3121. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3121

Predators use olfactory cues moved within water and air to locate prey. Because prey aggregations may produce more cue and be easier to detect, predation could limit aggregation size. However, disturbance in the flow may diminish the reliability of o... Read More about Disturbed flow in an aquatic environment may create a sensory refuge for aggregated prey.

Identifying pathways of exposure to highway pollutants in great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) road mitigation tunnels: Exposure pathways of highway pollutants to Triturus cristatus (2017)
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White, K. J., Mayes, W. M., & Petrovan, S. O. (2017). Identifying pathways of exposure to highway pollutants in great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) road mitigation tunnels: Exposure pathways of highway pollutants to Triturus cristatus. Water and environment journal : the journal / the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, 31(3), 310-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12244

Road mitigation tunnels are increasingly deployed for amphibians but very little is known about chemical pollution in such schemes. We assessed pollution pressures associated with road runoff at a major great crested newt mitigation scheme in England... Read More about Identifying pathways of exposure to highway pollutants in great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) road mitigation tunnels: Exposure pathways of highway pollutants to Triturus cristatus.

Genetic evidence challenges the native status of a threatened freshwater fish (Carassius carassius) in England (2017)
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Jeffries, D. L., Copp, G. H., Maes, G. E., Lawson Handley, L., Sayer, C. D., & Hänfling, B. (2017). Genetic evidence challenges the native status of a threatened freshwater fish (Carassius carassius) in England. Ecology and Evolution, 7(9), 2871-2882. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2831

© 2017 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A fundamental consideration for the conservation of a species is the extent of its native range, that is, regions naturally colonized. However, both natural processes and... Read More about Genetic evidence challenges the native status of a threatened freshwater fish (Carassius carassius) in England.

Scaling and functional morphology in strigiform hind limbs (2017)
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Rayfield, E. J., Madan, M. A., & Bright, J. A. (2017). Scaling and functional morphology in strigiform hind limbs. Scientific reports, 7, Article 44920. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44920

© The Author(s) 2017. Strigiformes are an order of raptorial birds consisting exclusively of owls: the Tytonidae (barn owls) and the Strigidae (true owls), united by a suite of adaptations aiding a keen predatory lifestyle, including robust hind limb... Read More about Scaling and functional morphology in strigiform hind limbs.