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The genomic basis of cichlid fish adaptation within the deepwater “twilight zone” of Lake Malawi (2017)
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Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F., Hahn, C., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F., & Joyce, D. A. (2017). The genomic basis of cichlid fish adaptation within the deepwater “twilight zone” of Lake Malawi. Evolution Letters, 1(4), 184-198. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.20

Deepwater environments are characterized by low levels of available light at narrow spectra, great hydrostatic pressure, and low levels of dissolved oxygen—conditions predicted to exert highly specific selection pressures. In Lake Malawi over 800 cic... Read More about The genomic basis of cichlid fish adaptation within the deepwater “twilight zone” of Lake Malawi.

Aposematism in the burying beetle? Dual function of anal fluid in parental care and chemical defense (2017)
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Lindstedt, C., Boncoraglio, G., Cotter, S., Gilbert, J., & Kilner, R. M. (2017). Aposematism in the burying beetle? Dual function of anal fluid in parental care and chemical defense. Behavioral ecology, 28(6), 1414-1422. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx100

© 2017 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. Burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides) bear distinctive and variable orange-black patterning on their ely... Read More about Aposematism in the burying beetle? Dual function of anal fluid in parental care and chemical defense.

Local interactions and global properties of wild, free-ranging stickleback shoals (2017)
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Ward, A. J. W., Schaerf, T. M., Herbert-Read, J. E., Morrell, L., Sumpter, D. J. T., & Webster, M. M. (2017). Local interactions and global properties of wild, free-ranging stickleback shoals. Royal Society Open Science, 4(7), 170043. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170043

Collective motion describes the global properties of moving groups of animals and the self-organized, coordinated patterns of individual behaviour that produce them. We examined the group-level patterns and local interactions between individuals in w... Read More about Local interactions and global properties of wild, free-ranging stickleback shoals.

Male genital titillators and the intensity of post-copulatory sexual selection across bushcrickets (2017)
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Lehmann, G. U., Gilbert, J. D., Vahed, K., & Lehmann, A. W. (2017). Male genital titillators and the intensity of post-copulatory sexual selection across bushcrickets. Behavioral ecology, 28(5), 1198-1205. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx094

Animal genitalia are diverse and a growing body of evidence suggests that they evolve rapidly under post-copulatory sexual selection. This process is predicted to be more intense in polyandrous species, although there have been very few comparative s... Read More about Male genital titillators and the intensity of post-copulatory sexual selection across bushcrickets.

Genomic and phenotypic signatures of climate adaptation in an Anolis lizard (2017)
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Rodríguez, A., Rusciano, T., Hamilton, R., Holmes, L., Jordan, D., & Wollenberg Valero, K. C. (2017). Genomic and phenotypic signatures of climate adaptation in an Anolis lizard. Ecology and Evolution, 7(16), 6390-6403. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2985

Integrated knowledge on phenotype, physiology and genomic adaptations is required to understand the effects of climate on evolution. The functional genomic basis of organismal adaptation to changes in the abiotic environment, its phenotypic consequen... Read More about Genomic and phenotypic signatures of climate adaptation in an Anolis lizard.

Detection and reporting of ranavirus in amphibians: Evaluation of the roles of the world organisation for animal health and the published literature (2017)
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Black, Y., Meredith, A., & Price, S. J. (2017). Detection and reporting of ranavirus in amphibians: Evaluation of the roles of the world organisation for animal health and the published literature. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 53(3), 509-520. https://doi.org/10.7589/2016-08-176

Pathogens of wildlife can have direct impacts on human and livestock health as well as on biodiversity, as causative factors in population declines and extinctions. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) seeks to facilitate rapid sharing of i... Read More about Detection and reporting of ranavirus in amphibians: Evaluation of the roles of the world organisation for animal health and the published literature.

Undergraduate students as co-producers in the creation of first-year practical class resources (2017)
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Hubbard, K. E., Brown, R., Deans, S., García, M. P., Pruna, M.-G., & Mason, M. J. (2017). Undergraduate students as co-producers in the creation of first-year practical class resources. Higher Education Pedagogies, 2(1), 58-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2017.1338529

Undergraduate students are increasingly working with academic staff to evaluate and design teaching materials in Higher Education, thereby moving from being passive consumers of knowledge to genuine partners in their education. Here we describe a stu... Read More about Undergraduate students as co-producers in the creation of first-year practical class resources.

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.

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.

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.

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.