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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
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Satellite remote sensing and bathymetry co-driven deep neural network for coral reef shallow water benthic habitat classification

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Shallow-water benthic habitat classification of coral reefs based on satellite remote sensing is an important part of coral reef monitoring. Leveraging its potent capacity for feature learning, and generalization, deep learning emerges as a robust method
Hui Chen, Jian Cheng, Xiaoguang Ruan, Jizhe Li, Li Ye, Sensen Chu, Liang Cheng, Ka Zhang   +7 more
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Different shape but the same topographical complexity—The lingual gross anatomy of the Saimaa (Pusa saimensis) and Baltic ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the distinctly different shapes of their tongues, the tongue gross anatomy of Saimaa ringed seal closely resembled that of Baltic ringed seal. There were no differences in the extrinsic and intrinsic tongue muscles or their associated vascularization and innervation between Saimaa and Baltic ringed seals.
Juha Laakkonen, Heini Nihtilä
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Postnatal craniomandibular growth in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Postnatal ontogeny in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina). Cranium and mandible grow rapidly until 5 years of age, followed by a deceleration and finally a stagnation. Abstract As secondarily aquatic carnivores, seals display several phenotypic differences compared to their terrestrial relatives.
Elisabeth Steinbach, Julia Schaar, Christine Böhmer   +2 more
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Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca, Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona   +2 more
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Mapping benthic habitats in Bohai Bay, China

Scientific Reports
Marine benthic habitat mapping is increasingly recognized as an essential tool in integrating available data to inform marine ecosystem-based management.
Lu Yang, Wenhai Lu, Long He, Haiyan Huang, Zhaoyang Liu, Yujia Zhang, Yong Ma, Jia Yu, Guocheng Zuo, Yangyi Ai, Chang Liu, Yan Xu   +11 more
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Augmenting Seafloor Characterization via Grain Size Analysis with Low-Cost Imagery: Minimizing Sediment Sampler Biases and Increasing Habitat Classification Accuracy

Geosciences
Bottom-grab samplers have long been the standard to describe nearshore marine habitats both qualitatively and quantitively. However, sediment samplers are designed to collect specific grain sizes and therefore have biases toward those sediments. Here, we
Sean Terrill, Agnes Mittermayr, Bryan Legare, Mark Borrelli   +3 more
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The habitat type and trophic state determine benthic macroinvertebrate communities in lowland shallow lakes of China

Journal of Limnology, 2016
Benthic macroinvertebrates play important roles in shallow lake ecosystems. Several studies based on qualitative comparisons of the amount of macrophytes were carried out to relate benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages to habitat conditions in shallow ...
Zhixin Hu, Xu Sun, Yongjiu Cai, Liyun Guo, Qiankun Chen, Tao Liu, Fei Shi, Liuyan Yang   +7 more
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Are Non-reef Habitats as Important to Benthic Diversity and Composition as Coral Reef and Rubble Habitats in Submarine Canyons? Analysis of Controls on Benthic Megafauna Distribution in the Porcupine Bank Canyon, NE Atlantic

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Submarine canyons support high biomass communities as they act as conduits where sediments, nutrients, and organic matter from continental shelves, or those that are carried along by slope currents, are transported into the abyssal zone.
J. K. M. Appah, A. Lim, K. Harris, R. O’Riordan, L. O’Reilly, A. J. Wheeler, A. J. Wheeler   +6 more
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
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