• Growth and metabolomic responses of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) to different dietary fatty acid sources and salinity levels 

  Chen, Ke; Li, Erchao; Xu, Chang; Wang, Xiaodan; Li, Huifeng; Qin, Jian G; Chen, Li Qiao (Elsevier, 2018-09-30)

  The outstanding benefits of and strong interest in the inland low-salinity culture of penaeid shrimp have led to the growth of this industry worldwide. This study aimed to explore the effects of dietary fatty acids on ...

• Endoplasmic reticulum stress mediates 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (DCOIT)-induced toxicity and liver lipid metabolism changes in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) 

  Su, Yujie; Li, Huifeng; Xu, Chang; Wang, Xiaodan; Xie, Jia; Qin, Jian G; Chen, Li Qiao; Li, Erchao (Elsevier, 2018-07-11)

  DCOIT (4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one) is the main active ingredient in an emerging water environment antifoulant, the toxicity and environmental impacts of which need to be further investigated. Thus, this ...

• Genes Encoding Transcription Factors TaDREB5 and TaNFYC-A7 Are Differentially Expressed in Leaves of Bread Wheat in Response to Drought, Dehydration and ABA 

  Zotova, Lyudmila; Kurishbayev, Akhylbek; Jatayev, Satyvaldy; Khassanova, Gulmira; Zhubatkanov, Askar; Serikbay, Dauren; Sereda, Sergey; Sereda, Tatiana; Shvidchenko, Vladimir; Lopato, Sergiy; Jenkins, Colin L D; Soole, Kathleen Lydia; Langridge, Peter; Shavrukov, Yuri (Frontiers Media, 2018-09-27)

  Two groups of six spring bread wheat varieties with either high or low grain yield under the dry conditions of Central and Northern Kazakhstan were selected for analysis. Experiments were set up with the selected wheat ...

• Seagrass soil archives reveal centennial-scale metal smelter contamination while acting as natural filters 

  Lafratta, Anna; Serrano, Oscar; Masque, Pere; Mateo, Miguel A; Fernandes, Milena; Gaylard, Sam G; Lavery, Paul S (Elsevier, 2018-08-30)

  The upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia hosts the world's largest single stream Pb-Zn smelter, which has caused environmental and health issues related to elevated metal concentrations in the surrounding environment. The ...

• Visualising latent DNA on swabs 

  Kanokwongnuwut, Piyamas; Kirkbride, Kenneth Paul; Linacre, Adrian Matthew Thornton (Elsevier, 2018-08-25)

  Collection for touch DNA either at scenes or on items submitted to a forensic laboratory is based on assumptions as to where a person made direct contact. In many instances a swab may be applied to an area where no contact ...

• Occurrence, distribution and abundance of cetaceans off the western Eyre Peninsula in the Great Australian Bight 

  Bilgmann, Kerstin; Parra, Guido Jose; Moller, Luciana Marta (Elsevier, 2017-11-10)

  This study provides the first assessment of the occurrence, distribution and abundance of cetaceans in shelf and coastal waters off the western Eyre Peninsula, eastern Great Australian Bight, South Australia. We undertook ...

• Biogeomorphological processes in an arid transgressive dunefield as indicators of human impact by urbanization 

  Garcia-Romero, Levi; Delgado-Fernandez, Irene; Hesp, Patrick A; Hernandez-Calvento, Luis; Hernandez-Cordero, Antonio I; Viera-Perez, Manuel (Elsevier, 2018-08-31)

  Urban and tourist developments can have long-lasting impacts on coastal environments and fundamentally alter the evolution of coastal dune systems. This is the case of the Maspalomas dunefield (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands), ...

• Dietary inclusion of Acti-Meal improves growth and feed utilisation of greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata) 

  Currie, Krishna-Lee; Purvis, Mark; Bansemer, Matthew S; Harris, James Owen; Stone, David A J (Elsevier, 2018-08-30)

  Acti-Meal is a co-product of the wine industry, consisting of a steam distilled, milled and dried grape marc meal rich in carbohydrates (55–65%). In this 90-day study, growth and feed utilisation of juvenile (1.82 g) ...

• Frazzled can act through distinct molecular pathways in epithelial cells to regulate motility, apical constriction, and localisation of E-Cadherin 

  Golenkina, Sofia; Chaturvedi, Vishal; Saint, Robert; Murray, Michael J (Public Library of Science, 2018-03-08)

  Netrin receptors of the DCC/NEO/UNC-40/Frazzled family have well established roles in cell migration and axon guidance but can also regulate epithelial features such as adhesion, polarity and adherens junction (AJ) ...

• Network analysis of inflammatory responses to sepsis by neutrophils and peripheral blood mononuclear cells 

  Godini, Rasoul; Fallahi, Hossein; Ebrahimie, Esmaeil (Public Library of Science, 2018-08-07)

  Sepsis is a life-threatening syndrome causing thousands of deaths yearly worldwide. Sepsis is a result of infection and could lead to systemic inflammatory responses and organ failures. Additionally, blood cells, as the ...

• Changes in the Elemental and Metabolite Profile of Wheat Phloem Sap during Grain Filling Indicate a Dynamic between Plant Maturity and Time of Day 

  Palmer, Lachlan James; Stangoulis, James Constantine Roy (MDPI, 2018-09-19)

  The long distance transport of Fe and Zn in the phloem sap of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the key route for seed supply, due to wheat having a xylem discontinuity. To date, our knowledge is limited on Fe and Zn ...

• Microbial micropatches within microbial hotspots 

  Dann, Lisa M; McKerral, Jody C; Smith, Renee J; Tobe, Shanan S; Paterson, James; Seymour, Justin; Oliver, Rod L; Mitchell, James Gordon (Public Library of Science, 2018-05-22)

  The spatial distributions of organism abundance and diversity are often heterogeneous. This includes the sub-centimetre distributions of microbes, which have ‘hotspots’ of high abundance, and ‘coldspots’ of low abundance. ...

• Theory, practice, and conservation in the age of genomics: The Galápagos giant tortoise as a case study 

  Gaughran, Stephen J; Quinzin, Maud C; Miller, Joshua M; Garrick, Ryan C; Edwards, Danielle L; Russello, Michael A; Poulakakis, Nikos; Ciofi, Claudio; Beheregaray, Luciano Bellagamba; Caccone, Adalgisa (Wiley, 2017-08-31)

  High-throughput DNA sequencing allows efficient discovery of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in nonmodel species. Population genetic theory predicts that this large number of independent markers ...

• What are we missing? Advantages of more than one viewpoint to estimate fish assemblages using baited video 

  Whitmarsh, Sasha; Huveneers, Charlie; Fairweather, Peter George (The Royal Society Publishing, 2018-04-23)

  Counting errors can bias assessments of species abundance and richness, which can affect assessments of stock structure, population structure and monitoring programmes. Many methods for studying ecology use fixed ...

• Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakes Yurlunggur and Wonambi (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) 

  Palci, Alessandro; Hutchinson, Mark N; Caldwell, Michael W; Scanlon, John D; Lee, Michael S Y (The Royal Society Publishing, 2018-02-01)

  Madtsoiids are among the most basal snakes, with a fossil record dating back to the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian). Most representatives went extinct by the end of the Eocene, but some survived in Australia until the ...

• A mid-Cretaceous embryonic-to-neonate snake in amber from Myanmar 

  Xing, Lida; Caldwell, Michael W; Chen, Rui; Nydam, Randall L; Palci, Alessandro; Simoes, Tiago R; McKellar, Ryan C; Lee, Michael S Y; Liu, Ye; Shi, Hongliang; Wang, Kuan; Bai, Ming (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018-07-18)

  We present the first known fossilized snake embryo/neonate preserved in early Late Cretaceous (Early Cenomanian) amber from Myanmar, which at the time, was an island arc including terranes from Austral Gondwana. This unique ...

• Effectiveness of five personal shark-bite deterrents for surfers 

  Huveneers, Charlie; Whitmarsh, Sasha; Thiele, Madeline; Meyer, Lauren; Fox, Andrew; Bradshaw, Corey J A (PeerJ, 2018-08-31)

  The number of shark-human interactions and shark bites per capita has been increasing since the 1980s, leading to a rise in measures developed to mitigate the risk of shark bites. Yet many of the products commercially ...

• The contribution of non-essential Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes to fitness in response to altered nutrient supply and target of rapamycin activity 

  Lie, Shervi; Banks, Peter; Lawless, Conor; Lydall, David; Petersen, Janni (The Royal Society Publishing, 2018-04-06)

  Nutrient fluctuations in the cellular environment promote changes in cell metabolism and growth to adapt cell proliferation accordingly. The target of rapamycin (TOR) signalling network plays a key role in the coordination of ...

• New information on Brindabellaspis stensioi Young, 1980, highlights morphological disparity in Early Devonian placoderms 

  King, Benedict; Young, Gavin C; Long, John A (The Royal Society Publishing, 2018-04-26)

  Acid-prepared specimens of the placoderm Brindabellaspis stensioi (Early Devonian of New South Wales, Australia) revealed placoderm endocranial anatomy in unprecedented detail. Brindabellaspis has become a key taxon in ...

• Phylogenomic history of enigmatic pygmy perches: implications for biogeography, taxonomy and conservation 

  Buckley, Sean J; Domingos, Fabricius M C B; Attard, Catherine; Brauer, Chris J; Sandoval-Castillo, Jonathan; Lodge, Ryan; Unmack, Peter; Beheregaray, Luciano Bellagamba (The Royal Society Publishing, 2018-04-30)

  Pygmy perches (Percichthyidae) are a group of poorly dispersing freshwater fishes that have a puzzling biogeographic disjunction across southern Australia. Current understanding of pygmy perch phylogenetic relationshi ...

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