• Random and systematic sampling error when hooking fish to monitor skin fluke (Benedenia seriolae) and gill fluke (Zeuxapta seriolae) burden in Australian farmed yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) 

  Fensham, J R; Bubner, Erin Jayde; D'Antignana, Trent; Landos, Matthew; Caraguel, Charles G B (Elsevier, 2018-02-24)

  The Australian farmed yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi, YTK) industry monitor skin fluke (Benedenia seriolae) and gill fluke (Zeuxapta seriolae) burden by pooling the fluke count of 10 hooked YTK. The random and ...

• Comparisons between Cambrian Lagerstätten assemblages using multivariate, parsimony and Bayesian methods 

  Holmes, James D; Garcia-Bellido, Diego C; Lee, Michael S Y (Elsevier, 2017-12-01)

  Exceptional fossil deposits exhibiting soft-part preservation, or Konservat-Lagerstätten, are prevalent in Cambrian rocks and provide detailed information on fossil assemblages not available from conventional deposits. It ...

• An assessment of the genetic diversity of the founders of the European captive population of Asian lion (Panthera leo leo), using microsatellite markers and studbook analysis 

  Atkinson, Kirsty E; Kitchener, Andrew C.; Tobe, Shanan S; O'Donoghue, Paul (Elsevier, 2017-10)

  A European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) was established in the early 1990s, in order to manage a captive population of Asian lions (Panthera leo leo) within European zoos. The founders of this population comprised ...

• Histological and transcriptomic responses of two immune organs, the spleen and head kidney, in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to long-term hypersaline stress 

  Xu, Chang; Li, Erchao; Suo, Yantong; Su, Yujie; Lu, Minghui; Qin, Jian G; Chen, Liqiao (Elsevier, 2018-02-24)

  Hyperosmotic stress can adversely affect fish immunity, but little is known about the histological and transcriptomic responses of immune organs in fish in a hyperosmotic environment. This study evaluated the effects of ...

• Ambient air synthesis of multi-layer CVD graphene films for low-cost, efficient counter electrode material in dye-sensitized solar cells 

  Seo, Dong Han; Batmunkh, Munkhbayar; Fang, Jinghua; Murdock, Adrian T; Yick, Sam; Shearer, Cameron; Macdonald, Thomas J; Lawn, Malcolm; Bendavid, Avi; Shapter, Joseph George; Ostrikov, Kostya (Ken) (Elsevier, 2018-02-15)

  Graphene holds great promise as a substitute counter electrode (CE) material to replace the conventional Pt in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). However, lengthy chemical processing with hazardous chemicals, high production ...

• Heptaplex-direct PCR assay for simultaneous detection of foodborne pathogens 

  Hasap, L; Thanakiatkrai, Phuvadol; Linacre, Adrian Matthew Thornton; Kitpipit, Thitika (Elsevier, 2017-12-06)

  Foodborne pathogens pose significant problems for public health and economy. The gold standard, cultivation, is time-consuming and costly. In this study, a heptaplex-direct PCR assay for simultaneous detection of seven ...

• OzPythonPlex: An optimised forensic STR multiplex assay set for the Australasian carpet python (Morelia spilota) 

  Ciavaglia, Sherryn A; Linacre, Adrian Matthew Thornton (Elsevier, 2018-03-02)

  Reptile species, and in particular snakes, are protected by national and international agreements yet are commonly handled illegally. To aid in the enforcement of such legislation, we report on the development of three ...

• On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 ‒ neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere 

  Mayr, Gerald; De Pietri, Vanessa L; Scofield, R Paul; Worthy, Trevor (Elsevier, 2018-02-21)

  Polarornis and Vegavis from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica are among the few Mesozoic birds from the Southern Hemisphere. In the original descriptions, they were assigned to two widely disparate avian clades, that is, ...

• Unraveling the transcriptional complexity of compactness in sistan grape cluster 

  Shiri, Yasoub; Solouki, Mahmood; Ebrahimie, Esmaeil; Emamjomeh, Abbasali; Zahiri, Javad (Elsevier, 2018-02-14)

  Yaghooti grape of Sistan is the earliest ripening grape in Iran, harvested every May annually. It is adapted to dry conditions in Sistan region and its water requirement is less than the other grape cultivars. The ...

• Extracting information from vehicle exteriors via soil and insect DNA 

  Burgoyne, Leigh Alexander; Koh, Lin Ying; Catcheside, David Edward (Elsevier, 2017-10-09)

  DNA present on the surface of a vehicle provides evidence of past journeys which may be of forensic value. We show here the type of information that can be economically sourced by arbitrarily primed PCR and next generation ...

• Nearshore drift dynamics of natural versus artificial seagrass wrack 

  Baring, Ryan J; Fairweather, Peter George; Lester, Rebecca Elaine (Elsevier, 2018-01-04)

  Drifting macrophytes such as seagrass and macroalgae are commonly found washed ashore on sandy beaches but few studies have investigated the drift trajectories of macrophytes whilst near to the coast. This is the first ...

• Characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class I transcripts in an Australian dragon lizard 

  Hacking, Jessica; Bertozzi, Terry; Mousalli, Adnan; Bradford, Tessa; Gardner, Michael George (Elsevier, 2018-02-16)

  Characterisation of squamate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes has lagged behind other taxonomic groups. MHC genes encode cell-surface glycoproteins that present self- and pathogen-derived peptides to T cells ...

• Evidence of sensory-driven behavior in the Ediacaran organism Parvancorina: Implications and autecological interpretations 

  Coutts, Felicity J; Bradshaw, Corey J A; García-Bellido, Diego C; Gehling, James G (Elsevier, 2017-12-01)

  The ancient in situ fossil seafloor communities of the Ediacara biota present an unparalleled window into the assembly of the earliest complex macroscopic organisms, including early animals on Earth ca. 555 million years ...

• High site fidelity and restricted ranging patterns in southern Australian bottlenose dolphins 

  Passadore, Cecilia; Moller, Luciana Marta; Diaz-Aguirre, Fernando; Parra, Guido Jose (Wiley, 2017-11-26)

  Information on site fidelity and ranging patterns of wild animals is critical to understand how they use their environment and guide conservation and management strategies. Delphinids show a wide variety of site fidelity ...

• Microbial composition analyses by 16S rRNA sequencing: A proof of concept approach to provenance determination of archaeological ochre 

  Lenehan, Claire Elizabeth; Tobe, Shanan S; Smith, Renee J; Popelka-Filcoff, Rachel Sarah (Public Library of Science, 2017-10-18)

  Many archaeological science studies use the concept of “provenance”, where the origins of cultural material can be determined through physical or chemical properties that relate back to the origins of the material. Recent ...

• The Inner Workings of the Outer Surface: Skin and Gill Microbiota as Indicators of Changing Gut Health in Yellowtail Kingfish 

  Legrand, Thibault P R A; Catalano, Sarah R; Wos-Oxley, Melissa L; Stephens, Fran; Landos, Matthew; Bansemer, Matthew S; Stone, David A J; Qin, Jian G; Oxley, Andrew P A (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-01-15)

  The mucosal surfaces and associated microbiota of fish are an important primary barrier and provide the first line of defense against potential pathogens. An understanding of the skin and gill microbial assemblages and the ...

• Demographic collapse and low genetic diversity of the Irrawaddy dolphin population inhabiting the Mekong River 

  Krutzen, Michael; Beasley, Isabel; Ackermann, Corinne Y; Lieckfeldt, Dietmar; Ludwig, Arne; Ryan, Gerard E; Bejder, Lars; Parra, Guido Jose; Wolfensberger, Rebekka; Spencer, Peter B S (Public Library of Science, 2018-01-03)

  In threatened wildlife populations, it is important to determine whether observed low genetic diversity may be due to recent anthropogenic pressure or the consequence of historic events. Historical size of the Irrawaddy ...

• Data Descriptor: Australia’s continental-scale acoustic tracking database and its automated quality control process 

  Hoenner, Xavier; Huveneers, Charlie; Steckenreuter, Andre; Simpfendorfer, Colin A; Tattersall, Katherine; Jaine, Fabrice R A; Atkins, Natalia; Babcock, Russell C; Brodie, Stephanie; Burgess, Jonathan; Campbell, Hamish A; Heupel, Michelle R; Pasquer, Benedicte; Proctor, Roger; Taylor, Matthew D; Udyawer, Vinay; Harcourt, Robert G (Springer Nature, 2018-01-30)

  Our ability to predict species responses to environmental changes relies on accurate records of animal movement patterns. Continental-scale acoustic telemetry networks are increasingly being established worldwide, producing ...

• A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand 

  Hand, Suzanne J; Beck, Robin M D; Archer, Michael; Simmons, Nancy B; Gunnell, Gregg F; Scofield, R Paul; Tennyson, Alan J D; De Pietri, Vanessa L; Salisbury, Steven W; Worthy, Trevor (Springer Nature, 2018-01-10)

  A new genus and species of fossil bat is described from New Zealand’s only pre-Pleistocene Cenozoic terrestrial fauna, the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of Central Otago, South Island. Bayesian total evidence phylogenetic ...

• Continental-scale animal tracking reveals functional movement classes across marine taxa 

  Brodie, Stephanie; Lédée, Elodie J I; Heupel, Michelle R; Babcock, Russell C; Campbell, Hamish A; Gledhill, Daniel C; Hoenner, Xavier; Huveneers, Charlie; Jaine, Fabrice R A; Simpfendorfer, Colin A; Taylor, Matthew D; Udyawer, Vinay; Harcourt, Robert G (Springer Nature, 2018-02-27)

  Acoustic telemetry is a principle tool for observing aquatic animals, but coverage over large spatial scales remains a challenge. To resolve this, Australia has implemented the Integrated Marine Observing System’s Animal ...

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