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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0367.v1

Over Ninety Endangered Fish and Invertebrates are Caught in Industrial Fisheries

Leslie Roberson, Reg Watson, Carissa Klein

Subject: Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences Keywords: Fish; invertebrates; conservation; threatened species; exploitation

Online: 30 June 2020 (10:38:07 CEST)

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The Influence of Canopy Cover on the Ecological Function of a Key Autogenic Ecosystem Engineer

Jacqui Pocklington, Michael Keough, Timothy O'Hara, Alecia Bellgrove

Subject: Biology, Ecology Keywords: Macroalgae, Facilitation; Disturbance, Invertebrates, Intertidal reef.

Online: 13 May 2019 (14:17:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0485.v1

Biochemical and Behavioural Alterations Induced by Arsenic and Temperature in Hediste Diversicolor of Different Growth Stages

Pedro Valente, Paulo Cardoso, Valéria Giménez, M.S.S. Silva, Carina Sá, Etelvina Figueira, Adília Pires

Subject: Biology, Ecology Keywords: Arsenic; global warming; invertebrates; behavior; oxidative stress

Online: 29 August 2022 (10:43:42 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0029.v1

The Understudied Phylum Bryozoa as a Promising Source of Anticancer Drugs

Blanca Figuerola, Conxita Avila

Subject: Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Keywords: antitumour compounds; marine natural products; bioactivity; cytotoxicity; marine invertebrates

Online: 4 June 2019 (12:55:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0312.v1

Non-Anticoagulant Heparan Sulfate from the Ascidian Phallusia nigra Prevents Colon Carcinoma Metastasis in Mice by Disrupting Platelet-Tumor Cell Interaction

Christiane da Fonseca Sobral Silva, Juliana Maria Motta, Felipe Castro Oliveira de Brito Teixeira, Angélica Maciel Gomes, Eduardo Vilanova, Eliene Oliveira Kozlowski, Lubor Borsig, Mauro Sérgio Gonçalves Pavão

Subject: Life Sciences, Biochemistry Keywords: marine invertebrates; glycosaminoglycans; platelets; circulating tumor cells; circulating tumor microemboli; hematogenic metastasis

Online: 19 May 2020 (07:45:44 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0438.v1

History of Onychophorology, 1826-2020

Julian Monge-Najera

Subject: Biology, Animal Sciences & Zoology Keywords: history of science; study of invertebrates; research patterns; study of velvet worms

Online: 30 March 2020 (04:46:22 CEST)

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Velvet worms, or onychophorans, include placental species and, as a phylum, have survived all mass extinctions since the Cambrian. They capture prey with an extraordinary adhesive net that appears in an instant. The first naturalist to formally mention them was Lansdown Guilding (1797-1831), a British priest from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. His life is as little known as the history of the field he initiated, onychophorology. This is the first general history of onychophorology, and I have divided it into half century periods. The beginning, 1826-1879, was defined by former students of great names in the history of biology, like Cuvier and von Baer. This generation included Milne-Edwars and Blanchard, and the greatest advances came from France, with smaller but still important contributions from England and Germany. In the 1880-1929 period, work concentrated in anatomy, behavior, biogeography and ecology, but of course the most important work was Bouvier’s mammoth monograph. The next half century, 1930-1979, was important for the discovery of Cambrian species; Vachon’s explanation of how ancient distribution defined the existence of two families; Pioneer DNA and electron microscopy from Brazil; and primitive attempts at systematics using embryology or isolated anatomical characteristics. Finally, the 1980-2020 period, with research centered in Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Germany, is marked by an evolutionary approach to everything, from body and behavior to distribution; for the solution of the old problem of how they form their adhesive net and how the glue works; the reconstruction of Cambrian onychophoran communities, the first experimental taphonomy; the first country-wide map of conservation status (from Costa Rica); the first model of why they survive in cities; the discovery of new phenomena like food hiding, parental feeding investment and ontogenetic diet shift; and for the birth of a new research branch, Onychophoran Ethnobiology, founded in 2015. While a few names appear often in the literature, most knowledge was produced by a mass of researchers who entered the field only briefly.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201812.0156.v1

The Report of Marine Life Genomic Research

Guangyi Fan, Jianwei Chen, Tao Jin, Chengcheng Shi, Xiao Du, He Zhang, Yaolei Zhang, Hanbo Li, Ting Luo, Pengxu Yan, Guang Liu, Xiangqun Chi, Xiaoxuan Tan, Liangwei Li, Guilin Liu, Xiaochuan Liu, Shijie Hao, Kai Han, Xiaoyun Huang, Shuai Sun, Jing Zhou, Mengjun Yu, Lingfeng Meng, Yue Chang, Rui Zhang, Kaiqiang Liu, Mengqi Zhang, Yong Zhao, Chang Li, Jiao Guo, Xinyu Guo, Jiahao Wang, Meiqi Lv, Haoyang Gao, Yujie Liu, Yue Song, Shengjun Wang, Yang Deng, Binjie Ouyang, Jinzhong Lin, Yingjia Yu, lynn Fink, Xianwei Yang, Xun Xu, Xin Liu

Subject: Biology, Ecology Keywords: Marine microorganisms, marine fungi, algae, marine plants, marine invertebrates, marine vertebrates, genome, metagenome

Online: 12 December 2018 (15:44:09 CET)

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Preprint TECHNICAL NOTE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0030.v1

An Efficient Low-Cost Laboratory Workflow for the Study of Blood Cells and RNA Extractions in Marine Invertebrates

Stefania Gutierrez

Subject: Biology, Anatomy & Morphology Keywords: Marine invertebrates; RNA extraction by LiCl precipitation; electron microscopy of blood cells; cytology stains; tunicate culture

Online: 1 March 2021 (14:19:14 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0220.v1

Maristem - Stem Cells of Marine/Aquatic Invertebrates: From Basic Research to Innovative Applications

Loriano Ballarin, Baruch Rinkevich, Kerstin Bartscherer, Artur Burzynski, Sebastien Cambier, Matteo Cammarata, Isabelle Domart-Coulon, Damjana Drobne, Juanma Encinas, Uri Frank, Anne-Marie Geneviere, Bert Hobmayer, Helike Löhelaid, Daniel Lyons, Pedro Martinez, Paola Oliveri, Lorena Peric, Stefano Piraino, Andreja Ramšak, Sebastian Rakers, Fabian Rentzsch, Amalia Rosner, Tiago Henriques da Silva, Ildiko Somorjai, Sherif Suleiman, Ana Varela Coelho

Subject: Life Sciences, Cell & Developmental Biology Keywords: aging; bioactive molecules; blue biotechnology; cancer; cell culture; COST Action; Europe; marine/aquatic invertebrates; regeneration; stem cells

Online: 24 January 2018 (04:14:56 CET)

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