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Willem Lee Weertman

Alaska Pacific UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3776-4245Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Ecology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Augustin R. Kalytiak-Davis· 1 shared Brook F. Ashcraft· 1 shared Chloe J Schwab· 1 shared David H. GireiD· 1 shared David ScheeliD· 1 shared Dominic M. SivitilliiD· 1 shared Fiona Curliss· 1 shared Fleur P. Anteau· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 2/yr

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Augustin R. Kalytiak-Davis

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Octopus can use odor plumes to find food

Willem Lee Weertman, Venkatesh Gopal, Dominic M. Sivitilli, David Scheel, David H. Gire

The paper shows octopuses use odor plumes to find food in the dark, exhibiting behaviors like upstream movement and odor-gated rheotaxis, suggesting suckers, not bilateral organs, are the primary chemosensory organs.

PLoS ONE · Oct 8, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Star Power: Early life stages of an endangered sea star are robust to current and near-future warming

Jason Hodin, Fleur P. Anteau, Brook F. Ashcraft, Michael Brito, Fiona Curliss, Augustin R. Kalytiak-Davis, James S. Peng, Chloe J Schwab, Vannessa V. Valdez, Willem Weertman

This study investigates the temperature tolerance of sunflower star early life stages, finding they can withstand current and near-future warming conditions.

PLoS ONE · Sep 3, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology