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Trophic ecology in an anchialine cave: A stable isotope study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) has been widely used in ecology since it allows to identify the circulation of energy in a trophic network. The anchialine ecosystem is one of the less explored aquatic ecosystems in the
Brenda Durán, Fernando Álvarez
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Ecological patterns in anchialine caves. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Anchialine caves are characterized by high levels of endemism and extreme conditions. However, few ecological studies have been conducted in these ecosystems.
Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez, Carlos A Sánchez-Ortiz, Leonardo Huato-Soberanis   +2 more
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Genome-centric metagenomes unveiling the hidden resistome in an anchialine cave [PDF]

Environmental Microbiome
Background Antibiotic resistance is a critical global concern, posing significant challenges to human health and medical treatments. Studying antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is essential not only in clinical settings but also in diverse environmental ...
Tanja Vojvoda Zeljko, Katarina Kajan, Branko Jalžić, Anyi Hu, Neven Cukrov, Marija Marguš, Nuša Cukrov, Tamara Marković, Raffaella Sabatino, Andrea Di Cesare, Sandi Orlić   +10 more
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Response and resilience of karst subterranean estuary communities to precipitation impacts [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The impact of meteorological phenomena on ecosystem communities of karst subterranean estuaries (KSEs) remains unknown. KSEs are characterized by vertically stratified groundwater separated by a halocline and host endemic aquatic cave‐adapted fauna ...
Fernando Calderón Gutiérrez, Thomas M. Iliffe, Elizabeth Borda, Germán Yáñez Mendoza, Jessica Labonté   +4 more
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Are haloclines distributional barriers in anchialine ecosystems? Physiological response of cave shrimps to salinity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Anchialine systems are coastal groundwater habitats around the world which host a unique community of cave adapted species (stygobionts). Such communities are expected to be separated by haloclines into either fresh or saline groundwater communities ...
Efrain M Chávez Solís, Maite Mascaro, Carlos Rosas, Gabriela Rodríguez-Fuentes, Claudia Caamal Monsreal, Kurt Paschke, Fernando Díaz, Denisse Re Araujo   +7 more
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Bermuda’s Walsingham Caves: A Global Hotspot for Anchialine Stygobionts [PDF]

Diversity, 2021
Bermuda is an Eocene age volcanic island in the western North Atlantic, entirely capped by Pleistocene eolian limestone. The oldest and most highly karstified limestone is a 2 km2 outcrop of the Walsingham Formation containing most of the island’s 150 ...
Thomas M. Iliffe, Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez   +1 more
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Asterinides sp. an endemic stygobitic seastar from an anchialine cave and its interactions among prokaryotic communities [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Anchialine caves house a vast variety of organisms that support complex ecological relationships among themselves and their environment. The following study was made in the anchialine karst cave El Aerolito, found on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín, Cindel Vergara-Ovando, Marcelo Rojas-Oropeza, Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Nathalie Cabirol   +5 more
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Morphological convergence and adaptation in cave and pelagic scale worms (Polynoidae, Annelida) [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
Across Annelida, accessing the water column drives morphological and lifestyle modifications—yet in the primarily “benthic” scale worms, the ecological significance of swimming has largely been ignored.
Brett C. Gonzalez, Alejandro Martínez, Katrine Worsaae, Karen J. Osborn   +3 more
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Subterranean environments contribute to three-quarters of classified ecosystem services. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Mammola S, Brankovits D, Lorenzo TD, Amorim IR, Bancila RI, Bellvert A, Bernard E, Blomberg A, Borges PAV, Cappelletti M, Ferreira RL, Gabriel R, Galassi DMP, Garzoli L, Gerovasileiou V, Hose GC, Korbel KL, Martino S, Miller AZ, Mori N, Nanni V, Nicolosi G, Saccò M, Sakihara TS, Silva MS, Tamalavage AE, Zagmajster M, Chávez E, Griebler C, Cardoso P, Martínez A.   +30 more
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An integrative re-evaluation of Typhlatya shrimp within the karst aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
The Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico is a carbonate platform well-known for extensive karst networks of densely stratified aquifer ecosystems. This aquifer supports diverse anchialine fauna, including species of the globally distributed anchialine shrimp genus ...
Lauren Ballou, David Brankovits, Efraín M. Chávez-Solís, José M. Chávez Díaz, Brett C. Gonzalez, Shari Rohret, Alexa Salinas, Arielle Liu, Nuno Simões, Fernando Álvarez, Maria Pia Miglietta, Thomas M. Iliffe, Elizabeth Borda   +12 more
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