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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.
Carlos Sánchez, Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez, Leonardo Huato-Soberanis   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

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
doaj   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Microeukaryotic and Prokaryotic Diversity of Anchialine Caves from Eastern Adriatic Sea Islands. [PDF]

Microb Ecol, 2022
AbstractAnchialine ecosystems in the eastern Adriatic Sea are diverse both morphologically and biologically. In this study, for the first time, we explored the microeukaryotic and prokaryotic community of anchialine caves in the Mediterranean region using high-throughput sequencing. Four anchialine caves located on nearby islands with a well-pronounced
Kajan K, Cukrov N, Cukrov N, Bishop-Pierce R, Orlić S.   +4 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Shedding light on the Ophel biome: the trans-Tethyan phylogeography of the sulfide shrimp Tethysbaena (Peracarida: Thermosbaenacea) in the Levant [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Tethysbaena are small peracarid crustaceans inhabiting extreme environments such as subterranean lakes and thermal springs, represented by endemic species found around the ancient Tethys, including the Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, Mid-East ...
Tamar Guy-Haim, Oren Kolodny, Amos Frumkin, Yair Achituv, Ximena Velasquez, Arseniy R. Morov   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Response and resilience of karst subterranean estuary communities to precipitation impacts. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
Heavy precipitation events caused a halocline shift resulting in a mortality event at a karst subterranean estuary, affecting the fauna inhabiting under the halocline (dotted white line) at the marine groundwater layer (a‐b). Overall, marine species (c‐e) inhabiting the caves were impacted, and cave‐adapted fauna (f‐i) remain resilient to short‐term ...
Calderón Gutiérrez F, Iliffe TM, Borda E, Yáñez Mendoza G, Labonté J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources