Benthic species assemblages change through a freshwater cavern-type cenote in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2022 We studied benthic assemblages through X-Batún, a continental freshwater cenote and its associated submerged cave located in San Antonio Mulix (Yucatán, Mexico). Using cave diving techniques, we collected sediment samples at four zones of the system.
Dorottya Angyal +4 more
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Cenote-Taker 2 democratizes virus discovery and sequence annotation [PDF]
Virus Evolution, 2021 Abstract Viruses, despite their great abundance and significance in biological systems, remain largely mysterious. Indeed, the vast majority of the perhaps hundreds of millions of viral species on the planet remain undiscovered. Additionally, many viruses deposited in central databases like GenBank and RefSeq are littered with genes ...
Michael J Tisza +2 more
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A New Genus and Species of Cochliopidae Tryon, 1866 (Truncatelloidea) from the Dominican Republic [PDF]
AnimalsA new genus and species of the Cochliopidae are described from the Dudu cenote, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Island. Shell and its measurements, soft parts morphology and pigmentation, radula, female reproductive organs, and penes are described ...
Andrzej Falniowski +2 more
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Northeast Yucatan hurricane activity during the Maya Classic and Postclassic periods [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The collapse of the Maya civilization in the late 1st/early 2nd millennium CE has been attributed to multiple internal and external causes including overpopulation, increased warfare, and environmental deterioration.
Richard M. Sullivan +10 more
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Insights into diversity, host-range, and temporal stability of Bacteroides and Phocaeicola prophages [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Phages are critical components of the gut microbiome, influencing bacterial composition and function as predators, parasites, and modulators of bacterial phenotypes.
Nejc Stopnisek +3 more
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Distinctive prokaryotic microbiomes in sympatric plant roots from a Yucatan cenote [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2021 Objective Cenotes are flooded caves in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Many cenotes are interconnected in an underground network of pools and streams forming a vast belowground aquifer across most of the peninsula.
Alejandra Escobar-Zepeda +7 more
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Taxonomy and functional profile of microbial communities across the depths of the Alpine Cenote Abyss ice cave [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInvestigating the geomicrobiology of the cryosphere offers insights into past climate dynamics and the potential impacts of ongoing climate change. Here, we present the characterization of the microbial communities inhabiting ice sediments collected at ...
Stefano Fedi +6 more
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Isotope systematics of subfossil, historical, and modern Nautilus macromphalus from New Caledonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Cephalopod carbonate geochemistry underpins studies ranging from Phanerozoic, global-scale change to outcrop-scale paleoecological reconstructions.
Benjamin J Linzmeier +6 more
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Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico
Ecology and Society, 2017 Cenotes are sinkholes through which groundwater may be accessed from the Yucatan Peninsula Aquifer. Historically and culturally, cenotes are also important cultural and spiritual natural sites for the Maya, but they have been contaminated and degraded ...
Yolanda López-Maldonado +2 more
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Trophic ecology in an anchialine cave: A stable isotope study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe 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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