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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Mayaweckelia troglomorpha, a new subterranean amphipod species from Yucatán state, México (Amphipoda, Hadziidae) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2018
A detailed description of a new stygobiont species of the amphipod family Hadziidae, Mayaweckelia troglomorpha Angyal, sp. n. is given, based on material collected in four cenotes of Yucatán federal state, México.
Dorottya Angyal, Efraín Chávez Solís, Benjamín Magaña, Gergely Balázs, Nuno Simoes   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Diversity and Distribution of Australian Stygobiont and Other Groundwater-Associated Amphipods (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida)

Diversity
Numerous and diverse groundwater habitats suitable for sustaining aquatic invertebrate communities exist across Australia. These habitats include enclosed subterranean aquifer systems, fractured rock, alluvial aquifers, perched aquifers, artesian springs,
Remko Leijs, Rachael KING, Benjamin Schwartz   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The genome sequence of Tethysbaena scabra (Pretus, 1991), the first known in the peracarid crustacean order Thermosbaenacea. [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]

F1000Research
We present a genome assembly of Tethysbaena scabra (Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Peracarida; Thermosbaenacea; Monodellidae), a species endemic to Mallorca, Spain.
José A. Jurado-Rivera, Damià Jaume, Carlos Juan, Laura Triginer-Llabrés, Karen D. Schöninger-Almaraz, Joan Pons   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Light in the Darkness: Responses to Light and Diel Activity Rhythm in an Eyeless Cave Flatworm (<i>Dendrocoelum italicum</i>). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Loss of non‐functional and costly structures associated with surface conditions is favoured during adaptation to cave environment. We show that eyeless cave flatworms express photophobic responses to light stimuli and retain diel rhythmicity in activity patterns.
Barzaghi B, Manenti R, Ficetola GF, Pennati R, Melotto A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Dissolved Barium Causes Toxicity to Groundwater Cyclopoida. [PDF]

Environ Toxicol Chem
Abstract Barium (Ba) dissolution and mobilization in groundwater are predominantly controlled by sulfate because of the low solubility of barium sulfate (BaSO4) minerals. Naturally present at low concentrations in groundwater, elevated concentrations of Ba can occur as a result of anthropogenic activities, including use of barite in drill operations ...
Adams MS, McKnight KS, Spadaro DM, Binet MT, Hose GC, Fenton S, Simpson SL.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fern Cave: A Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the Interior Low Plateau Karst Region of Alabama in the Southeastern United States

Diversity, 2023
The Fern Cave System, developed in the western escarpment of the Southern Cumberland Plateau of the Interior Low Plateau karst region in Northeastern Alabama, USA, is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity as well as home to the largest winter ...
Matthew L. Niemiller, Michael E. Slay, Thomas Inebnit, Benjamin Miller, Benjamin Tobin, Brendan Cramphorn, Amata Hinkle, Bradley D. Jones, Nathaniel Mann, K. Denise Kendall Niemiller, Steve Pitts   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

STYGOTOX: A Quality-Assessed Database of (Eco)Toxicological Data on Stygofauna and Other Aquatic Subterranean Organisms. [PDF]

Environ Toxicol Chem
Abstract We have compiled the toxicity data on stygofauna and other aquatic subterranean organisms in one (eco)toxicological database. A total of 46 studies were found, containing 472 toxic endpoints covering 43 different stressors. These compounds were tested on subterranean organisms from four phyla, 12 orders, 24 genera, and 55 species.
Groote-Woortmann W, Korbel K, Hose GC.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Água Clara Cave System in Northeastern Brazil: The Richest Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in South America

Diversity, 2023
The Água Clara Cave System (ACCS) in Brazil is the richest hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in South America. In this study, we present an updated list of cave-restricted species in the ACCS and compare it with previously published hotspots in Brazil.
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Mylène Berbert-Born, Marconi Souza-Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source