Conference Paper
Cavefishes as models for sensory adaptation
Soares, D.
Record Number:
4741
Year:
2010
Abstract:
Adaptation is the context in
which behaviors and underlying nervous systems evolve. A quick change
of environments poses a challenge for adaptation and extreme
environments pose harsh. Therefore such environment provides valuable
insights in to the evolutionary malleability of nervous systems. The
permanent darkness present in caves imposes harsh sensory constraints
that offer a distinct opportunity to examine how sensory modules not only
become transformed, but also how they influence each other's changes.
Troglodytic animals are known to have specialized sensory systems as
outcomes of both constructive and regressive traits. Of all cave dwelling
vertebrates, cavefishes are an especially suitable animal model for
comparative studies because of their diverse phylogeny and world
distribution. Moreover, once fish have colonized a cave they rarely reenter
or leave the cave so the duration of adaptation can be more easily
determined and less complicated to describe. Species of cavefishes have
independently colonized caves all over the world. At a first glance all
have lost eyesight but it is unclear what modalities if any have become
hypertrophied as a response and rules are yet to be established. Here we
examined two cavefishes Ogilbia pearsei (Yucatan, Mexico) and
Astroblepus pholeter (Napo, Ecuador).
Times Cited:
2
Conference Name:
9th International Congress of Neuroethology
Conference Year:
2010
Conference Location:
2010
Conference Location:
2010
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Benítez, S., Iliffe, T.M., Quiroz-Martínez, B. and Alvarez, F. (2019)How is the anchialine fauna distributed within a cave? A study of the Ox Bel Ha System, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Hendus, B., Medina-González, R., Sélem-Salas, C. and Vanschoenwinkel, B. (2019)Explaining diversity patterns in dark waters – a study of aquatic caves in Yucatán, Mexico
McNeill-Jewer, C.A., Reinhardt, E.G., Collins, S., Kovacs, S., Chan, W.M., Devos and LeMaillot, F.C. (2019)The effect of seasonal rainfall on nutrient input and biological productivity in the Yax Chen cave system (Ox Bel Ha), Mexico, and implications for μXRF core studies of paleohydrology
Conde-Saldan, C.C., Souza Cunha, M., Albornoz-Garzo, J.G., Valiati Barreto, C.A., Ibagon, N., Villa-Navarro, F.A. and Abdala Dergam, J. (2019)Karyotypic divergence of two co-occurring species of Andean climbing catfishes
(Siluriformes: Loricarioidei: Astroblepidae)
Adams, R.E., Iliffe. T.M. and West, J.B. (2019)Identifying tree roots in the caves of Quintana Roo, Mexico as a step toward ecological insights and improved conservation
Martínez-Salvador, C., Moreno-Gómez, M. and Liedl, R. (2019)Estimating pollutant residence time and NO3 concentrations in the Yucatan karst aquifer; Considerations for an integrated karst aquifer vulnerability methodology
Ditter, R.E., Erdman, R.B., Goebel, A.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. (2019)Widespread phenotypic hypervariation in the enigmatic anchialine shrimp Barbouria cubensis (Decapoda: Barbouriidae)
Arroyave, J. (2019)Rhamdia guatemalensis
Ditter, R.E., Snyder, A.P., Schulman, S.E. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. (2019)Notes on the behavior and first records of three enigmatic anchialine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Barbouriidae, Palaemonidae) in the Bahamas
van Hengstum, P.J., Cresswell, J.N., Milne, G.A. and Iliffe, T.M. (2019)Development of anchialine cave habitats and karst subterranean estuaries since the last ice age
Coke, J.G. (2019)Underwater caves of the Yucatan Peninsula
Melo Zurita, M. de L. (2019)Holes, subterranean exploration and affect in the Yucatan Peninsula
Arroyave, J., Schmitter-Soto, J. and Lyons, T.J. (2019)Typhlias pearsei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019 e.T39296A2896759
Grego, J., Angyal, D. and Beltrán, L.A.L. (2019)First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatán state
Espinasa, L., Chávez Solís, E.M., Mascaró, M., Rosas, D., Simoes, N. and Violette, G. (2019)A new locality and phylogeny of the stygobitic Typhlatya shrimps for the Yucatan Peninsula
Angyal, D., Simões, N. and Mascaró, M. (2020)Uptaded checklist, historical overview and illustrated guide to the stygobiont Malacostraca (Arthropoda: Crustacea) species of Yucatan (Mexico)
Angyal, D., Chávez-Solís, E.M., Liévano-Beltrán, L.A., Magaña, B., Simoes, N. and Mascaró, M. (2020)New distribution records of subterranean crustaceans from cenotes in Yucatan (Mexico)
Crawford, C.H., Randall, Z.S., Hart, P.B., Page, L.M., Chakrabarty, P., Suvarnaraksha, A. and Flammang, B.E. (2020)Skeletal and muscular pelvic morphology of hillstream loaches (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)
Quintana Roo Speleological Survey (2020)Quintana Roo Speleological Survey
Coutino, A., Stastna, M., and Reinhardt, E.G. (2020)Interaction of mangrove surface coverage and groundwater inputs on the temperature and water level near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico: Observations and modelling
McNeill-Jewer, C.A. (2020)Development and application of µXRF-CS Cl as a proxy for Holocene drought and hurricane conditions in the Yucatan Aquifer, Mexico
Arroyave, J. (2020)The subterranean fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula
Ditter, R.E., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. (2020)Anchialine adjustments: an updated phylogeny and classification for the family Barbouriidae Christoffersen 1987 (Decapoda: Caridea)
Arroyave, J., Martinez, C.M., Martínez-Oriol, F.H., Sosa, E. and Alter, S.E. (2020)Regional-scale aquifer hydrogeology as a driver of phylogeographic structure in the Neotropical catfish Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Chávez‑Solís, E.M., Solís, C., Simões, N., and Mascaró, M. (2020)Distribution patterns, carbon sources and niche partitioning in cave shrimps (Atyidae: Typhlatya)
Ochoa, L.E., Melo, B.F., García-Melo, J.E., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., Souza, C.S., Albornoz-Garzón, J.G., Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Villa-Navarro, F., Ortega-Lara, A. and Oliveira, C. (2020)Species delimitation reveals an underestimated diversity of Andean catfishes of the family Astroblepidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
Macario-González, L., Cohou, S., Angyal, D., Pérez, L. and Mascaró, M. (2021)Subterranean waters of Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico reveal epigean species dominance and intraspecific variability in freshwater Ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda)
Liévano-Beltrán, L.A. and Simões, N. (2021)Updated distribution of the mysid Antromysis cenotensis (Crustacea: Peracarida), a protected key species in Yucatan Peninsula cenotes
Coutino, A. (2021)Hydrodynamics of the Yucatan peninsula carbonate aquifer: surface flow, inland propagation and mixing
Coutino, A., Stastna, M., McNeill-Jewer, C.A., and Reinhardt, E.G. (2021)Inland tidal oscillations within the Yucatan Peninsula
Valdez-Moreno, M., Mendoza-Carranza, M., Rendón-Hernández, E., Alarcón-Chavira, E. and Elías-Gutiérrez, M. (2021)DNA barcodes applied to a rapid baseline construction in biodiversity monitoring for the conservation of aquatic ecosystems in the Sian Ka’an Reserve (Mexico) and
adjacent areas
Campos-Filho, I.S., Gallo, J.S., Gallão, J.E., Torres, D.F., Horta, L., Carpio-Díaz, Y.M., López-Orozco, C.M., Borja-Arrieta, R., Aguiar, J.O. and Bichuette, M.E. (2022)Unique and fragile diversity emerges from Brazilian caves – two new amphibious species of Xangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo and Taiti, 2014 (Oniscidea, Styloniscidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, Brazil
Montes-Ortiz, L., Elías-Gutiérrez, M. and Ramírez-Sánchez, M.M. (2022)Checklist of Arrenurids (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae) of Mexico, with new records from the Yucatan Peninsula, and the description of five new dpecies of the subgenera Megaluracarus and Dadayella
Jiménez, A., Ampuero, A., Valencia, B.G., Mayta, V.C., Cruz, F.W., Vuille, M., Novello, V.F., Misailidis Stríkis, N., Aranda, N., Conicelli, B., (2022)Stable isotope variability of precipitation and cave drip-water at Jumandy cave, western Amazon River basin (Ecuador)
Vernes, K. and Devos, F. (2022)Use of cenotes and the cave environment by mammals on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Arroyave, J., Mar‐Silva, A.,F. and Díaz-Jaimes, P. (2022)The complete mitochondrial genome of the Mexican blind brotula Typhlias pearsei
(Ophidiiformes: Dinematichthydae): an endemic and troglomorphic cavefish from the Yucatán Peninsula karst aquifer
Suárez‑Moo, P., Remes‑Rodríguez, C.A., Márquez‑Velázquez, N.A., Falcón, L.I., García‑Maldonado, J.Q. and Prieto‑Davó, A. (2022)Changes in the sediment microbial community structure of coastal and inland sinkholes of a karst ecosystem from the Yucatan peninsula
Angyal, D., Cohou, S., Castro-Pérez, J.M., Mascaró, M. and Rosas, C. (2022)Benthic species assemblages change through a freshwater cavern-type cenote in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Hernández-Mendoza, H., Piña Leyte-Vidal, J.J., Romero-Guzmán, E.T., Rios-Lugo, M.J., Medellín-Castillo, N.A. (2022)Relationship of thorium, uranium isotopes and uranium isotopic ratios with physicochemical parameters in cenote water from the Yucatán Peninsula
Mar‐Silva, A.F., Arroyave, J. and Díaz-Jaimes, P. (2022)The complete mitochondrial genome of the Mexican-endemic cavefish Ophisternon infernale (Synbranchiformes, Synbranchidae): insights on patterns of selection and implications for synbranchiform phylogenetics
Mejía-Ortíz, L.M., Collantes-Chávez-Costa, A.L., López-Contreras, C. and Frausto-Martínez, O. (2022)Subterranean waters in Riviera Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula: Vulnerability and the Importance of monitoring
Alter, S.E. and Arroyave, J. (2022)Environmental DNA metabarcoding is a promising method for assaying fish diversity in cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Mejıa-Ortız, L.M., Chavez-Solıs, E.M. and Brankovits, D. (2022)Editorial: The effects of environmental change on anchialine ecosystems
Soares, D. (2022)Evolutionary insights and constraints from the nervous systems and behavior of cavefish
Marks, G.S., Medina-Elizalde, M, Burns, S.J., Weldeab, S., Lases-Hernandez, F., Cazares, G., McGee, D. and Medina-Elizalde, M. (2022)Evidence for decreased precipitation variability in the Yucatan Peninsula during the mid-Holocene
Solís, C., Chávez-Solís, E.M., Rodríguez-Ceja, M., Méndez-García, C.G., Ortíz, E., Canto, C., Martínez-Carrillo, M.A., Mascar, M. (2023)Linking radiocarbon and trophic webs in karstic groundwater ecosystems in the Yucatan Peninsula, México
Cohou, S., Moreno‐López, A., Escamilla‐Tut, N.Y., Pérez‐Tapia, A.M., Santos‐Itzá, I., Macario‐González, L.A., Villegas‐Sánchez, C.A., Medina‐Quej, A. (2023)Assessment of water quality and heavy metal environmental risk on the peri‐urban karst tropical lake La Sabana, Yucatán Peninsula
Álvarez, F., Durán, B. and Meacham, S. (2023)Anchialine fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula: Diversity and conservation challenges
Díaz-Hernández, J.A., Ugalde-Silva, P., Berriozabal-Islas, C., Novelo, A., Hernandez-Uc, J., Arana-May, A., Pech-Patrón, S.D., Nava-Jiménez, I.A., Borbolla-Vazquez, J. (2023)Aquatic microdiversity from urban cenotes in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Romo-Hernández, K., Ortega, J., Bolívar-Cimé, B. and MacSwiney, M.C. (2023)Group structure and diurnal behavior in a large colony of Mimon cozumelae in Yucatán, México
Thome, M.J.I. (2023)Exploring vulnerability and scarcity of groundwater resources in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Nirchio, M., Oliveira, C., de Bello Cioffi, M., Sassi, F.M.C., Rizzi, F.P., Benavides, S W.N., Berrones, A.J.C., Romero, J.F.R., Deon, G.A., Kuranaka, M., Valdiviezo-Rivera, J.S., Carrión Olmedo, J.C., and Rossi, A.R. (2024)Integrative morphological, cytogenetic and molecular characterization of the Andean climbing catfish Astroblepus mindoensis (Regan, 1916) (Siluriformes:Astroblepidae)
Vaughn, G. (2024)Insights into subterranean connectivity within the aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula: Population genetics and distribution of Typhlatya species
Chavez Solıs, E.M., Mascaro, M., Rosas, C., Rodrıguez-Fuentes. G, Caamal Monsreal, C., Paschke, K., Dıaz, F. and Re Araujo, D. (2024)Are haloclines distributional barriers in anchialine ecosystems? Physiological response of cave shrimps to salinity
Calderón-Gutiérrez, F., Labonté, J.M., Gonzalez, B.C., Iliffe, T.M., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Borda, E. (2024)Cryptic diversity patterns of subterranean estuaries
Camacho-Cruz, K.A., Ortiz-Hernandez, M.C., Carrillo, L. and Sanchez, A. (2024)Dissolved inorganic nutrients in a reef lagoon influenced by submarine groundwater discharge in the Mexican Caribbean
Gutiérrez-Aguirre, M.A., Cervantes-Martínez, A. and Suárez-Morales, E. (2024)Ecological indicators and estimators of fish and Crustacean diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula