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AMCS Bulletin 15
Adaptations to Cave Life
in Decapods from Oaxaca
By Luis M. Mejia-Ortíz
169 pages, softbound
2005 |
This is a complete publication of the author's 2003 PhD disseration, done
at the University of Liverpool. It is a detailed study of shrimps and crayfish
found in Cueva Gabriel and Cueva del Nacimiento del Río San Antonio and nearby
surface species. Includes detailed descriptions of the species, including two new ones.
Comparisons include morphological, physiological, behavioral, and reproductive traits.
| Table of Contents |
| 11 |
Introduction
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| 13 |
Geological background, study sites, ecological environment
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| 35 |
Taxonomy, geographic distribution, local distribution
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| 71 |
Morphological adaptations to cave life
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| 103 |
Physiological and behavioral adaptations to cave life
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| 135 |
Reproductive adaptations to cave life
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| 149 |
General discussion
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| 155 |
Literature cited
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