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© Biospeologica Bibliographia Publications 2010-1 Page 6 sur 116 Peracarid Shrimp Spelaeomysis bottazzii (Lepidomysidae) from a Brackish Well in Apulia (Southeastern italy). Journal of Crustacean Biology 30(3, August):384-392. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1651/09-3150.1. ABS: A population of the "eyeless" hypogean shrimp Spelaeomysis bottazzii was studied over a three-year period in a shallow brackish-water well about 1 km from the Mediterranean coast. Mature males and immature females were numerous year round, whereas breeding females and juveniles were rare. The main stages of young in the brood pouch were embryos, nauplioids, and postnauplioids; all were unpigmented, unlike the postnauplioids in a congeneric species. In this well, the free-living stages fed mainly on autotrophic micro-organisms. The accumulation of fat reserves was judged from the amount of subcuticular fat bodies and from body colour. Fat status improved with increasing body size in both sexes; seasonal variations were not significant. Only "fat" specimens produced eggs. Females incubating eggs were fatter than those with larvae. Field and laboratory findings suggest that fat accumulation near the photic zone is necessary for egg formation, whereas larval incubation is very long and mostly occurs elsewhere, probably in deep groundwater under unfavourable nutritional conditions. The observed post-reproductive reduction of oöstegites may indicate a peculiar strategy to avoid a new breeding cycle before reconstitution of fat reserves. The findings on feeding and reproduction, particularly regarding fecundity and natality, are interpreted as a combination of typically hypogean features along with epigean environmental adaptations. KW: Brackish water, fat status, fecundity, ground water, hypogean habitats, marsupial incubation, secondary sexual characteristics, Spelaeomysis bottazzii. ASSING (V.), 2010. Four new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Spain, primarily from the south (Insecta: Coleoptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42/2(19.XII):1105-1124. http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/lbb.php Association TM 71, 2010. Réserve Naturelle. Grotte du T. M. 71. Évaluation Plan gestion 2004-2008 version 1.2. Novembre 2009-Décembre 2010, 95 p. AUDIBERT (C.), 2010. Liste commentée des Mollusques terrestres et dulcicoles de la région Rhône-Alpes. Folia conchyliologica 2(Juillet):5-29, avec les photos d'Alain BERTRAND. http://cernuelle.com/download.php?lng=fr AUDIBERT (C.), ERŐSS (Z. P.), PÁLL-GERGELY (B.), HUNYADİ (A.) & FEHÉR (Z.), 2010. Nouvelles données sur la répartition des Gastéropodes (Mollusca, Gastropoda) continentaux de Turquie. Biocosme mésogéen 27(2):43-69. BL: Cf p. 57, Mesolimax sp. (cf. brauni ?) - MERSİN, Erdemli, 27 km au sud-ouest, grotte de Cennet Çöküğü ; 28-III-2002 (EZP, FZ & HA). AVGUŠTIN (G.), GRAMC (S.), BIZJAK MALI (L.), BULOG (B.) & AMBROŽIČ AVGUŠTIN (J.), 2010. The structure and diversity of the microbial community inhabiting the hind gut of the olm (Proteus anguinus):163. In: 20 th International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Postojna, Slovenia, 29 August-3 September 2010, ICSB 2010 Abstract Book, edited by: Ajda MOŠKRIČ and Peter TRONTELJ, ISBN 978-961-269-286-5. ABS: The amphibian salamanders known as "olms" inhabit the Karst underground systems along the Mediterranean Sea. Adapted exclusively to underground environment, which is denoted by complete darkness and lack of nutrients, they have developed an ability to survive for long periods without or with very little food. Since they are predators living mainly on avertebral pray, containing chitin, their microbial gut symbionts are most likely crucially involved in their nutrition. However, such possibilities have not yet been investigated intensely. Here we describe the first attempts to reveal the structure of the microbial community inhabiting of the olm's gut by traditional culturing and molecular biology approach. The gut contents of the animals from the "Planinska jama" underground Karst cave located in the South West of Slovenia were used for total microbial DNA isolation and subsequently the 16S ribosomal RNA genes were amplified using conserved bacterial and archaeal oligonucleotide primers. The randomly selected clones containing inserted amplicons were sequenced at Marogen Inc. Our Bernard LEBRETON & Jean-Pierre BESSON Créé le : 01.01.2010 Modifié le : 30.06.2010 efforts to amplify the acrhaeal 16S rRNA genes were not successful. The comparative sequence analysis of the bacterial part of the community displayed a rather unusual structure, however, with more than 80% of the retrieved sequences belonging to representatives of the bacterial phylum Firmicutes and within them to the genus Peptostreptococcus Incertae Sedis of the clostridial class. The rest of the sequences were assigned to Firmicutes too, mainly to the genus Clostridium and to unclassified Clostridiales. The closest hits in RDP databank were sequences from uncultured bacteria from the gut contents of various animals. Several pure cultures were already retrieved which posses chitinolytic activity. The specificity of the olm's gut microbiota structure coincides well with the uniqueness of its host, of the host's environment and nutritional particularity. http://www.icsb2010.net/ ÁVILA-FLORES (R.), 2010. Resource selection by slow- and fast-flying insectivorous bats in a heavily urbanized landscape:91-92. In: 15 th International Bat Research Conference, Prague, 22-27 August 2010, the conference manual: Programme, abstracts, list of participants, edited by: Ivan HORÁČEK and Petr BENDA, ISBN 978-80- 87154-46-5, 380 p. ABS: An acoustic bat monitoring conducted in Mexico City in 2002 suggested that fast- and slow-flying insectivorous species exhibited different patterns of habitat use while foraging in the urban landscape. Based on a limited number of species detected, it was apparent that molossids were the most successful species in the city, presumably because the high flight altitude associated with fast flight would allow them to have access to virtually any place in the city. Small vespertilionids, on the other hand, seemed to be restricted to large vegetated areas within the urban landscape (large parks) or off the city. In this study, I use historical records of bats collected in the Mexico City area (
© Biospeologica Bibliographia Publications 2010-1 Page 7 sur 116 Astrobiology, 1, Volume 13, Red Algae in the Genomic Age, Part 4, Pages 427-439. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3795-4_23. ABS: Caves represent an interesting habitat for searching life in extreme environments, since they offer a stable protected environment from harsh and changing outside prevailing conditions. Here we report that in a coastal cave of the hyperarid Atacama Desert, a member of the ancient eukaryote red algae Cyanidium group was found forming a seemingly monospecific biofilm growing under extremely low photon flux levels. Our work suggests that this species, Cyanidium sp. Atacama, is a new member of a recently proposed novel monophyletic lineage of mesophilic "cave" Cyanidium sp., distinct from the remaining three other lineages which are all thermo-acidophilic. The cave described here may be acting as an evolutionary island for life in the midst of the Atacama. KW: Cave Cyanidium, Atacama Desert, red algae, Mars analogs. BAČKOR (P.), 2010. Abandoned old mines in the Central Slovakia: Important bat hibernation sites. Poster 65:71. In: 15 th International Bat Research Conference, Prague, 22- 27 August 2010, the conference manual: Programme, abstracts, list of participants, edited by: Ivan HORÁČEK and Petr BENDA, ISBN 978-80-87154-46-5, 380 p. BAČKOR (P.), 2010. Abandoned old mines in the Central Slovakia: Important bat hibernation sites:95. In: 15 th International Bat Research Conference, Prague, 22-27 August 2010, the conference manual: Programme, abstracts, list of participants, edited by: Ivan HORÁČEK and Petr BENDA, ISBN 978-80-87154-46-5, 380 p. ABS: The mountains of the Banská Bystrica region (48°43'N, 19°08'E) represented very important copper deposit (Špania dolina, Ľubietová and Osrblie) for the entire medieval Europe of the 14-16 th centuries. Mining was abandoned at these sites approximately 200 years ago and some of the mines serve as bat hibernacula. Altitudinal distribution of these hibernation sites range from 440 to 850 m a. s. l. The analysed data were obtained in January and February (usually winter census) and cover a seven-year period (2003-2010). Altogether 714 inds. of 11 bat species (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, Myotis bechsteinii, M. blythii, M. myotis, M. mystacinus, M. brandtii, M. daubentonii, M. emarginatus, Barbastella barbastellus, Plecotus auritus, and P. austriacus) were recorded hibernating in seven old mines (mine length 50-1500 m). This number represents 39.3% of the bat fauna of Slovakia (n=28). The predominant species were R. hipposideros (d=69.6%; F=26.1%) and M. myotis (d=22.7%; F=13.0%). Barbastella barbastellus also ranked among abundant bats (d=3.8%; F=4.3%). With respect to the population trend of predominant species a moderate increase (r 2 =0.664; p=0.073) was recorded. The main threat to the hibernating bats represent mineral collectors as the mines are type sites for three minerals. BAČKOR (P.), UHRIN (M.), VIŠŇOVSKÁ (Z.), URBAN (P.) & GRESCH (A.), 2010. Preh'ad nálezov netopierov (Chiroptera) a chiropterologická bibliografia Národného parku Nízke Tatry (stredné Slovensko) [Review of bat records (Chiroptera) and chiropterological bibliography of the Nízke Tatry National Park (Central Slovakia)]. Vespertilio 13/14:3-34. ABS: Altogether 20 bat species were recorded in the Nízke Tatry National Park (Nízke Tatry Mts., Lower Tatra Mts.), including the buffer zone and adjacent areas in 1996-2010. The results include 621 bat records from the winter period and 129 records from the summer period. In total, 399 localities with bat occurrence were recorded: 123 new or unpublished, 218 published and 58 osteological sites. The main method of research (85% of the records) was winter census in hibernacula (caves, old mines, house basement, etc.). Additional methods included bat detecting, census in summer roosts and netting. The following species were found: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, Myotis bechsteinii, M. blythii, M. myotis, M. brandtii, M. mystacinus, M. daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. emarginatus, M. nattereri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Nyctalus noctula, Eptesicus nilssonii, E. serotinus, Vespertilio murinus, Barbastella barbastellus, Plecotus auritus, and P. austriacus. They make up 71.1% of the bat fauna of Slovakia. Altitudinal distribution of the sites was between 375 and 1510 m a. s. l. (range 1135 m). The dominant species were Myotis myotis (65.7%), Rhinolophus hipposideros (15.1%) and bats of the Myotis mystacinus complex (7.8%). Myotis myotis showed also the highest frequency of observations (22.7%), followed by Rhinolophus Bernard LEBRETON & Jean-Pierre BESSON Créé le : 01.01.2010 Modifié le : 30.06.2010 hipposideros with 22.3%, and Eptesicus nilssonii with 10.0%. In the study area, we confirmed nursery colonies (mostly in the loft spaces) of the following species: Rhinolophus hipposideros, Myotis myotis, M. blythii, M. emarginatus, and Vespertilio murinus. The northern part of the Nízke Tatry Mts. (mainly the Demänovské jaskyne Cave System) is an important hibernation area of Eptesicus nilssonii and bats of the Myotis mystacinus complex in Slovakia. A complete bibliography of the literature on bats of the Nízke Tatry Mts. is added: altogether 101 published and 20 unpublished papers were gathered. KW: Bats, faunistics, hibernacula, summer roosts, literary sources, Western Carpathians. http://www.ceson.org/publikace.php?p=13 BAEZA (J. A.), 2010. Observations on the sexual system and the natural history of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun, 1900). Invertebrate Biology 129(3, Summer):266-276. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744- 7410.2010.00200.x. ABS: The sexual system of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia rhizophorae is described, along with natural history observations on this unusual caridean. Individuals of M. rhizophorae in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama, were found occupying fossilized coral terraces in the upper and mid-intertidal zones, inhabiting caves and crevices, in and out of water. These fossilized coral terraces represent a new habitat for this species, which was previously reported only from mangrove swamps. Males, which made up 65% of the studied population, were smaller than females on average. No small juvenile females were observed, but transitional individuals having the characteristics of both males (gonopores) and females (ovaries) were observed in the population. These data suggest that individuals of M. rhizophorae are protandric hermaphrodites. Logistic regression indicated that the carapace length at which 50% of the individuals change sex is 4.89 mm. The abundance of shrimps at the study site was low. Shrimps were usually solitary, but occasionally observed in groups of ≤5 individuals. Shrimps were commonly observed walking while out of water, and in some cases, emerged shrimps jumped vigorously, presumably to avoid capture by the researcher or by predatory crabs. Additional studies on the reproductive biology and the behavioral ecology of members of this genus and of members of the closely related families Barbouridae and Lysmatidae will aid in understanding the evolutionary origin and the adaptive value of gender expression patterns in shrimps. KW: Sex allocation, sex ratio, protandry, Caridea. BALVÍN (O.) & VILÍMOVÁ (J.), 2010. Bat bugs of the family Cimicidae (Heteroptera):96-97. In: 15 th International Bat Research Conference, Prague, 22-27 August 2010, the conference manual: Programme, abstracts, list of participants, edited by: Ivan HORÁČEK and Petr BENDA, ISBN 978-80-87154-46-5, 380 p. ABS: The family Cimicidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) represents one of the principal groups of bat ectoparasites. The relation of a part of the species to birds or man is believed to be secondary. The cimicids are obligatorily haematophagous and exhibit a specific host exploitation behavior: both adults and larvae of Cimicidae stay on the body of their host only when feeding, the rest of the time they hide nearby. Using molecular and morphometric methods we study the phylogeography, taxonomy, population structure and ecology of the Cimex and Oeciacus species originally distributed mostly in the Holarctic region. In case of material available the phylogenetic study is planned to comprise the whole family. Based on sequences of two mitochondrial genes, we found a close relation between the species of the genus Oeciacus parasitizing birds from the family Hirundinidae and the species of the Cimex pipistrelli group that contains parasites of bats. The relations between particular taxa suggest that their evolution comprised multiple host switches from bats to swallows or the other way and that the morphological similarity of the taxa is associated rather with the host than their phylogeny. Based on the analysis of the same genes we found 21 mitochondrial haplotypes in the population of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, represented by 30 samples from man and 36 from bats collected in several European countries. Only one haplotype was shared between populations from man and from bats. The phylogenetic analyses revealed one supported clade comprising exclusively samples from bats. This suggests a large degree of isolation of the two subpopulations of the bed bug that may have persisted since the man left caves as his shelter shared with bats. The two subpopulations were found conspicuously distinct also morphologically. BANKS (E. D.), TAYLOR (N. M.), GULLEY (J.), LUBBERS (B. R.), GIARRIZO (J. G.), BULLEN (H. A.), HOEHLER (T. M.) & BARTON (H. A.), 2010.
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