The biology of hypogean fishes
Hypogean (cave, artesian) fishes have fascinated researchers even before they were described in the scientific literature in 1842. Since then, a number of scientists have used them to justify their own evolutionary ideas, from neo-Lamarckism to neo-Darwin
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Series Editor EUGENE K. BALON
The biology of hypogean fishes Guest Editor: Aldemaro Romero
Reprinted from Environmental biology offishes, Volume 62 (1-3), 2001 with addition of species and subject index
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Springer-Science+Business Media, B.Y.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the library of Congress
Cover design by Eugene K. Balon using posterior portion of Amhlyopsis rosae and Typhlichthys suhterraneus by Loubna Bennis in the respective Threatened fishes of the world one pagers of Aldemaro Romero (Env. BioI. Fish. 52: 434 and 53: 74). The logo designed by Christine Flegler-Balon, based on an idea of Emma Spertus Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 978-90-481-5848-5 ISBN 978-94-015-9795-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-9795-1 All Rights Reserved ©2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 200 I. Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 2001 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
CONTENTS
An introduction to the special volume on the biology of hypogean fishes, by A. Romero It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world, by A. Romero & K.M. Paulson Scientists prefer them blind: the history of hypogean fish research, by A. Romero Nontroglobitic fishes in Bruffey-Hills Creek Cave, West Virginia, and other caves worldwide, by W.J. Poly
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Part 1. Anatomy, physiology and behavior
The mechanosensory lateral line system of the hypogean form of Astyanax fasciatus, by J.C. Montgomery, S. Coombs & C.F. Baker Metabolie rate and natural history of Ozark cavefish, Amb/yopsis rosae, in Logan Cave, Arkansas, by G.L. Adams & J.E. Johnson Locomotory responses of the cave cyprinid Phreatichthys andruzzii to chemical signals from conspecifics and related species: new findings, by R. Berti & L. Zorn Responses to light in epigean and hypogean populations of Gambusia affinis (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), by M.M. Camassa Temporal organization in locomotor activity of the hypogean loach, Nemacheilus evezardi, and its epigean ancestor, by A. K. Pati
Part 2. Ecology and conservation Ecology of subterranean fishes: an overview, by E. Trajano Population biology and growth of Ozark cavefish in Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas, by J.Z. Brown & J.E. Johnson Threatened fishes of the wor/d: Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs, 1938) (Synbranchidae), by R. Medina-Gonza/ez, G. Proud/ove, L. Chumba-Segura & T. /lifte How hydrogeology has shaped the ecology of Missouri's Ozark cavefish, Amb/yopsis rosae, and southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: insights on the sightless from understanding the underground, by D.B. Noltie & C.M. Wicks Habitat and population data of troglobitic armored
