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A Checklist and Annotated Bibliography of the Subterranean Aquatic Fauna of Texas
A CHECKLIST AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SUBTERRANEAN AQUATIC FAUNA OF TEXAS JAMES R. REDDELL and ROBERT W. MITCHELL Texas Technological College WATER RESOURCES \ CENTER Lubbock, Texas WRC 69-6 INTERNATIONAL CENTER for ARID and August 1969 SEMI-ARID LAND STUDIES A CHECKLIST AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SUBTERRANEAN AQUATIC FAUNA OF TEXAS James R. Reddell and Robert W. Mitchell Department of Biology Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas INTRODUCTION In view of the ever-increasing interest in all studies relating to the water resources of Texas, we have found it timely to prepare this guide to the fauna and biological literature of our subterranean waters. The value of such a guide has already been demonstrated by Clark (1966) in his "Publications, Personnel, and Government Organizations Related to the Limnology, Aquatic Biology and Ichthyology of the Inland Waters of Texas". This publication dea ls primarily with inland surface waters, however, barely touching upon the now rather extensive literature which has accumulated on the biology of our subterranean waters. To state a n obvious fact, it is imperative that our underground waters receive the attention due them. They are one of our most important resources. Those subterranean waters for which biological data exi st are very un equally distributed in the state. The best known are those which are acces sible to collection and study via the entrances of caves. Even in cavernous regions there exist inaccessible deep aquifers which have yielded little in formation as yet. Biological data from the underground waters of non-cave rn ous areas are virtually non-existant. -
AN ENUMERATION of the CRUSTACEA DECAPODA NATANTIA INHABITING SUBTERRANEAN WATERS L.-B Holthuis
AN ENUMERATION OF THE CRUSTACEA DECAPODA NATANTIA INHABITING SUBTERRANEAN WATERS L.-B Holthuis To cite this version: L.-B Holthuis. AN ENUMERATION OF THE CRUSTACEA DECAPODA NATANTIA INHABIT- ING SUBTERRANEAN WATERS. Vie et Milieu , Observatoire Océanologique - Laboratoire Arago, 1956, 7 (1), pp.43-76. hal-02748877 HAL Id: hal-02748877 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02748877 Submitted on 3 Jun 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. AN ENUMERATION OF THE CRUSTACEA DECAPODA NATANTIA INHABITING SUBTERRANEAN WATERS par L.-B. HOLTHUIS Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historié, Leiden, Holland The présent paper provides a list of the macrurous Decapod Crustacea, belonging to the supersection Natantia, that have been found in subterranean waters. The number of such species is quite small, being somewhat more than 40 in ail. Of thèse only part are actual troglobic forms, i.e. animais that are only known from caves and have not, or only incidentally, been found in waters that are exposed to daylight. A second group is formed by species that normally live in surface waters and only occasionally are met with in subterranean habitats. No sharp line can be drawn between thèse two catégories, the more so as at présent still extremely little is known of the biology and of the ecology of most of the species. -
Ned E. Strenth, Ph.D. PRESENT POSITION
CURRICULUM VITAE 15 January 2018 NAME: Ned E. Strenth, Ph.D. PRESENT POSITION: Professor of Biology Department of Biology Angelo State University San Angelo, Texas 76909 Phone 325.486.6647 FAX 325.942.2229 E-mail: [email protected] BIOGRAPHICAL: Born - Somerville, Mass. Married, no children 3970 Townview Lane San Angelo, Texas 76901 Home Phone 325.949.5573 U.S. Army 1962-1965 EDUCATION: 1968 B.A., University of Texas Austin, Texas Zoology 1970 M.A., Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, Texas Biology 1974 Ph.D., Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Zoology HONORS: Beta Beta Beta Phi Sigma Fellow of the Texas Academy of Science (1982) Past-President of the Texas Academy of Science (1994-95) OTHER: Current Associate Editor of the Texas Journal of Science. Also peer review manuscripts for the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Journal of Crustacean Biology, The Veliger, Southwestern Naturalist, Texas Journal of Science, Journal of Paleontology, Florida Museum of Natural History and Acta Zoológica Mexicana. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Arachnological Society Sociedad Mexicana de Malacología y American Malacological Society Conquiliología Biological Society of Washington Society of Systematic Biology Crustacean Society Southwestern Association of Naturalists International Speleological Union Texas Academy of Science International Phycological Society RESEARCH INTEREST Freshwater crustaceans, land snails and freshwater bivalves of Texas and northern Mexico and sea hares of the western Gulf of Mexico. PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS Sissom, S. L., and Strenth, N. E., 1970. The developmental stages of Eulimnadia texana. American Zoologist, Vol. 10(4) (Abs.):542. Strenth, N. E., and Sissom, S. L., 1971. -
Stygobitic Fauna of the San Anatonio Pool of the Edwards Aquifer
1707 W. FM 1626 Manchaca, Texas 78652 www.zaraenvironmental.com FAUNA OF WELLS NEAR THE SALINE WATER LINE OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, TEXAS In line barrel sampler on an irrigation well in Bexar County, Texas. Prepared for: Edwards Aquifer Authority 1615 N. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78215 Revised 5 February 2020 Abstract Zara Environmental LLC, funded by the Edwards Aquifer Authority, sampled over 21,000 ac-ft of water from 41 wells within 8 km of the saline water line between 2008 and 2014 in an attempt to gain insight to the current status and distribution of organisms in the deep portions of the Edwards Aquifer. This is the second major sampling effort in the deep portions of the Edwards Aquifer, the first one having been completed more than thirty years ago. We attempted to re- locate wells known to have historically produced stygobitic fauna; however, most could not be definitively located. Twelve sites ranging from 111 to 652 m deep yielded invertebrate fauna, including 22 unique taxa in eight orders. Nearly every taxonomic record represents a new site locality for a rare species, and the collection efforts yielded a new species of copepod (Diacyclops sp.); an order of fauna (Bathynellacea) previously unknown from the Edwards Aquifer; and three new localities for the toothless blindcat, Trogloglanis pattersoni, one of which represents a 6 km range extension to the southwest. We collected representative material from 14 specimens of toothless blindcat from three wells, including entire intact specimens at one site and bones at the other two. Although collecting efforts for this study far exceeded historical collecting efforts, neither live blindcats nor material representing the widemouth blindcat, Satan eurystomus, was collected. -
Final Report for Deep Aquifer Biota Study of the Edwards Aquifer
1707 W. FM 1626 Manchaca, Texas 78652 www.zaraenvironmental.com FINAL REPORT FOR DEEP AQUIFER BIOTA STUDY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER Prepared for: Edwards Aquifer Authority 1615 N. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, TX 78215 30 December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5 Project Logistics ...................................................................................................... 5 Project Development ............................................................................................... 5 Sample Location Criteria ....................................................................................... 6 Edwards Aquifer Fauna Sampling .............................................................................. 7 Methods ................................................................................................................. 8 Locating Sample Sites ............................................................................................. 8 Establishing Landowner Agreements (Well Letters) .................................................. 8 Biological Sampling Procedures ............................................................................... 11 Trapping Methods .............................................................................................. 11 Specimen Collection and Identification -
San Marcos Salamander Critical Habitat Was Designated July 14, 1980
United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 10711 Burnet Road, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78758 (512) 490-0057 JAN 11 2008 Consultation No. 21450-2007-F-0056 Mark. A. Pohlmeier, Colonel Department of the Air Force HQ AETC/A7C 266 F Street West Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4319 Dear Colonel Pohlmeier: This is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) biological opinion based on our review of the effects of ongoing Edwards aquifer (Balcones Fault Zone) well withdrawals by the Department of Defense (DoD) on listed threatened and endangered species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act). The groundwater withdrawals support the existing and future missions at the following Department of Defense (DoD) military installations in Bexar County, Texas: (1) Fort Sam Houston, (2) Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), and (3) Randolph AFB (Figure 1). Species evaluated for effects are the following: (1) Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana), (2) Peck’s cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki), (3) Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis), (4) Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis), (5) San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei), (6) fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), (7) San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana), and (8) Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni). We evaluated effects to designated critical habitat of the following species: Texas wild-rice, fountain darter, San Marcos gambusia, San Marcos salamander, Peck’s cave amphipod, Comal Springs dryopid beetle, and Comal Springs riffle beetle. Brooks City-Base also uses water from the Edwards aquifer. However, DoD did not want to include it in this consultation. -
Observations on the Biology of the Endangered Stygobiotic Shrimp Palaemonias Alabamae, with Notes on P. Ganteri (Decapoda: Atyidae)
Subterranean Biology 8: 9-20, 2010 (2011) Stygobiotic shrimp Palaemonias alabamae 9 doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.8.1226 Observations on the biology of the endangered stygobiotic shrimp Palaemonias alabamae, with notes on P. ganteri (Decapoda: Atyidae) John E. COOPER (1,*), Martha Riser COOPER (2) (1) North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Lab, 4301 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27607, U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected] (2) 209 Lynwood Lane, Raleigh, NC 27609, U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected] *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Palaemonias alabamae is endemic to subterranean waters in northern Alabama. Its type locality is Shelta Cave, Madison County, and ostensibly conspecifi c shrimps have been found in Bobcat and two other caves. Pollution and other factors may have extirpated the shrimp from the type locality. In Shelta Cave the species is smaller than the shrimp in Bobcat Cave and P. ganteri in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Adult female P. alabamae (s.s.) and P. ganteri are larger than males. Female P. alabamae with visible oocytes or, rarely, attached ova, were observed from July through January in Shelta Cave. Each female there produces 8 to 12 large ova, whereas females of the population in Bobcat Cave produce 20 to 24 ova, and P. ganteri produces 14 to 33 ova. Plankton samples taken in Shelta and Mammoth caves yielded nothing identifi able as zoea or postlarvae. Palaemonias alabamae and P. ganteri usually feed by fi ltering bottom sediments through their mouthparts, but both sometimes feed upside down at the water’s surface. Although there is some overlap, the compositions of the aquatic communities in Shelta and Mammoth caves differ, and there are some major dif- ferences among the Alabama shrimp caves. -
An Enumeration of the Crustacea Decapoda Natantia Inhabiting Subterranean Waters
/ s £ Qtaam m !957 CTttSW^ AN ENUMERATION OF THE CRUSTACEA DECAPODA NATANTIA INHABITING SUBTERRANEAN WATERS par L.-B. HOLTHUIS Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Holland The present paper provides a list of the macrurous Decapod Crustacea, belonging to the supersection Natantia, that have been found in subterranean waters. The number of such species is quite small, being somewhat more than 40 in all. Of these only part are actual troglobic forms, i.e. animals that are only known from caves and have not, or only incidentally, been found in waters that are exposed to daylight. A second group is formed by species that normally live in surface waters and only occasionally are met with in subterranean habitats. No sharp line can be drawn between these two categories, the more so as at present still extremely little is known of the biology and of the ecology of most of the species. Nevertheless it was thought useful to try and make in the present paper a distinction between these two groups, of each of which a separate list is given enumerating the species in systematic order. In the first list the true troglobic forms are dealt with, the second contains those species which must be ranged under the incidental visitors of subterranean waters. Of the species placed in list I a complete synonymy is given, while also all the localities whence the species has been reported are enumerated. Furthermore remarks are made on the ecology and biology of the animals as far as these are known. In the second list only those references are cited that deal with specimens found in subterranean waters, while also some notes on the ecology of the animals and the general distribution of the species are provided. -
Bibliography of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas, Through 1993
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, TEXAS, THROUGH 1993 Compiled by Julie A. Menard U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 95-336 Prepared in support of a study by the CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN WATER RESOURCES, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Austin, Texas 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gordon P. Eaton, Director Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from: U.S. Geological Survey Earth Science Information Center District Chief Open-File Reports Section U.S. Geological Survey Box 25286, Mail Stop 517 8011 Cameron Rd. Denver Federal Center Austin, TX 78754-3898 Denver, CO 80225-0046 CONTENTS Abstract .................................................................................................................^^ 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................^^ 1 Purpose and Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 1 Description of the Edwards Aquifer ......................................................................................................................... 1 Sources of Related Information ............................................................................................................................... -
Note on the Species of Palaemonetes (Crustacea Decapoda) Found in the United States of America
KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSCHE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN Note on the Species of Palaemonetes (Crustacea Decapoda) found in the United States of America BY L. B. HOLTHUIS INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY/ Crustacea Reprinted from Proceedings Vol. LII, No. 1, 1949 1949 NORTH-HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY (N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Mij.) AMSTERDAM CARDED Zoology* — Note on the Species of Palaemonetes (Crustacea Decapoda) found in the United States of America, By L, B. HOLTHUIS. (Com- municated by Prof. H. BOSCHMA.) (Communicated at the meeting of December 18, 1948.) During a year's stay at the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., the American Palaemonid material of this institute as well as tihat of the Allan Hancock Foundation at Los Angeles, Calif, was studied for a revision of the American species of this family. As it probably will be some time before this revision is published, it was thought advisable to give a preliminary account of the species of the genus Palaemonetes occurring in the U.S.A. Up till now namely a large confusion existed in the conception of the taxonomic status of the various American species of this genus, while these species are very common in fresh, brackish, and salt waters of (the U.S.A. and often are studied for their life history or mentioned in connection with faunistic or ecological studies. Of all species dealt with here a short diagnosis is given, accompanied by some figures and an indication of the range of distribution. A key to the forms precedes the treatment of the separate species. More extensive descriptions and more detailed informatioii as to the occurrence will be given in the forthcoming revision of the American Palaemonidae. -
USGS Open-File Report 99-243
districtcover_5.fm Page 1 Tuesday, February 13, 2001 12:09 PM A contribution of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program Stream and Aquifer Biology of South-Central Texas—A Literature Review, 1973–97 Open-File Report 99–243 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Cover: Spotted gar in San Marcos Springs. (Photograph by Dan Misiaszek, San Marcos Area Recovery Team.) U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Stream and Aquifer Biology of South-Central Texas—A Literature Review, 1973–97 By Robert T. Ourso and C. Evan Hornig U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 99–243 A contribution of the National-Water Quality Assessment Program Austin, Texas 2000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bruce Babbitt, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Charles G. Groat, Director Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. For additional information write to District Chief U.S. Geological Survey 8027 Exchange Dr. Austin, TX 78754–4733 E-mail: [email protected] Copies of this report can be purchased from U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Information Services Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225–0286 E-mail: [email protected] ii CONTENTS Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... -
31295013264949.Pdf (4.431Mb)
A PHYLOGENETIC STUDY OF THE SHRIMP GENUS Palaemonetes HeUer 1869 FROM NORTH AMERICA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA) by JAMES THOMAS COLLINS, B.B.A., M.S. A DISSERTATION IN ZOOLOGY Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved August, 1998 T "i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS V J j ^ I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Marilyn A. Houck. As r ^ n chair of my committee, she provided guidance, encouragement, and enthusiasm ' throughout the course of my work in her lab. And also to Dr. Houck, a very special thank you for the long hours spent helping me in the preparation of this manuscript. I would like to thank Dr. Ned E. Strenth for introducing me to the genus Palaemonetes, and for his help and guidance over the years as I struggled to understand this group of decapods. To Dr. Richard E. Strauss, thank you for the computer programs necessary for the analysis of my data. I also wish to thank Dr. Llewellyn D. Densmore EQ and Dr. Michael R. Willig, both of whom provided support and guidance through the course of this study. I would like to express my appreciation to N. E. Strenth, H. L. McCutchen, and S. Jasper for the loan of specimens fi^om then- personal collections. I would also like to thank R. Manning for arranging for the visit to the Smithsonian and sending the specimens to Texas Tech University. I thank G. Longley for permission to collect fi"om the artesian well on campus at Southwest Texas State University.