Response of shallow subterranean freshwater amphipods to habitat drying

By

Gilbert, Heather
Keany, Jenna
Culver, David C., 1944-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

28

Pages

15-28

Subjects

Adaptation to desiccation , burrowing , Crangonyx shoemakeri , Gammarus minus , Hypotelminorheic , shallow subterranean habitats , Stygobromus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.28.30700

 

Abstract

The ability of three amphipods that occupy shallow subterranean habitats in the lower Potomac Basin of the US (hypotelminorheic), which often dry out seasonally, to withstand desiccation by burrowing in clay was investigated. Both Crangonyxshoemakeri, a wetland species, and Stygobromustenuis, a subterranean species, burrowed in clay in the laboratory after surface water was removed. Gammarusminus, a spring species, did not. All three species exhibited behavioral changes as the habitat dried out.