Phylogeographical patterns shed light on evolutionary process in S outh A merica

AC Turchetto‐Zolet, F Pinheiro, F Salgueiro… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

Life in the fast lane: a review of rheophily in freshwater fishes

NK Lujan, KW Conway - … fishes: Ecology, evolution, and physiology of …, 2015 - Springer
Ecological opportunities and physical challenges of fast-water habitats have dramatically
shaped the evolution of freshwater fish lineages from a broad diversity of clades globally …

Aquatic community structure across an Andes‐to‐Amazon fluvial gradient

NK Lujan, KA Roach, D Jacobsen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Little is known about factors affecting the elevational and longitudinal zonation of
tropical Andean stream communities. We investigated epilithon, macroinvertebrate and fish …

A benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index for Chilean Mediterranean streams

P Fierro, I Arismendi, RM Hughes, C Valdovinos… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increased anthropogenic disturbances affecting streams worldwide have resulted in
declines of freshwater biodiversity. Mediterranean ecoregions are very sensitive to such …

DNA barcode data confirm new species and reveal cryptic diversity in Chilean Smicridea (Smicridea) (Trichoptera:Hydropsychidae)

SU Pauls, RJ Blahnik, X Zhou… - Journal of the North …, 2010 - journals.uchicago.edu
Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) sequence data have been both heralded and
scrutinized for their ability or lack thereof to discriminate among species for identification …

Revalidation of the Argentinian pouched lamprey Geotria macrostoma (Burmeister, 1868) with molecular and morphological evidence

C Riva-Rossi, DA Barrasso, C Baker, AP Quiroga… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background The Argentinian pouched lamprey, classified as Petromyzon macrostomus
Burmeister, 1868 was first described in 1867 in De La Plata River, in Buenos Aires …

Biogeography, habitat transitions and hybridization in a radiation of South American silverside fishes revealed by mitochondrial and genomic RAD data

LC Hughes, YP Cardoso, JA Sommer… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers and lake systems in the southern cone of South America have been widely
influenced by historical glaciations, carrying important implications for the evolution of …

Perils of Underestimating Species Diversity: Revisiting Systematics of Psammocambeva Catfishes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Paraíba do Sul Basin …

WJEM Costa, JL Mattos, PJ Vilardo, PF Amorim… - Taxonomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Psammocambeva, a subgenus of Trichomycterus ss, includes a clade endemic to south-
eastern Brazil, the Psammocambeva alpha-clade (PAC), containing species with similar …

Species tree analyses and speciation-based species delimitation support new species in the relict catfish family Diplomystidae and provide insights on recent glacial …

CP Muñoz-Ramírez, N Colin… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diplomystidae is an early-diverged family of freshwater catfish endemic to southern South
America. We have recently collected five juvenile specimens belonging to this family from …

Morphological Divergence Driven by Predation Environment within and between Species of Brachyrhaphis Fishes

SJ Ingley, EJ Billman, MC Belk, JB Johnson - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Natural selection often results in profound differences in body shape among populations
from divergent selective environments. Predation is a well-studied driver of divergence, with …