Ecology Summary - Trichomycterus sketi

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Main Ref.	Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2010
Remarks	The collection site (Cueva del Indio) is located 7 km south of the municipio La Paz on the east side of Serranía de los Yariguíes at 2200 meters above sea level in departamento de Santander, Colombia. The entrance to the cave is not connected to an epigean stream and covered by cloud forest and some swampy bottomland. The cave is fed by water jets which percolate through the ceiling near the entrance and flow inwards. Among its 860+ m of explored passages are found many galleries formed by gently sloped tunnels and passageways. During the dry season, isolated sump pools in each gallery were observed. The bottom of the wells is rocky and contains much sediment composed chiefly of bat excrement. Aside from bats, the cave is inhabited by crickets and gastropods and some cydnid bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and Diptera were found inside the wells. Water temperature during sampling was 15 °C, cave temperature was 17.5 °C (Ref. 87778).

Main Ref.

Castellanos-Morales, C.A., 2010

Remarks

The collection site (Cueva del Indio) is located 7 km south of the municipio La Paz on the east side of Serranía de los Yariguíes at 2200 meters above sea level in departamento de Santander, Colombia. The entrance to the cave is not connected to an epigean stream and covered by cloud forest and some swampy bottomland. The cave is fed by water jets which percolate through the ceiling near the entrance and flow inwards. Among its 860+ m of explored passages are found many galleries formed by gently sloped tunnels and passageways. During the dry season, isolated sump pools in each gallery were observed. The bottom of the wells is rocky and contains much sediment composed chiefly of bat excrement. Aside from bats, the cave is inhabited by crickets and gastropods and some cydnid bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and Diptera were found inside the wells. Water temperature during sampling was 15 °C, cave temperature was 17.5 °C (Ref. 87778).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Trichomycterus sketi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
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Feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
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