A practical guide for the husbandry of cave and surface invertebrates as the first step in establishing new model organisms
Table 2
Summary table of cave and surface invertebrates that were successfully maintained in laboratory for this study.
We included species that were either breeding or had high survival as adults in laboratory environment. A complete list of all species and sampling sites used in this study with comments on survival and culturing success per site is given in S1 Table. Scores low (L), medium (M), and high (H) for survival of the wild individuals in the lab and for survival of offspring denotes <20%, 20–80% and >80% of individuals surviving, respectively. Frequency of reproduction is defined as >1 or <1 per year.