Monitoring of biota is pivotal for the assessment and conservation of ecosystems.
Environments worldwide are being continuously and increasingly exposed to multiple …

Coastal aquifers are vital water sources for humanity. Their quality and the ecosystem
services they provide depend on the integrity of their subterranean biota. However, current …

The climatic variability hypothesis predicts the evolution of species with wide thermal
tolerance ranges in environments with variable temperatures, and the evolution of thermal …

Groundwater is a crucial resource for humans and the environment, but its global human
demand currently exceeds available volumes by 3.5 times. Climate change is expected to …

Metabolic rate has long been used in animal adaptation and performance studies, and
individual oxygen consumption is used as proxy of metabolic rate. Stygofauna are …

Subterranean habitats are generally very stable environments, and as such evolutionary
transitions of organisms from surface to subterranean lifestyles may cause considerable …

Understanding the profound influence of climatic and tectonic histories on adaptation and
speciation is a crucial focus in biology research. While voyages like Humboldt's expedition …

Groundwater biota are crucial for the ecological functioning of subterranean ecosystems.
However, while knowledge of the taxonomic diversity of groundwater invertebrates …

In the context of global warming, heat stress poses a threat to aquatic organisms. In the
present study, a comprehensive analysis in hepatopancreas from Procambarus clarkii was …

The integration of multiple lines of evidence in the delimitation of taxa is becoming the gold
standard in modern taxonomy and systematics. However, multi-layered taxonomy is still …