Nonindigenous species (NIS) represent a threat to aquatic biodiversity worldwide. However,
freshwater ecosystems in drylands are potentially more prone to biological invasions than …

The Mediterranean area, from southern Balkans to western Maghreb, is inhabited by the
Potamon subgenus Euthelphusa, with three currently recognised species. The Maghrebian …

Abstract The copepod genus Tigriopus Norman, 1869 is distributed worldwide in coastal
rock pools and it is currently considered to include 14 valid species. Tigriopus fulvus …

An account on the non-malacostracan crustacean fauna from the inland waters of Crete,
Greece, with the synonymization of Arctodiaptomus piliger Brehm, 1955 with Arctodiaptomus …

Intense anthropogenic disturbance threatens temporary pond ecosystems and their
associated fauna across the Palearctic. Since fairy shrimps (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) are …

The fairy shrimp Branchinectella media, because of its passive dispersal capacity and
scarce and irregularly distributed habitats (temporary saline aquatic systems), is an …

Anostraca are known by their ability for long-distance dispersal, but the existence in several
species of deep, geographically structured mtDNA lineages suggests their populations are …

Temporary wetland ecosystems are common in arid and semi‐arid environments, and are
inhabited by diverse invertebrate communities. Little is known about the dynamics of genetic …

Pleistocene glaciations had a tremendous impact on the biota across the Palaearctic,
resulting in strong phylogeographic signals of range contraction and rapid postglacial …

Molecular analyses based on the comparison of Chirocephalus species mtDNA cytochrome
oxidase I (COI) sequences obtained from Algeria, Morocco and France with other available …