Lakes and ponds are scattered on Earth's surface as islands in the ocean. The organisms
inhabiting these ecosystems have thus developed strategies to pass the barrier represented …

The brine shrimp Artemia is a micro-crustacean, well adapted to the harsh conditions that
severely hypersaline environments impose on survival and reproduction. Adaptation to …

High morphological plasticity in populations of brine shrimp subjected to different
environmental conditions, mainly salinity, hindered for centuries the identification of the …

Recent findings hint at the potential importance of mammals affecting the spatial dynamics of
aquatic organisms in areas where mammals live in close association with water. Perhaps …

The combined analysis of neutral and adaptive genetic variation is crucial to reconstruct the
processes driving population genetic structure in the wild. However, such combined analysis …

Filter-feeding organisms are often keystone species with a major influence on the dynamics
of aquatic ecosystems. Studies of filtering rates in such taxa are therefore vital in order to …

Since Darwin's time, waterbirds have been considered an important vector for the dispersal
of continental aquatic invertebrates. Bird movements have facilitated the worldwide invasion …

This Ph. D. study presents an experimental investigation on the effect of binary, ternary and
quartet combinations of fly ash (FA), silica fume (SF), ground granulated blast furnace slag …

A conceptual model for anostracan biogeography based on the “Monopolisation
Hypothesis” and the “Theory of Island Biogeography” is discussed and presented. In this …

Cyclestheria hislopi is thought to be the only extant species of Cyclestherida. It is the sister
taxon of all Cladocera and displays morphological characteristics intermediate of …