Springs are relevant environments from an ecological point of view. The microhabitat‐
mosaic structure of these ecotones often harbors high biodiversity. Due to the temperature …

Four perennial rheocrene springs located between 919 and 1252 m asl on substrata
characterized by different lithologies were studied. Water samples and invertebrates were …

Subterranean habitats are among the less known terrestrial habitats, but can reveal an
unexpected biodiversity, and can play an underestimated role for amphibians. The fire …

There are about 130 nonmarine free-living freshwater ostracods in 46 genera reported so far
from Turkey. Almost half (47%) of these species in about 24 genera is belonged to one …

Within the CRENODAT project (Biodiversity assessment and integrity evaluation of springs
of Trentino-Italian Alps-and longterm ecological research, 2004-2008) we studied a total of …

Springs are amongst the most relevant Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs) and
are key research environments in freshwater ecology and biology. The strict dependency on …

Among crustaceans, numerous aquatic species are obligate groundwater-dwellers, ie,
stygobionts; their most common adaptations are the absence of eyes and a general …

We present an updated checklist of non-marine ostracods from Italy. Data were obtained
from the published literature up to April 2013 and new collections carried out in 18 out of 20 …

Springs are considered relatively stable aquatic environments and possible thermal refugia
for cold-adapted taxa under climate change. However, permanent and pristine spring fens in …

Ecological characteristics of 32 nonmarine ostracod taxa collected from 89 aquatic habitats
of Erzincan (Turkey) during the summer of 2006 were evaluated. All of the species are new …