Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and
providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater …

For several hundred years, farming in the Po Plain of Italy (46,000 km 2, 20 million
inhabitants) has been supported by intensive surface irrigation with lake and river water …

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 …

Hydrogeological maps must synthesize scientific knowledge about the hydraulic features
and the hydrogeological behavior of a specific area, and, at the same time, they must meet …

In the Po River Plain, nitrogen surplus in permeable soils results in elevated downward
nitrogen fluxes, mostly as nitrate. Lowland springs, aligned along interfaces between gravel …

Abstract In the Parma Functional Urban Area, hydro-geo-ecology was investigated through
an interdisciplinary approach, with emphasis on the shallow aquifer system. The study …

Sampling between 1999 and 2007 of the recent ostracod fauna of Lake Biwa, an ancient
lake located in Japan, produced ten Cyprididae and one Ilyocyprididae species. One …

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 …

ABSTRACT From August 1981 to July 2007, 200 inland water bodies were sampled to
gather information on the Recent ostracod fauna of Friuli Venezia Giulia (NE Italy). A total of …

We report the results of a study carried out in 2002 on the main limnological characteristics
and on the ostracod communities of 16 wetlands of the Parco Oglio Sud (Northern Italy) …