Diatoms, a unique group of algae colonising a wide range of aquatic habitats and
contributing to human well-being in many ways. We list and summarise these services using …

Alien species are a significant threat to natural ecosystems and human economies. Despite
global efforts to address this challenge, the documented number of alien species is rapidly …

The use of semi‐isolated habitats such as oceanic islands, lakes and mountain summits as
model systems has played a crucial role in the development of evolutionary and ecological …

To date, the highly adapted cave microbial communities are challenged by the expanding
anthropization of these subterranean habitats. Although recent advances in characterizing …

The review summarizes the available knowledge on toxins and their producers from rather
disparate algal assemblages of aeroterrestrial, airborne and other versatile extreme …

We provide the first overview on spiders living in subterranean habitats in Europe, including
the first European subterranean spider checklist. In Europe, there are 486 spider species …

While microbial communities in limestone caves across the world are relatively understood,
knowledge of the microbial composition in lava tubes is lagging behind. These caves are …

In recent decades, show caves have begun to suffer from microorganism proliferation due to
artificial lighting installations for touristic activity. In addition to the aesthetic problem, light …

Caves are ubiquitous subterranean voids, accounting for a still largely unexplored surface of
the Earth underground. Due to the absence of sunlight and physical segregation, caves are …

The proliferation of lampenflora is a major threat for the conservation of show caves, since
phototrophic organisms cause physical, chemical and aesthetic damage to speleothems. In …