The holometabolous insect order Trichoptera (caddisflies) includes more known species
than all of the other primarily aquatic orders of insects combined. They are distributed …

Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a
timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …

The Triassic represented an important period that witnessed the diversification of marine
and terrestrial ecosystems. The radiations of terrestrial plants and vertebrates during this …

Plastic pollution is present in aquatic systems worldwide. While numerous studies have
investigated microplastic interactions with marine organisms, microplastic effects on …

Fjords are considered biodiversity hotspots and aquatic critical zones, being extremely
sensitive to climate change due to close oceanic, terrestrial, and glacial interactions. These …

Abstract Here, the Lower Permian, post-glacial fossiliferous Lontras black shales from the
Paraná Basin (southern Brazil) are studied using integrated palynological, geochemical and …

Grounding-line fans and their associated supercritical-flow bedforms are still poorly
recognized in the upper Paleozoic glacial record. In order to fill this gap and to explore the …

A diverse and exceptionally preserved fossil association occurs in Campáleo Outcrop black
shales of the upper Itararé Group, correlated to the Lontras Member, considered …

Abstract The Lontras Shale is a fossil site located in Mafra, Santa Catarina, south of Brazil.
This Late Paleozoic (Pennsilvanian-Cisularian) stratum holds an important place with great …

Species' ecological preferences are often deduced from habitat characteristics thought to
represent more or less optimal conditions for physiological functioning. Evolution has led to …