In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Groundwater fauna (stygofauna) comprises organisms that have adapted to the dark
subterranean environment over a course of thousands and millions of years, typically having …

Groundwater resources are increasingly exploited for industrial and agricultural purposes in
many arid/semi-arid regions globally. In order to gain a harmonious development among …

Groundwater resources are increasingly exploited for industrial and agricultural purposes in
many arid regions globally, it is urgent to gain the impact of the enhanced anthropogenic …

How anthropogenic stressors affect biodiversity is a central question in a changing world.
Subterranean ecosystems and their biodiversity are particularly vulnerable to change, yet …

Abstract The Kuye River basin lays in an economically and ecologically important area,
therefore, the groundwater quality issues are of growing concern in this semi-arid region. In …

Subterranean ecosystems are among the most widespread environments on Earth, yet we
still have poor knowledge of their biodiversity. To raise awareness of subterranean …

Conservation planning aimed at halting biodiversity loss has seldom focused on
groundwater environments due to the lack of suitable management tools and data. Using …

Groundwaters provide the vast majority of unfrozen freshwater resources on the planet, but
our knowledge of subsurface ecosystems is surprisingly limited. Stygofauna, or stygobionts …

Human-induced water level fluctuations (WLFs) are among the major pressures threatening
lake ecosystems. Their effect on meiobenthic species of the littoral zone has been poorly …