Groundwater Ecology and Evolution, Second Edition is designed to meet a multitude of audience needs. The state of the art in the discipline is provided by the articulation of six sections. The first three sections successively carry the reader into the basic attributes of groundwater ecosystems (section 1), the drivers and patterns of biodiversity (section 2), and the roles of organisms in groundwater ecosystems (section 3). The next two sections are devoted to evolutionary processes driving the acquisition of subterranean biological traits (section 4) and the way these traits are differently expressed among groundwater organisms (section 5). Finally, section 6 shows how knowledge acquired among multiple research fields (sections 1 to 5) is used to manage groundwater biodiversity and ecosystem services in the face of future groundwater resource use scenarios. Emphasis on the coherence and prospects of the whole book is given in the introduction and conclusion.
- Provides a modern synthesis of research dedicated to the study of groundwater biodiversity and ecosystems
- Bridges the gap between community ecology, evolution, and functional ecology, three research fields that have long been presented isolated from each other
- Explains how this trans-disciplinary integration of research contributes to understanding and managing of groundwater ecosystem functions
- Reveals the contribution of groundwater ecology and evolution in solving scientific questions well beyond the frontiers of groundwater systems
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-12-819120-0 (9780128191200)
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IntroductionSection 1: Setting the scene: groundwater as ecosystems1. Hydrodynamics and geomorphology of groundwater environments2. Classifying groundwater ecosystems3. Physical and biogeochemical processes of hyporheic exchange in alluvial rivers4. Ecological and evolutionary jargon in subterranean biology
Section 2: Drivers and patterns of groundwater biodiversity5. Groundwater biodiversity and constraints to biological distribution6. Patterns and determinants of richness and composition of the groundwater fauna7. Phylogenies reveal speciation dynamics: case studies from groundwater8. Dispersal and geographic range size in groundwater
Section 3: Roles of organisms in groundwater9. Microbial diversity and processes in groundwater10. Groundwater food webs11. Role of invertebrates in ecosystem processes and services
Section 4: Principles of evolution in groundwater12. Voices from the underground: animal models for the study of trait evolution during groundwater colonization and adaptation13. Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on groundwater colonization by the amphibian Proteus anguinus14. The Asellus aquaticus species complex: an invertebrate model in subterranean evolution15. Developmental and genetic basis of troglomorphic traits in the teleost fish Astyanax mexicanus16. Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on groundwater colonization by the amphipod crustacean Gammarus minus17. Evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics in groundwater animals
Section 5: Biological traits in groundwater18. Dissolving morphological and behavioral traits of groundwater animals into a functional phenotype19. Life histories in groundwater organisms20. Physiological tolerance and ecotoxicological constrains of groundwater fauna
Section 6: Section 6: Biodiversity and ecosystem management in groundwater21. Global groundwater in the Anthropocene22. Assessing groundwater ecosystem health, status and services23. Recent concepts and approaches for conserving groundwater biodiversity24. Existing framework for the conservation of groundwater biodiversity and ecosystem services
