Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 573 - 588
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Language: Английский
Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30(1)
Published: Dec. 12, 2023
Abstract Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and providing essential services to societies. Despite being largest unfrozen freshwater resource, in period depletion by extraction pollution, groundwater environments have been repeatedly overlooked conservation agendas. Disregarding importance as an ignores its critical role preserving surface biomes. To foster timely groundwater, we propose elevating concept keystone species into realm ecosystems, claiming that influences integrity many dependent ecosystems. Our analysis shows over half land areas (52.6%) has medium‐to‐high interaction with reaching up 74.9% when deserts high mountains are excluded. We postulate intrinsic transboundary features for shifting perspectives towards more holistic approaches aquatic ecology beyond. Furthermore, eight key themes develop science‐policy integrated agenda. Given ecosystems above below ground intersect at levels, considering component planetary health pivotal reduce loss buffer against climate change.
Language: Английский
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npj Biodiversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)
Published: Jan. 16, 2024
Subterranean ecosystems (comprising terrestrial, semi-aquatic, and aquatic components) are increasingly threatened by human activities; however, the current network of surface-protected areas is inadequate to safeguard subterranean biodiversity. Establishing protected for challenging. First, there technical obstacles in mapping three-dimensional with uncertain boundaries. Second, rarity endemism organisms, combined a scarcity taxonomists, delays accumulation essential biodiversity knowledge. Third, establishing agreements preserve requires collaboration among multiple actors often competing interests. This perspective addresses challenges preserving through areas. Even face uncertainties, we suggest it both timely critical assess general criteria protection implement them based on precautionary principles. To this end, examine status European discuss solutions improve their coverage ecosystems.
Language: Английский
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Environmental Processes, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)
Published: Jan. 14, 2025
Language: Английский
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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 29, 2024
Abstract We have compiled the toxicity data on stygofauna and other aquatic subterranean organisms in one (eco)toxicological database. A total of 46 studies were found, containing 472 toxic endpoints covering 43 different stressors. These compounds tested from four phyla, 12 orders, 24 genera, 55 species. The included published between 1976 December 2023 using fauna collected 13 countries. suitability was assessed to indicate completeness reporting their for use hazard risk assessment. This compilation provides a valuable source future development testing protocols groundwater organisms, support decision‐making, ecological assessments derivation water quality criteria protection ecosystems. Environ Toxicol Chem 2024;00:1–9. © 2024 Authors. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry by Wiley Periodicals LLC behalf SETAC.
Language: Английский
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Ecohydrology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(1)
Published: Dec. 5, 2023
Abstract Groundwater is an important global resource, providing water for irrigation, industry, geothermal uses and potable water. Moreover, groundwater contains the world's largest terrestrial freshwater biome with ecosystems, inhabited mainly by invertebrates (stygofauna) microbes, undertaking services including purification, as well nutrient carbon cycling. Despite investigations on spatial temporal variations of fauna influence environmental parameters these organisms, in parts world, even most basic knowledge ecosystems still lacking. The aims this study are to provide overview research, historical evolution research topics development sampling methods secondly identify distribution resulting data gaps. To achieve this, extensive review accessible was conducted analysing 859 studies. It evident that over time, there has been exponential increase number studies together changing paradigms focus, particularly have developed from using simple nets, substrate samples hand‐pumps beginning recent molecular analyses (e.g. eDNA). As application becomes more common, diversity functional ecology expected increase. Studies spatially uneven dominated Europe Australia, few Africa, Asia Americas. This presently biased view biota hinders identification biodiversity patterns ecosystem functions a wider geographic climatic scale. In future, evenly distributed stygofauna effort currently underrepresented areas globe necessary ensure comprehensive perspective biodiversity, roles significances. increasingly accumulating sensitivities anthropogenic activities, climate change, fundamental effective management ecosystems.
Language: Английский
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Microbial Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 88(1)
Published: March 21, 2025
This research investigates bacterial communities in various cave pool water and substrates from Brazil Romania for their use as indicators of environmental impacts on groundwater. Regional seasonal differences were observed even if, at the phylum level, common bacteria both countries found. Distinct patterns emerged genus level due to different climates (tropical vs. temperate) ecosystems. Chemoautotrophic conditions define an utterly groundwater bacteriome than oligotrophic independent temperature. Bacteria a proxy climate change explored using changes Romanian caves; specific genera become dominant summer months, such Acinetobacter, Paeniglutamicibacter, Polaromonas, Saccharimonadales, indicating processes that occur during low-water season. Climate change, particularly dryness, is expected exacerbate these variations, threatening stability The also identified anthropic pollution (Vogesella, Cutibacterium) potential decontaminants (Bacillus) Brazilian waters. Anthropic indicators, like Pseudoarthrobacter. found caves. Other key genera, Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, are chemolithotrophs or involved nitrogen cycle, which critical supplying nutrients food web. Marked between substrate microbiomes within same pools suggested may play crucial, underexplored role ecosystem processes. Our study unassigned taxa, 3 phyla, 2 families, 832 (> 40%) studied pools. results underscore need further explore potentially crucial yet fragile ecosystems face human impacts.
Language: Английский
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BioScience, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 28, 2025
Abstract Groundwater provides much of the water used globally for irrigation and human consumption is central to One Health framework. Healthy groundwater depends on self-purification processes performed by diverse biota, but these can be threatened effects irrigation. In present article, we explore this threat using an interdisciplinary framework propose recommendations sustainable We identified two major potentially harmful ecosystems: habitat loss from lowering tables irrigation-induced leaching contaminants into groundwater. These mitigated improving technological practices, crop selection, use natural small retention measures, precision irrigation, controlled agrochemicals. The construction operation systems should consider hydrogeological conditions. recommend prioritizing biomonitoring at abstraction sites, considering different aquifer types, implementing advanced methods identify multiple contamination sources.
Language: Английский
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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 43(12), P. 2473 - 2477
Published: Sept. 25, 2024
Language: Английский
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Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 573 - 588
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Language: Английский
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