Does wrong procedence assignment lead to underestimates in groundwater biodiversity?
Keywords:
upwelling, downwelling, hydrology, stygobites, groundwater habitat, hyporheic zoneAbstract
Individuals of certain taxa (e.g., water mites and crustaceans) collected from streams and rivers are often assigned to a surficial benthic origin when the animals clearly display subterranean morphological characteristics. This paper addresses reasons for these errors and proposes ways to minimize such mistakes when sampling.
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BOULTON, AJ. 1993. Stream ecology and surface- hyporheic exchange: implications, techniques and limitations. Aust. J. Mar. Fresh. Res. 44:553-564.
BOULTON, AJ; S FINDLAY; P MARMONIER; EH STANLEY & HM VALETT. 1998. The functional significance of the hyporheic zone in streams and rivers. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 29:59-81.
BOULTON, AJ & EH STANLEY. 1995. Hyporheic processes during flooding and drying in a Sonoran Desert stream. Arch. Hydrobiol. 134:27-52.
COOK, DR. 1980. Neotropical water mites. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 31:1-645.
COOK, DR. 1988. Water mites from Chile. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 42:1-356.
CREUZÉ DES CHÂTELLIERS, M; D POINSANT & J-P BRAVARD. 1994. Geomorphology of alluvial groundwater ecosystems. Pp. 157-185 in: J Gibert; D Danielopol & JA Stanford (eds). Groundwater ecology. Academic Press. San Diego.
DI SABATINO, A; R GERECKE & P MARTIN. 2000. The biology and ecology of lotic water mites (Hydrachnidia). Freshwat. Biol. 44:47-62.
FERNÁNDEZ, HR. 1993. Acaros intersticiales del noroeste argentino. IV. Análisis filogenético y biogeográfico de Omartacarus Cook (Acari: Omartacaridae): una primera aproximación. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Arg. 52:107-117.
FERNÁNDEZ, HR. 1995. Nuevos datos sobre Diamphidaxona yungasa Cook, 1980 (Acari: Hygrobatidae) del noroeste argentino. Neotrópica 41:111-117.
FERNÁNDEZ, HR. 2002. Interstitial water mites of Argentina: Omartacarus Cook (Omartacaridae) and Meramecia Cook (Limnesiidae) (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Zootaxa 73:1-6.
FERNÁNDEZ, HR & AN PALACIOS. 1989. La fauna intersticial hiporreica de dos ríos de montaña del noroeste de Argentina. Rev. Idrobiol. 28:231-246.
FERNÁNDEZ, HR; F ROMERO; M PERALTA & L GROSSO. 2001. La diversidad del zoobentos en ríos de montaña del noroeste de Argentina: comparación entre seis ríos. Ecología Austral 11:9-16.
GIBERT, J; JA STANFORD; M-J DOLE-OLIVIER & JV WARD. 1994. Basic attributes of ground-water ecosystems and prospects forresearch. Pp. 7-40 in: J Gibert; D Danielopol & JA Stanford (eds). Groundwater ecology. Academic Press. San Diego.
GINET, R & J DAVID. 1963. Présence de Niphargus (Amphipode Gammaridae) dans certaines eaux épigées des forêt de la Dombes (département de l’Ain, France). Vie Milieu 14:299-310.
GROSSO, LE & HR FERNÁNDEZ. 1988. Un caso de simpatría en tres especies del género Bogidiella (Crustacea, Amphipoda) en el Noroeste argentino, con la descripción de dos nuevas especies. Stygologia 4:64-79.
HUMPHREYS, WF. 2000. Relict fauna and their derivation. Pp. 417-432 in: H Wilkens; DC Culver & WF Humphreys (eds). Subterranean ecosystems. Elsevier. Amsterdam.
LEE, DR & J CHERRY. 1978. A field exercise on groundwater flow using seepage meters and mini-piezometers. J. Geol. Educ. 27:6-10.
MARMONIER, P; M CREUZÉ DES CHÂTELLIERS; MJ DOLE- OLIVIER; S PLÉNET & J GIBERT. 2000. Rhône groundwater systems. Pp. 513-531 in: H Wilkens; DC Culver & WF Humphreys (eds). Subterranean ecosystems. Elsevier. Amsterdam.
ORGHIDAN, T. 1959. Ein neuer Lebensraum des unterirdischen Wassers: der Hyporheische Biotop. Arch. Hydrobiol. 55:392-414.
ORGHIDAN, T & M GRUIA. 1983. Description de deux especes nouvelles d’ Hydracariens de Cuba. Travails Inst. Speleologie “Emile Racovitza” 22:3-8.
PALMER, MA; AP COVICH; BJ FINLAY; J GIBERT; KD HYDE ET AL. 1997. Biodiversity and ecosystem processes in freshwater sediments. Ambio 26:571- 577.
PETROVA, A 1990. Origine et évolution des hydracariens souterrains. Stygologia 5:249-251. SCHWOERBEL, J. 1986. Acari: Hydrachnellae. Pp. 652- 696 in: L Botosaneanu (ed.). Stygofauna mundi. E. J. Brill. Leiden.
SMITH, IM & DR COOK. 1994. North American species of Neomamersinae Lundblad (Acari: Hydrachnida: Limnesiidae). Can. Entomol. 126:1131-1184.
STANFORD, JA & JV WARD. 1993. An ecosystem perspective of alluvial rivers: connectivity and the hyporheic corridor. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 12:48-60.
STRAYER, DL. 2001. Ecology and distribution of hyporheic microannelids (Oligochaeta, Aphanoneura and Polychaeta) from the eastern United States. Arch. Hydrobiol. 151:493-510.
VIETS, KO. 1977. Rheophilen Wassermilben (Acari, Hydrachnellae) aus Guatemala. Int. J. Acarol. 3:89-98.
VIETS, KO. 1978a. Neue und seltene Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari) aus Guatemala - Teil III. Acarologia 19:272-297.
VIETS, KO. 1978b. New water mites (Hydrachnellae: Acari) from Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Fresh. Res. 29:77-92.
WARD, JV; F MALARD; JA STANFORD & T GONSER. 2000. Interstitial aquatic fauna of shallow unconsolidated sediments, particularly hyporheic biotopes. Pp. 41-58 in: H Wilkens; DC Culver & WF Humphreys (eds). Subterranean ecosystems. Elsevier. Amsterdam.
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Fernández, H. R. (2004). Does wrong procedence assignment lead to underestimates in groundwater biodiversity?. Ecología Austral, 14(1), 077–081. Retrieved from https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1524
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