Springs ecosystems are globally abundant, geomorphologically diverse, and bio‐culturally
productive, but are highly imperiled by anthropogenic activities. More than a century of …

We analyzed responses of chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) communities to
environmental factors in 124 natural, moderately, and highly disturbed springs in the Italian …

Ciliates are single celled eukaryotes recognized as key players in the microbial loop of
aquatic ecosystems. The present study was carried out on the Krka River (Croatia), a karst …

Spring ecosystems are diverse transition zones between ground-and surface-water habitats.
Due to their characteristics and vulnerable species assemblages, springs are considered …

After extensive exploratory investigations into crenic habitats at the beginning of the 1990s,
a number of springs were selected and long-term ecological research programmes …

The diversity and distribution of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) were studied in
relation to environmental factors in 81 springs under pristine conditions in the Italian Prealps …

The traditional and widely used ecomorphological spring classification—pool springs
(limnocrenes), seepages (helocrenes), and flowing springs (rheocrenes)—is based mainly …

Since several decades diatoms are increasingly used for the assessment of the trophic
status of different freshwater ecosystems. However, spring habitats have been only …

We studied the effects of altitude, climate and hydrology on distribution of freshwater diatoms
over the ecoregions of Israel. The previously recorded and recently revised taxonomic …

In order to understand Chamaesiphon spp. evolution and ecological diversification, we
investigated the phylogenetic differentiation of three morphospecies from field samples by …