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An Overview on the Aquatic Cave Fauna

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The diversity of the most frequent groundwater fauna groups is presented briefly in this chapter. Emphasis is given to stygobionts and their cave habitats, although comments on stygophiles and other groundwater habitats are given when appropriate. Information on each group representatives, distribution, and adaptations is also provided. This chapter is a continuation of the previous chapter on biodiversity of terrestrial cave habitats and should be completed with the chapters on aquatic diversity in anchialine and calcrete habitats.

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I am grateful to Ľubomir Kováč and Stuart Halse for the useful suggestions and comments that improved the quality of the manuscript. I am also indebted to Jana Bedek, Marko Lukić, Jane McRae, and Jaroslav Stankovič for allowing me to use their photos in this chapter. OTM acknowledges the financial support from the Romanian Academy and the grant of the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CNCS—UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF-2016-0016, within PNCDI III.

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Moldovan, O.T. (2018). An Overview on the Aquatic Cave Fauna. In: Moldovan, O., Kováč, Ľ., Halse, S. (eds) Cave Ecology. Ecological Studies, vol 235. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98852-8_8

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