Groundwater Ecology and Evolution

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.

Author: Florian Malard
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 03/01/2023
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780128191194

About the Author
Malard, Florian: - Dr Florian Malard's early scientific emphasis was on the role of environmental factors in shaping the diversity of local communities, more especially the influence of surface / groundwater interactions in shaping the composition of groundwater communities. Dr Malard addressed this topic in a variety of habitats including karst and porous groundwater and the hyporheic zone of streams in contrasted environments ranging from the high alpine zone to urban environment. Meantime, Dr, Malard developed a number of research on the influence of groundwater human use on the function of groundwater ecosystems and the role of organisms in maintaining ecosystem processes such as the cycling of organic matter.
Over the last 20 years, Dr Malard has been working at the interface between ecology and evolution for understanding the determinants of large-scale biodiversity patterns using concepts and tools from macroecology, phylogeography and statistical ecology. Although his preferred study object remains groundwater organisms (especially the Aselloidea, Isopoda), Dr. Malard's emphasis is on using this object to solve scientific questions going well beyond the frontiers of groundwater systems. He presently leads a research group entitled "Ecology, Evolution and groundwater Ecosystems" which aims to understand how eco-evolutionary processes shape the range of possible functional processes played by organisms. Dr Malard has contributed to 125 publications, including 75 peer reviewed articles and 15 book chapters.Griebler, Christian: - Christian Griebler is the Acting Director of the Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE), Helmholtz Center MunichRetaux, Sylvie: - Dr Sylvie Rétaux is a neuroscientist and developmental biologist whose interests have shifted to evolutionary biology about 20 years ago. Her lab works on eco-evo-devo of a cave-dwelling organism, the blind cavefish Astyanax mexicanus. Using an integrated approach combining embryology, neuroscience and behavior, genetics and population genetics associated to field work, she aims at discovering the mechanisms of adaptation to life in the dark. She has published 73 journal articles and contributed a number of book chapters.