Journal Article
Creatures of the deep karst
Devitt, T.
Record Number:
4461
Year:
2019
Journal:
American Scientist, Research Triangle Park
Pages:
260-262
Volume:
107
Abstract:
Groundwater--the water that is stored beneath the Earth's surface in soil and rock--makes up more than 95 percent
of the Earth's liquid fresh water. The subsurface aquatic realm is also the world's largest freshwater habitat.
Although organisms that live only in subterranean aquifers make up a relatively small fraction of the total number
of freshwater species, they are an important component of biodiversity. Here, Devitt discusses the diversity of
groundwater-dependent species.
Times Cited:
4