Freshwater Invertebrates Congress
Vol. 72 No. s2 (2013): Freshwater Invertebrates of Southeast Asia
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.s2.e16

The groundwater-dwelling fauna of Southeast Asia

Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Received: 14 February 2013
Published: 29 October 2013
4158
Views
905
Downloads
Caves, groundwater fauna, karst, Southeast Asia, stygobionts.
Bio-geography, Biodiversity

Authors

Anton Brancelj
anton.brancelj@nib.si
National Institute of Biology, Slovenia. image/svg+xml
Chaichat Boonyanusith
Khon Kaen University, Thailand. image/svg+xml
Santi Watiroyram
Nakhon Phanom University, Thailand. image/svg+xml
La-orsri Sanoamuang
Mahasarakham University, Thailand. image/svg+xml
Groundwater fauna consists of organisms that are adapted to live their whole life-time in different types of groundwater (=aquifers): with fissured (karstic) and porous (alluvium) types as the most common. About 3800 species of obligate groundwater species (stygobionts) have been recorded worldwide and 2000 of them from groundwater in Europe. Before 1970, 19 species of stygobionts were known from Southeast Asia. After 1980, the number of stygobionts from this region started to increase, and, at present, 122 stygobionts are known here. Most of them are crustaceans, with the Copepoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda and Decapoda as the most abundant groups. Intensification of research on groundwater fauna can considerably increase the total number of stygobionts known from the region, which could rises up to several times the current tally if the intensity of research was comparable with that in Europe.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Supporting Agencies

This work was partly supported by the National Research University Project of Thailand,
through the Holistic Watershed Management Cluster of Khon Kaen University.
La-orsri Sanoamuang, Mahasarakham University
Dean, Faculty of Science

How to Cite



1.
Brancelj A, Boonyanusith C, Watiroyram S, Sanoamuang L- orsri. The groundwater-dwelling fauna of Southeast Asia. J Limnol [Internet]. 2013 Oct. 29 [cited 2026 May 13];72(s2):e16. Available from: https://www.jlimnol.it/jlimnol/article/view/jlimnol.2013.s2.e16