Fungal biodiversity in aquatic habitats

Protostelids and myxomycetes isolated from aquatic habitats.

Protostelids and myxomycetes have been isolated from dead plant parts in many different habitats, including tropical rain forests and deserts. However underwater habitats largely have been overlooked. The purpose of this study was to determine whether protostelids do occur in aquatic habitats and to survey the myxomycetes associated with these habitats. Protostelids and myxomycetes were isolate...

Aquatic Insects: Bryophyte Habitats and Fauna

Study of biodiversity indices in habitats of Prunus eburnea (Spach) Aitch. & Hemsl in Iran

Prunus eburnea (Spach) Aitch. & Hemsl. is an endemic plant species of Iran-Afghanestan, which has medicinal and nutritional value and distributed in extensive parts of arid and semi-arid ecosystems of Iran. The aims of this study were to investigate the life forms and chorology of associated perennial plant species and biodiversity indices in 52 habitats. Habitats were divided into ten main reg...

Fungal Biodiversity in the Alpine Tarfala Valley

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are distributed worldwide in all semiarid and arid lands, where they play a determinant role in element cycling and soil development. Although much work has concentrated on BSC microbial communities, free-living fungi have been hitherto largely overlooked. The aim of this study was to examine the fungal biodiversity, by cultural-dependent and cultural-independent a...

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

1. Why research on aquatic systems has lagged behind 2. The nature of aquatic habitats 2.1. Fresh water ecosystems 2.2. Marine ecosystems 2.3. Transitional waters 3. Species-specific functional roles 4. Species-combined functionality: Functional groups 5. The problem of functional plasticity 6. Direct and indirect measure of functionality 7. Threats to biodiversity and ecosystem function 8. Fut...