Karstic landscapes are immense reservoirs of biodiversity and range-restricted endemism. Nowhere is this more evident than in the world’s third-largest vertebrate genus Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) which contains well over 300 species. A stochastic character mapping analysis 10 different habitat preferences across a phylogeny containing 344 described undescribed species recovered karst preference...

The protection of aquifers is a major concern for the authorities, especially in areas where there are large agro-industrial exploitations. objective this study to define new method aquifer based on characteristics structures aquifers. intrinsic vulnerability mapping method, PaPRI was used. It variant PaPRIKa applied karstic environment which has been adapted its application basement environmen...

Monitoring of microbial drinking water quality is a key component for ensuring safety and understanding risk, but conventional monitoring strategies are typically based on low sampling frequencies (e.g., quarterly or monthly). This is of concern because many drinking water sources, such as karstic springs are often subject to changes in bacterial concentrations on much shorter time scales (e.g....

Urbanisation and the subsequent increase in impervious land use generate increased urban stormwater which can be recycled viamanaged aquifer recharge (MAR) to supplement more traditional surface or ground water supplies. This paper compares the quality of stormwater from two urban catchments in South Australia to assess the risks, in accordance with the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling...

O mapeamento da superfície potenciométrica em aquíferos cársticos e físsuro-cársticos, muitos casos, pode ser complexo função anisotropia heterogeneidade destes sistemas, que comumente ocorrem de forma compartimentada. presente trabalho apresenta um método para a confecção mapas isopiezas hospedados rochas carbonáticas, incluindo os seguintes passos: i) caracterização do modelo conceitual aquíf...