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Title:Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem
Authors:ID Saccò, Mattia (Author)
ID Mammola, Stefano (Author)
ID Altermatt, Florian (Author)
ID Alther, Roman (Author)
ID Bolpagni, Rossano (Author)
ID Brancelj, Anton (Author)
ID Brankovits, David (Author)
ID Fišer, Cene (Author)
ID Gerovasileiou, Vasilis (Author)
ID Di Batista Borko, Špela (Author)
ID Zagmajster, Maja (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.02 - Review Article
Organization:Logo NIB - National Institute of Biology
Abstract:Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater resource, in a period of depletion by extraction and pollution, groundwater environments have been repeatedly overlooked in global biodiversity conservation agendas. Disregarding the importance of groundwater as an ecosystem ignores its critical role in preserving surface biomes. To foster timely global conservation of groundwater, we propose elevating the concept of keystone species into the realm of ecosystems, claiming groundwater as a keystone ecosystem that influences the integrity of many dependent ecosystems. Our global analysis shows that over half of land surface areas (52.6%) has a medium-to-high interaction with groundwater, reaching up to 74.9% when deserts and high mountains are excluded. We postulate that the intrinsic transboundary features of groundwater are critical for shifting perspectives towards more holistic approaches in aquatic ecology and beyond. Furthermore, we propose eight key themes to develop a science-policy integrated groundwater conservation agenda. Given ecosystems above and below the ground intersect at many levels, considering groundwater as an essential component of planetary health is pivotal to reduce biodiversity loss and buffer against climate change.
Keywords:groundwater, keystone ecosystem, surface-subterranean connectivity
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2024
Year of publishing:2024
Number of pages:str. 1-20
Numbering:Vol. 30, iss. 1
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-20184 New window
UDC:574
ISSN on article:1365-2486
DOI:10.1111/gcb.17066 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:177394947 New window
Note:Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 14. 12. 2023; Št. članka: 17066;
Publication date in DiRROS:07.08.2024
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SACCÒ, Mattia, MAMMOLA, Stefano, ALTERMATT, Florian, ALTHER, Roman, BOLPAGNI, Rossano, BRANCELJ, Anton, BRANKOVITS, David, FIŠER, Cene, GEROVASILEIOU, Vasilis, DI BATISTA BORKO, Špela and ZAGMAJSTER, Maja, 2024, Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem. Global change biology [online]. 2024. Vol. 30, no. 1, p. 1–20. [Accessed 21 April 2025]. DOI 10.1111/gcb.17066. Retrieved from: https://dirros.openscience.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=20184
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Title:Global change biology
Shortened title:Glob. chang. biol.
Publisher:Blackwell Science.
ISSN:1365-2486
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Funder:EC - European Commission
Project number:101052342
Name:The European Biodiversity Partnership
Acronym:Biodiversa-plus
Funder:FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Project number:UIDB/00329/2020
Name:Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes
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Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:P1-0255-2017
Name:Združbe, interakcije in komunikacije v ekosistemih
Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:P1-0184-2020
Name:Integrativna zoologija in speleobiologija
Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:J1-2464-2020
Name:Filogenomika adaptive radiacije podzemnih rakov
Funder:ARC - Australian Research Council
Funding programme:Australian Research Council (ARC)
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Name:Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP190100927
Funder:ARC - Australian Research Council
Funding programme:Australian Research Council (ARC)
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Funding programme:Australian Research Council (ARC)
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Funding programme:French National Research Agency (ANR)
Project number:ANR-15-CE32-0005
Name:Integrative study of convergent genomic evolution across three animal groups
Acronym:CONVERGENOMIX
Funder:ANR - French National Research Agency
Funding programme:French National Research Agency (ANR)
Project number:ANR-17-EURE-0018
Name:School of Integrated Watershed Sciences
Acronym:H2O'LYON
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Funding programme:Ministry of Universities and Research (Italy)
Project number:CN00000033
Name:Dallaricerca all'impresa’
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Funding programme:gencia Estatal deInvestigación—Fundación Biodiversidad (Spain)
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Funder:SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation
Funding programme:Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zurForderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Switzerland)
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Funding programme:ur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria)
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Project number:15471
Name:the VILLUM FONDEN
Funder:SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation
Funding programme:the University of Zurich Research Priority Programme
Name:Global Change and Biodiversity
Funder:Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:CNPq
Project number:302925/2022–8
Funder:ARC - Australian Research Council
Funding programme:Australian Research Council (ARC)
Project number:DP230100731
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