Benthic macroinvertebrate fauna plays a major role in river ecosystems, especially those of tropical islands. Since there is no information on the distribution of benthic invertebrates along a Jamaican river, we report here on the composition of the benthic fauna of the Buff Bay river, on the Northern coast of Jamaica. A total of 14 samples were collected from five sites, using kick nets and a ...

The current knowledge of Sicilian inland water decapod malacostracans is scarce and an updated synopsis on species distribution lacking. Therefore, we reviewed the checklist recent decapods based published unpublished records novel observations with aim providing exhaustive repository, also to be used as a sound baseline for future surveys. Overall, five native occur in study area, i.e., atyid ...

The freshwater ecosystems in the Republic of North Macedonia are considered as biodiversity hotspot on European level since they provide diverse habitats that correspond with complex ecological preferences many species require. This specially applies to crustaceans that, unfortunately, have never been focus a continuous research. In R. Macedonia, usually inhabit exposed negative anthropogenic i...