DIVERSITY AND SPECIATION OF AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

撒哈拉以南非洲正经历前所未有的人口增长，对淡水资源造成越来越大的压力。该项目将是第一个使用eDNA元条形码量化水生大型无脊椎动物多样性空间格局的项目，以及动物群如何受到城市化和农业的影响。本项目还将利用最近发现的独特研究系统，探索促进甲壳类大型无脊椎动物多样性进化的机制

Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing unprecedented human population growth that is placing increasing pressure on freshwater resources. This project will be among the first to quantify the spatial patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity using eDNA metabarcoding, and how faunas are impacted by urbanisation and agriculture. This project will also explore the mechanisms that have promoted the evolution of crustacean macroinvertebrate diversity, using a unique recently discovered study system