With the discovery of Ophel, a chemosynthesis-based continental subterranean environment (Por 2007), it becameevident that such environments, previously known only from the sea , are spanning the world as a parallel b...With the discovery of Ophel, a chemosynthesis-based continental subterranean environment (Por 2007), it becameevident that such environments, previously known only from the sea , are spanning the world as a parallel biosphere,the deuterobiosphere. In this preliminary contribution the different known biomes of the deuterobiosphere arereviewed and some general and comparative features are listed.展开更多
Imprecise and faulty taxonomic identification of the biological objects of many ecological and experimental studies renders these studies irreproducible.Incomplete identification to the species level and excessive use...Imprecise and faulty taxonomic identification of the biological objects of many ecological and experimental studies renders these studies irreproducible.Incomplete identification to the species level and excessive use of vernacular species names are additional problems.Good science must be able to be falsified.I recommend that publications and granting agencies use and mention the names of the zoologists or botanists who identified the species.Voucher specimens should be marked and deposited in scientific museums for future checking.展开更多
文摘With the discovery of Ophel, a chemosynthesis-based continental subterranean environment (Por 2007), it becameevident that such environments, previously known only from the sea , are spanning the world as a parallel biosphere,the deuterobiosphere. In this preliminary contribution the different known biomes of the deuterobiosphere arereviewed and some general and comparative features are listed.
文摘Imprecise and faulty taxonomic identification of the biological objects of many ecological and experimental studies renders these studies irreproducible.Incomplete identification to the species level and excessive use of vernacular species names are additional problems.Good science must be able to be falsified.I recommend that publications and granting agencies use and mention the names of the zoologists or botanists who identified the species.Voucher specimens should be marked and deposited in scientific museums for future checking.
