David C. Culver

American University — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy(143), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology(83), Marine Biology and Ecology Research(47), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(40), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior(32)

Publications251 total

Subterranean Invertebrate Fauna in Iron Formations From Southeastern Brazil: A Comparison Between Caves and Mesovoid Shallow Substratum
Journal of Biogeography·2025Open Access
Patterns and Drivers of Subterranean Biodiversity Hotspots across the Globe
BioScience·2025Open Access
Out of sight and out of mind? The conservation status of subterranean biodiversity in the United States and Canada
Biodiversity and Conservation·2025
In Memoriam – Daniel Wu Fong (born December 1, 1954; died April 25, 2025)
Subterranean Biology·2025Open Access
Subterranean fauna associated with mesovoid shallow substratum in canga formations from southeastern Brazil: invertebrate biodiversity of a highly threatened ecosystem
Scientific Reports·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Global Subterranean Biodiversity: A Unique Pattern
Diversity·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
A new species of Stygobromus Cope, 1872 (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) from a hypotelminorheic seepage spring in Washington, D.C., USA
Subterranean Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Spatiotemporal distribution of invertebrate fauna in a mesovoid shallow substratum in iron formations
Biodiversity and Conservation·2024· 3 cited
Review for "Genetic bias in repeated evolution of pigment loss in cave populations of the <i>Asellus aquaticus</i> species complex"
2024
Contrasting Approaches to the Study of Subterranean Life: Biospeleology and Speleobiology
Acta Carsologica·2023Open Access
Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem
Global Change Biology·2023· 101 citedOpen Access
Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem
2023· 19 citedOpen Access
The Subterranean Species of the Vjetrenica Cave System in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Diversity·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Evidence for metapopulation structure in seep-dwelling amphipods
Subterranean Biology·2023Open Access
Natural selection versus neutral mutation in the evolution of subterranean life: A false dichotomy?
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Ecological and evolutionary jargon in subterranean biology
Elsevier eBooks·2023· 8 cited
List of contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2023
Data for "Let's not wing it: Effective conservation of subterranean-roosting bats"
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity Redux
Diversity·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2022· 90 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Tanja Pipan(12), Andrew J. Beattie(10), Mary C. Christman(7), Maja Zagmajster(6), Stefano Mammola(5), Pedro Cardoso(5), Matthew L. Niemiller(5), Daniel W. Fong(5), Louis Deharveng(4), Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira(4), Cene Fišer(4), Christian Griebler(4), Florian Malard(4), Alejandro Martínez(4), Thomas C. Kane(4), Diana M. P. Galassi(3), Marco Isaia(3), Аnа Sofiа P. S. Reboleirа(3), J. Judson Wynne(3), Boris Šket(3)