Abstract

ABSTRACT The Galapagos Archipelago, because of its remoteness, isolation, recent volcanic origin, and endemic fauna and flora, is iconic for inspiring Darwin’s theory of evolution. Since Darwin’s day, researchers have focused on the archipelago’s terrestrial and marine species. Its location in an important climate regulating body of water, coupled with a low level of human activity for most of its history, attracted several paleolimnologists to study the inland waters of the archipelago. Studies of the many lagoons, crater lakes, and other inland waters were mainly in support of paleolimnological research and are therefore limited in scope. Because of the presence of permanent human settlements on 4 of the archipelago’s islands, plus increased tourism, the small number of permanent fresh waterbodies are under unprecedented environmental stress. This bibliometric analysis assembles what is known about Galapagos lentic inland waterbodies and shows that studies on biodiversity, water quality, and threats to these ecosystems are few and fragmented across time and space.

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