Table 1.

Hydrological characteristics, geographical location, and meiofaunal species richness of 30 groundwater‐fed springs studied in Central Italy

Spring name	Code	Lat	Lon	E	D	A	T	Sb	Cs
Fonte Lorma	GS1	42.45861	13.35741	1,355	0.06	1.08	7	0	1
Capodacqua	GS11	42.27061	13.78279	340	3,000	300	18	5	6
Presciano	GS12	42.28164	13.78962	330	1,800	2,000	22	9	7
Sorgente San Franco	GS2	42.45641	13.40452	1,730	0.42	0	4	0	1
Fonte Rignitti	GS3	42.46588	13.41361	1,765	0.06	0	3	0	1
Sorgenti del Chiarino	GS4	42.48868	13.44843	1,250	6.5	2	5	1	1
Sorgenti del Vera	GS8	42.37192	13.45821	665	2.343	0.2	9	2	1
Sorgente dello Zingaro	LG1	42.63785	13.44079	1,261	0.1	0.05	5	0	1
Sorgente Scritta	LG11	42.56963	13.36697	1,480	0.03	0.5	4	0	1
Sorgente Mastrangelo	LG13	42.55282	13.38726	1,396	0.03	0.4	3	0	0
Sorgente Centofonti	LG16	42.60747	13.40823	1,873	0.05	9	6	0	2
Sorgente Mercurio Cesacastina	LG18	42.59973	13.41107	1,610	0.04	0.21	3	0	1
Sorgente Fioli	LG23	42.65185	13.46001	1,146	0.15	3	4	0	1
Sorgente Ceppo	LG25	42.67056	13.46868	1,250	0.04	20	4	0	0
Sorgente Fosso della Montagna	LG28	42.72969	13.39455	729	0.33	0.5	9	2	2
Fonte Iachina	LG29	42.72928	13.40024	880	0.3	0	4	0	1
Sorgente Storro Padula	LG3	42.63333	13.43333	1,278	0.38	0.35	3	0	1
Sorgente Maolaro	LG30	42.71075	13.39089	1,479	0.2	2	3	0	1
Sorgenti del Tronto	LG32	42.58679	13.38692	1,930	0.17	0.433	7	0	2
Sorgenti del Tordino	LG35	42.64614	13.43414	1,736	1.723	16.767	4	0	2
Sorgente Fontanino	LG38	42.50905	13.43496	1,260	0.01	0.8	4	0	0
Sorgente Campellino	LG5	42.65317	13.36545	1,375	0.08	0.2	3	1	2
Sorgente Campotosto 1	LG7	42.53982	13.33716	1,504	0.01	20	4	0	1
Sorgente Campotosto 2	LG8	42.54738	13.32265	1,498	0.07	20	6	0	1
Bugnara	MGe1	42.02499	13.85999	618	10	0.43	9	3	2
Prezza	MGe2	42.01944	13.86000	618	10	0.46	6	1	1
Gizio	MGe3	41.96860	13.95527	620	450	60	10	8	2
Cavuto	MGr	41.99166	13.80583	641.75	224.528	26.003	18	5	4
Capo Pescara	PEcp	42.16536	13.82176	240	6,500	1,000	21	10	4
Santa Liberata	PEsl	42.17007	13.82037	260	1,000	60	23	7	5

Lat, latitude (decimal degrees); Lon, longitude (decimal degrees); E, elevation (m); D, discharge (Ls⁻¹); A, area (m²); T, total number of species; Sb, number of stygobiotic species; Cs, number of cold stenotherm species. Codes refer to Figure 2.