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Some like it hot: Thermal preference of the groundwater amphipod Niphargus long...
Di Cicco, Mattia; Di Lorenzo, Tiziana; Fiasca, Barbara; Galmarini, Emma; Vaccarelli, Ilaria; Cerasoli, Francesco; Tabilio Di Camillo, AgostinaGroundwater is a crucial resource for humans and the environment, but its global human demand currently exceeds available volumes by 3.5 times. Climate change is expected to exacerbate this situation by increasing the frequency of droughts along with human impacts on groundwater ecosystems. Despite prior research on the quantitative effects of climate change on groundwater, the direct impacts on groundwater bio...
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems
Mammola, Stefano; Meierhofer, Melissa B.; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Colado, Raquel; Culver, David C.; Deharveng, Louis; Delić, Teo; Di Lorenzo, TizianaSubterranean ecosystems are among the most widespread environments on Earth, yet we still have poor knowledge of their biodiversity. To raise awareness of subterranean ecosystems, the essential services they provide, and their unique conservation challenges, 2021 and 2022 were designated International Years of Caves and Karst. As these ecosystems have traditionally been overlooked in global conservation agendas...
Effects of human-induced water level fluctuations on copepod assemblages of the...
Cifoni, Marco; Boggero, Angela; Rogora, Michela; Ciampittiello, Marzia; Martínez, Alejandro; Galassi, Diana Maria Paola; Fiasca, BarbaraHuman-induced water level fluctuations (WLFs) are among the major pressures threatening lake ecosystems. Their effect on meiobenthic species of the littoral zone has been poorly investigated. In this study, we aimed at assessing the effects of human-induced WLFs on the composition and functionality of the benthic copepod assemblages of the littoral zone of Lake Maggiore, Italy and Switzerland. From 1942 to pres...
Effectiveness of Biomass/Abundance Comparison (ABC) Models in Assessing the Res...
Di Lorenzo, Tiziana; Fiasca, Barbara; Di Cicco, Mattia; Vaccarelli, Ilaria; Tabilio Di Camillo, Agostina; Crisante, Simone; Galassi, Diana Maria PaolaAbundance–Biomass Comparison (ABC) models, first described for marine benthic macrofauna, have been applied successfully to other marine and terrestrial/freshwater fauna but never to ecotonal communities. In particular, to our knowledge, ABC models have not been applied to hyporheic communities. This study represents the first application of ABC models to hyporheic assemblages. We aimed at testing the effective...
Trapped in the web of water : groundwater-fed springs are island-like ecosystem...
Fattorini, Simone; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Fiasca, Barbara; Galassi, Diana M. P.We investigated whether the equilibrium theory of island biogeography (ETIB) can be applied to the meiofauna of groundwater-fed springs. We tested whether copepod species richness was related with spring area, discharge, and elevation. Additionally, five hypotheses are tested based on species distribution patterns, dispersal ability, and life-history characteristics of several guilds (stygobiotic, nonstygobioti...