A5072575057- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Turfgrass Adaptation and Management
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Water Research Institute
2011-2022
National Research Council
2001-2022
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
2017-2020
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
2020
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2009
University of Milan
1995
Abstract The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires river assessment systems based on benthic invertebrates. AQEM project is developing, at a European scale, such methodology, comparison of communities reference streams and degraded streams. focussing three main impact types: morphological degradation, organic pollution acidification. This paper presents the outline with special emphasis on: – an overview invertebrates presently applied in Europe stream typology approaches selection...
1. Hydromorphological river restoration usually leads to habitat diversification, but the effects on benthic invertebrates, which are frequently used assess ecological status, minor. We compared of morphology and invertebrates by investigating 26 pairs non-restored restored sections rivers in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy Netherlands. 2. Sites were grouped according (1) region: central Europe vs. southern Europe; (2) type: mountain lowland rivers; (3) approach: active passive (4) a...
Summary 1. We analysed a large number of concurrent samples macroinvertebrate communities and chemical indicators eutrophication organic pollution [total‐P, total‐N, NH 4 –N, biological oxygen demand (BOD 5 )] from 594 Danish stream sites. Samples were taken over an 11‐year time span as part the monitoring programme on aquatic environment. Macroinvertebrate sampled in spring using standardised kick‐sampling procedure whereas variables six to 24 times per year site. Habitat assessed once when...
Abstract. Temporary streams are those water courses that undergo the recurrent cessation of flow or complete drying their channel. The structure and composition biological communities in temporary stream reaches strongly dependent on temporal changes aquatic habitats determined by hydrological conditions. Therefore, structural functional characteristics fauna to assess ecological quality a reach cannot be used without taking into account controls imposed regime. This paper develops methods...
ABSTRACT The assessment of the ecological status water bodies, as requires by European Water Framework Directive, can raise a number problems when applied to temporary streams. These are because particular physical, chemical and biological conditions resulting from recurrent cessation flow or even complete drying stream beds. In such non‐permanent reference quality standards developed for permanent streams may only be applicable under certain circumstances not at all. Work conducted within...
Abstract The potential impacts of future climate scenarios on water balance and flow regime are presented discussed for a temporary river system in southern Italy. Different projections the (2030–2059) recent conditions (1980–2009) were investigated. A hydrological model (Soil Water Assessment Tool) was used to simulate at basin scale streamflow number sections under various change scenarios, based different combinations global regional models (global circulation models). impact components...
The importance of local hydraulic conditions on the structuring freshwater biotic communities is widely recognized by scientific community. In spite this, most current methods based upon invertebrates do not take this factor into account in their assessment ecological quality. aim paper to investigate influence invertebrate community metrics and estimate potential weight evaluation river water dataset used consisted 130 stream sites located four broad European geographical contexts: Alps,...
Abstract Chironomid larvae and pupae were studied in selected Mediterranean rivers with the aim of identifying pool riffle taxa assemblages analysing their response to ecological quality gradients. Macroinvertebrate samples collected six Italian along a pool‐riffle sequence three seasons following multihabitat sampling technique. Chironomids identified as genus/species, other macroinvertebrates family/genus. The main physico‐chemical, hydromorphological geographical data collected. Samples...