First report on Copepoda and Ostracoda (Crustacea) from northern Apenninic springs (N. Italy): a faunal and biogeographical account

Bottazzi, Elisa; Bruno, M.C.; Mazzini, Matteo; Pieri, Valentina; Rossetti, Giampaolo

doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2008.56

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“…According to Meisch (2000), P. fontinalis has a strong preference for permanently cold waters, mostly spring and spring-associated habitats. Indeed, most recently, the species was reported from springs, streams, and/or waters related to spring habitats of Italy (Rossetti et al, 2006;Bottazzi et al, 2008;Pieri et al, 2009) and Turkey (Dügel et al, 2008). Despite its preferences for cold waters, in the current study, a couple individuals of P. fontinalis were found in a stream (station 29) with relatively warm water (ca.…”

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Preliminary study on distribution, diversity, and ecological characteristics of nonmarine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Erzincan region (Turkey)

Akdemi̇r¹,

Külköylüoğlu²

2014

Turk J Zool

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Ecological characteristics of 32 nonmarine ostracod taxa collected from 89 aquatic habitats of Erzincan (Turkey) during the summer of 2006 were evaluated. All of the species are new reports for the area, while Cypria sywulae Meisch, 2000 is a new record for the Turkish ostracod fauna. The first 2 axes of canonical correspondence analysis explain 74.1% of the variance between 15 species and 5 environmental variables. The influence of water temperature on species distribution was significantly higher (P = 0.02) than that of the other ecological factors. The most frequently occurring species were clustered into 3 main groups based on their ecological characteristics using unweighted pair group mean averages. Among the species, cosmopolitans showed a tendency to display wide ranges of tolerance values. Cypridopsis vidua (O. F. Müller, 1776) was the only species showing a significant (P = 0.03) negative correlation to habitat type (lentic versus lotic). Our results support the idea that once ecological characteristics of individual species are known, it is possible to use such knowledge in reconstructing past ecological conditions. However, application of this idea may not be limited to local/alpha species diversity. Indeed, our results suggest that studying gamma/regional diversity (Erzincan and environs) allows extending conclusions over a larger geographical scale and wider range of ecosystems.

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Preliminary study on distribution, diversity, and ecological characteristics of nonmarine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Erzincan region (Turkey)

Akdemi̇r¹,

Külköylüoğlu²

2014

Turk J Zool

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“…In Italy, faunistical studies have been conducted mainly in north-eastern Alpine and pre-Alpine springs (Crema et al 1996;Gerecke et al 1998;Cantonati 1998;Stoch & Tomasin 2002;Mezzanotte & Sambugar 2004;Cantonati et al 2006;Sambugar et al 2006;Stoch et al 2008) and in central and southern Apennine areas (Galassi 1997;Cianficconi et al 1998;D'Ambrosio et al 2003;Di Lorenzo et al 2003;Di Sabatino et al 2003;Bottazzi et al 2008).…”

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Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera in springs in Trentino (south-eastern Alps)

Maiolini¹,

Carolli²,

Silveri³

2011

J Limnol

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“…Previously, Speocyclops infernus was shown to be widespread over broader geographical areas in the epikarst and vadose zones (Pipan, 2005;Brancelj, 2009;Papi and Pipan, 2011), while Lessinocamptus pivai was reported to be collected only from one karstic site (the vadose zone) in the northern Italy (Stoch, 1997). E. phreatica, accompanied by Attheyella wierzejski, Bryocamptus rhaeticus and Moraria radovnae, was frequently found in alpine springs (Bottazzi et al, 2008;Mori and Brancelj, 2008) and alluvial habitats (Pesce and Galassi, 1986;Malard et al, 2003). The species is considered common in southern and central Europe, inhabiting predominantly porous aquifers (as indicated by its name phreatica) (Illies, 1978).…”

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Differences in aquatic microcrustacean assemblages between temporary and perennial springs of an alpine karstic aquifer

Mori¹,

Brancelj²,

Machel³

2013

IJS

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Microcrustacean (Copepoda, Ostracoda) assemblages were investigated at the interface of the vadose and phreatic zones in the alpine karstic aquifer from the Julian Alps in Slovenia (SE Europe). Two temporary and one perennial karstic outlets were sampled by filtering the water several times over 2 years. Concurrently, benthos from the mouth of a perennial spring and from an adjacent spring brook were collected. Altogether 24 microcrustacean species were recorded. The spatial and temporal variation in drift densities and species composition was high indicating complex groundwater hydrological pathways being dependent on precipitation regime. Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) clearly separated drift samples from temporary springs and other sample groups (drift in perennial spring, spring mouth and spring brook benthos). ANOSIM revealed statistically significant differences between all sample groups (Diacyclops zschokkei, Elaphoidella phreatica and Mixtacandona sp. B contributed over 50 % to the observed differences among sample groups. Three species (Nitocrella sp., Speocyclops infernus, Lessinocamptus pivai), known to be typical epikarst species, were collected only in the drift from one temporary spring (T2). Mao Tau species accumulation curves did not reach asymptote for the drift from temporary springs, but did for the drift from perennial spring, and for the spring mouth and the spring brook benthos. The results on drift composition indicated the variation in the origin of the water discharging at the interface of vadoze and phreatic zones depending greatly on water level conditions, while the drift densities were higher in the water presumably discharging from phreatic zone (perennial spring and temporary springs during low water levels)

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First report on Copepoda and Ostracoda (Crustacea) from northern Apenninic springs (N. Italy): a faunal and biogeographical account

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Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Preliminary study on distribution, diversity, and ecological characteristics of nonmarine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Erzincan region (Turkey)

Preliminary study on distribution, diversity, and ecological characteristics of nonmarine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Erzincan region (Turkey)

Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera in springs in Trentino (south-eastern Alps)

Differences in aquatic microcrustacean assemblages between temporary and perennial springs of an alpine karstic aquifer

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