11 results on '"Galassi, D.M.P."'
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2. Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem
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Saccò, M., Mammola, S., Altermatt, F., Alther, R., Bolpagni, R., Brancelj, A., Brankovits, D., Fišer, C., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Guareschi, S., Hose, G.C., Korbel, K., Lictevout, E., Malard, F., Martínez, A., Niemiller, M.L., Robertson, A., Tanalgo, K.C., Bichuette, M.E., Borko, S., Brad, T., Campbell, M.A., Cardoso, P., Celico, F., Cooper, S.J.B., Culver, D., Di Lorenzo, T., Galassi, D.M.P., Guzik, M.T., Hartland, A., Humphreys, W.F., Ferreira, R.L., Lunghi, E., Nizzoli, D., Perina, G., Raghavan, R., Richards, Z., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Rohde, M.M., Sánchez Fernández, D., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, van der Heyde, M., Weaver, L., White, N.E., Zagmajster, M., Hogg, I., Ruhi, A., Gagnon, M.M., Allentoft, M.E., Reinecke, R., Saccò, M., Mammola, S., Altermatt, F., Alther, R., Bolpagni, R., Brancelj, A., Brankovits, D., Fišer, C., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Guareschi, S., Hose, G.C., Korbel, K., Lictevout, E., Malard, F., Martínez, A., Niemiller, M.L., Robertson, A., Tanalgo, K.C., Bichuette, M.E., Borko, S., Brad, T., Campbell, M.A., Cardoso, P., Celico, F., Cooper, S.J.B., Culver, D., Di Lorenzo, T., Galassi, D.M.P., Guzik, M.T., Hartland, A., Humphreys, W.F., Ferreira, R.L., Lunghi, E., Nizzoli, D., Perina, G., Raghavan, R., Richards, Z., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Rohde, M.M., Sánchez Fernández, D., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, van der Heyde, M., Weaver, L., White, N.E., Zagmajster, M., Hogg, I., Ruhi, A., Gagnon, M.M., Allentoft, M.E., and Reinecke, R.
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Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater resource, in a period of depletion by extraction and pollution, groundwater environments have been repeatedly overlooked in global biodiversity conservation agendas. Disregarding the importance of groundwater as an ecosystem ignores its critical role in preserving surface biomes. To foster timely global conservation of groundwater, we propose elevating the concept of keystone species into the realm of ecosystems, claiming groundwater as a keystone ecosystem that influences the integrity of many dependent ecosystems. Our global analysis shows that over half of land surface areas (52.6%) has a medium-to-high interaction with groundwater, reaching up to 74.9% when deserts and high mountains are excluded. We postulate that the intrinsic transboundary features of groundwater are critical for shifting perspectives towards more holistic approaches in aquatic ecology and beyond. Furthermore, we propose eight key themes to develop a science-policy integrated groundwater conservation agenda. Given ecosystems above and below the ground intersect at many levels, considering groundwater as an essential component of planetary health is pivotal to reduce biodiversity loss and buffer against climate change.
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- 2023
3. Data for 'Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems' (1.0) [Data set]
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Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M.B., Borges, P.A.V., Colado, R., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R.L., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Galassi, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F.G., Isaia, M., Johnson, J.S., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O.T., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M.L., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., Cardoso, P., Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M.B., Borges, P.A.V., Colado, R., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R.L., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Galassi, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F.G., Isaia, M., Johnson, J.S., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O.T., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M.L., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., and Cardoso, P.
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Subterranean 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 and multilateral agreements, a quantitative assessment of solution-based approaches to safeguard subterranean biota and associated habitats is timely. This assessment allows researchers and practitioners to understand the progress made and research needs in subterranean ecology and management. We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature focused on subterranean ecosystems globally (terrestrial, freshwater, and saltwater systems), to quantify the available evidence-base for the effectiveness of conservation interventions. We selected 708 publications from the years 1964 to 2021 that discussed, recommended, or implemented 1,954 conservation interventions in subterranean ecosystems. We noted a steep increase in the number of studies from the 2000s while, surprisingly, the proportion of studies quantifying the impact of conservation interventions has steadily and significantly decreased in recent years. The effectiveness of 31% of conservation interventions has been tested statistically. We further highlight that 64% of the reported research occurred in the Palearctic and Nearctic biogeographic regions. Assessments of the effectiveness of conservation interventions were heavily biased towards indirect measures (monitoring and risk assessment), a limited sample of organisms (mostly arthropods and bats), and more accessible systems (terrestrial caves). Our results indicate that most conservation science in the field of subterranean biology does not apply a rigorous quantitative approach, resulting in sparse evidence for the effectiveness of
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- 2022
4. Invertebrate traits, diversity and the vulnerability of groundwater ecosystems
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Hose, G.C., Chariton, A., Daam, M.A., Di Lorenzo, T., Galassi, D.M.P., Halse, A.S., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Robertson, A.L., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, Korbel, K.L., Hose, G.C., Chariton, A., Daam, M.A., Di Lorenzo, T., Galassi, D.M.P., Halse, A.S., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Robertson, A.L., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, and Korbel, K.L.
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Groundwater comprises the largest freshwater ecosystem on the planet. It has a distinct regime of extreme, yet stable environmental conditions that have favoured the development of similar morphological and functional traits in the resident invertebrate fauna (stygofauna).The analysis of community traits is increasingly used as an alternative to taxonomy-based assessments of biodiversity, especially for monitoring ecosystem status and linking the functions of organisms to ecological processes, yet it has been rarely applied to stygofauna and groundwater ecosystems.In this paper, we review the variation in functional traits among the invertebrate fauna of this important ecosystem. We focus on the stygofauna and processes of alluvium and fractured rock aquifers that are typified by small voids and fissures that constrain the habitats and environmental conditions.As a first step, we compare trait variability between groundwater and surface water invertebrate communities and then examine the significance of the ranges of these traits to the vulnerability of the ecosystem to change.Fifteen potentially useful functional traits are recognised, with ten of these having narrower ranges (i.e., exhibiting fewer states, or attributes, of a particular trait) in groundwater than they do in surface water.Our synthesis suggests that the relative stability of groundwater environments has led to low trait variability. The low biomass and low reproductive rate of stygofauna suggest that recovery potential following disturbance is likely to be low.For the purposes of both improved understanding and effective management, further work is needed to document additional functional traits and their states in groundwater fauna, enabling a better understanding of the relationship between response and effect traits in these ecosystems.
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- 2022
5. Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems
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Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M.B., Borges, P.A.V., Colado, R., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R.L., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Galassi, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F.G., Isaia, M., Johnson, J.S., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O.T., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M.L., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., Cardoso, P., Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M.B., Borges, P.A.V., Colado, R., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R.L., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Galassi, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F.G., Isaia, M., Johnson, J.S., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O.T., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M.L., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, Susanne Isabel, Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., and Cardoso, P.
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Subterranean 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 and multilateral agreements, a quantitative assessment of solution-based approaches to safeguard subterranean biota and associated habitats is timely. This assessment allows researchers and practitioners to understand the progress made and research needs in subterranean ecology and management. We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature focused on subterranean ecosystems globally (terrestrial, freshwater, and saltwater systems), to quantify the available evidence-base for the effectiveness of conservation interventions. We selected 708 publications from the years 1964 to 2021 that discussed, recommended, or implemented 1,954 conservation interventions in subterranean ecosystems. We noted a steep increase in the number of studies from the 2000s while, surprisingly, the proportion of studies quantifying the impact of conservation interventions has steadily and significantly decreased in recent years. The effectiveness of 31% of conservation interventions has been tested statistically. We further highlight that 64% of the reported research occurred in the Palearctic and Nearctic biogeographic regions. Assessments of the effectiveness of conservation interventions were heavily biased towards indirect measures (monitoring and risk assessment), a limited sample of organisms (mostly arthropods and bats), and more accessible systems (terrestrial caves). Our results indicate that most conservation science in the field of subterranean biology does not apply a rigorous quantitative approach, resulting in sparse evidence for the effectiveness of
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- 2022
6. Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in shallow alluvial aquifers of a Mediterranean region: Baseline scenario and ecological implications
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Di Lorenzo, T., primary, Borgoni, R., additional, Ambrosini, R., additional, Cifoni, M., additional, Galassi, D.M.P., additional, and Petitta, M., additional
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- 2015
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7. Towards an optimal sampling strategy to assess groundwater biodiversity : comparison across six European regions. In: Freshwater Biology Special Issue, Assessing and Conserving Groundwater Biodiversity (Eds. J. Gibert & D.C. Culver)
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Dole-Olivier, Marie-José, Castellarini, F., Coineau, N., Galassi, D.M.P., Martin, P., Mori, N., Valdecasas, A., Gibert, J., Hydrobiologie et Ecologie Souterraines, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux (EHF), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'océanographie biologique de Banyuls (LOBB), Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls (OOB), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila = University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), National Institute of Biology [Ljubljana] (NIB), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [Madrid] (MNCN), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Università degli Studi dell'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (MNCN), and Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva
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sampling stratification ,stygobionts ,environmental heterogeneity ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,biodiversity assessment ,ground water - Abstract
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- 2009
8. Diversity, ecology and evolution of groundwater copepods
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Galassi, D.M.P., Huys, R., and Reid, J.W.
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Copepoda [copepods] - Abstract
1. With few exceptions, copepods dominate over other crustacean and non-crustacean invertebrate groups in ground water. They have colonised a vast array of habitats in continental ground waters, where they are represented by over 1000 species in six orders: Platycopioida, Misophrioida, Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Gelyelloida. However, members of only the last four orders entered genuine fresh ground water.2. Stygobiotic copepods show a wide range of morphological and physiological adaptations to different groundwater habitats. They frequently exhibit simplifications in body plans, including reductions in appendage morphology, which is regarded as a result of paedomorphic heterochronic events.3. Copepod distributions at small spatial scales are most strongly affected by habitat type and heterogeneity, with sediment grain size and availability of organic matter being important habitat characteristics. Large-scale spatial distributions (biogeographical) are mainly related to past geological, climatic and geographical processes which occurred over medium to long time scales.4. Such processes have affected colonisation patterns and diversification of copepods in ground water, leading to a number of phylogenetic and distributional relicts and a high degree of endemism at different taxonomic levels. This is reflected in the composition of groundwater copepod communities characterised by distantly related species in the phylogenetic tree.5. Copepods dominate the species richness of groundwater fauna in all regions and on all continents where more than cursory surveys have been carried out, i.e. in Europe, North and Latin America as well as in Australia.6. Species-specific microhabitat preferences, high proportions of local endemics, high proportions of phylogenetic and distributional relicts, and higher-level taxonomic diversity are all factors suggesting that copepods are a useful indicator group of overall species richness for defining conservation priorities in ground water.
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9. Developmental endpoints of chronic exposure to suspected endocrine-disrupting chemicals on benthic and hyporheic freshwater copepods
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Di Marzio, W.D., primary, Castaldo, D., additional, Di Lorenzo, T., additional, Di Cioccio, A., additional, Sáenz, M.E., additional, and Galassi, D.M.P., additional
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- 2013
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10. Dissecting copepod diversity at different spatial scales in southern European groundwater
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Galassi, D.M.P, primary, Stoch, F., additional, and Brancelj, A., additional
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- 2013
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11. Characteristics, Main Impacts, and Stewardship of Natural and Artificial Freshwater Environments: Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation
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Rossano Bolpagni, Martina Čtvrtlíková, Alex Borrini, Stefano Segadelli, Marco Cantonati, Zlatko Levkov, Núria Cid, Lawrence E. Stevens, Jani Heino, Diana M. P. Galassi, Petr Znachor, Eren Turak, Michal Hájek, Catherine M. Pringle, Abdullah A. Saber, John S. Richardson, Paul B. Hamilton, Barbara Fiasca, Sandra Poikane, Mattia Di Cicco, Jan Kubečka, Ian Hawes, Luigi Naselli-Flores, Museo delle Scienze, Drexel University, JRC Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen [Ispra] (IPSC), European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Ispra] (JRC), Department of Infectious Diseases [Athens, GA, USA] (Odum School of Ecology), University of Georgia [USA]-College of Veterinary Medicine [Athens, GA, USA], Museum Northern Arizona Springs Stewardship Inst, NSW Dept Planning Ind & Environm, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences [Sydney] (BEES), University of New South Wales [Sydney] (UNSW), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Parma = Università degli studi di Parma [Parme, Italie], Riverly (Riverly), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), University of L'Aquila [Italy] (UNIVAQ), Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), University of Waikato [Hamilton], Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Université de Palerme (Univ. Palerme), Université de palerme, Université Ain Shams, Canadian Museum of Nature (CANADA), Servizio Osservatorio Suoli e Bonifiche (ARPAV), ARPAV, AQUALIFE LIFE12 BIO/IT/000231, ERDF/ESF project CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007417, GX19-28491X, Cantonati M., Poikane S., Pringle C.M., Stevens L.E., Turak E., Heino J., Richardson J.S., Bolpagni R., Borrini A., Cid N., Ctvrtlikova M., Galassi D.M.P., Hajek M., Hawes I., Levkov Z., Naselli Flores L., Saber A.A., Di Cicco M., Fiasca B., Hamilton P.B., Kubecka J., Segadelli S., and Znachor P.
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0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:Hydraulic engineering ,vaikutukset ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Biodiversity ,habitat ,Wetland ,habitaatti ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Freshwater ecosystem ,Least-impaired habitat relict ,ekosysteemit ,lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes ,elinympäristö ,freshwater ,Water Science and Technology ,biodiversity ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,conservation ,6. Clean water ,foundation species ,Overexploitation ,Habitat ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,impact ,luonnonsuojelu ,Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia ,Conservation ,Ecosystem ,Foundation species ,Freshwater ,Impact ,Least-impaired habitat relicts ,Stewardship ,Aquatic Science ,010603 evolutionary biology ,hoito ,stewardship ,lcsh:TC1-978 ,14. Life underwater ,ecosystem ,geography ,lcsh:TD201-500 ,Foundation specie ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,least-impaired habitat relicts ,15. Life on land ,luonnon monimuotoisuus ,biodiversiteetti ,Habitat destruction ,13. Climate action ,Threatened species ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,Environmental science ,makea vesi - Abstract
International audience; In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify the main biodiversity patterns and ecological features, human impacts on the system and environmental issues, and discuss ways to use this information to improve stewardship. Examples of selected key biodiversity/ecological features (habitat type): narrow endemics, sensitive (groundwater and GDEs); crenobionts, LIHRes (springs); unidirectional flow, nutrient spiraling (streams); naturally turbid, floodplains, large-bodied species (large rivers); depth-variation in benthic communities (lakes); endemism and diversity (ancient lakes); threatened, sensitive species (oxbow lakes, SWE); diverse, reduced littoral (reservoirs); cold-adapted species (Boreal and Arctic fwh); endemism, depauperate (Antarctic fwh); flood pulse, intermittent wetlands, biggest river basins (tropical fwh); variable hydrologic regime—periods of drying, flash floods (arid-climate fwh). Selected impacts: eutrophication and other pollution, hydrologic modifications, overexploitation, habitat destruction, invasive species, salinization. Climate change is a threat multiplier, and it is important to quantify resistance, resilience, and recovery to assess the strategic role of the different types of freshwater ecosystems and their value for biodiversity conservation. Effective conservation solutions are dependent on an understanding of connectivity between different freshwater ecosystems (including related terrestrial, coastal and marine systems).
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- 2020
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