10.15468/dtu2jv
https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=occurrence_collection_piemnr
Piedmont river invertebrate collection hosted at CNR-IRSA Brugherio (Milano, Italy)
Andrea
Buffagni
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Research Director
Via del Mulino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
andrea.buffagni@irsa.cnr.it
0000-0002-3944-1861
Vanessa
De Santis
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Researcher
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
vanessa.desantis@irsa.cnr.it
0000-0001-5419-9850
Marcello
Cazzola
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Technician
Via del Mullino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
marcello.cazzola@irsa.cnr.it
Stefania
Erba
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Senior Researcher
Via del Mulino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
stefania.erba@irsa.cnr.it
0000-0002-2371-0369
Andrea
Buffagni
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Research Director
Via del Mulino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
andrea.buffagni@irsa.cnr.it
0000-0002-3944-1861
Vanessa
De Santis
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Researcher
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
vanessa.desantis@irsa.cnr.it
Marcello
Cazzola
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Technician
Via del Mullino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
marcello.cazzola@irsa.cnr.it
Stefania
Erba
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Senior Researcher
Via del Mulino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
stefania.erba@irsa.cnr.it
2025-02-25
ENGLISH
This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrates’ specimens collected from riffle mesohabitat of slightly altered rivers located in the Northwestern Italian Alps and specifically in the Piedmont Region (Piemonte). Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a single sampling event (site and date) and to a specific sampling unit. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (PIEMNR) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. The final digit is a letter if pictures of the preserved specimens were taken. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Licence of use: both access and use are free to any non-commercial user (CC-BY-NC 4.0). The authors recommend users to provide a link to the original dataset in GBIF and to cite the present paper when using the data. Stakeholders interested in additional information can contact the authors via information provided in the metadata.
Occurrence
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Invertebrates were collected in slightly impacted fluvial sites located in the Northwestern Italian Alps.
Bounding box: min longitude: 7.74 – max longitude: 7.77 – min latitude: 45.40 – max Latitude: 45.49.
Habitat type: Riffle mesohabitat of Alpine rivers.
Biogeographic region: Alpine (EEA, 2017).
Country: Italy
7.597217
7.774728
45.491948
45.40278
2005-03-30
2005-04-08
The dataset comprises the occurrences of 43 invertebrate families, divided in three phyla, two classes and 13 orders. The most represented taxonomic group is the Arthropoda phylum and particularly the Insecta class. For three insect orders, namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, occurrence data are available at the genus level (13 genera).
Phyla: Anellida, Arthropoda, Platyhelminthes
Family
Gerridae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Family
Tabanidae
Order
Diptera
Family
Psychodidae
Family
Elmidae
Family
Heptageniidae
Family
Haplotaxidae
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Beraeidae
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Ephemerellidae
Family
Goeridae
Family
Hydroptilidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Anellida
Class
Clitellata
Family
Glossosomatidae
Order
Haplotaxida
Family
Siphlonuridae
Family
Philopotamidae
Order
Lumbriculida
Family
Dixidae
Family
Leptophlebiidae
Family
Rhyacophilidae
Family
Ephemeridae
Family
Sericostomatidae
Family
Sialidae
Family
Hydraenidae
Family
Simuliidae
Family
Tubificidae
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Family
Odontoceridae
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Megaloptera
Family
Ceratopogonidae
Family
Lumbricidae
Family
Lumbriculidae
Family
Polycentropodidae
Family
Corixidae
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Limoniidae
Family
Empididae
Family
Limnephilidae
Family
Dytiscidae
Family
Gomphidae
Family
Chironomidae
Family
Nemouridae
Family
Baetidae
Family
Planariidae
Family
Athericidae
Order
Ephemeroptera
Family
Hydropsychidae
Order
Plecoptera
Order
Tricladida
Family
Scirtidae
Order
Tubificida
Family
Tipulidae
Family
Dugesiidae
Euro-limpacs, project no. GOCE-CT-2003-505540, was funded by the European Commission. ITINERIS project (Project IR0000032 – ITINERIS - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006) was supported by the EU - Next Generation EU Mission 4 "Education and Research" - Component 2: "From Research to Business" - Investment 3.1: "Fund for the Creation of an Integrated System of Research and Innovation Infrastructures".
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Andrea
Buffagni
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Research Director
Via del Mulino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
andrea.buffagni@irsa.cnr.it
0000-0002-3944-1861
Marcello
Cazzola
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Technician
Via del Mullino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
marcello.cazzola@irsa.cnr.it
Stefania
Erba
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA)
Senior Researcher
Via del Mulino
Brugherio
MB
20861
ITALY
stefania.erba@irsa.cnr.it
Along with sampling of the invertebrate benthic community, several abiotic features at different spatial scales (e.g. microhabitat composition, water quality, land uses) were also recorded. Local hydro-morphological characterization of each river reach was also performed following the CARAVAGGIO (Core Assessment of River hAbitat VAlue and hydro-morpholoGIcal cOndition) method (Buffagni et al. 2013). Data were digitized within the ITINERIS (Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System) project. The column eventType reports ‘project’ because data are directly linked to research project.
Invertebrates were collected in slightly impacted fluvial sites located in the Northwestern Italian Alps. Invertebrates were collected in the occasion of a wider research project aimed at evaluating the impacts of global change on European fresh waters. Sites included in the present dataset were selected to represent different land use and habitat alterations
The riverine benthic invertebrates were sampled adopting the multi habitat proportional sampling (the protocol specified in the column samplingProtocol of the dataset), which is the Italian standard for the monitoring of wadable water bodies under the Water Framework Directive (CNR-IRSA, 2007; MATTM, 2010). A riffle-pool sequence (mesohabitat scale) was identified in a river section of about 25-50 meters. Microhabitat proportions, in terms of organic and mineral substrate types, were then visually estimated, and invertebrates were collected according to their proportional presence for a total of 10 sampling units in pool and 10 in riffle mesohabitats, respectively (Buffagni et al., 2014). For this dataset, only samples collected in the riffle mesohabitat are considered. Invertebrates were quantitatively collected in each sampling unit using a Surber net (area 0.1 m2; mesh size 0.5 mm), positioned on each microhabitat.
Quality control for geographic data: Reliability of coordinates where available was checked in QGIS. Geographic coordinate format, coordinates within country/provincial boundaries, and the absence of anomalous ASCII characters in the dataset were also double checked.
Quality control for taxonomic data: even if some taxa have undergone a nomenclature revision, the nomenclature used in this dataset follows the one present in the MacrOper list (Buffagni & Erba, 2014), used to assess the ecological status of Italian water bodies according to the WFD. Specimens were assigned to taxonomic units according to the available literature and identification keys and identifications were internally checked.
Euro-Limpacs and ITINERIS
Andrea
Buffagni
0000-0002-3944-1861
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Marcello
Cazzola
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Stefania
Erba
0000-0002-2371-0369
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Invertebrates specimens present in this dataset were collected during the implementation of the research project “Euro-limpacs- Integrated Project to evaluate the Impacts of Global Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems”. Data were digitized within the ITINERIS (Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System) project. The column eventType reports ‘project’ because data are directly linked to research project.
Euro-limpacs, project no. GOCE-CT-2003-505540, was funded by the European Commission. ITINERIS project (Project IR0000032 – ITINERIS - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006) was supported by the EU - Next Generation EU Mission 4 "Education and Research" - Component 2: "From Research to Business" - Investment 3.1: "Fund for the Creation of an Integrated System of Research and Innovation Infrastructures".
Data presented refer to rivers located in the Orco and Chiusella catchments, situated in the North Western Italian Alps, in the Piedmont Region. The area is characterized by varying land use and hydromorphological characteristics, high daily and seasonal ranges of temperature, usually intense precipitation for most of the year (Buffagni et al., 2006). Considered rivers are typical alpine rivers, with pebble-cobble riverbeds and are characterized by a slight degree of alteration in hydromorpholgy and riverine habitats.
The main goal of Euro-limpacs project was to assess the impacts of global change, and particularly climate change, on European fresh waters. Specifically, the objectives of the project were to i) learn more about the interaction between climate change and other anthropogenically-derived modification such land use change and hydromorphological alterations; ii) find suitable bioindicators of ecosystem health in studied ecosystem and iii) define suitable restoration measures to counteract the impacts of climate change and hydromorphological pressures (e.g. Jähnig et al., 2010). Along with sampling of the invertebrate benthic community, several abiotic features at different spatial scales (e.g. microhabitat composition, water quality, land uses) were also recorded. Local hydro-morphological characterization of each river reach was also performed following the CARAVAGGIO (Core Assessment of River hAbitat VAlue and hydro-morpholoGIcal cOndition) method (Buffagni et al. 2013).
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Buffagni A., Casalegno C. & Erba S., 2009. Hydromorphology and land use at different spatial scales: expectations in a changing climate scenario for medium-sized rivers of the Western Italian Alps. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 174/1: 7–25.
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Buffagni A., Erba S., Genoni P., Lucchini D. & C. Orlandi, 2014. 2010. Protocollo di campionamento e analisi dei macroinvertebrati bentonici dei corsi d’acqua guadabili. ISPRA, Manuali e Linee Guida 111/2014. ISBN 978-88-448-0651 (in Italian).
CNR-IRSA, 2007. Macroinvertebrati acquatici e Direttiva 2000/60/EC (WFD). IRSA-CNR Notiziario dei Metodi Analitici, Marzo 2007. (ISSN 1974-8345) (in Italian).
Jahnig S.C., Brabec K., Buffagni A., Erba S., Lorenz A.W., Ofenbock T., Verdonschot P.F.M., Hering D. 2010. A comparative analysis of restoration measures and their effects on hydromorphology and benthic invertebrates in 26 central and southern European rivers. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 671-680.
MATTM, 2010. Italian Ministry of Environment and Land and Sea Protection. Ministerial Decree 260/2010. ‘Regolamento recante i Criteri tecnici per la classificazione dello stato dei corpi idrici superficiali, per la modifica delle norme tecniche del decreto legislativo 3 aprile 2006, n. 152, recante norme in materia ambientale, predisposto ai sensi dell'articolo 75, comma 3, del medesimo decreto legislativo’. Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana 30 7th February 2011 (In Italian).
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Piedmont river invertebrate collection
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