Using crustaceans to identify different pond types. A case study from the Alta Murgia National Park, Apulia (South-eastern Italy)

Alfonso, Giuseppe; Beccarisi, Leonardo; Pieri, Valentina; Frassanito, Annagrazia; Belmonte, Genuario

doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2669-y

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“…This is particularly regrettable, since diaptomid distribution is supposed to be largely influenced by historical factors (i.e., paleogeographical and paleoecological conditions) also depending on Allee effects (e.g., mate finding) during colonization (Leibold et al, 2010;Henriques-Silva et al, 2016). Furthermore, diaptomid species are good indicators of the ecological conditions of water bodies and some taxa are reported to be excellent indicators for the highly biodiverse, often endangered crustacean communities exclusive to the EU priority habitat ''3170* Mediterranean temporary ponds'' (Sahuquillo & Miracle, 2013;Alfonso et al, 2016;Marrone et al, 2016).…”

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Diversity patterns and biogeography of Diaptomidae (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Western Palearctic

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Diaptomid copepods are an important component of biodiversity in inland aquatic ecosystems worldwide but to date little is known about the historical and ecological factors that determined their current distribution. In the present paper, a critical review of the available literature on diaptomid species distribution in the Western Palearctic was performed, and a biogeographical analysis was carried out on the roles that spatial, current environmental, and historical (paleoclimatic) factors played on their actual distribution in this large area. The results show a clear pattern of colonization which is only partially overlapping what has been recently proposed for other terrestrial and aquatic taxa. Disentangling beta diversity into its turnover and nestedness components, we hypothesized a complex post-glacial pattern of recolonization of the higher latitudes, encompassing the importance of extra-Mediterranean refugia in the West (due to mountain chains which represent effective barriers for recolonization coming from the Italian and Iberian peninsulas) and a more typical pattern of postglacial recolonization from southern refugia in the East, where mountain chains are north-south oriented and therefore less effective as barriers.

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Diversity patterns and biogeography of Diaptomidae (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Western Palearctic

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“…The dbRDA plots display sites with different symbols according to the factor "MTP". The identification of MTPs is based on Alfonso et al ( , 2016. In addition, a matrix of correlations among all the environmental features was computed using the R software version 3.2.5 (R Core Team 2016).…”

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“…These ponds, remarkable for their large branchiopods diversity, also host calanoid copepods belonging to the genus Hemidiaptomus (cf. Alfonso & Belmonte 2011); therefore, they may be categorised as "Hemidiaptomus ponds" (Sahuquillo & Miracle 2013;Alfonso et al 2016;Marrone et al 2016a). Similarly, in the west Mediterranean, few areas remarkable for large branchiopod diversity also have the rare "Hemidiaptomus ponds": the Chaouia plain in Morocco (cf.…”

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Diversity and distribution of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata) in Apulian ponds (SE Italy)

Alfonso

2017

The European Zoological Journal

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A first extensive survey in the inland waters of Apulia was carried out with the aim to detect occurrences of large branchiopods and to assess their diversity and distribution in the region. Samples were gathered during each wet season between 2004 and 2016, in several cases with multiple collections per site in different years. A total of 240 water bodies were studied. Based on a careful review of the available literature data and the results of this survey, 10 large branchiopod species (six Anostraca, two Notostraca, two Spinicaudata) are reported to occur in the Apulian inland waters at present. The findings of the spinicaudatans Leptestheria mayeti and Cyzicus tetracerus and of the anostracan Streptocephalus torvicornis are new records for the Italian mainland. Different species assemblages were found to correspond to specific sets of environmental conditions and habitat types. The diversity of large branchiopods in the region indicates the distinctive role of the Apulian inland waters and their ecological importance in the biogeography of the crustacean inland water fauna in the Mediterranean area. The conservation status of the environments where the species were collected is also discussed.

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“…A number of studies have generally indicated a positive relationship between the surface area of lacustrine environments and zooplankton diversity (e.g., [30][31][32]; but see [13]); accordingly, crustacean zooplankton has been shown to have higher species richness in small ponds as compared with lakes [16,33,34]. This notwithstanding, we hypothesized that area alone may not be an adequate predictor, and that local bioclimatic conditions may ultimately contribute in explaining diversity variations across waterbodies by influencing their physical-chemical characteristics, as observed in recent investigations on freshwater macroinvertebrates and macrophytes [27,28,35].…”

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Species Richness and Taxonomic Distinctness of Zooplankton in Ponds and Small Lakes from Albania and North Macedonia: The Role of Bioclimatic Factors

Mancinelli

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Belmonte

2019

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Resolving the contribution to biodiversity patterns of regional-scale environmental drivers is, to date, essential in the implementation of effective conservation strategies. Here, we assessed the species richness S and taxonomic distinctness Δ+ (used a proxy of phylogenetic diversity) of crustacean zooplankton assemblages from 40 ponds and small lakes located in Albania and North Macedonia and tested whether they could be predicted by waterbodies’ landscape characteristics (area, perimeter, and altitude), together with local bioclimatic conditions that were derived from Wordclim and MODIS databases. The results showed that a minimum adequate model, including the positive effects of non-arboreal vegetation cover and temperature seasonality, together with the negative influence of the mean temperature of the wettest quarter, effectively predicted assemblages’ variation in species richness. In contrast, taxonomic distinctness did not predictably respond to landscape or bioclimatic factors. Noticeably, waterbodies’ area showed a generally low prediction power for both S and Δ+. Additionally, an in-depth analysis of assemblages’ species composition indicated the occurrence of two distinct groups of waterbodies characterized by different species and different precipitation and temperature regimes. Our findings indicated that the classical species-area relationship hypothesis is inadequate in explaining the diversity of crustacean zooplankton assemblages characterizing the waterbodies under analysis. In contrast, local bioclimatic factors might affect the species richness and composition, but not their phylogenetic diversity, the latter likely to be influenced by long-term adaptation mechanisms.

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Using crustaceans to identify different pond types. A case study from the Alta Murgia National Park, Apulia (South-eastern Italy)

Cited by 21 publications

References 60 publications

Diversity patterns and biogeography of Diaptomidae (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Western Palearctic

Diversity patterns and biogeography of Diaptomidae (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Western Palearctic

Diversity and distribution of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata) in Apulian ponds (SE Italy)

Species Richness and Taxonomic Distinctness of Zooplankton in Ponds and Small Lakes from Albania and North Macedonia: The Role of Bioclimatic Factors

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