Geotargeting spatial and temporal data of Italian freshwater high-altitude macroinvertebrates

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Boggero A, Dumnicka E, Fornaroli R, Paganelli D, Zaupa S (2022): Geotargeting spatial and temporal data of Italian freshwater high-altitude macroinvertebrates. v1.8. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=italian_freshwaters_mountain_macroinvertebrates&v=1.8

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Keywords

aquatic habitat; zoobenthos; occurence; mountain area; geographic distribution; long-term data

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Geographic Coverage

All the study lakes are in the Ossola Valley, a main valley consisting of 7 secondary Alpine valleys fan-like distributed in the northern edge of Piedmont Region at the border with Switzerland and with Lake Maggiore area to the south, surrounded by the Pennine Alps on the western side and by the Lepontine Alps on the northern and eastern sides. The lakes occupy only 4 out of 7 secondary valleys.

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Temporal Coverage

Sampling Methods

Macroinvertebrates sampling was performed following the standard sampling methodologies developed within NIVA and, more recently, ICP WATERS Manuals and Programmes (NIVA 1987; ICP Waters Programme Centre 1996, 2010). Semi-quantitative macroinvertebrate samples were taken, during the ice-free season, mainly in Autumn before insect diapause, through a 2-5 min handle-netting the substrate (250 μm mesh size). At the same time, 1 L water bottle for water chemistry analyses was taken at lake-mouth where littoral water temperatures have also been recorded through a thermometer. Different habitats were considered (gravel, pebbles, boulders, rock faces) over a 0.5-1.0 m littoral- or river-reaches sampling. Sorting and identification were performed at genus/species level using Italian macroinvertebrate identification guides based each on single taxa group (AA.VV. 1977-1985), or on European identification guides on oligochaetes (Timm, 2009; Schmelz and Collado, 2010), or on chironomids (Andersen et al., 2013).

Method step description:

1. Semi-quantitative macroinvertebrate samples were taken, during the ice-free season, mainly in Autumn before insect diapause, through a 2-5 min handle-netting the substrate (250 μm mesh size).
   Different habitats were considered (gravel, pebbles, boulders, rock faces) over a 0.5-1.0 m littoral- or river-reaches sampling. Sorting and identification were performed at genus/species group/species level using Italian macroinvertebrate identification guides based each on single taxa group (AA.VV. 1977-1985), or on European identification guides on oligochaetes (Timm, 2009; Schmelz and Collado, 2010), or on chironomids (Andersen et al., 2013).

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