Sardinian invertebrate collection from slightly altered river sites hosted at CNR-IRSA Brugherio (Milano, Italy)

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Buffagni A, De Santis V, Cazzola M, Cislaghi S, Erba S (2025). Sardinian invertebrate collection from slightly altered river sites hosted at CNR-IRSA Brugherio (Milano, Italy). Version 1.2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=sardinian_invertebrate_collection_cnr-irsa_brugherio&v=1.2

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Keywords

Occurrence; biodiversity; invertebrates; global change; ecological status; Italy; Specimen

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Geographic Coverage

Invertebrates were collected in slightly anthropogenically impacted fluvial sites located in the eastern part of Sardinia (south-western Italy). Bounding box: min longitude: 9.16 – max longitude: 9.63 – min latitude: 39.65 – max Latitude: 39.92. Sampling design: invertebrates were collected in the occasion of two different projects. Habitat type: Pool mesohabitat of Mediterranean rivers. Biogeographic region: Mediterranean (EEA, 2017). Country: Italy

Taxonomic Coverage

The dataset comprises the occurrences of 36 invertebrate families, divided in four phyla, four classes and 12 orders. The most represented taxonomic group is the Arthropoda phylum and particularly the Insecta class. For three insects orders, namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, occurrence data are available at the genus level (15 genera). Phyla: Anellida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Platyhelminthes

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

Invertebrates specimens present in this dataset were collected during two distinct research projects. The first is the MICARI (‘Strumenti e procedure per il MIglioramento della CApacità RIcettiva si corpi idrici superficiali e Proposta di stream standard specifici per corsi d’acqua a regime torrentizio’ in Italian) project, which run between 2002 and 2004 and was aimed at, among other objectives, investigating the variability of Sardinian riverine biota, particularly evidencing the important role that habitat have on these assemblages in Mediterranean-like ecosystems (Buffagni et al. 2010). The second project, the INHABIT project (Local hydro-morphology, habitat and RBMPs: new measures to improve ecological quality in South European rivers and lakes) was implemented from 2010 to 2013 and kept on investigating the role of local hydro-morphology and habitat features on aquatic biota of different ecosystems, including Sardinian rivers. Data were digitized within the ITINERIS (Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System) project. The column eventType reports ‘project’ because date are directly linked to research project.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

The riverine benthic invertebrates were sampled adopting the proportional and quantitative multi-habitat approach (the protocol specified in the column samplingProtocol of the dataset), which is the Italian standard for the monitoring of wadable water bodies under the WFD (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 (see Buffagni, 2021 for details on sampling design). For this dataset, only samples collected in the pool mesohabitat are considered. Invertebrates were quantitatively collected in each sampling unit using a Surber net (area 0.05 m2; mesh size 0.5 mm), positioned on each microhabitat, with the opening directed against the main water flow direction and the substrate contained within the area delimited by the sampler is disturbed by hands or feet to dislodge the organisms from the substrate. The collected organisms were then transferred to dedicated buckets or trays, sorted from the substrate, identified, counted and then placed in vials and preserved in alcohol.

Method step description:

1. Main underlying purpose was to characterise the benthic aquatic assemblages and investigate the relationship between benthic community, riverine habitat features and ecological status assessment. 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; see also Buffagni, 2021).

Collection Data

Bibliographic Citations

1. Buffagni, A., Erba, S., 2007. Macroinvertebrati acquatici e Direttiva 2000/60/EC (WFD) Parte A. Metodo di campionamento per i fiumi guadabili. IRSA-CNR Notiziario dei Metodi Analitici, Marzo 2007, 2–27. (ISSN 1974-8345). (in Italian). http://www. life-inhabit.it/cnr-irsa-activities/en/download/methods-news-irsa
2. Buffagni, A., Erba, S. & Armanini, D.G., 2010. The lentic–lotic character of Mediterranean rivers and its importance to aquatic invertebrate communities. Aquat. Sci. 72, 45–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-009-0112-4
3. Buffagni A. & Erba S., 2014. Linee guida per la valutazione della componente macrobentonica fluviale ai sensi del DM 260/2010. ISPRA, Manuali e Linee Guida 107/2014. Pp 83. ISBN 978-88-448-0645-3. https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/manuali-lineeguida/MLG_107_14.pdf
4. Buffagni, A., Demartini, D., Terranova, L., 2013. Manuale di applicazione del metodo CARAVAGGIO - Guida al rilevamento e alla descrizione degli habitat fluviali. 1/i. Monografie dell'Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque del C.N.R., Roma (301 pp, ISBN: 9788897655008) (in Italian). www.life-inhabit.it/it/download/tutti-file/doc_download/123manuale-caravaggio
5. Buffagni, A., Tenchini, R., Cazzola, M., Erba, S., Balestrini, R., Belfiore, C., & Pagnotta, R. (2016). Detecting the impact of bank and channel modification on invertebrate communities in Mediterranean temporary streams (Sardinia, SW Italy). Science of the Total Environment, 565, 1138-1150.
6. Buffagni A., 2021. The lentic and lotic characteristics of habitats determine the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in Mediterranean rivers. Freshwater Biology. 2021;66:13–34. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13596 CNR-IRSA, 2007. Macroinvertebrati acquatici e Direttiva 2000/60/EC (WFD). IRSA-CNR Notiziario dei Metodi Analitici, Marzo 2007. (ISSN 1974-8345) (in Italian). http://www. life-inhabit.it/cnr-irsa-activities/en/download/methods-news-irsa
7. 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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