| Title | Plankton dynamics across the freshwater, transitional and marine research sites of the LTER-Italy Network. Patterns, fluctuations, drivers |
| Abstract | A first synoptic and trans-domain overviewof plankton dynamics was conducted across the aquatic sites belonging to the Italian Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LTER-Italy). Based on published studies, checked and complemented with unpublished information, we investigated phytoplankton and zooplankton annual dynamics
and long-term changes across domains: from the large subalpine lakes to mountain lakes and artificial lakes, from lagoons to marine coastal ecosystems.
This study permitted identifying common and unique environmental drivers and ecological functional processes controlling seasonal and long-termtemporal course. The most relevant patterns of plankton seasonal succession were revealed, showing that the driving factors were nutrient availability, stratification regime, and freshwater inflow. Phytoplankton and mesozooplankton displayed a wide interannual variability at most sites. Unidirectional or linear long-term trends were rarely detected but all sites were impacted across the years by at least one, but in many case several major stressor(s): nutrient inputs, meteo-climatic variability at the local and regional scale, and direct human activities at specific sites. Different climatic and anthropic forcings frequently co-occurred, whereby the responses of plankton communities were the result of this environmental complexity. Overall, the LTER investigations are providing an unparalleled framework of knowledge to evaluate changes in the aquatic pelagic systems and management options. |
| Source | Science of the total environment 627, pp. 373–387 |
| Keywords | LTER-ItalyAquatic ecosystemsPhytoplanktonMesozooplankton |
| Journal | Science of the total environment |
| Editor | Elsevier, Lausanne ;, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.153 |
| Authors | Giuseppe Morabito, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Nico Salmaso, Adriana Zingone, Caterina Bergami, Giovanna Flaim, Stefano Accoroni, Alberto Basset, Mauro Bastianini, Genuario Belmonte, Fabrizio Bernardi Aubry, Isabella Bertani, Mariano Bresciani, Fabio Buzzi, Marina Cabrini, Elisa Camatti, Carmela Caroppo, Bruno Cataletto, Michela Castellano, Paola Del Negro, Alessandra de Olazabal, Iole Di Capua, Antonia Concetta Elia, Daniela Fornasaro, Marina Giallain, Federica Grilli, Barbara Leoni, Marina Lipizer, Lorenzo Longobardi, Alessandro Ludovisi, Antonella Lugliè, Marina Manca, Francesca Margiotta, Maria Antonietta Mariani, Mauro Marini, Mara Marzocchi, Ulrike Obertegger, Alessandro Oggioni, Bachisio Mario Padedda, Marco Pansera, Roberta Piscia, Paolo Povero, Silvia Pulina, Tiziana Romagnoli, Ilaria Rosati, Giampaolo Rossetti, Fernando Rubino, Diana Sarno, Cecilia Teodora Satta, Nicola Sechi, Elena Stanca, Valentina Tirelli, Cecilia Totti, Alessandra Pugnetti |
| Text | 383700 2018 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.153 ISI Web of Science WOS WOS 000431848500037 LTER Italy Aquatic ecosystems Phytoplankton Mesozooplankton Plankton dynamics across the freshwater, transitional and marine research sites of the LTER Italy Network. Patterns, fluctuations, drivers Giuseppe Morabito, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Nico Salmaso, Adriana Zingone, Caterina Bergami, Giovanna Flaim, Stefano Accoroni, Alberto Basset, Mauro Bastianini, Genuario Belmonte, Fabrizio Bernardi Aubry, Isabella Bertani, Mariano Bresciani, Fabio Buzzi, Marina Cabrini, Elisa Camatti, Carmela Caroppo, Bruno Cataletto, Michela Castellano, Paola Del Negro, Alessandra de Olazabal, Iole Di Capua, Antonia Concetta Elia, Daniela Fornasaro, Marina Giallain, Federica Grilli, Barbara Leoni, Marina Lipizer, Lorenzo Longobardi, Alessandro Ludovisi, Antonella Luglie, Marina Manca, Francesca Margiotta, Maria Antonietta Mariani, Mauro Marini, Mara Marzocchi, Ulrike Obertegger, Alessandro Oggioni, Bachisio Mario Padedda, Marco Pansera, Roberta Piscia, Paolo Povero, Silvia Pulina, Tiziana Romagnoli, Ilaria Rosati, Giampaolo Rossetti, Fernando Rubino, Diana Sarno, Cecilia Teodora Satta, Nicola Sechi, Elena Stanca, Valentina Tirelli, Cecilia Totti, Alessandra Pugnetti CNR ISE, Italy; Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn, Italy; Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy; CNR ISMAR, Italy; CNR IBAF, Italy; Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; Universita del Salento, Italy; Universita di Parma, Italy; CNR IREA, Italy; ARPA Lombardia, Italy; OGS, Italy; CNR IAMC, Italy; Universita di Perugia, Italy; Universita di Genova, Italy; Universita di Milano Bicocca, Italy; Universita di Sassari, Italy; Universita di Padova, Italy; Universita di Cagliari, Italy; AGRIS, Italy A first synoptic and trans domain overviewof plankton dynamics was conducted across the aquatic sites belonging to the Italian Long Term Ecological Research Network LTER Italy . Based on published studies, checked and complemented with unpublished information, we investigated phytoplankton and zooplankton annual dynamics and long term changes across domains from the large subalpine lakes to mountain lakes and artificial lakes, from lagoons to marine coastal ecosystems. This study permitted identifying common and unique environmental drivers and ecological functional processes controlling seasonal and long termtemporal course. The most relevant patterns of plankton seasonal succession were revealed, showing that the driving factors were nutrient availability, stratification regime, and freshwater inflow. Phytoplankton and mesozooplankton displayed a wide interannual variability at most sites. Unidirectional or linear long term trends were rarely detected but all sites were impacted across the years by at least one, but in many case several major stressor s nutrient inputs, meteo climatic variability at the local and regional scale, and direct human activities at specific sites. Different climatic and anthropic forcings frequently co occurred, whereby the responses of plankton communities were the result of this environmental complexity. Overall, the LTER investigations are providing an unparalleled framework of knowledge to evaluate changes in the aquatic pelagic systems and management options. 627 Preprint https //publications.cnr.it/doc/383700 Plankton dynamics across the freshwater 1_s2_0_S0048969718301906_main.pdf 383700 Morabito_et_al_STOTEN_clean.pdf Articolo in rivista Elsevier 0048 9697 Science of the total environment Science of the total environment Sci. total environ. PANSERA MARCO marinamarcella.manca MANCA MARINA MARCELLA mauro.bastianini BASTIANINI MAURO carmela.caroppo CAROPPO CARMELA mauro.marini MARINI MAURO giuseppe.morabito MORABITO GIUSEPPE fabrizio.bernardiaubry BERNARDI AUBRY FABRIZIO roberta.piscia PISCIA ROBERTA fernando.rubino RUBINO FERNANDO elisa.camatti CAMATTI ELISA federica.grilli GRILLI FEDERICA alessandro.oggioni OGGIONI ALESSANDRO mariano.bresciani BRESCIANI MARIANO ilaria.rosati ROSATI ILARIA caterina.bergami BERGAMI CATERINA alessandra.pugnetti PUGNETTI ALESSANDRA |
