| Authors | Simon Vitecek (1), Agnés Bouchez (2), Kat Bruce (3), Fedor C? iampor (4), Torbjørn Ekrem (5), Diego Fontaneto (6), Alain Franc (7), Wolfram Graf (8), Daniel Hering (9), Maria Kahlert (10), Emre Keskin (11), Patricia Mergen (12), Kristian Meissner (13), Steffen Pauls (1), Jan Pawlowski (14), Ana Rotter (15), Astrid Schmidt Kloiber (8), Alexander Weigand (9), Jonas Zimmermann (16), and Florian Leese (9) |
| Text | 399455 2018 DNAqua Net The DNAqua Net initiative A COST Action dedicated to the development of pan European molecular bioassessment tools for aquatic ecosystems Simon Vitecek 1 , Agnes Bouchez 2 , Kat Bruce 3 , Fedor C iampor 4 , Torbjørn Ekrem 5 , Diego Fontaneto 6 , Alain Franc 7 , Wolfram Graf 8 , Daniel Hering 9 , Maria Kahlert 10 , Emre Keskin 11 , Patricia Mergen 12 , Kristian Meissner 13 , Steffen Pauls 1 , Jan Pawlowski 14 , Ana Rotter 15 , Astrid Schmidt Kloiber 8 , Alexander Weigand 9 , Jonas Zimmermann 16 , and Florian Leese 9 1 Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany simon.vitecek@senckenberg.de, steffen.pauls@senckenberg.de , 2 French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Thonon les bains, France agnes.bouchez@inra.fr , 3 NatureMetrics Ltd, United Kingdom kat@naturemetrics.co.uk , 4 Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia f.ciampor@savba.sk , 5 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural History, Trondheim, Norway torbjorn.ekrem@ntnu.no , 6 Institute of Ecosystem Study, National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy d.fontaneto@ise.cnr.it , 7 BIOGECO, INRA, University of Bordeaux, Cestas, France Pleiade team, INRIA, Talence, France alain.franc@inra.fr , 8 Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecology Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at, astrid.schmidt kloiber@boku.ac.at , 9 University of Duisburg Essen, Aquatic Ecosystem Research Group Center of Water and Environmental Research, Essen, Germany daniel.hering@uni due.de, alexander.weigand@uni due.de, florian.leese@uni due.de , 10 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Uppsala, Sweden maria.kahlert@slu.se , 11 Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory, Ankara University Agricultural Faculty Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ankara, Turkey emre.keskin@ankara.edu.tr , 12 Botanic Garden Meise, Meise, Belgium; Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium mergen.patricia@gmail.com , 13 Finnish Environment Institute, Freshwater Centre, Jyvaskyla, Finland kristian.meissner@ymparisto.fi , 14 Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland jan.pawlowski@unige.ch , 15 Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia ana.rotter@nib.si , 16 Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany j.zimmermann@bgbm.org Published version EGU2018 European Geosciences Union General Assembly Vienna 8 13 aprile 2018 Internazionale Contributo The protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and their functions are of global importance. For European states it became legally binding mainly through the EU Water Framework Directive WFD . In order to assess the ecological status of a given water body, aquatic biodiversity data are obtained and compared to a reference water body. The quantified mismatch obtained determines the extent of potential management actions. The current approach to biodiversity assessment is based on morpho taxonomy. This approach has many drawbacks such as being time consuming, limited in temporal and spatial resolution, and error prone due to the varying individual taxonomic expertise of the analysts. Novel genomic tools can overcome many of the aforementioned problems and could complement or even replace traditional bioassessment. Yet, a plethora of approaches are independently developed in different institutions, thereby hampering any concerted routine application. The goal of this Action is to nucleate a group of researchers across disciplines with the task to identify gold standard genomic tools and novel eco genomic indices for routine application in biodiversity assessments of European fresh and marine water bodies. Furthermore, DNAqua Net will provide a platform for training of the next generation of European researchers preparing them for the new technologies. Jointly with water managers, politicians, and other stakeholders, the group will develop a conceptual framework for the standard application of eco genomic tools as part of legally binding assessments. Abstract 2018_Abstract_EGU.pdf Abstract in atti di convegno diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO |
