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The Mayfly Newsletter The Mayfly Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 1 Article 1 3-1-2010 The Mayfly Newsletter Peter M. Grant Southwestern Oklahoma State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mayfly Recommended Citation Grant, Peter M. (2010) "The Mayfly Newsletter," The Mayfly Newsletter: Vol. 16 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mayfly/vol16/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Newsletters at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Mayfly Newsletter by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AYFLY NEWSLETTER Vol. 16 No. 1 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096-3098 USA March 2010 A Summary Description of the ‘freshwaterecology.info’Autecological Database with Focus on European Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) D. G. Armanini1 & A. Buffagni2 'Department of Biology, NWRI/Environment Canada - Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, [email protected] 2 CNR - IRSA National Research Council, Water Research Institute, Via Della Momera 25, 1-20047 Brugherio (MI), Italy Since the approval of the European Water Framework (e.g. rheophily) to find out which species show a specific Directive (EC, 2000/60; WFD), a unique effort was ecological preference. oriented to the harmonization of knowledge on freshwater ecosystems at the European scale. During the EU co-funded Mayfly Literature Review AQEM (Hering et al., 2004; www.aqem.de) and STAR The Ephemeroptera order was one of the taxonomic groups (Furse et al., 2006; www.eu-star.at) projects, with the direct selected for in-depth study in the three mentioned projects. involvement of experts from 14 European countries, a list of Ephemeroptera constitute a key element in freshwater aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa, associated with ecological ecosystems as they are present in a broad assortment of information, was developed (Schmidt-Kloiber et al., 2006). habitats, display a wide range of ecological requirements and The main focus of the cited projects was providing scientific often contribute significantly to the secondary production tools for the implementation of the WFD. In more recent of the benthic community (e.g. Sowa, 1975; Hefti et years, increasing attention has been paid to the potential al., 1985; Elliott et al., 1988). In addition, mayflies are effects of climate change on species inhabiting the freshwater often appropriate indicators for detecting many kinds of ecosystems (e.g. Bonada et al., 2005; Brown et al., 2007). environmental change and ecosystem alteration (Usseglio- Thus, during the EU co-funded Eurolimpacs project (www. Polatera & Boumaud, 1989; Bauemfeind & Moog, 2000). eurolimpacs.ucl.ac.uk), the AQEM/STAR database was The final results of the database implementation for mayflies updated and integrated with information on climate related are stored in the mentioned online database (Buffagni et parameters. al. 2007), freely accessible, and are presented in a printed This latest effort originated into the freshwaterecology. version in Buffagni et al. (2009) as Volume 3 of the book info database, freely accessible online, which provides series “Distribution and Ecological Preferences of European information on the distribution and ecological preferences Freshwater Organisms.” Some insights on the mayfly of more than 12,000 European freshwater organisms. database development are here briefly discusseed: This database includes information not only about macro­ Continued on p. 2 invertebrates, but about fish and diatoms as well. A number of ecological preferences are presented as numerical codes, belonging to four broad autecological category: distribution Inside This Issue (e.g. zonation), habitat (e.g. microhabitat and current Permanent Committee Members .................................. 5 preference), life cycle - temperature (e.g. voltinism, life 2008 Conference Report ............................................... 6-7 duration) and rarity - occurrence (e.g. presence in Red List, Ingrid's Thank You Letter............................................. 7 indicator species) (see Schmidt-Kloiber et al., 2006; Graf Business Meeting........................................................... 8-9 et al., 2008; and Buffagni et al., 2009 for further details). Joint Business Meeting ................................................ 9 The database offers the possibility to realize queries of Montana Proceedings Published .................................. 9 selected ecological parameters and of selected species. 2007 Mayfly Bibliography............................................ 10 Single or multiple ecological parameters can be selected for NABS Bibliographer Needed ...................................... 10 the queries and displayed in the result pages. This query of 2011 Conference Proposal .........................................18-19 autecological parameters can be also performed selecting Germany Proceedings Published ................................. 20 single species or otherwise selecting ecological parameters Mayfly News.................................................................. 20 The Mayfly Newsletter is printed on recycled paper with vegetable-based ink. (Armanini & Buffagni, cont. from p 1) grey or barely accessible Ephemeroptera literature, two 1. Ephemeroptera Taxalist approaches were used: the CNR-1RSA paper collection was The Ephemeroptera taxonomic list adopted was provided filed and screened and the bibliographic list was updated by the Fauna Europaea project (Thomas & Belfiore, 2004), with paper lists from experts. The references obtained mainly a project co-funded by the European Commission to consist of journal articles, but also books, abstracts and assemble a database of the scientific names and distribution various kinds of grey literature. of European taxa. Furthermore, three additional species The reference list was then checked and updated by were added as subsequently described (Alba-Tercedor & different partners of the Eurolimpacs project, to guarantee Derka, 2003; Alba-Tercedor & Derka, 2004). A complete and that the various geographical areas were well covered: 1) detailed list of synonyms was also retrieved from the Fauna University of Granada (Spain) for Iberian literature; 2) Europaea project (Thomas & Belfiore, 2004). Establishing Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) for an up to date taxonomic list was a key step in the whole Scandinavia; 3) University of Essen (Germany) for central process, as was generally recognized for conservation and Europe and 4) Centre for Ecology and Flydrology (United biodiversity issues by Valdecasas & Camacho (2003). The Kingdom) for Ireland and the United Kingdom. taxonomic list used is updated to 2007 and, as 3. Literature Review one might expect, not Table 1. Ivlacro autecological categories and relative parameters Once the bibliographic fully comprehensive (modified from Eurolimpacs consortium, 2008) reference database was as there are at least 2-3 Ivkcro autecological created, the subsequent step species missing from categories Parameters was to review the information Stream zonation preference those actually reported Distribution according to lilies contained in the papers in order in Europe. This is a Distribution Altitude to compile an autecological result of the fact that a Altitude WFD matrix. The main categories few new species were Rare species (ecoiegion) of traits and autecological described recently in Red list species (national/regional) Micro-Endemism parameters used by the Euro­ local and not easily Disjunct isolated populations limpacs project are distribution accessible journals. In Ranty- Occurrence Sensitive species and occurrence, preferences addition, progress in Invasive (alien) species regarding temperature, altitude, taxonomic research is Occurrence in large quantities Indicator species pH, current and microhabitat. to be expected and the Temperature preference I In order to characterize the status of some of the Temperature preference II autecological preference and species may need to be Reproductive cjclesperyear occurrence of the European clarified. Life duration mayfly, 32 parameters were Aquatic stage selected (Table 1). The different 2. Bibliographic Search Resistance/resilience to droughts Life cjicle - Temperature Reproduction parameters were grouped in the A bibliographic Dissemination strategy following 4 macro autecological database for the Resistance form categories: European species Flight (emergence)-penod I Flight (e merge nce)-pe riod II Distribution including 4 of Ephemeroptera Larval development cycle parameters that refer to stream was created to r-, K-strategy zonation, ecoregions and establish the level of Dispersal capacity altitude distribution; current autecological Preference for a certain microhabitat Habitat specialist Rarity' — Occurrence including knowledge on Preference for a certain current 8 parameters that refer to rare mayflies. Four different Habitat situation species, Red List species, approaches were used Feeding types for the bibliographic Locomotion type endemism, disjunct populations, pH preference sensitive and invasive species, search in order to obtain occurrence in large quantities as complete a list as and indicator species; Life possible of the available cycle - Temperature including 14 parameters that refer to literature. An
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