Biogeographia (Oct 2016)

A geographic distribution data set of biodiversity in Italian freshwaters

  • Angela Boggero,
  • Cataldo Pierri,
  • Renate Alber,
  • Martina Austoni,
  • Enrico Barbone,
  • Luca Bartolozzi,
  • Isabella Bertani,
  • Alessandro Campanaro,
  • Antonella Cattaneo,
  • Fabio Cianferoni,
  • Paolo Colangelo,
  • Giuseppe Corriero,
  • Ambrosius Martin Dorr,
  • A. Concetta Elia,
  • G. Francesco Ficetola,
  • Diego Fontaneto,
  • Elda Gaino,
  • Enzo Goretti,
  • Lyudmila Kamburska,
  • Gianandrea La Porta,
  • Rosaria Lauceri,
  • Massimo Lorenzoni,
  • Alessandro Ludovisi,
  • Marina Manca,
  • Giuseppe Morabito,
  • Francesco Nonnis Marzano,
  • Alessandro Oggioni,
  • Nicoletta Riccardi,
  • Giampaolo Rossetti,
  • Paolo Tagliolato,
  • Bertha Thaler,
  • Nicola Ungaro,
  • Pietro Volta,
  • Silvia Zaupa,
  • Ilaria Rosati,
  • Nicola Fiore,
  • Alberto Basset,
  • Aldo Marchetto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21426/B631132737
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 1

Abstract

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We present a data set on the biodiversity of Italian freshwaters, including lakeshores and riverbanks of natural (N=379: springs, streams and lakes) and artificial (N=11: fountains) sites. The data set belongs partly to the Italian Long Term Ecological Research network (LTER-Italy) and partly to LifeWatch, the European e-Science infrastructure for biodiversity and ecosystem research. The data included cover a time period corresponding to the last fifty years (1962-2014). They span a large number of taxa from prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes to vertebrates and plants, including taxa linked to the aquatic habitat in at least part of their life cycles (like immature stages of insects, amphibians, birds and vascular plants). The data set consists of 6463 occurrence data and distribution records for 1738 species. The complete data set is available in csv file format via the LifeWatch Service Centre.

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