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Aims
EXPECTED RESULTS
METHODS AND ORGANIZATION
3rd European FreshProject “EUROPONDS”
EUROPONDS will investigate:
a) The taxonomy and biomass (‘biodiversity’), and
a) The energy content and dietary quality, as measured by total
lipids and their fatty acids (‘nutritional value for subsequent
consumers’) of emerging insects from ponds across Europe.
The biodiversity and nutritional value of emerging insects will be
higher in ponds with lower trophic status, yet the biomass of insects
will be higher in ponds with higher trophic status.
HYPOTHESIS
All participants of EUROPONDS should measure the same parameters, following established protocols:
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1. Trophic state of ponds will be assessed by Chl-a and phosphorus measurements. Physical and chemical parameters (turbidity, conductivity,
temperature, oxygen, Secchi depth) will be recorded at every sampling event when possible.
2. Taxonomy of insects: using emergence trap sand pond-netting, the taxonomy of these invertebrates and their biomass leaving the ponds will be
assessed.
3. Nutritional value of emerged insects will be determined as total lipids and their fatty acids analyzed in selected laboratories.
Team 14 - Switzerland Team 30 - France
Team 31 - Spain Team 20 - Spain
Figure 1. Distribution of all sampling points across Europe.
Figure 2. Teams are now engaged in the autum sampling, which will be repeated each season during project duration (2020-2021).
Figure 3. Benthic macroinvertebrates are sampled: a)
Dytiscidae, b) Physidae. Odonata are observed and
identified, but not captured (c, d).
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This project will provide unprecedented insights into the species richness of ponds as providers of
dietary energy and shed light on these frequently underestimated waterbodies which are ubiquitous.
Acknowledgements
This project is funded by European Federation
of Freshwater Sciences (EFFS).
There are thousands of ponds across Europe, from Lapland to Mediterranean
islands and from remote areas to densely populated cities. Most of them
provide habitats for animals like aquatic insects and others, even rare species.
Ponds also contribute to habitat connectivity and enable organisms to cross
the landscape in their function as “blue stepping stones”. Insects emerging from
such ponds can be rich in both biodiversity and dietary energy. They provide
food and essential fatty acids for terrestrial and avian consumers (bats, birds,
spiders, lizards) and thus, important ecosystem services. However, the
knowledge about the ecological role of emerging insects from ponds, and their
contribution to biodiversity and dietary energy transfer to consumers of
adjacent ecosystems is limited.
BACKGROUND
*L. Fehlinger1, 22, B. Rimcheska2, J. Rubio-Ríos3, E. Fenoy3, M. Mathieu-Resuge1, M. Sarkezi1, C. Englisch1, D. Cunillera-Montcusi1, Tarn Preet
Parmar4, M.I. Moza5, A. Olenici5,D. Nita5,V.Dinu5, N. Juvigny-Khenafou6,S.E. Osakpolor6,E. de Lima-Fernandes6, A. Camacho-Santamans7,D.
Morant7, A.C. Santamans7, A.Scotti8,M. Vanek8, A.D. Vecchia9, P.M. Rontani9,A.Balibrea10, M. Souto10,V.Nava11, P. Tirozzi11,M. Tomás12,P. Soto12, J.
Sánchez12,J. Garcia-Giron13, R. de Prado Jimeno13, J. Fahy14, T. Chonova15, P. Marle16, E. Suarez16, P. Timoner16, L. Bonacina17, V. Kolář18, L.
Vebrová18, J. Martelo19, J. Henriques19, S. Nunes19, N. Pereira19, A. Sowa20, D. Halabowski20, G. Prgić21, M. Matković21, A. Llorente23, A. Haba24, K.
Kuczyńska24, Z. Köksal25, K. Münzner25, S. Moras25, F. Chaguaceda25, E. Jakobsson25, R. Mondav25, E. Maniezhilan25, L. Nash26, L. Sivess26, E.
Drohan27, M. Caldero-Pascual27, M. Zawadzka28, D. Dąbrowski28, G. Fyttis29, A. Papatheodoulou29, F. Vallefuoco30, B. Misteli31, R. Gerber31, F. Labat31,
J.M. Zamora 32, M. Guerrero32, Z. Freixinos 32, O. Stamenković33, P. Smiljanić33, T. Bozóki34, J. Fekete34
1WasserCluster Lunz, University of Vienna, 2Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 3Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almeria, 4Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, 5Research
Center for Ecological Services, University of Buchares, 6University of Koblenz-Landau, 7Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, 8Institute for Alpine Environment, EURAC Research/University of Vienna, 9Department of
Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 10CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, 11Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 12Department of
Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 13Ecology Unit, University of Leon, 14EISA, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, 15French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, 16Department F.-A. Forel for
environmental and aquatic sciences, University of Geneva, 17Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 18Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 19Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 20Faculty of
Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, 21Faculty of Science, Freshwater Ecology, University of Zagreb, 22Danube University Krems, 23Anbiotek s.l. & Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Basque Country, 24University of
Szczecin, Institute of Biology, Department of Hydrobiology, 25Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, 26Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences 27Dundalk Institute of Technology, Centre for
Freshwater and Environmental Studies & Marine Institute of Ireland 28 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn 29I.A.CO Environmental & Water Consultants Ltd 30 University of Trento and Edmund Mach Foundation 31Université Rennes 1 - UMR
6553 CNRS ECOBIO 32 University of Murcia, Spain 33Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, 34Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs
*Authors list order was established according to EUROPONDS' team numbers, except for PIs and corresponding authors.
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