To unveil possible changes in diatom communities in Cypriot streams over the last ten years or so, we selected samples from the years 2020, 2021, and 2022 for the "recent" dataset (N = 119) and samples from the years 2010 and 2011 for the "historical" dataset (N = 108). Biotic homogenization has become a truly global phenomenon. Here we show that, over the last ten years, in response to increased water temperature, conductivity, and discharge variability due to climate-change, Cypriot stream diatom communities include a higher number of trivial (= widespread, tolerant, and opportunistic), aerial, and thermophilic species, have reduced beta-diversity and increased nestedness. Moreover, IndVal analysis shows that indicator species from the historical dataset were characteristic, often relatively rare species, while the indicators of the recent dataset were a group of typical trivial, eutraphentic, and thermophilic species. As is almost always the case, the diatom communities we studied were subjected to multiple stressors, often affecting them in opposite ways. Besides the increase in trivial species, the reduction in n-diversity, and the rise in nestedness mentioned above, the diatom assemblages we studied also showed an increase in alpha-diversity that could be due to a moderate reduction in nutrients in several sites. Highecological-integrity ecosystems, such as springs, waterfalls, and dripping rock-walls, in particular springs that were shown to be excellent hydrologic refugia in climates heavily affected by climate change, and the stream sites close to them should be carefully protected, as they can be refugia for sensitive and characteristic species that can recolonize the adjacent streams after adverse climatic events.

Cantonati, M., Armanini, D.G., Demartini, D., Papatheodoulou, A., Bilous, O.P., Colombo, F., et al. (2024). Has climate change over the last ten years caused a banalisation of diatom communities in Cypriot streams?. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 947, 1-15 [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174495].

Has climate change over the last ten years caused a banalisation of diatom communities in Cypriot streams?

Cantonati M.
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2024

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To unveil possible changes in diatom communities in Cypriot streams over the last ten years or so, we selected samples from the years 2020, 2021, and 2022 for the "recent" dataset (N = 119) and samples from the years 2010 and 2011 for the "historical" dataset (N = 108). Biotic homogenization has become a truly global phenomenon. Here we show that, over the last ten years, in response to increased water temperature, conductivity, and discharge variability due to climate-change, Cypriot stream diatom communities include a higher number of trivial (= widespread, tolerant, and opportunistic), aerial, and thermophilic species, have reduced beta-diversity and increased nestedness. Moreover, IndVal analysis shows that indicator species from the historical dataset were characteristic, often relatively rare species, while the indicators of the recent dataset were a group of typical trivial, eutraphentic, and thermophilic species. As is almost always the case, the diatom communities we studied were subjected to multiple stressors, often affecting them in opposite ways. Besides the increase in trivial species, the reduction in n-diversity, and the rise in nestedness mentioned above, the diatom assemblages we studied also showed an increase in alpha-diversity that could be due to a moderate reduction in nutrients in several sites. Highecological-integrity ecosystems, such as springs, waterfalls, and dripping rock-walls, in particular springs that were shown to be excellent hydrologic refugia in climates heavily affected by climate change, and the stream sites close to them should be carefully protected, as they can be refugia for sensitive and characteristic species that can recolonize the adjacent streams after adverse climatic events.
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Cantonati, M., Armanini, D.G., Demartini, D., Papatheodoulou, A., Bilous, O.P., Colombo, F., et al. (2024). Has climate change over the last ten years caused a banalisation of diatom communities in Cypriot streams?. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 947, 1-15 [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174495].
Cantonati, M.; Armanini, D. G.; Demartini, D.; Papatheodoulou, A.; Bilous, O. P.; Colombo, F.; Angeli, N.; Stancheva, R.; Dorflinger, G.; Manoylov, K....espandi
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