Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: consequences for biodiversity conservation

M Cantonati, S Poikane, CM Pringle, LE Stevens… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Crenic habitats, hotspots for freshwater biodiversity conservation: toward an understanding of their ecology

M Cantonati, L Füreder, R Gerecke… - Freshwater …, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Springs are unique aquatic habitats that contribute significantly to local and regional
biodiversity because of their high habitat complexity and the large number of different spring …

Ecohydrogeology: The interdisciplinary convergence needed to improve the study and stewardship of springs and other groundwater-dependent habitats, biota, and …

M Cantonati, LE Stevens, S Segadelli, AE Springer… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
This essay discusses the need for, advantages and challenges of integrating the scientific
disciplines of ecology and hydrogeology in the study of groundwater-dependent ecosystems …

Diatoms in springs of the Alps: spring types, environmental determinants, and substratum

M Cantonati, N Angeli, E Bertuzzi… - Freshwater …, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Spring habitats are highly diverse and have a mosaic microhabitat structure. They are
endangered by diffuse exploitation as drinking-water resources, an impact likely to increase …

Diatom Red Lists: Important tools to assess and preserve biodiversity and habitats in the face of direct impacts and environmental change

M Cantonati, G Hofmann, D Spitale, M Werum… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Freshwater biodiversity is disproportionally endangered and under-prioritized. Algal Red
Lists literature is very limited, and there are only two editions of a single diatom-specific Red …

Diatoms from the spring ecosystems selected for the long-term monitoring of climate-change effects in the Berchtesgaden National Park (Germany)

M Cantonati, O Bilous, D Spitale, N Angeli, S Segadelli… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
We studied diatoms from the fifteen springs selected in the Berchtesgaden National Park on
behalf of the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment to be sentinel environments of …

The challenges of long-term ecological research in springs in the northern and southern Alps: indicator groups, habitat diversity, and medium-term change

R Gerecke, M Cantonati, D Spitale, E Stur… - 2011 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
After extensive exploratory investigations into crenic habitats at the beginning of the 1990s,
a number of springs were selected and long-term ecological research programmes …

Diatom communities and vegetation of springs in the south-western Alps

M Mogna, M Cantonati, F Andreucci, N Angeli… - Acta Botanica …, 2015 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Springs are unique but understudied habitats. Diatom communities have received
some attention but have remained largely unknown in the south-western Alps. We therefore …

[PDF][PDF] Epilithic diatoms of springs and spring-fed streams in Majorca Island (Spain) with the description of a new diatom species Cymbopleura margalefii sp. nov

C Delgado, L Ector, MH Novais, S Blanco… - Czech phycological …, 2013 - academia.edu
The Island of Majorca (Spain) is characterized by a Mediterranean climate and a karstic
geology that favors the formation of numerous springs and spring–fed streams on the …

Diatom communities in thermo-mineral springs of Galicia (NW Spain)

M Leira, R Meijide-Failde, E Torres - Diatom Research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The species composition of diatom assemblages was studied in five unpolluted thermo-
mineral springs in Galicia (NW Spain). Three are considered hot and two cold, and some …