DiSSCo-ITINERIS Metadata Catalog

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Occurrence

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This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrates’ specimens collected from riffle mesohabitat of slightly altered rivers located in the Northwestern Italian Alps and specifically in the Piedmont Region (Piemonte). Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a single sampling event (site and date) and to a specific sampling unit. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (PIEMNR) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. The final digit is a letter if pictures of the preserved specimens were taken. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006. Licence of use: both access and use are free to any non-commercial user (CC-BY-NC 4.0). The authors recommend users to provide a link to the original dataset in GBIF and to cite the present paper when using the data. Stakeholders interested in additional information can contact the authors via information provided in the metadata.

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Occurrence

The dataset comprises the occurrences of 43 invertebrate families, divided in three phyla, two classes and 13 orders. The most represented taxonomic group is the Arthropoda phylum and particularly the Insecta class. For three insect orders, namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, occurrence data are available at the genus level (13 genera). Phyla: Anellida, Arthropoda, Platyhelminthes
Family: Gerridae
Phylum: Arthropoda
Family: Tabanidae
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Family: Elmidae
Family: Heptageniidae
Family: Haplotaxidae
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Beraeidae
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Ephemerellidae
Family: Goeridae
Family: Hydroptilidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anellida
Class: Clitellata
Family: Glossosomatidae
Order: Haplotaxida
Family: Siphlonuridae
Family: Philopotamidae
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Dixidae
Family: Leptophlebiidae
Family: Rhyacophilidae
Family: Ephemeridae
Family: Sericostomatidae
Family: Sialidae
Family: Hydraenidae
Family: Simuliidae
Family: Tubificidae
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leuctridae
Family: Odontoceridae
Order: Odonata
Class: Insecta
Phylum: Platyhelminthes 
Order: Megaloptera
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Family: Lumbricidae
Family: Lumbriculidae
Family: Polycentropodidae
Family: Corixidae
Order: Crassiclitellata
Family: Limoniidae
Family: Empididae
Family: Limnephilidae
Family: Dytiscidae
Family: Gomphidae
Family: Chironomidae
Family: Nemouridae
Family: Baetidae
Family: Planariidae
Family: Athericidae
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Hydropsychidae
Order: Plecoptera
Order: Tricladida
Family: Scirtidae
Order: Tubificida
Family: Tipulidae
Family: Dugesiidae

Invertebrates were collected in slightly impacted fluvial sites located in the Northwestern Italian Alps. Bounding box: min longitude: 7.74 – max longitude: 7.77 – min latitude: 45.40 – max Latitude: 45.49. Habitat type: Riffle mesohabitat of Alpine rivers. Biogeographic region: Alpine (EEA, 2017). Country: Italy
Min Latitude: 45.40278
Max Latitude: 45.491948
Min Longitude: 7.597217
Max Longitude: 7.774728
Global Coverage: n/a

Buffagni A, De Santis V, Cazzola M, Erba S (2025). Piedmont river invertebrate collection hosted at CNR-IRSA Brugherio (Milano, Italy). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dtu2jv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-03.

DWC ARCHIVE: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/archive.do?r=occurrence_collection_piemnr
EML: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/eml.do?r=occurrence_collection_piemnr

URL: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=occurrence_collection_piemnr

Study Extent: Invertebrates were collected in slightly impacted fluvial sites located in the Northwestern Italian Alps. Invertebrates were collected in the occasion of a wider research project aimed at evaluating the impacts of global change on European fresh waters. Sites included in the present dataset were selected to represent different land use and habitat alterations
Sampling: The riverine benthic invertebrates were sampled adopting the multi habitat proportional sampling (the protocol specified in the column samplingProtocol of the dataset), which is the Italian standard for the monitoring of wadable water bodies under the Water Framework Directive (CNR-IRSA, 2007; MATTM, 2010). A riffle-pool sequence (mesohabitat scale) was identified in a river section of about 25-50 meters. Microhabitat proportions, in terms of organic and mineral substrate types, were then visually estimated, and invertebrates were collected according to their proportional presence for a total of 10 sampling units in pool and 10 in riffle mesohabitats, respectively (Buffagni et al., 2014). For this dataset, only samples collected in the riffle mesohabitat are considered. Invertebrates were quantitatively collected in each sampling unit using a Surber net (area 0.1 m2; mesh size 0.5 mm), positioned on each microhabitat.
Quality Control: Quality control for geographic data: Reliability of coordinates where available was checked in QGIS. Geographic coordinate format, coordinates within country/provincial boundaries, and the absence of anomalous ASCII characters in the dataset were also double checked. Quality control for taxonomic data: even if some taxa have undergone a nomenclature revision, the nomenclature used in this dataset follows the one present in the MacrOper list (Buffagni & Erba, 2014), used to assess the ecological status of Italian water bodies according to the WFD. Specimens were assigned to taxonomic units according to the available literature and identification keys and identifications were internally checked.
Method Steps: Along with sampling of the invertebrate benthic community, several abiotic features at different spatial scales (e.g. microhabitat composition, water quality, land uses) were also recorded. Local hydro-morphological characterization of each river reach was also performed following the CARAVAGGIO (Core Assessment of River hAbitat VAlue and hydro-morpholoGIcal cOndition) method (Buffagni et al. 2013). Data were digitized within the ITINERIS (Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System) project. The column eventType reports ‘project’ because data are directly linked to research project.

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Euro-limpacs, project no. GOCE-CT-2003-505540, was funded by the European Commission. ITINERIS project (Project IR0000032 – ITINERIS - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006) was supported by the EU - Next Generation EU Mission 4 "Education and Research" - Component 2: "From Research to Business" - Investment 3.1: "Fund for the Creation of an Integrated System of Research and Innovation Infrastructures".