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Open AccessLooking back, looking forward: a review of the new literature on diatom teratological forms (2010–2020)
Over the last years, issues concerning diatom teratological forms and environmental stress have received growing interest within the scientific community. Publications on this topic dated back to 1890 and were...
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Open AccessFlow intermittency negatively affects three phylogenetically related shredder stoneflies by reducing CPOM availability in recently intermittent Alpine streams in SW-Italian Alps
Several Alpine streams are currently facing recurrent summer drying events with detrimental consequences on stream detritivores, i.e., shredders, due to negative effects via changes the organic matter (CPOM) a...
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The role of recurrent dewatering events in sha** ecological niches of scrapers in intermittent Alpine streams
Several Alpine streams are currently changing from perennial to intermittent systems with expected detrimental consequences on benthic invertebrates, through the alteration of hydrological conditions, substrat...
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If Alpine streams run dry: the drought memory of benthic communities
Several mountain streams are currently changing from perennial to temporary regimes due to increasing water abstraction and global climate change with expected detrimental effects on stream biodiversity and fu...
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Diatoms prefer strangers: non-indigenous crayfish host completely different epizoic algal diatom communities from sympatric native species
Despite their wide distribution and ecological importance, almost no information is available about the role of freshwater crayfish as basibiont for epizoic algae. Moreover, studies on epizoic freshwater diato...
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Diatom flora in Mediterranean streams: flow intermittency threatens endangered species
In the context of global environmental changes, Mediterranean rivers are considered highly endangered. Temporal and spatial increases of the dry stretches during the summer lead to the loss of river tridimensi...
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Alpine freshwater ecosystems in a protected area: a source of diatom diversity
The “All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories” (ATBIs) project coordinated by the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) aims to achieve a baseline biodiversity assessment of flora and fauna in those regio...
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Diatom teratological forms and environmental alterations: a review
The foremost feature of a diatom is the species-specific ornamentation of the silicon cell wall, which is preserved and faithfully reproduced through the generations. If exposed to different kinds of stress du...
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Characterization of diatom assemblages in mid-altitude streams of NW Italy
Following the European Water Framework Directive, this study aims to be the first step to (i) identify diatom type assemblages in unpolluted streams in NW Italy, and (ii) find which ecological factors explain ...
