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Benthic diatom assemblages and their response to human stress in small-sized volcanic-siliceous streams of central Italy (Mediterranean eco-region)

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The river typology ‘volcanic rivers’ represents a unique typology in the Mediterranean eco-region in Europe but its type-specific diatom assemblages are still poorly investigated. The main aims of this study were (i) to analyse the diatom diversity of this river type, (ii) to investigate the relationships between diatom diversity and environmental variables and (iii) to identify the characterizing diatom community structure of different environmental groups. To this end, we selected 13 streams located in central Italy, belonging to a single river type and covering the whole quality range from human impacted sites to those in ‘reference conditions’. Most frequent and abundant diatom species found were Cocconeis placentula var. lineata, Planothidium lanceolatum, Rhoicosphenia abbreviata and Amphora pediculus. Species richness in reference and less impacted sites was not higher than in intermediate and heavily degraded ones, but non-metric multidimensional scaling (N-MDS) analysis revealed a substantial difference among their diatom community structure. The indicator species analysis defined the characteristic species of three environmental groups identified by N-MDS. The findings of this study represent a contribution to the knowledge on diatom communities of Mediterranean volcanic-siliceous rivers and provide information for a data-driven implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Italy for this specific river typology.

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The study was supported by a fellowship from FI.LA.S.–Regione Lazio to V.D.B. and was part of Ph.D. of G.P. and M.C.B. We thank R. Zorza for a critical reading and two anonymous reviewers for improving suggestions of the manuscript. Thanks also to L. Ector for the editing of the paper and of the Special Issue of Hydrobiologia.

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  1. Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Valentina Della Bella, Andrea Zedde, Camilla Puccinelli, Simone Ciadamidaro, Francesca Anna Aulicino & Laura Mancini

  2. Department of Ecology and Sustainable Economic Development, Tuscia University, Largo dell’Università s.n.c., 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Valentina Della Bella, Giorgio Pace, Mariachiara Barile & Carlo Belfiore

  3. O. U. Laboratory, Biomonitoring Unit, ARPA UMBRIA, Environmental Protection Agency of Umbria Region, Via Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, 32, 05100, Terni, Italy

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  4. Department of Animal Science, Tuscia University, Via S. C. De Lellis s.n.c., 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Pier Paolo Danieli

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Della Bella, V., Pace, G., Barile, M. et al. Benthic diatom assemblages and their response to human stress in small-sized volcanic-siliceous streams of central Italy (Mediterranean eco-region). Hydrobiologia 695, 207–222 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1195-9

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