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- 1. VIII Incontro dottorandiin ecologia e scienze dei sistemi acquatici Multilevel structure-function relationships in impaired stream ecosystems – Work in progress of my PhD project – Cabrini R.1, Canobbio S.1, Fornaroli R.1 & Mezzanotte V.1 1 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e del Territorio, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca r.cabrini@campus.unimib.it; skype: riccardo.cabrini (Milano)
- 2. Introduction Aims of myPhD project ✔ Evaluation and quantification of different stressors acting on impaired streams in Northern Italy Impaired stream à physico-chemical and hydromorphological alterations ✔ Usage of macrobenthos as physico-chemical and hydromorphological quality indicators
- 3. Introduction Aims of myPhD project ✔ Evaluation and quantification of different stressors acting on impaired streams in Northern Italy Impaired stream à physico-chemical and hydromorphological alterations ✔ Usage of macrobenthos as physico-chemical and hydromorphological quality indicators 1. MULTI-STRESSOR APPROACH 2. STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP APPROACH
- 4. Research works FIRST WORK Short-term microhabitat effects of an oil and sewage spill on the macroinvertebrate assemblages of an urban river S. Canobbio, R. Cabrini, L. Sartori and V. Mezzanotte, 2012 – Paper in preparation MULTI-STRESSOR APPROACH - physico-chemical alteration - habitat loss STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS - Functional feeding and habit groups
- 5. Research works FIRST WORK Short-term microhabitat effects of an oil and sewage spill on the macroinvertebrate assemblages of an urban river S. Canobbio, R. Cabrini, L. Sartori and V. Mezzanotte, 2012 – Paper in preparation SECOND WORK Leaf packs in impaired streams: the influence of leaf type and environmental gradients on breakdown rate and invertebrate assemblage composition. R. Cabrini, S. Canobbio, L. Sartori, R. Fornaroli and V. Mezzanotte, 2012 – Paper in preparation MULTI-STRESSOR APPROACH - physico-chemical alteration - flow alteration - habitat loss STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS - Functional feeding and habit groups
- 6. Multiple-scale approach THIRD YEAR– AND NOW? HOW TO PUT ALL TOGETHER? Multiple-scale approach From literature: - The distribution of organisms is determined by a set of environmental factors acting hierarchically from large to low scales (Poff, 1997) - A river may be examined across a spectrum of scales which can be ordered into a hierarchy, each with a different degree of sensitivity and recovery time (Maddock, 1999).
- 7. Multiple-scale approach 103 Km2 Long Spatial Recovery Scale Basin Time River Site 10-3 Km2 Short Microhabitat Low Sensivity High Maddock, 1999. Freshwater Biology 41: 373 – 391
- 8. Basin analysis BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Basin characteristics - Strong urbanization - Impaired stream “Urban stream syndrome” Walsh et al., 2005. JNABS 24: 706 – 723). Corine Land Use Urban Agrarian Wood
- 9. Basin analysis BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN 1. Database creation My data + ARPA database 2. Basin, streams, microhabitat analysis
- 10. Basin analysis BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN 1. Database creation My data + ARPA database 2. Basin, streams, microhabitat analysis What am I looking for? Has the Microhabitat a buffering effect?
- 11. Gradient creation BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient
- 12. Gradient creation BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient
- 13. Gradient creation BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient Longitudinal gradient
- 14. Gradient creation BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient Longitudinal gradient Impairment gradient
- 15. Basin analysis BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient Theory Management Relation among environmental Critical threshold BASIN gradients and ecosystem River restoration programs
- 16. Basin analysis BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient Theory Management Relation among environmental Critical threshold BASIN gradients and ecosystem River restoration programs Does stream reflect basin STREAM assessment? ? ? ?
- 17. Basin analysis BASIN ANALYSIS OLONA– SEVESO – LAMBRO BASIN Gradient creation complex factors, simple gradient Theory Management Relation among environmental Critical threshold BASIN gradients and ecosystem River restoration programs Does stream reflect basin STREAM assessment? ? ? ? Relationship among different factors River bed restoration: MICROHABITAT - - Retention structures Do gradiets affect microhabitat - Riparian vegetation level?
- 18. THANKS FOR YOURATTENTION! - SUGGESTIONS ??? r.cabrini@campus.unimib.it skype: riccardo.cabrini (Milano)