IT08-A Laghi Sudalpini

Salmaso, Nico; Bresciani, Mariano; Buzzi, Fabio; Ciampittiello, Marzia; Leoni, Barbara; Piscia, Roberta; Rogora, Michela; Austoni, Martina; Beltrami, Monica; Bertoni, Roberto; Boggero, Angela; Boscaini, Adriano; Brivio, Pietro Alessandro; Callieri, Cristiana; Cerutti, Igor; Cappelletti, Cristina; Carrara, Paola; Cerasino, Leonardo; Ciutti, Francesca; Corno, Gianluca; Crippa, Evelina; Di Cesare, Andrea; Dresti, Claudia; Eckert, Ester; Foglini, Claudio; Fontaneto, Diego; Galafassi, Silvia; Giacomotti, Paola; Giardino, Claudia; Guilizzoni, Piero; Iaia, Mattia; Lami, Andrea; Lella, Simone; Manca, Dario; Manca, Marina; Marchetto, Aldo; Mosello, Rosario; Musanti, Mauro; Nava, Veronica; Oggioni, Alessandro; Orrù, Arianna; Patelli, Martina; Riccardi, Nicoletta; Saidi, Helmi; Sala, Paolo; Soler, Valentina; Tartari, Gabriele A.; Tolotti, Monica; Volta, Pietro; Zaupa, Silvia

doi:10.5281/zenodo.5584743

Published October 20, 2021 | Version 1.0

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IT08-A Laghi Sudalpini

1. Fondazione Edmund Mach, via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all'Adige
2. Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR IREA), via Bassini 15, 20133, Milano
3. ARPA Lombardia, Dipartimento di Lecco, Via I Maggio, 21/b, I-23848 Oggiono (LC)
4. Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IRSA-CNR), L.go Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania (VB)
5. Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, I 20126 Milano

The Macrosite "IT08 Subalpine Lakes" includes a group of lakes located at the southern border of the Alps. The lake typologies are represented by large and deep lakes (Orta, Garda, Maggiore, Como and Iseo) and by a lake of smaller size and shallow depth (Candia). Topics common to all the research sites include the impact of eutrophication and climate change, the composition, structure and dynamics of biological communities (plankton, necton and littoral communities), trophic webs, paleolimnology, ecotoxicology, ecological status and remote sensing. Scientific investigations are supported by a wide availability of technological infrastructures and laboratories located in the reference institutions, and by a wide range of technological equipment for fieldwork. These facilities, funded within the individual institutes involved in the research, have allowed not only to maintain, but also to update the classical approaches used in scientific monitoring, while opening up new research fields (especially molecular ecology, microbial ecology, metabolomic profiling, antibiotic resistance genes, high frequency monitoring by sensor technology). Over the last decade, the continuity and regularity of investigations have been facilitated by the availability of both external and ordinary funds. The variety of research activities carried out on the IT08 macrosite is evidenced by the publication of numerous scientific papers, as well as contributions (oral or poster) presented at national and international conferences, and by the presence in the mass media. In this context, the scientific monitoring is a key element of LTER research, including not only data collection (basic monitoring), but also data interpretation, modeling, and experimental manipulation, with particular attention to key groups of selected variables in order to identify the most significant environmental stressors and the degree of change at the level of ecosystems, communities, species and populations.

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