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The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects
Global ecology and biogeography, v 32(5), pp 642-655
01 May 2023
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Abstract
Motivation: Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment and freshwater ecosystem health, as well as to test ecological hypotheses. Despite their importance, a comprehensive, global database of aquatic insect occurrences for mapping freshwater biodiversity in macroecological studies and applied freshwater research is missing. We aim to fill this gap and present the Global EPTO Database, which includes worldwide geo-referenced aquatic insect occurrence records for four major taxa groups: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata (EPTO).Main type of variables contained: A total of 8,368,467 occurrence records globally, of which 8,319,689 (99%) are publicly available. The records are attributed to the corresponding drainage basin and sub-catchment based on the Hydrography90m dataset and are accompanied by the elevation value, the freshwater ecoregion and the protection status of their location.Spatial location and grain: The database covers the global extent, with 86% of the observation records having coordinates with at least four decimal digits (11.1 m precision at the equator) in the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) coordinate reference system.Time period and grain: Sampling years span from 1951 to 2021. Ninety-nine percent of the records have information on the year of the observation, 95% on the year and month, while 94% have a complete date. In the case of seven sub-datasets, exact dates can be retrieved upon communication with the data contributors.Major taxa and level of measurement: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata, standardized at the genus taxonomic level. We provide species names for 7,727,980 (93%) records without further taxonomic verification.Software format: The entire tab-separated value (.csv) database can be downloaded and visualized at . Fifty individual datasets are also available at , while six datasets have restricted access. For the latter, we share metadata and the contact details of the authors.
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- Title
- The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects
- Creators
- Afroditi Grigoropoulou - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesSuhaila Ab Hamid - George Institute for Global HealthRaul Acosta - Universitat de BarcelonaEmmanuel Olusegun Akindele - Obafemi Awolowo UniversitySalman A. Al-Shami - Univ Florida, Indian River Res & Educ Ctr, IFAS, Ft Pierce, FL USAFlorian Altermatt - University of ZurichGiuseppe Amatulli - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesDavid G. Angeler - Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesFrancis O. Arimoro - Federal University of Technology MinnaJukka Aroviita - Finnish Environment InstituteAnna Astorga-Roine - CIEPRafael Costa Bastos - Universidade Federal do MaranhãoNuria Bonada - Universitat de BarcelonaNikos Boukas - University of IoanninaCecilia Brand - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasVanessa Bremerich - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesAlex Bush - Lancaster University GhanaQinghua Cai - Institute of HydrobiologyMarcos Callisto - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisKai Chen - Nanjing Agricultural UniversityPaulo Vilela Cruz - Federal University of RondôniaOlivier Dangles - Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et ÉvolutiveRussell Death - Massey UniversityXiling Deng - Senckenberg Res Inst, Frankfurt, GermanyEduardo DominguezDavid G. Dudgeon - University of Hong KongTor Erik Eriksen - Norwegian Institute for Water ResearchAna Paula J. Faria - Universidade Federal do ParáMaria Joao Feio - University of CoimbraCamino Fernandez-Alaez - University of LeonMathieu Floury - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesFrancisco Garcia-Criado - University of LeonJorge Garcia-Giron - University of LeonWolfram Graf - BOKU UniversityMira Groenroos - University of HelsinkiPeter Haase - Senckenberg Res Inst, Frankfurt, GermanyNeusa Hamada - National Institute of Amazonian ResearchFengzhi He - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesJani Heino - University of OuluRalph Holzenthal - University of MinnesotaKaisa-Leena Huttunen - University of OuluDean Jacobsen - University of CopenhagenSonja C. Jaehnig - Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Dept Community & Ecosyst Ecol, Berlin, GermanyWalter Jetz - Yale UniversityRichard K. Johnson - Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesLeandro Juen - Universidade Federal do ParáVincent Kalkman - Naturalis Biodiversity CenterVassiliki Kati - University of IoanninaUnique N. Keke - Federal University of Technology MinnaRicardo Koroiva - Universidade Federal da ParaíbaMathias Kuemmerlen - NA, Bonn, GermanySimone Daniela Langhans - Aalborg UniversityRaphael Ligeiro - Universidade Federal do ParáKris Van Looy - OVAM, Mechelen, BelgiumAlain Maasri - Drexel University, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversityRichard K. Marchant - Museums VictoriaJaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez - Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Dept Community & Ecosyst Ecol, Berlin, GermanyRenato T. Martins - National Institute of Amazonian ResearchAdriano S. Melo - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulLeon Metzeling - Film IndependentMaria Laura Miserendino - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasS. Jannicke Moe - Norwegian Institute for Water ResearchCarlos Molineri - National University of TucumánTimo Muotka - University of OuluKaisa-Riikka Mustonen - University of OuluHeikki MykraeJeane Marcelle Cavalcante do Nascimento - Inst Nacl de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Coordenacao Biodiversidade, Manaus, BrazilFrancisco Valente-Neto - Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Dept Biol Anim, Inst Biol, Campinas, SP, BrazilPeter J. Neu - Film IndependentCarolina Nieto - National University of TucumánSteffen U. Pauls - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/MDennis R. Paulson - University of Puget SoundBlanca Rios-Touma - Univ Las Amer Ecuador, Fac Ingn & Ciencias Aplicadas, Grp Invest Biodiversidad Medio Ambiente & Salud B, Quito, EcuadorMarciel Elio Rodrigues - Southwest Bahia State UniversityFabio de Oliveira Roque - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulJuan Carlos Salazar Salina - Univ Oriente, Fac Ciencias Nat, Dept Biol & Geog, Santiago De Cuba, CubaDenes Schmera - Balaton Limnological InstituteAstrid Schmidt-Kloiber - Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Vienna, AustriaDeep Narayan Shah - Tribhuvan UniversityJohn P. Simaika - IHE Delft Institute for Water EducationTadeu Siqueira - University of CanterburyRam Devi Tachamo-Shah - Kathmandu UniversityGuenther Theischinger - Australian Museum, Darlinghurst, NSW, AustraliaRoss Thompson - University of CanberraJonathan D. Tonkin - University of CanterburyYusdiel Torres-Cambas - Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Dept Community & Ecosyst Ecol, Berlin, GermanyColin Townsend - University of OtagoEren Turak - NSW Department of Planning and EnvironmentLaura Twardochleb - Calif Dept Water Resources, West Sacramento, CA USABeixin Wang - Nanjing Agricultural UniversityLiubov Yanygina - Altai State UniversityCarmen Zamora-Munoz - Univ Granada, Dept Biol Anim, Granada, SpainSami Domisch - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
- Publication Details
- Global ecology and biogeography, v 32(5), pp 642-655
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- J45/2018 / Leibniz Competition CAPES - Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel; Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) UIDB/04292/2020; UIDP/04292/2020; LA/P/0069/2020 / Foundation for Science and Technology 0621187/2017 / Amazonas State Research Foundation - FAPEAM; Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM) RDF-18-UOC-007 / Rutherford Discovery Fellowship; Royal Society of New Zealand Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia 033W034A / German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES); Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) Biogeography and Conservation project Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand 304060/2020-8; PPM 00104-18 / National Council for Scientific & Technological Development (CNPq) research productivity grant; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) 308970/2019-5 / National Council of Development for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) 2021/13299-0 / National Council of Development for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, Brazil; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ); Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF) R20F0002; P&D Aneel-Cemig GT 599; GT 611 / programme ANID Programa Regional 465540/2014-7 / INCT ADAPTA II - CNPq; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ); Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF) Leibniz Association for the project Freshwater Megafauna Futures 403758/2021-1 / Universal/CNPq; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000982876600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85150987064
- Other Identifier
- 991021881615504721
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