The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

Afroditi Grigoropoulou; Suhaila Ab Hamid; Raúl Acosta; Emmanuel Olusegun Akindele; Salman Al-Shami; Florian Altermatt; Giuseppe Amatulli; David Angeler; Francis Arimoro; Jukka Aroviita; Anna Astorga-Roine; Rafael Costa Bastos; Núria Bonada; Nikos Boukas; Cecilia Brand; Vanessa Bremerich; Alex Bush; Qinghua Cai; Marcos Callisto; Kai Chen; Paulo Vilela Cruz; Olivier Dangles; Russell Death; Xiling Deng; Eduardo Domínguez; David Dudgeon; Tor Erik Eriksen; Ana Paula J. Faria; Maria João Feio; Camino Fernández-Aláez; Mathieu Floury; Francisco García-Criado; Jorge García-Girón; Wolfram Graf; Mira Grönroos; Peter Haase; Neusa Hamada; Fengzhi He; Jani Heino; Ralph Holzenthal; Kaisa‐leena Huttunen; Dean Jacobsen; Sonja Jähnig; Walter Jetz; Richard Johnson; Leandro Juen; Vincent Kalkman; Vassiliki Kati; Unique Keke; Ricardo Koroiva; Mathias Kuemmerlen; Simone Daniela Langhans; Raphael Ligeiro; Kris van Looy; Alain Maasri; Richard Marchant; Jaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez; Renato Martins; Adriano Melo; Leon Metzeling; Maria Laura Miserendino; S. Jannicke Moe; Carlos Molineri; Timo Muotka; Kaisa‐riikka Mustonen; Heikki Mykrä; Jeane Marcelle Cavalcante Do Nascimento; Francisco Valente-Neto; Peter Neu; Carolina Nieto; Steffen Pauls; Dennis Paulson; Blanca Rios-Touma; Marciel Elio Rodrigues; Fabio de Oliveira Roque; Juan Carlos Salazar Salina; Dénes Schmera; Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber; Deep Narayan Shah; John Simaika; Tadeu Siqueira; Ram Devi Tachamo-Shah; Günther Theischinger; Ross Thompson; Jonathan Tonkin; Yusdiel Torres-Cambas; Colin Townsend; Eren Turak; Laura Twardochleb; Beixin Wang; Liubov Yanygina; Carmen Zamora-Muñoz; Sami Domisch

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The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

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The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

Afroditi Grigoropoulou, Suhaila Ab Hamid, Raúl Acosta, Emmanuel Olusegun Akindele, Salman Al-Shami, Florian Altermatt, Giuseppe Amatulli, David Angeler, Francis Arimoro, Jukka Aroviita, …

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol.32(5), pp.642-655

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13648

Abstract

aquatic insects

biodiversity

Ephemeroptera

freshwater ecosystems

global dataset

observation records

Odonata

Plecoptera

species distributions

Trichoptera

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 https://glowabio.org/project/epto_database/ . Fifty individual datasets are also available at https://fred.igb‐berlin.de , 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 - without role: Afroditi Grigoropoulou - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Suhaila Ab Hamid
Raúl Acosta - Universitat de Barcelona
Emmanuel Olusegun Akindele - Obafemi Awolowo University
Salman Al-Shami - Indian River State College
Florian Altermatt - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Giuseppe Amatulli - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
David Angeler - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Francis Arimoro - Federal University of Technology Minna
Jukka Aroviita - Finnish Environment Institute
Anna Astorga-Roine
Rafael Costa Bastos - Universidade Federal do Maranhão
Núria Bonada - Universitat de Barcelona
Nikos Boukas - University of Ioannina
Cecilia Brand - National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco
Vanessa Bremerich - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Alex Bush - Lancaster University
Qinghua Cai - Institute of Hydrobiology
Marcos Callisto - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Kai Chen - Nanjing Agricultural University
Paulo Vilela Cruz - Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Olivier Dangles - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Russell Death - Massey University
Xiling Deng
Eduardo Domínguez
David Dudgeon - University of Hong Kong
Tor Erik Eriksen - Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Ana Paula J. Faria - Universidade Federal do Pará
Maria João Feio - University of Coimbra
Camino Fernández-Aláez - Universidad de León
Mathieu Floury - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Francisco García-Criado - Universidad de León
Jorge García-Girón
Wolfram Graf - BOKU University
Mira Grönroos - University of Helsinki
Peter Haase - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M
Neusa Hamada - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Fengzhi He - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Jani Heino - University of Oulu
Ralph Holzenthal - University of Minnesota
Kaisa‐leena Huttunen - University of Oulu
Dean Jacobsen - University of Copenhagen
Sonja Jähnig - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Walter Jetz - Yale University
Richard Johnson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leandro Juen - Universidade Federal do Pará
Vincent Kalkman - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Vassiliki Kati - University of Ioannina
Unique Keke - Federal University of Technology Minna
Ricardo Koroiva - Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Mathias Kuemmerlen
Simone Daniela Langhans - Aalborg University
Raphael Ligeiro - Universidade Federal do Pará
Kris van Looy
Alain Maasri - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Richard Marchant
Jaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Renato Martins - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Adriano Melo - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Leon Metzeling - Film Independent
Maria Laura Miserendino - National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco
S. Jannicke Moe - Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Carlos Molineri - National University of Tucumán
Timo Muotka - University of Oulu
Kaisa‐riikka Mustonen - University of Oulu
Heikki Mykrä - Finnish Environment Institute
Jeane Marcelle Cavalcante Do Nascimento
Francisco Valente-Neto - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Peter Neu - Film Independent
Carolina Nieto - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Steffen Pauls - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M
Dennis Paulson - University of Puget Sound
Blanca Rios-Touma - Universidad de Las Américas
Marciel Elio Rodrigues - Southwest Bahia State University
Fabio de Oliveira Roque - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
Juan Carlos Salazar Salina
Dénes Schmera - Balaton Limnological Institute
Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber - BOKU University
Deep Narayan Shah - Tribhuvan University
John Simaika - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Tadeu Siqueira - University of Canterbury
Ram Devi Tachamo-Shah - Kathmandu University
Günther Theischinger - Australian Museum
Ross Thompson - University of Canberra
Jonathan Tonkin - University of Canterbury
Yusdiel Torres-Cambas - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Colin Townsend - University of Otago
Eren Turak - Government of New South Wales
Laura Twardochleb
Beixin Wang - Nanjing Agricultural University
Liubov Yanygina - Altai State University
Carmen Zamora-Muñoz - Universidad de Granada
Sami Domisch - Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Publication Details: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol.32(5), pp.642-655
Identifiers: 9936343309311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-04410289