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Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions
- Source :
- Environmental pollution (1987) 227 (2017): 194–206. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Ochoa-Hueso R., Munzi S., Alonso R., Arroniz-Crespo M., Avila A., Bermejo V., Bobbink R., Branquinho C., Concostrina-Zubiri L., Cruz C., Cruz de Carvalho R., De Marco A., Dias T., Elustondo D., Elvira S., Estebanez B., Fusaro L., Gerosa G., Izquieta-Rojano S., Lo Cascio M., Marzuoli R., Matos P., Mereu S., Merino J., Morillas L., Nunes A., Paoletti E., Paoli L., Pinho P., Rogers I.B., Santos A., Sicard P., Stevens C.J., Theobald M.R./titolo:Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions/doi:10.1016%2Fj.envpol.2017.04.062/rivista:Environmental pollution (1987)/anno:2017/pagina_da:194/pagina_a:206/intervallo_pagine:194–206/volume:227, Environmental Pollution, ISSN 0269-7491, 2017-08, Vol. 227, Environmental Pollution, 227, 194-206, Environmental Pollution, 227, Supplement C, pp. 194-206, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Environmental Pollution, Archivo Digital UPM, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, Barking , Regno Unito, 2017.
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Abstract
- Ajuts: This manuscript resulted from the 1st "Committee on Air Pollution Effects Research on Mediterranean Ecosystems" (CAPERmed) Conference celebrated in Lisbon, 2014 (http://capermed.weebly.com/). All attendants to this conference are, therefore, greatly acknowledged. Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) is acknowledged through the Post Doc grant SFRH/BPD/85419/2012 to Teresa Dias and the Investigador grant to Silvana Munzi. ADM, EP and PS thank the LIFE10 ENV/FR/208 project MOTTLES. EP thanks also the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (2013/7956). ROH is supported by a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (IJCI-2014-21252) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Mediterranean Basin ecosystems, their unique biodiversity, and the key services they provide are currently at risk due to air pollution and climate change, yet only a limited number of isolated and geographically-restricted studies have addressed this topic, often with contrasting results. Particularities of air pollution in this region include high O3 levels due to high air temperatures and solar radiation, the stability of air masses, and dominance of dry over wet nitrogen deposition. Moreover, the unique abiotic and biotic factors (e.g., climate, vegetation type, relevance of Saharan dust inputs) modulating the response of Mediterranean ecosystems at various spatiotemporal scales make it difficult to understand, and thus predict, the consequences of human activities that cause air pollution in the Mediterranean Basin. Therefore, there is an urgent need to implement coordinated research and experimental platforms along with wider environmental monitoring networks in the region. In particular, a robust deposition monitoring network in conjunction with modelling estimates is crucial, possibly including a set of common biomonitors (ideally cryptogams, an important component of the Mediterranean vegetation), to help refine pollutant deposition maps. Additionally, increased attention must be paid to functional diversity measures in future air pollution and climate change studies to establish the necessary link between biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services in Mediterranean ecosystems. Through a coordinated effort, the Mediterranean scientific community can fill the above-mentioned gaps and reach a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying the combined effects of air pollution and climate change in the Mediterranean Basin.
- Subjects :
- air pollution
climate change
coordinated research networks
environmental monitoring
functional diversity
Mediterranean ecosystems
toxicology
pollution
Mediterranean climate
Coordinated research networks
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Climate
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Air pollution
Biodiversity
010501 environmental sciences
Functional diversity
Toxicology
medicine.disease_cause
01 natural sciences
Mediterranean Basin
Ecosystem services
Environmental monitoring
Climate change
2. Zero hunger
Air Pollutants
Ecology
General Medicine
Pollution
Health
Air Pollution
Atmosphere
Humans
Nitrogen
Research
Climate Change
Ecosystem
Environmental Monitoring
Mediterranean ecosystem
Settore AGR/13 - CHIMICA AGRARIA
Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA
medicine
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
14. Life underwater
Settore FIS/06 - FISICA PER IL SISTEMA TERRA E IL MEZZO CIRCUMTERRESTRE
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Coordinated research network
Aquatic Ecology
15. Life on land
Medio Ambiente
13. Climate action
Environmental science
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02697491
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental pollution (1987) 227 (2017): 194–206. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Ochoa-Hueso R., Munzi S., Alonso R., Arroniz-Crespo M., Avila A., Bermejo V., Bobbink R., Branquinho C., Concostrina-Zubiri L., Cruz C., Cruz de Carvalho R., De Marco A., Dias T., Elustondo D., Elvira S., Estebanez B., Fusaro L., Gerosa G., Izquieta-Rojano S., Lo Cascio M., Marzuoli R., Matos P., Mereu S., Merino J., Morillas L., Nunes A., Paoletti E., Paoli L., Pinho P., Rogers I.B., Santos A., Sicard P., Stevens C.J., Theobald M.R./titolo:Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions/doi:10.1016%2Fj.envpol.2017.04.062/rivista:Environmental pollution (1987)/anno:2017/pagina_da:194/pagina_a:206/intervallo_pagine:194–206/volume:227, Environmental Pollution, ISSN 0269-7491, 2017-08, Vol. 227, Environmental Pollution, 227, 194-206, Environmental Pollution, 227, Supplement C, pp. 194-206, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Environmental Pollution, Archivo Digital UPM, instname
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0baf24473c34f9df14cb791c364997be