HÁJEK, Michal, Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Ondřej HÁJEK, Lisa BRANCALEONI, Marco CANTONAT, Michele CARBOGNANI, Anita DEDIĆ, Daniel DÍTĚ, Renato GERDOL, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ, Florian JANSEN, Jasmina KAMBEROVIĆ, Jutta KAPFER, Tiina Hilkka Maria KOLARI, Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ, Predrag LAZAREVIĆ, Ermin MAŠIĆ, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Aaron PÉREZ-HAASE, Tomáš PETERKA, Alessandro PETRAGLIA, Eulàlia PLADEVALL-IZARD, Zuzana PLESKOVÁ, Stefano SEGADELLI, Yuliya SEMENIUK, Patrícia SINGH, Anna ŠÍMOVÁ, Eva ŠMERDOVÁ, Teemu TAHVANAINEN, Marcello TOMASELLI, Yuliya VYSTAVNA, Claudia BIŢĂ-NICOLAE and Michal HORSÁK. A European map of groundwater pH and calcium. Earth System Science Data. Copernicus GmbH, 2021, vol. 13, No 3, p. 1089-1105. ISSN 1866-3508. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1089-2021.
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Original name A European map of groundwater pH and calcium
Authors HÁJEK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO (724 Spain, belonging to the institution), Ondřej HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lisa BRANCALEONI, Marco CANTONAT, Michele CARBOGNANI, Anita DEDIĆ, Daniel DÍTĚ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Renato GERDOL, Petra HÁJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Florian JANSEN, Jasmina KAMBEROVIĆ, Jutta KAPFER, Tiina Hilkka Maria KOLARI, Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ, Predrag LAZAREVIĆ, Ermin MAŠIĆ, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Aaron PÉREZ-HAASE, Tomáš PETERKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alessandro PETRAGLIA, Eulàlia PLADEVALL-IZARD, Zuzana PLESKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Stefano SEGADELLI, Yuliya SEMENIUK, Patrícia SINGH (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Anna ŠÍMOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva ŠMERDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Teemu TAHVANAINEN, Marcello TOMASELLI, Yuliya VYSTAVNA, Claudia BIŢĂ-NICOLAE and Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Earth System Science Data, Copernicus GmbH, 2021, 1866-3508.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10618 Ecology
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 11.815
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/21:00118893
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1089-2021
UT WoS 000631053400001
Keywords in English SOUTH-EASTERN ALPS; VASCULAR PLANTS; WATER CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGICAL GRADIENTS; HABITAT DIVERSITY; FEN VEGETATION; SPRING WATER; NORTH; MIRES; BRYOPHYTES
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 30/4/2021 17:00.
Abstract
Water resources and associated ecosystems are becoming highly endangered due to ongoing global environmental changes. Spatial ecological modelling is a promising toolbox for understanding the past, present and future distribution and diversity patterns in groundwater-dependent ecosystems, such as fens, springs, streams, reed beds or wet grasslands. Still, the lack of detailed water chemistry maps prevents the use of reasonable models to be applied on continental and global scales. Being major determinants of biological composition and diversity of groundwater-dependent ecosystems, groundwater pH and calcium are of utmost importance. Here we developed an up-to-date European map of groundwater pH and Ca, based on 7577 measurements of near-surface groundwater pH and calcium distributed across Europe. In comparison to the existing European groundwater maps, we included several times more sites, especially in the regions rich in spring and fen habitats, and filled the apparent gaps in eastern and southeastern Europe. We used random forest models and regression kriging to create continuous maps of water pH and calcium at the continental scale, which is freely available also as a raster map (Hájek et al., 2020b; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4139912). Lithology had a higher importance than climate for both pH and calcium. The previously recognised latitudinal and altitudinal gradients were rediscovered with much refined regional patterns, as associated with bedrock variation. For ecological models of distribution and diversity of many terrestrial ecosystems, our new map based on field groundwater measurements is more suitable than maps of soil pH, which mirror not only bedrock chemistry but also vegetation-dependent soil processes.
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GA19-01775S, research and development projectName: Současná a budoucí diverzita evropských slatinišť v měnícím se světě
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GX19-28491X, research and development projectName: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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