A European map of groundwater pH and calcium

J 2021

A European map of groundwater pH and calcium

HÁJEK, Michal, Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Ondřej HÁJEK, Lisa BRANCALEONI, Marco CANTONAT et. al.

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10618 Ecology

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

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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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

GA19-01775S, research and development project

Name: Současná a budoucí diverzita evropských slatinišť v měnícím se světě

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

GX19-28491X, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

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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N2  - 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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HÁJEK, Michal, Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Ondřej HÁJEK, Lisa BRANCALEONI, Marco CANTONAT, Michele CARBOGNANI, Anita DEDI$\backslash$'C, Daniel DÍTĚ, Renato GERDOL, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Veronika HORSÁKOVÁ, Florian JANSEN, Jasmina KAMBEROVI$\backslash$'C, Jutta KAPFER, Tiina Hilkka Maria KOLARI, Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ, Predrag LAZAREVI$\backslash$'C, Ermin MAŠI$\backslash$'C, 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 BI$\backslash$C T$\backslash$U A-NICOLAE and Michal HORSÁK. A European map of groundwater pH and calcium. \textit{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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