Euro-limpacs Deliverable 189 (Work Package 7): Indicator value database for Ephemeroptera - Phase I report

The specific tasks for the ‘Indicator value database for Ephemeroptera’ are oriented to obtain two major results. The first one, by examining the Ephemeroptera literature, will provide a comprehensive picture of current knowledge concerning mayflies autoecology. The second one, by means of field data analyses, will provide new quantitative data on mayfly ecology, which will be directly related to a changing climate scenario. The literature review is a necessary tool to validate the field data being analized and to check likely modifications of taxa distribution and ecology. Once the database is implemented and completed, researchers, water managers and local surveyors will have access to a tool to assess the potential effects of climate change on freshwater ecosystems, with a special focus on the effects on the main biological traits of Ephemeroptera species.