PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Romain Sarremejane
AU  - Núria Cid
AU  - Thibault Datry
AU  - Rachel Stubbington
AU  - Maria Alp
AU  - Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
AU  - Adolfo Cordero-Rivera
AU  - Zoltan Csabai
AU  - Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas
AU  - Jani Heino
AU  - Maxence Forcellini
AU  - Andrés Millán
AU  - Amael Paillex
AU  - Petr Pařil
AU  - Marek Polášek
AU  - José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa
AU  - Philippe Usseglio-Polatera
AU  - Carmen Zamora-Muñoz
AU  - Núria Bonada
TI  - DISPERSE: A trait database to assess the dispersal potential of aquatic macroinvertebrates
AID  - 10.1101/2020.02.21.953737
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2020.02.21.953737
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/02/24/2020.02.21.953737.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/02/24/2020.02.21.953737.full
AB  - Motivation Dispersal is an essential process in population and community dynamics but is difficult to measure in the field. In freshwater systems, relevant information on the dispersal of many taxa remains scattered or unpublished, and biological traits related to organisms’ morphology, life history and behaviour offer useful dispersal proxies. We compiled information on selected dispersal-related biological traits of European aquatic macroinvertebrates in a unique source: the DISPERSE database. Information within DISPERSE can be used to address fundamental questions in metapopulation ecology, metacommunity ecology, macroecology, and eco-evolutionary research. From an applied perspective, the consideration of dispersal proxies can also improve predictions of ecological responses to global change, and contribute to more effective biomonitoring and conservation management strategies.Main types of variable contained Selected macroinvertebrate dispersal-related biological traits: maximum body size, adult female wing length, adult wing pair type, adult life span, number of reproductive cycles per year, lifelong fecundity, dispersal mode (i.e. active, passive, aquatic, aerial), and propensity to drift.Spatial location Europe.Time period Taxa considered are extant with recent records. Most data were collected in the 20th century and in the period 2000-2019.Major taxa and level of measurement Aquatic macroinvertebrates from riverine and lacustrine ecosystems, including Mollusca, Annelida, Platyhelminthes, and Arthropoda such as Crustacea and Insecta. For Insecta, aquatic stages and the aerial (i.e. flying) phases of adults were considered separately. Genus-level taxonomic resolution used, except for some Annelida and Diptera, which are coded at the sub-class, family or sub-family level. In total, the database includes 39 trait categories grouped into nine dispersal-related traits for 480 taxa.Software format The data file is in Excel workbook.BIOSKETCH Many of the authors are members of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CA15113 Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams (SMIRES, www.smires.eu), which aims to improve our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) and translate this into science-based, sustainable management of river networks. One of the main goals of SMIRES is to facilitate sharing of data and experience, bringing together researchers from many disciplines and stakeholders and creating synergies through networking. The dataset provided and analyzed herein reflects networking and collaboration within the SMIRES working group dedicated to Community Ecology and Biomonitoring.