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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin
T2 - Current research and future directions
AU - Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl
AU - Munzi, Silvana
AU - Alonso, Rocio
AU - Arroniz-Crespo, Maria
AU - Avila, Anna
AU - Bermejo, Victoria
AU - Bobbink, Roland
AU - Branquinho, Cristina
AU - Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura
AU - Cruz, Cristina
AU - Cruz de Carvalho, Ricardo
AU - De Marco, Alessandra
AU - Dias, Teresa
AU - Elustondo, David
AU - Elvira, Susana
AU - Estebanez, Belen
AU - Fusaro, Lina
AU - Gerosa, Giacomo
AU - Izquieta-Rojano, Sheila
AU - Cascio, Mauro Lo
AU - Marzuoli, Riccardo
AU - Matos, Paula
AU - Mereu, Simone
AU - Merino, Jose
AU - Morillas, Lourdes
AU - Nunes, Alice
AU - Paoletti, Elena
AU - Paoli, Luca
AU - Pinho, Pedro
AU - Rogers, Isabel
AU - Santos, Arthur
AU - Sicard, Pierre
AU - Stevens, Carly Joanne
AU - Theobald, Mark R.
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Environmental Pollution. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Environmental Pollution, 227, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Air pollution
KW - Climate change
KW - Coordinated research networks
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - Functional diversity
KW - Mediterranean ecosystems
U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062
M3 - Journal article
VL - 227
SP - 194
EP - 206
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
SN - 0269-7491
ER -