TY - JOUR AU - Simon, Edina AU - Kolozsvári, István AU - Dévai, György AU - Illár, Máté AU - Szalay, Petra Éva AU - Miskolczi, Margit AU - Tóthmérész, Béla TI - Environmentally friendly assessment of ecological quality of watercourses based on banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens JF - ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA J2 - ENTOMOL EXP APPL PY - 2024 PG - 9 SN - 0013-8703 DO - 10.1111/eea.13412 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34567999 ID - 34567999 AB - Dragonflies and damselflies are excellent bioindicators of the quality of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In our study, we assessed the usefulness of metric and meristic morphological traits as environmentally friendly and cost‐effective indicators of the integrative ecological quality of watercourses. Our study species of choice was the damselfly banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens (Harris) (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Adult C. splendens specimens were collected at three study sites along the trophic gradient of the Tisza River in Hungary and Ukraine. Body and abdomen length, head width, and distances between wing landmarks were assessed as metric traits, and the number of wing cells as meristic traits. The concentration of chlorophyll‐a was used to classify the three study sites into having a low, intermediate, and high trophic condition based on earlier studies. Significant differences were found along the trophic gradient based on the measured metric and meristic traits. Especially, insects from the site with the highest trophic condition had the largest body length, head width, and distances between wing landmarks, as well as the highest number of cells in the fore wings. There were also differences between males and females, but we did not find differences in fluctuating asymmetry (FA), i.e., differences between the left and the right wings. These results indicated that the morphological traits of adult banded demoiselles could be indicative of the environmental quality of a watercourse. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Görgényi, Judit AU - Török-Krasznai, Enikő AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Kókai, Zsuzsanna AU - Bácsiné Béres, Viktória AU - Várbíró, Gábor AU - Ács, Éva AU - Kiss, Keve Tihamér AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Borics, Gábor TI - Functional properties of planktic microalgae determine their habitat selection JF - HYDROBIOLOGIA J2 - HYDROBIOLOGIA VL - 851 PY - 2024 SP - 801 EP - 821 PG - 21 SN - 0018-8158 DO - 10.1007/s10750-023-05421-1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34500851 ID - 34500851 N1 - Department of Tisza Research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, 18/C Bem Square, Debrecen, 4026, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary ELKH-DE Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Egyetem Sqr. 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Faculty of Water Sciences, University of Public Service, 12-14 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street, Baja, 6500, Hungary Export Date: 21 February 2024; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J. Görgényi; Department of Tisza Research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, 18/C Bem Square, 4026, Hungary; email: gorgenyi.judit@ecolres.hu; CODEN: HYDRB AB - In this study, we aim to investigate how the functional properties of microalgae help to delineate the major groups of aquatic habitats. Using functional trait-based and Reynolds’ functional group-based approaches similarities of the microalgal flora of all aquatic habitats occurring in Hungary were compared. The habitats covered the whole size spectrum of standing waters (10-2–108m2) and water currents (watershed: 102–1011m2), , limnological and chemical properties. Both functional trait-based and functional group-based habitat classifications overrode the hydromorphology-based typology, however, functional group-based clusters showed closer resemblance to limnological-hydromorphological types than clusters created by trait-based approaches both for qualitative and quantitative data. Most of the aquatic habitats that have similar limnological characteristics showed resemblance in the functional properties of their microflora. Rivers and river-related habitats were the most diverse functionally. These were followed by standing waters with extended macrophyte coverage. The small, unique habitats displayed the lowest functional richness. The occurrence of several functional groups in some extreme habitats implies two alternative explanations: first, the habitat template of the groups is wider than defined in the original description; second, detailed information on the autecology of species assigned to a functional group necessitates the creation of new groups specific for the unique habitats. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Bibi, Dina AU - Tőzsér, Dávid AU - Sipos , Bianka AU - Abriha-Molnár, Vanda Éva AU - Simon, Edina AU - Tóthmérész, Béla TI - Complex study of air pollution based on tree species in Vienna JF - AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH J2 - AIR QUAL ATMOS HLTH VL - 17 PY - 2024 IS - 2 SP - 417 EP - 424 PG - 8 SN - 1873-9318 DO - 10.1007/s11869-023-01452-8 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34238026 ID - 34238026 AB - Plants are especially useful as biological indicators to assess air pollution and the effects of urbanisation. The aim of this study was to investigate tree species’ sensitivity to air pollution using the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI), the dust content (PM 10 ) of leaves, and the heavy metal concentration of leaves. Sampling sites were in a city park (urban area), a location on the edge of the city (suburban area), and a forested location (rural area) along an urbanisation gradient in the city of Vienna in Austria. Leaf samples were collected from Acer platanoides , Fraxinus excelsior , and Quercus robur tree species. The APTI was determined by measuring the content of relative water ascorbic acid and chlorophyll, and the pH of leaf extracts. We found significant difference among species in their relative water content, pH, and content of ascorbic acid and chlorophyll Additionally, we found significant differences in chlorophyll content and pH based on sampling site. The highest chlorophyll content was found in A. platanoides . There was a significant difference among species in Al, Ba, Cr, Ni, and Zn concentrations in each stage of urbanisation. Based on APTI values, the studied species were sensitive indicators of air pollution; thus, they are useful bioindicator species, and they are suitable for air pollution monitoring. We demonstrated the effects of urbanisation with these bioindicator species with elevated PM 10 , Al, Ba, Cu, Fe, Sr, and Zn concentrations in urban area samples. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lerf, Verona AU - Borics, Gábor AU - Tóth, István AU - Kisantal, Tibor AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Buczolich, Zoltán AU - Bárány, Balázs AU - Végvári, Zsolt AU - Török-Krasznai, Enikő TI - Publisher Correction: Measures of morphological complexity of microalgae and their linkage with organism size JF - HYDROBIOLOGIA J2 - HYDROBIOLOGIA VL - 851 PY - 2024 SP - 765 SN - 0018-8158 DO - 10.1007/s10750-023-05384-3 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34185495 ID - 34185495 AB - In the above-mentioned publication, the last author's name was mistakenly removed from the authors list and should read: Enikő T-Krasznai. The original article has been corrected. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lerf, Verona AU - Borics, Gábor AU - Tóth, István AU - Kisantal, Tibor AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Buczolich, Zoltán AU - Bárány, Balázs AU - Végvári, Zsolt AU - Török-Krasznai, Enikő TI - Measures of morphological complexity of microalgae and their linkage with organism size JF - HYDROBIOLOGIA J2 - HYDROBIOLOGIA VL - 851 PY - 2024 SP - 751 EP - 764 PG - 14 SN - 0018-8158 DO - 10.1007/s10750-023-05338-9 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34140740 ID - 34140740 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (NKFIH OTKA) [K-132150] Funding text: This work was supported by Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (NKFIH OTKA) project no.: K-132150. A. L. was supported by KKP-144068 during manuscript writing. AB - In phytoplankton ecology the shape of microalgae appears predominantly as a categorical variable. Using shape-realistic 3D models of 220 microalgae we proposed and calculated six shape metrics and tested how these relate to each other and to the size of the microalgae. We found that some of the metrics are more sensitive to elongation, while others are related to multicellularity. We found a linear relationship between shape measures and the greatest axial linear dimensions of the microalgae. Our findings suggest that there is an evolutionary trade-off between the shape and size of the microalgae. It is important to stress that we found that surface area to volume ratio of the microalgae are hyperbolic functions of the length and volume for each shape. In our study, we demonstrated that the proposed shape metrics serve as suitable quantitative traits, and help to understand better how simple shapes evolved to more complex outlines. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Sonkoly, Judit AU - Tóth, Edina AU - Balogh, Nóra AU - Balogh, Lajos AU - Bartha, Dénes AU - Csendesné Bata, Kinga AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Békefi, Nóra AU - Botta-Dukát, Zoltán AU - Bölöni, János AU - Csecserits, Anikó AU - Csiky, János AU - Csontos, Péter AU - Dancza, István AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Dobolyi, Zoltán Konstantin AU - E-Vojtkó, Anna AU - Gyulai, Ferenc AU - Hábenczyus, Alida Anna AU - Henn, Tamás AU - Horváth, Ferenc AU - Höhn, Mária Margit AU - Jakab, Gusztáv AU - Kelemen, András AU - Király, Botond Gergely AU - Kis, Szabolcs AU - Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely AU - Kun, András AU - Lehoczky, Éva AU - Lengyel, Attila AU - Lhotsky, Barbara AU - Löki, Viktor AU - Lukács, Balázs András AU - Matus, Gábor AU - McIntoshné Buday, Andrea AU - Mesterházy, Attila AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Molnár V, Attila AU - Molnár, Zsolt AU - Morschhauser, Tamás AU - Papp, László AU - Pósa, Patrícia AU - Rédei, Tamás AU - Schmidt, Dávid AU - Szmorad, Ferenc AU - Takács, Attila AU - Tamás, Júlia AU - Tiborcz, Viktor AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Valkó, Orsolya AU - Virók, Viktor AU - Wirth, Tamás AU - Török, Péter TI - PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits JF - SCIENTIFIC DATA J2 - SCI DATA VL - 10 PY - 2023 IS - 1 PG - 8 SN - 2052-4463 DO - 10.1038/s41597-023-02619-9 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34217510 ID - 34217510 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: NKFIH [PD 137747, KH 130320, K 119225, FK 142428, K 137573, KKP 144068, PD 138859, PD 137828, PD 138715, UNKP-21-3-SZTE-389, RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00014]; Bolyai Janos Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences [129167, KKP 144209, BO/00587/23/8]; New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary [BO/00713/19]; UNKP-23-5 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund; Climate Change Hungarian National Laboratory [BO/00298/21]; HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network Funding text: We are very grateful for the detailed comments of our reviewers and especially for the helpful input and suggestions of the Chief Editor. We are grateful for Patricia Diaz Cando, Kata Frei, Alexandra Tomasovszky and Viktoria Toer & odblac;-Szijgyarto for their help in trait measurements. The authors and/or the dataset building project were supported by NKFIH: PD 137747 (JS), KH 130320 (ET), K 119225 (PT), FK 142428 (ZB), K 137573 (PT), KKP 144068 (PT), PD 138859 (AL), PD 137828 (AT) and PD 138715 (VL). JS, AK and ZB were supported by the Bolyai Janos Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (BO/00587/23/8, BO/00713/19 and BO/00298/21, respectively). AAH was supported by the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary (UNKP-21-3-SZTE-389). JS was supported by the UNKP-23-5 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. The work of GJ was supported by the Climate Change Hungarian National Laboratory RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00014, the project NKFIH 129167 and KKP 144209. This project has received funding from the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network. AB - The existing plant trait databases’ applicability is limited for studies dealing with the flora and vegetation of the eastern and central part of Europe and for large-scale comparisons across regions, mostly because their geographical data coverage is limited and they incorporate records from several different sources, often from regions with markedly different climatic conditions. These problems motivated the compilation of a regional dataset for the flora of the Pannonian region (Eastern Central Europe). PADAPT, the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits relies on regional data sources and collates data on 54 traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian region. The current version covers approximately 90% of the species of the region and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Péter, Batáry AU - Balázs, Deák AU - Nikolett, Gallé-Szpisjak AU - Dávid, Korányi AU - Tamás, Lakatos AU - Brigitta, Palotás AU - Katalin, Szitár AU - Attila, Torma AU - Edina, Török AU - András, Báldi AU - Zoltán, László AU - Hornung, Erzsébet AU - Purger, Jenő AU - Gábor, Seress AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Urák, István AU - Purger, Dragica AU - Mizser, Szabolcs AU - Krisztina, Sándor AU - László, Somay AU - Gabriella, Süle AU - Zsigmond, Andreea Rebeka AU - Róbert, Gallé ED - Doreen, Brückner ED - Kati, Kietzmann TI - Urbanization in rural areas – village edges are more biodiverse and often support more species, if situated far from cities in forested landscapes T2 - Book of Abstracts. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Leipzig — 12–16 September 2023 PB - Gesellschaft für Ökologie C1 - Leipzig PY - 2023 SP - 381 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34159506 ID - 34159506 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Málik-Roffa, Hajnalka AU - Tőzsér, Dávid AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Magura, Tibor TI - BugTracker: Software for Tracking and Measuring Arthropod Activity JF - DIVERSITY (BASEL) J2 - DIVERSITY-BASEL VL - 15 PY - 2023 IS - 7 PG - 10 SN - 1424-2818 DO - 10.3390/d15070846 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34062015 ID - 34062015 AB - The automated video tracking of the activity/movement of an experimental organism is essential for reliable, repeatable quantitative analyses in behavioral ecology and also in other disciplines. There are only some open-access, open-source automated tracking software applications that can track unmarked organisms. Moreover, several of these software applications are substantially affected by brightness and differences in the lighting conditions of the video recording. Our Python-based software, called BugTracker, uses the latest innovations in computer vision technologies to solve these problems. By analyzing videos with considerably different lighting conditions with BugTracker and other available software, we demonstrate that our software could reliably track the studied organisms of any size and speed. Additionally, the results provide accurate measures of the organism’s movements. BugTracker is the most reliable currently available, easy-to-use, and automated tracking software compatible with the Windows, Linux, and MacOS operating systems. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - GEN AU - Abriha-Molnár, Vanda Éva AU - Szabó, Szilárd AU - Magura, Tibor AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Abriha, Dávid AU - Sipos , Bianka AU - Simon, Edina TI - Assessment of environmental impacts based on particulate matter, and chlorophyll content of urban trees PY - 2023 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34011378 ID - 34011378 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Sipos , Bianka AU - Bibi, Dina AU - Magura, Tibor AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Simon, Edina TI - High phytoremediation and translocation potential of an invasive weed species (Amaranthus retroflexus) in Europe in metal-contaminated areas JF - ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT J2 - ENVIRON MONIT ASSESS VL - 195 PY - 2023 IS - 6 PG - 11 SN - 0167-6369 DO - 10.1007/s10661-023-11422-3 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33949713 ID - 33949713 AB - We demonstrated the metal accumulation potential of Amaranthus retorflexus , a European weed species, both in moderately and strongly metal-contaminated sites. Metal accumulation in roots, stems, and leaves were studied. We also calculated the bioaccumulation factor ( BAF ), and translocation factor ( TF ) values to quantify the metal accumulation, and translocation between plant organs. Our findings indicated that metal accumulation correlated with metal concentration; that is plant organs accumulated higher concentration of metals in the contaminated area than in the control one. We found that the concentrations of Ba, Mn, Sr and Zn were the highest in leaves, and Al, Cr, Cu, Fe and Pb in roots. High BAF value was found for Sr in all studied areas, indicating this metal’s high accumulation potential of Amaranthus retorflexus . High TF values were found for Al, Ba, Cu, Fe, Mn, Sr and Zn; these metals were successfully transported to aboveground plant organs. We demonstrated that A. retroflexus , a fast-growing, rapidly spreading weed in Europe, was especially useful for heavy metal phytoremediation and phytoextraction. 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