@article{MTMT:34185495, title = {Publisher Correction: Measures of morphological complexity of microalgae and their linkage with organism size}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34185495}, author = {Lerf, Verona and Borics, Gábor and Tóth, István and Kisantal, Tibor and Lukács, Áron and Tóthmérész, Béla and Buczolich, Zoltán and Bárány, Balázs and Végvári, Zsolt and Török-Krasznai, Enikő}, doi = {10.1007/s10750-023-05384-3}, journal-iso = {HYDROBIOLOGIA}, journal = {HYDROBIOLOGIA}, volume = {851}, unique-id = {34185495}, issn = {0018-8158}, abstract = {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.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1573-5117}, pages = {765}, orcid-numbers = {Buczolich, Zoltán/0000-0001-5481-8797; Bárány, Balázs/0000-0002-0129-8385} } @article{MTMT:34062015, title = {BugTracker: Software for Tracking and Measuring Arthropod Activity}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34062015}, author = {Málik-Roffa, Hajnalka and Tőzsér, Dávid and Tóthmérész, Béla and Magura, Tibor}, doi = {10.3390/d15070846}, journal-iso = {DIVERSITY-BASEL}, journal = {DIVERSITY (BASEL)}, volume = {15}, unique-id = {34062015}, abstract = {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.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1424-2818}, orcid-numbers = {Tőzsér, Dávid/0000-0002-7627-9496; Magura, Tibor/0000-0002-9130-6122} } @misc{MTMT:34011378, title = {Assessment of environmental impacts based on particulate matter, and chlorophyll content of urban trees}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34011378}, author = {Abriha-Molnár, Vanda Éva and Szabó, Szilárd and Magura, Tibor and Tóthmérész, Béla and Abriha, Dávid and Sipos , Bianka and Simon, Edina}, unique-id = {34011378}, year = {2023}, orcid-numbers = {Szabó, Szilárd/0000-0002-2670-7384} } @article{MTMT:33949713, title = {High phytoremediation and translocation potential of an invasive weed species (Amaranthus retroflexus) in Europe in metal-contaminated areas}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33949713}, author = {Sipos , Bianka and Bibi, Dina and Magura, Tibor and Tóthmérész, Béla and Simon, Edina}, doi = {10.1007/s10661-023-11422-3}, journal-iso = {ENVIRON MONIT ASSESS}, journal = {ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT}, volume = {195}, unique-id = {33949713}, issn = {0167-6369}, abstract = {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.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1573-2959} } @article{MTMT:33862884, title = {Ground-dwelling arthropods as biodiversity indicators in maize agroecosystems of Northern Italy}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33862884}, author = {Lami, Francesco and Burgio, Giovanni and Magagnoli, Serena and Sommaggio, Daniele and Horváth, Roland and Nagy, Dávid and Masetti, Antonio}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110352}, journal-iso = {ECOL INDIC}, journal = {ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS}, volume = {152}, unique-id = {33862884}, issn = {1470-160X}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1872-7034}, orcid-numbers = {Lami, Francesco/0000-0001-7886-6996} } @article{MTMT:33787185, title = {Intensity‐dependent effects of cattle and sheep grazing in sand grasslands ‐ Does livestock type really matter?}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33787185}, author = {Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely and Sonkoly, Judit and Tóth, Katalin and McIntoshné Buday, Andrea and Díaz Cando, Patricia and Törő-Szijgyártó, Viktória and Balogh, Nóra and Guallichico Suntaxi, Luis Roberto and Espinoza Ami, Francis David and Demeter, László and Tóthmérész, Béla and Török, Péter}, doi = {10.1111/avsc.12727}, journal-iso = {APP VEGE SCI}, journal = {APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE}, volume = {26}, unique-id = {33787185}, issn = {1402-2001}, keywords = {steppe; plant traits; cattle grazing; pasture; Grazing intensity; sheep grazing; sand grassland}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1654-109X}, orcid-numbers = {Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely/0000-0002-9995-5733} } @article{MTMT:33722063, title = {Heavy Metal Pollution of Soil in Vienna, Austria}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33722063}, author = {Bibi, Dina and Tőzsér, Dávid and Sipos , Bianka and Tóthmérész, Béla and Simon, Edina}, doi = {10.1007/s11270-023-06244-5}, journal-iso = {WATER AIR SOIL POLL}, journal = {WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION}, volume = {234}, unique-id = {33722063}, issn = {0049-6979}, abstract = {Along an urbanization gradient, we explored the soil metal pollution in Vienna, Austria. We analyzed the physical and chemical parameters of topsoil from urban, suburban, and rural areas. The following elements were quantified using ICP-OES technique: Al, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sr, and Zn. For heavy metals, PI (pollution index) values were used to assess the level of pollution. We found that the concentration of Cu, Pb, Sr, and Zn was higher in the urban and suburban area than in the rural area. The PI values indicated a moderate level of pollution by Cd (1 ≤ PI ≤ 2) along the urbanization gradient. We found a low level of pollution for Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn ( PI ≤ 1) in studied areas. Our findings demonstrated the presence of anthropogenic contamination, and it is likely that traffic emission may be the major source of metal pollution in Vienna. Our findings also demonstrated that the elemental analysis of soil and the values of PI are adequate indicators of the level of pollution based on soil sample analysis in urban ecosystems.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1573-2932} } @article{MTMT:33282833, title = {Rarity of microalgae in macro, meso, and microhabitats}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33282833}, author = {Görgényi, Judit and Török-Krasznai, Enikő and Ács, Éva and Kiss, Keve Tihamér and Botta-Dukát, Zoltán and Végvári, Zsolt and Lukács, Áron and Várbíró, Gábor and Bácsiné Béres, Viktória and Kókai, Zsuzsanna and Tóthmérész, Béla and Borics, Gábor}, doi = {10.1080/20442041.2022.2152247}, journal-iso = {INLAND WATERS}, journal = {INLAND WATERS}, volume = {13}, unique-id = {33282833}, issn = {2044-2041}, abstract = {Climate change and human-induced habitat degradations result in loss of species diversity in natural ecosystems. While the extinction of macroscopic organisms has been well documented in both the scientific literature and the public media, we have only limited knowledge on the loss of microscopic elements of the ecosystems. Since rarity coincides with the increased risk of extinction, we investigated the commonness and rarity of microalgae in the Pannonian ecoregion. We reviewed the published literature of microalgal research in Hungary over the last 140 years and created a species-by-site matrix containing 2489 algae species and 1145 localities. Analysing this dataset, we found that although the core-satellite hypothesis suggests a bimodal site occupancy distribution, microalgae displayed a unimodal pattern with high number of rarely occurring species. We also demonstrated that the well-known negative relationship between the body size of organisms and the number of occupied habitats also holds for microalgae. Rarity values of taxa have a phylogenetic signal indicating that in terms of rarity, closely related species (desmids, dinoflagellates, euglenophytes) show considerable similarities. The various habitat types showed differences in the number of rare taxa. Small and medium-sized habitats (bog lakes, streams, oxbows) hosted the majority of rare species. These results highlight the conservation importance of small habitats in preserving microbial diversity.}, keywords = {PHYTOPLANKTON; MICROALGAE; Habitat types; rarity; habitat specificity; rarity metrics}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2044-205X}, pages = {231-246}, orcid-numbers = {Ács, Éva/0000-0003-1774-157X; Botta-Dukát, Zoltán/0000-0002-9544-3474; Várbíró, Gábor/0000-0001-5907-3472; Kókai, Zsuzsanna/0000-0003-0315-9343; Tóthmérész, Béla/0000-0002-4766-7668} } @article{MTMT:33254551, title = {Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33254551}, author = {Burton, Victoria J. and Contu, Sara and De Palma, Adriana and Hill, Samantha L. L. and Albrecht, Harald and Bone, James S. and Carpenter, Daniel and Corstanje, Ronald and De Smedt, Pallieter and Farrell, Mark and Ford, Helen V. and Hudson, Lawrence N. and Inward, Kelly and Jones, David T. and Kosewska, Agnieszka and Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy F. and Magura, Tibor and Mulder, Christian and Murvanidze, Maka and Newbold, Tim and Smith, Jo and Suarez, Andrew V. and Suryometaram, Sasha and Tóthmérész, Béla and Uehara-Prado, Marcio and Vanbergen, Adam J. and Verheyen, Kris and Wuyts, Karen and Scharlemann, Jörn P. W. and Eggleton, Paul and Purvis, Andy}, doi = {10.1186/s12862-022-02089-4}, journal-iso = {BMC ECOL EVOL}, journal = {BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION}, volume = {22}, unique-id = {33254551}, abstract = {Background Land-use is a major driver of changes in biodiversity worldwide, but studies have overwhelmingly focused on above-ground taxa: the effects on soil biodiversity are less well known, despite the importance of soil organisms in ecosystem functioning. We modelled data from a global biodiversity database to compare how the abundance of soil-dwelling and above-ground organisms responded to land use and soil properties. Results We found that land use affects overall abundance differently in soil and above-ground assemblages. The abundance of soil organisms was markedly lower in cropland and plantation habitats than in primary vegetation and pasture. Soil properties influenced the abundance of soil biota in ways that differed among land uses, suggesting they shape both abundance and its response to land use. Conclusions Our results caution against assuming models or indicators derived from above-ground data can apply to soil assemblages and highlight the potential value of incorporating soil properties into biodiversity models.}, year = {2022}, eissn = {2730-7182} } @article{MTMT:33115313, title = {A meta-analysis-based evaluation of metallic element accumulation in earthworms}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33115313}, author = {Tőzsér, Dávid and Mizser, Szabolcs and Karaffa, Katalin and Málik-Roffa, Hajnalka and Magura, Tibor}, doi = {10.1016/j.envint.2022.107546}, journal-iso = {ENVIRON INT}, journal = {ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL}, volume = {169}, unique-id = {33115313}, issn = {0160-4120}, abstract = {The responses of earthworms to excess soil element concentrations are well studied. However, published information on the metallic element accumulation in individuals is controversial. In this paper, the published data on earthworm As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn whole body concentrations were evaluated in individuals collected from contaminated and uncontaminated (control) soils, using meta-analyses. The role of soil pH and exposure time as potential influencing factors on metal accumulation was also assessed. Based on the evaluations, the accumulation of each metallic element was significantly (p < 0.05) more intensive in individuals collected from contaminated soils than in ones from control soils, with minor differences in the order of accumulation intensity among the studied metallic elements. Further, major interspecific differences were indicated in the accumulation, with different species being the most intensive accumulators for individual metallic elements. Among the studied metals, Cu concentration in earthworm bodies increased significantly with increasing soil pH. As for the exposure time-dependent accumulation, Pb concentration was found to decrease significantly with time in whole body tissues of earthworms. These results suggested a high variability in metal- and species-specific accumulation-excretion patterns of earthworms, influenced also by other external factors. Based on the results highlighted in this meta-analysis, accumulation schemes raise the need for further analyses involving other additional variables (e.g., soil type, organic matter content, climatic condition) to get a better understanding of element cycle-earthworm relations.}, keywords = {soil contamination; detoxification; Bioindication; Exposure time; Annelids}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1873-6750} }