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 - 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. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lami, Francesco AU - Burgio, Giovanni AU - Magagnoli, Serena AU - Sommaggio, Daniele AU - Horváth, Roland AU - Nagy, Dávid AU - Masetti, Antonio TI - Ground-dwelling arthropods as biodiversity indicators in maize agroecosystems of Northern Italy JF - ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS J2 - ECOL INDIC VL - 152 PY - 2023 PG - 9 SN - 1470-160X DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110352 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33862884 ID - 33862884 N1 - DISTAL-Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, H-4032, Hungary ELKH-DE Anthropocene Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Export Date: 1 December 2023 Correspondence Address: Lami, F.; DISTAL-Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Italy; email: francesco.lami2@unibo.it LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely AU - Sonkoly, Judit AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - McIntoshné Buday, Andrea AU - Díaz Cando, Patricia AU - Törő-Szijgyártó, Viktória AU - Balogh, Nóra AU - Guallichico Suntaxi, Luis Roberto AU - Espinoza Ami, Francis David AU - Demeter, László AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Török, Péter TI - Intensity‐dependent effects of cattle and sheep grazing in sand grasslands ‐ Does livestock type really matter? JF - APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE J2 - APP VEGE SCI VL - 26 PY - 2023 IS - 2 SN - 1402-2001 DO - 10.1111/avsc.12727 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33787185 ID - 33787185 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Bibi, Dina AU - Tőzsér, Dávid AU - Sipos , Bianka AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Simon, Edina TI - Heavy Metal Pollution of Soil in Vienna, Austria JF - WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION J2 - WATER AIR SOIL POLL VL - 234 PY - 2023 IS - 4 PG - 11 SN - 0049-6979 DO - 10.1007/s11270-023-06244-5 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33722063 ID - 33722063 AB - 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. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Görgényi, Judit AU - Török-Krasznai, Enikő AU - Ács, Éva AU - Kiss, Keve Tihamér AU - Botta-Dukát, Zoltán AU - Végvári, Zsolt AU - Lukács, Áron AU - Várbíró, Gábor AU - Bácsiné Béres, Viktória AU - Kókai, Zsuzsanna AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Borics, Gábor TI - Rarity of microalgae in macro, meso, and microhabitats JF - INLAND WATERS J2 - INLAND WATERS VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 2 SP - 231 EP - 246 PG - 16 SN - 2044-2041 DO - 10.1080/20442041.2022.2152247 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33282833 ID - 33282833 N1 - Department of Tisza Research, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, Hungary Department of Danube’s Diversity, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Budapest, Hungary Faculty of Water Sciences, Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, University of Public Service, Baja, Hungary Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, Hungary Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Insitut, Müncheber, Germany MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Department of Biology, University of Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, Hungary Cited By :1 Export Date: 27 October 2023 Correspondence Address: Görgényi, J.; Department of Tisza Research, 18/c Bem square, Hungary; email: varbirog@gmail.com AB - 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. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Burton, Victoria J. AU - Contu, Sara AU - De Palma, Adriana AU - Hill, Samantha L. L. AU - Albrecht, Harald AU - Bone, James S. AU - Carpenter, Daniel AU - Corstanje, Ronald AU - De Smedt, Pallieter AU - Farrell, Mark AU - Ford, Helen V. AU - Hudson, Lawrence N. AU - Inward, Kelly AU - Jones, David T. AU - Kosewska, Agnieszka AU - Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy F. AU - Magura, Tibor AU - Mulder, Christian AU - Murvanidze, Maka AU - Newbold, Tim AU - Smith, Jo AU - Suarez, Andrew V. AU - Suryometaram, Sasha AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Uehara-Prado, Marcio AU - Vanbergen, Adam J. AU - Verheyen, Kris AU - Wuyts, Karen AU - Scharlemann, Jörn P. W. AU - Eggleton, Paul AU - Purvis, Andy TI - Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages JF - BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION J2 - BMC ECOL EVOL VL - 22 PY - 2022 IS - 1 PG - 9 SN - 2730-7182 DO - 10.1186/s12862-022-02089-4 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33254551 ID - 33254551 AB - 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. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tőzsér, Dávid AU - Mizser, Szabolcs AU - Karaffa, Katalin AU - Málik-Roffa, Hajnalka AU - Magura, Tibor TI - A meta-analysis-based evaluation of metallic element accumulation in earthworms JF - ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL J2 - ENVIRON INT VL - 169 PY - 2022 PG - 9 SN - 0160-4120 DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107546 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33115313 ID - 33115313 AB - 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. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -