Methodological design to study the effects of heatwaves on natural plankton communities from Mediterranean vulnerable ecosystems

Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e176254 (28 Oct 2025) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e176254 (28 Oct 2025) Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e176254 First posted 28 Oct 2025 Authors Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy Lyudmila Kamburska - Corresponding author National Research Council - Water Research Institute, CNR-IRSA, Verbania, Italy National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy National Research Council - Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, CNR-IRET, Lecce, Italy Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy National Research Council - Water Research Institute, CNR-IRSA, Verbania, Italy National Research Council - Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, CNR-IRET, Lecce, Italy LifeWatch Italy, Lecce, Italy National Research Council - Water Research Institute, CNR-IRSA, Verbania, Italy National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy National Research Council - Water Research Institute, CNR-IRSA, Verbania, Italy Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Supporting agencies The Italian Ministry for Universities and Research This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.