Verkaik, Iraima (Date of defense: 2010-12-09)
Wildfire effects on macroinvertebrate communities have not been intensively studied in other areas than the Western US, and the results in fire prone areas like NE Mediterranean and SE Australia are ...
Bonada i Caparrós, Núria (Date of defense: 2003-04-02)
The main objective of this work has been to determine the structure of the macroinvertebrate communities in mediterranean rivers at different scales, organization and taxonomical levels. To achieve that, ...
Tarrats Sada, Pol (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
The study of past ecological changes is highly useful for understanding how ecosystems have responded to climate and human-induced disturbances. It is thus relevant in the context of climate change, as ...
Rodríguez Lozano, Pablo (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
Wildfires are expected to increase in frequency and intensity because of climate change and changes in land use and management. In last decades, the research on fire effects on aquatic systems has grown, ...
Castro López, Daniel (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
Worldwide, biological diversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. Current environmental changes are causing water, ecological and biodiversity crises that, coupled with climate change, are affecting ...