Gaudes Saez, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2011-07-07)
This thesis focuses on the study of the meiofaunal community in streams and rivers of the Mediterranean region. It approaches to a community level from a functional point of view, studying their response ...
Costalago Meruelo, David (Date of defense: 2012-12-10)
In the northwestern Mediterranean anchovy and sardine are among the most ecologically and economically important species. Both species are planktivorous during all their life stages, which could ...
Romaní i Cornet, Anna M. (Date of defense: 1997-10-21)
Helerotrophic (cetoenzymatic and respiratory activities) and autotrophic (photosynthetic activity) metabolism on epilithic strearn biofilms have been measured, analyzed and studied in this thesis.<br/><br/>The ...
Ventura Oller, Marc (Date of defense: 2005-01-28)
The aim of this thesis was to describe the life history variability of the assemblage of crustacean zooplankton in Lake Redon, with special emphasis in their life-cycles, ecological characteristics and ...
Chaparro Mendivelso, Hooz Angela (Date of defense: 2016-12-13)
This thesis analyzed the dynamics of tree radial growth at different time-scales in relation to climate and drought in two tropical dry forests (TDFs) from Colombia (Tuluá) and Bolivia (INPA). The ...
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 ...
Ferreres Contreras, Irene (Date of defense: 2020-06-26)
Rice belongs to the Poaceae family and Oryza genus. The genus Oryza comprehends 24 species, being 22 wild and 2 cultivated. These two cultivated species correspond to Oryza sativa, originated in Asia, ...
Restrepo Ortiz, Claudia Ximena (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
The annual dynamics of three different ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) ecotypes (amoA gene) and of the SAGMCG-1 (Nitrosotalea-like aquatic Thaumarchaeota) group (16S rRNA gene) were studied by newly ...
Peipoch Güell, Marc (Date of defense: 2014-06-25)
The main goal of this thesis is to investigate how (15)N natural abundances can help understanding the role of different primary uptake compartments (i.e., biofilm, filamentous algae, bryophytes, ...
Bacher, Kathrin (Date of defense: 2014-10-10)
The overarching goal of this doctoral thesis was to advance the understanding of the interactions between marine fish farming, wild fish populations, the local small-scale fishery and the society. This ...