Ferrer Maza, Dolors (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
This PhD thesis evaluates the links between parasitism, condition and reproduction of mature female individuals of three of the most captured fish species in the western Mediterranean Sea: European hake, ...
Jones Román, Gabriela (Date of defense: 2012-06-11)
This study was conducted in burned and harvested areas of Catalonia. It was evaluated the effect of the granivorous in predispersive fruit removal of Smilax aspera and Quercus coccifera and postdispersive ...
Barral Fraga, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-10-26)
Based on the current knowledge about biofilm ecotoxicology and arsenic biogeochemistry in freshwater ecosystems, this thesis studied, under realistic environmental concentrations, i) the role of benthic ...
Mora Gómez, Juanita (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)
This thesis studied the principal environmental controlling factors and microbial mechanisms involved in leaf litter decomposition in Mediterranean intermittent streams. Additionally, drought disturbance ...
Vila Espuña, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2010-04-08)
El penegal, Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes), és una espècie que habita profunditats d'entre els 200 i 1000 m i presenta una clara distribució batimètrica en funció de ...
Cefalì, Maria Elena (Date of defense: 2019-03-07)
According to the Habitats Directive (92/43/ECC) a habitat is defined as “the terrestrial or aquatic area, whether entirely natural or semi-natural, differentiated by its geographical, biotic and abiotic ...
Rost Bagudanch, Josep (Date of defense: 2011-06-28)
The objective of this thesis is to analyze the effect of the transformation in the habitat that postfire salvage logging supposes on birds in Mediterranean pine forests, at different levels: species, ...
Boy Roura, Mercè (Date of defense: 2013-10-04)
Nitrate groundwater pollution in the Osona region is a persistent and widespread problem. Nitrate concentrations are commonly above the drinking water threshold of 50 mg/L in wells and springs. ANOVA ...
Gionchetta, Giulia (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
Hydrological drought is a process of natural desiccation mainly due to large shortage of rainfall events. Reduced precipitations and prolonged droughts are spreading worldwide and threaten the integrity ...
Urrea Clos, Gemma (Date of defense: 2010-11-05)
Els sistemes aquàtics continental representen un dels ecosistemes més amenaçats a nivell mundial, com a conseqüència de l'ús intensiu quel'home en fa. La conca del Guadiana no està lliure d'aquestes ...