Castro Català, Núria de (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Aquatic systems are under pressure from multiple stressors that affect the structure, the functioning, and the health of species, communities and ecosystems. One of the main human pressures affecting ...
Sperlich, Dominik (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
The Mediterranean Basin is a climate-change hotspot of the world. Predicted reductions in annual precipitation, increases in mean temperature, and increases in the variability and occurrence of extreme ...
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 ...
Gómez Gener, Lluís (Date of defense: 2017-02-10)
Inland waters are active components of the global carbon (C) cycle that transform, store and outgas more than half of the C they receive from adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. However, fundamental ...