Torrent Fàbrega, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-10-09)
The production of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) has grown in last years due to their special physicochemical properties in respect to their bulk counterparts, derived from their small size (1-100 nm). ...
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 ...
Cáliz Gelador, Joan (Date of defense: 2011-12-13)
Pollution by toxic compounds is one of the most relevant environmental damages to ecosystems produced by human activity and, therefore, it must be considered in environmental protection and restoration ...
Mandarić, Ladislav (Date of defense: 2018-10-24)
The main aim of this thesis was to establish a link between the urban origin of chemical contamination (e.g. PhACs) and other stressors, particularly associated to water scarcity (Chapter 1, 2, and 3). ...
Gimeno Melià, Vicent Pau (Date of defense: 2019-01-21)
Pharmaceuticals are ubiquitous water contaminants that have shown detrimental effects on aquatic organisms at low concentrations. National authorities are starting to plan and implement measures (Wastewater ...
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 ...
Aymerich Blazquez, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2019-01-22)
For a long time, there has been a need and an ambition to better understand the behavior of integrated systems by considering the whole urban water cycle, including wastewater transportation, wastewater ...
Auguet Horta, Olga (Date of defense: 2016-07-13)
Sewer systems transport wastewater from its source to treatment plants. During this transport, wastewater microorganisms colonize pipe walls and develop biofilms. The activity of microbial communities ...
Batlle Vilanova, Pau (Date of defense: 2016-11-25)
In 2015 the average concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere exceeded 400 ppm. Some technologies, including CO2 capture and storage, are palliative. However, the development of alternatives to burning of ...