Joher Sais, Sergi (Date of defense: 2016-01-14)
En aquesta tesi es van descriure els principals fons algals del detrític costaner de la plataforma continental de Mallorca i Menorca (illes Balears, Espanya), i es van proposar mètodes efectius per al ...
Ann, Vannak (Date of defense: 2015-06-30)
River sediments are composed by a variety of grain sizes which determine their permeability and biogeochemistry. The aim of this thesis was to test whether differences in river sediment physical ...
Díaz Guerra, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)
Taking into account the expected changes in solar UV levels, precipitation and fire regime in the Mediterranean basin, the main goal of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of UV radiation (UV-A and ...
Carrasco Barea, Lorena (Date of defense: 2020-10-09)
Salt marshes are considered key ecosystems for climate regulation because they have a high carbon sequestration capacity. However, most studies of carbon sequestration capacity of these ecosystems have ...
Piera Fernández, Jaume (Date of defense: 2002-03-08)
The main objective of this thesis was the integration of microstructure information in synoptic descriptors of turbulence, that reflects the mixing processes. Turbulent patches are intermittent in space ...
Romero Blanch, Ferran (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
Human exploitation of river ecosystems, together with the increasing pressure that represents climate change, is posing rivers worldwide at risk. In rivers, microorganisms are ecologically very ...
Tuulaikhuu, Baigal-Amar (Date of defense: 2016-06-10)
The main aims of this thesis are: i) to evaluate arsenic toxicity in two major, interacting components of the freshwater ecosystem, biofilm and fish, to provide information on environmentally realistic ...
Rubio Gracia, Francesc (Date of defense: 2021-10-27)
This thesis aimed to assess the responses of stream biota to flow alterations, in terms of water velocity increments and reductions of discharge, and to metal pollution. The investigations performed ...
Corominas Tabares, Lluís (Date of defense: 2006-05-19)
En aquesta tesis s'ha desenvolupat un sistema de control capaç d'optimitzar el funcionament dels Reactors Discontinus Seqüencials dins el camp de l'eliminació de matèria orgànica i nitrogen de les aigües ...
Corcoll i Cornet, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2012-02-20)
Metal pollution in rivers is in great concern with human activities in the fluvial watershed. This thesis aims to investigate the potential use of chl-a fluorescence parameters as biomarkers of metal ...