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Cunillera-Montcusí, David (Fecha de defensa: 2020-02-21)
During the last years, there has been an increase in the number and intensity of disturbances, and their consequences related with global change, which have corroborated the already forecasted scenarios. One example are ...
Mercadal i Corominas, Gabriel (Fecha de defensa: 2019-11-13)
The hay meadows in the Mediterranean region of Catalonia. Geobotanical characterisation, agri-environmental assessment, and study of the phytosociological relationships between hay meadows in Western Europe We locate ...
Mor Roy, Jordi-René (Fecha de defensa: 2019-09-19)
Mediterranean rivers are characterized by high hydrological variability and heterogeneity of habitats, placing themselves amongst arid and temperate climates, and are associated with high biological diversity. On the ...
Romero Blanch, Ferran (Fecha de defensa: 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 important. Most of ...
Serrat Llinàs, Alba (Fecha de defensa: 2019-04-10)
Exploited marine fish species with an affinity for cold waters inhabiting close to the warmer edge of their distribution area are exposed to stress caused by fishing and climate change. Three case studies of “cold water ...
Bou Manobens, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2019-04-11)
The sessile oak Quercus petraea is widespread in Central Europe. The populations in the NE Iberian Peninsula are at the southernmost limit of the species range, in the most Mediterranean-type conditions and at the xeric ...
Àvila Izquierdo, Núria (Fecha de defensa: 2017-05-26)
Autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms are two essential functional units in the microbial food web of aquatic ecosystems. They play a key role in nutrient cycling and carbon flow and influence the structure, composition ...
Ortiz Álvarez, Rüdiger (Fecha de defensa: 2018-05-18)
The microbial metacommunity of the Pyrenees mountain range has never been studied at the regional level. In this PhD thesis, the main goal is to describe the taxonomic diversity and reveal the ecological processes (biotic ...
Barral Fraga, Laura (Fecha de defensa: 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 biofilms in the ...
Díaz Guerra, Laura (Fecha de defensa: 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 UV-B) and diminished ...
Puig-Gironès, Roger (Fecha de defensa: 2016-12-22)
Wildfires are natural perturbations that affect the structure of the landscape and biodiversity. In the Mediterranean basin, wildfires occur especially in hot seasons. However, in recent years the number of fires with the ...
Merciai, Roberto (Fecha de defensa: 2016-09-30)
L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és de'explorar alguns aspectes de l'impacte humà sobre les poblacions de peixos i altres components dels ecosistemes fluvials Mediterranis de Catalunya. Es va mostrar com els peixos del Riu Llobregat ...
Casas Ruiz, Joan Pere (Fecha de defensa: 2017-05-31)
In river networks, dissolved organic matter (DOM) constitutes the major pool of organic carbon, and plays a key role as energy source and modulator of toxic substances availability. In this thesis, Joan P. Casas-Ruiz and ...
Huerta Buitrago, Belinda (Fecha de defensa: 2016-04-12)
Occurrence, fate, and adverse effects of emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment have become a matter of concern, since these compounds have been persistently detected in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents, ...
Souza, Edson Roberto da (Fecha de defensa: 2015-07-29)
Dada la importancia de ilustraciones científicas en los procesos de aprendizaje de contenidos geológicos, se investigó posibles relaciones entre su potencial educativo y sus etapas de producción en los libros de texto de ...
Tuulaikhuu, Baigal-Amar (Fecha de defensa: 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 exposures and on ...
Joher Sais, Sergi (Fecha de defensa: 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 seu mostreig tant a ...
Ferrer Maza, Dolors (Fecha de defensa: 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, Merluccius merluccius; ...
Dimitriadis, Caterina (Fecha de defensa: 2015-10-16)
Fisheries are complex systems, in which the process of assessment and management should explicitly consider the ecological, social and economic attributes of the system. For a responsible and sustainable management of ...
Villegas Hernández, Harold O. (Fecha de defensa: 2015-09-04)
A direct consequence of sea warming in the Mediterranean is a increase in the abundance of thermo-tolerant species fish species such as Sphyraena viridensis, Pomadasys incisus, Pomatomus saltatrix and Trachinotus ovatus. ...