Bonnineau, Chloé (Date of defense: 2011-06-23)
Per tal d’avaluar l’impacte de la contaminació en els ecosistemes aquàtics, aquesta tesi es centra en una aproximació multi-biomarcador en els biofilms. En complement dels biomarcadors clàssics, es va ...
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 ...
Ricart Viladomat, Marta (Date of defense: 2011-01-14)
L'activitat humana representa una de les majors causes d'entrada d'una gran varietat de substàncies en els ecosistemes fluvials. L'objectiu principal d'aquest treball es investigar els efectes que els ...
Bonet Sánchez, Berta (Date of defense: 2013-02-28)
The present thesis aims to evaluate the use of antioxidant enzyme activities (AEA) of biofilm communities as biomarkers of metal pollution (mainly Zn) in fluvial ecosystems. In order to test AEA as ...
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 ...
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 ...