A System of Integral Quality Indicators as a Tool for Beach Management 

    Ariza Solé, Eduard (Date of defense: 2007-07-11)

    Esta tesis parte de la concepción de la playa como un sistema integral en el que se desarrollan procesos interrelacionados. El análisis de estos procesos y del marco físico y administrativo donde se producen, es el hilo ...

    Biogeochemical controls of the transport and cycling of persistent organic pollutants in the polar oceans 

    Galbán Malagón, Cristóbal (Date of defense: 2013-09-20)

    Humanity is currently using more than 200000 synthetic organic compounds in many industrial, agricultural and domestic applications. Many of these chemicals reach the environment and have a harmful effect on ecosystems and ...

    Biological rhythms in the Norway lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus L.) : Ecological modulation and genetic basis = Ritmos biológicos en la cigala (Nephrops norvegicus L.) : modulación ecológica y bases genéticas 

    Sbragaglia, Valerio (Date of defense: 2015-07-20)

    Nephrops norvegicus is an important fishery resource for Europe. Its rhythmic burrowing behavior is strictly related to catchability. Here I studied such behavior under laboratory conditions. I investigated the combined ...

    Coral reef ecosystem services economic valuation experiences from the South Pacific 

    Pascal, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2013-11-11)

    Economic approaches through ecosystem services (ES) valuation are increasingly recommended by conservation organisations to face main market externalities affecting biodiversity in general and coral reef ecosystems. In ...

    Dynamics of oligotrophic pelagic environments:North western Mediterranean sea and subtropical north Atlantic 

    Bahamon Rivera, Nixon (Date of defense: 2002-05-24)

    The response of phytoplankton to various ecological forcings was examined in the upper waters of the NW Mediterranean (MED) and the subtropical North Atlantic (NA) from field observations, analysis of historical data sets ...

    Elemental Stoichometry in Nutrient Pools in Oligotrophic Marine Ecosystems 

    Lucea Sureda, Anna (Date of defense: 2004-01-23)

    Amb aquest treball es preté comprovar la universalitat de la relació estequiomètrica de Redfield i recercar patrons consistents de les desviacions d'aquesta raó promig en ambients oligotrofics. Per tal de dur a terme aquest ...

    Estudio numérico-experimental de la dinámica de la zona cercana a la costa 

    Mosso Aranda, Octavio Cesar (Date of defense: 2004-07-07)

    En la actualidad, las decisiones en la ingeniería de costas y la gestión costera se apoyan, cada vez más, en los modelos numéricos predictivos de los procesos costeros, que por otra parte, se basan en modelos conceptuales ...

    Estudio numérico-experimental de la dispersión de efluentes de emisarios submarinos en la costa valenciana 

    Pascual Barrera, Alina E. (Date of defense: 2013-06-26)

    Actualmente, la problemática que enfrentan las zonas costeras del Mediterráneo en general y la Comunidad Valenciana en particular, es la generación de grandes cantidades de agua residual urbana, principalmente durante la ...

    Feeding ecology and community streucture of mesopelagic fishes in the Western Mediterranean = Ecología trófica y estructura de la comunidad de peces mesopelágicos del Mediterráneo Occidental 

    Bernal Bajo, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2014-11-25)

    En esta tesis doctoral se ha estudiado la relación de las poblaciones de peces mesopelágicos (Myctophiformes y Stomiiformes) con el medio pelágico, analizando el posible efecto de factores físicos y biológicos en su ecología ...

    Hydrodynamic response of a shallow and microtidal estuary : Alfacs Bay. From high to low frequency processes 

    Cerralbo Peñarroya, Pablo (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)

    Using both observations and modelling tools, it is investigated the main hydrodynamic response mechanisms of a microtidal and shallow bay in the Mediterranean Sea: Alfacs Bay. Main objectives are considered using differenttim ...

    Influencia de la turbulencia y de la Dinámica de Interfases de Densidad sobre Organismos Planctónicos."Aplicación al estuario del Ebro" 

    Carrillo Cortés, José Alejandro (Date of defense: 2002-12-05)

    A T E N C I Ó ! ! !<br/>Per consultar aquesta tesi cal navegar partint del fitxer 0INICI.pdf<br/><br/>RESUMEN<br/><br/>Las variables físicas que describen la mezcla, son perfectamente comparables para experimentos ...

    Influència de les comunitats bentòniques sobre el sediment al litoral del delta de l'ebre 

    Soriano Zaragoza, Sergi (Date of defense: 2004-12-06)

    La interacció dels organismes bentònics amb el sediment es relaciona, bàsicament, amb els processos de bioturbació i els de rugositat de fons. Els principals factors implicats en la mobilització de sediment a la plataforma ...

    La influencia de la morfodinámica en los usos y recursos costeros 

    Valdemoro García, Herminia (Date of defense: 2005-02-25)

    Esta tesis analiza y cuantifica los efectos de la interacción entre la morfodinámica y los principales usos y funciones de la zona costera (natural, protección y recreativa). Para cada tipo de interacción se propone un ...

    Multi-risk assessment and users' perception: a futher step towards ecosystem-based beach management 

    Lozoya Azcárate, Juan Pablo (Date of defense: 2012-10-29)

    This thesis deals with the need to move towards a holistic, truly integrated and ecosystem-based beach management that allows a sustainable use of these systems within the socio-ecological paradigm. However, the scarcity ...

    Ocean velocities as inferred from Argo floats: methodology and applications 

    Rosell-Fieschi, Miquel (Date of defense: 2014-07-03)

    The velocity fields inferred from the trajectories of Argo floats have proven to be a valuable tool for observing the major ocean currents. The velocity fields can be used to examine statistical properties at regional and ...

    Study of salinity retrieval errors for the SMOS mission 

    Gabarró Prats, Carolina (Date of defense: 2004-12-17)

    El treball realitzat en aquesta tesi està emmarcat en la missió SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) de l'Agència Espacial Europea. El satèl·lit es llançarà al febrer del 2007, i mesurarà la salinitat superficial del ...

    The Northern Current and its interaction with the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean Sea) 

    Ahumada Sempoal, Miguel Angel (Date of defense: 2014-12-11)

    A high-resolution (~1.2km) 3D circulation model nested in one-way to a coarse-resolution (~4km) 3D regional model was used to examine the interaction between the Northern Current and the Blanes submarine canyon (~41°00’-41°46’N; ...

    Three-dimensional simulation of pollutant dispersion in coastal waters 

    Mestres Ridge, Marc (Date of defense: 2002-07-15)

    Traditionally, the sea has been considered as the ultimate sink of most pollutions, due to its huge volume and assimilating capacities, and the coastal waters, because of their intermediate position between deep seas and ...

    Towards data assimilation in the Catalan Continental Shelf From data analysis to optimization methods. 

    Jordà Sánchez, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2005-06-17)

    L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és implementar un sistema d'assimilació de dades a un model hidrodinàmic de la plataforma continental catalana. Aquest sistema ens permetrà combinar la informació proporcionada per les dades ...

    Toxicogenomic analysis of environmental impact in aquatic systems 

    Navarro Cuenca, Anna (Date of defense: 2012-06-18)

    Field biomonitoring based on molecular biomarkers detects early warning signals of stress suffered by organisms exposed to contamination. The lower part of the Ebro River basin has a long pollution history related to the ...