Browsing Departament d'Enginyeria Hidràulica, Marítima i Ambiental (fins octubre de 2015) by Title

A bioeconomic analysis of the coastal fishery of Pernambuco State, North-eastern Brazil

Mattos, Sérgio Macedo Gomes de (Date of defense: 2004-10-27)

Los conceptos bioeconómicos modernos invocan la importancia de definir los derechos de propiedad posibles de ser llevados a cabo dentro del contexto de gestión. La investigación pesquera debe considerar las expectativas ...

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 ...

Aplicación de imágenes de satélite SAR,en los estudios de contaminación marina y de dinámica de las aguas en el mediterráneo noroccidental

Platonov, Alexei (Date of defense: 2002-07-19)

This thesis presents diverse theoretical and practical applications of the ERS 1/2 and RADARSAT satellite images of the Synthetic Aperture Radar SAR sensor (near 330 images in the Northwest Mediterranean NWM and 980 in ...

Aspectos Biológicos y Ecológicos del Salmonete de Fango Mullus barbatus L., 1758 y del Salmonete de Roca Mullus surmuletus L.,1758, del Mediterráneo Noroccidental.

Aguirre Villaseñor, Hugo (Date of defense: 2000-04-06)

En el presente trabajo se analizan aspectos concretos de la biología y ecología de Mullus barbatus y M. surmuletus.<br><br/>En primera instancia, se pretende determinar algunas diferencias biológicas, merísticas y morfométricas ...

Beach inundation and morphological changes during storms using video monitoring techniques

Sancho García, Amanda (Date of defense: 2012-11-16)

The predictability of beach inundation is mainly related to wave runup and most of the formulations that have been developed focus on the hydrodynamics, disregarding the morphological changes caused during storms. For these ...

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 ...

Caracterización de la dispersión de contaminantes en la zona costera

Díez Rilova, Margarita (Date of defense: 2012-05-07)

En nuestra sociedad los derivados del petróleo son la fuente principal de energía. Los accidentes con hidrocarburos han protagonizado episodios de contaminación trágicos para la biosfera del océano. Se analizan algunos ...

Coastal Flood Hazard Mapping at two scales. Application to the Ebro delta

Alvarado Aguilar, Dagoberto (Date of defense: 2009-12-22)

Aquesta tesi proposa un marc metodològic per a la determinació d'Àrees amb Risc d'Inundació i l'Avaluació de Danys per Tempestes Costaneres, en dues escales de treball: una a llarg termini relacionat amb l'Elevació Relativa ...

Coastal vulnerability to storms at different time scales: application to the Catalan coast

Bosom García, Eva (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)

Storm-induced impacts are known to cause important economic and environmental damages to coastal systems worldwide. Consequently, the relevance of including hazards and vulnerability assessments in coastal policies has ...

Coastal Vulnerability to Storms in the Catalan Coast

Mendoza Ponce, Ernesto Tonatiuh (Date of defense: 2008-03-28)

Este trabajo presenta un marco metodológico para la estimación de la vulnerabilidad costera al impacto de tormentas a dos escalas, regional y local. Se hace una evaluación de la vulnerabilidad costera física mediante la ...

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 ...

Daphnia magna bioassays to detect novel eco-toxicological effects of prioritary and emergent contaminants

Campos, Bruno (Date of defense: 2014-01-10)

There is increasing evidence that the presence of many emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems may have detrimental effects on aquatic biota. Of special concern are those emerging pollutants that may act as putative ...

Debris flows and general steep slope shallow water flows numerical simulation

Medina Iglesias, Vicente (Date of defense: 2011-01-24)

The main target of this research is to develop a numerical model for debris flow simulations. As it is known, in general, this kind of flows occur in steeped mountain slopes. When dealing with the complete 3D physic system ...

Desarrollo de un modelo numérico 3D en elementos finitos para las ecuaciones de Navier-Stokes : aplicaciones oceanográficas

Maidana, Manuel Augusto (Date of defense: 2007-09-14)

En esta tesis se ha desarrollado y validado un modelo tridimensional de circulación costera en elementos finitos capaz de simular una región limitada del océano. La escala de longitud de las aplicaciones pueden ser del ...

Desarrollo de un modelo para el estudio de la dispersión de contaminantes provenientes de una granja de culrivo de camarón en el Complejo Lagunar Estero de Urías: una laguna costera urbanizada (México)

Cardoso Mohedano, José Gilberto (Date of defense: 2013-03-21)

Con el objetivo de desarrollar una herramienta de gestión para la reducción del impacto de los efluentes sobre los ecosistemas receptores de una granja camaronícola en el Estero de Urías, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, se ...

Distribució i caracterització de les proteïnes espermàtiques bàsiques a peixos, agnats i procordats

Saperas Plana, Núria (Date of defense: 1992-12-17)

En aquest treball es caracteritzen les proteïnes espermàtiques bàsiques (PEB) que condensen el DNA de l'espermatozoide de diferents grups de deuteròstoms, tant procordats (tunicats o urocordats i cefalocordats) com vertebrats ...

Distribution and partitioning of organic pollutants and effects in coastal birds

Vicente de Bobes, Joana (Date of defense: 2013-11-14)

Coastal areas are very susceptible to contamination due to the interaction of marine and anthropogenic processes. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds very resistent to photolysis and chemical and ...

Distribution and population biology of pelagic decapod crustaceans of the western Mediterranean

Silveira Simão, Daniela (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)

The present thesis provides new information about pelagic decapod crustaceans, specially so concerning the Mediterranean pasiphaeids. Remarkable differences in the pattern of distributions of the pasiphaeids were observed ...

Distribution of soft-bottom polychaetes assemblages at different scales in shallow waters of the northern mediterranean Spanish coast

Serrano Samaniego, Letzi Graciela (Date of defense: 2012-07-24)

Soft-bottom polychaete assemblages inhabiting shallow waters of the northern Mediterranean Spanish coast were studied with the objective to elucidate its present structure, distribution and diversity at different scales ...