Dinámica de microcontaminantes orgánicos en aguas de riego aagrícola y su incorporación potencial en especies vegetales de interés agronómico 

    Calderón Preciado, Diana (Date of defense: 2012-07-13)

    Climatic change and a swift population and industrial growth have caused a severe decrease in the available freshwater resources. In the management of water scarceness the use of sustainable alternatives that improve the ...

    Dynamics of chemical microcontaminants in peri-urban agriculture and evaluation of their potential impact on crops and human health 

    Margenat Mas, Anna Maria (Date of defense: 2018-11-27)

    Peri-urban agriculture carries out environmental, social and economic functions and services to the nearby urban areas. Nonetheless, most of these fields are impacted with organic and inorganic contaminants caused by ...

    Estudio de los cambios, durante el proceso de restauración, en la materia orgánica, la biomasa microbiana y la actividad biológica de suelos degradados enmendados con lodos de EDAR sometidos a diferentes pos-tratamientos 

    Marando, Graciela (Date of defense: 2013-03-15)

    En España, la legislación minera obliga, desde el año 1982, a que todas las actividades mineras realicen trabajos de restauración con el fin de devolver al entorno aquellos terrenos afectados por las actividades extractivas. ...

    Fate and effects of waterborne contaminants of emerging concern in the soil-plant system : impact of biochar soil amendment to mitigate their plant uptake 

    Hurtado Cervera, Carlos (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)

    Water scarcity is an issue of global concern due to the increase of the population and the climate change, which both increase the water demand. Many arid and semiarid countries are facing high water stress and the use of ...

    Flowering native weeds for the conservation of wild pollinators in agroecosystems 

    Morrison, Jane H. (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)

    Concerns about a global decline in pollinators have called for more knowledge about the drivers of wild pollinator abundance and diversity in agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification has been identified as the main ...

    Influence of the characteristics of organic matter on the efficiency of horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands 

    Caselles Osorio, Aracelly (Date of defense: 2007-01-12)

    Los sistemas de humedales construidos de flujo subsuperficial horizontal (HCFSS) constituyen una tecnología válida para la depuración de aguas residuales urbanas. Uno de los principales objetivos de estos sistemas es ...

    Uptake and metabolization of antibiòtics in crops 

    Tadić, Đorđe (Date of defense: 2020-11-04)

    The discovery of antibiotics (ABs) and their mass production brought a revolution in medicine worldwide during the middle of the XX century. Infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality suddenly become treatable. ...