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Hernández del Amo, Elena (Fecha de defensa: 2019-10-04)
Nitrogen pollution in water is common in our environment, especially in places affected by agriculture and livestock, industry or wastewater discharge areas. Ammonium and nitrate are the most common pollutants and can be ...
López i Flores, Rocío (Fecha de defensa: 2005-07-05)
Se ha estudiado la dinámica del fitoplancton en las lagunas costeras de Aiguamolls de l'Empordà. El fitoplancton esta sujeto principalmente al control "bottom-up", la variabilidad hidrológica y la disponibilidad de nutrientes ...
Ruhí i Vidal, Albert (Fecha de defensa: 2012-01-20)
Man-made wetlands are often created to compensate for the loss or degradation of natural wetlands, but little is known about the processes taking place in these artificial environments, especially at the community level. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Timoner Amer, Xisca (Fecha de defensa: 2014-05-05)
Streams experiencing a recurrent non-flow phase (i.e., flow intermittency) are characteristic of world regions with arid and semi-arid climates, where Mediterranean regions are part of. During non-flow streambed sediments, ...
Artigas Alejo, Joan (Fecha de defensa: 2008-12-19)
L'objectiu d'aquest estudi és el d'investigar sobre l'ús de matèria orgànica per part dels fongs i bacteris que colonitzen diferents substrats bentònics en rius Mediterranis i analitzar l'efecte dels factors ambientals i ...
Corcoll i Cornet, Natàlia (Fecha de defensa: 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 toxicity, and to find ...
Boada Cahueñas, Ellana (Fecha de defensa: 2020-07-20)
Biogas is a highly recognized alternative to fossil fuels towards a sustainable energy production. Massive use of biogas depends on the removal of contaminants that may affect performance of processing equipment and energy ...
Bacardit Peñarroya, Montserrat (Fecha de defensa: 2011-06-01)
Human activities have been interfering with the natural biogeochemical cycles of trace elements since the ancient civilizations. Although they are inaccessible and remote, high mountain lake catchments are irrefutably ...
Mandarić, Ladislav (Fecha de defensa: 2018-10-24)
The main aim of this thesis was to establish a link between the urban origin of chemical contamination (e.g. PhACs) and other stressors, particularly associated to water scarcity (Chapter 1, 2, and 3). Research has been ...
Srean, Pao (Fecha de defensa: 2015-05-29)
This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the invasive success of two invasive fishes (Gambusia affinis and G. holbrooki). We reviewed four Internet databases and the literature to clarify their introduction ...
Caballero-Huertas, Marta (Fecha de defensa: 2023-05-26)
Small pelagic fish play an important ecological role mainly due to their contribution in transferring energy from low to higher trophic levels. Likewise, the capture of these species is in many cases an important nutritional ...
Vilar Sanz, Ariadna (Fecha de defensa: 2016-02-05)
Denitrifying biocathodes are used to treat nitrogen contaminated water resources. The present PhD dissertation have been characterized different bacterial families with a relevant role in denitrification process. Different ...