Vázquez Garcia, Eusebi (Date of defense: 2013-10-11)
The studies presented in this thesis focus on the biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in an intermittent stream in a Mediterranean climate zone, with great emphasis on extreme hydrologic ...
Nebra Costas, Alfonso (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
The Ebro Delta-Estuary complex is one of the largest wetland areas in the western Mediterranean, and it is considered one of the most important estuarine zones in Europe. In 2013, the Ebro watershed, ...
Mas Martí, Esther (Date of defense: 2014-11-14)
Changes in temperature and precipitation due to climate change are expected to increase stream water temperature and reduce their discharge. Consequently, more streams might face temporality, experiencing ...
Diaz de Quijano i Barbero, Daniel (Date of defense: 2014-07-29)
Comparative studies between different enzyme labelled fluorescence (ELF) protocols and fluorescence quantification methods were performed to improve the quantification of single-cell phosphatase activity ...
Gómez Gener, Lluís (Date of defense: 2017-02-10)
Inland waters are active components of the global carbon (C) cycle that transform, store and outgas more than half of the C they receive from adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. However, fundamental ...
Lupón i Navazo, Anna (Date of defense: 2015-11-16)
Riparian areas are recognized to be natural filters of nitrogen (N) because they can substantially diminish the N delivery from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems. However, understanding the influence ...
Pastor Oliveras, Ada (Date of defense: 2014-06-13)
The overarching goal of this dissertation was to explore relationships between streamwater nitrogen (N) and the most representative primary uptake compartments (PUCs) in stream ecosystems (e.g. microbial ...
Farina, Simone (Date of defense: 2015-07-10)
Many nearshore temperate coastal ecosystems are strongly regulated by top-down control. This is particularly true of shallow macrophyte communities, where habitat structuring is heavily dependent on the ...
Roca Carceller, Guillem (Date of defense: 2015-07-06)
Nearshore marine ecosystems like seagrass meadows face a wide range of anthropogenic influences, impacting the system at different spatial and temporal scales. Managing these systems in the face of these ...
Rodríguez Lozano, Pablo (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
Wildfires are expected to increase in frequency and intensity because of climate change and changes in land use and management. In last decades, the research on fire effects on aquatic systems has grown, ...