-
Sea baths as an example of sustainable architecture without an ecological footprint
By the last third of the nineteenth century, many sea bath structures were raised by the Spanish Levante, but currently only San Antonio ' s sea bath, jutting out over the Mar... -
Implementing deficit irrigation scheduling through plant water stress...
A three-year experiment on early nectarine (Prunus persica L. Batsch cv. Flanoba) trees was carried out with the aim of increasing water use efficiency through applying a... -
Abandoned mine sites as a source of contamination by heavy metals: A case...
Mining and milling operations, including grinding, concentrating ores and disposal of tailings, along with mine and mill waste water, provide obvious sources of contamination in... -
Rhizosphere and flooding regime as key factors for the mobilisation of...
The occurrence of mining areas in the vicinities of salt marshes may affect their ecological functions and facilitate the transfer of pollutants into the food chain. The... -
Toxicity characterization of surface sediments from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon
The occurrence of bioactive compounds and contaminant-associated effects was assessed by means of in vivo and in vitro assays using different extractable fractions of surface... -
Origen, naturaleza, causas y consecuencias del fenómeno de mancha blanca del...
El presente informe presenta los resultados y avances de la investigación en curso sobre la na turaleza, dinámica y origen del fenómeno de blanqueamiento del agua conocido como... -
Asparagus macrorrhizus Pedrol, Regalado et Lpez-Encina, an endemic species...
Asparagus maritimus is a species distributed in sandy soils along the Mediterranean coast. It has been reported as salt tolerant and resistant to rust. The wild asparagus... -
Mediterranean coastal lagoons review: sites to visit before disappearance
Coastal lagoons are an established priority habitat in the European environment because of the biological communities that inhabit them. Their origin is related to the transport... -
Analysis of the Spatial Correlation between Port Areas Configuration and...
Transformations that occur in the coastal territory often have an important link with the construction of port infrastructures, although establishing a direct correlation... -
Assessing groundwater residence time in a highly anthropized unconfined...
Radiocarbon decay is rarely used to assess the residence time of modern groundwater due to the low resolution of its long half-life in comparison to the expected range of ages.... -
When policy implementation failures affect public preferences for...
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) establishes that Programme of Measures (PoMs) to manage aquatic ecosystems have to be assessed to determine whether the benefits obtained... -
Calibration of structure in a distributed forecasting model for a semiarid...
Flash floods pose a significant danger for life and property. Unfortunately, in arid and semiarid environment the runoff generation shows a complex non-linear behavior with a... -
Role of rhizosphere and soil properties for the phytomanagement of a salt...
The goal of this study was to evaluate the soil properties and their modifications within the rhizosphere of spontaneous vegetation as key factors to assess the phy tomanagement... -
Cultural adaptation to Spanish and assessment of an Adolescent Peer...
Background and objectives: School bullying is a growing problem. The current study is aimed at culturally adapting and assessing the psychometric properties of a brief scale to... -
Tesis doctoral: Geografía del agua de boca y el saneamiento en el Campo de...
The region of Campo de Cartagena - Mar Menor is located in the Region of Murcia, a space located in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, which features a semi- arid... -
Dominance of small-sized phytoplankton in a Mediterranean eutrophic coastal lagoon
The predator-prey relationship is generally size-specific in the pelagic food webs. Phytoplankton cell size structure can provide information on the successive levels of... -
Biodiversity impacts by multiple anthropogenic stressors in Mediterranean...
Mediterranean coastal wetlands are considered biodiversity hot-spots and contain a high number of endemic species. The biodiversity of these ecosystems is endangered by several... -
Assessing the nursery role for marine fish species in a hypersaline coastal...
The shallow inshore areas of coastal lagoons function as nursery grounds for the early life stages of marine fish. Multi-species approaches and the assessment of several... -
A sustainable approach by using microalgae to minimize the eutrophication...
The present study evaluates the removal capacity of microalgae photobioreactors of environmental pollutants present in wastewater from the dry riverbed El Albujon, as a way to... -
Spatiotemporal Assessment of Littoral Waterbirds for Establishing Ecological...
Waterbirds are vital indicators of anthropogenic influence on the ecological status of Mediterranean coastal lagoons. Our study relates temporal waterbird data to key...