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Whose waters, whose nutrients? Knowledge, uncertainty, and controversy over...
This work explores the role of knowledge claims and uncertainty in the public dispute over the causes and solutions to nonpoint-driven overfertilization of the Mar Menor lagoon... -
Can an oligotrophic coastal lagoon support high biological productivity?...
Coastal lagoons are among the most productive systems in the world. Many marine species make use of this by entering the lagoons as juveniles for nursery and growth before... -
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... -
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.... -
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... -
Coastalization patterns in the Mediterranean: A spatiotemporal analysis of...
Under the current climate change scenery, coastalization, i.e. a linear-type of urban sprawl along the coastal zone, has become a key planning and policy concern at a global... -
Sponge coating decreases predation on the bivalve Arca noae
Mediterranean populations of the bivalve Arco none were found to be specifically fouled by the demosponge Crambe crambe. The surface of the shells forms spines which favour...