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A tale of pipes and reactors: Controls on the in-stream dynamics of dissolved organic matter in rivers

scientific article published on 3 February 2017

ALGAL RESPONSE TO NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT IN FORESTED OLIGOTROPHIC STREAM(1).

scientific article published on June 2008

Algal biomass in a disturbed Atlantic river: water quality relationships and environmental implications

scientific article published on December 2000

An appraisal of the sediment yield in western Mediterranean river basins.

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Aquatic and Riparian Biodiversity in the Ebro Watershed: Prospects and Threats

Aquatic macroinvertebrates under stress: Bioaccumulation of emerging contaminants and metabolomics implications

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Are pharmaceuticals more harmful than other pollutants to aquatic invertebrate species: a hypothesis tested using multi-biomarker and multi-species responses in field collected and transplanted organisms

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Artificial substrata to assess ecological and ecotoxicological responses in river biofilms: Use and recommendations

scientific article published in 2023

Assessing and forecasting the impacts of global change on Mediterranean rivers. The SCARCE Consolider project on Iberian basins

scientific article

Assessing the ecological effects of water stress and pollution in a temporary river - Implications for water management

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Assessing the ecological integrity after nutrient inputs in streams: The relevance of the observation scale

Assessing the impact of multiple stressors on aquatic biota: the receptor's side matters

scientific article

Assessment of multi-chemical pollution in aquatic ecosystems using toxic units: compound prioritization, mixture characterization and relationships with biological descriptors

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Assessment of the water supply:demand ratios in a Mediterranean basin under different global change scenarios and mitigation alternatives

scientific article

Attenuation of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products in a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving river ecosystem.

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Availability of glucose and light modulates the structure and function of a microbial biofilm.

scientific article

BENTHIC MICROALGAL COLONIZATION IN STREAMS OF DIFFERING RIPARIAN COVER AND LIGHT AVAILABILITY

article by Simon Roberts et al published December 2004 in Journal of Phycology

Balancing the health benefits and environmental risks of pharmaceuticals: Diclofenac as an example.

scientific article published on 08 October 2015

Bioaccumulation and trophic magnification of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in a Mediterranean river food web.

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Biochemical quality of basal resources in a forested stream: effects of nutrient enrichment

Bioconcentration and bioaccumulation of C60 fullerene and C60 epoxide in biofilms and freshwater snails (Radix sp.).

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

Biofilm functional responses to the rehydration of a dry intermittent stream

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Biofilm phosphorus uptake capacity as a tool for the assessment of pollutant effects in river ecosystems

scientific article

Bridging levels of pharmaceuticals in river water with biological community structure in the Llobregat River basin (northeast Spain).

scientific article published on 5 March 2009

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND METABOLISM OF BENTHIC ALGAE COLONIZING WOOD AND ROCK SUBSTRATA IN A FOREST STREAM

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Changes in atrazine toxicity throughout succession of stream periphyton communities

Colombian ecosystems at the crossroad after the new peace deal

scholarly article by Sergi Sabater published in August 2017

Colonisation of Introduced Timber by Algae and Invertebrates, and its Potential Role in Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration

Combined effects of urban pollution and hydrological stress on ecosystem functions of Mediterranean streams

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Combined scenarios of chemical and ecological quality under water scarcity in Mediterranean rivers

article by Mira Petrovic et al published September 2011 in Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Community composition and sensitivity of periphyton to atrazine in flowing waters: the role of environmental factors

Comparing fish assemblages and trophic ecology of permanent and intermittent reaches in a Mediterranean stream

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Comparing the response of biochemical indicators (biomarkers) and biological indices to diagnose the ecological impact of an oil spillage in a Mediterranean river (NE Catalunya, Spain).

scientific article published on 7 September 2006

Composition and dynamics of a highly diverse diatom assemblage in a limestone stream

article

Conservation. Why should we care about temporary waterways?

scientific article

Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

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Contamination patterns and attenuation of pharmaceuticals in a temporary Mediterranean river

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Contamination sources and distribution patterns of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Alpine rivers strongly affected by tourism.

scientific article

Contraction, fragmentation and expansion dynamics determine nutrient availability in a Mediterranean forest stream

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Contrasting effects of organic and inorganic toxicants on freshwater periphyton

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Contribution of epilithic diatoms to benthic-pelagic coupling in a temperate river

scientific article published in 2013

Contribution of microbial and invertebrate communities to leaf litter colonization in a Mediterranean stream

Dam regulation and riverine food-web structure in a Mediterranean river

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Desiccation events change the microbial response to gradients of wastewater effluent pollution

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Determination of a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in biofilm from a waste water treatment plant-impacted river.

scientific article

Development of an extraction and purification method for the determination of multi-class pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in freshwater invertebrates.

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Diatom assemblages distribution in catalan rivers, NE Spain, in relation to chemical and physiographical factors

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Diatom communities as indicators of environmental stress in the Guadiamar River, S-W. Spain, following a major mine tailings spill

Diatom responses to sewage inputs and hydrological alteration in Mediterranean streams

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Differential effects of nutrients and light on the primary production of stream algae and mosses

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Distribution patterns of benthic diatoms in a Pampean river exposed to seasonal floods: the Cuarto River (Argentina)

Scientific article published in 2003

Diurnal variation in dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide in two low-order streams

Does grazing pressure modify diuron toxicity in a biofilm community?

scientific article published on 18 December 2009

Does the severity of non-flow periods influence ecosystem structure and function of temporary streams? A mesocosm study

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Drought and postdrought recovery cycles in an intermittent Mediterranean stream: structural and functional aspects

scholarly article

Drought episode modulates the response of river biofilms to triclosan.

scientific article

Drought-induced discontinuities in the source and degradation of dissolved organic matter in a Mediterranean river

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

EFFECT OF COPPER ON ALGAL COMMUNITIES FROM OLIGOTROPHIC CALCAREOUS STREAMS1

scholarly article by Helena Guasch et al published April 2002 in Journal of Phycology

Ecological Relevance of Key Toxicants in Aquatic Systems

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Ecological and biogeographical aspects of diatom distribution in Pyrenean springs

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Ecophysiology of River Algae

scientific article published in 2016

Ecoregional characteristics drive the distribution patterns of neotropical stream diatoms

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Ecosystem Services in an Impacted Watershed

scholarly article published 2012

Ecotoxicological effects of carbon based nanomaterials in aquatic organisms

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Effect of climate on the trophic structure of temperate forested streams. a comparison of Mediterranean and Atlantic streams

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Effect of nutrients on the sporulation and diversity of aquatic hyphomycetes on submerged substrata in a Mediterranean stream

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Effect of primary producers on the heterotrophic metabolism of a stream biofilm

Effects of Hydrologic Alterations on the Ecological Quality of River Ecosystems

Effects of afforestation on runoff and sediment load in an upland Mediterranean catchment.

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Effects of atrazine on periphyton under grazing pressure

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Effects of biofilm on river-bed scour.

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Effects of flow intermittency and pharmaceutical exposure on the structure and metabolism of stream biofilms

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

Effects of human-driven water stress on river ecosystems: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Effects of hydromorphological impacts on river ecosystem functioning: a review and suggestions for assessing ecological impacts

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Effects of large river dam regulation on bacterioplankton community structure.

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Effects of low concentrations of the phenylurea herbicide diuron on biofilm algae and bacteria

scientific article

Effects of multiple stressors on river biofilms depend on the time scale

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Effects of nutrient inputs in a forested Mediterranean stream under moderate light availability

article by Sergi Sabater et al published 1 August 2005 in CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs

Effects of olive mill wastewater discharge on benthic biota in Mediterranean streams

scientific article published on 15 August 2019

Effects of pesticides and pharmaceuticals on biofilms in a highly impacted river

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Effects of removal of riparian vegetation on algae and heterotrophs in a Mediterranean stream

scholarly article

Effects of riparian vegetation removal on nutrient retention in a Mediterranean stream

article published in 2000

El fitoplàncton dels aiguamolls de Ca l'Estany de Tordera (Barcelona)

scientific article published on 30 January 1988

Emerging contaminants and nutrients synergistically affect the spread of class 1 integron-integrase (intI1) and sul1 genes within stable streambed bacterial communities

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Energy limitation or sensitive predators? Trophic and non‐trophic impacts of wastewater pollution on stream food webs

scientific article published on 18 November 2021

Environmental stressors as a driver of the trait composition of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in polluted Iberian rivers

scientific article

Epilithic biofilm metabolism during the high water flow period in an Andean neotropical stream

Epilithic diatom assemblages and their relationship to environmental characteristics in an agricultural watershed (Guadiana River, SW Spain)

scientific article

Epilithic ectoenzyme activity in a nutrient-rich Mediterranean river

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Erratum: Global pressures, specific responses: effects of nutrient enrichment in streams from different biomes

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Establishing potential links between the presence of alkylphenolic compounds and the benthic community in a European river basin

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Examining the Demand for Ecosystem Services: The Value of Stream Restoration for Drinking Water Treatment Managers in the Llobregat River, Spain

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Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Factors affecting the periphytic diatom community in Mediterranean coastal wetlands (Empordà wetlands, NE Spain)

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Factors explaining the patterns of benthic chlorophyll-a distribution in a large agricultural Iberian watershed (Guadiana river)

scientific article published in 2014

Factors limiting denitrification in a Mediterranean riparian forest

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Flood disturbance effects on benthic diatom assemblage structure in a semiarid river network

scientific article

Flow extremes and benthic organic matter shape the metabolism of a headwater Mediterranean stream

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Flow regulation by dams affects ecosystem metabolism in Mediterranean rivers

scholarly article by Ibon Aristi published in May 2014

Flow regulation increases food-chain length through omnivory mechanisms in a Mediterranean river network

Fluvial biofilms exposed to desiccation and pharmaceutical pollution: New insights using metabolomics

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Fluvial biofilms: A pertinent tool to assess beta-blockers toxicity

scientific article published on 10 November 2009

Framing biophysical and societal implications of multiple stressor effects on river networks

scientific article published on 29 August 2020

Fullerenes Influence the Toxicity of Organic Micro-Contaminants to River Biofilms

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Functional responses of stream biofilms to flow cessation, desiccation and rewetting

article

Fungal and Bacterial Colonization of Submerged Leaf Litter in a Mediterranean Stream

Global pressures, specific responses: effects of nutrient enrichment in streams from different biomes

scientific article published on 9 January 2013

Hidden drivers of low-dose pharmaceutical pollutant mixtures revealed by the novel GSA-QHTS screening method

scientific article

Historical processes constrain metacommunity structure by shaping different pools of invertebrate taxa within the Orinoco basin

scientific article published in 2019

Hydrological transitions drive dissolved organic matter quantity and composition in a temporary Mediterranean stream

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Hydrological variation modulates pharmaceutical levels and biofilm responses in a Mediterranean river

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Identifying reference benthic diatom communities in an agricultural watershed (Guadiana River, SW Spain)

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Identifying regions vulnerable to habitat degradation under future irrigation scenarios

Immediate and legacy effects of urban pollution on river ecosystem functioning: A mesocosm experiment

scientific article published on 12 December 2018

Impact and mitigation of global change on freshwater-related ecosystem services in Southern Europe

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Impact of climate extremes on hydrological ecosystem services in a heavily humanized Mediterranean basin

scholarly article by Marta Terrado et al published February 2014 in Ecological Indicators

Impact of fullerenes in the bioaccumulation and biotransformation of venlafaxine, diuron and triclosan in river biofilms

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Impact of urban chemical pollution on water quality in small, rural and effluent-dominated Mediterranean streams and rivers

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Impacts of climate change on stream benthic diatoms—a nation-wide perspective of reference conditions

scientific article published in 2022

In response: The evidence--What actions are needed to effectively transfer from science to policy? An academic perspective

scientific article published in June 2015

Indicator taxa of benthic diatom communities: a case study in Mediterranean streams

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Influence of grazing on triclosan toxicity to stream periphyton

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Influence of phosphate on the response of periphyton to atrazine exposure

scientific article published on 23 October 2006

Integrating ecosystem services in river basin management plans

scholarly article by Marta Terrado et al published 14 February 2016 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Interaction between local hydrodynamics and algal community in epilithic biofilm

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Intercalibration of ecological quality in European Mediterranean rivers.

scientific article published in April 2014

Invertebrate community responses to urban wastewater effluent pollution under different hydro-morphological conditions

scientific article published on 25 May 2019

Is chemical contamination linked to the diversity of biological communities in rivers?

article by F. Ricciardi et al published May 2009 in Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Is the biological classification of benthic diatom communities concordant with ecotypes?

LIGHT HISTORY INFLUENCES THE SENSITIVITY TO ATRAZINE IN PERIPHYTIC ALGAE

article by Helena Guasch & Sergi Sabater published April 1998 in Journal of Phycology

Labile and recalcitrant organic matter utilization by river biofilm under increasing water temperature

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Least Disturbed Condition for European Mediterranean rivers.

scientific article

Lifestyle preferences drive the structure and diversity of bacterial and archaeal communities in a small riverine reservoir

scientific article published on 09 July 2020

Linking in-stream nutrient flux to land use and inter-annual hydrological variability at the watershed scale

scientific article

Long-term moderate nutrient inputs enhance autotrophy in a forested Mediterranean stream

Longitudinal development of chlorophyll and phytoplankton assemblages in a regulated large river (the Ebro River).

scientific article published in October 2008

Low contribution of internal metabolism to carbon dioxide emissions along lotic and lentic environments of a Mediterranean fluvial network

scientific article published in December 2016

MODELKEY

article published in 2010

Metabolic changes associated with biofilm formation in an undisturbed Mediterranean stream

Meteorological and riparian influences on organic matter dynamics in a forested Mediterranean stream

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Microbial biofilm structure and organic matter use in mediterranean streams

Mixed effects of effluents from a wastewater treatment plant on river ecosystem metabolism: subsidy or stress?

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Model development for the assessment of terrestrial and aquatic habitat quality in conservation planning

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Modeling nutrient retention at the watershed scale: Does small stream research apply to the whole river network?

Modeling the sedimentary response of a large Pyrenean basin to global change

Modelling epilithic biofilms combining hydrodynamics, invertebrate grazing and algal traits

Monitoring the effect of chemicals on biological communities. The biofilm as an interface

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Multifunctionality and diversity in bacterial biofilms

scientific article

Multiple stressor effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a Mediterranean temporary river

scholarly article by Evangelia Smeti published in August 2018

Multiple stressor effects on biological quality elements in the Ebro River: Present diagnosis and predicted responses.

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Multiple stressors determine community structure and estimated function of river biofilm bacteria

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Multiple-stressor effects on river biofilms under different hydrological conditions

Multistressor effects on river biofilms under global change conditions

scientific article published on 28 January 2018

Nitrogen Removal by Riparian Buffers along a European Climatic Gradient: Patterns and Factors of Variation

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Non-perennial Mediterranean rivers in Europe: Status, pressures, and challenges for research and management.

scientific article

Nostoc verrucosum (cyanobacteria) colonized by a chironomid larva in a mediterranean stream (Note)

Nutrient stream attenuation is altered by the duration and frequency of flow intermittency

scientific article

Nutrients and light effects on stream biofilms: a combined assessment with CLSM, structural and functional parameters

Occurrence and in-stream attenuation of wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals in Iberian rivers

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Occurrence and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in river biofilms after wastewater inputs in small rivers

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Occurrence of regulated pollutants in populated Mediterranean basins: Ecotoxicological risk and effects on biological quality

scientific article published on 25 July 2020

Organic matter availability during pre- and post-drought periods in a Mediterranean stream

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Organic matter availability structures microbial biomass and activity in a Mediterranean stream

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Organic matter characteristics in a Mediterranean stream through amino acid composition: changes driven by intermittency

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Patterns of biofilm formation in two streams from different bioclimatic regions: analysis of microbial community structure and metabolism

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Pharmaceuticals and pesticides in reclaimed water: Efficiency assessment of a microfiltration-reverse osmosis (MF-RO) pilot plant

scientific article

Phosphate limitation influences the sensitivity to copper in periphytic algae

scholarly article by Helena Guasch et al published April 2004 in Freshwater Biology

Phosphorus use by planktonic communities in a large regulated Mediterranean river

scientific article published in June 2012

Photosynthetic pigment changes and adaptations in biofilms in response to flow intermittency

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Pollution-induced community tolerance to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in fluvial biofilm communities affected by WWTP effluents

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Primary and complex stressors in polluted mediterranean rivers: Pesticide effects on biological communities

Protecting U.S. temporary waterways

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

scientific article published in March 2019

Recent perspectives on temporary river ecology

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Recommendations for the routine sampling of diatoms for water quality assessments in Europe

article published in 1998

Regulation causes nitrogen cycling discontinuities in Mediterranean rivers

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Relating nutrient molar ratios of microbial attached communities to organic matter utilization in a forested stream

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Relationships between diatom assemblages and physico-chemical variables in the river ter (NE Spain)

scholarly article

Relevance of polymeric matrix enzymes during biofilm formation

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Reservoirs override seasonal variability of phytoplankton communities in a regulated Mediterranean river

scientific article

Resistance and recovery of river biofilms receiving short pulses of Triclosan and Diuron

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Resistance but not recovery is related to the role of specialist taxa in river communities submitted to hydric stress

scientific article published in 2023

Response of biofilm bacterial communities to antibiotic pollutants in a Mediterranean river

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Response of community structure to sustained drought in Mediterranean rivers

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Responses of biofilms to combined nutrient and metal exposure

scientific article published in March 2002

River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

scientific article

Runoff Trends Driven by Climate and Afforestation in a Pyrenean Basin

SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS-IRRADIANCE RESPONSES BY BIOFILMS IN MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS1

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STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BENTHIC ALGAL COMMUNITIES IN AN EXTREMELY ACID RIVER1

Securing Biodiversity, Functional Integrity, and Ecosystem Services in Drying River Networks (DRYvER)

scientific article published on 31 December 2021

Shared effects of organic microcontaminants and environmental stressors on biofilms and invertebrates in impaired rivers

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Short-term toxicity of zinc to microbenthic algae and bacteria in a metal polluted stream

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Some factors affecting distribution of diatom assemblages in Pyrenean springs

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Spatial and temporal patterns of flow intermittency in a Mediterranean basin using the SWAT+ model

scientific article published on 16 January 2023

Special Section: New developments and applications in the use of algae for monitoring rivers. Foreword

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Stoichiometric homeostasis in the food web of a chronically nutrient-rich stream

Stream Biofilm Responses to Flow Intermittency: From Cells to Ecosystems

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Successional dynamics of the phytoplankton in the lower part of the river Ebro

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Synthesis reveals heterogeneous changes in the metabolism and emission of greenhouse gases of drying rivers

scientific article published in 2024

The Challenge: Assessing the effects of chemicals in freshwaters under multiple stress

scientific article published in June 2015

The Iberian Rivers

scientific article

The Llobregat River Basin: A Paradigm of Impaired Rivers Under Climate Change Threats

scholarly article published 2012

The Role of Floodplains in Mitigating Diffuse Nitrate Pollution

scholarly article

The dynamics of biofilm bacterial communities is driven by flow wax and wane in a temporary stream

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The effect of biological factors on the efficiency of river biofilms in improving water quality

The effect of copper exposure on a simple aquatic food chain

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

The effects of land use changes on streams and rivers in mediterranean climates

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The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions

scientific article published on 21 March 2021

The influence of substratum type and nutrient supply on biofilm organic matter utilization in streams

The nematode community in cyanobacterial biofilms in the river Llobregat, Spain

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The relevance of the community approach linking chemical and biological analyses in pollution assessment

article by A. Geiszinger et al published May 2009 in Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Trace metal concentration and fish size: variation among fish species in a Mediterranean river

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Translocation of microbenthic algal assemblages used for In situ analysis of metal pollution in rivers

scientific article published in July 1999

Transport of sediment borne contaminants in a Mediterranean river during a high flow event

scientific article published on 03 April 2018

Triclosan persistence through wastewater treatment plants and its potential toxic effects on river biofilms.

scientific article published on 19 September 2010

Understanding effects of global change on river ecosystems: science to support policy in a changing world

article by R. Jan Stevenson & Sergi Sabater published 17 August 2010 in Hydrobiologia

Understanding effects of global change on water quantity and quality in river basins- The SCARCE Project

Unravelling the effects of multiple stressors on diatom and macroinvertebrate communities in European river basins using structural and functional approaches

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Upstream refugia and dispersal ability may override benthic-community responses to high-Andean streams deforestation

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Use of microbenthic algal communities in ecotoxicological tests for the assessment of water quality: the Ter river case study

article

Variability in zinc tolerance, measured as incorporation of radio-labeled carbon dioxide and thymidine, in periphyton communities sampled from 15 European river stretches

scientific article published in January 2003

Variability of heterotrophic activity in Mediterranean stream biofilms: A multivariate analysis of physical-chemical and biological factors

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Variable discharge alters habitat suitability for benthic algae and cyanobacteria in a forested Mediterranean stream

Wastewater pollution differently affects the antibiotic resistance gene pool and biofilm bacterial communities across streambed compartments

scientific article

Water abstraction affects abundance, size-structure and growth of two threatened cyprinid fishes

scientific article

Water diversion reduces abundance and survival of two Mediterranean cyprinids

scientific article published in 2017

Water quality and assessment under scarcity: Prospects and challenges in Mediterranean watersheds

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Water quality and diatom communities in two catalan rivers (N.E. Spain)

scholarly article

Water quality assessment of rivers using diatom metrics across Mediterranean Europe: a methods intercalibration exercise.

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

Weak Coherence in Abundance Patterns Between Bacterial Classes and Their Constituent OTUs Along a Regulated River

scientific article

What do we still need to know about the ecohydrology of riparian zones?

When Water Vanishes: Magnitude and Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Dry Temporary Streams

scientific article published on 26 February 2016