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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Aquatic community patterns across environmental gradients in a Mediterranean floodplain and their application to ecosystem restoration

Gallardo, Belinda 10 July 2009 (has links)
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo proporcionar una base de conocimiento sólida para la restauración ecológica de ríos, basada en la respuesta de comunidades acuáticas a cambios en la conectividad hídrica, factores medioambientales y presión antrópica. La conectividad hídrica lateral resultó ser el factor principal que estructura hábitats y comunidades acuáticas en el Ebro; mientras que la turbidez, salinidad y concentración de nutrientes fueron factores secundarios. La combinación de estos factores establece un marco ecológico que permite realizar predicciones acerca de los patrones taxonómicos y funcionales con más probabilidades de ocurrir en la llanura del Ebro. La posibilidad de que se creen nuevos humedales de forma natural en el Ebro es muy baja, mientras los que quedan están amenazados por una baja renovación del agua. El objetivo de la restauración ecológica debe por tanto consistir en re-establecer un amplio rango de condiciones hídricas, de acuerdo con el potencial sostenible del ecosistema. / The present study aims to provide a solid background for river-floodplain restoration based in the response of aquatic communities, to changes in hydrological connectivity, environmental factors and human pressure across the floodplain of a Mediterranean river.The lateral hydrological connectivity was found to be the key factor structuring the habitats and aquatic communities of the Middle Ebro floodplain, while turbidity, salinity and nutrient status were secondary drivers. These factors created a template for the aquatic community development that enabled predictions about the taxonomic and functional patterns in those aquatic communities more likely to occur under particular conditions. In the Middle Ebro River, there are very few possibilities of new wetlands creation, while the diversity and functionality of the remaining ones are threatened by the limited hydrological connectivity. The objective of floodplains restoration should thus consist in re-establishing a wide range of wetland types in accordance with the river-floodplain potential of sustainability.

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