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Dairy cattle slurry fertilization management in an intensive Mediterranean agricultural system to sustain soil quality while enhancing rapeseed nutritional value
(Elsevier, 2020-08-14)Animal excreta are commonly recycled as fertilizers, although attention should be given to environmental impacts. Legislation must also be adapted to new research findings. The framework of this study is an intensive fodder ... -
Surface eddy fluxes and friction velocity estimates taking measurements at the canopy top
(Elsevier, 2020-07-10)Agricultural engineers, crop physiologists and hydrologists are often forced to deploy instrumentation close to the canopy top to estimate surface eddy fluxes. This is a widely recognized problem either at farm-level or ... -
The importance of a small ephemeral tributary for fine sediment dynamics in a main‐stem river
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017-07-21)Studies of ephemeral streams have focused mainly in arid and semi‐arid regions. Such streams also occur widely in temperate regions, but much less is known about their influence on fluvial processes in main‐stem rivers ... -
Application of Structure‐from‐Motion photogrammetry to river restoration
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-11-08)Structure‐from‐Motion (SfM) photogrammetry is now used widely to study a range of earth surface processes and landforms, and is fast becoming a core tool in fluvial geomorphology. SfM photogrammetry allows extraction of ... -
Improvement of flood frequency analysis with historical information in different types of catchments and data series within the Ebro River basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
(Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2015-10-29)The use of historical information is acknowledged to improve frequency analysis. However, it is not well known if the degree of this improvement depends on the characteristics of both the catch-ment and the data series. ... -
Historical, hydraulic, hydrological and meteorological reconstruction of 1874 Santa Tecla flash floods in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)
(Elsevier, 2015-02-16)A multidisciplinary methodology for historical floods reconstruction was applied to 1874 Santa Tecla floods occurred in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), using both historical information and meteorological data from 20th ... -
Meteorological and hydrological analysis of major floods in NE Iberian Peninsula
(Elsevier, 2016-10)This paper analyses the meteorological conditions and the specific peak flows of 24 catastrophic floods that affected NE Iberian Peninsula in the period 1842-2000. We classify these floods according to the affected area, ... -
Water and sediment fluxes in Mediterranean mountainous regions: Comprehensive dataset for hydro-sedimentological analyses and modelling in a mesoscale catchment (River Isábena, NE Spain)
(Copernicus Publications, 2018)A comprehensive hydro-sedimentological dataset for the Isábena catchment, northeastern (NE) Spain, for the period 2010–2018 is presented to analyse water and sediment fluxes in a Mediterranean mesoscalecatchment. The dataset ... -
Nitrogen use efficiency in rainfed Mediterranean agriculture
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)Mediterranean regions are the ones with a typical rainfall pattern, characterized by rainfall in winter and dry, hot summers, being winter rainfall much larger than summer’s. Strong water deficits occurs for several months. ... -
Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin
(Elsevier, 2019-02-07)Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic atmospheric patterns (i.e. weather types, ... -
The effects of land use and topographic changes on sediment connectivity in mountain catchments
(Elsevier, 2019-01-08)Understanding the evolution of sediment connectivity associated with different land use and topographic changes is a prerequisite for a better understanding of sediment budgets and sediment transport processes. We used the ... -
Edaphic variables conditioning the habitat of oribatid mites in Luvic Phaeozems under forest plantations (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Universia, 2020-03-15)The soil is a complex three-dimensional habitat and any changes in its structure and porosity are likely to affect the type and abundance of soil biota. Oribatid mites play an important role in the decomposition and ... -
Variability in grape composition and phenology of 'Tempranillo' in zones located at different elevations and with differences in the climatic conditions
(Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof, 2019-10-29)The objective of this research was to analyse the variability on phenology and berry composition of 'Tempranillo' among different elevations and different climatic conditions. The study was conducted on 'Tempranillo' ... -
IberHABITAT: evaluación de la idoneidad del hábitat físico y del hábitat potencial útil para peces. Aplicación en el río Eume
(Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & FrancisGroup, 2019-09-26)La caracterización y cuantificación del Hábitat Potencial Útil (HPU) para peces fluviales a partir de modelos de simulación hidráulica se ha basado tradicionalmente en la utilización de modelos hidráulicos unidimensionales, ... -
Effects of hydropeaking on bed mobility: evidence from a Pyrenean river
(MDPI, 2020-01-08)Hydropower production involves significant impacts on the dynamics and continuity of river systems. In this paper we analyse the effects of hydropeaks on river-bed particle mobility along a 2-km river channel. For this, a ... -
Effect of fertilising with pig slurry and chicken manure on GHG emissions from Mediterranean paddies
(Elsevier, 2016-06-24)Soil fertilisation affects greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of different fertilisation strategies on N2O, CH4 emissions and on ecosystem respiration (CO2 emissions), during ... -
Double-annual forage crop rotation controls nutrient surpluses in nitrogen-based organic fertilization
(American Society of Agronomy, 2018-06-19)The use of organic fertilizers from stock-raising activity is usually based on nitrogen (N) criterion. The objective of our research is to evaluate whether this N criterion lead to positive or environmentally risky changes, ... -
The fluvial sediment budget of a dammed river (upper Muga, southern Pyrenees)
(Elsevier, 2017-09-15)Many rivers in the Mediterranean region are regulated for urban and agricultural purposes. Reservoir presence and operation results in flow alteration and sediment discontinuity, altering the longitudinal structure of the ... -
Evaluation of bed load transport formulae in a large regulated gravel bed river: The lower Ebro (NE Iberian Peninsula)
(Elsevier, 2014-03-14)This paper tests the predictive power of 10 bed load formulae against bed load rates obtained for a large regulated river (River Ebro) the armor layer of which is subject to repeated cycles of break-up and reestablishment. ... -
Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
(Elsevier, 2019-06-20)The present article assesses the environmental profile of a real-scale anaerobic-digestion plant that has been developed in France. The system utilises 13652 t of different types of feedstock related to food industry, ...