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Environmental flows assessment in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams (IRES)

estero Thesis abroad


keywords HYDROLOGY, HYDRAULICS, AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Reference persons PAOLO VEZZA

Description The main aim of the research activity is to develop a methodology for environmental flows (e-flows)
assessment in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams (IRES). Although IRES hold
considerable potential for sustaining biodiversity and taxonomic richness at the catchment scale,
hydro-ecological processes in such intermittent ecosystems are poorly documented in literature,
and no comprehensive instrument is currently available to quantify (i) the ecological impacts of
hydro-morphological alterations and (ii) define the e-flows to be released from water abstractions. Field data collection, analysis of historical aerial photography, morphological characterization of water courses, 1-D hydraulic modelling are the most important reseacrh activities.


Deadline 05/11/2019      PROPONI LA TUA CANDIDATURA