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Environmental flows assessment in Temporary Rivers (in collaboration with the Catalan Water Agency)
Thesis abroad
keywords HYDROLOGY, HYDRAULICS, AQUATIC ECOLOGY
Reference persons PAOLO VEZZA
Thesis type APPLIED RESEARCH
Description The main aim of the research activity is to develop a methodology for environmental flows (e-flows) assessment in Temporary Rivers (also called 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, morphological characterization of water courses, study of the Climate Change influence on the flow regime are the most important research activities.
Deadline 04/03/2022
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