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