Browsing PUBLICACIONS CIENTÍFIQUES by Author "Ibáñez, Carles"
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Changing nutrients, changing rivers
Ibáñez, Carles; Peñuelas, Josep (Science, 2019-08-16) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsEutrophication—the excessive enrichment of a body of water with nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)—is Earth's most widespread problem for water quality (1, 2). Growing evidence suggests ... -
Ecosystem-level effects of re-oligotrophication and N:P imbalances in rivers and estuaries on a global scale
Ibáñez, Carles; Caiola, Nuno; Barquín, José; Belmar, Oscar; Benito-Granell, Xavier; Casals, Frederic; Fennessy, Siobhan; Hughes, Joselyne; Palmer, Margaret; Peñuelas, Josep; Romero, Estela; Sardans, Jordi; Williams, Michael (Global Change Biology, 2022-11-11) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsTrends and ecological consequences of phosphorus (P) decline and increasing nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (N:P) ratios in rivers and estuaries are reviewed and discussed. Results suggest that re-oligotrophication ... -
Effect of post-harvest practices on greenhouse gas emissions in rice paddies: flooding regime and straw management
Belenguer-Manzanedo, María; Alcaraz, Carles; Camacho, Antonio; Ibáñez, Carles; Català-Forner, Mar; Martínez-Eixarch, Maite (Plant and Soil, 2022-03-22) Aigües Marines i Continentals; Cultius Extensius SosteniblesAims To assess 1) the effect of the combination of flooding (winter flooding vs. non-winter flooding; WFL vs NWF) and timing of straw incorporation (early vs late straw incorporation; ESI vs LSI) in ... -
Effects of enhanced hydrological connectivity on Mediterranean salt marsh fish assemblages with emphasis on the endangered Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus)
Prado, Patricia; Alcaraz, Carles; Jornet, Lluis; Caiola, Nuno; Ibáñez, Carles (PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 2017-02-28) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsThe hydrological connectivity between the salt marsh and the sea was partially restored in a Mediterranean wetland containing isolated ponds resulting from former salt extraction and aquaculture activities. ... -
Environmental controls on carbon sequestration, sediment accretion, and elevation change in the Ebro River Delta: Implications for wetland restoration
Fennessy, M. Siobhan; Ibáñez, Carles; Calvo-Cubero, Juan; Sharpe, Peter; Rovira, Albert; Callaway, John; Caiola, Nuno (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2019-03-26) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsDelta wetlands are increasingly recognized as important sinks for ‘blue carbon,’ although this and other ecosystem services that deltas provide are threatened by human activities. We investigated factors ... -
Environmental flows in the lower Ebro River and Delta: Current status and guidelines for a holistic approach
Ibáñez, Carles; Caiola, Nuno; Belmar, Oscar (Water, 2020-09-24) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsDeltas are a particular type of estuarine system in which the dependence on river flow (water, sediments and nutrients) is very strong, especially in river-dominated deltas such as the Mediterranean ... -
Evaluating adaptation options to sea level rise and benefits to agriculture: The Ebro Delta showcase
Genua-Olmedo, Ana; Temmerman, Stijn; Ibáñez, Carles; Alcaraz, Carles (Science of The Total Environment, 2021-09-28) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsSea level rise (SLR) is threatening low-lying coastal areas such as river deltas. The Ebro river Delta (Spain) is representative of coastal systems particularly vulnerable to SLR due to significant ... -
Feeding Habits and Short-Term Mobility Patterns of Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Across Invaded Habitats of the Ebro Delta Subjected to Contrasting Salinity
Prado, Patricia; Ibáñez, Carles; Chen, Lucy; Caiola, Nuno (Estuaries and Coasts, 2021-09-28) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsThe blue crab Callinectes sapidus was first observed in the Ebro Delta in 2012 and since then captures have increased exponentially up to over 2 t per day, while its presence remains low in other ... -
Flow Regime and Nutrient-Loading Trends from the Largest South European Watersheds: Implications for the Productivity of Mediterranean and Black Sea’s Coastal Areas
Cozzi, Stefano; Ibáñez, Carles; Lazar, Luminita; Raimbault, Patrick; Giani, Michele (Water, 2018-12-20) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsIn the last century, large watersheds in Southern Europe have been impacted by a combination of anthropogenic and climatic pressures, which have rapidly evolved to change the ecological status of ... -
Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands – implications from a global survey using standardized litter
Mueller, Peter; Schile-Beers, Lisa M.; Mozdzer, Thomas J.; Chmura, Gail L.; Dinter, Thomas; Kuzyakov, Yakov; de Groot, Alma V.; Esselink, Peter; Smit, Christian; D'Alpaos, Andrea; Ibáñez, Carles; Lazarus, Magdalena; Neumeier, Urs; Johnson, Beverly J.; Baldwin, Andrew H.; Yarwood, Stephanie A.; Montemayor, Diana I.; Yang, Zaichao; Wu, Jihua; Jensen, Kai; Nolte, Stefanie (Biogeosciences, 2018-05-30) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsTidal wetlands, such as tidal marshes and mangroves, are hotspots for carbon sequestration. The preservation of organic matter (OM) is a critical process by which tidal wetlands exert influence over the ... -
Impact of a reservoir system on benthic macroinvertebrate and diatom communities of a large Mediterranean river (lower Ebro river, Catalonia, Spain)
Quevedo, Luis; Ibáñez, Carles; Caiola, Nuno; Cid, Núria; Hampel, Henrietta (Limnetica, 2018) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsThis study included the main hydrogeomorphic categories of the lower Ebro River and aimed to detect spatial and temporal patterns of macroinvertebrates and diatoms communities inhabiting downstream a ... -
Neglecting the fallow season can significantly underestimate annual methane emissions in Mediterranean rice fields
Martínez-Eixarch, Maite; Alcaraz, Carles; Viñas, Marc; Noguerol, Joan; Aranda, Xavier; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc Xavier; Saldaña-De la Vega, Jesús Antonio; Català, Maria del Mar; Ibáñez, Carles (PLOS ONE, 2018-05-31) Aigües Marines i Continentals; Cultius Extensius Sostenibles; Fructicultura; Sostenibilitat en BiosistemesPaddy rice fields are one of the most important sources of anthropogenic methane. Improving the accuracy in the CH4 budget is fundamental to identify strategies to mitigate climate change. Such improvement ... -
Normalized abundance spectra of fish community reflect hydro-peaking on a Mediterranean large river
Vila-Martínez, Núria; Caiola, Nuno; Ibáñez, Carles; Benejam, Lluis; Brucet, Sandra (Ecological Indicators, 2018-10-19) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsThe European Water Framework Directive requires the integration of body size characters as an important part of fish-based bioassessment tools for freshwaters ecological status determination. The study ... -
Prey size and species preferences in the invasive blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: Potential effects in marine and freshwater ecosystems
Prado, Patricia; Peñas, Ainhoa; Ibáñez, Carles; Cabanes, Pep; Jornet, Lluís; Álvarez, Nil; Caiola, Nuno (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020-08-29) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsThe blue crab, Callinectes sapidus is an invasive species in the Mediterranean region. In Ebro Delta bays, it poses an important risk for the cultivation of Mediterranean mussel (Mytillus galloprovincialis) ... -
Pristine vs. human-altered Ebro Delta habitats display contrasting resilience to RSLR
Prado, Patricia; Alcaraz, Carles; Benito, Xavier; Caiola, Nuno; Ibáñez, Carles (Science of the Total Environment, 2018-11-23) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsRiver deltas are ecologically and economically valuable coastal ecosystems but low elevations make them extremely sensitive to relative sea level rise (RSLR), i.e. the combined effects of sea level rise ... -
The influence of flow regime on ecological quality, bird diversity, and shellfish fisheries in a Lowland Mediterranean River and its coastal area
Belmar, Oscar; Ibáñez, Carles; Forner, Ana; Caiola, Nuno (Water, 2019-05-01) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsDesigning environmental flows in lowland river sections and estuaries is a challenge for researchers and managers, given their complexity and their importance, both for nature conservation and economy. ... -
The main drivers of methane emissions differ in the growing and flooded fallow seasons in Mediterranean rice fields
Martínez-Eixarch, Maite; Alcaraz, Carles; Viñas, Marc; Noguerol, Joan; Aranda, Xavier; Prenafeta-Boldú, Frances-Xavier; Català-Forner, Mar; Fennessy, M. Siobhan; Ibáñez, Carles (Plant and Soil, 2021-01-09) Aigües Marines i Continentals; Cultius Extensius Sostenibles; Fructicultura; Sostenibilitat en BiosistemesPurpose To assess 1) the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions –GHG- and global warming potential (methane – CH4- and nitrous oxide) from rice fields in the growing and fallow seasons, and 2) the ... -
The role of rice fields and constructed wetlands as a source and a sink of pesticides and contaminants of emerging concern: Full-scale evaluation
Matamoros, V.; Caiola, Nuno; Rosales, Victoria; Hernánez, Oliver; Ibáñez, Carles (Ecological Engineering, 2020-07-17) Aigües Marines i ContinentalsUrban, industrial, and agricultural development in river basins has resulted in the pollution of estuarine and coastal ecosystems with a great amount of organic microcontaminants (OMCs) such as pesticides ...