UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
(UB-DE)
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Responsible scientist
Jordi Catalan
E-mail:catalan@bio.ub.es
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Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
Professor Titular and Director of the
Centre for High Mountain Research. 17 years experience in
aquatic ecological studies, he has co-ordinated 8 national
projects and participated in 6 EC-funded projects. He has over
60 scientific publications on aquatic biogeochemistry, algal
biology and lake ecosystem dynamics in journals that include
Limnology and Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research,
Water Resources Research, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, Water
Research, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
Hydrobiologia, Journal of Plankton Research, Aquatic Microbial
Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Freshwater
Biology, Atmospheric Environment, Archiv Hydrobiologie,
Phycologia, British phycological Journal, and four chapters in
international books. More than half of his scientific carrier
has been dedicated to research in high mountain lakes.
Members
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Lluis Camarero
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E-mail:camarero@bio.ub.es,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Research scientist at the Centre for High
Mountain Research. Graduated in Biology (1985) and Ph.D (1994)
for the University of Barcelona. Ph.D thesis: 'Regional
chemistry of the Pyrenean lakes: bases for the use of mountain
lakes as monitoring systems of global acidification'. 14 years
of experience in the fields of limnology and lake water and
sediment biogeochemistry. Participant in a number of national
('Study of the carbon flux, recycling of nutrients and primary
production in an oligotrophic lake' 'Biogeochemical, ecological
and palaeolimnological study of the sediment of Pyrenean lakes')
and international ('AL:PE2', 'MICOR', 'MOLAR', 'Development of
assessment and monitoring techniques at integrated monitoring
sites in Europe'; 'CHILL-10,000) research projects. More than 25
publications in peer reviewed journals, including Limnology and
Oceanography, Water Research, Journal of Geophysical Research,
Journal of Plankton Research, Water Air and Soil Pollution,
Atmospheric Environment |
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Pilar Casals
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E-mail:pilar.casals@jrc.it,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Seven years of experience in GIS and
remote sensing at the International Institute for Aerospace
Surveys and Earth Sciences (ITC), Holland; University of
Barcelona (SpainGIS/RS Laboratory, Keio University SFC,
Japan. Her work has involved environmental modelling using
different software, among them 'ArcInfo' and 'Erdas'; image
processing and interpretation having worked in different
strategies for automatic classification and spectral mixing
analysis. She is also familiar with DBMS as well as with spatial
analysis and cartographic production. |
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Teresa Buchaca
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E-mail:buch@porthos.bio.ub.es,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Pla Sergi
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E-mail:sergipla@porthos.bio.ub.es,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Marc Ventura
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E-mail:ventura@porthos.bio.ub.es,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Freder Bartumeus
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E-mail:fbartu@porthos.bio.ub.es,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Joan Pretus
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E-mail:pretus@porthos.bio.ub.es,
Institute:
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona,
Address:
Diagonal 645
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 402 15,
Fax: +34 93 411 14
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Tasks:
UB-DE convenes the thematic programme on "up-scaling", and
co-ordinates the work packages: "regionalisation: remote sensing
and spatial modelling of lake/catchment attributes" (WP 6), and "Evaluation: classification of the
ecological status of lakes" (WP 7). In
WP 1 an automatic weather station is
maintained at lake Redó; thermistor chains deployed in 3 lakes and
surface mini-thermistors deployed in 20 lakes in the Pyrenees. In
WP 2 S and N deposition for all Lake
Districts in the project are extrapolated in collaboration with the
Norwegian Meteorological Service (DNMI) (sub-contractor); lake
chemical classification undertaken for the Pyrenees;
regionalisation of rock and soil properties relevant to water
chemistry for the Pyrenees and rock analysis for Scotland; and
regional application of MAGIC7 for the Pyrenees in collaboration
with NIVA. In WP
3 a field survey of the lakes in the Pyrenees is carried out
for regionalisation of the micropollutant distribution. In WP 4 a survey of 30-50 lakes in the Pyrenees
and analysis of water chemistry, diatoms, planktonic food web,
invertebrates and sediments (chironomids, diatoms and fossil
pigments) is undertaken. In WP 5
sampling support is given for the studies of bioaccumulation of
pollutants in lake Redó and two lakes more in the Pyrenees;
zooplankton and invertebrates will be analysed. In WP 6 a GIS for the Pyrenees is be developed;
and remote sensing modelling of catchment attributes undertaken for
all Lake Districts together with the development of an expert
system interfacing GIS stored information with physical, chemical
and biological models. In WP 7 UB-DE
participates in the co-ordination and development of workshops
on classification of ecoregion and ecotype; identification of
reference conditions and natural variability, establishment of
quantitative indicator of ecological status and setting up of
appropriate monitoring systems.
Lake Districts:
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Pyrenees
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In WP 2 S and N deposition
for all Lake Districts in the project.
Recent Publications
| Historical variations in lead fluxes in the Pyrenees
(EN Spain) from a dated lake sediment core |
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Camarero, L., Masqué, P.,
Devos, W., Ani-Ragolta, I., Catalan,
J., Moor, H.C., Pla, S. & Sánchez-Cabeza,
J.A. (1998) Water, Air
and Soil Pollution, 105, 439-449.
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| Variability in the chemistry of precipitation in the
Pyrenees (north-eastern Spain): dominance of storm origin and
lack of altitude influence. |
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Camarero, L. &
Catalan, J. (1996) Journal of
Geophysical Research, 101, 29491-29498.
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| Application of spectral mixture analysis for terrain
evaluation |
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Casals, P. (1999), Area
of study: Tonle Sap basin, Cambodia International Journal of
Remote Sensing. (in press).
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| Characterising human-modelled landscapes at a
stationary state: a case study of Minorca (Spain) |
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Chust, G., Ducrot, D., Riera, J.Ll. & Pretus, J.Ll. (1999). Environmental
Conservation. (in press).
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| Temporal changes of microbial assemblages in the ice
and snow cover of a high mountain lake |
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Felip, M., Camarero, L.
& Catalan, J. (1999)
Limnology and Oceanography, 44(4), 973-987.
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