Groundwater dependent ecosystems in coastal Mediterranean regions: Characterization, challenges and management for their protection

M Erostate, F Huneau, E Garel, S Ghiotti, Y Vystavna… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Coastal lagoons deliver a wide range of valuable ecosystem goods and services. These
ecosystems, that are often maintained by direct or indirect groundwater supplies, are …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of GRACE data for water resource management in Iberia: a case study of groundwater storage monitoring in the Algarve region

MC Neves, LM Nunes, JP Monteiro - Journal of Hydrology: Regional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Iberia, Algarve basin, South Portugal. Study focus This study
evaluates the performance of several GRACE products in Iberia using the closure of the …

Is irrigation water an overlooked source of nitrogen in agriculture?

J Serra, P Paredes, CMS Cordovil, S Cruz… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase of agricultural nitrogen (N) inputs since the 1960s is a key driver in surface-and
groundwater nitrate pollution. The water abstracted from these sources can input substantial …

Development of a groundwater contamination index based on the agricultural hazard and aquifer vulnerability: Application to Portugal

J Serra, M do Rosário Cameira, CMS Cordovil… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reducing nitrate leaching may not result in a significant improvement of groundwater
quality. The amount of nitrate reaching groundwater depends not only on the hazard related …

[HTML][HTML] Standing at water edges: Ecohydrological interactions between coastal groundwater discharge and intertidal community dynamics

A Silva - Marine Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The intertidal zone on rocky shores is of key ecological importance because it supports high
biodiversity, provides critical ecosystem services such as nurseries and refuges, and …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of subterranean estuary dynamics on nutrient resource ratio availability to microphytobenthos in a coastal lagoon

C Rocha, S Jiang, JSP Ibánhez, Q Yang, K Mazi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Causal links between subterranean estuary (STE) dynamics, their climatological drivers, and
the ecology of coastal ecosystems have remained elusive. Yet, establishing these …

Assessing the use of harvested greenhouse runoff for managed aquifer recharge to improve groundwater status in South Portugal

LRD da Costa, JPPG Monteiro, RT Hugman - Environmental Earth …, 2020 - Springer
Concentration of nitrates in groundwater at the Nitrate Vulnerable zone of Faro, south
Portugal, reaches values as high as 300 mg/l; therefore, according to the EU Water …

Groundwater modelling of a shallow aquifer for the assessment of water logging: A case study of the Cebala‐Borj Touil irrigation perimeter, northern Tunisia

H Rzigui, W Bogacki, G Hörmann… - Irrigation and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cebala‐Borj Touil (Cebala) Plain in Tunisia is a large perimeter with an area of
3,200 ha. In 1990, a drainage and irrigation system was installed. The groundwater system …

Does nitrate enrichment accelerate organic matter turnover in subterranean estuaries?

JSP Ibánhez, XA Álvarez-Salgado… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to the widespread pollution of coastal groundwaters with fertilizers, submarine
groundwater discharge (SGD) is often thought to be a large dissolved inorganic nitrogen …

The impact of atmospheric teleconnections on the coastal aquifers of Ria Formosa (Algarve, Portugal)

MC Neves, L Costa, R Hugman… - Hydrogeology …, 2019 - search.proquest.com
Fluctuations in groundwater level in the Ria Formosa coastal aquifers, southern Portugal,
owe 80% of the variability to climate-induced oscillations. Wavelet coherences computed …