Urbanisation alters the natural hydromorphology of streams, affecting aquatic communities
and ecological quality. Increasing efforts have been put into the rehabilitation of urban …

To establish effective water quality monitoring strategies in estuaries, it is imperative to
identify and understand the main drivers for the variation of water quality parameters. The …

Shallow water bathymetry is a topic of significant interest in various fields, including civil
construction, port monitoring, and military operations. This study presents several methods …

The circulation in estuaries promotes the transport of organisms, nutrients, oxygen and
sediments. Simultaneously, the mixture of fresh and salt water leads to variations of the …

The presence of anthropogenic compounds, including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), was studied in three salt marshes within the Tagus …

Multimetric indices play a pivotal role in assessing river ecological quality, aligning with the
European Water Framework Directive (EU WFD) requirements. However, indices developed …

Rich freshwater biodiversity is threatened by increasing deforestation and disorderly
urbanization throughout the Brazilian Amazon, especially in streams and creeks, leading to …

Devido ao crescimento populacional, os agentes de stresse resultantes das atividades
humanas nos cursos de água estão a aumentar, levando a uma grande perda da …

Freshwater ecosystems are, at a global level, strongly threatened by several pressures,
mostly of anthropic origin, with emphasis on water pollution and eutrophication …

O montado é um agro-sistema com grande importância cultural e de elevada
biodiversidade. Este agro-sistema apresenta habitats naturais remanescentes, locais de …