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Institute of Aquatic Ecology

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Institute of Aquatic Ecology

Campus de Montilivi mapa
M. Aurèlia Capmany 69
17003 Girona, Spain
Tel. +34 972 41 82 66
Fax +34 972 41 81 50
dir.iea@udg.edu
http://www.udg.edu/iea
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Institute of Aquatic Ecology

                                                                                      

The Institute of Aquatic Ecology (Institut d’Ecologia Aquàtica, IEA) of the University of Girona is a research center founded in 1987 and devoted to all aquatic ecosystems, including marine and inland water habitats (rivers, lakes and reservoirs, and wetlands). It is currently organised in three Sections (Limnology, Microbiology and Marine biology), corresponding to three research groups. It presently consists of over 30 researchers on a wide array of water ecology topics (including studies on bacteria, algae, macroinvertebrates and fish), what facilitates multidisplinary research.

Most of the IEA belongs to EcoAqua (research group recognized and funded by the Generalitat of Catalonia: 2014 SGR 484 and 2017 SGR 548) and some members coordinate the web page Health and Fish. 

Please click on the left for further information on our current projects and publications. If you would like to receive information on the activities organized by IEA, email to sec.iea@udg.edu and we will include you to the external email list.

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Pairwise relationships between selected limnological predictors and the metrics of native and alien fish species.
Alien fish in Neotropical reservoirs: Assessing multiple hypotheses in invasion biology
Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the main components of global ecological change, the second known cause of animal extinctions, and very costly in terms of ecosystem services. IAS and damming are two of the most impacting alterations in freshwater ecosystems. Understanding the processes that govern biological invasions in these habitats is of enormous conceptual and practical importance.
10/26/2020
PONDERFUL H2020
PONDERFUL: Pond Ecosystems for Resilient Future Landscapes in A Changing Climate
GRECO/EcoAqua is part of a consortium that is running a new Horizon 2020 project ‘PONDERFUL’, led by the University of Vic (Spain). The project’s overarching aim is to develop improved methods for maximising the use of ponds and pondscapes in climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation and the delivery of ecosystem services.
10/2/2020
Aphanius iberus (@ Lluís Zamora)
We are searching a candidate for this Ph.D. contract (FPI 2020)
Se busca candidato/a para solicitar un contrato predoctoral en el marco de la convocatoria de “Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores 2020” (enlace a la convocatoria).
10/9/2020
Biological Invasions
When a freshwater invader meets the estuary: the peacock bass and fish assemblages in the São João River, Brazil
Peacock basses (Cichla spp.) are native to the Amazon basin but introduced to different parts of the world. Almost thirty years ago, Cichla kelberi was introduced in an impoundment of the São João River, a coastal system in southeastern Brazil.
10/2/2020
Presa de Santa Ana (CC Manuel Portero)
Dams exacerbate the consequences of climate change on river fish
A potential response of river fish to environmental changes is to colonize new habitats. But what happens when dams and weirs restrict their movement?

More info: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-exacerbate-consequences-climate-river-fish.html
9/15/2020
Global Change Biology
The role of connectivity in the interplay between climate change and the spread of alien fish in a large Mediterranean river
Understanding how global change and connectivity will jointly modify the distribution of riverine species is crucial for conservation biology and environmental management. However, little is known about the interaction between climate change and fragmentation and how movement barriers might impede native species from adjusting their distributions vs. limit the further spread of alien species.
8/24/2020
Lophocladia
ANIMA project: Marine Invasions
ANIMA project seeks to determine how global warming may interact with biological invasions across all steps of the invasion pathway.
5/7/2020
Logotip MERCES
MERCES project: Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas
The Marine Fores team is a partner of the MERCES project on the restoration of different degraded marine habitats
5/7/2020
Logotip AFRIMED
AFRIMED project: Algal Forest Restoration in MEDiterranean sea
In the Mediterranean Sea, macroalgal forests represent one of the most valuable, but rapidly disappearing habitats. Here, capitalising on the experience gained and the knowledge accumulated in previous projects, we have formulated a consortium that will improve existing, and develop new restoration techniques to efficiently restore degraded macroalgal forests
5/7/2020
pescador
Paradís insostenible, exposició fotogràfica
Membres del GR MAR i del Dept. de Ciències Ambientals finalitzen el projecte “Avaluació de la vulnerabilitat ambiental de la comunitat afrodescendent de Islas del Rosario (Colòmbia)” amb el suport de la Unitat de Compromís Social UdG. Podeu visitar-ne l'exposició fotogràfica "Paradís insostenible" a la Biblioteca del Campus Montilivi de la UdG.
3/2/2020