Alternative methods to understand the water regime of the temporary rivers
Temporary rivers are watercourses with a varying water regime –from abundant flows in spring to seasons of droughts- which makes the diagnoses difficult to see their ecological status with common methodologies, which are aimed for permanent rivers. Also, the ponds that remain are worth preserving biodiversity reservoirs.
Designing new tools to diagnose the hydrological and ecological status of temporary rivers and improving their management in accordance with the Water Framework Directive of the European Union is the main aim of LIFE Trivers, a project financially supported by the European Union and led by Professor Narcís Prat, from the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Barcelona.
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