Limnology - Limnologia

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2013-135

 
Description of research activity:
This group has a recognised prestige for the numerous quality works it has carried out in inland aquatic ecosystems and for the new researchers that have been trained. The following are some of the basic and applied research topics carried out by this group. Basic research in: Specific richness and dynamics of populations and communities of aquatic organisms: bacteria, phytoplankton, periphyton, zooplankton, acoto- and zoo-benthos and fish, and their controlling factors. Dynamics and functioning of aquatic ecosystems: biogeochemical cycles, productivity, microbial processes. Study of aquatic food webs, their structure, key species and vulnerability to global change. Community coupling: mechanisms and rules. Biogeochemistry of carbon in aquatic ecosystems, GHGs and climate change. Molecular ecology. Paleolimnology and global change. Polar zone limnology. Pancrustacean genomics. Ecotoxicology. Remote-sensing. Applied research in: Aquatic pollution and eutrophication processes. Physico-chemical and microbiological water quality. Characterisation of aquatic ecosystems. Monitoring and assessment of the environmental and conservation status of aquactic...This group has a recognised prestige for the numerous quality works it has carried out in inland aquatic ecosystems and for the new researchers that have been trained. The following are some of the basic and applied research topics carried out by this group. Basic research in: Specific richness and dynamics of populations and communities of aquatic organisms: bacteria, phytoplankton, periphyton, zooplankton, acoto- and zoo-benthos and fish, and their controlling factors. Dynamics and functioning of aquatic ecosystems: biogeochemical cycles, productivity, microbial processes. Study of aquatic food webs, their structure, key species and vulnerability to global change. Community coupling: mechanisms and rules. Biogeochemistry of carbon in aquatic ecosystems, GHGs and climate change. Molecular ecology. Paleolimnology and global change. Polar zone limnology. Pancrustacean genomics. Ecotoxicology. Remote-sensing. Applied research in: Aquatic pollution and eutrophication processes. Physico-chemical and microbiological water quality. Characterisation of aquatic ecosystems. Monitoring and assessment of the environmental and conservation status of aquactic ecosystems. Management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. Assessment of the response of aquatic ecosystems to global changes, including chemical pollution. Ecosystem management applied to climate change mitigation. Water purification and naturalisation in artificial wetlands. Bioremediation. Alien invasive species in inland waters. Remote-sensing as a tool for the study of environmental quality and ecological status of inland waters.
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Limnologia fonamental i aplicada
  • Biogeografia
  • Ecologia integrativa
  • Ecologia microbiana
  • Canvi global
  • Canvi climatic
  • Conservacio i restauracio d'ecosistemes aquatics
 
Research lines:
  • Fundamental and Applied Limnology.Fundamental and applied limnology: dynamics and functioning of epicontinental aquatic ecosystems. Community structure and functional diversity. Assessment of environmental and conservation status. Microbial ecology in lentic ecosystems: study of the composition and functionality of the microbial community by molecular techniques. Metagenomics. Metabarcoding and e-DNA. Biogeochemistry and carbon balances in Mediterranean wetlands, fluxes of carbonate greenhouse gases. Effects of environmental properties and conservation status on the climate change mitigation capacity of lentic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. Geographic information systems (GIS). Remote-sensing. Polar limnology.
  • Integrative aquatic ecology.Ecology of aquatic interactions and their applications.
  • Biogeography and ecology of aquatic systems.Analysis of the spatial distribution of aquatic organisms in relation to the environment and dispersal processes.
  • Aquatic arthropod genomics.Evolutionary and functional genomics.
  • Remote sensing as a tool for studying water quality and the ecological status of continental waters.Use of remote, satellite or airborne sensors to measure the values of environmental variables related to the environmental properties, quality and ecological status of inland aquatic ecosystems.
  • Functional limnology and ecophysiology. Organisms and functional groups as bioindicators of the quality and ecological status of inland waters.Study of the relationship between the presence and physiological activity of aquatic organisms and the functioning of the ecosystem.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
ANTONIO CAMACHO GONZALEZDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
MARIA ANTONIA RODRIGO ALACREUMemberUniversitat de València
JUAN MIGUEL SORIA GARCIAMemberUniversitat de València
JAVIER ARMENGOL DIAZMemberUniversitat de València
FRANCESC MESQUITA JOANESMemberUniversitat de València
FERRAN PALERO PASTORMemberUniversitat de València
ALEXANDRE MESTRE PEREZMemberUniversitat de València
DANIEL MORANT GARRIGUESMemberUniversitat de València
MARIA BISQUERT RIBESMemberUniversitat de València
ANDREU RICO ARTEROMemberUniversitat de València
JAVIER MIRALLES LORENZOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
JAVIER MIRALLES LORENZOCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
XAVIER SORIA PERPINYACollaboratorUniversitat de València
MARIA BELENGUER MANZANEDOCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
PEDRO JOSE CABELLO YEVESCollaboratorUniversidad Miguel Hernández de Elcheresearcher
PABLO AMADOR CRESPOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MANUEL EDUARDO MUÑOZ COLMENARESCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MANUEL EDUARDO MUÑOZ COLMENARESCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
REBECA PEREZ GONZALEZCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
JUAN VICTOR MOLNER POLITCollaboratorUniversitat de València
JUAN VICTOR MOLNER POLITCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
 
Associated structure:
  • Cavanilles Institute Biodiversity and Evolut. Biol. (ICBBE)
 
Keywords:
  • hidroquímica, plàncton, bentos, biogeoquímica, canvi climàtic, gasos d'efecte hivernacle, mitigació climàtica, ecologia molecular, metagenòmica, e-DNA, qualitat de les aigües, indicadors ecològics, bioremediació, ecotoxicologia, SIG,Copernicus
  • Plàncton, bentos, biogeoquímica, ensamblat de comunitats, xarxes tròfiques i no-tròfiques
  • Invasions biològiques, Metacomunitats, Dispersió
  • compuestos mono- y polinucleares, magnetismo molecular, imanes moleculares, cadenas imán, imanes porosos, imanes quirales, multiferroicos, multifuncionalidad
  • Satèl·lits, Directiva Marc de l'Aigua
  • moléculas orgánicas, enantioselectividad, aza-Michael intramolecular, procesos tándem, desimetrización, síntesis de productos naturales