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Boil-off recovery system for natural gas stations: an approach to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gasesNARA Subscribed
Improving the efficiency of energy use is of utmost importance in the context of climate change. Indeed, greater efficiency in the end-use of energy will make a significant contribution to lowering primary energy consumption and reducing CO 2 and other greenhouse gas emissions. This paper presents an approach that enables a compact liquefied natural gas station to operate without being connected to the public electric grid. It...
Assessing the ecological potential of reservoirs: a principal response curve (PRC) analysis approachNARA Subscribed
Heavily modified water bodies (HMWB) have been seriously affected by human activities and natural processes promoting their imbalance, and impacting their functioning and biodiversity. This study explores a new approach of monitoring and assessing water quality in Mediterranean reservoirs using phytoplankton communities across a disturbance gradient, according to water framework directive. Phytoplankton and environmental data...
Europe has a long history of human pressure on freshwater ecosystems. As pressure continues to grow and new threats emerge, there is an urgent need for conservation of freshwater biodiversity and its ecosystem services. However, whilst some taxonomic groups, mainly vertebrates, have received a disproportionate amount of attention and funds, other groups remain largely off the public and scientific radar. Freshwater mussels (Bi...
Anthropogenic freshwater habitats may provide undervalued prospects for long‐term conservation as part of species conservation planning. This fundamental, but overlooked, issue requires attention considering the pace that humans have been altering natural freshwater ecosystems and the accelerated levels of biodiversity decline in recent decades. We compiled 709 records of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida) inhabiting a br...
Acoustic barriers as an acoustic deterrent for native potamodromous migratory fish speciesNARA Subscribed
This study focused on the use of sound playbacks as acoustic deterrents to direct native potamodromous migratory species away from all kind of traps. The effects of two acoustic treatments, a repeated sine sweep up to 2 kHz (sweep‐up stimulus) and an intermittent 140 Hz tone, were tested in three fish species native to Iberia: Salmo trutta , Pseudochondrostoma duriense and Luciobarbus bocagei . In contrast with S. trutta , the...
Olive mild mosaic virus transmission by Olpidium virulentusNARA Subscribed
Envisioning Innovative Groundwater Regulation Policies Through Scenario Workshops in France and PortugalNARA Subscribed
Groundwater management policies will need to be revised in many Mediterranean countries, in light of the impact of climate change and the increasing demand for water. In this paper, we analyse stakeholder perceptions of three groundwater policy scenarios which respectively assume a strengthening of state intervention, the introduction of market regulation mechanisms, and the transfer of regulation responsibility to farmers. Th...
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