Ecosystem functioning of Mediterranean confined coastal lagoons: ecosystem metabolism, main drivers and phytoplankton community
Confined coastal lagoons are shallow and dynamic water bodies that play an important ecological role. Considering the severe degradation they have been facing in the last years, understanding the functioning of these habitats for their proper management and conservation is essential. Nowadays, one o...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/673080 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673080 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Llacunes costaneres Lagunas costeras Coastal lagoons Oxigen dissolt Oxígeno disuelto Dissolved oxygen Metabolisme Metabolismo Metabolism Patró d'inundació confinament Patrón de inundación confinamiento Flooding-confinement pattern Fitoplàncton Fitoplancton Phytoplankton Impulsors metabòlics Impulsores metabólicos Metabolic drivers Mar Mediterrani Mar Mediterráneo Mediterranean Sea 504 574 |
| Sumario: | Confined coastal lagoons are shallow and dynamic water bodies that play an important ecological role. Considering the severe degradation they have been facing in the last years, understanding the functioning of these habitats for their proper management and conservation is essential. Nowadays, one of the most important descriptors of ecosystem functioning is the metabolism, the use of which has increased with the application of the free dissolved oxygen (DO) technique and the development of more affordable and reliable sensors. Quantifying metabolic rates as well as identifying the factors that contribute to their temporal and spatial variation are very important in assessing these ecosystems behaviour and their response to future changes. Thus, the aim of the thesis was to estimate the ecosystem metabolism of a set of Mediterranean confined coastal lagoons in La Pletera salt marsh identifying the main drivers of its variation and its application to study phytoplankton |
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