Universitat de Girona

University of Girona (UdG) is located in Girona city and is part of the Catalan public university system since 1992. The research at UdG is carried out in more than 100 research groups associated to 22 departments and 12 research institutes. UdG has a wide experience in management and coordination of International and European grants. The Research Group on Ecology of Inland Waters (GRECO) is the group GRCT0017 of UdG and is composed by the faculty and staff from the Ecology unit (Department of Environmental Sciences) of the University of Girona, which is attached to the Institute of Aquatic Ecology (IEA, UdG). GRECO is interdisciplinary group with extensive experience in numerous limnological research lines (particularly River ecology and ecotoxicology, Ecology and conservation of freshwater fish, and Limnology of Mediterranean lagoons and wetlands). With more than 500 publications in the last 10 years is the 4th research group of the UdG. Although to be a relatively small research group, accounting only with 11 full time researchers, GRECO has a large experience leading and participating in National and EU-funded projects (> 50 in the last 20 years). GRECO has experience in field sampling and mesocosms experiments, as well as laboratory experiments. GRECO transfers its knowledge at several stakeholders levels, from private users (like private companies) to local and regional administrations (for example carrying out natural restoration projects, and developing biological indicators for the assessment of the ecological status that are currently used to monitor wetland water quality in Catalonia. GRECO is included in PRISMàTIC a platform to transfer research knowledge for the Management of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity to the society. Among other projects, it has been involved in PONDERFUL. For more information please check: https://www.udg.edu/ca/