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Factors affecting the diversity of amphibians in BVL
Despite the important role amphibians play in ecosystems, they are disappearing globally. Thus, in order to protect their populations, it is essential to know the factors... -
Lagoons under the microscope
Video of the LAGOONS project.It is a scientific project which extends throughout the European Union by integrating studies in four lagoons: Ria de Aveiro Lagoon in Atlantic... -
Pictures of the Case Study area (CS5) I
Pictures of the Case Study Area of Ria de Aveiro. -
Flood risk assessment in Ria de Aveiro under present and future scenarios
Thesis: Floods are a major threat to coastal regions, affecting millions of people, socioeconomic activities and natural ecosystems. Ria de Aveiro is a coastal lagoon,... -
Integration of Ecosystem Services and its Value in an Estuary Governance...
Thesis: Triggered by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, among other seminal publications, ecosystem services research has experienced an almost exponential growth over the... -
Recreational fisheries and bait digging in the Ria de Aveiro: 2012/2013
MSc: The Ria de Aveiro lagoon is the base of innumerable interactions between Man and Nature, with several economical activities exploiting its natural resources. Among these... -
Ecosystem services provided by estuaries: Phosphorus retention capacity...
Thesis: In salt marshes the nutritional factor is not only important for the inhabiting organisms, but has also, to a larger scale, an ecological importance. This can be... -
LAGOONS project website and book
The environmental issue of concern in the LAGOONS project is the anthropogenic deterioration and climate change impacts (especially the effects of extreme weather event) on... -
Geoportal LAGOONS project
Web-based source to descriptions of maps, data, models and reports from the Lagoons project. -
Degradation of the salt pans in Ria de Aveiro: hydrodynamical study
Thesis: A Ria de Aveiro, uma laguna mesotidal localizada no Noroeste da Costa Portuguesa, é caracterizada por grandes áreas de baixios intermareais e por uma rede de canais... -
Inside the Ria de Aveiro
Video: Ria de Aveiro is an estuarine ecosystem that has a high biodiversity of invertebrates. Invertebrates are the basis of food for many of the birds and fish of the estuary,... -
White Stork
Video: The White Stork is a bird admired and protected by the majority of the Portuguese and European population. Although it is possible to observe it in the Iberian Peninsula... -
Air travelers
Video: It is possible to observe in the Ria de Aveiro about 180 species of birds. Some remain throughout the year, others in the winter or summer and others stop just to rest... -
To born in Ria de Aveiro
Video: There is a high biodiversity of protected birds that breed in the Ria de Aveiro. Let us know when they arrive, how and where nests are built, how the puppies are, what... -
Climate change impact assessment on water inflow to a coastal lagoon: the...
A climate change impact study was performed for the watershed of the Ria de Aveiro Lagoon in Portugal. The total freshwater inflow to the lagoon was analysed considering long-... -
Ria de Aveiro POLIS LITORAL: Socio-economic and policies issues
The Ria de Aveiro with a population of 333,114 inhabitants (2010) in the watershed area, has considerable regional and national economic importance, namely through the... -
Contribution to the study of the Ria de Aveiro hydrodynamics
A contribution to the characterization and understanding of the hydrodynamic behavior of Ria de Aveiro lagoon is presented, based on an experimental study, as well as on a... -
CS7 River quality assessment in Canton Friburg
River quality assessment in Canton Friburg (in German & French). -
CS7 River quality assessment in Canton Zurich
River quality assessment in Canton Zurich (in German). -
CS7 River quality assessment in Canton Aargau
River quality assessment in Canton Aargau (in German).