November 12, 2020 On the 26-29th October 2020, the RIVEAL project was represented virtually by its team members at the XX Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL-2020), Murcia, Spain, under the theme “Limnology in a changing world”. One of the main aims of this congress is to discuss new scientific knowledge that will...
Read MoreOctober 13, 2020 The fourth factsheet of the RIVEAL project starts a series of information documents introducing the biological elements considered for analysis in the project’s tasks. This factsheet – Macrophytes – features aquatic photosynthetic organisms large enough to see with the naked eye, that live in or near the water. In the RIVEAL project,...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2020 The third factsheet of the RIVEAL project presents the adopted field sampling methodology and reports the activities acomplished towards data collection, during June and July 2019, to support data analysis. Learn more about the project’s field sampling methodology and the amount of data collected, here.
Read MoreSeptember 08, 2020 The second factsheet of the RIVEAL project describes the phenomenon of river regulation, one of the most endangering processes to river ecosystems. Understand how river regulation works and affects riverscapes and biota, here.
Read MoreAugust 20, 2020 The paper “Streamflow regulation effects in the Mediterranean rivers: How far and to what extent are aquatic and riparian communities affected?” was published on Science of the Total Environment journal (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/science-of-the-total-environment). The study focuses on how different plant groups (macrophytes, bryophytes, and riparian woody vegetation) respond to hydrological alterations along the river...
Read MoreAugust 17, 2020 The first factsheet of the RIVEAL project makes a concise presentation of the project overview, highlighting its objectives, case studies, activities and, expected results and outreach. Get acquainted on the project with this factsheet, here.
Read MoreJuly 24, 2020 During June 2020, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) overfly a stretch of near 5 km of the River Lima, collecting remotely sensed data within the scope of Project RIVEAL. The collected high-resolution imagery will provide details of the fluvial vegetation mosaic in different wavelengths for mapping and quantifying key ecosystem...
Read MoreJune 25, 2020 The paper “Functional Diversity of Riparian Woody Vegetation Is Less Affected by River Regulation in the Mediterranean Than Boreal Region” has been published on Frontiers in Plant Science journal (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science). The study is a comparative investigation of the functional diversity patterns of riparian woody vegetation to streamflow regulation in boreal Sweden and...
Read MoreMay 08, 2020 The paper “Global overview of ecosystem services provided by riparian vegetation” has been published on BioScience journal (https://academic.oup.com/bioscience). The study is an overview of ecosystem services provided by riparian vegetation, describing their characteristics and ranking the importance of each service. It also introduces a guided framework for use in riparian vegetation management...
Read MoreMarch 27, 2020 The paper “Carbon Stock Estimation in a Mediterranean Riparian Forest” has been published on the Special Issue Spatial and Temporal patterns of Riparian Forests and Ecosystem Services of the MDPI journal Forests (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/Riparian_Forests). The study was part of the RIPCARBON project and Activity 4 of the RIVEAL project – “Carbon sequestration –...
Read MoreMarch 12, 2020 On the 2nd and 3rd of March 2020, team members of the RIVEAL project attended the International Seminar on Environment and Society: current challenges and pathways to change, in Lisbon, Portugal, and participated with a communication titled “Projeto RIVEAL: os desafios de avaliar os serviços de ecossistema culturais numa relação complexa entre...
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2020 From the 27th to 31st January 2020, the RIVEAL project was represented by one of its team members in the advanced course on “The use of Trait Based approaches in Community Ecology and Stress Ecology”, in Coimbra, Portugal. The course was organized by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, and...
Read MoreDecember 10, 2019 Francisca Aguiar is proposing a special Issue ‘Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Ecosystem Services of Riparian Forests’ in the open access journal Forests (ISSN 1999-4907, IF=2.116). You can see further details here: The submission deadline is 20 February 2020. Special Issue Information Riparian forests are multifunctional ecotones that generate a large range...
Read MoreNovember 7, 2019 The Riveal website is a dissemination tool intended to exhibit the development and outcomes of the Riveal project.
Read MoreNovember 7, 2019 A general meeting of the RIVEAL project took place at Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, to discuss the working progress and results of the first year. This general meeting was attended by all project partners and intended to discuss the achievement of the proposed activities in the course the first year of the...
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2019 The first Workshop of the RIVEAL project took place at Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal. This meeting intended to present the project to the science community, water managers and decision makers, and general population. Herein, Francisca Aguiar presented the RIVEAL project in general while the remaining speakers talked about specific topics that...
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