GRECO-UdG

Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Thrilled to share our new article published in Hydrobiologia!🎉

We found that hydrological connectivity, rather than pond age, was the key driver of community assembly in coastal ponds.

Many thanks to the co-authors🙌🏻

📃: doi.org/10.1007/s107...

@iea-udg.bsky.social @greco-udg.bsky.social

📢 Us convidem a la lectura de la tesi doctoral

Integrating Ecological Complexity and Physiological Traits into Environmental Risk Assessments

Per Amina Khalid

🗓️ 5 de setembre de 2025 · 11.00 h
📍 Aula Magna, Facultat de Ciències
👉 També on-line: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

🚨 New paper out! 🚨
📍 In our latest "Diversity and Distributions" study, led by Ismael Soto, we reveal that over 1,200 non-native species are already established across the Iberian Peninsula
📄 Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
#invasivespecies

Degrading Waterscapes and Decaying Diversities: Assessing Habitat Loss and Fragmentation Consequences on Simulated Diversity Patterns Across European Freshwater Ecoregions Aim Aquatic landscapes face severe threats from human activities propelling their deterioration. Waterscape degradation represents a main driver of the current diversity crisis, but its large-scale ...

📢Amazing August news 📢
Our final work within the #Ponderful project was published in #GlobalEcology&Biogeography journal. We explore the link between waterscape degradation and diversity decay trends using satellite images and metacommunity stimulations! 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas The Girona urban landscape and Natura 2000 habitats map (1:10.000) was generated with data from photointerpretation and fieldwork. We mapped 118 CORINE habitats and identified 15 Habitats of Commun...

📢 #GiroNat is out in @journalofmaps.bsky.social
📃 Habitats of Girona (Catalonia): urban landscape and Natura 2000 areas
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Invasive mosquitofish impact a threatened toothcarp through water quality impairment and resource competition Invasive non-native species are an important cause of biodiversity loss, particularly in fresh waters. The mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki are among the world’s worst invasive species: they have cause...

An experiment into the impacts of the invasive mosquitofish on the threatened Spanish toothcarp reveal that water quality impairment and resource competition are significant factors.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...

@irene-gil-luna.bsky.social ‬ @garciaberthou.bsky.social

Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social
#academicjobs

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084

Figure 5. Violin plots with the kernel probability densities of the total length of toothcarp (A) and mosquitofish (B) by sex at the start (30 May 2022) and the end (14 July) of the experiment. The six treatments were: toothcarp at low density (T_low); mosquitofish at low density (M_low); toothcarp at high density (T_high); mosquitofish at high density (M_high); toothcarp and mosquitofish at high densities together (Mixed); and toothcarp and mosquitofish at high densities separated with a net (Net).

The experiment also demonstrated that the interspecific effects of mosquitofish on toothcarp were more important than those of intraspecific competition. The invasive species produced effects on population growth rate, size structure, and fish condition (mass-length relationship) of toothcarp.

Figure 6. Relationship between total mass and total length (condition) for toothcarp at the end of the experiment by treatment and sex. The linear regression functions are shown. The six treatments were: toothcarp at low density (T_low); mosquitofish at low density (M_low); toothcarp at high density (T_high); mosquitofish at high density (M_high); toothcarp and mosquitofish at high densities together (Mixed); and toothcarp and mosquitofish at high densities separated with a net (Net).

The diversity of effects of mosquitofish underscores the difficulty of predicting the impact of #bioinvasions. We further provide an approach to differentiate the effects of resource competition from other more direct ecological interactions & so to clarify the impact mechanism of #bioinvasions. 🌎

Proud of this #OpenAccess paper where we experimentally show that invasive Gambusia impacts a threatened cyprinodontiform fish through water quality degradation and competition. Led by @irene-gil-luna.bsky.social, Lluís Zamora and myself @greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social. #bioinvasions

How is soil functioning shaped by aridity? 🌲🌵 We studied this along a natural aridity gradient.

📌 Microbial structure shifted with aridity, but soil functions were mainly driven by local soil properties.

📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

Huge thanks to all coauthors 🫶

Insightful talk today by @oldenfish.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social at @iea-udg.bsky.social @univgirona.bsky.social on bounty programs as a management strategy for native and non-native species

Wonderful to be able to spend some time at @iea-udg.bsky.social at @univgirona.bsky.social with my host and friend @garciaberthou.bsky.social. Looking forward to my seminar in a few hours!

Thrilled to coauthor this study in Limnology & Oceanography.
🎯 We studied how plastics and bioplastics affect microbial communities and ecosystem function in a pristine mountain stream.
Read it here 📖: doi.org/10.1002/lno....
@iea-udg.bsky.social @greco-udg.bsky.social

Si esteu prop de #Girona i us interessa l’ecologia, les espècies invasores o els peixos continentals, no us es perdeu aquest seminari d’en Julian Olden (“highly cited researcher”) aquest dijous 26 de juny

📢 Aquest dijous tenim seminari amb el Dr. Julian D. Olden (University of Washington), expert en conservació d’ecosistemes d’aigua dolça.
🔗 Més info: www.oldenfish.com
📅 26 de juny · 🕧 12:30 h
📍 Aula Magna, Facultat de Ciències, UdG
@greco-udg.bsky.social

Yesterday the @iea-udg.bsky.social PhD students where at @jodocudg.bsky.social

Anna Doménech-Pascual, presentant:

SOIL MICROBIAL FUNCTIONS AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS

Yesterday the @iea-udg.bsky.social PhD students where at @jodocudg.bsky.social

Anna Equisuany Ruiz, presentant:

THE ROLE OF CONNECTIVITY IN SHAPING METACOMMUNITY BIODIVERSITY

Carlos Durán Ruiz, presentant:

USING A STEREO-VIDEO SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI AND APHANIUS IBERUS.

Fiona Corominas Godori, presentant:

THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF NATURAL HABITATS IN URBAN AND PERIURBAN AREAS OF GIRONA.

Joan Ferriol-Ciurana, presentant:

MICROBIAL HETEROTROPHIC FUNCTIONING RESPONSES TO NATURAL SALINITY FLUCTUATIONS IN HYPERSALINE WATERS

Today the @iea-udg.bsky.social PhD students where at @jodocudg.bsky.social

Dani Boix is showing the role of spatial modularity and environmental factors determining metacommunity richness #funMETANET

@jordi-bou.bsky.social is presenting how the metacommunity perspective can be aplied on renaturing urban freshwater ecosystems #GiroNat

This week the @greco-udg.bsky.social team is at @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social showing our reserch

Luis Martin is presenting the urban effect on freshwater ecosystems #GiroNat

Fiona Corominas is showing the first results of its PhD about the urban effect on vegetation #GiroNat