Maria Fernandez

University of Oviedo | UNIOVI · Institute of Natural Resources and Territorial Planning (INDUROT)

Valuing the benefits of conserving river corridors is essential to recognize the contribution of this natural capital to our well-being. This study aims to quantify the economic value of welfare improvements from the restoration of Atlantic River corridor habitats in Natura 2000 Network sites in the northwest Iberian Peninsula included in the LIFE...

In environmental restoration, evaluating the effect of control actions on alien species is essential for a correct assessment of the success of the restoration. A simple method for the evaluation of the dynamics of alien plants after manual and mechanical control in restored areas is proposed in this work. This method is based on the cover-abundanc...

El tratamiento experimental de Eucalyptus globulus se realizó sobre cuatro parcelas con diferentes técnicas. En tres de ellas se cubrieron los tocones de árboles recién talados con lona negra hasta la base del tocón, en dos de estas se aplicaron previamente diferentes salmueras en la sección de los troncos (sal con agua en una y sal con agua y con...

Alien and invasive plants are one of the mayor threats for the alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) (priority habitat 91E0*) of NW of the Iberian Peninsula river corridors. A correct management is required to improve the actual conservation status of this riparian habitat. The ai...

Material docente sobre el que basar los cursos y jornadas de capacitación técnica sobre corredores fluviales para personal técnico administraciones, agentes protección naturaleza y ONG. Comentando además las actuaciones del proyecto LIFE Fluvial de mejora y gestión sostenible de corredores fluviales de la Región Atlántica Ibérica.

Streambed mobility in gravel-bed rivers is largely controlled by the rate at which particles with different grain sizes are recruited from the riverbed into the bed load. In this paper, we present a study case in which we explored this question, based on combining field observations using painted plots and the grain size analysis of a large flood s...

River corridors are subject to numerous pressures such as invasive species, plant diseases, intensification of uses, artificial structures and activities, etc. These pressures affect their functions as reservoirs of diversity of flora and fauna species, flood peak damping, hydrological cycle regulators and ecosystem service providers. Edaphological...

River corridors are fundamental elements for the protection of biodiversity. They are ecological connectors, water regulators and are related to several ecosystem services. LIFE Fluvial project aims to improve the grade of conservation of the river corridors in Natura 2000 network of several Atlantic basins of the NW of the Iberian Peninsula. Vario...

Identificación, control y manejo de especies alóctonas sin la aplicación de productos químicos en los sistemas ribereños.

The river channel in the Esva basin, a coastal catchment of the Cantabrian region (Northwest of Spain), has experienced a slight active channelwidth decrease from 1957 to 1985 (<1%) and more important decrease (close to 13%) from 1985 to 2003. This trend is well related to the main changes in the forest cover, which also increases slightly from 195...

Fluvial systems draining the northern watershed of Cantabrian mountains (NW Spain) are characterized by short paths and steep slopes. During the last decades, the morphology of the river channel has experienced several changes: riverbed's incision, channel narrowing, vegetal colonization, loss of active gravels and abandonment of secondary channels...

Fluvial corridors are fundamental ecological elements of connection between mountain areas and lowlands including the coast. They are essential for the mobility and dispersal of numerous species, favoring the plant and animal species genetic exchange between populations. Fluvial corridors are areas of interest for the networks of protected spaces c...

Los ríos que fluyen por las cuencas septentrionales de la Cordillera Cantábrica (noroeste de España), caracterizados por cortos recorridos y elevados gradientes de pendiente, han experimentado durante los últimos años cambios en su morfología. Al igual que otras regiones montañosas de España y Europa, la tendencia observada es hacia la incisión ver...

In March 6th 2009 a flood event occurred in the lower course of the Sella River (Asturias), whose extension was mapped through field work. Data from the nearest SAICA station enables to assign a recurrence around 3 years to this flood event. In the study area a flood-hazard cartography is available since 2004 that is elaborated with geomorphologica...

In March 6th 2009 a flood event occurred in the lower course of the Sella River (Asturias), whose extension was mapped through field work. Data from the nearest SAICA station enables to assign a recurrence around 3 years to this flood event. In the study area a flood-hazard cartography is available since 2004 that is elaborated with geomorphologica...

The anthropic changes in floodplains are very frequent, moreover in an abrupt orography such as the Asturian region where these nearly flat surfaces for the population to settle are very rare. Industrial estates, linear infrastructures and recently created constructions are developed in these floodable areas, changing water course dynamics and floo...

Rivers are very dynamic systems that undergo changes by either natural origin or human origin through their evolution. In this paper, changes that had taken place during the last 50 years in 82 km of previously selected Cantabrian rivers are analysed. These changes had been classified depending on the variation of the river channel width and of its...