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Application of the physical habitat simulation for fish species to assess environmental flows in an Atlantic Forest Stream in South-eastern Brazil

da Costa, Marcus Rodrigues; Mattos, Tailan Moretti; Fernandes, Victor Hugo; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Araujo, Francisco Gerson (Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 2015-10)

The physical habitat simulation sub-routine of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) uses hydraulic modeling and suitability indices of target fish species to predict how differences in-stream flows affect the ...
Assessing hydromorphological and floristic patterns along a regulated Mediterranean river: The Serpis River (Spain)

Garófano-Gómez, Virginia; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Peredo Parada, Matías Manuel; Olaya Marín, Esther Julia; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Soares Costa, Rui Manuel; Pinar Arenas, José Luis (Asociación Ibérica de Limnología, 2011)

[EN] In the European context, several methodologies have been developed to assess the ecological status and, specifically, the hydromorphological status of running surface waters. Although these methodologies have been ...
Assessment of brown trout habitat suitability in the Jucar River Basin (SPAIN): Comparison of data-driven approaches with fuzzy-logic models and univariate suitability curves

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Schneider, Matthias; Mouton, Ans M. (Elsevier, 2012)

The implementation of the Water Framework Directive implies the determination of an environmental flow (E-flow) in each running water body. In Spain, many of the minimum flow assessments were determined with the physical ...
Can multilayer perceptron ensembles model the ecological niche of freshwater fish species?

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Alcaraz-Hernández, Juan Diego; Mouton, A. M. (Elsevier, 2015-08-10)

The potential of Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) Ensembles to explore the ecology of freshwater fish specieswas tested by applying the technique to redfin barbel (Barbus haasi Mertens, 1925), an endemic and mon-tane species ...
Combining literature-based and data-driven fuzzy models to predict brown trout (salmo trutta l.) spawning habitat degradation induced by climate change

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Marcos-García, Patricia; Lopez-Nicolas,A.; Martínez-García, F.J.; Pulido-Velazquez, M.; Martinez-Capel, Francisco (Elsevier, 2018)

[EN] A fuzzy rule-based system combining empirical data on hydraulic preferences and literature information on temperature requirements was used to foresee the brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) spawning habitat degradation ...
Comparing four methods for decision-tree induction: a case study on the invasive Iberian gudgeon (Gobio lozanoi; Doadrio & Madeira, 2004)

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Fukuda, Shinji; Vezza, Paolo; Martinez-Capel, Francisco (Elsevier, 2016)

The invasion of freshwater ecosystems is a particularly alarming phenomenon in the Iberian Peninsula. Habitat suitability modelling is a proficient approach to extract knowledge about species ecology and to guide adequate ...
Comparison of approaches for the development of microhabitat suitability models based on fuzzy logic

Muñoz Mas, Rafael (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-04-24)

[ES] La trucha comun (Salmo trutta L.) ha sido utilizada como indicador del estado ecológico. Los modelos de hábitat evaluan la idoneidad del hábitat en base a las condiciones físicas como por ejemplo la velocidad del flujo ...
Desarrollo de modelos de idoneidad de hábitat para la trucha balcánica (Salmo fariodes, Karaman) y estimación de caudales ecológicos en ríos de montaña de Grecia

Papadaki, Christina; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Ntoanidis, Lazaros; Martínez Capel, Francisco; Zogaris, Stamatis; Dimitriou, Elias (Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, 2015)

[EN] Esta investigación, enmarcada en el proyecto ECOFLOW (Grecia), está enfocada a la estimación de caudales ecológicos en ríos de Grecia. La alteración hidrológica y la degradación de los hábitats fluviales han ...
Determination of environmental flows in rivers using an integrated hydrological-hydrodynamic-habitat modelling approach

Stamou, A.; Polydera, A.; Papadonikolaki, G.; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Papadaki, Christina; Zogaris, Stamatis; Bui, M.D.; Rutschmann, P.; Dimitriou, Elias (Elsevier, 2018)

[EN] We propose the novel integrated modelling procedure 3H-EMC for the determination of the environmental flow in rivers and streams; 3H-EMC combines Hydrological, Hydrodynamic and Habitat modelling with the use of the ...
Determining the macroinvertebrate community indicators and relevant environmental predictors of the Hun-Tai River Basin (Northeast China): A study based on community patterning

Zhang, Min; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Qu, Xiaodong; Zhang, Haiping; Peng, Wenqi; Liu, Xiaobo (Elsevier, 2018-09)

[EN] It is essential to understand the patterning of biota and environmental influencing factors for proper rehabilitation and management at the river basin scale. The Hun-Tai River Basin was extensively sampled four times ...
Estimación de caudales ecológicos basada en simulación del hábitat físico en un pequeño río del sudeste de Brasil

Da Costa, M.R.; Moretti Mattos, T.; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Fernandes, V.H.; Aráujo, F.G. (Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, 2015)

El método de simulación del hábitat físico, integrado en el marco de la metodología IFIM (Instream Flow Incremental Methodology) y en otros marcos metodológicos hoy día, utiliza variables hidráulicas e índices de idoneidad ...
Evaluación del hábitat de peces nativos en un tramo del río Júcar bajo diversos escenarios de cambio climático

Santiago Bazan, Frank (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-23)

[ES] El cambio climático ejerce influencia sobre la hidrosfera y la biosfera en diferentes escalas espaciales, generando modificaciones en los procesos hidrológicos a nivel de cuenca. Estas alteraciones, a su vez, repercuten ...
Exploring the key drivers of riparian woodland successional pathways across three European river reaches

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Garófano-Gómez, Virginia; Andrés Doménech, Ignacio; Corenblit, D.; Egger, Gregory; Francés, F.; Ferreira, M.T.; García-Arias, Alicia; Politti, E.; Rivaes, R.; Rodríguez González, P.; Steiger, J.; Vallés-Morán, F. J.; Martinez-Capel, Francisco (John Wiley & Sons, 2017-12)

[EN] Climate change and river regulation are negatively impacting riparian vegetation. To evaluate these impacts, process-based models are preferred over data-driven approaches. However, they require extensive knowledge ...
Fish community responses to antecedent hydrological conditions based on long-term data in Mediterranean river basins (Iberian Peninsula)

Fornaroli, R.; Muñoz-Mas, R.; Martinez-Capel, Francisco (Elsevier, 2020-08-01)
Generalized additive and fuzzy models in environmental flow assessment: A comparison employing the West Balkan trout (Salmo farioides; Karaman, 1938)

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Papadaki, Christina; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Zogaris, Stamatis; Ntoanidis, Lazaros; Dimitriou, Elias (Elsevier, 2016-06)

Human activities have altered flow regimes resulting in increased pressures and threats on river biota. Physical habitat simulation has been established as a standard approach among the methods for Environmental Flow ...
Generalized additive models to predict adult and young brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758) densities in Mediterranean rivers

Alcaraz-Hernández, Juan Diego; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Garófano-Gómez, Virginia; Vezza, Paolo (Wiley: 12 months, 2016-02)

Habitat suitability models (HSM) are concerned with the abundance or distribution of species as a consequence of interactions with the physical environment. Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) were used to model brown trout ...
Habitat evaluation for the endangered fish species Lefua echigonia in the Yagawa River, Japan

De-Miguel-Gallo, M.; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Aihara, S.; Matsuzawa, Y.; Fukuda, S. (Taylor & Francis, 2019-05-31)

[EN] Spring-fed streams in Tokyo are important habitats for various aquatic species, whereas urbanization as well as introduction of invasive species is threatening the sustainability of such aquatic ecosystems. This study ...
Habitat suitability modelling at mesohabitat scale and effects of dam operation on the endangered Júcar nase, Parachondrostoma arrigonis (River Cabriel, Spain)

Soares Costa, Rui Manuel; Martinez-Capel, Francisco; Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Alcaraz-Hernández, Juan Diego; Garófano-Gómez, Virginia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)

Habitat degradation has reduced the complexity of the Mediterranean streams in Spain and contributed to decreasing the historical range of the endangered Júcar nase, Parachondrostoma arrigonis. This species is endemic to ...
Investigating the influence of habitat structure and hydraulics on tropical macroinvertebrate communities

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Sánchez-Hernández, Javier; McClain, Michael; Tamatamah, Rashid; Mukama, Shelard Chilemeji; Martinez-Capel, Francisco (Elsevier, 2019)

[EN] The influences of habitat structure and hydraulics on tropical macroinvertebrate communities were investigated in two foothill rivers of the Udzungwa Mountains (United Republic of Tanzania) to assist future Environmental ...
Microhabitat competition between Iberian fish species and the endangered Júcar nase (Parachondrostoma arrigonis; Steindachner, 1866)

Muñoz Mas, Rafael; Soares Costa, Rui Manuel; Alcaraz-Hernández, Juan Diego; Martinez-Capel, Francisco (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

[EN] Competition with invasive species is recognized as having a major impact on biodiversity conservation. The upper part of the Cabriel River (Eastern Iberian Peninsula) harbours the most important population of the Júcar ...