The main objective of the BARRiEr project is to deepen our understanding of the physicochemical and hydrodynamic processes of the Guadalquivir River Estuary (GRE) and the relationship with its biodiversity and the coastal ecosystems of the Gulf of Cádiz.
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The Guadalquivir River Estuary is still under stress due to:
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Anthropogenic activities such as the reduction of freshwater discharge and periodic dredging
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Alterations in biogeochemical and hydrodynamic processes driven by climate change
To build the analysis capacity for improving the resilience capacity of the GRE, BARRiER will answer Research Questions such as:
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(1) How will turbidity episodes, the advance of the saline wedge, the renewal capacity of the estuary, water mass quality, and anthropogenic actions affect biodiversity?
(2) What types of adaptation/mitigation strategies can be implemented to build resilience capacity in the Guadalquivir Estuary? -
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To model the hydromorphodynamic and physicochemical processes of the estuary.
S02
To analyze the impact of water quality, environmental conditions and anthropogenic actions.
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To diagnose the evolution of the non-linear dynamic coupled ecosystem.
S04
To forecast the hydromorphodynamic, physicochemical processes.
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To propose a series of pathways for improving the resilience of water mass and food web.
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WP1
Modelling the hydromorphodynamic processes.
WP2
Analysis of functional relationships between water quality and environmental variables and coupled ecosystem biodiversity.
WP3
Diagnosis of the evolution and trend of the coupled ecosystem and identification of the environmental circumstances of relevant events.
WP4
Short- to medium-term forecasting model for the quantification of the biodiversity indexes of WP2.
WP5
Includes the dissemination activities.
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