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RECENT PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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(Sorted in inverse chronological order. Only publications during the period 2015-2019 are listed)

• Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Pereira, P. (2019): Mapping Water and Sediment Connectivity. Science of The Total Environment, 673: 763-767.
  • Llena, M., Vericat, D., Cavalli, M., Crema, S., Smith, M.W. (2019): The effects of land use and topographic changes on sediment connectivity in mountain catchments. Science of The Total Environment, 660: 899-912. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.479
  • Cucchiaro, S., Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Crema, S., Llena, M., Beinat, A., Marchi, L., Cazorzi, F. (2019). Geomorphic effectiveness of check dams in a debris-flow catchment using multi-temporal topographic surveys. Catena, 174: 73-83.
  • Heckmann, T., Cavalli, M., Cerdan, O., Foerster, S., Javaux, M., Lode, E., Smetanová, A., Vericat, D., Brardinoni, F. (2019): Indices of sediment connectivity: opportunities, challenges and limitations. Earth-Science Reviews, 187: 77-108.
  • Cucchiaro, S., Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Crema, S., Llena, M., Beinat, A., Marchi, L., Cazorzi, F. (2018). Monitoring topographic changes through 4D-structure-from-motion photogrammetry: Application to a debris-flow channel.Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(18) doi:10.1007/s12665-018-7817-4.
  • Llena, M., Vericat, D., Martínez-Casasnovas, J. A. (2018). Application of structure from motion (SfM) algorithms for the historical analysis of changes in fluvial geomorphology. Cuaternario y Geomorfologia, 32(1-2): 53-73.
  • Llena, M., Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Crema, S. (2018). Assessing changes in landscape associated to anthropic disturbances by means of the application of structure from motion photogrammetry using historical aerial imagery. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 46: 74-81.
  • Béjar, M., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Gibbins, C.N. (2018): Variation in flow and suspended sediment transport in a montane river affected by hydropeaking and instream mining. Geomorphology, 310(1): 69-83.
  • Batalla, R.J., Iroumé, A., Hernández, M., Llena, M., Mazzorana, B., Vericat, D. (2018): Recent geomorphological evolution of a natural river channel in a Mediterranean Chilean basin. Geomorphology, 303, 322-337.
  • Heckmann, T., Vericat, D. (2018): Computing spatially distributed sediment delivery ratios: inferring functional sediment connectivity from repeat high-resolution digital elevation models. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4334.
  • Marteau, B., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., Gibbins, C. (2018): Asynchronicity of fine sediment supply and its effects on transport and storage in a regulated river. Journal of Soils and Sediments https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1911-1
  • Béjar, M., Vericat, D., Nogales, I., Gallart, F., Batalla, R.J. (2018): Efectos de las extracciones de áridos sobre el transporte de sedimentos en suspensión en ríos de montaña (alto río Cinca, Pirineo Central). Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 44(2), 641-658.
  • Lobera, G., Andrés-Domenech, I., López-Tarazón, JA., Millán-Romero, P., Vallés-Morán, F., Vericat, D., Batalla, RJ. (2017): Bed disturbance below dams: observations from two Mediterranean rivers. Land Degradation and Development, 28: 2493-251.
  • Marteau, B., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., Gibbins, C. (2017): The importance of a small, ephemeral tributary for sediment dynamics in a main-stem river (Ehen, NW England). River Research and Applications, 33, 10, 1564-1574.
  • Béjar, M., Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2017): Effects of Suspended Sediment Transport on Invertebrate Drift. River Research and Applications, 33(10): 1655-1666.
  • Vericat, D, Wheaton, J., Brasington, J. (2017): Revisiting the Morphological Approach: Opportunities and Challenges with Repeat High-Resolution Topography. In: Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters, Chapter: 5, Publisher: Wiley, Editors: Daizo Tsutsumi, Jonathan B. Laronne, pp.121-158.
  • Rennie, C., Vericat, D., Williams, R.D., Brasington, J., Hicks, M. (2017): Calibration of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Apparent Bedload Velocity to Bedload Transport Rate. In: Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters, Chapter: 8, Publisher: Wiley, Editors: Daizo Tsutsumi, Jonathan B. Laronne, pp.209-235.
  • Herrero, A., Buendía, C., Bussi, G., Sabater, S., Vericat, D., Palau, A., & Batalla, R. J. (2017): Modeling the sedimentary response of a large Pyrenean basin to global change. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 1-14.
  • Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Buendia, C. (2016): Which variables should be used to link invertebrate drift to river hydraulic conditions?. Fundamental and Applied Limnology Volume, 187(3): 191-205
• Tena, A., Vericat, D., Gonzalo, L.E., Batalla, R.J. (2016): Spatial and temporal dynamics of macrophyte cover in a large regulated river. Journal of Environmental Management. pp. 1 - 13.
  • Ruhí, A., Muñoz, I., Tornés, E., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., Ponsatí, L., Acuña, V., von Schiller, D., Marcé, R., Bussi, G., Francés, F., Sabater, S. (2016): Flow regulation increases food-chain length through omnivory mechanisms in a Mediterranean river network. Freshwater Biology, 61(9): 1536-1549.
  • Marteau, B., Vericat, D., Gibbins, C., Batalla, R.J., Green, D.R. (2016): Application of Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry to river restoration. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 10.1002/esp.4086.
  • Lobera G., Muñoz I., López-Tarazón JA., Vericat D., Ramon RJ (2016): Effects of flow regulation on river bed dynamics and invertebrate communities in a Mediterranean River. Hydrobiologia, 784: 283-304.
  • Piqué, G., Vericat, D., Sabater., Batalla, R.J. (2016): Effects of biofilm on river-bed scour. Science of the Total Environment, 572: 1033-1046.
  • Lobera, G., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, J.A., Tena A. (2016): Sediment transport in two mediterranean regulated rivers. Science of The Total Environment, 540: 101-113.
  • Tuset, J. Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2016): Rainfall, runoff and sediment transport in a Mediterranean mountainous catchment. Science of The Total Environment, 540: 114-132.
  • Buendia, C., Bussi, G., Tuset, J., Vericat, D., Sabater, S., Palau, A., Batalla, R.J. (2016): Effects of afforestation on runoff and sediment load in an upland Mediterranean catchment. Science of the Total Environment, 540: 144-157.
  • Tuset, J., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2015): Morpho-sedimentary evolution of the middle-course reaches of the Segre River. Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica 14(1): 23-62.
  • López, R., Vericat, D., & Batalla, R. J. (2015). Assessment of Bed Load Transport Formula for an Armoured Gravel-Bed River. Water Technology and Sciences, 6(2), 5-20.
  • Quinlan, E., Gibbins, C.N., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. (2015): A review of the physical habitat requirements and research priorities needed to underpin conservation of the endangered freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 25(1): 107-124.
  • Quinlan, E., Gibbins, C.N., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. (2015): Impacts of Small Scale Flow Regulation on Sediment Dynamics in an Ecologically Important Upland River. Environmental Management, 55(3): 671-686.
  • López, R., Vericat, D., Batalla, R. J. (2015): Assessment of Bed Load Transport Formula for an Armoured Gravel-Bed River. Water Technology and Sciences (in Spanish), 6(2), 5-20.
  • Smith, M., Vericat, D. (2015): From experimental plots to experimental landscapes: topography, erosion anddeposition in sub-humid badlands from Structure-from-Motionphotogrammetry. Earth Surface Processes adn Landforms, 40(12): 1656-1671.
  • Williams, R. D., Rennie, C., Brasington, J., Hicks, D. M., Vericat, D. (2015): Linking the spatial distribution of bed load transport to morphological change during high-flow events in a shallow braided river. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120(3): 604-622.
  • Lobera, G., Besné, P., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, J., Tena, A., Aristi, I., Díez, J.R., Ibisate, A., Larrañaga, A., Elosegi, A., Batalla, R.J. (2015): Geomorphic status of regulated rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. Science of The Total Environment, 508: 101-114.

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

• Vericat, D, Wheaton, J., Brasington, J. (2017): Revisiting the Morphological Approach: Opportunities and Challenges with Repeat High-Resolution Topography. In: Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters, Chapter: 5, Publisher: Wiley, Editors: Daizo Tsutsumi, Jonathan B. Laronne, pp.121-158.
• Vericat D., Smith, M., Brasington,J., (2013): Patterns of erosion and deposition in badlands determined by high resolution event-scale topographic surveys. Catena (accepted).
• Brasington,J., Vericat D., Rychkov, I. (2012): Modeling river bed morphology, roughness, and surface sedimentology using high resolution terrestrial laser scanning. Water Resour. Res., 48 (11), doi:10.1029/2012WR012223.
• Batalla, R.J. and Vericat D. (2011): An appraisal of the contemporary sediment yield in the Ebro Basin. Journal of Soils and Sediments 11, 1070–1081.
• Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2010): Sediment transport from continuous monitoring in a perennial Mediterranean stream. Catena, 82, 77-86.
• Batalla, R.J. and Vericat, D. (2009): Hydrological and sediment transport dynamics of flushing flows: implications for river management in large Mediterranean Rivers. River Research and Applications, 25(3), 297-314.
• Vericat, D., Brasington, J., Wheaton, J. and Cowie, M. (2009): Accuracy Assessment of Aerial Photographs Acquired using Lighter-Than-Air Blimps: Low-Cost Tools for Mapping River Corridors. River Research and Applications , 25, 985-1000.
• Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D. and Batalla, R.J. (2007): When is stream invertebrate drift catastrophic? The role of hydraulics and sediment transport in initiating drift during flood events. Freshwater Biology 52, 2369-2384.
• Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. and Garcia, C. (2006): Breakup and reestablishment of the armour layer in a large gravel-bed river below dams: the lower Ebro. Geomorphology 76, 122-136..
• Vericat, D., Church, M. and Batalla, R.J. (2006): Bedload bias: Comparison of measurements obtained using two (76 and 152 mm) Helley-Smith samplers in a gravel-bed river. Water Resources Research 42, 1-13.

PATENTS

• Authors: Damia Vericat, Ramon J. Batalla, Chris Gibbins

Title: Portable flume to measure water and sediment flows

Year: 2009

Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas, Ministerio de Industria y Energía, B.O.P.I. de 31/072009

Patent number: D 0507762-01 (1)

The portable flume insitu in the Arbúcies River, Catalunya, Spain.