Research Outcomes - damiavericat

RECENT PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
(Sorted in inverse chronological order. Only publications during the period 2011-2015 are listed)

Lobera, G., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, J.A., Tena A. (2015). Sediment transport in two mediterranean regulated rivers. Science of The Total Environment. In Press, Corrected Proof. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.018

Tuset, J. Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2015): Rainfall, runoff and sediment transport in a Mediterranean mountainous catchment. Science of The Total Environment. In Press, Corrected Proof. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.075

Buendia, C., Bussi, G., Tuset, J., Vericat, D., Sabater, S., Palau, A., Batalla, R.J. (2015): Effects of afforestation on runoff and sediment load in an upland Mediterranean catchment. Science of the Total Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.005.

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.

Buendia, C., Vericat, D.,Batalla, R.J., Gibbins, C.N. (2014): Temporal dynamics of sediment transport and transient in-channel storage in a highly erodible catchment. Land Degradation & Development, DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2348.

Tena, A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2014): Suspended sediment dynamics during flushing flows in a large impounded river (the lower River Ebro). Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12): 2057-2069.

Bronstert, A., de Araújo, J.C., Batalla, R.J., Cunha-Costa, A., Delgado, J.M., Francke, T., Foerster, S., Güntner, A., López-Tarazón, J.A., Mamede, G.L., Medeiros, P.H., Mueller, E.N., Vericat, D. (2014): Process-based modelling of erosion, sediment transport and reservoir siltation in meso-scale semi-arid catchments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12): 2001-2018.

Vericat, D., Smith, M., Brasington, J. (2014): Patterns of topographic change in sub-humid badlands determined by high resolution multi-temporal topographic surveys. Catena, 120: 164-176.

López, R., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2014): Evaluation of bed load transport formulae in a large regulated gravel bed river: The lower Ebro (NE Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Hydrology, 510, 164-1281.

Buendia, C., Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2014): Effects of flow and fine sediment dynamics on the turnover of stream invertebrate assemblages. Ecohydrology, 7(4): 1105-1123.

Williams, R. D., Brasington, J., Vericat, D., Hicks, D. M. (2014): Hyperscale terrain modelling of braided rivers: fusing mobile terrestrial laser scanning and optical bathymetric mapping. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 39(2): 167-183.

Smith, M., Vericat, D. (2014): Evaluatingshallow-water bathymetry from through-water terrestrial laser scanning under arange of hydraulic and physical water quality conditions. River Researtch and Applications, 30(7): 905-924.

Tena, A., Książek, L., Vericat, D. and Batalla, R. J. (2013): Assessing the geomorphic effects of a flushing flow in a large regulated river. River Res. Applic. 29:876-890.

Williams, R. D., Brasington, J., Hicks, D. M., Measures, R., Rennie, C.D., Vericat, D. (2013): Hydraulic validation of two-dimensional simulations of braided river flow with spatially continuous aDcp data. Water Resources Research , 49(9): 5183-5205.

Buendia, C., Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2013): Reach and catchment-scale influences on invertebrate assemblages in a river with naturally high fine sediment loads. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 43(5): 362-370.

Wheaton, J., Brasington, J., Darby, S.E., Karsprak, A., Sear, D., Vericat D. (2013): Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel-bed river. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118(2): 758-779.

Buendia, C., Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Douglas, A. (2013): Detecting the structural and functional impacts of fine sediment on stream invertebrates. Ecological Indicators, 25: 184-196.

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.

Tena, A., Batalla, R. J., Vericat, D. (2012): Reach-scale suspended sediment balance downstream from dams in a large Mediterranean river. Hydrological Sciences Journal, doi: 10.1080/02626667.2012.681784.

Rychkov, I., Brasington, J., Vericat D. (2012): Computational and methodological aspects of terrestrial surface analysis based on point clouds. Computers & Geosciences, 42, 64-70.

Smith, M., Vericat, D., Gibbins, C. (2012): Through-water terrestrial laser scanning of gravel beds at the patch scale. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(4): 411-421.

López-Tarazón, J.A., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., Franke, T. (2011): The sediment budget of a highly dynamic mesoscale catchment: the River Isábena. Geomorphology (accepted, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.020).

Buendia, C., Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, J., Batalla, R.J. (2011): Influence of Naturally High Fine Sediment Loads on Aquatic Insect Larvae in a Montane River. Scottish Geographical Journal, 127(4), 315-334.

Williams, R., Brasington, J., Vericat, D., Hicks, M., Labrosse, F., Neal, M. 2011. Monitoring Braided River Change Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Optical Bathymetric Mapping, In: Mike J. Smith, Paolo Paron and James S. Griffiths, Editor(s), Developments in Earth Surface Processes, Elsevier, 2011, Volume 15, Pages 507-532.

Petrovic, M., Ginebreda, A., Acuña, V., Batalla, R.J., Elosegi, A., Guasch, H., López de Alda, M., Marcé, R., Muñoz, I., Navarro-Ortega, A., Navarro, E., Vericat, D., Sabater, S., Barceló, D. (2011): Combined scenarios of chemical and ecological quality under water scarcity in Mediterranean rivers. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 30(8), 1269-1278.
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.

Tena, A., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. and López-Tarazón, J.A. (2011): Suspended sediment dynamics in a large regulated river over a 10-year period (the lower Ebro, NE Iberian Peninsula). Geomorphology, 125(1), 73-84.

López-Tarazón, J.A., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. (2011): In-channel sediment storage in a highly erodible catchment: the River Isábena (Ebro Basin, Southern Pyrenees). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 55(3), 3, DOI 10.1127/0372-8854/2011/0045

Batalla, R.J. and Vericat, D. (2011): A Review of Sediment Quantity Issues: Examples from the River Ebro and Adjacent Basins (Northeastern Spain). Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 7(2), 256–268.

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

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.