Outcomes

RECENT SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

(Sorted in inverse chronological order)  

• Carlson, S.M., Ruhí, A., Bogan, M.T., Hazard, C.W., Ayers, J., Grantham, T.H., Batalla, R.J., Garcia, C. (2024): Losing flow in free-flowing Mediterranean-climate streams. Frontiers in the Ecology and the Environment, e2737.

• Montes-Pajuelo, R.; Rodríguez-Pérez, Á.M.; López, R.; Rodríguez, C.A. (2024): Analysis of Probability Distributions for Modelling Extreme Rainfall Events and Detecting Climate Change: Insights from Mathematical and Statistical Methods. Mathematics, 12(7), 1093.

• Rodríguez-Pérez, A.M., Rodríguez-González, C.A., López, R., Hernández-Torres, J.A., Caparrós-Mancera, J.A. (2024): Water Microturbines for Sustainable Applications: Optimization Analysis and Experimental Validation. Water Resources Management, 38, 1011–1025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-023-03706-7.

• Rodríguez, C.A.; Rodríguez-Pérez, Á.M.; López, R.; Hernández-Torres, J.A.; Caparrós-Mancera, J.J. (2023): A Finite Element Method Integrated with Terzaghi’s Principle to Estimate Settlement of a Building Due to Tunnel Construction. Buildings, 13(5): 1343, https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051343.

• Rodríguez González, C.A., Rodríguez-Pérez, Á.M., López, R., Hernández-Torres, J.A., Caparrós-Mancera, J.J. (2023): Sensitivity analysis in mean annual sediment yield modeling with respect to rainfall probability distribution functions. Land, 12(1), 35.

• López, R., Ville, F., Garcia, C., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. (2023): Bed-material entrainment in a mountain river affected by hydropeaking.Science of the Total Environment, 856, 159065. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159065. 

• Balasch, J.C., Calvet, J., Tuset, J. (2023): Reconstrucción post-evento del flash-flood del 1 de septiembre de 2021 en Les Cases d’Alcanar (Tarragona). Ingeniería del agua, 27(1), 29-44. https://doi.org/10.4995/Ia.2023.18535

• Tuset, J., Barriendos, M., Barriendos, J. (2022): Historical Floods on the Spanish Mediterranean Basin: A Methodological Proposal for the Classification of Information at High Spatio–Temporal Resolution—AMICME Database (CE 1035–2022). Land, 11, 2311. https://doi.org/10.3390/land1112231

• Peña, J. C., Balasch, J. C.,Pino, D., Schulte, L., Barriendos, M., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Prohom, M., Tuset, J., Mazon, J., Castelltort, X (2022): Low-Frequency Atmospheric Variability Patterns and Synoptic Types Linked to Large Floods in the Lower Ebro River Basin. Journal of Climate, 35 (8), 2351-2371. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0394.1

• Tuset, J., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2022): Temporal patterns of suspended sediment dynamics in a Mediterranean mountainous catchment. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 64-64, 379-405.

• Vázquez Tarrío, D.; Piqué, G.; Vericat, D.; Batalla, R.J. (2021): The active layer in gravel_bed rivers: An empirical appraisal. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46, 2, 323-343.

• Llena, M.; Smith, M.; Batalla, R.J.; Vericat, D. (2021): Do badlands (always) control sediment yield? Evidence from a small intermittent catchment. Catena, 198, 105015. doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.105015

• Batalla, R.J.; Gibbins, C.N.; Alcázar, J.; Brasington, J.; Buendia, C.; Garcia, C.; Llena, M.; López, R.; Palau, A.; Rennie, C.;Wheaton, J.M.; Vericat, D. (2021): Hydropeaked rivers need attention. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 2, doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abce26.

• Chong, X.Y., Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Teo, F.Y., Lee, K.S.P. (2021): A framework for Hydrological characterisation to support Functional Flows (HyFFlow): Application to a tropical river. Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies, 36, 100838 doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100838

• Chong, X.Y., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Teo, F.Y., Lee, K.S.P., Gibbins, C.N. (2021): A review of the impacts of dams on the hydromorphology of tropical rivers. Science of the Total Environment, 794, 148686, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148686

• Marteau, B., Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2020): Geomorphological response to system-scale river rehabilitation I: Sediment supply from a reconnected tributary. River Research and Applications, 36, 1488–1503

• Marteau, B., Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2020): Geomorphic responses to system-scale river rehabilitation II: mainstem channel adjustments following reconnection of an ephemeral tributary. River Research and Applications, 36, 1472–1487

• Tena, A., Piégay, H., Seignemartin, G., Barra, A., Berger, J.F., Mourier, B., Winiarski T. (2020): Cumulative effects of channel correction and regulation on floodplain terrestrialisation patterns and connectivity. Geomorphology 354, Article 107034.

• Boavida, I., Díaz-Redondo, M., Fuentes-Pérez, J.F., Hayes, D.S., Jesus, J., Moreira, M., Belmar, O., Vila-Martínez, N., Palau-Nadal, A., João Costa, M. (2020): Ecohydraulics of river flow alterations and impacts on freshwater fish. Limnetica, 39(1): 213-232.

• Béjar, M., Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla R.J. (2020): Influence of habitat heterogeneity and bed surface complexity on benthic invertebrate diversity in a gravel‐bed river. River Research and Applications, 36 (3), 465-479.

• Barrientos, G., Herrero, A., Iroumé, A., Mardones, O., Batalla, R.J. (2020): Modelling the effects of changes in forest cover and climate on headwater catchments hydrology in south-central Chile. Water, 12, 1828, doi:10.3390/w12061828

• Tuset, J., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2020): Water and sediment budgets unveiling contrasting hydro-sedimentary patterns in a mountainous Mediterranean catchment. Sci. Total Environ.  745, 140884.

• Llena, M., Vericat, D., Martínez-Casasnovas, J. A., Smith, M. W. (2020): Geomorphic adjustments to multi-scale disturbances in a mountain river: A century of observations. Catena, 192 doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.104584

• Llena, M., Smith, M. W., Wheaton, J. M., Vericat, D. (2020): Geomorphic process signatures reshaping sub-humid mediterranean badlands: 2. application to 5-year dataset. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(5), 1292-1310. 

• Llena, M., Vericat, D., Smith, M. W., Wheaton, J. M. (2020): Geomorphic process signatures reshaping sub-humid mediterranean badlands: 1. methodological development based on high-resolution topography. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(5), 1335-1346. 

• López, R., Garcia, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2020): Downstream changes of particle entrainment in a hydropeaked river. Science of The Total Environment, 745, 140952.

• Vericat, D., Ville, F., Palau-Ibars, A., Batalla, R.J. (2020): Effects of Hydropeaking on Bed Mobility: Evidence from a Pyrenean River. Water 12, 178, https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010178.

• Rocaspana, R., Aparicio, E., Palau-Ibars, A., Guillem, R., Alcaraz, C. (2019): Hydropeaking effects on movement patterns of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.). River Research and Applications 35: 646-655.

• Vauclin, S., Mourier, B., Tena, A., Piégay, A., Winiarski, T. (2019): Effects of river infrastructures on the floodplain sedimentary environment in the Rhône River. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 20: 2697–2708

• Vega-García, C., Decuyper, M., Alcázar, J. (2019): Applying Cascade-Correlation Neural Networks to In-Fill Gaps in Mediterranean Daily Flow Data Series. Water, 11, 1691; doi:10.3390/w11081691

• Crema, S., Llena, M., Calsamiglia, A., Estrany, J., Marchi, L., Vericat, D., Cavalli, M., (2019):Can inpainting improve digital terrain 2 analysis? 3 Comparing techniques for void filling, surface 4 reconstruction and geomorphometric analyses. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4739.

• Peña-Angulo, D. et al.(2019): Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin. Journal of Hydrology, 571, 390-405.

• Park, J. Batalla, R.J. Birgand, F., Esteves, M., Gentile, F., Harrington, J.R., Navratil, O., López-Tarazón, J.A., Vericat, D. (2019): Influences of catchment and river channel characteristics on the magnitude and dynamics of storage and re-suspension of fine sediments in river beds. Water, 11, 878; doi:10.3390/w11050878.

• Espa, P., Batalla, R.J., Brignoli, M.L., Crosa, G., Gentili, G., Quadroni, S. (2019): Tackling reservoir siltation by  controlled sediment flushing: impact on downstream fauna and related management issues, PLOS-ONE, 14(6): e0218822.

• Vázquez-Tarrío, D., Batalla, R.J. (2019): Assessing controls on tracers’ displacement in gravel-bed rivers. Water, 11, 1598.

• Balasch, J.C., Pino, D., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Tuset, J., Barriendos, M., Castelltort, X., Peña, J.C. (2019): The extreme floods in the Ebro River basin since 1600 CE. Sci. Total Environ. 646, 645–660. 

• Barriendos, M., Gil-Guirado, S., Pino, D., Tuset, J., Pérez-Morales, A., Alberola, A., Costa, J., Balasch, J.C., Castelltort, X., Mazón, J., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L. (2019): Climatic and social factors behind the Spanish Mediterranean flood event chronologies from documentary sources (14th–20th centuries). Glob. Planet. Change 182, 102997.

• Lobera G, Pardo I, García L., García C. (2019): Disentangling spatio-temporal drivers influencing benthic communities in temporary streams. Aquatic Sciences 81:67.

• Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Pereira, P. (2019): Mapping Water and Sediment Connectivity. Science of The Total Environment, 673: 763-767.

• Horacio, J., Muñoz-Narciso, E., Trenhaile, A., Pérez-Alberti,A. (2019): Remote sensing monitoring of a coastal-valley earthflow in northwestern Galicia, Spain. Catena, 178: 276-287. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.03.028

• Horacio, J., Muñoz-Narciso, E., Sierra-Pernas, J.M., Canosa, F., Pérez-Alberti,A. (2019): Geo-Singularity of the Valley-Fault of Teixidelo and Candidacy to Geopark of Cape Ortegal (NW Iberian Peninsula): Preliminary Assessment of Challenges and Perspectives. Geoheritage, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-019-00349-2.

• 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.

• Aparicio, E., Rocaspana, R., de Sostosa, A., Palau, A., Alcaraz, C. (2018): Movements and dispersal of brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758) in Mediterranean streams: influence of habitat and biotic factors. PeerJ6:e5730; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5730

• Thorel, M., Piégay, H., Barthelemy, C., Räpple, B., Gruel, CR., Marmonier, P., Winiarski, T., Bedell, J.P., Arnaud, F., Roux, G., Stella, J., Seignemartin, G., Tena, A., Wawrzyniak, V., Roux-Michollet, D., Oursel, B., Fayolle, S., Bertrand, C., Franquet, E. (2018): Socio-environmental stakes associated with process-basedrestoration strategies in large rivers: should we remove novel ecosystems alongthe Rhône?. Regional Environmental Change, 18: 2019–2031.

• Graf, L., Moreno-de-las-Heras, M., Ruiz, M., Calsamiglia, A., García-Comendador, J., Fortesa, J., López-Tarazón, J.A., Estrany, J. (2018): Accuracy Assessment of digital terrain model dataset sources for hydrogeomorphological modelling in small Mediterranean catchments. Remote sensing, 10(12), doi: 10.3390/rs10122014.

• 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. (2018): 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.

• Calsamiglia, A., García-Comendador, J., Fortesa, J., López-Tarazón, J.A., Crema, S., Cavalli, M., Calvo-Cases, A., Estrany, J. (2018): Effects of agricultural drainage systems on sediment connectivity in a small Mediterranean lowland catchment. Geomorphology, 318: 162-171.

• Francke, T., Baroni, G., Brosinsky, A., Foerster, S., López-Tarazón, J.A., Sommerer, E., Bronstert, A. (2018): What did really improve our meso-scale hydrological model? A multi-dimensional analysis based on real observations. Water Resources Research, DOI: 10.1029/2018WR022813.

• Francke, T., Foerster, S., Brosinsky, A., Sommerer, E., López-Tarazón, J.A., Güntner, A., Batalla, R.J., Bronstert, A. (2018): Water and sediment fluxes in Mediterranean mountainous regions: Comprehensive dataset for hydro-sedimentological analyses and modelling in a mesoscale catchment (River Isábena, NE Spain). Earth System Science Data, 10: 1063-1075.

• Ulloa, H., Mazzorana, B., Batalla, R.J., Jullian, C., Iribarren Anacona, P., Barrientos, G., Reid, B., Oyarzuna, C., Schaefer, M., Iroumé, A. (2018): Morphological characterization of a highly-dynamic fluvial landscape: The River Baker (Chilean Patagonia). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 86: 1-14.

• 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. 

• Herrero, A., Vila, J., Eljarrat, E., Ginebreda, A., Sabater, S., Batalla, R.J., Barceló, D. (2018): Transport of sediment borne contaminants in a Mediterranean river during a high flow event. Science of the Total Environment, 633: 1392-1402.

• Bronstert, A., Agarwal, A., Boessenkool, B., Crisologo, I., Fischer, M., Heistermann, M., Köhn-Reich, L., López-Tarazón, J.A., Moran, T., Ozturk, U., Reinhardt-Imjela, C. (2018): Forensic hydro-meteorological analysis of an extreme flash flood: The 29/05/2016 event in Braunsbach, SW Germany. Science of the Total Environment, 630: 977-991.

• 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, 43(7): 1547-1554. 

• 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, 18(7): 2614-2633.

• 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.

• Ozturk, U., Wendi, D., Crisologo, I., Riemer, A., Agarwal, A., Vogel, K., López-Tarazón, J.A., Korup, O. (2018): Rare flash floods and debris flows in southern Germany. Science of the Total Environment, 626: 941–952.

• 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: 2493-2512

• Oromí, N., M. Jové, M. Pascual-Pons, J.L. Royo, R. Rocaspana, E. Aparicio, R. Pamplona, A. Palau, D. Sanuy, J. Fibla, M. Portero-Otin (2017): Differential metabolic profiles associatred to movement behavior of stream-resident brown trout (Salmo trutta). PLoS One 12 (7).

• Perret, E., Berni, C., Camenen, B., Herrero, A., and El Kadi Abderrezzak, K. (2017): Transport of moderately sorted gravel at low bed shear stresses: the role of fine sediment infiltration. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4322. 

• Brignoli, M.L., Espa, P. Batalla, R.J. (2017): Sediment transport below a small alpine reservoir desilted by controlled flushing: field assessment and one-dimensional numerical simulation. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17, 8, 2187-2201. 

• 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.

• López-Tarazón J.A., Byrne P., van den Perk M. (2017): Transfer of sediments and contaminants in catchment and rivers. Journal of Soils and Sediments. DOI: 10.1007/s11368-017-1810-5

• Piqué, G., Batalla, R.J., López, R., Sabater, S. (2017): The fluvial sediment budget of a dammed river (upper Muga, southern Pyrenees). Geomorphology, 293: 211-226. 

• 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.

• Garcia, C., Gibbins, C., Pardo, I., Batalla, R.J. (2017): Long term flow change threatens invertebrate diversity in temporary streams: Evidence from an island.  Science of the Total Environment 580: 1453-1459.

• 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, 17(11): 2677-2690.

• Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Castelltort, X., Balasch, J.C., Tuset, J. (2017): Uncertainty of the peak flow reconstruction of the 1907 flood in the Ebro River in Xerta (NE Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Hydrology, 545: 339-354.

• López‐Tarazón, J. A., Estrany, J. (2017): Exploring suspended sediment delivery dynamics of two Mediterranean nested catchments, HydrologicalProcesses 31: 698–715. doi: 10.1002/hyp.11069

• 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.

• Rocaspana, R., Aparicio, E., Vinyoles, D., Palau, A. (2016): Effects of pulsed discharges from a hydropowerstation on summer diel feeding activity and diet of brown trout (Salmo truttaLinnaeus, 1758) in an Iberian stream. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 32: 190-97.

• González, L., Guisande, C. Vari, R., Pelayo, P., Manjarrés, A., García, E., González, J., Heine, J., Granado, C., Palau, A., Lobo, J.M. (2016): Geospatial data offreshwater habitats for macroecological studies: an example with freshwaterfishes. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 30(1): 126-141. 

• 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.

• Herrero, A., Berni, C. (2016): Sand infiltration into a gravel bed: A mathematical model. Water Resources Research Res., 52, doi:10.1002/2016WR019394.

• 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.

• Pino, D., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Balasch, J.C., Romero-León, L., Tuset, J., Barriendos, M., Mazon, J., Castelltort, X. (2016): Meteorological and hydrological analysis of major floods in NE Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Hydrology. In Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.008

• 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.

• Piqué, G., Batalla, R. J., Sabater, S. (2016): Hydrological characterization of dammed rivers in the NW Mediterranean region. Hydrological Processes, 30:1691–1707.

• Buendia, C., Herrero, A., Sabater, S., Batalla, R.J. (2016): An appraisal of the sediment yield in western Mediterranean river basins. Science of the Total Environment, 572: 538-553.

• 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.

• López-Tarazón, J.A., López, P., Lobera, G., Batalla, R.J. (2016): Suspended sediment, Carbon and Nitrogen transport in a regulated Pyrenean river. Science of the Total Environment, 540: 133-143.

• Estrany, J., López-Tarazón, J.A., Smith, H. (2016): Wildfire effects on suspended sediment delivery quantified using fallout radionuclide tracers in a Mediterranean catchment.  Land Degradation & Development, 27: 1501-1512.

• López, P., López-Tarazón, J.A., Casas-Ruiz, J.P., Pompeo, M., Ordoñez, J., Muñoz, I. (2016): Sediment size distribution and composition in a reservoir affected by severe water level fluctuations. Science of the Total Environment, 540: 158-167.

• 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.

• Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Balasch, J.C., Tuset, J., Monserrate, A., Sánchez, A. (2015): Improvement of flood frequency analysis with historical information in different types of catchments and data series within the Ebro River basin (NE Iberian Peninsula). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 59 (Suppl. 3):127–157.

• Buendia, C., Sabater, S., Palau, A., Batalla, R.J., Marcé, R. (2015): Using equilibrium temperature to assess thermal disturbances in rivers. Hydrological Processes, 29(19): 4350–4360.

• 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.

• Buendia, C., Batalla, R.J., Sabater, S., Palau, A., Marcé, R. (2015): Runoff trends driven by climate and afforestation in a Pyrenean basin. Land Degradation and Development. Doi: 10.1002/ldr.2384

• 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.

• Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Balasch, J.C., Tuset, J., Barriendos, M., Mazón, J., Pino, D. (2015): Historical, hydraulic, hydrological and meteorological reconstruction of 1874 Santa Tecla flash floods in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Hydrology, 524: 279-295.

• 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.

• Colomer, M.A., Margalida, A., Valencia, L., Palau, A. (2014): Application of acomputational model for complex fluvial ecosystems: the population dynamics ofzebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha asa case study. Ecological complexity, 20: 116-126.

• Sanz-Ronda, F.J., López Sáenz, S., San Martín, R., Palau, A. (2014): Physical habitat ofzebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)in the lower Ebro River (North-eastern Spain): influence of hydraulicparameters in their distribution. Hydrobiologia, 735:137-147.

• 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.

• Barriendos, M., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L. Tuset, J., Mazón, J., ,Balasch, J.C., Pino, D., Ayala, J.L. (2014):The "Prediflood" database of historical floods in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) AD 1035–2013, and its potential applications in flood analysis. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11: 7935-7975.

• Piqué, G., López-Tarazón, G., Batalla, R.J. (2014): Variability of in-channel sediment storage in a river draining highly erodible areas (the Isábena, Ebro Basin). Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12): 2031-2044.

• López-Tarazón, J.A., Batalla, R.J. (2014): Dominant discharges for suspended sediment transport in a highly active Pyrenean river. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12): 2019-2030.

• 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.

• de Araújo, J.C., Batalla, R.J., Bronstert, A. (2014): Special issue: analysis and modelling of sediment transfer in Mediterranean river basins. Journal of Soils and Sediments 14(12): 1905-1908. 

• Verdú, J., Batalla, R.J., Martinez-Casasnovas, J.A. (2014): Assessing river dynamics from 2D hydraulic modelling and high resolution grain-size distribution. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 58(1): 95-115.

• Quesada, N., Tena, A., Guillén, D., Ginebreda, A., Vericat, D., Martínez, E., Navarro-Ortega, A., Batalla, R.J., Barceló, D. (2014): Dynamics of suspended sediment borne persistent organic pollutants in a large regulated Mediterranean river (Ebro, NE Spain). Science of The Total Environment 473-474: 381-390. 

• 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.

• Bussi, G., Francés, F., Horel, E., López-Tarazón, J.A., Batalla, R.J. (2014): Modelling the impact of climate change on sediment yield in a highly erodible Mediterranean catchment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12):1921-1937.

• de Araújo, J.C., Batalla, R.J., Bronstert, A. (2014): Special issue: analysis and modelling of sediment transfer in Mediterranean river basins. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12): 1905-1908.

• Brosinsky, A., Foerster, S., Segl, K., López-Tarazón, J.A., Piqué, G., Bronstert, A. (2014): Spectral fingerprinting: characterizing suspended sediment sources by the use of VNIR-SWIR spectral information. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12): 1965-1981.

• Francke, T., Werb, S., Sommerer, E., López-Tarazón, J.A. (2014): Analysis of runoff, sediment dynamics and sediment yield of subcatchments in the highly erodible Isábena catchment, Central Pyrenees. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14(12):1909-1920.

• 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.

• Gómez, C.M., Pérez-Blanco, D.C., Batalla, R. J. (2014): Tradeoffs in River Restoration: Flushing Flows vs. Hydropower Generation in the Lower Ebro River, Spain. Journal of Hydrology, 518: 130-139.

• 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.

• Tena, A., Batalla, R. J. (2013): The sediment budget of a large river regulated by dams (The lower River Ebro, NE Spain). Journal of Soils and Sediments, 13 (5), 966-980.

• 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.

• Gonzalez-Hidalgo, J.C., Batalla, R.J., Cerda, A. (2013): Catchment size and contribution of the largest daily events to suspended sediment load on a continental scale. CATENA, 102, 40-45.

• 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, 57(5): 831-849.

• Navarro-Ortega, A., Acuña, V., Batalla, R.J., Blasco, J., Conde, C., Elorza, F., Elosegi, A., Francés, F., La-Roca, F., Muñoz, I., Petrovic, M., Picó, Y., Sabater, S., Sanchez-Vila, X., Schuhmacher, M, Barceló, D. (2012): Assessing and forecasting the impacts of global change on Mediterranean rivers. The SCARCE Consolider project on Iberian basins. Environ Sci. Pollut. Res., 19, 918–933

• Gonzalez-Hidalgo, J.C., Batalla, R.J., Cerda, A., de Luis, M. (2012): A regional analysis of the effects of largest events on soil erosion. CATENA, 95, 85-90.

• 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. (2012): The sediment budget of a highly dynamic mesoscale catchment: the River Isábena. Geomorphology 138(1): 15-28.

• Palau, A., Alcázar, J. (2012): The basic flow method for incorporating flow variability in environmental flows. River Research and Applications, 28: 93-102.

• 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.

• Balasch, J.C., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Tuset, J.,  (2011): Historical flash floods retromodelling in the Ondara River in

• Tàrrega (NE Iberian Peninsula). Nat. Hazards Earth Syst.Sci., 11, 3359-3371.

• 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.

• Cardona, M., M.A. Colomer, A. Margalida, A. Palau, I. Pérez-Hurtado, M.J. Pérez-Jiménez y D. Sanuy (2011): A computational modelling for real ecosystems based on P Systems. Nat. Comput., 10(1): 39-53.  

• 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), 365-382.

• 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.

• Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2010):Relations between invertebrate drift and flow velocity in sand-bed and riffle habitats and the limits imposed by substrate stability and benthic density. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 29(3), 945–958.

• Balasch, J.C., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Tuset, J., Martín de Oliva, J. (2010): Reconstruction of the 1874 Santa Tecla's rainstorm in Western Catalonia (NE Spain) from flood marks and historical accounts. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst.Sci., 10, 2317-2325.

• Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., Gibbins, C.N., and Garcia, C. (2010): Incipient Bed-Material Motion in a Gravel-Bed River: Field Observations and Measurements. In: Gray, J.R., Laronne, J.B., and Marr, J.D.G, (eds): Bedload-surrogate monitoring technologies: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5091, 52-66 p., available online at:  http://pubs/usgs.gov/sir/2010/5091.

• Castarlenas, S., C. Martí, J. Montserrat, A. Palau. (2010): Eficacia del filtro STF FMA-2000 frente a la retención de larvas de mejillón cebra (Dreissena polymorpha). Tecnología del Agua, 30: 32-39.

• Gray, J.R., Laronne, J.B., Osterkamp, W.R., Vericat, D. (2010): Bed Load Research International Cooperative – BRIC. In: Gray, J.R., Laronne, J.B., and Marr, J.D.G, (eds): Bedload-surrogate monitoring technologies: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5091, 208-217 p., available online at:  http://pubs/usgs.gov/sir/2010/5091.

• Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2010): Sediment transport from continuous monitoring in a perennial Mediterranean stream. Catena, 82, 77-86.

• López-Tarazón, J.A., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. Balasch,J.C. (2010): Rainfall-runoff-sediment transport relations in a large mountainous catchment: the river Isábena (Ebro basin). Catena,82, 23-34.

• Estrany, J., Garcia, C., Batalla, R.J. (2010): Hydrological Dynamics in a Small Mediterranean Agricultural Catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 380, 1-2, 180-190.

• Wheaton, J.M., Brasington, J., Darby, S.E., Merz, J., Pasternack, G., Sear, D., Vericat, D. (2010): Linking geomorphic changes to salmonid habitat at a scale relevant to fish. River Research and Applications, 26(4), 469-486.

• Gibbins, C., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. (2010): Invertebrate drift and benthic exhaustion during disturbance: Response of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) to increasing shear stress and river-bed instability. River Research and Applications, 26(4): 499-504.

• Rice, S. P., Little S., Wood, P. J., Moir, H. J., Vericat, D. (2010): The relative contributions of ecology and hydraulics to ecohydraulics. River Research and Applications, 26(4), 363-366.

• Gibbins, C.N., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. (2010): Invertebrate drift-velocity relations and the limits imposed by substrate stability and benthic density. Journal of the North-American Benthological Society, 29(3), 945-958.

• González-Hidalgo, J.C., Batalla, R.J., Cerda, A. De Luis, M. (2010): Contribution of largest events to suspended sediment transport. Land Degradation and Development, 21(2): 83–91.

• López, R.; Justribó, C. (2010): The hydrological significance of mountains: a regional case study, the Ebro River basin, northeast Iberian Peninsula. Hydrol. Sci. J. 55(2), 223–233.

• Alcázar, J, Palau, A. (2010): Establishing environmental flow regimes in a Mediterranean watershed based on a regioinal classification. Journal of Hydrology, 388: 41-51.

FREE BOOKS, PAPERS, REPORTS OR FIELD GUIDES

• • Francke, T., Foerster, S., Brosinsky, A., Sommerer, E., López-Tarazón, J.A., Güntner, A., Batalla, R.J., Bronstert, A. (2017): Hydro-sedimentological dataset for the mesoscale mountainous Isábena catchment, NE Spain. GFZ Data Services. http://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2017.003

  • López-Tarazón, J.A., Bronstert, A., Thieken, A., Petrow, T. (2017) Book of abstracts of the International Symposium on the Effects of Global Change on Floods, Fluvial Geomorphology and Related Hazards in Mountainous Rivers. Universitätsverlag Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-396922

  • López-Tarazón, J.A., Byrne, P., Van der Perk, M. (2017, waiting for ISBN) . Title: Transfer of sediments and contaminants in catchments and rivers. Springer, Heidelberger, Germany.

  • Sabater, S., Acuña, V., Batalla, R.J., Balcázar, J.L., Borrego, C., Insa, S., Marcé, R., Mas Pla, J., Petrovic, M., Pijuan, M., Rodriguez-Mozaz,S., Rodríguez-Roda, I., Villagrasa, M., Barceló, D. (2014):Water research in the Mediterranean: challenges and perspectives. The Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA). Contributions to Science, 10(2): 1-14.

  • Camprodon, J., Vericat, P., Piqué, M., Casas-Mulet, R., Batalla, R.J. (2012): Gestió forestal en zones de ribera. A: Camprodon, J., Ferreira, M.T., Ordeix, M. (eds): Restauració i gestió  ecològica fluvial. Manual de bones pràctiques de gestió de rius i riberes. Centre Tecnològic  Forestal de Catalunya & ISA Press, Solsona, 102-135. ISBN 978-84-615-8852-7.

HISTORICAL SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

(Five most relevant publications are only listed. See previous publications in members CVs)

• • 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.

  •  Batalla, R.J., Gomez, C.M and Kondolf, G.M. (2004): Reservoir-induced hydrological changes in the Ebro River basin (Northeastern Spain). Journal of Hydrology, 290, 1-2, 117-136.

PATENTS

(Sorted in inverse chronological order)

• 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 (River: Ribera Salada)

• Authors: Ramon J. Batalla, Albert Rovira, Maria Sala.

Title: CONRAD: Water Turbidity and Temperature Probe.

Year: 2002

Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas, Ministerio de Industria y Energía, B.O.P.I. nº 2759 (16 de marzo de 2002)

Patent number: P 9802430 (2)