El cultivo de Macro- y Microalgas para el desarrollo de nuevas aplicaciones ecológicas y energéticas

[ES]En el escenario mundial de los últimos años, la necesidad de desarrollar soluciones sostenibles que ayuden a minimizar el aumento de los problemas medioambientales y energéticos, ha relanzado el interés por la utilización de macro- y microalgas cultivadas en sistemas basados en el aprovechamiento de la capacidad fotosintética que presentan estos organismos. Como ejemplos representativos se presentan: (1) el cultivo de macroalgas en sistemas de policultivo integrado y, (2) el cultivo de microalgas para la obtención de biocombustibles

Adaptación de la Directiva Europea de Gestión de la Calidad de Aguas de Baño a las playas de Canarias

[ES] Hemos realizado una serie de consideraciones con respecto a la Directiva 2006/7/CE para lograr su correcta aplicación en las playas de baño de Canarias. En nuestras aguas se producen algunos fenómenos que no se producen en el resto de la Unión Europea. Por esta razón hemos establecido una serie de conceptos que no están previstos de forma explicita en los artículos de la Directiva y que, con algunas matizaciones, podremos adaptarlos a la generalidad de la Directiva, o ?sensu contrario?, adecuar la Directiva a nuestra realidad ambiental. En este sentido, hemos adaptado conceptos como ?contaminación de corta duración?, ?tendencia a la proliferación de macroalgas?, ?tendencia a la proliferación de fitoplancton marino?, ?proliferación de cianobacterias? y otros a las especificidades que se producen en nuestras costas y que podrían alterar la calidad de las aguas de baño

A pocket beach that reaches equilibrium after becoming disconnected from a large system of beaches. Playa Barca (Fuerteventura)

[EN] Playa Barca is a 370 m long beach located within the system of the Leeward beaches on the Jandía peninsula, Fuerteventura. This system of beaches represents one of the major sources of economic income to the island, both because of its natural landscape that attract a specific type of tourism, and because of its particular climate conditions that make these beaches ideal for practicing wind-water sports. Nevertheless, in the past decades, this area has suffered from a significant and worrying coastline retreat. In order to look for an explanation to this retreat, five topographic surveys were carried out in October 1999, February 2001, February 2002, February 2003 and February 2013 to track the beach behavior in the last 15 years. A total station Topcon GTS-303D was used for this purpose. Surveys were carried out during low spring tides, so that the outer limit was the furthest possible depending on wave conditions. The inner limit covered part of the dunes in the backshore. From these topographic data both coastline changes and the sedimentary balance have been obtained.

Contribuciones al proceso de súper-resolución mediante técnicas de filtros selectivos, topología de macro-bloques adaptable y sistemas multi-cámara

Programa de doctorado: Ingeniería de Telecomunicación Avanzada

Loggerhead nesting trend in three beaches of Boavista, Cape Verde archipelago

[EN] Nesting beach surveys are the most widely implemented monitoring tool in use by the global sea turtle community and are an important component of a comprehensive program to assess and monitor the status of sea turtle populations. These assessments are necessary to evaluate the effects of recovery and conservation activities that are being implemented at all life history stages. Monitoring techniques employed on nesting beaches range from highly structured standardized sampling to “snapshots” of nesting activity within a nesting season. Very long-term nest counts data (more than twenty years) were analyzed for some turtle populations.

Causes of extreme variability of nest density among close and similar beaches of Boavista island (Cape Verde): From 1 to 2000 annual nests per km.

[EN] The 70 km of white sandy beaches of Boa Vista island in Cape Verde harbours one of the largest rookeries of the endangered loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta. From middle June to early October, approximately 2000 to 4000 females lay up to 20000 nests annually. However, female beach selection, nesting success and nest density strongly varies among beaches and spatial patterns of nest abundance and distribution are relatively constant among seasons. The numbers of nesting activities and nests have been recorded along all beaches of the island during four nesting seasons (2007-2010)

Loggerhead nesting trend in three beaches of Boavista, Cape Verde archipelago

[EN] Nesting beach surveys are the most widely implemented monitoring tool in use by the global sea turtle community and are an important component of a comprehensive program to assess and monitor the status of sea turtle populations. These assessments are necessary to evaluate the effects of recovery and conservation activities that are being implemented at all life history stages. Monitoring techniques employed on nesting beaches range from highly structured standardized sampling to “snapshots” of nesting activity within a nesting season. Very long-term nest counts data (more than twenty years) were analyzed for some turtle populations.