Grupo Argentina

INSTITUTION

Grupo de Ríos y Cuencas, Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (Inedes), Conicet-Universidad Nacional de Luján

Claudia Feijoó

Adonis Giorgi
José Guerra-López
Ana Torremorell
Carolina Vilches
Carolina Rodríguez Castro
Alicia Gómez Vázquez
Victoria García
Cecilia Hegoburu
María Laura Messetta

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Pampean streams and rivers show distinct characteristics compared to other fluvial systems of the world such as the lack of riparian forest, low current velocities, elevated nutrient levels even in the less impacted systems and high biodiversity. Due to their particular features, they are interesting systems for testing some hypotheses on the structure and function of fluvial systems. However, in the last decade, urbanization expansion and agricultural intensification in the region are impacting on the ecological quality of these ecosystems.

At present, our main research topics are the following:

1. Impact of agricultural intensification on water quality and on the structure of aquatic plants and macroinvertebrates communities.
2. Productivity and respiration of fluvial systems and their influence on the self-purification capacity of water.
3. Carbon processing and emissions in pampean fluvial networks
4. Evaluation of methodologies for stream restoration.

PROJECT PHOTOS