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4087
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Overview

Isabel Muñoz is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research also encompasses Water Science and Technology as well as Global and Planetary Change.

Their work centers on key topics including Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Marine and fisheries research, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Muñoz's recent publications reflect a broad interest in aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity. Notable papers include:

  • Unravelling the effects of multiple stressors on diatom and macroinvertebrate communities in European river basins using structural and functional approaches, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Diversity mediates the responses of invertebrate density to duration and frequency of rivers' annual drying regime, 2021, Oikos
  • Energy limitation or sensitive predators? Trophic and non-trophic impacts of wastewater pollution on stream food webs, 2021, Ecology
  • Drying shapes the ecological niche of aquatic fungi with implications on ecosystem functioning, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Historical legacies and contemporary processes shape beta diversity in Neotropical montane streams, 2020, Journal of Biogeography

Their frequent coauthors demonstrate collaborative research efforts and include Margarita Menéndez, Rebeca Arias-Real, Aida Viza, Núria De Castro-Català, and Sergi Sabater.

Muñoz's research outputs have been published in multiple venues, with a particular concentration in the following journals and platforms:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquatic Sciences
  • Oikos
  • Ecology

Best Publications

  • Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in rivers: relationships between hazard indexes and aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity indexes in the Llobregat River (NE Spain).

    Antoni Ginebreda;Isabel Muñoz;Miren López de Alda;Rikke Brix

  • Drought and postdrought recovery cycles in an intermittent Mediterranean stream: structural and functional aspects

    Vicenç Acuña;Isabel Muñoz;Adonis Giorgi;Meritxell Omella

  • Flow extremes and benthic organic matter shape the metabolism of a headwater Mediterranean stream

    Vicenç Acuña;Adonis Giorgi;Isabel Muñoz;Urs Uehlinger

  • Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems under water scarcity. The GLOBAQUA project

    Alícia Navarro-Ortega;Vicenç Acuña;Alberto Bellin;Peter Burek

  • Effects of riparian vegetation removal on nutrient retention in a Mediterranean stream

    Francesc Sabater;Andrea Butturini;Eugènia MartÍ;Isabel Muñoz

  • The effect of biological factors on the efficiency of river biofilms in improving water quality

    Sergi Sabater;Helena Guasch;Anna Romaní;Isabel Muñoz

  • Biofilm structure and function and possible implications for riverine DOC dynamics.

    A. M. Romaní;H. Guasch;I. Muñoz;J. Ruana

  • Bridging levels of pharmaceuticals in river water with biological community structure in the Llobregat River basin (northeast Spain).

    Isabel Muñoz;Julio C. López-Doval;Marta Ricart;Marta Villagrasa

  • Primary and complex stressors in polluted mediterranean rivers: Pesticide effects on biological communities

    Marta Ricart;Marta Ricart;Helena Guasch;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló;Rikke Brix

  • Effects of human-driven water stress on river ecosystems: a meta-analysis

    Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;Francesco Bregoli;Francesco Bregoli;Vicenç Acuña;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Ecotoxicity of sediments in rivers: Invertebrate community, toxicity bioassays and the toxic unit approach as complementary assessment tools

    Núria de Castro-Català;Maja Kuzmanovic;Neus Roig;Jordi Sierra

  • River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

    Daniel von Schiller;Vicenç Acuña;Ibon Aristi;Maite Arroita

  • Meteorological and riparian influences on organic matter dynamics in a forested Mediterranean stream

    Vicenç Acuña;Adonis Giorgi;Isabel Muñoz;Francesc Sabater

  • Assessment of multi-chemical pollution in aquatic ecosystems using toxic units: compound prioritization, mixture characterization and relationships with biological descriptors.

    Antoni Ginebreda;Maja Kuzmanovic;Helena Guasch;Miren López de Alda

  • Combined scenarios of chemical and ecological quality under water scarcity in Mediterranean rivers

    M. Petrovic;A. Ginebreda;V. Acuña;R.J. Batalla

  • Structure and function of benthic algal communities in an extremely acid river

    Sergi Sabater;Teresa Buchaca;Jaume Cambra;Jordi Catalan

  • Organic matter availability during pre- and post-drought periods in a Mediterranean stream

    Irene Ylla;Isis Sanpera-Calbet;Eusebi Vázquez;Anna M. Romaní

  • When Water Vanishes: Magnitude and Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Dry Temporary Streams

    Lluís Gómez-Gener;Biel Obrador;Rafael Marcé;Vicenç Acuña

  • Hot spots for carbon emissions from Mediterranean fluvial networks during summer drought

    Lluís Gómez-Gener;Biel Obrador;Daniel von Schiller;Rafael Marcé

  • Toward an integrated assessment of the ecological and chemical status of European river basins.

    Peter C von der Ohe;Eric De Deckere;Andrea Prüß;Isabel Muñoz

  • Environmental stressors as a driver of the trait composition of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in polluted Iberian rivers.

    Maja Kuzmanović;Maja Kuzmanović;Sylvain Dolédec;Núria De Castro-Català;Antonio Ginebreda

  • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment BRIDGING LEVELS OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN RIVER WATER WITH BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE LLOBREGAT RIVER BASIN (NORTHEAST SPAIN)

    Isabel Munoz;Marta Ricart;Marta Villagrasa;Rikke Brix

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Anna M. Romaní
Anna M. Romaní University of Girona
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Helena Guasch
Helena Guasch University of Girona
Vicenç Acuña
Vicenç Acuña Catalan Institute for Water Research
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Antoni Ginebreda
Antoni Ginebreda Spanish National Research Council
Arturo Elosegi
Arturo Elosegi University of the Basque Country
Daniel von Schiller
Daniel von Schiller University of Barcelona
Francesc Sabater
Francesc Sabater University of Barcelona

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