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Narcís Prat is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong concentration in ecology and related subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecology-evolution-behavior-systematics, and molecular biology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Identification and quantification in food
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies

Among recent publications that feature Narcís Prat's contributions are:

  • "As time goes by: 20 years of changes in the aquatic macroinvertebrate metacommunity of Mediterranean river networks," 2020, published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "A Proposal to Classify and Assess Ecological Status in Mediterranean Temporary Rivers: Research Insights to Solve Management Needs," 2021, Water
  • "Towards an Iberian DNA barcode reference library of freshwater macroinvertebrates and fishes," 2020, Limnetica
  • "Taxonomic accuracy and complementarity between bulk and eDNA metabarcoding provides an alternative to morphology for biological assessment of freshwater macroinvertebrates," 2024, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Effect of dietary seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) supplementation on milk mineral concentrations, transfer efficiency, and hematological parameters in lactating Holstein cows," 2023, Journal of Dairy Science

Frequently publishing in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Limnetica, Environmental Science & Policy, Ecosistemas, and SSRN Electronic Journal, Narcís Prat's scholarly output reflects diverse topics within environmental science and ecology.

Collaborations are a consistent part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Núria Bonada, Pau Fortuño, María Soria, Raúl Acosta, and Núria Cid. These collaborations have contributed to fields closely connected to freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity research.

Best Publications

  • DEVELOPMENTS IN AQUATIC INSECT BIOMONITORING: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Approaches

    Núria Bonada;Narcís Prat;Vincent H. Resh;Bernhard Statzner

  • Salinisation of rivers: An urgent ecological issue

    Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles;Ben J. Kefford;Christophe Piscart;Narcís Prat

  • A simple field method for assessing the ecological quality of riparian habitat in rivers and streams: QBR index

    A. Munné;N. Prat;C. Solà;N. Bonada

  • Macroinvertebrate community structure and biological traits related to flow permanence in a Mediterranean river network

    Núria Bonada;Núria Bonada;Maria Rieradevall;Narcís Prat

  • Saving freshwater from salts

    M. Cañedo-Argüelles;M. Cañedo-Argüelles;C. P. Hawkins;B. J. Kefford;R. B. Schäfer

  • Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages and macrohabitat connectivity in Mediterranean-climate streams of northern California

    Núria Bonada;Maria Rieradevall;Maria Rieradevall;Narcís Prat;Vincent H. Resh

  • Changes in the hydrology and sediment transport produced by large dams on the lower Ebro river and its estuary

    Carles Ibàñez;Narcís Prat;Antoni Canicio

  • Trace metal concentration, antioxidant enzyme activities and susceptibility to oxidative stress in the tricoptera larvae Hydropsyche exocellata from the Llobregat river basin (NE Spain).

    C. Barata;I. Lekumberri;M. Vila-Escalé;N. Prat

  • Assessing the ecological status in the context of the European Water Framework Directive: Where do we go now?

    Yorick Reyjol;Christine Argillier;Wendy Bonne;Angel Borja

  • Characterization of the Ebre and Rhone estuaries: A basis for defining and classifying salt-wedge estuaries

    Carles Ibaňez;Didier Pont;Narcís Prat

  • A novel approach to analysing the regimes of temporary streams in relation to their controls on the composition and structure of aquatic biota

    F. Gallart;N. Prat;E. M. García-Roger;J. Latron

  • Fire as a disturbance in mediterranean climate streams

    Iraima Verkaik;Maria Rieradevall;Scott D. Cooper;John M. Melack

  • Do metacommunities vary through time? Intermittent rivers as model systems

    Romain Sarremejane;Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles;Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles;Narcís Prat;Heikki Mykrä

  • Heavy metal bioaccumulation and macroinvertebrate community changes in a Mediterranean stream affected by acid mine drainage and an accidental spill (Guadiamar River, SW Spain).

    Carolina Solà;Marı́a Burgos;Ángel Plazuelo;Julia Toja

  • Use of macroinvertebrate-based multimetric indices for water quality evaluation in Spanish Mediterranean rivers: an intercalibration approach with the IBMWP index

    Antoni Munné;Narcís Prat

  • Release of polycyclic aromatic compounds into a Mediterranean creek (Catalonia, NE Spain) after a forest fire

    M. Vila-Escalé;T. Vegas-Vilarrúbia;N. Prat

  • Water use and quality and stream flow in a Mediterranean stream

    Narcı́s Prat;Antoni Munné

  • Effects of Mediterranean climate annual variability on stream biological quality assessment using macroinvertebrate communities

    Antoni Munné;Narcís Prat

  • Ecological profiles of caddisfly larvae in Mediterranean streams: implications for bioassessment methods.

    N. Bonada;C. Zamora-Muñoz;M. Rieradevall;N. Prat

  • Concordance between ecotypes and macroinvertebrate assemblages in Mediterranean streams

    Maria Del Mar Sánchez-Montoya;Tura Puntí;Maria Luisa Suárez;Maria Del Rosario Vidal-Abarca

  • Least Disturbed Condition for European Mediterranean rivers

    M.J. Feio;F.C. Aguiar;S.F.P. Almeida;J. Ferreira

  • Chironomus alchichica sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Lake Alchichica, Mexico.

    Raúl Acosta;Narcís Prat;Carles Ribera;Paraskeva Michailova

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Rieradevall
Maria Rieradevall University of Barcelona
Núria Bonada
Núria Bonada University of Barcelona
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles University of Barcelona
Francesc Gallart
Francesc Gallart Spanish National Research Council
Jérôme Latron
Jérôme Latron Spanish National Research Council
Pilar Llorens
Pilar Llorens Spanish National Research Council
Carles Ibáñez
Carles Ibáñez University of Barcelona
Carlos Barata
Carlos Barata Spanish National Research Council
Antoni Ginebreda
Antoni Ginebreda Spanish National Research Council

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