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Sergi Sabater

Sergi Sabater

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Ecology and Evolution
Spain
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
95
Citations
25512
World Ranking
365
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Sergi Sabater is affiliated with the University of Girona in Spain and is an active researcher in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology. Their body of work prominently covers topics such as freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, hydrology and watershed management, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, soil and water nutrient dynamics, water quality and pollution assessment, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

The research contributions include studies published in a range of scientific venues, with frequent publications in The Science of The Total Environment, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Limnetica, and Hydrobiologia.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sergi Sabater include:

  • Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta-analysis, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions, 2021, Regional Environmental Change
  • 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
  • Delineating the Continuum of Dissolved Organic Matter in Temperate River Networks, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Occurrence and accumulation of pharmaceutical products in water and biota of urban lowland rivers, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Sergi Sabater collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Regular co-authors include Anna Freixa, Vicenç Acuña, Julio C. López-Doval, Juan David González-Trujillo, and Isabel Muñoz.

Their research often intersects various subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry, applying interdisciplinary approaches to address environmental challenges, particularly in freshwater ecosystems and watershed management contexts.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for the routine sampling of diatoms for water quality assessments in Europe

    M. G. Kelly;A. Cazaubon;E. Coring;A. Dell'Uomo

  • Model development for the assessment of terrestrial and aquatic habitat quality in conservation planning.

    Marta Terrado;Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;Becky Chaplin-Kramer;Lisa Mandle

  • Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

    Laurence Carvalho;Eleanor B. Mackay;Ana Cristina Cardoso;Annette Baattrup-Pedersen

  • Monitoring the effect of chemicals on biological communities. The biofilm as an interface

    Sergi Sabater;Helena Guasch;Marta Ricart;Anna Romaní

  • Why Should We Care About Temporary Waterways

    V. Acuña;T. Datry;J. Marshall;D. Barceló;D. Barceló

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

    Vicenç Acuña;Isabel Muñoz;Adonis Giorgi;Meritxell Omella

  • Nitrogen Removal by Riparian Buffers along a European Climatic Gradient: Patterns and Factors of Variation

    Sergi Sabater;Andrea Butturini;Jean-Christophe Clement;Tim Burt

  • Non-perennial Mediterranean rivers in Europe: Status, pressures, and challenges for research and management

    Nikolaos T. Skoulikidis;Sergi Sabater;Thibault Datry;Manuela M. Morais

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

    Vicenç Acuña;Adonis Giorgi;Isabel Muñoz;Urs Uehlinger

  • Conceptos y técnicas en ecología fluvial

    Arturo Elosegi;Sergi Sabater

  • Assessment of the water supply:demand ratios in a Mediterranean basin under different global change scenarios and mitigation alternatives

    Laurie Boithias;Vicenç Acuña;Laura Vergoñós;Guy Ziv

  • Balancing the health benefits and environmental risks of pharmaceuticals: Diclofenac as an example.

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

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

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

  • Impact of climate extremes on hydrological ecosystem services in a heavily humanized Mediterranean basin

    M. Terrado;V. Acuña;D. Ennaanay;H. Tallis

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

    Francesc Sabater;Andrea Butturini;Eugènia MartÍ;Isabel Muñoz

  • Triclosan persistence through wastewater treatment plants and its potential toxic effects on river biofilms.

    Marta Ricart;Marta Ricart;Helena Guasch;Mireia Alberch;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

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

    Sergi Sabater;Helena Guasch;Anna Romaní;Isabel Muñoz

  • The effects of land use changes on streams and rivers in mediterranean climates

    Scott D. Cooper;P. Sam Lake;Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;John M. Melack

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicenç Acuña
Vicenç Acuña Catalan Institute for Water Research
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Isabel Muñoz
Isabel Muñoz University of Barcelona
Anna M. Romaní
Anna M. Romaní University of Girona
Helena Guasch
Helena Guasch University of Girona
Arturo Elosegi
Arturo Elosegi University of the Basque Country
Francesc Sabater
Francesc Sabater University of Barcelona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Rafael Marcé
Rafael Marcé Catalan Institute for Water Research
Ramon J. Batalla
Ramon J. Batalla University of Lleida

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