Gemma Lobera

 

1. Academic education – Degree in Biology, University of Barcelona, obtained on October 2007 – Master on Environmental Management and Restoration, University of Barcelona, obtained on February 2010. – PhD at the University of Lleida, obtained on February 2017. Thesis title: Eco-geomorphological dynamics in rivers under different degree of regulation. Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Ramon J. Batalla Villanueva and Dr. Damià Vericat Querol. – Postdoctoral researcher at the University of the Balearic Islands (2018-present) 2. Professional experience, including grants and other financial aid received (chronologically ordered) – Research trainee at the Renewable Marine Resources Department (Mediterranean Center for Marine and Environmental Research, CMIMA) from the 1st February 2007 to the 31st September 2007. – Research trainee at URS (environmental consultancy) from the 1st July 2009 to the 31st January 2010. – Research technician at the Department of Environment and Soil Sciences (University of Lleida) from the 1st June 2010 to the 31st December 2010. – Research fellowship at the Department of Environment and Soil Sciences (University of Lleida) from the 1st January 2011 to the 30st June 2011. – Pre-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Environment and Soil Sciences (University of Lleida) from the 1st July 2011 to the 31st December 2016. – Invited researcher at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam (Germany) from the 1st of September 2015 to the 28th February 2016. 3. Participation in projects, contracts and research agreements (ordered chronologically since the starting date) – Project title: Experimental design of a cascade flushing flow programme based on physical and economic criteria for the hydrosedimentary restoration of the lower Ebro and its main tributaries-SICMEC. Funding entity: MICINN CGL2009-09770 from 2009 to 2012. Principal investigator: Dr. Ramon J. Batalla Villanueva – Project title: Assessing and predicting effects on water quantity and quality in Iberian rivers caused by global change (SCARCE). Funding entity: MICINN – Convocatoria Consolider Ingenio 2010 CSD2009-00065 from 2009 to 2014. Principal investigator: Dr. Damià Barceló – Contract title: Bathymetrical characterization of the Sant Llorenç de Montgai reservoir and the hydro-geomorphological monitoring of the water released. Funding entity: Endesa Generación, S.A., from 2012 to 2012. Principal investigator: Dr. Ramon J. Batalla Villanueva – Project title: Morphosedimentary dynamics in human-stressed fluvial systems: coupling channel morphology and ecological diversity (MORPHSED). Funding entity: MICINN CGL2012- 36394 from 2013 to 2016. Principal investigator: Dr. Damià Vericat – Project title: Temporary streams in Mallorca: keeping their biodiversity in a threatened environment. Funding entity: Autonomous Government of the Balearic Islands, PD/022/2017 from 2018 to 2019. Principal investigator: Dr. Gemma Lobera 4. Publications and scientific results 4.1. Peer reviewed published papers 1.- Authors: Solé, M., Lobera, G., Aljinovic, B., Ríos, G., Maynou, F. Title: Cholinesterase activities and lipid peroxidation levels in muscle from offshore fish from the NW Mediterranean its potencial use in pollution monitoring Journal: Science of the Total Environment, Volume: 402, Pages: 306-317. Year of publication: 2008. Impact factor (2008): 2.579 ; Area: Environmental Sciences; Quartile: 1st; 2.- Authors: Solé, M., Lobera, G., Lima, D., Reis-Henriques, M.A., Santos, M.M. Title: Esterases activities and lipid peroxidation levels in muscle tissue of the shanny Lipophrys pholis along several sites from the Portuguese Coast Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume: 56, Pages: 999-1007. Year of publication: 2008. Impact factor (2008): 2.562; Area: Marine and Freshwater Biology/Environmental Sciences; Quartile: 1st; 3.- Authors: Lobera, G., Besné, P., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, JA., Tena, A., Aristi, I., Díez, JR., Ibisate, A., Larrañaga, A., Elosegi, A., Batalla, RJ. Title: Geomorphic Status of regulated rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal: Science of the Total Environment, Volume: 508, Pages: 101-114. Year of publication: 2015. Impact factor (2014): 4.099; Area: Environmental Sciences; Quartile: 1st; 4.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., López, P., Lobera, G., Batalla, R.J. Title: Suspended sediment, carbon and nitrogen transport in a regulated Pyrenean river. Journal: Science of the Total Environment, Volume: 540, Pages: 133-143. Year of publication: 2016. Impact factor (2016): 4.9; Area: Environmental Sciences; Quartile: 1st; 5.- Authors: Lobera, G., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, J.A., Tena, A. Title: Sediment transport in two Mediterranean regulated rivers. Journal: Science of the Total Environment, Volume: 540, Pages: 101-113, Year of publication: 2016. Impact factor (2016): 4.9. Area: Environmental Sciences; Quartile: 1st; 6.- Authors: Lobera, G., Muñoz, I. Title: Sedimentos e invertebrados. In: Batalla, R.J., Tena A. (eds), Procesos hidrosedimentarios fluviales. ISBN 978-84-9743-732-5. Editorial: Milenio, Year of publication: 2016. 7.- Authors: Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, JA., Muñoz, I., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Effects of flow regulation on river bed dynamics and invertebrate communities in a Mediterranean river. Journal: Hydrobiologia, Volume: 784, Pages: 283-304. Year of publication: 2017. Impact factor (2017): 2.165; Area: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Quartile: 2 nd . 8.- Authors: Lobera, G., Andrés-Doménech I, López-Tarazón, JA., Millán-Romero P, Vallés F, Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Bed disturbance below dams: observations from two Mediterranean Rivers. Journal: Land Degradation & Development, Volume: 28, Pages: 2493- 2512. Year of publication: 2017. Impact factor (2017): 7.27; Area: Environmental Sciences; Quartile: 1 st . 4.2. Submitted for review: 1.- Authors: Lobera, G., Pardo, I., García, L., Garcia, C. Title: Disentangling spatio-temporal drivers influencing benthic communities in temporary streams. Journal: Aquatic Sciences, 4.3. Papers ready to be submitted/under preparation to peer-reviewed international journals 1.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Andrés-Doménech, I., Millán-Romero, P., Vallés, F., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Channel morphodynamics and habitat recovery in a river reach affected by gravel-mining (River Ésera, Ebro basin). Journal: Geomorphology. 2.- Authors: Nácher-Rodríguez, B., Vallés-Morán, FJ., Balaguer-Beser, A., Lobera, G., LópezTarazón, J.A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Assessing the performance of a 2D hydraulic models to simulate the morphological evolution of a mountain gravel-bed river. Journal: Land Degradation & Development. 3.- Authors: Lobera, G., Pardo, I., Garcia, C. Title: Effects of hydrological perturbation (floods) in invertebrate communities in temporary streams of the island of Mallorca. Journal: Freshwater Biology. 5. Technical and scientific reports: 1.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Tena, A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Year of elaboration: 2011. Title: Operating sediment transport and sedimentological network. Description: Report corresponding to the Deliverable 3.1 of the Work Package 3 MORPH: Impacts of changing floods and droughts on channel morphology, sediment transport and physical habitat (Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2009-00065). 2.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Andrés-Doménech, I., Martínez-Capel, F., Muñoz-Mas, R., Tena, A., Vallés, F., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Year of elaboration: 2012. Title: New database including sediment transport, channel sediment structure and physical habitat characteristics obtained by means of state of the art sampling, measurement and modelling techniques. Data transfer to WP data. Description: Report corresponding to the Deliverable 3.2 of the Work Package 3 MORPH: Impacts of changing floods and droughts on channel morphology, sediment transport and physical habitat (Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2009- 00065). 3.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Andrés-Doménech, I., Martínez-Capel, F., Muñoz-Mas, R., Tena, A., Vallés, F., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Year of elaboration: 2012. Title: Monitoring of morpho-sedimentological variables, bed-mobility and sediment transport. Field survey protocol. Description: Field survey protocol to characterize morphosedimentological and bed mobility variables and sediment transport in the monitoring sections selected by the WP3- MORPH. 4.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Year of elaboration: 2013. Title: Development and implementation of an index of morphosedimentary change to the study sites. Description: Report corresponding to the Deliverable 3.3 of the Work Package 3 MORPH: Impacts of changing floods and droughts on channel morphology, sediment transport and physical habitat (Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2009-00065). 5.- Authors: Tena, A., Lobera, G., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Francés, F., Valles, F.J., MartinezCapel, F. Year of elaboration: 2014. Title: Scenario simulations based on hydraulic and sediment transport modelling. Description: Report corresponding to the Deliverable 3.4 of the Work Package 3 MORPH: Impacts of changing floods and droughts on channel morphology, sediment transport and physical habitat (Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2009-00065). 6. Attendance to congresses and conferences (chronologically ordered) 1.- Authors: Lobera, G., Andrés, I., Díez, J.R., Elosegi, A., Ibisate, A., López-Tarazón, J.A., Martínez-Capel, F., Muñoz-Mas, R., Tena, A., Vallés, F., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Biogeomorphic characterization of mediterranean rivers. A methodological approach. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: SCARCE 1st Annual Conference. Understanding the effects of global change on water quantity and quality in river basins. Publication: Understanding the effects of global change on water quantity and quality in river basins, SCARCE. Meeting place: Girona (Spain). Year: 2010. 2.- Authors: Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Tena, A., Andrés, I., Martínez-Capel, F., MuñozMas, R., Vallés, F., Aristi, I., Díez, J.R., Elosegui, A., Flores, L., Ibisate, A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: An integrated sampling design to study the combined effects of regulation and Mediterraneity on fluvial dynamics. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: SCARCE 2nd Annual Conference. Integrated modelling and monitoring at different river basin scales. Publication: Integrated modelling and monitoring at different river basin scales, SCARCE. Meeting place: Madrid (Spain). Year: 2011. 3.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Andrés-Doménech, I., Martínez-Capel, F., Muñoz-Mas, R., Vallés, F., Tena, A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Channel morphodynamics and habitat recovery in a river reach affected by gravel mining (River Ésera, Ebro basin). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Publication: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-5963-2. Meeting place: Vienna (Austria). Year: 2012. 4.- Authors: Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D. Title: Efectos de una extracción severa de gravas sobre la geomorfología, la movilidad del lecho y la distribución de hábitats en el río Ésera. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: XII Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología. Publication: Avances de la Geomorfología en España, 2010-2012, SEG. Meeting place: Santander (Spain). Year: 2012. 5.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Andrés-Doménech, I., Martínez-Capel, F., Muñoz-Mas, R., Vallés, F., Tena, A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Effects of gravel-mining over morphology, hydraulics and habitats distribution in the Ésera River (Ebro basin). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: SCARCE 3rd International Conference: Bridging toxicants, stressors and risk-based management under water scarcity. Publication: Bridging toxicants, stressors and risk-based management under water scarcity, SCARCE. Meeting place: Valencia, (Spain). Year: 2012. 6.- Authors: Millán-Romero, P., Nácher Rodríguez, B., López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Vallés Morán, F.J., Andrés-Doménech, I. Title: 2D hydraulic modelling of alluvial rivers in the Pyrenees (Spain). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: SCARCE 3rd International Conference: Bridging toxicants, stressors and risk-based management under water scarcity. Publication: Bridging toxicants, stressors and risk-based management under water scarcity, SCARCE. Meeting place: Valencia, (Spain). Year: 2012. 7.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Millán-Romero, P., Andrés-Doménech, I., Vallés, F., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Efectos de una extracción de gravas sobre la geomorfología y la hidráulica (Perarrúa, río Ésera). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: III Jornadas de Ingeniería del Agua. Meeting place: Valencia (Spain). Year: 2013. 8.- Authors: Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Muñoz, I., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Effects of bed disturbance on invertebrate communities. Research design and preliminary results. Type of presentation: Oral. Congress: 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics. Publication: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics. Meeting place: Trondheim (Norway). Year: 2014. 9.- Authors: Llena, M., Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Palau, A., Vericat, D. Title: Effects of gravel mining over the morpho-sedimentological characteristics and river dynamics in the Ésera river (Aragon Pyrenees). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: XVII Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology. Publication: Book of abstracts of the XVII Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, 86. Meeting place: Santander (Spain). Year: 2014. 10.- Authors: Palau, A., Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Llena, M., Vericat, D. Title: The morphosedimentological evolution of a gravel-bed river to different magnitude flood events: The Ésera River (Aragon Pyrenees). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: XVII Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology. Publication: Book of abstracts of the XVII Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, 98. Meeting place: Santander (Spain). Year: 2014. 11.- Authors: Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Gibbins, C.N., Brasington, J., Tena, A., Béjar, M., Muñoz-Narciso, E., Ramos, E., Lobera, G., Buendía, C., López-Tarazón, J.A., Smith, M., Wheaton, J., López, R., Verdú, J., Palau, A. Title: Coupling channel morphology and ecological diversity in a gravel bed river: MORPHSED conceptual approach and experimental design. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: XIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Geomorfología. Publication: Avances de la Geomorfología en España, 2012-2014, SEG. Meeting place: Cáceres (Spain). Year: 2014. 12.- Authors: Béjar, M., Gibbins, CN., Vericat, D., Batalla, RJ., Buendía, C., Lobera, G. Title: Impact of gravel mining on benthic invertebrate communities in a dynamic gravel-bed river: linking ecological status to geomorphic disturbance. Type of presentation: Oral. Congress: XIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Geomorfología. Publication: Avances de la Geomorfología en España, 2012-2014, SEG. Meeting place: Cáceres (Spain). Year: 2014. 13.- Authors: Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, JA., Muñoz, I., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Effects of river regulation in bed mobility and invertebrate communities. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: Final SCARCE International Conference: River conservation under water scarcity. Integration of water quantity and quality in Iberian Rivers under global Change. Meeting place: Tarragona (Spain). Year: 2014. 14.- Authors: Lobera, G., Besné, P., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, JA., Tena, A., Aristi, I., Díez, JR., Ibisate, A., Larrañaga, A., Elosegi, A., Batalla, RJ. Title: Geomorphic Status of regulated rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. Type of presentation: Oral. Congress: Final SCARCE International Conference: River conservation under water scarcity. Integration of water quantity and quality in Iberian Rivers under global Change. Meeting place: Tarragona (Spain). Year: 2014. 15.- Authors: Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Andrés-Doménech, I., Millán-Romero, P., Vallés, F. Title: Bed disturbance patterns in two mediterranean impounded rivers. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Publication: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17; EGU2015-13683. Meeting place: Vienna (Austria). Year: 2015 16.- Authors: Béjar, M., Gibbins, C., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J., Muñoz, E., Ramos, E., Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Piqué, G., Tena, A., Buendía, C., Rennie, C.D. Title: Invertebrate drift during in-channel gravel mining: the Upper River Cinca (Southern Pyrenees). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Publication: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17; EGU2015-12070-2. Meeting place: Vienna (Austria). Year: 2015 17.- Authors: Tena, A., Béjar, M., Muñoz, E., Ramos, E., Lobera, G., López-Tarazón, J.A., Gibbins, C., Batalla, R.J., Piqué, G., Vericat, D. Title: Suspended sediment transport during inchannel gravel mining: spatial and temporal dynamics. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Publication: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17; EGU2015-13723. Meeting place: Vienna (Austria). Year: 2015 18.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., López, P., Lobera, G. Title: Suspended sediment, carbon and nitrogen transport in two impounded mountainous rivers. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Publication: Geophysical Research Abstracts. Meeting place: Vienna (Austria). Year: 2016 19.- Authors: Lobera, G., Batalla, R.J., Vericat, D., López-Tarazón, J.A., Tena, A. Title: Suspended sediment transport in two Mediterranean impounded rivers. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Publication: Geophysical Research Abstracts. Meeting place: Vienna (Austria). Year: 2016 20.- Authors: López-Tarazón, J.A., Lobera, G., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Geomorphological evolution of a river reach after a high-intensity gravel-mining operation. Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: The effects of Global Change on Floods, Fluvial Geomorphology and related Hazards in Mountainous Rivers. Meeting place: Potsdam (Germany). Year: 2017 21.- Authors: Nácher-Rodríguez, B., Vallés-Morán, FJ., Balaguer-Beser, A., Lobera, G., LópezTarazón, J.A., Vericat, D., Batalla, R.J. Title: Assessment of the morphological evolution of a river reach by means of numerical simulation, the river Ésera in Perarrúa (Spain). Type of presentation: Poster. Congress: The effects of Global Change on Floods, Fluvial Geomorphology and related Hazards in Mountainous Rivers. Meeting place: Potsdam (Germany). Year: 2017.