Berta Bonet

About

I am an ecotoxicologist broadly interested in how anthropogenic and environmental stressors impact the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide. My current research investigates the decomposition of bioplastics in freshwater systems under climate change pressures—particularly rising temperatures and extreme hydrological events—using fluvial microbial communities (biofilms) as bioindicators. I explore these effects at molecular, functional, and structural levels through a combination of field and laboratory experiments.

Work

CEAB-CSIC
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Researcher (principal investigator)

Spain

Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes
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Researcher - Technician

Spain

University of Birmingham
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Research fellow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

University of Birmingham School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Marie Curie Research Fellow (MC IF)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Universitat de Girona Facultat de Ciències
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Project manager

Spain

Center for the Study of Mediterranean Rivers (CERM)
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Freelance researcher

Spain

Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz
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Postdoc

Switzerland

Universitat de Girona Facultat de Ciencies
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Lecturer of biology in Biology, Environmental Science and Chemistry degrees and practical lecturer of environmental impact assessment in Environmental Science degree

Spain

Universitat de Girona Facultat de Ciencies
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First officer in charge of research and transfer

Spain

Universitat de Girona Facultat de Ciencies
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First officer in charge of research and transfer

Spain

Universitat de Girona Departament de Ciencies Ambientals
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Ph.D. fellowship

Spain

Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz
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PhD student (stage)

Switzerland

Universitat de Girona Facultat de Ciencies
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Lecturer of Ecology practicals in Biology and Environmental Science degrees and lecturer of biogeography in Environmental Sciences degree

Spain

Universitat de Girona Facultat de Ciencies
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Collaboration with the institute of Aquatic Ecology of the University of Girona (IEA-UdG)

Spain

Consorci Alba-Ter
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Technician of regional development. Alba-Ter consortium, dedicated to the natural and cultural heritage associated with the River Ter.

Spain

La Vola, environmental services
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Informer to increase the social sensitivity about the importance of collect the organic material in La Vola, environmental services. Tasks: direct contact with the society, explain the strong points of the campaign and logistics. And informer about renewal energies, selective collection and implementation of organic material collection in a Regional Board of Osona (Catalonia).

Spain

Education

Universitat de Girona Departament de Ciencies Ambientals
Spain

2008-13 International Ph.D. in Fluvial Ecology and Community Ecotoxicology

Universitat de Girona
Spain

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (CAP)

University of Barcelona and University of Girona
Spain

MSc in Basic and Applied Ecology

Universitat de Girona
Spain

Degree in Environmental Science

Publications

Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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Advances in the Multibiomarker Approach for Risk Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems

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Exploring the combined effect of climate change and pollution on freshwater ecosystems

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Frontiers In Environmental Science

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Exploring the combined effect of climate change and pollution on freshwater ecosystems

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Frontiers in Environmental Science

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Editorial: Exploring the combined effect of climate change and pollution on freshwater ecosystems

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Frontiers in Environmental Science

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Freshwater biofilms as early warning systems for the combined impacts of climate change

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Universtiy of Birmingham

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report

Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs

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Environmental Pollution

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Responses of resident (DNA) and active (RNA) microbial communities in fluvial biofilms under different polluted scenarios

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Chemosphere

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Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs

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Environmental Pollution

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Responses of resident (DNA) and active (RNA) microbial communities in fluvial biofilms under different polluted scenarios

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Chemosphere

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Structural and functional responses of periphyton and macroinvertebrate communities to ferric Fe, Cu, and Zn in stream mesocosms

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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

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Structural and Functional Responses of Periphyton and Macroinvertebrate Communities to Ferric Fe, Cu, and Zn in Stream Mesocosms

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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

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Combined effects of hydrologic alteration and cyprinid fish in mediating biogeochemical processes in a Mediterranean stream

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Science of the Total Environment

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Microbial biomarkers

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Microbial Ecotoxicology

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book-chapter

Microbial biomarkers

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Microbial Ecotoxicology

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book

Combined effects of hydrological alteration and cyprinids fish in mediating biogeochemical processes in a Mediterranean stream

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Science of the Total Environment

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Combined effects of hydrologic alteration and cyprinid fish in mediating biogeochemical processes in a Mediterranean stream

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Science of The Total Environment

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Microbial biomarkers

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Microbial Ecotoxicology

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book-chapter

Combined effects of hydrologic alteration and cyprinid fish in mediating biogeochemical processes in a Mediterranean stream

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Science of the Total Environment

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Effects of low arsenic concentration exposure on freshwater fish in the presence of fluvial biofilms

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Science of the Total Environment

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Effects of low arsenic concentration exposure on freshwater fish in the presence of fluvial biofilms

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Science of the Total Environment

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The use of biofilms to assess the effects of chemicals on freshwater ecosystems

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Aquatic Biofilms: Ecology, Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment

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book-chapter

The Use of Biofilms to Assess the Effects of Chemicals on Freshwater Ecosystems

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Aquatic Biofilms: Ecology, Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment

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journal-article

Effects of low arsenic concentration exposure on freshwater fish in the presence of fluvial biofilms

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Science of The Total Environment

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Effects of low arsenic concentration exposure on freshwater fish in the presence of fluvial biofilms

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Science of The Total Environment 544(15):467-175

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Cumulative Stressors Trigger Increased Vulnerability of Diatom Communities to Additional Disturbances

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Microbial Ecology

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Is the toxicity of pesticide mixtures on river biofilms accounted for solely by the major compounds identified?

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research

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Is the toxicity of pesticide mixtures on river biofilm accounted for solely by the major compounds identified?

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research

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Is the toxicity of pesticide mixtures on river biofilm accounted for solely by the major compounds identified?

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research

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Cumulative Stressors Trigger Increased Vulnerability of Diatom Communities to Additional Disturbances

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Microbial Ecology

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Cumulative Stressors Trigger Increased Vulnerability of Diatom Communities to Additional Disturbances

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Microbial Ecology

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Experimental evaluation of the contribution of acidic pH and Fe concentration to the structure, function and tolerance to metals (Cu and Zn) exposure in fluvial biofilms

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Ecotoxicology

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Antioxidant enzyme activities in biofilms as biomarker of Zn pollution in a natural system: An active bio-monitoring study

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Antioxidant enzyme activities in biofilms as biomarker of Zn pollution in a natural system: An active bio-monitoring study

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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Diatom responses to zinc contamination along a Mediterranean river

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Diatom responses to zinc contamination along a Mediterranean river

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Plant Ecology and Evolution

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Experimental evaluation of the contribution of acidic pH and Fe concentration to the structure, function and tolerance to metals (Cu and Zn) exposure in fluvial biofilms

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Seasonal changes in antioxidant enzyme activities of freshwater biofilms in a metal polluted Mediterranean stream

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Science of the Total Environment

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Seasonal changes in antioxidant enzyme activities of freshwater biofilms in a metal polluted Mediterranean stream

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Seasonal changes in antioxidant enzyme activities of freshwater biofilms in a metal polluted Mediterranean stream

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Science of The Total Environment

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Advances in the Multibiomarker Approach for Risk Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems

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Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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book

Antioxidant enzyme activities as biomarkers of Zn pollution in fluvial biofilms

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Antioxidant enzyme activities as biomarkers of Zn pollution in fluvial biofilms

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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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book-chapter

Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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book-chapter

Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

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Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

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How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

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Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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book-chapter

How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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book-chapter

How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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book-chapter

How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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book-chapter

How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

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Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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book

How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

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The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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Light History Influences the Response of Fluvial Biofilms to Zn Exposure

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Light History Influences the Response of Fluvial Biofilms to Zn Exposure

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Journal of Phycology

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The effect of metals on photosynthesis processes and diatom metrics of biofilm from a metal-contaminated river: A translocation experiment

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The effect of metals on photosynthesis processes and diatom metrics of biofilm from a metal-contaminated river: A translocation experiment

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Ecological Indicators

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Advances in the Multibiomarker Approach for Risk Assessment in Aquatic Ecosystems

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Emerging and Priority Pollutants in Rivers

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book-chapter

Catalase in fluvial biofilms: a comparison between different extraction methods and example of application in a metal-polluted river

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Ecotoxicology

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Chl-a fluorescence parameters as biomarkers of metal toxicity in fluvial biofilms: An experimental study

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Chl-<i>a</i> fluorescence parameters as biomarkers of metal toxicity in fluvial biofilms: an experimental study

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Hydrobiologia

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In situ spatio-temporal changes in pollution-induced community tolerance to zinc in autotrophic and heterotrophic biofilm communities

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In situ spatio-temporal changes in pollution-induced community tolerance to zinc in autotrophic and heterotrophic biofilm communities

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Ecotoxicology

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Catalase in fluvial biofilms: A comparison between different extraction methods and example of application in a metal-polluted river

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Discharge and the response of biofilms to metal exposure in Mediterranean rivers

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Discharge and the response of biofilms to metal exposure in Mediterranean rivers

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Hydrobiologia

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Metal Ecotoxicology in Fluvial Biofilms: Potential Influence of Water Scarcity

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Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean

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book-chapter

Metal Ecotoxicology in Fluvial Biofilms: Potential Influence of Water Scarcity

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Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Discharge and the response of biofilms to metal exposure in Mediterranean rivers

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Hydrobiologia

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Berta Bonet