Browsing by Author "Hernández, Armand"
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A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins
Mantzouki, Evanthia; Leira, Manel; Hernández, Armand; Delgado Martín, Jordi (Springer Nature, 2018)[Abstract:] Under ongoing climate change and increasing anthropogenic activity, which continuously challenge ecosystem resilience, an in-depth understanding of ecological processes is urgently needed. Lakes, as providers ... -
Biogeochemical Processes Controlling Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes of Diatom Silica in Late Glacial to Holocene Lacustrine Rhythmites
Hernández, Armand; Bao, Roberto; Giralt, Santiago; Barker, Philip; Leng, Melanie; Sloane, Hilary; Sáez, Alberto (Elsevier, 2010-05-19)[Abstract] Biogeochemical cycles and sedimentary records in lakes are related to climate controls on hydrology and catchment processes. Changes in the isotopic composition of the diatom frustules (δ18Odiatom and δ13Cdiatom) ... -
Centennial-scale precipitation anomalies in the southern Altiplano (18° S) suggest an extratropical driver for the South American summer monsoon during the late Holocene
Jara, Ignacio A.; Maldonado, Antonio; González, Leticia; Hernández, Armand; Sáez, Alberto; Giralt, Santiago; Bao, Roberto; Valero Garcés, B. L. (European Geosciences Union, 2019-10-16)[Abstract] Modern precipitation anomalies in the Altiplano, South America, are closely linked to the strength of the South American summer monsoon (SASM), which is influenced by large-scale climate features sourced in the ... -
Climate Change Facilitated the Early Colonization of the Azores Archipelago During Medieval Times
Raposeiro, Pedro; Hernández, Armand; Pla-Rábes, Sergi; Gonçalves, Vítor; Bao, Roberto; Sáez, Alberto; Shanahan, Timothy; Benavente Marín, Mario; Boer, Erik de; Richter, Nora; Gordon, Verónica; Marques, Helena; Sousa, Pedro M.; Souto, M.; Matias, Miguel G.; Aguiar, Nicole; Pereira, Cátia; Ritter, Catarina; Rubio-Inglés, María Jesús; Salcedo Albert, Marina; Vázquez-Loureiro, David; Margalef, Olga; Amaral-Zettler, Linda; Costa, Ana Cristina; Huang, Yongsong; Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N. van; Masque, Pere; Prego, Ricardo; Ruiz-Fernández, Ana Carolina; Sánchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert; Trigo, R. M.; Giralt, Santiago (National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021-08-27)[Abstract] Humans have made such dramatic and permanent changes to Earth's landscapes that much of it is now substantially and irreversibly altered from its preanthropogenic state. Remote islands, until recently isolated ... -
Climate, catchment runoff and limnological drivers of carbon and oxygen isotope composition of diatom frustules from the central Andean Altiplano during the Lateglacial and Early Holocene
Hernández, Armand; Bao, Roberto; Giralt, Santiago; Sáez, Alberto; Leng, Melanie J.; Barker, Philip A.; Kendrick, Chris P.; Sloane, Hilary J. (Elsevier, 2013)Diatom-based carbon and oxygen isotope analyses (δ13Cdiatom and δ18Odiatom) were performed on diatom-rich laminated sediments of Lake Chungará (Andean Altiplano, northern Chile) deposited during the Lateglacial and Early ... -
Climatic and lacustrine morphometric controls of diatom paleoproductivity in a tropical Andean lake
Bao, Roberto; Hernández, Armand; Sáez, Alberto; Giralt, Santiago; Prego, R.; Pueyo Mur, Juan José; Moreno Caballud, Ana; Valero Garcés, B. L. (Elsevier, 2015-12)The coupling of lake dynamics with catchment biogeochemistry is considered the key element controlling primary production in mountain lakes at time scales of a few decades to millennia, yet little is known on the impacts ... -
Conocer nuestros ríos para conservarlos. Actividad aps de la materia Geografía Física (simultaneidad Biología-Química y Grado en Biología de la UDC) con Adega
Santos-Fidalgo, Luisa; Hernández, Armand (2023) -
Diatom-inferred ecological responses of an oceanic lake system to volcanism and anthropogenic perturbations since 1290 CE
Vázquez-Loureiro, David; Gonçalves, Vítor; Sáez, Alberto; Hernández, Armand; Raposeiro, Pedro; Giralt, Santiago; Rubio-Inglés, María Jesús; Rull, Valentí; Bao, Roberto (Elsevier, 2019-07-29)[Abstract] The impacts of natural- and human-induced processes on lake ecosystems in remote oceanic islands remain to be fully elucidated. These lakes are excellent candidates to analyze the importance of anthropogenic ... -
Dinámica de los sistemas dunares costeros ante el Cambio Global: la necesidad de una gestión sostenible
Hernández, Armand; González-Villanueva, Rita; Carballeira, Rafael; Bao, Roberto; Sáez, Alberto (Asociación Española para el Estudio del Cuaternario (AEQUA), 2023-06-20)[Resumen] El desarrollo y evolución de los sistemas arenosos costeros está gobernado por un frágil equilibrio dinámico entre la interacción de múltiples factores ambientales, y por ello estos sistemas naturales son altamente ... -
ENSO and Solar Activity Signals From Oxygen Isotopes in Diatom Silica During Late Glacial-Holocene Transition in Central Andes (18°S)
Hernández, Armand; Giralt, Santiago; Bao, Roberto; Sáez, Alberto; Leng, Melanie; Barker, Philip (Springer, 2010-02)[Abstract] The late glacial-Holocene transition from the Lago Chungará sedimentary record in northern Chilean Altiplano (18°S) is made up of laminated sediments composed of light-white and dark-green pluriannual couplets ... -
Formation and Evolution of Back-Barrier Perched Lakes in Rocky Coasts: An Example of a Holocene System in North-West Spain
Sáez, Alberto; Carballeira, Rafael; Pueyo Mur, Juan José; Vázquez-Loureiro, David; Leira, Manel; Hernández, Armand; Valero Garcés, Blas; Bao, Roberto (Wiley, 2018-09-22)[Abstract] Coastal back-barrier perched lakes are freshwater bodies that are elevated over sea-level and are not directly subjected to the inflow of seawater. This study provides a detailed reconstruction of the Doniños ... -
Impact of the historical introduction of exotic fishes on the chironomid community of Lake Azul (Azores Islands)
Raposeiro, Pedro; Rubio, Maria Jesus; González, Alba; Hernández, Armand; Sánchez-López, Guiomar; Vázquez-Loureiro, David; Rull, Valentí; Bao, Roberto; Costa, Ana Cristina; Gonçalves, Vítor; Sáez, Alberto; Giralt, Santiago (Elsevier, 2017)Little is known about the effect of top predator introduction in historically fishless communities, especially on remote islands. This issue is important because it might strongly affect climate reconstructions derived from ... -
Leaf Wax Biomarkers of a High-Mountain Lake Area in Western Iberia—Implications for Environmental Reconstructions
Santos, Ricardo N.; Schefuß, Enno; Cordeiro, Lívia; Oliveira, Dulce; Hernández, Armand; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Rodrigues, Teresa (Frontiers, 2022-11-29)[Abstract] Leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers are widely used to infer past vegetation dynamics and hydroclimate changes. The use of these compounds strongly relies on the characterization of modern plants. However, few studies ... -
Long-Term Hydroclimate Variability in the Sub-Tropical North Atlantic and Anthropogenic Impacts on Lake Ecosystems: A Case Study From Flores Island, the Azores
Richter, Nora; Russell, James M.; Amaral-Zettler, Linda; DeGroff, Wylie; Raposeiro, Pedro; Gonçalves, Vítor; Boer, Erik de; Pla-Rábes, Sergi; Hernández, Armand; Benavente Marín, Mario; Ritter, Catarina; Sáez, Alberto; Bao, Roberto; Trigo, R. M.; Prego, Ricardo; Giralt, Santiago (Elsevier, 2022-06-01)[Abstract] Human land use and climate change threaten ecosystems and natural resources, particularly on remote islands such as the Azores Archipelago in the North Atlantic. Since the official Portuguese settlement of the ... -
Primary Drivers of Dune Cover and Shoreline Dynamics: A Conceptual Model Based on the Iberian Atlantic Coast
González-Villanueva, Rita; Pastoriza, Martiño; Hernández, Armand; Carballeira, Rafael; Sáez, Alberto; Bao, Roberto (Elsevier, 2023-02-15)[Abstract] Coastal dunes evolve in direct response to primary drivers, such as wind and waves, which can significantly influence the landscape. Here, we examine the effects of the wind and wave regimes on the vegetation ... -
Recent Global Warming Induces the Coupling of Dissimilar Long-Term Sedimentary Signatures in Two Adjacent Volcanic Lakes (Azores Archipelago, Portugal)
Vázquez-Loureiro, David; Sáez, Alberto; Gonçalves, Vítor; Buchaca, Teresa; Hernández, Armand; Raposeiro, Pedro; Boer, Erik de; Masqué, Pere; Giralt, Santiago; Bao, Roberto (Elsevier, 2023-01-30)[Abstract] Paleoclimatological information derived from the study of lacustrine sedimentary records is not only biased by taphonomical processes but also by potential differences in the expression of climate variability ... -
The Recent Volcanism of Flores Island (Azores), Part II: Stratigraphy and Eruptive History of the Comprida Volcanic System
Andrade, Mariana; Ramalho, Ricardo; Pimentel, Adriano; Kutterolf, Steffen; Hernández, Armand (Elsevier, 2023-04-20)[Abstract] The stratigraphy and eruptive history of a volcanic system are key to forecast the timing and style of future eruptions. Flores is a small volcanic island in the Azores Archipelago with no record of eruptions ... -
The Timing of the Deglaciation in the Atlantic Iberian Mountains: Insights From the Stratigraphic Analysis of a Lake Sequence in Serra Da Estrela (Portugal)
Hernández, Armand; Sáez, Alberto; Santos, Ricardo N.; Rodrigues, Teresa; Martín-Puertas, Celia; Gil-Romera, Graciela; Abbott, Mark; Carballeira, Rafael; Costa, Pedro J. M.; Giralt, Santiago; Gomes, Sandra D.; Griffore, Melissa; Ibáñez-Insa, Jordi; Leira, Manel; Moreno, João; Naughton, Filipa; Oliveira, Dulce; Raposeiro, Pedro M.; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Vieira, Gonçalo; Ramos, Alexandre M. (Wiley, 2023-02-07)[Abstract] Understanding the environmental response to the last glacial termination in regions located in transitional climate zones such as the Atlantic Iberian mountains is crucial to estimate potential changes in regions ... -
The Vanishing and the Establishment of a New Ecosystem on an Oceanic Island: Anthropogenic Impacts With No Return Ticket
Ritter, Catarina; Gonçalves, Vítor; Pla-Rabes, Sergi; de Boer, Erik; Bao, Roberto; Sáez, Alberto; Hernández, Armand; Sixto, Marta; Richter, Nora; Benavente Marín, Mario; Prego, Ricardo; Giralt, Santiago; Raposeiro, Pedro (Elsevier, 2022-03-31)[Abstract] A multiproxy approach was applied to a sediment core retrieved from the deep crater Lake Funda, located in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean on Flores Island, Azores archipelago (Portugal). The purpose of ... -
Towards a Digital Twin of the Earth System: Geo-Soft-CoRe, a Geoscientific Software & Code Repository
DeFelipe, Irene; Alcalde, Juan; Baykiev, Eldar; Bernal, Isabel; Boonma, Kittiphon; Carbonell, Ramón; Flude, Stephanie; Folch, Arnau; Fullea, Javier; García-Castellanos, Daniel; Geyer, Adelina; Giralt, Santiago; Hernández, Armand; Jiménez-Munt, Ivone; Kumar, Ajay; Llorens, María-Gema; Martí, Joan; Molina, Cecilia; Olivar-Castaño, Andrés; Parnell, Andrew; Schimmel, Martin; Torné, Montserrat; Ventosa, Sergi (Frontiers, 2022-04-26)[Abstract] The immense advances in computer power achieved in the last decades have had a significant impact in Earth science, providing valuable research outputs that allow the simulation of complex natural processes and ...