Jérôme Latron
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jerome.latron@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0003-3253-6734
Research group: Surface Hydrology and Erosion
My research focuses on hydrology and global change in Mediterranean environments with a strong emphasis on understanding the spatio-temporal variability of the hydrological response and the dynamics of water fluxes and residence times at the plot and catchment scale. Throughout my career, I have combined empirical (hydrometric approximations, environmental tracers,…) and modelling approaches at different spatio-temporal scales in order to investigate the hydrological functioning of Mediterranean headwater catchments and their potential alteration due to future land-cover and climate changes.
WARMed
Ecohydrological resilience of Mediterranean headwater catchments to disturbances in water availability
The WARMed project is grounded on the starting hypothesis that increasing disturbances in water availability will greatly modify the ecohydrological behavior of Mediterranean headwater catchments. How resilient will be Mediterranean headwater catchments to (i) potential changes in ecohydrological partitioning, (ii) expected modifications of ecohydrological connectivity, and (iii) alterations in hydrological threshold and hysteresis patterns. We therefore expect this project to broaden our knowledge of the ecohydrological resilience of Mediterranean headwater catchments to disturbances in water availability.
To achieve this goal WARMed aims to investigate how changes in water availability will affect ecohydrological dynamics at different scales through four different objectives: The first objective will investigate water partitioning under different soil water availability conditions at the forest plot scale. This will be complemented with a second objective investigating how water transits, is stored, mixes and is used by vegetation in response to rainfall in different water availability conditions. The third objective will investigate hillslope-stream hydrologic connectivity and its variations depending on water availability. Finally, the fourth objective will assess how and why increasing disturbances in water availability will affect hydrological response and behaviour of Mediterranean headwater catchments.
WARMed will combine up-to-date high-frequency isotopic and hydrometric measurements, with continuous long-term monitoring in the Vallcebre research catchments (NE Pyrenees) used by the Surface Hydrology and Erosion Group as long-term (>30 years) field laboratories.
Funding: Agencia Estatal de Investigación – PID2022-141868NB-I00
Start Date: 01/09/2023 – End Date: 31/08/2026
Project Leader: Pilar Llorens Garcia
Researchers: Jérôme Latron , Francesc Gallart Gallego
Support: Miriam Elena Salguero Sandoval
Funding: National Project
Bioacuana
Distribution and vulnerability to climate change of the aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Canary Islands
This project focuses on the aquatic insect fauna of the Canary Islands archipelago, which is especially interesting for three reasons: 1) it is little known due to the lack of inventories and scientific studies; 2) includes a large number of endemisms; 3) presents a great vulnerability to hydric stress derived from climate change. The project has four specific objectives: 1) Hydrologically characterize the main bodies of surface water; 2) Generate basic information on the taxonomic and genetic diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates; 3) Determine the vulnerability of species to global climate change; 4) Identify the priority zones for the conservation of the biodiversity of aquatic insects. Thus, this project will serve to establish basic knowledge about the aquatic biodiversity of the Canary Islands, which includes a large number of endemic species, and to promote conservation strategies in anticipation of the effects of climate change.
Funding: Fundación BBVA (Ayudas a proyectos de investigación científica en Cambio Climático y Ecología y Biología de la Conservación)
Project Leader: Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles Iglesias, Núria Bonada