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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2012 May;19(4):918-33. doi: 10.1007/s11356-011-0566-5. Epub 2012 Apr 29.
The Consolider-Ingenio 2010 project SCARCE, with the full title "Assessing and predicting effects on water quantity and quality in Iberian Rivers caused by global change" aims to examine and predict the relevance of global change on water availability, water quality, and ecosystem services in Mediterranean river basins of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as their socio-economic impacts. Starting in December 2009, it brought together a multidisciplinary team of 11 partner Spanish institutions, as well as the active involvement of water authorities, river basin managers, and other relevant agents as stakeholders.
The study areas are the Llobregat, Ebro, Jucar, and Guadalquivir river basins. These basins have been included in previous studies and projects, the majority of whom considered some of the aspects included in SCARCE but individually. Historical data will be used as a starting point of the project but also to obtain longer time series. The main added value of SCARCE project is the inclusion of scientific disciplines ranging from hydrology, geomorphology, ecology, chemistry, and ecotoxicology, to engineering, modeling, and economy, in an unprecedented effort in the Mediterranean area. The project performs data mining, field, and lab research as well as modeling and upscaling of the findings to apply them to the entire river basin.
Scales ranging from the laboratory to river basins are addressed with the potential to help improve river basin management. The project emphasizes, thus, linking basic research and management practices in a single framework. In fact, one of the main objectives of SCARCE is to act as a bridge between the scientific and the management and to transform research results on management keys and tools for improving the River Basin Management Plans. Here, we outline the general structure of the project and the activities conducted within the ten Work Packages of SCARCE.
Consolider-Ingenio 2010 项目 SCARCE 的全称为“评估和预测全球变化对伊比利亚河流水量和水质的影响”，旨在研究和预测全球变化对伊比利亚半岛地中海河流流域的水资源可用性、水质和生态系统服务的影响，以及它们对社会经济的影响。该项目于 2009 年 12 月启动，汇集了来自西班牙 11 个合作伙伴机构的多学科团队，以及水务主管部门、流域管理部门和其他相关利益方的积极参与。
研究区域为 Llobregat、Ebro、Jucar 和 Guadalquivir 流域。这些流域以前曾参与过其他研究和项目，其中大多数项目都考虑了 SCARCE 项目中包含的一些方面，但都是单独考虑的。该项目将利用历史数据作为项目的起点，同时获取更长时间序列的数据。SCARCE 项目的主要附加值在于，将包括水文学、地貌学、生态学、化学和生态毒理学以及工程学、建模和经济学在内的科学学科纳入其中，这在地中海地区是前所未有的。该项目进行了数据挖掘、野外和实验室研究以及建模和推广，以便将研究结果应用于整个流域。
该项目涵盖了从实验室到流域的多个尺度，有可能有助于改善流域管理。因此，该项目强调在一个单一框架内将基础研究与管理实践联系起来。事实上，SCARCE 的主要目标之一是在科学和管理之间架起桥梁，并将研究成果转化为改善流域管理计划的管理关键和工具。在这里，我们概述了该项目的总体结构以及 SCARCE 的十个工作包中开展的活动。
