UB launches an app to assess rivers’ ecological status with citizens’ collaboration

Anyone can collaborate in Spanish river research and conservation with his/her smartphone. The research group Freshwater Ecology and Management (FEM) of the University of Barcelona (UB) -led by Narcís Prat, professor from the Department of Ecology- has just created an app that enables to assess the ecological status of a river in an easy and intuitive way and share results with researchers. The app, named RIU.net, is already available for Android devices.

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