Deliverables & Publications

KARMA Deliverables

Work Package 1 - Project Management, Dissemination & Communication

Deliverable 1.1 Data management plan and consortium agreement
Deliverable 1.2 Desgin of KARMA website
Deliverable 1.3 Dissemination plan
Deliverable 1.4 Exploitation plan
Deliverable 1.5 Setup of a data management platform
Deliverable 1.6 Educational brochure on karst
Deliverable 1.7 Preparation of KARMA policy briefs and a brochure

Work Package 2 - Water availability

Work Package 3 - Water quality

Deliverable 3.1 Design and implementation of the Mediterranean karst springs monitoring network
Deliverable 3.2 Preparatory actions for the development and implementation of early warning systems (EWS) for spring water contamination
Deliverable 3.3 Validation of individual EWS for spring and system efficiency assessment
Deliverable 3.4 Vulnerability mapping, validation and risk assessment in Mediterranean karst sites
Deliverable 3.5 Evaluation of karst groundwater-dependent ecosystems (KGDE) environmental status

Work Package 4 - Modeling tools

Deliverable 4.1 Report of topology of karst system
Deliverable 4.2 Aplication of lumped parameter modeling at the KARMA test sites
Deliverable 4.3 Application of Artificial Neural Network models at KARMA test sites
Deliverable 4.4 Release of modeling tools: Lumped parameter modeling (https://github.com/HSM-hydro/KARMA_D44)
Deliverable 4.4 Release of modeling tools: Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (https://github.com/KITHydrogeology/KARMA_Project)
Deliverable 4.5 Development of physically-based numerical models (spatially distributed) for karst hydrodynamics
Deliverable 4.6 Release of modeling tools: Release of modeling tools for distributed modeling (https://github.com/maliouache/KARSTGEN)

Work Package 5 - Mediterranean karst aquifer map & database

KARMA policy briefs

KARMA Publications

Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Lorenzo T, Lombardi A, Tomassetti B, Lorenzi V, Vaccarelli I, Di Cicco M, Petitta M, Galassi DMP (2023) Assessing spatial and temporal changes in diversity of copepod crustaceans: a key step for biodiversity conservation in groundwater-fed springs. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, Volume 11 - 2023.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1051295
Cinkus G, Mazzilli N, Jourde H, Wunsch A, Liesch T, Ravbar N, Chen Z, Goldscheider, N (2023) Technical note: When best is the enemy of good – critical evaluation of performance criteria in hydrological models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Preprint.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-380
Cinkus G, Wunsch A, Mazzilli N, Liesch T, Chen Z, Ravbar N, Doummar J, Fernández-Ortega J, Barberá JA, Andreo B, Goldscheider N, Jourde H (2023) Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks and Reservoir models for simulating karst spring discharge. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27, 1961–1985.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1961-2023
Cinkus G, Mazzilli N, Jourde, H. (2021) Identification of relevant indicators for the assessment of karst systems hydrological functioning: proposal of a new classification. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 603, Part C, 127006.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127006
Cinkus G, Mazzilli N, Jourde, H (2023) KarstID: An R Shiny application for the analysis of karst spring discharge time series and the classification of karst systems hydrological functioning. Environmental Earth Sciences Issue 82, 136.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10830-5
Doummar J, Fahs M, Aoun M, ElGhawi R, Othman J, Alali M, Kassem HA (2022) Assessment of water quality and quantity of springs at a pilot-scale: Applications in semi-arid Mediterranean areas in Lebanon. American Geophysical Union books: Threats to Springs in a Changing World, 111-129.
https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508719.1
Fahrmeier N, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N (2021) Comparative application and optimization of different single borehole dilution test techniques. Hydrogeology Journal, 29(1): 199–211.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02271-2
Fahrmeier N, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N (2022) A novel probe for point injections in groundwater monitoring wells. Hydrogeology Journal, 30(3): 1021-1029.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02477-6
Fandel C, Miville F, Ferré T, Goldscheider N, Renard P (2022) The stochastic simulation of karst conduit network structure using anisotropic fast marching, and its application to a geologically complex alpine karst system. Hydrogeology Journal, 30(3): 927–946.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02464-x

Fernández-Ortega J, Barberá JA, Andreo B (2023). Implications of Tryptophan-Like-Fluorescence Long-Term Monitoring for Bacterial Detection in a Mountainous Karst Aquifer. In: Andreo B, Barberá JA, Durán-Valsero JJ, Gil-Márquez JM, Mudarra M (eds.) EuroKarst 2022, Málaga. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham. pp 79–84.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16879-6_12
Frank S, Fahrmeier N, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N (2022) High-resolution multi-parameter monitoring of microbial water quality and particles at two alpine karst springs as a basis for an early-warning system. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 2285-2298.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02556-8
Goeppert N, Goldscheider N, Berkowitz B (2020) Experimental and modeling evidence of kilometer-scale anomalous tracer transport in an alpine karst aquifer. Water Research 178 (2020) 115755.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115755
Lorenzi V, Sbarbati C, Banzato F, Lacchini A, Petitta M (2022) Recharge assessment of the Gran Sasso aquifer (Central Italy): Time-variable infiltration and influence of snow cover extension. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 41, 101090.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101090
Lorenzi V, Sbarbati C, Banzato F, Manetta M, Petitta M (2023) Updating the water budget of the Gran Sasso carbonate fractured/karstified aquifer (Central Italy) for a sustainable management of groundwater resources. In: Andreo B, Barberá JA, Durán-Valsero JJ, Gil-Márquez JM, Mudarra M (eds.) EuroKarst 2022, Málaga. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham, pp.33-39.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16879-6_6
Lorenzi V, Barberio MD, Sbarbati C, Petitta M (2023) Groundwater recharge distribution due to snow cover in shortage conditions (2019-22) on the Gran Sasso carbonate aquifer (Central Italy) Environmental Earth Sciences 82, 206.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10889-0
Marín AI, Martín Rodríguez JF, Barberá JA, Fernández-Ortega J, Mudarra M, Sánchez D, and Andreo B (2021) Groundwater vulnerability to pollution in karst aquifers, considering key challenges and considerations: application to the Ubrique springs in southern Spain. Hydrogeology Journal 29, 379–396.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02279-8
Martín-Rodríguez JF, Mudarra M, De la Torre B, Andreo B (2023) Towards a better understanding of time-lags in karst aquifers by combining hydrological analysis tools and dye tracer tests. Application to a binary karst aquifer in southern Spain. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 621.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129643
Medici G, Lorenzi V, Sbarbati C, Manetta M, Petitta M (2023) Structural Classification, Discharge Statistics, and Recession Analysis from the Springs of the Gran Sasso (Italy) Carbonate Aquifer; Comparison with Selected Analogues Worldwide. Sustainability, 15, 125
https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310125
Siegel, L, Goldscheider, N, Petitta, M, Xanke, J, Andreo, B, Bakalowicz, M, Barberá, JA, Bouhlila, R, Burg, A, Doummar, J, Ezzine, I, Fernández-Ortega, J, Ghanmi, M, Jourde, H, Marín, AI, Mhimdi, A, Pipan, T, Ravbar, N, Stevanović, AM, Stevanović, Z (2023) Distribution, threats and protection of selected karst groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the Mediterranean region. 2023. In press, Hydrogeology Journal.
Sivellle, V, Cinkus, G, Mazzilli, N, Labat, D, Arfib B, Massei, N, Cousquer Y, Bertin D, Jourde, H (2023) Improvement of the KarstMod modeling platform for a better assessment of karst groundwater resources. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Preprint.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2023-17
Wunsch A, Liesch T, Cinkus G, Ravbar N, Chen Z, Mazzilli N, Jourde H, Goldscheider N (2022) Karst spring discharge modeling based on deep learning using spatially distributed input data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26, 2405–2430.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2405-2022
Xanke, J, Liesch, T (2022) Quantification and possible causes of declining groundwater resources in the Euro-Mediterranean region from 2003 to 2020. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 379–400.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02448-3
Xanke J, Goldscheider N, Bakalowicz M, Barberá JA, Broda S, Chen Z, Ghanmi M, Günther A, Hartmann A, Jourde H, Liesch T, Mudarra M, Petitta M, Ravbar N, Stevanović Z (2022) Mediterranean karst aquifer map (MEDKAM), 1:5,000,000. Berlin, Karlsruhe, Paris.
https://doi.org/10.25928/MEDKAM.1