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Happy holidays and Happy New Year!
Udo2022-12-20T18:48:43+00:00The entire team at Bio Piscinas, Lda. as well as all the employees of the Piscinas Biológicas Group wish you happy holidays and a Happy New Year 2023! home / news
December 2022
Planaria
Udo2022-12-01T09:15:37+00:00Planaria is an animal rarely visible in biological pools, even if there were many there. But it is a species widely used in scientific biology laboratories. This species can be cut into pieces, and each piece can regenerate into a complete organism! What sounds brutal has greatly helped scientists to better understand the biology [...]
November 2022
Restoring forests
Udo2022-10-27T17:08:18+01:00Forests are the lungs of the world, and indigenous forests, with the site's original species composition, are the best for helping mitigate effects of global warming. In addition, they are home to a huge biodiversity of plants and animals. There are also nature-based solutions for restoring forests, for which we are specialists. We have [...]
October 2022
Bacteria in biological pools
Udo2022-10-04T15:27:22+01:00The hygienic purity of water is essential for the success of biological pools. In some biological swimming pools for tourist use, it is confirmed monthly by regular analyses. Bio Piscinas, Lda. recommends that all tourist units with biological pool carry out this self-control of their own volition, despite the absence of a legal obligation [...]
Bird observation
Udo2022-10-04T15:21:00+01:00Biological pools are true bird observatories. Pete Downs' photo proves that a biological pool attracts the most varied species of birds. This little egret visits the photographer's biological pool, attracted by the croaking frogs and took the time to inspect the banks. Birds come to biological pools to quench their thirst and kingfishers look [...]
September 2022
Freshwater shrimp
Udo2022-08-30T15:49:46+01:00Few know that there are freshwater shrimp in Portugal. Inhabits rivers and streams. There are records in the center of the country, in the limestone areas north of Lisbon and it is relatively common in the streams of the Algarve. Atyaephyra desmarestii, as scientists call it, is naturally distributed in the western Mediterranean. The [...]
August 2022
Night creatures
Udo2022-07-31T09:56:06+01:00Frogs, newts, dragonflies, swallows drinking water... the natural life next to the biological pool is widely known. But it's not the whole range, because when the sun disappears, the team changes. The night creatures come. The beginning of the change can be noticed through a detail. There are no longer dragonflies in flight, with [...]
July 2022
Exuviae
Udo2022-06-30T10:27:10+01:00At the biological pool, on a plant or rock near the water, it is not uncommon to find something similar as shown in the photo. It is an exuvia or molt of an aquatic insect. It's not a dead animal, it's just the larval skin of a dragonfly. These larvae, when they finish their [...]
Ponderful
Udo2022-06-30T10:28:14+01:00The EU-funded PONDERFUL project is investigating how ponds (natural and artificial) can be used as nature-based solution for climate change. The project is evaluating the interaction and feedback between biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate. One knows that low nutrient ponds like natural swimming pools are harvesting CO2 due to their high amount of water [...]
Holiday with swimming pond
Udo2022-06-30T10:57:03+01:00The calendar summer has already arrived, summer with higher temperatures that encourage for swimming will also come, sooner or later. Time to think about holiday! Those who go to the coast are dreaming of refreshing dips in the ocean waves. Those who go to the interior looking for more naturalized bathing, know beaches on [...]