The emperor of the biological pool is not a frog, the emperor is a dragonfly. Anax imperator, thus the scientific name, is one of the largest species on the continent where it is abundant from North to South. The male is dressed in bright turquoise blue colors, and is tirelessly in flight above the [...]
A pre-requirement for successful design work on biological pools is always a water analysis as detailed as possible. Everyone who deals with water analysis knows this: a water analysis comes from the laboratory and now the study begins. No successful project can do without the analysis of filling water and its correct interpretation. The [...]
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Planaria 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 [...]
Forests 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 [...]
The 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 [...]
Biological 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 [...]
Few 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 [...]
Frogs, 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 [...]
At 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 [...]
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