If we would do a survey among the owners of biological pools asking what are the most loved animals in their biological pool, the winner would be certainly the tree frog. Tree frogs are small frogs capable climbing in vegetation. Portugal has the privilege of hosting two different species of tree frog, the Mediterranean tree [...]

It is now, even now, on these slightly rainy nights, but not cold, when it is worth visiting the biological pool. It is not for bathing, the water must be little more than 13 ºC! Get ready with a lamp! This visit is to find out who lives in the biological pool. There are [...]

Many different species of aquatic plants planted in biological pools have one common name which is pondweed. They may be broadleaved, fully underwater, or only with floating leaves, thin-leaved and even combinations of thin-leaved and broad-leaved. A huge diversity! Pondweed, Potamogeton in scientific, is a genus of worldwide distribution, has representatives on all continents [...]

Coimbra Agrarian School has an ongoing research project to promote the conservation of endangered rare aquatic plants in Baixo Mondego and Dunas de Mira in the center of the country. “Charcas de Noé” aims to “actively contribute to increasing knowledge of the distribution and conservation status of rare and endangered aquatic plants in Baixo [...]

This year, Warsaw in Polone was the venue for the international congress on biological pools. Claudia & Udo Schwarzer, the designers of Bio Piscinas, Lda. actively participated with presentations on this event. Following a proposal from Grupo Ibérico de águas balneares com tratamento biológico GIABN, the association of professionals on biological pools in the Iberian [...]