Welcome!
As an integrative zoologist, I am passionate about animal diversity and understanding the environmental challenges facing freshwater ecosystems in highly human-modified landscapes, especially urban and agricultural areas.
My research focuses on the ecological and public health issues arising from habitat degradation and biological invasions. To do so, I use a range of sentinel organisms, primarily fish but also their predators and prey, including microbes, mosquito larvae, crustaceans, riparian invertebrates, and semi-aquatic vertebrates.
Rooted in the One Health concept, my work combines field studies, experiments in aquaria and outdoor mesocosms, and statistical modeling with these three objectives:
To analyze how water and riparian vegetation degradation impact animal communities to identify tolerant animal species and predict food-web changes
To develop biomarkers with ecological and veterinary relevance to assess the health status and pollutant load of tolerant species
To evaluate the ecological benefits and public health risks of using Nature-Based Solutions for water treatment and habitat restoration
Interested in learning more?
Check out more details on research lines here and send your queries to: amaceda[a]ub.edu or albertomaceda[a]gmail.com. Always happy to host or collaborate with motivated people and offer practical advise to natural resource managers.
Visit us at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences. Faculty of Biology. Universitat de Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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