Welcome!

I am an integrative zoologist dedicated to understanding how the degradation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems influence biodiversity conservation and public health through a One Health study approach.

Following a PhD in fish biology, I have broadened my research toward a food-web approach that explores the interactions among vegetation, microbes, and multiple faunal groups. Specifically, my current projects investigate how animals respond to the use of vegetation as a Nature-based Solution (NbS) to mitigate water pollution and restore ecological functions.

In collaboration with local taxonomists, managers and international collaborators, my research follows these three steps:

• Map animal biodiversity, with a focus on fish, their trophic partners, and opportunistic species that often thrive in fish-depleted systems (e.g. mosquitoes)

• Evaluate animal responses to shifting water quality and vegetation employing physiological, ecological and microbiological data

• Identify the mechanisms driving these responses to refine biomonitoring tools and advance ecological understanding

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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