Welcome!

I am an integrative zoologist studying how human activities affect freshwater fauna. Initially focused on fish, my research now adopts a food-web perspective to understand interactions among vegetation, microbes, mosquitoes, and other fauna. Working with local taxonomists and international researchers, I aim to generate actionable knowledge for the management and restoration of human-modified freshwater ecosystems.

My current projects investigate how animals respond to the use of vegetation as a Nature-based Solution for water pollution mitigation and habitat restoration. I combine field surveys, aquarium experiments, and statistical modeling to:

1. Characterize the animal biodiversity of urban and agricultural freshwater ecosystems

2. Evaluate animal responses to changes in vegetation type and water quality through a One Health lens (integrating ecophysiological and public health indicators)

3. Identify the mechanisms driving these responses to advance ecological knowledge and improve biomonitoring tools

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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