OAFI (Observatorio AgroFluvial O Incio) is a Living Lab where local residents, researchers, and public administrations unite to study, protect, and revitalize the natural landscapes of O Incio. From ancient forests and streams to traditional farmlands, we work at the heart of the environment that defines our region.
By integrating biodiversity monitoring across the terrestrial-aquatic interface, OAFI provides critical data on how human activity impacts water quality and wildlife to drive sustainable development. To do so, OAFI follows a three-step research framework that:
1st. Describes the biodiversity of O Incio
2nd. Examines how biodiversity responds to land-use changes and water quality
3rd. Identifies the underlying mechanisms driving these biological responses
As part of our research on Integrative Zoology in Human-Modified Freshwater Ecosystems, OAFI primarily focuses on using animals as bioindicators of changes in riparian vegetation and water quality. However, collaborations with taxonomists have allowed us to include data on terrestrial lichens, algae, and other groups, further enriching local knowledge and ecological understanding.
TAXONOMIC INVENTORIES
The scope of this list is restricted to species mentioned in the peer-reviewed publications cited below
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SCI Publications
7. Maceda-Veiga, A.*, Mac Nally, R., Rodríguez, S., Szabó, S., Peeters, THME., Ruff, T. & Salvadó, H. (2022). Effects of two submerged macrophyte species on microbes and metazoans in rooftop water-storage ponds with different labile carbon loadings. Water Research 211: 117999
6. Domènech, M., Bellvert, A., Closa, L., Maceda-Veiga, A. & Pons, P. (2021) New record of Attulus saltator for Spain, with further 16 new regional records for Catalonia and Galicia (Araneae). Arachnology Letters 62: 75-81
5. Maceda-Veiga, A.,* Albacete, S., Flor-Arnau, N., Vieira, C., Bros, V., Domènech, M., Bayona, J.M., Pujade-Villar, J., Sabater, F. & Mac Nally, R. (2021) Local and downstream cumulative effects of traditional meadow management on stream-water quality and multiple riparian taxa. Science of the Total Environment 794: 148601. *corresponding author
4. Maceda-Veiga, A.*, Albacete, S., Carles-Tolrá, M., Pujade-Villar, J., Máca, J. & Mac Nally, R. (2021). Streams and rural abandonment are related to the summer activity of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii in European protected forests. Forest Ecology and Management 485: 118942
3. Matas, A., Mac Nally, R., Albacete, S.,, Carles-Tolrá, M., Domènech, M., Vives, E., Espadaler, X., Pujadé-Villar, J. & Maceda-Veiga, A*. (2020). Wild boar rooting and rural abandonment may alter food-chain length in arthropod assemblages in a European forest region. Forest Ecology and Management 118583
2. Albacete, S., Mac Nally, R., Carles-Tolrá, M., Domènech, M., Vives, E., Espadaler, X., Pujadé-Villar, J., Serra, A. & Maceda-Veiga, A*. (2020). Stream distance and vegetation structure are among the major factors affecting various groups of arthropods in non-riparian chestnut forests. Forest Ecology and Management 460: 117860
1. Maceda-Veiga, A*. & Gómez-Bolea, A. (2017) Small, fragmented native oak forests had better preserved epiphytic lichen communities than tree plantations in a temperate suboceanic Mediterranean climate region. The Bryologist 120: 191-201