A5076207755- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Malaria Research and Control
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Water Resource Management and Quality
Parc Científic de la Universitat de València
2016-2025
Universitat de València
2011-2023
Universidad Iberoamericana
2022-2023
Universitat Politècnica de València
2020
Hospital Universitario San Rafael
2014-2017
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel)
2017
Summary 1. Results are analysed from 11 experiments in which effects of fish addition and nutrient loading on shallow lakes were studied mesocosms. The experiments, five 1998, six 1999, carried out lakes, distributed Finland to southern Spain, according a standard protocol. 2. Effects the treatments 29 chemical, phytoplankton zooplankton variables examined assess relative importance bottom‐up (nutrient enrichment) top‐down (fish predation) effects. For each year, different locations treated...
Summary 1. Nutrient and fish manipulations in mesocosms were carried out on food‐web interactions a Mediterranean shallow lake south‐east Spain. Nutrients controlled biomass of phytoplankton periphyton, while zooplankton, regulated by planktivorous fish, influenced the relative percentages dominant species. 2. Phytoplankton species diversity decreased with increasing nutrient concentration density. Cyanobacteria grew well both turbid clear‐water states. 3. Planktivorous increased...
The genus Cypris, considered the oldest ostracod generic name erected using Linnean system, comprises a reduced number of large-bodied species, mostly found in Africa and Asia. Only six them are known to occur Europe. Here we describe new Cypris pretusi sp. nov., collected small temporary streams ponds along Eastern Iberian Peninsula Minorca (Balearic Islands). species is very close type genus, pubera O.F. Müller, 1776, but differs from it having set smaller subequal spines on posterior...
The ostracod genus Elpidium, a specialist of phytotelma habitats, has received increased attention during the past decade, with proliferation described species, rising from seven to nineteen. These recent studies emphasize high diversity and endemicity genus, its wide distribution in Neotropics. Yet many regions are still be inspected for presence Elpidium. In this work, new species collected Hispaniola is described, which only undetermined previous records existed, despite several being...
Summary 1. Responses of zooplankton to nutrient enrichment and fish predation were studied in 1998 1999 by carrying out parallel mesocosm experiments six lakes across Europe. 2. Zooplankton community structure, biomass responses manipulation showed geographical year‐to‐year differences. Fish had a greater influence than nutrients regulating especially the relative abundances different functional groups zooplankton. When reduced large crustaceans, there was complementary increase biomasses...
Previous studies have identified rice fields in the Mediterranean region as 'hot spots' for introduction of alien freshwater organisms. Consequently, special attention should be paid when are located inside or near protected areas conservation native, endangered species. To analyse relationship between field environmental traits and ecology aquatic invaders, a study zoobenthic communities was carried out July-September 2008 May-August 2009 ten Albufera Natural Park (E Spain), with focus on...
The metacommunity concept provides a theoretical framework that aims at explaining organism distributions by combination of environmental filtering, dispersal, and drift. However, few works have attempted multitaxon approach even fewer compared two distant biogeographical regions using the same methodology. We tested expectation temperate (mediterranean-climate) pond metacommunities would be more influenced spatial processes than tropical ones, because stronger gradients greater isolation...
Summary 1. Shallow lake ecosystems are normally dominated by submerged and emergent plants. Biological stabilising mechanisms help preserve this dominance. The systems may switch to dominance phytoplankton, however, with loss of This process usually takes place against a background increasing nutrient loadings but also requires additional mechanisms, which damage the plants or interfere their mechanisms. 2. extent details even major features general model change geographical location not...
Abstract The coastal area of Valencia (Spain) in the Western Mediterranean is rich freshwater and brackish wetlands. These areas are mostly protected for bird conservation but also highly affected by human impacts. Six shallow lakes located Ramsar wetland sites this were studied order to assess past present ostracod biodiversity relate it status lakes, taking into consideration indicator value these easily fossilizable crustaceans. In all wetlands studied, taphocoenoses showed much higher...
A historical overview of the leech fauna Morocco, based on both literature data, museum collections and new material, sampled in more than 100 sites Moulouya River basin (eastern region Morocco), is provided. Twenty species from five families ten genera are currently known, which Helobdella europea Kutschera, 1987, a record for country North Africa as whole. Herein, we add many distribution records. The current list will need to be revised distributions recorded region. Notes given along...
Temporary ponds are distributed worldwide, providing significant ecological services. Their limnological features influenced by a set of regional (mainly climate) and local (natural or anthropogenic) factors. To evaluate the differences in their functioning distant geographic regions, we analysed main 90 temporary located three distinct areas: two mediterranean-climate regions (Eastern Iberian Peninsula Central Chile) tropical setting Costa Rica. Each pond was surveyed thrice during...
Summary 1. The impacts of nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) planktivorous fish on phytoplankton composition biomass were studied in six shallow, macrophyte‐dominated lakes across Europe using mesocosm experiments. 2. Phytoplankton was more influenced by than densities fish. Nutrient addition resulted increased algal at all locations. In some experiments, a decrease noted the highest nutrient loadings, corresponding to added concentrations 1 mg L −1 P 10 N. 3. Chlorophyll precise parameter...
Although exotic species of Ostracoda have been recorded from various sites in Europe, none them a widespread European distribution. Reviews existing literature, examination specimens, and sampling Spain Japan has greatly expanded the known distribution candonid ostracode Fabaeformiscandona subacuta (Yang, 1982). We herein present new reports its presence mainland eastern Asia, Australia, South America, we review on Iberian Peninsula. this is globally widespread, hypothesize that it an...
The development of metacommunity theory has been followed by empirical tests using field data, mostly focused on the role spatial and environmental gradients structures. These studies showed an important dependence results observational scale considered (i.e. grain, sampling spacing extent). However, few works deal with time per se as a component explaining these structures, even when data from periodic are available. We suggest adding explicitly in analysis, but taking into account that...
Metacommunities are dynamic systems, but the influence of time independently environmental change in their configuration has been rarely considered. Temporary ponds excellent ecosystem models, as they have well-defined boundaries and space; communities relatively isolated through a landscape matrix, progress leads to major changes ecological succession habitat suitability related hydroperiod dynamics. Therefore, strong temporal effects expected metacommunity structure. We surveyed 30...
Niche segregation may prevent competitive exclusion and promote local coexistence. This typically results in the occupation of different habitats. In freshwater ostracod Eucypris virens (Jurine, 1820), distribution sexual parthenogenetic populations temporary Lake Caracuel, central Spain, was not homogeneous. Parthenogens were found everywhere including littoral, whereas sexuals restricted to centre. We investigated hypothesis that spatial responded ecological differences. studied...
Abstract Aim Geographical parthenogenesis – in which parthenogenetic populations are more widely distributed than sexually reproducing is observed many plant and animal species. Many hypotheses have been proposed to account for this biogeographical pattern, these often invoke historical processes such as the influence of glaciation. However, there relatively few empirical studies contemporary factors associated with geographical parthenogenesis. The aim study was understand its causes by...
Abstract In invasion processes, both abiotic and biotic factors are considered essential, but the latter usually disregarded when modeling potential spread of exotic species. framework set theory, interactions between ( B ), A movement‐related M ) in geographical space can be hypothesized with BAM diagrams tested using ecological niche models ENM s) to estimate areas. The main aim our survey was evaluate (climatic) (host availability) for symbionts (i.e., non‐free‐living species), techniques...
Invasive alien species present a global threat to biodiversity, particularly where pathogens and symbionts are involved. Branchiobdellidans clitellate annelids with an obligate ectosymbiotic association primarily on astacoidean crayfish. There several examples of branchiobdellidan adopting geographically exotic host endemic crayfishes cohabit the same water body. The first records western North American branchiobdellidan, Xironogiton victoriensis, eastern crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in 2...
Haematophagous insects cause major economic losses by both direct damage and the transmission of pathogens. However, biting Diptera species in Caribbean region have been poorly documented. During 2021, CDC downdraft suction traps with UV light were employed to assess occurrence blood meal sources across three different habitats Dominican Republic. Eighteen mosquitoes (n = 274), six Culicoides 803), two black fly 2), one muscid 25) identified at species-level morphology and/or molecular...