Felix Picazo Mota
Post-doctoral researcher
Dept. Ecology & Hidrology (UMU)
- M.S. in Biodiversity: conservation and management of species and habitats. CIBIO, 2009.
- B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences: University of Murcia, 2006.
- PhD thesis: Taxonomic and genetic diverstity of aquatic Coleoptera in Castilla-La Mancha: basis and tools for their conservation.
email: fpicazo@um.es
Research interest:
Conservation of aquatic invertebrates and ecosystems.
Biodiversity patterns.
Biodiversity surrogates.
Community ecology of aquatic Coleoptera.
Taxonomy of aquatic Coleoptera.
Main research stays:
Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth (United Kingdom). 2009. 3 months.
Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux, Universitè Lyon-1 (France). 2010. 3 months.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-UPF, Barcelona (Spain). 2011. 3 months.
Selected publications:
PICAZO, F., BILTON, D.T., MORENO, J.L., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., & MILLÁN, A. Water beetle biodiversity in Mediterranean standing waters: assemblage composition, environmental drivers and nestedness patterns. (submitted)
MILLÁN, A., VELASCO, J., GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C., ARRIBAS, P., PICAZO, F., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & P. ABELLÁN. In press. Mediterranean saline streams in Southeast Spain: what do we know? Journal of Arid Environments. PDF
PICAZO, F., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., ABELLÁN, P., MORENO, J.L. & MILLÁN, A. 2010. Conservación de la biodiversidad en la provincia de Albacete: patrones e indicadores. Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses, Albacete. 174 pp. ISBN: 978-84-96800-50-2.
PICAZO, F., MORENO, J.L. & MILLÁN, A. 2010. The contribution of standing waters to aquatic biodiversity: the case of water beetles in southeastern Iberia. Aquatic Ecology, 44: 205-216. PDF
ARRIBAS, P., GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C., ABELLÁN, P., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., PICAZO, F., VELASCO, J. & A. MILLÁN. 2009. Tipificación de los ríos salinos ibéricos. Ecosistemas, 18(3):1-13.
Conservation of aquatic invertebrates and ecosystems.
Biodiversity patterns.
Biodiversity surrogates.
Community ecology of aquatic Coleoptera.
Taxonomy of aquatic Coleoptera.
Main research stays:
Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth (United Kingdom). 2009. 3 months.
Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux, Universitè Lyon-1 (France). 2010. 3 months.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-UPF, Barcelona (Spain). 2011. 3 months.
Selected publications:
PICAZO, F., BILTON, D.T., MORENO, J.L., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., & MILLÁN, A. Water beetle biodiversity in Mediterranean standing waters: assemblage composition, environmental drivers and nestedness patterns. (submitted)
MILLÁN, A., VELASCO, J., GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C., ARRIBAS, P., PICAZO, F., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & P. ABELLÁN. In press. Mediterranean saline streams in Southeast Spain: what do we know? Journal of Arid Environments. PDF
PICAZO, F., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., ABELLÁN, P., MORENO, J.L. & MILLÁN, A. 2010. Conservación de la biodiversidad en la provincia de Albacete: patrones e indicadores. Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses, Albacete. 174 pp. ISBN: 978-84-96800-50-2.
PICAZO, F., MORENO, J.L. & MILLÁN, A. 2010. The contribution of standing waters to aquatic biodiversity: the case of water beetles in southeastern Iberia. Aquatic Ecology, 44: 205-216. PDF
ARRIBAS, P., GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C., ABELLÁN, P., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., PICAZO, F., VELASCO, J. & A. MILLÁN. 2009. Tipificación de los ríos salinos ibéricos. Ecosistemas, 18(3):1-13.