Ecosystem services and the direct or indirect contribution of ecosystems to human well-being lie precisely at the interphase between biophysical and social domains.
Fundamental and applied limnology: Dynamics and functioning of epicontinental aquatic ecosystems. Community structure and functional diversity. Assessment of environmental and conservation status. Microbial ecology in lentic ecosystems: Study of the composition and functionality of the microbial community by molecular techniques. Metagenomics. Metabarcoding and e-DNA Biogeochemistry and carbon balances in Mediterranean wetlands, fluxes of carbonate greenhouse gases. Effects of environmental properties and conservation status on the climate change mitigation capacity of lentic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. Geographic information systems (GIS). Remote-sensing. Polar limnology.
The Taphonomy, Systematics, Biostratigraphy and Biogeography of large vertebrates are studied. Work is currently being carried out at different localities ranging from the Upper Miocene to the Pleistocene (Crevillent 2, Alicante; Venta del Moro, Valencia; Puerto de la Cadena and Quibas, Murcia).
