Jose Prenda Marin

Jose Prenda Marin is a Professor at the Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Universidad de Huelva, specializing in Zoology within the Department of Integrated Sciences. His research focuses on freshwater biodiversity, conservation biology, and human-environment interactions in Mediterranean ecosystems.

Education:

• PhD in Zoology from Universidad de Sevilla (1993), thesis on habitat use by aquatic animals in southern Spain with emphasis on biotic interactions

Research Interests: Explore patterns in freshwater fish biodiversity, impacts of invasive species, otter ecology, and citizen science applications in bird monitoring. His work spans Mediterranean river basins, coastal lagoons, and urbanized habitats.

Research Contributions: Analyzes ecological status through fish-based indices, studies habitat connectivity, and documents historical fish distributions for conservation recovery. His recent work emphasizes citizen science validation for bird monitoring across the Iberian Peninsula.

Collaboration: Leads the RNM324 BIRDLAND research group focusing on agrarian and humanized environments, and contributes to the Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales Salud y Medio Ambiente (Natural Resources Research Center).