Eduardo Mateos web page: FIELD WORKS

1990-2008

Nature photography

                                                                                 

 

1986-2008

Soil invertebrates surveys

Collection methods used:

           hand sorting                                          soil samples plus ........................... Berlese-Tullgren extraction
                                 

 

              pit-fall traps

1992-2007

Terrestrial and freshwater arthropods collection

Promoted by: Universitat de Barcelona

Localities:
- Sierra de Albarracín Mountains (Orihuela del Tremedal, Teruel, Spain)
- Montsant Natural Area (Tarragona, Spain)
- Montesquiu Natural Area (Barcelona, Spain).
- Serra del Corredor Natural Park (Barcelona, Spain)

Collection methods used:

 

           direct capture                                                light traps                                              malaise traps
                    

 

surber sampler devices
                        

 

1992-2007

Marine invertebrates collection

Promoted by: Universitat de Barcelona

Localities:
- Santander coast (Santander, Spain)
- Mataro coast (Barcelona, Spain)
- Blanes coast (Barcelona, Spain).
- Cap de Creus Natural Park (Girona, Spain)
- Ría del Ferrol (A Coruña, Spain).

Collection methods used:

 

          direct capture                                                                         direct capture
          soft substrates                                                                      hard substrates
                                          

 

      plancton nets                                    drags                                                               snorkel and diving
                                          

2001

Scientific expedition to collect cave fauna at several localities of Morocco. Performed by the "Centre de Recursos de Biodiversitat Animal de la Universitat de Barcelona" and the "Museu de Zoologia de Barcelona".

Promoted by : Universitat de Barcelona

 

1998

Scientific expedition to make a census of several vertebrate species at: Parque Estadual Intervales, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho and Parque Turístico Alto Ribera (Estado de São Paulo, Brasil). Performed by the "Fundação para a Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil)" and the "Universitat de Barcelona".

Promoted by : Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) and Fundaçao para a Conservaçao e a Produçao Florestal do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil).

 

1994 - 1995

Scientific expedition to collect Collembola Symphypleona at several localities of Spain:

•  Pirineo Aragonés y Catalán (provincias de Huesca, Lleida y Girona).
•  Provincias de Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia y Cuenca.
•  Archipiélago Balear (islas Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza y Formentera).

Promoted by : Proyecto “Fauna Ibérica III” (PB92-0121), del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). Financiación otorgada por la Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica de la Secretaría de Estado de Universidades e Investigación del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.

 

1994

Scientific expedition to make a census of several vertebrate species at Fazenda Intervales (Estado de São Paulo, Brasil). Performed by "Fundação para a Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil)" and "Universidad de Barcelona (Spain) ".

Promoted by : Fundaçao para a Conservaçao e a Produçao Florestal do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil).

 

1993

Scientific expedition to collect soil and cave invertebbrates at several localities of Mexico:

Soil invertebrates
•  Estación de Biología de Chamela (Chamela, Estado de Jalisco), perteneciente al Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
•  Estación Biológica de Los Tuxtlas (Catemaco, Estado de Veracruz) perteneciente al Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
•  Sierra de Miahuatlán (Estado de Oaxaca).
•  Barra de Sontecomapa (Sontecomapa, Estado de Veracruz).
•  Paque Natural de la Ría de Celestum (Celestum, Estado de Yucatán).
•  Parque Natural de Río Lagartos (Río Lagartos, Estado de Yucatán).

Cave invertebrates
•  Several caves at Yucatán State.

Promoted by : Comissió Interdepartamental de Recerca i Innovació Tecnològica, Generalitat de Catalunya