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Carla Ofélia Silva. Completed the PhD in Science, Technology and Management of the Sea in 2021/02/11 by Universidade de Aveiro, Master in Applied Biology in 2011 by Universidade de Aveiro and BSc in Biology in 2009 by Universidade de Aveiro. Is Contracted Researcher in Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente. Published 7 articles in indexed international journals (h-index 6, SCOPUS), six as first author with over 159 citations. Organized 6 events. Participated in 15 event(s). Supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s). Supervised 2 work(s) of course completion of BSc e co-supervised 1. Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Participates as Principal investigator in 2 projects and Research Fellow in 3 projects. Works in the area of Environmental Sciences: Ecotoxicology and microplastics. In her professional activities interacted with 61 collaborators co-authorship of scientific papers. She has a certificate in Laboratory animal science (FELASA) since 2016. She is a certified diver and has completed a Graduate Program in Scientific Diving, performing the following SSI specialty programs: Deep Diving, Enriched Air Nitrox Level 2 (40%), Navigation, Night Diving and Limited Visibility, React Right, Stress & Rescue, and Science of Diving.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carla Ofélia Ferreira da Silva

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
771A-3CFD-5F3E
Education
Degree Classification
2021/04/28 - 2022/06/23
Concluded
 Scientific Diving (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
 19
2013/12/01 - 2021/02/11
Concluded
 Science, Technology and Management of the Sea (Doutoramento)
Major in Specialty: Observing the Ocean and Global Change
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Impact of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on coastal environments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2016/01/18 - 2016/01/24
Concluded
 Curso de Ciências de Animais Aquáticos de Laboratório (CAL-AQUA) (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2009/10/15 - 2011/12/19
Concluded
 Applied Biology (Mestrado)
Major in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Assessing mixture toxicity of disinfectants in zebrafish" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2005 - 2009
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Ecotoxicological effects of environmental contaminants in natural populations of Carcinus maenas." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04/15 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/30 Research Fellow in the project: "SmartBioR - Smart Valorization of Endogenous Marine Biological Resources Under a Changing Climate. CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER- 000018." Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Fellow in the project: "AMALIA - Algae-to-Market Lab Ideas - Adding value to marine invasive seaweeds of the Iberian northwest." EASME/EMFF/2016/1.2.1.4/03/SI2.750419 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2012/11/01 - 2013/07/31 Research fellow in the project: "NANOECOTOX-Impacts of metal nanoparticles to aquatic ecosystems: from community responses to cellular targets. PTDC/AAC-AMB/ 121650/2010" Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2008/10/01 - 2009/07/31 Internship in CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current PlastINIS - Plastic as a potential vector for the introduction of non-indigenous species
2022.03813.PTDC
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Not funded
2023/01/15 - 2024/04/15 Índice de Risco Aquático de Toxicidade: IRAtox
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Principal investigator
Sociedade Ponto Verde, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2020/07/01 SmartBioR - Smart Valorization of Endogenous Marine Biological Resources Under a Changing Climate
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000018
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2018/12/31 AMALIA - Algae-to-MArket Lab IdeAs Adding value to marine invasive seaweeds of the Iberian northwest
EASME/EMFF/2016/1.2.1.4
Research Fellow
Concluded
2012/11/01 - 2013/07/31 NANOECOTOX - Impacts of metal nanoparticles to aquatic ecosystems: from community responses to cellular targets
PTDC/AAC-AMB/121650/2010
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/10/22 - 2022/11/19 MexBioSines - Mussels as bioindicators of microplastic pollution in the Port of Sines
MARE Mini Grants 2021
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
Cancelled
2018/07/01 - 2022/06/30 MARINE INVADERS - O impacto e mecanismos de sucesso da alga marinha invasora Asparagopsis armata em ambientes costeiros
PTDC/BIA-CBI/31144/2017
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Magnoni, L., Novais, S. C., Silva, C. O., Lemos, M. F., Ozório, R., Geurden, I., ... & Schrama, J. "The impact of nutritional and environmental stressors on the immune response, oxidative stress and energy use of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)". Paper presented in IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, Peniche, 2016.
    Published
  2. Silva, C. O., Simões, T., Pimparel, I., Alves, L. M., Granada, L., Novais, S. C., & Lemos, M. F. "The effects of heavy metals in the lipids of a marine gastropod - a biomarker approach". Paper presented in IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2014, Peniche, 2014.
    Published
  3. Silva, C. O.; Silva Carla; Simões Tiago; Pimparel Inês; Alves Luís; Granada Luana; Novais Sara; Lemos Marco. "The effects of heavy metals in the lipids of a marine gastropod - a biomarker approach". 2014.
Conference poster
  1. Ms. Naiara Casagrande, Dr. Carla Silva, Prof. Francesca Verones, Dr. Paula Sobral, Dr. Graça Martinho.. "Effect factors for ecotoxicity from plastic additives in the aquatic ecosystem". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE2023), 2023.
  2. Silva, Carla O. Corresponding author: Silva, Carla O. "Microplastics contamination of mussels and water from the Port of Sines, Portugal". Paper presented in SETAC Dublin – SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 2023.
  3. Silva, C. O.; Pequeno, João; Celestino, Susana; Espírito Santo, Cristina; Silva, Teresa; Costa André; Mamede, Marta; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, C. O.. "Mussels as bioindicators of microplastic pollution in the Port of Sines". Paper presented in 16th International Conference littoral 22, 2022.
  4. Silva, C. O.. "The effects of the invasive Asparagopsis armata on macroalgae assemblages: evidences from rock pools manipulation.". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, 2018.
  5. Lemos, M.F.L.; Silva, Carla O; João M. Neto; Rui Gaspar; Sara C. Novais. "The effects of invasive Asparagopsis armata on macroalgae assemblages: evidences from rock pools manipulation". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, 2018.
  6. Silva, C. O.. "Effects of Asparagopsis armata exudate on the fatty acid profile of two marine invertebrates.". Paper presented in 28th Congress of SETAC-Europe, "Science and Technology for Environmental Protection". Rome, 2018.
  7. Silva, C. O.. "Impacts of Asparagopsis armata on marine invertebrates: behavioral and biochemical responses". Paper presented in 28th Congress of SETAC-Europe, "Science and Technology for Environmental Protection". Rome, 2018.
  8. Silva, C. O.; Magnoni Leonardo; Novais Sara; Silva Carla; Lemos Marco; Ozorio Rodrigo; Geurden Inge; et al. "The impact of nutritional and environmental stressors on the immune response, oxidative stress and energy use of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)". Paper presented in IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, 2016.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2016.04.00008
  9. Silva, C. O.; Silva Carla; Simões Tiago; Pimparel Inês; Alves Luís; Granada Luana; Novais Sara; Lemos Marco. "The effects of heavy metals in the lipids of a marine gastropod - a biomarker approach". Paper presented in IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research, 2014.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00008
  10. Silva, C. O.. "Responses of freshwater invertebrate shredders to oxidative and neuromuscular stress induced by nanoCuO and ionic copper". Paper presented in XVII Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology. Santander, 2014.
  11. Silva, C. O.. "Assessing mixture toxicity of disinfectants on zebrafish early-life stages". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting- Seville, Spain, 2010.
  12. Silva, C. O.. "Toxicity of two disinfectants in three different freshwater trophic levels". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting- Seville, Spain, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Naiara Casagrande; Carla O. Silva; Francesca Verones; Paula Sobral; Graça Martinho. "Ecotoxicity effect factors for plastic additives on the aquatic environment: a new approach for life cycle impact assessment". Environmental Pollution (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122935.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122935
  2. Silva, Carla O.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; Gaspar, Rui; Gonçalves, Carlos; Neto, João M.. "The effects of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on native rock pool communities: Evidences from experimental exclusion". Ecological Indicators 125 (2021): 107463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107463.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107463
  3. Silva, Carla O.; Simões, Tiago; Félix, Rafael; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.; Barata, Carlos; Novais, Sara C.; Lemos, Marco F.L.. "Asparagopsis armata Exudate Cocktail: The Quest for the Mechanisms of Toxic Action of an Invasive Seaweed on Marine Invertebrates". Biology 10 3 (2021): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10030223.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biology10030223
  4. Silva, Carla O.; Novais, Sara C.; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Barata, Carlos; Lemos, Marco F. L.. "Impacts of the Invasive Seaweed Asparagopsis armata Exudate on Energetic Metabolism of Rock Pool Invertebrates". Toxins 13 1 (2020): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13010015.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/toxins13010015
  5. Silva, Carla; Lemos, Marco; Gaspar, Rui; Gonçalves, Carlos; Neto, João. "The Effects of the Invasive Seaweed Asparagopsis Armata on Native Rock Pool Communities: Evidences from Experimental Exclusion". Preprints.org (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/35565796/.
    10.20944/PREPRINTS202010.0089
  6. Silva, Carla O.; Novais, Sara C.; Alves, Luís M.F.; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.; Barata, Carlos; Lemos, Marco F.L.. "Linking cholinesterase inhibition with behavioural changes in the sea snail Gibbula umbilicalis: Effects of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 225 (2019): 108570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.108570.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.108570
  7. Silva, Carla O.; Simões, Tiago; Novais, Sara C.; Pimparel, Inês; Granada, Luana; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.; Barata, Carlos; Lemos, Marco F.L.. "Fatty acid profile of the sea snail Gibbula umbilicalis as a biomarker for coastal metal pollution". Science of The Total Environment 586 (2017): 542-550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.015.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.015
  8. Pradhan, Arunava; Silva, Carla O.; Silva, Carlos; Pascoal, Cláudia; Cássio, Fernanda. "Enzymatic biomarkers can portray nanoCuO-induced oxidative and neuronal stress in freshwater shredders". Aquatic Toxicology 180 (2016): 227-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.09.017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.09.017
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, C. O.. "Impact of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on coastal environments". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30820.
  2. Silva, Carla Ofélia Ferreira da. "Assessing mixture toxicity of disinfectants in zebrafish". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8056.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/01 Integrating ecotoxicological effects caused by additives on aquatic species into Life cycle impact assessment SETAC Dublin – SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Dublin, Ireland)
2022/09/13 Ambassadors for the Sea - Ocean Literacy Littoral22 International Conference
MARE (Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2019/02 The effects of the invasive Asparagopsis armata on native macroalgal communities: evidences from rock pools exclusion experiments. 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society / XIV AEET Meeting. Barcelona, Spain
Sociedade Ibérica de Ecologia (SIBECOL) (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/05/08 Marine Invaders XIII Dia de BMB – Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia
Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar (Peniche, Portugal)
2015/07/31 Marine invaders - como evitar o game over 84ª Ignite Portugal - Vagueira
Ignite Portugal (Vagueira, Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/07 Biomarker responses to nanoCuO-induced oxidative and neuronal stress in freshwater caddisfly larvae 9th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS9), July 5-10, Geneva, Switzerland.
European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (Geneva, Switzerland)
2015/05 Effects of heavy metals on the fatty acid profile of Gibbula umbilicalis SETAC Barcelona – SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Barcelona, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/03 - Current Mexilhões como bioindicadores de poluição por microplásticos no Porto de Sines
Supervisor
 Dissertação em Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/01/27 - 2023/02/24 Poluição por microplásticos em mexilhões do Porto de Sines
Supervisor
 Programa de Introdução à Investigação Científica (Degree)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/01/27 - 2023/02/24 Poluição por microplásticos em águas do Porto de Sines
Supervisor
 Programa de Introdução à Investigação Científica em Engenharia do Ambiente (Degree)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Can fatty acid profile signature in Gibbula sp. be used as biomarker of metal contamination in coastal environments?
Co-supervisor of Inês Pimparel
 Biotecnologia dos Recursos Marinhos (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/07/29 - Current Member of organizing committee for the Scientific Council and Meeting of MARE in 7th October of 2022 (2022/07/29 - 2022/10/07)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019/07/31 - 2019/09/11 A Grande Caça aos Ovos - Ciência Viva no Verão (2019/07 - 2019/07)
Other
 Ciência Viva, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/07/05 - 2018/07/06 International Meeting on Marine Research 2018 (2018/07/05 - 2018/07/06)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016/07/14 - 2016/07/15 International Meeting on Marine Research 2016 (2016/07/14 - 2016/07/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015/07/07 - 2015/07/11 19th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (2015 - 2015)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios, Portugal
2014/07/10 - 2014/07/11 International Meeting on Marine Research 2014 (2014/07/10 - 2017/07/11)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/30 - 2023/05/04 SETAC Europe 33th Annual Meeting - Dublin, Ireland
Congress
 SETAC Dublin ¿ SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, United States
2022/01/18 - 2022/01/27 Workshop Online Apresentações claras: do slide ao poster
Workshop
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2020/11/01 - 2020/11/30 Workshop Communicating Clear Science - 15hours
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019/02/05 - 2019/02/05 "Citar e referenciar sem stressar" - gerir citações e referências bibliográficas com o Mendeley
Workshop
 Formação para apoio ao trabalho académico
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01 Basic Life Support Manual. External automatic defibrillation.
Workshop
JustDive Underwater Experiences , Portugal, Portugal
2018/06/19 - 2018/07/26 Advanced course - Methods and concepts of statistical analysis: Univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistical instruments. Methods and concepts of statistical analysis with R Commander, IBM SPSS Statistics and CANOCO for Windows (40 hours of contact)
Workshop
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2016/04/20 - 2016/04/22 Law of the Sea, Protection of the Marine Environment and European Legislation - Course Module 18h (Project SOPHIA)
Other
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal
2015/05/03 - 2015/05/07 SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting - Barcelona, Spain
Congress
 SETAC Europe Annual Meeting
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, United States
2014/08/30 - 2014/09/06 Semana Tanto Mar 2014
Other
Câmara Municipal de Peniche, Portugal

Forum Estudante, Portugal
2014/07/15 - 2014/07/16 Aquarium Initiation Course
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2014/06/02 - 2014/06/06 Biomarkers - Advance Course 2014 (45 h)
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2014/01/27 - 2014/01/31 Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2010/09/06 - 2010/09/10 Topics on environmental mixture toxicity - Advance Course (4th Edition)
Other
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2010/05/23 - 2010/05/27 SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting - Seville, Spain
Congress
 SETAC Europe Annual Meeting
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, United States
2010/02/08 - 2010/02/12 Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites - Advance Course
Other
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/06/21 Colonização de microplásticos por microorganismos existentes no sedimento do estuário do Tejo
(Thesis) Arguer
 Frederico Pereira (Other)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/05/16 Utilização de Mytilus edulis como bioindicador marinho da costa de Peniche
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Luísa Miguel Afonso de Almeida Ramalho (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2008/01/01 - 2008/12/31 Associação académica da Universidade de Aveiro - Sector Acção Social e Pedagógico Member of the Social Action Council

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/10/04 - 2022/10/12 Curricular module in Postgraduate in Marine Science, Technology, and Society Education Programme (MSTS) - Two editions (2022 and 2023) Marine Litter and Waste Management (Pós-Graduação) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017 - Current Aquatic Toxicology (0166-445X)
2017 - Current Science of the Total Environment

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2014/02 - 2014/07 Can fatty acid profile signature in Gibbula sp. be used as biomarker of metal contamination in coastal environments? Inês Pimparel