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Márcio Coelho is a Postdoctoral Researcher at CCMAR with research interests on the ecology and evolution of coral populations, species and the ecosystems they support. He completed his integrated MSc in Marine Biology at the University of Algarve (Portugal) in February 2010 and his PhD in Evolution, Ecology & Behavior at the University at Buffalo - The State University of New York (USA) in February 2018. Márcio has published 14 articles in peer-review journals, 1 review chapter for a book published by Springer and 1 technical report. He has supervised multiple undergraduate and graduate internships, (co)supervised/promoted 10 MSc thesis (plus three ongoing) and is currently the promoter of one PhD thesis. His initial research line focused on the ecology of tropical octocorals, specifically on the importance of biological processes such as reproduction and larval ecology on dispersal and population connectivity and how those processes interact with environmental variability. Since moving to Portugal for his postdoctoral appointments, given the high potential and richness of temperate coral ecosystems in the region, he has focused his interests on establishing two inter-linked novel research lines: 1) in genomics of coral evolution and adaptation; and 2) in applied research for conservation of temperate corals, particularly in the areas of biodiversity assessment, habitat restoration and conservation genomics, which links to his coral genomics topics. Currently, he integrates different approaches to address relevant questions in these fields with the aim of developing dynamic decision-support tools for marine conservation and restoration. These include field ecology, eDNA metabarcoding, population genomics, phylogenomics and transcriptomics. He has (co)coordinated several Work Packages in the national project HABMAR; acted as a Task coordinator, eveloping asexual and sexual propagation methods for coral restoration with stakeholder involvement, and co-PI of the BiodivERsA RESTORESEAS project; and is the co-PI of CORALforests, a project looking to evaluate and develop innovative coral rearing and transplantation methods that optimize key biological functions such as growth and reproduction for effective restoration actions of temperate coral gardens. He was also the co-founder of PLANTACORAL, a former ocean literacy and environmental stewardship initiative for the restoration of NE Atlantic coral gardens that engaged fishermen in research.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Márcio André Guerreiro Coelho

Nomes de citação

  • Coelho, Márcio

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
F415-B297-7821
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7832-5241

Moradas

  • Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) - Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 , Faro, Faro, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Ecologia
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Conservação da Biodiversidade
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia da Evolução das Espécies

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2011/08/21 - 2018/02/01
Concluído
Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Especialização em Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Estados Unidos
"Life History Traits of Caribbean Octocorals of the Genus Antillogorgia and Their Implications for Larval Dispersal" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2007/09/12 - 2010/02/08
Concluído
Biologia Marinha (Mestrado integrado)
Especialização em Marine Biology
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Phylogeography and phylogeny of European gorgoniids (Gorgoniidae): genera Eunicella and Leptogorgia" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2004/09/15 - 2007/07/27
Concluído
Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Especialização em Marine Biology
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2022/10/01 - Atual Investigador (Investigação) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2022/06/30 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre MARE-ISPA, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2021/07/31 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2018/09/30 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2010/02/01 - 2011/05/15 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Espanha
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Espanha
2007/09/01 - 2007/11/29 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2015/08/20 - 2018/01/10 Assistente (Docente Universitário) University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Estados Unidos
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Estados Unidos
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2021/08/01 - 2022/06/30 BiodivAMP: Desenvolvimento de Ferramentas para a Monitorização e Proteção de Biodiversidade em Áreas Marinhas Protegidas ao longo da Costa Portuguesa
FA-06-2017-045
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Governo da República Portuguesa
2011/08/21 - 2012/08/31 Collaborative Research: Recruitment Dynamics and Population Connectivity in Bahamian Octocorals
0825625
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Estados Unidos
National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences
Concluído
2010/02/01 - 2011/05/15 SHIFTING: Marine phylogeographic structuring during climate change: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting populations
189570
Bolseiro de Técnico de Investigação
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Espanha

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
European Comission
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2022/04/01 - Atual RESTORESEAS Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity
BiodivRestore-253 / DivRestore/0013/2020
Investigador
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

European Commission
Em curso
2023/03/01 - 2026/08/31 Otimizar a propagação de corais para restaurar e conservar as florestas de corais com participação da sociedade e dos pescadores (CORALforests) (295,295.00 €)
Co-Investigador Responsável (Co-IR)
EDULOG Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo
2018/03/01 - 2018/09/30 INFORBIOMARES - Sistemas de informação e monitorização da biodiversidade marinha das áreas classificadas da Arrábida
POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000047¿
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
European Commission

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2026/04/01 - Atual CORALRESCUE - Large-scale coral bycatch mitigation by active engagement of fishers in habitat conservation and restoration (150,000.00 €)
CORALRESCUE
Investigador responsável
Viridia – Conservation In Action
Em curso
2022/01/01 - 2025/06/30 When art meets science: assisted colonization of underwater sculptures with incidental coral catches by artisanal fisheries (19,505.10 €)
NA
Investigador responsável
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Marcellina Rola; Márcio A. G. Coelho; Christian Pruckner; Manuela Quiroga-Pérez; Willem Stock; Núria Baylina; Aschwin H. Engelen; et al. "Coral garden conservation and restoration: how host taxon and ex-situ maintenance affect the microbiome of soft and hard corals". Frontiers in Microbiology (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1605105.
    10.3389/fmicb.2025.1605105
  2. Christina Egger; Catarina Melo; Bailey Marquardt; Aschwin H. Engelen; Roland R. Melzer; Elsa Santos; Margarida Fernandes; et al. "Reproductive phenology and sexual propagation of the pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766): implications for coral restoration". Coral Reefs (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02705-x.
    10.1007/s00338-025-02705-x
  3. Horta, Paulo; Sissini, Marina N.; Fonseca, Alessandra; Turra, Alexander; Rodrigues, Ana Claudia; Rorig, Leonardo; Bonomi-Barufi, José; et al. "Marine Forests Forever—A Necessary Multilateral Program for a Fair Future". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 35 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70037.
    10.1002/aqc.70037
  4. Coelho, Márcio; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves; Ester A Serrao. "Mass stranding of octocorals following winter storms in southern Portugal". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025):
    Submetido
  5. Julia van Duijnhoven; Nina Dombrowski; Peter Kuperus; Tania Aires; Márcio A. G. Coelho; João Silva; Gerard Muyzer; AH Engelen. "Draft genome of the marine bacterium Alteromonas gracilis strain J4 isolated from the green coenocytic alga Caulerpa prolifera". Microbiology Resource Announcements (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00184-24.
    10.1128/mra.00184-24
  6. Lucília Souza Miranda; Sílvia Tavares; Antonina dos Santos; Emanuel J. Gonçalves; Serrao EA; Márcio A. G. Coelho. "Lipkea ruspoliana Vogt, 1886 (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) in Portugal: the contribution of citizen science to range extension and taxonomic discussion of rare species". Aquatic Ecology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-023-10070-6.
    10.1007/s10452-023-10070-6
  7. Márcio A. G. Coelho; Gareth Anthony Pearson; joana boavida; Diogo Paulo; Didier Aurelle; Sophie ARNAUD-HAOND; Daniel Gómez-Gras; et al. "Not out of the Mediterranean: Atlantic populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata are a separate sister species under further lineage diversification". Ecology and Evolution 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9740.
    10.1002/ece3.9740
  8. D. Gómez-Gras; N. Bensoussan; J. B. Ledoux; P. López-Sendino; C. Cerrano; E. Ferretti; S. Kipson; et al. "Exploring the response of a key Mediterranean gorgonian to heat stress across biological and spatial scales". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25565-9.
    10.1038/s41598-022-25565-9
  9. Coelho, Márcio A. G.; Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste; Boavida, Joana; Paulo, Diogo; Gómez-Gras, Daniel; Bensoussan, Nathaniel; López-Sendino, Paula; et al. "Complete mitochondrial genome of the branching octocoral Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861), phylogenetic relationships and divergence analysis". Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7 11 (2022): 1985-1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2143246.
    10.1080/23802359.2022.2143246
  10. Dias, Vítor; Oliveira, Frederico; Boavida, Joana; Serrão, Ester A.; Gonçalves, Jorge M. S.; Coelho, Márcio A. G.. "High Coral Bycatch in Bottom-Set Gillnet Coastal Fisheries Reveals Rich Coral Habitats in Southern Portugal". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.603438.
    Publicado • 10.3389/fmars.2020.603438
  11. Mota CF; Engelen AH; Serrao EA; Coelho MAG; Marbà N; Krause-Jensen D; Pearson GA. "Differentiation in fitness-related traits in response to elevated temperatures between leading and trailing edge populations of marine macrophytes.". PloS one (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30212558.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0203666
  12. Aurelle, D.; Pivotto, I. D.; Malfant, M.; Topçu, N. E.; Masmoudi, Mauatassem B.; Chaoui, Lamya; Kara, Hichem M.; et al. "Fuzzy species limits in Mediterranean gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): inferences on speciation processes". Zoologica Scripta (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000413302600011&KeyUID=WOS:000413302600011.
    10.1111/zsc.12245
  13. Coelho, M. A. G.; Lasker, H. R.. "Larval behavior and settlement dynamics of a ubiquitous Caribbean octocoral and its implications for dispersal". Marine Ecology Progress Series 561 (2016): 109-121. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000391695800008&KeyUID=WOS:000391695800008.
    10.3354/meps11941
  14. Coelho, Márcio A. G.; Lasker, Howard R.. "Reproductive biology of the Caribbean brooding octocoral Antillogorgia hystrix". Invertebrate Biology 133 4 (2014): 299-313. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000346033800001&KeyUID=WOS:000346033800001.
    10.1111/ivb.12070
Capítulo de livro
  1. AURELLE, Didier; Kreckelbergh, Eugénie; COSTANTINI, FEDERICA; Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste; Salomidi, Maria; Dailianis, Thanos; Issaris, Yiannis; et al. "POPULATION GENETICS OF RED CORAL". In Research Programme on red coral, Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758). 2026.
    Em revisão
  2. Coelho, Márcio A. G.; Lasker, Howard R.. "Larval Dispersal and Population Connectivity in Anthozoans". editado por Goffredo, Stefano; Dubinsky, Zvy, 291-315. 2016.
    papers3://publication/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4_19
Poster em conferência
  1. Egger, Christina; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Ester A Serrao; Melzer R; Félix, Rute C.; Teresa M Correia; Coelho, Márcio. "Coral Conservation Through Imaging: Unveiling Insights into Cold-Water Sea Fans". Trabalho apresentado em 7th Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy Meeting, 2023.
  2. Aschwin Engelen; Joana Costa; Márcio Coelho; João Neiva; Gareth Pearson; Núria Marbà; Carlos Duarte; Ester Serrão. "Temperature resilience and genetic diversity of intertidal canopy forming seaweeds of the genus Cystoseira in Portugal". Trabalho apresentado em ECSA54 Conference, 2014.
  3. Aschwin Engelen; Catarina Mota; Márcio Coelho; Carlos Duarte; Núria Marbà; Ester Serrão; Gareth Pearson. "Climate change effects on ecosystem structuring marine macrophytes at their leading polar and rear edge distribution zones". Trabalho apresentado em 5th Conference on Portuguese Polar Science, 2013.
  4. Coelho, Márcio; Howard Lasker. "Reproductive biology of the Caribbean octocoral Antillogorgia hystrix: first report of internal brooding in the genus". Trabalho apresentado em 42nd Benthic Ecology Meeting, 2013.
Pré-impressão
  1. Egger, Christina; Engelen, Aschwin; Melzer, Roland; Rola, Marcellina; Melo, Catarina; Favaretto, Chiara; Quiroga-Pérez, Manuela; et al. "Contrasting reproductive and early-life history strategies in recently diverged octocoral species". 2025. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.176581262.26852081/v1.
    10.22541/au.176581262.26852081/v1
Recurso online
  1. Charles Messing; Howard Lasker; Juan Sánchez; John Reed; Vanessa Brinkhuis; Paola Espitiah; Matthew Johnston; et al. South Florida Octocorals: a Guide to Identification.. 2014. http://cnso.nova.edu/ncri/sofla_octocoral_guide/index.html.
Relatório
  1. Cabral, Henrique; Aguilar, Ricardo; Andrade, J.; Alonso, H.; André, M.; Baylina, Nuria; Bentes, Luis; et al. 2025. Oceano Azul Expedition to Gorringe: Scientific Report.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Cox, Senne; Salgueiro, Emília; Coelho, Márcio; Matos, Lélia. "Dendrophyllia: A New Archive for Ocean Temperature and Nutrient Variability?". Trabalho apresentado em 2025 Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, 2025.
    Publicado • 10.7185/gold2025.29359
  2. Hermane, Lelde; Félix, Rute C.; Egger, Christina; Jacques, Paysan; Lauer, Dieter; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Power, Deborah Mary; Coelho, Márcio; Correia, Teresa. "A New Angle on Coral Imaging: Lightsheet Microscopy for Enhanced 3D Morphological Studies". Trabalho apresentado em 8th Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Optical Microscopy Meeting (SPAOM), Toledo, 2024.
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Coelho, Márcio. "Life History Traits of Caribbean Octocorals of the Genus Antillogorgia and Their Implications for Larval Dispersal". Doutoramento, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, 2018. https://order.proquest.com/OA_HTML/pqdtibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=10743029&authorId=5832283&sitex=10020:22372:US.
  2. Coelho, Márcio. "Phylogeography and phylogeny of European gorgoniids (Gorgoniidae): genera Eunicella and Leptogorgia". Mestrado, Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/248.

Outros

Conjunto de dados
  1. Márcio A. G. Coelho; Jean-Baptiste Ledoux; joana boavida; Diogo Paulo; Daniel Gómez Gras; Nathaniel Bensoussan; Paula López-Sendino; et al. Complete mitochondrial genome of the branching octocoral Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861), phylogenetic relationships and divergence analysis.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.20526978
Outra produção
  1. Ecossistemas de Corais em Águas Continentais Profundas Portuguesas (EN: Coral Ecosystems of Deep Continental Waters in Portugal). Technical report reviewing the current state of research on coral-dominated habitats in the Portuguese deep continental waters (circalittoral) developed within the scope of project HABMAR. 2021. Frederico Oliveira; Coelho, Márcio; Ester A Serrao; Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves.
  2. Plantacoral: an ocean literacy and environmental stewardship initiative for the restoration of NE Atlantic coral gardens. PLANTACORAL was a non-profit initiative aiming to promote habitat restoration of coral gardens in Portugal, as well as increased awareness about the importance of these ecosystems. The funding of the project was based on citizen donations (stewards) and leveraged collaborations with local fishers to rescue corals that are captured accidentally by artisanal fisheries.. 2021. Coelho, Márcio; Christina Egger; Ester A Serrao; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Gonçalves, J.M.S. ; Oliveira, Frederico. http://www.plantacoral.org.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024/07/02 Reproductive phenology and sexual propagation of the pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa for coral restoration 2024 European Coral Reef Symposium
2024/07/02 Speciation in recently diverged lineages of Atlantic Paramuricea: complementary insights from phylogenomics and reproductive biology 2024 European Coral Reef Symposium
(Naples, Itália)
2023/10/03 RESTORESEA: Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity Second International Meeting on Ecological Restoration of Deep-Sea Coral Populations
(Strömstad, Suécia)
2023/09/27 Corals and gorgonians in southern Portugal (Algarve): current state of knowledge Training school: “Habitat mapping and trophic ecology of Marine Animal Forests.”: COST Action (CA20102) - Marine Animal Forests of the World (MAF-World)
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) (Faro, Portugal)
2023/05/30 Comparative study of reproductive traits of a West Atlantic Gorgonian (Paramuricea) species after recent speciation 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Edinburgh, Reino Unido)
2023/05/29 Sequencing of coral mitochondrial genomes: a new genetic resource based on long-read sequencing for genome assembly and to support species identification 8th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
(Edinburgh, Reino Unido)
2023/05/19 Optimizing coral propagation for restoration and conservation of coral gardens with the engagement of fishermen and society (CORALforests) Ocean Alive Spring School
Ocean Alive (Portugal)
2023/01/17 Optimizing coral propagation for restoration and conservation of coral gardens with the engagement of fishermen and society (CORALforests) MAF World Cost Action WG7 Meeting
2023/01/17 Optimizing coral propagation for restoration and conservation of coral gardens with the engagement of fishermen and society (CORALforests) COST Action (CA20102) - Marine Animal Forests of the World (MAF-World) WG7 Meeting
2021/11/25 Jardins de coral em Portugal continental: um tesouro ecológico subvalorizado [EN: Coral gardens in continental Portugal: an undervalued ecological treasure] Mar Azul: comunicar para envolver e educar [EN: Blue Ocean: communicate to engage and educate]
Centro Ciência Viva Lagos-Escola Secundária Gil Eanes (Lagos, Portugal)
2016/06/22 Larval biology of the Caribbean octocoral Antillogorgia americana and its implications for dispersal 13th International Coral Reef Symposium
International Society for Reef Studies (Honolulu, Hawai'i , Estados Unidos)
2015/03/04 Larval biology of the Caribbean octocoral Antillogorgia americana and its implications for dispersal 44th Benthic Ecology Meeting
Benthic Ecology Meeting Society (Québec City, Québec, Canadá)
2010/10/04 Climate change effects on canopy-forming ecosystem structuring species at leading and rear edges versus central distribution zones Aquashift Meeting
(Kiel, Alemanha)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado
Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2026/02/01 - Atual Optimising ex situ performance of Dendrophyllia spp.: effects of enriched live food under controlled feeding regimes
Orientador de Sheila Van-Dunem
2026/01/15 - Atual Effects of colony cropping and size on the growth, survival and fecundity of Eunicella verrucosa
Orientador de Tommi Friari
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2025/01/01 - Atual Assessing the Effect of Transplant Orientation and Fragment Size on the Restoration Success of Leptogorgia sarmentosa and Eunicella gazella in the EDP Art Reef, Albufeira
Orientador de Anika Czihak
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2025/12/09 Investigating microbiomes of restored and native Atlantic soft corals: interdependencies between microbiome and host health
Coorientador de Manuela Quiroga Perez
Universität Wien, Áustria
2025/01/01 - 2025/07/29 Comparative analysis of size at first reproduction and fecundity of branching octocorals along depth in southwestern Portugal
Orientador de Adriana Franco
International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Mestrado)
Universiteit Gent, Bélgica

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2025/01/01 - 2025/06/06 Dendrophyllia: A New Archive for Ocean Temperature and Nutrient Variability on the Southwestern Iberian Margin?
Coorientador de Senne Cox
International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea), (Mestrado)
Universiteit Gent, Bélgica

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/09/07 Exploring Thermal Tolerance and Plasticity of Bycaught Gorgonians in Sagres, Portugal
Coorientador de Iñigo Uriarte Uruñuela
ERASMUS Mundus Joint Master Degree in Marine Environment (Mestrado)
2022/03/01 - 2023 Towards controlling the reproductive cycle of azooxanthellate gorgonians in cultivation: diet and environmental drivers
Coorientador de Joana de Lemos Filipe
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2022/12/31 BSc Thesis Project (12 ECTS): Size at first reproduction: Determining the size of the coral species Paramuricea grayi during its first reproduction
Orientador de Diogo Guerreiro
2022/01/25 - 2022/07 PATTERNS OF BRANCHING MORPHOLOGY IN TEMPERATE GORGONIAN CORALS
Orientador de Laura Colom Romero
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology - Castlebar Campus, Irlanda
2020/10/01 - 2022/05/03 Octocoral Biodiversity in Portugal: A Barcoding Approach Coupling Long-range PCR and Long-read Sequencing to Assemble Mitochondrial Genomes
Orientador de Sandra Raposo Costa
Marine Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/02/19 Experimental Project in Marine Biology (12 ECTS): Development of a standardized method for monitoring gorgonian corals bycatch biomass: relationship between colony weight and total branch length
Orientador de Gerard Subiron Moreso
Marine Biology (Iniciação científica)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/12/10 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE RESTORATION OF GORGONIANS: Assessment of Coral By-catch in Artisanal Fisheries and its Potential for Restoration Actions
Orientador de Vítor Dias
Biologia Marinha (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2023/09/25 - 2023/10/01 Training school “Habitat mapping and trophic ecology of Marine Animal Forests” within the scope of the COST Action (CA20102) - Marine Animal Forests of the World (MAF-World) and hosted by the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Portugal. (2023 - 2023)
Outro (Coorganizador)

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2025/10/06 - 2025/10/17 Workshop on the taxonomy of black corals (Antipatharia) Museum of Paris (MNHN) in Paris, France, from October 6-17, 2025.
Oficina (workshop)
Taxonomic training workshop in Paris on black corals (Antipatharia)
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, França
2024/05/11 - 2024/05/11 Public outreach with a talk entitled 'What we study in the marine forests of corals with Sagres fisherman' within the scope of the 2nd edition of the Marine Forests Festival in Sagres.
Festival
2ª Edição do festival das Florestas Marinhas
2024/02/28 - 2024/02/29 Final meeting of the Research programme on red coral of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
Encontro
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Itália
2024/02/19 - 2024/02/24 Workshop on analysis of RAD sequencing data
Oficina (workshop)
Aix-Marseille Université, França
2023/10/02 - 2023/10/06 Workshop on Ecological Restoration of Deep-Sea Coral Populations
Oficina (workshop)
Second International Meeting on Ecological Restoration of Deep-Sea Coral Populations, Strömstad, Sweden
2023/06/02 - 2023/06/04 Cold-water corals in aquaria: maintenance and experimentation.
Oficina (workshop)
Cold-water corals in aquaria: maintenance and experimentation.
2022/10/22 - 2022/10/23 From the lab to the reefs: Assessing Heterotrophy in Marine Animal Forests and its importance in guiding conservation strategy
Oficina (workshop)
MAF-World COST Action Workshop
2021/11/24 - 2021/11/24 Outreach and public engagement event for local high school students showcasing different research activities developed at CCMAR. I was responsible for a stand aiming to raise the public awareness about the existence and importance of coral-dominated habitats in Portugal. In this demonstration we had preserved and live specimens of multiple species that occur along southern Portugal and discussed the research activities developed during project HABMAR, including efforts of coral habitat mapping, DNA barcoding and a pilot study of restoration.
Exposição
Science and Technology Week (PT: Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Outreach and public engagement event for the general public showcasing research activities developed by CCMAR, among others. I was responsible for a stand aiming to raise the public awareness about the existence and importance of coral-dominated habitats in Portugal. In this demonstration we had preserved and live specimens of multiple species that occur along southern Portugal and discussed the research activities developed during project HABMAR, including efforts of coral habitat mapping, DNA barcoding and a pilot study of restoration.
Exposição
European Researcher's Night 2021 (PT: Noite Europeia do Investigador - NEI2021)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/01/19 - 2020/02/01 Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics which brings together an international collection of faculty members and Workshop participants to study and discuss current ideas and techniques for the analysis of genomic data on the level of populations and closely related species
Oficina (workshop)
2020 Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics
2020/01/05 - 2020/01/18 Workshop on Genomics offering training on how to effectively analyze and manage data generated by modern sequencing technologies, including management and modification of modern sequence data files and best practices for sequence data generation, management and analysis
Oficina (workshop)
2020 Workshop on Genomics
2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22 Public engagement activity showcasing the habitat restoration efforts of the INFORBIOMARES project in the Arrábida Marine Park (Portugal). Participants were introduced to many species of corals, seagrasses and seaweeds occurring along the Portuguese coast, and stepped into the shoes of a marine ecologist for one day by learning to transplant gorgonian corals to restore degraded populations through a "hands on" demonstration.
Exposição
“O Mar de Alto a Baixo” - 20th Anniversary of the 1998 World Fair, Lisbon (Portugal).
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2011/11/03 - 2011/11/07 Workshop with the aim of building an online resource for the identification of the octocoral fauna in South Florida.
Oficina (workshop)
South Florida Octocorals: a Guide to Identification
Nova Southeastern University, Estados Unidos

Comissão de avaliação

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de assessoria
Instituição / Organização Entidade financiadora
2025/12/09 - 2025/12/09 External examiner in the defence of the MSc thesis entitled 'Effects of ocean warming on the reproduction of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor' Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2018/03/27 “Investigadores do CCMAR salvam corais arrancados pela tempestade e vão replantá-los” [EN: CCMAR researchers save corals detached by storm and are going to replant them]. Interview about an opportune project aiming to repurpose coral biomass from a mass-stranding event following two winter storms in a pilot study of habitat restoration Sul Informação

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

Programa Tema
2024/08/07 - Atual Documentary 'O Planeta Vivo' (EN: The Living Planet), Episode 06 - Biodiversity on the Public Portuguese TV channel RTP M. Coelho features an episode about biodiversity in Portuguese aquatic/terrestrial ecosystems, presenting his coral habitat restoration work with fishers engagement
2018/03/28 - 2018/03/28 “Os Dias do Futuro: a Investigação e a Inovação” Interview about an opportune project aiming to repurpose coral biomass from a mass-stranding event following two winter storms in a pilot study of habitat restoration; also about other habitat restoration efforts of projects coordinated by CCMAR. Transplantation of stranded corals following the winter storms Emma and Felix

Expedição científica

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2025/10/01 - 2025/10/07 Task coordinator in the CCMAR/Fundação Oceano Azul expedition 'Parque Natural Marinho do Recife do Algarve – Pedra do Valado'. Task on biodiversity assessment using eDNA metabarcoding
2024/09/07 - 2024/09/28 Coral Work lead onboard the 2024 Oceano Azul Expedition Gorringe

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2022/04/01 - Atual PhD thesis promoter: Species delimitation, endemism and cryptic diversity of coral garden-forming gorgonians in the Eastern Atlantic Christina Egger
2025/09 - 2026/02 ERASMUS+ Internship: Marine Forests restoration and conservation Hugo Desgranges
2025/03/01 - 2025/06/25 Field Methods Internship (3 ECTS): Coral transplantation of whole gorgonian colonies Valeria Marino
2024/08/20 - 2024/12/25 ERASMUS+ Internship: Experiments on sexual propagation of these corals including spawning and larval settlement Sheena Chong
2024/01/01 - 2024/07/01 MSc Thesis Promoter: Microbiome Dynamics in Early Life Stages of Temperate Gorgonians Rita Camacho
2024 - 2024 IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and experimentation Gaetan Despiegeleire
2024 - 2024 IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and experimentation Sophia Woolcock
2024 - 2024 ERASMUS+ Internship: Marine Forests restoration - Experiments on sexual propagation of corals including spawning and larval settlement Chiara Favaretto
2024 - 2024 IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and public outreach Pedro Oliveira
2024 - 2024 IMBRSea Professional Practice Internship: Coral husbandry and public outreach Adriana Franco
2023 - 2024 Internship (6 ECTS): First trials of larval settlement in the temperate gorgonians Eunicella verrucosa and Paramuricea cf. grayi Catarina Melo
2023 - 2024 Internship (6 ECTS): GORGONIAN CORAL SPECIES LIMITATION STUDY USING QUANTITATIVE MORPHOMETRICS Louis Traineau
2022/08/01 - 2023/12/01 MSc Thesis Promoter: Investigating Microbial Diversity Associated with Atlantic Soft and Hard Corals in the Context of Marine Restoration Marcellina Rola
2023 - 2023 Internship (3 ECTS): Deep sea corals monitoring at Ramalhete station Léa Lilla
2023 - 2023 Internship (3 ECTS): H&E Histological Staining Technique Bailey Marquardt
2022 - 2022 Internship: Coral husbandry and experimentation Fantine Soulat
2022 - 2022 Internship (6 ECTS): Histological study of the reproductive cycle of the cold water gorgonians Eunicella verrucosa and Paramuricea grayi Laura Balsalobre
2021/05/17 - 2021/08/09 Internship: Analysis of the reproductive cycle and the state of maturation of the gonads of different coral species part of the study of the richness of coral habitats in southern Portugal Capucine Récasens
2020/11/01 - 2021/01/29 Internship (6 ECTS): Assessment of the spatial patterns of size-frequency of the most captured species of deep-sea corals in Sagres, Portugal Sandra Raposo
2019/09/01 - 2020/01/29 Internship (6 ECTS): Assessment of Coral Bycatch in Artisanal Fisheries using trammel- and gillnetting Ana Carneiro
2019/08/14 - 2019/12/27 Internship (12 ECTS): Resolving alpha-taxonomy of gorgonian corals (Octocorallia) using quantitative morphometrics Vítor Dias
2018/04/20 - 2018/05/12 Internship (6 ECTS): Alpha-Taxonomy of gorgonian corals (Octocorallia): Study based on Leptorgorgia sarmentosa Giulia Marchioro
Distinções

Prémio

2014 Mark Diamond Research Fund (FA-14-04)
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Estados Unidos

Outra distinção

2022 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
European Commission, Bélgica
2019 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
European Comission, Bélgica
2010 Doctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2009 Lifelong Learning Programme ERASMUS
European Comission, Bélgica