Personal identification

Full name

Maria Inês Laranjeiro Gouveia Santos

Citation names

• Laranjeiro, Maria I.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

081B-6A59-80E4

ORCID iD

0000-0001-9884-4743

Google Scholar ID

https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=KLsiiOIAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=ao

Scopus Author Id

57216771656

Addresses

• University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-I-Laranjeiro (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)

	Degree	Classification
2021/01 - 2024 Ongoing	Biociências (Doutoramento) Major in Ecologia Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Concluded	Curso Avançado Ciência de Animais de Laboratório [FELASA categoria B] (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria MARE, Portugal
2017/09 - 2019/07 Concluded	Ecologia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Seabirds as biomonitors of metal contamination and environmental health in the North Atlantic" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2017/06 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09 - 2019/11	Erasmus+ internship	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
	Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
2017/06 - 2017/07	Summer internship	Fundação ADFP - Assistência, Desenvolvimento e Formação Profissional, Portugal
	Parque Biológico da Serra da Lousã, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021 - 2024	Seabirds as bioindicators of environmental health in the Northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean UI/BD/150956/2021 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

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
2017/09 - 2019/12	ECOLIND – Seabirds and fish as ecological indicators of contaminants and health in the North Atlantic relevant to ocean resources assessment MFM/2017/0003 Researcher Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Book chapter	Lopes, Catarina S.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Lavers, Jennifer L.; Finger, Annett; Provencher, Jennifer F.. Corresponding author: Lopes, Catarina S.. "Seabirds as indicators of metal and plastic pollution". In Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities, edited by Ramos, Jaime. A.; Pereira, Leonel. Florida, United States: CRC Press, 2022. Published
Conference abstract	Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Simões, Tiago; dos Santos, Ivo; Ramos, Jaime; Pereira, Jorge M.; Reyes-González, José M.; Lemos, Marco F. L.; et al. Corresponding author: Laranjeiro, Maria I.. "How does foraging in two different environments influences the fatty acid profile of two close-related shearwater species?". Paper presented in 16th International Seabird Group Conference, Coimbra, 2024. Published dos Santos, Ivo; Paiva, Vitor H.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Churlaud, Carine; Ceia, Filipe R.; Pais De Faria, Joana; Pereira, Jorge M.; et al. "Assessing the impact of trace element contamination in the physiological condition and health of coastal and oceanic seabirds breeding along the Portuguese coastline". Paper presented in 16th International Seabird Group Conference, Coimbra, 2024. Published dos Santos, Ivo; Jaime A. Ramos; Pais De Faria, Joana; Jorge M. Pereira; Cerveira, Lara; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Almeida, Nathalie; et al. "Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) as a bioindicator of trace elements and organic contaminants along a gradient of exposure". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Ponta Delgada, 2023. Published Jorge M. Pereira; Sara H. Santos; Martins, Beatriz; Jaime A. Ramos; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Campioni, Letizia; Ana M. M. Gonçalves; A.M.M. Gonçalves; A.M. Gonçalves; Ana Marta Gonçalves; et al. Corresponding author: Jorge M. Pereira. "Seabirds as indicators of ocean health: Parent-offspring behavioural and ecophysiological responses to experimental changes in food supply". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Ponta Delgada, 2023. Published Cerveira, L. R.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Veríssimo, Sara N.; Ceia, Filipe R.; dos Santos, Ivo; Jorge M. Pereira; Jaime A. Ramos; Paiva, Vitor H.. Corresponding author: Cerveira, L. R.. "Will seagulls thrive without landfills and fishing discards?". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Ponta Delgada, 2023. Pereira, Jorge M.; Santos, Sara; Martins, Beatriz B.; Ramos, Jaime; A Norte ; Campioni, Letizia; Gonçalves, Ana M. M.; et al. "Seabirds as indicators of ocean health: parent-offspring behavioural and physiological responses to experimental changes in food supply.". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., Ponta Delgada, 2023. Published Villarroya, Alba; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Ramos, Jaime; Ceia, Filipe R.. "A comparative assessment of chemical elements contamination in sympatric seabird species with distinct foraging strategies.". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., Ponta Delgada, 2023. Published Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Simões, Tiago; dos Santos, Ivo; Pereira, Jorge; Paiva, Vitor H; Lemos, Marco FL; Ramos, Jaime; et al. "Using two close-related shearwater species as bioindicators of chemical pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Western Mediterranean Sea.". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., Ponta Delgada, 2023. Published Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Alves, Luis M. F.; da Silva, Joana M.; Pereira, Jorge M.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Paiva, Vitor H; Marco F.L. Lemos; et al. Corresponding author: Ceia, Filipe R.. "The causes and effects of chemical contamination and drivers of oxidative stress in a wide-ranging seabird". Paper presented in International Conference for Young Marine Researchers - ICYMARE 2021, Berlin, 2021. Published
Conference poster	Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Simões, Tiago; dos Santos, Ivo; Ramos, Jaime; Pereira, Jorge M.; Lemos, Marco F. L.; Paiva, Vitor H.; et al. Corresponding author: Laranjeiro, Maria I.. "Using two close-related shearwater species as sentinels of marine chemical pollution". Paper presented in 16th International Seabird Group Conference, 2024. Paiva, Vitor H.; Fernandes, Ricardo; Cerveira, L. R.; Jorge M. Pereira; Veríssimo, Sara N.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; dos Santos, Ivo; et al. Corresponding author: Paiva, Vitor H.. "Spatial and behavioural ecology and diel rhythms of natural and urban breeding gulls in relation to anthropogenic activities". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, 2023. dos Santos, Ivo; Pais De Faria, Joana; Jorge M. Pereira; Cerveira, Lara; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Almeida, Nathalie; Veríssimo, Sara N.; et al. "Understand How Distinct Seabird Foraging Strategies Can Influence Mercury Loads Along a Gradient of Exposure". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 2023. Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Navarro, Joan; dos Santos, Ivo; Cerveira, Lara; Pereira, Jorge; Bertolero, A; Paiva, V.H.; et al. "Using pelagic and coastal seabirds to compare chemical contamination between the northeast Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland., 2023. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Nuncio, MS; Luz, MT; Pereira, Jorge; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Veríssimo, Sara N.; Santos I; et al. "Elusive Borrelia circulating in soft ticks infesting coastal birds in Portugal.". Paper presented in International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Weimar, Germany., 2023. Paiva, Vítor H.; Fernandes, R.; Cerveira, L.; Pereira, J.; Veríssimo, Sara N.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; dos Santos, I.; et al. "Spatial and behavioural ecology of natural and urban breeding Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis) in relation to anthropogenic activities.". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023. Cerveira, L; Matos, D.; Ceia, Filipe R.; Pereira, J.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Veríssimo, S.; Ramos, Jaime; Paiva, V.. "Design and test the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas off Algarve.". Paper presented in 16th International Conference Littoral22, Costa da Caparica, Portugal., 2022. da Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M. F.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Bessa, Filipa; SILVA, ANDREIA V.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. Corresponding author: Laranjeiro, Maria I.. "Occurrence of microplastics in commercial mid-trophic level fishes along the Portuguese coast". Paper presented in ICYMARE 2021 Berlin, 2021. Ceia, Filipe R.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Alves, Luís M. F.; Silva, Joana M.; Calado, Joana; A.C. Norte; Paiva, Vitor H.; et al. "Environmental health assessment based on a complementary approach using metal quantification, oxidative stress and trophic ecology of two sympatric gull species (Larus michahellis & Larus audouinii)". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2020. Ceia, Filipe R.; Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M. F.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Silva, Andreia; A.C. Norte; Lemos, M.F.L.; Ramos, Jaime; Novais, Sara C.. "Are low mercury levels in commercial mid-trophic level fishes detrimental? Evidences from oxidative damage assessment". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2020. Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M. F.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Pereira, JM.; Paiva, Vitor; Ramos, Jaime; Lemos, M.F.L.; Ceia, Filipe R.. "The demanding phase of the breeding season: how do stress levels vary in Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) during pre-laying and chick-rearing periods?". Paper presented in X Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, 2019. Silva, Joana M.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Alves, Luís M. F.; A.C. Norte; Calado, Joana; Paiva, Vitor H.; Ramos, Jaime; et al. "Does foraging niche have an influence on oxidative stress of two gull species (Yellow-legged gull and Audouin's gull) breeding in sympatry?". Paper presented in X Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA 2019, 2019.
Journal article	Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Seco, José; Santos, Ivo dos; Bertolero, Albert; Pereira, Eduarda; Coelho, João P.; Pereira, Jorge M.; et al. "Calonectris shearwaters reveal a gradient of mercury contamination along the Atlantic and Mediterranean waters of the Iberian Peninsula". Environmental Pollution 368 (2025): 125820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125820. 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125820 Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Simões, Tiago; Ramos, Jaime A.; dos Santos, Ivo; Pereira, Jorge M.; Reyes-González, José M.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. "Foraging in contrasting oceanographic regions impacts the fatty acid profile of two closely related pelagic seabirds". Marine Environmental Research 204 (2025): 106888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106888. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106888 Ivo dos Santos; Jaime A. Ramos; Filipe R. Ceia; Joana Pais de Faria; Jorge M. Pereira; José Seco; Lara R. Cerveira; et al. "The role of seabird foraging strategies on the uptake of mercury: a case study using gulls and shearwaters from the Portuguese coast". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137673. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137673 Ivo dos Santos; Vitor H. Paiva; Ana C. Norte; Carine Churlaud; Filipe R. Ceia; Joana Pais de Faria; Jorge M. Pereira; et al. "Assessing the impacts of trace element contamination on the physiological and health of seabirds breeding along the western and southern coasts of Portugal". Environmental Pollution (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124528. 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124528 Filipe R. Ceia; Yves Cherel; Andreia V. Silva; Susana Garrido; Maria M. Angélico; Joana M. da Silva; Maria I. Laranjeiro; Jaime A. Ramos. "Drivers of niche partitioning in a community of mid-trophic level epipelagic species in the North Atlantic". Hydrobiologia (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05160-3. 10.1007/s10750-023-05160-3 Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Farré, Marc; Phillips, Richard A.; Quillfeldt, Petra; Bonadona, Francesco; Gémard, Charlène; Daigre, Maximiliano; et al. "Variation among species and populations in bill shape and size in three planktivorous petrels". Marine Biology 169 2 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-04014-7. Published • 10.1007/s00227-021-04014-7 da Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M. F.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Bessa, Filipa; SILVA, ANDREIA V.; Norte, Ana C.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. Corresponding author: da Silva, Joana M.. "Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment". Environmental Pollution 292 (2022): 118451-118451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118451. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118451 Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Alves, Luís M.F.; da Silva, Joana M.; Pereira, Jorge M.; Norte, Ana C.; Paiva, Vítor H.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. "Year-round element quantification of a wide-ranging seabird and their relationships with oxidative stress, trophic ecology, and foraging patterns". Environmental Pollution 284 (2021): 117502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117502. Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117502 Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Alves, Luís M.F.; Silva, Joana M.; Calado, Joana G.; Norte, Ana C.; Paiva, Vítor H.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. "Assessment of environmental health based on a complementary approach using metal quantification, oxidative stress and trophic ecology of two gull species (Larus michahellis & Larus audouinii) breeding in sympatry". Marine Pollution Bulletin 159 (2020): 111439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111439. Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111439 da Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M.F.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Silva, Andreia; Angélico, Maria M.; Norte, Ana C.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. "Mercury levels in commercial mid-trophic level fishes along the Portuguese coast – Relationships with trophic niche and oxidative damage". Ecological Indicators 116 (2020): 106500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106500. Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106500
Online resource	Ceia, Filipe R.; Cherel, Yves; Andreia V. Silva; Susana Garrido; Maria Manuel Angélico; da Silva, Joana M.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Jaime A. Ramos. Stable isotope data of a community of mid-trophic level epipelagic species in the North Atlantic [Data set].. 2023. https://zenodo.org/records/10378447.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Seabirds as biomonitors of metal contamination and environmental health in the North Atlantic". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/87815.