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Vânia Baptista, Junior Researcher at Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) - University of Algarve (UAlg), and Invited Assistant Professor at UAlg, is graduated in Marine Biology in 2010 at the UAlg. She has obtained an MSc in Marine Sciences, Marine Resources (specialization in Marine Biology and Ecology) at Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto in 2012 and completed her PhD in Marine, Earth and Environmental Sciences (specialization in Marine Ecology) at the UAlg in 2019 (FCT fellowship: SFRH/BD/104209/2014). Her work has been focused on fish larvae behaviour and ecology, and the effects of environmental and climate variability on the recruitment of fish species. During the last years, she also collaborated on other research activities related to various issues: feeding ecology of marine and estuarine species, science-citizen activities, invasive species monitoring, ecophysiological condition of dolphins, sharks and lobsters, monthly sampling of zooplankton in the Guadiana Estuary and Ria Formosa, fisheries and climate change vulnerability. She has participated in 14 research projects (four ongoing), two as Principal Researcher, and one as institutional coordinator. From 2018 to 2022, she was a researcher (Post-Doc since Jan/2020) and interim coordinator in the LuandaWaterFront project, where she co-coordinated the project. Since January 2022, Vânia has been coordinating the LittleFish-STP project, which the main objective is to study the biology and ecology of an endemic and economically exploited fish species in São Tomé Island. Since May 2022, Vânia got a prestigious research position in CCMAR as a Junior Researcher funded by FCT under the "4th Edition of Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (CCEC)" (DOI:10.54499/2021.00956.CEECIND/CP1678/CT000). In 2024, Vânia awarded the FLAD Scientific Award - Atlantic. Within these positions/projects, Vânia aims to determine the main drivers responsible for the recruitment of fish larvae, their behaviour, dispersion and condition, in temperate and tropical areas. In the last years, Vânia has published 34 peer-reviewed articles, 12 as first, last and corresponding author, with 455 citations (h-index of 15, Scopus on 04/02/2025). She also contributed to three book chapters. She presented her work in international scientific meetings, contributing to several seminars and conference presentations (25 oral communications and seven posters). In her research activity, Vânia was invited as a speaker at the "V Seminary of Postgraduation in Ecology" (Brazil; 2020) and the Advanced Course "Living Oceans & Climate Changes'19 - Ocean Acidification and Biomarine Resources" (PT; 2019). She has been involved as an assistant in bachelor (Invertebrates Biology; Topics in Biology) and master (Fisheries Biology) teaching, and since 2022, as an Invited Assistant Professor, teaching Marine Biology and Biology bachelor courses (Invertebrates Biology; Marine Ecosystems). She has been supervisor/co-supervisor of bachelor students (two), master students for experimental works (seven), master theses (ten; one ongoing), and four PhD candidates (ongoing). Vânia has been a member of the Direction Boards of the Master in Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Conservation (since 2023) and Aquaculture and Fisheries (since 2025). She has participated in the peer-revision of scientific articles in 16 scientific journals and was Guest Editor of a Special Issue ("Temperature-Related Biodiversity Change") in Sustainability journal. Vânia was on a jury of 14 master theses (five as the main arguer, two as supervisor, and six as president). Recently, Vânia is a member of the European University of the Sea (SEA-EU) as a representative of UAlg at the Future Leadership Forum.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vânia Baptista

Citation names

  • Baptista, Vânia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0C1F-4F1B-256B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1428-3334

Email addresses

  • vcbaptista@ualg.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Ed 7, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015 - 2019
Concluded
Doctoral Program in Marine, Earth and Environmental Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Influence of oceanography and larvae behaviour on recruitment of temperate fishes: The importance of physics–biology links to manage fisheries at a local scale" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Very good
2010 - 2012
Concluded
Master Degree in Marine Sciences - Marine Resources (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Impacts of environmental changes on bivalves harvesting in Portuguese coast " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2006 - 2010
Concluded
Marine Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Monitoring of rocky intertidal fauna of the western Algarve" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/05/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/01/01 - 2022/04/30 Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Fellow (Master) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2019/04/30 PhD fellow, PhD student Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/11/01 - 2015/04/30 Research Fellow (Master) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/06/30 Research Fellow (Master) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2010/06/01 - 2010/09/30 Environmental Educator Navibordo Lda, Portugal
2008/12/01 - 2009/11/30 Research Initiation Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - Current Finding Home – Discovering the lost phase of fish species
FLAD
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação Luso-Americana
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023 LuandaWaterFront - Luanda Bay Ecological Assessment: A waterfront based approach to reduce environmental risks and increase quality of life
333191101
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Aga Khan Development Network
Concluded
2019/06/01 - 2019/12/31 LuandaWaterFront - Luanda Bay Ecological Assessment: A waterfront based approach to reduce environmental risks and increase quality of life
333191101
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Aga Khan Development Network
Concluded
2014/11/01 - 2015/04/30 Biologia da invasão de Xenopus laevis na Europa: ecologia, impactos e modelos preditivos?
BIODIVERSA/0001/2012
Research Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Concluded
2014/04/01 - 2014/06/30 Does temperature affect diet choice by aquatic ectotherms?
EXPL_BIA-ANM_0932_2012
Research Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/05/01 - 2028/04/30 How pelagic fish larvae find suitable nursery habitats? A comparison between Atlantic temperate and tropical ecosystems
2021.00956.CEECIND/CP1678/CT0001
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/12/27 Análise da vulnerabilidade da pesca costeira às mudanças climáticas na costa Portuguesa
PTDC/ASP-PES/28518/2017
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre of Marine Sciences
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CCMAR Base funding
UIDB/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2025/03/01 - Current SOFTCRAB – Inovar na produção de caranguejo para consumo no Sul da Europa
17465
ALGARVE-FEDER-01203200
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
European Union
Ongoing
2025/02/01 - Current BRAVE - Biological Invasions Resolved through Adaptable, Versatile, and Engaging Nature-Based Solutions
Biodiversa2023-634
Local coordinator
European Biodiversity Partnership
Ongoing
2023 - Current The European University of the Seas Alliance navigating towards modern and co-transformative intercampus life; people-driven, planet-friendly and knowledge-based progress for all
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Erasmus
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current LittleFish-STP: São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened - a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Aga Khan Development Network
Ongoing
2019/04/01 - Current NEMA - Novas Espécies Marinhas do Algarve/ New Marine Species of Algarve
na
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 Shes - Sustainable Horizons: European Universities designing the Horizons of Sustainability
HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-05-01 ID 101071300
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Horizon Europe Food Bioeconomy Natural Resources Agriculture and Environment
Concluded
2023 - 2023 UP Blue Brite – The Blue Crab Study Case: Blue Research Innovation in Teaching and Entrepreneurship
UP Blue Brite
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação Luso-Americana
Concluded
2021/05/27 - 2023 ATLAZUL - Impulso de la alianza litoral atlántica para el crecimiento azul
0755_ATLAZUL_6_E
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
INTERREG IVC
Concluded
2020 - 2023 CLIMA-PESCA - Vulnerabilidade do setor das pescas às mudanças climáticas: medidas de adaptação; CLIMA-PESCA - Vulnerability of the fisheries sector to climate change: adaptation measures
MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0052
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2020 - 2023 EMREP - The development of Electronic Monitoring and Reporting (EMR) technology for fisheries in Portugal
PT-INNOVATION-0007
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
EEA Grants
Concluded
2018/07/01 - 2023 BIOFISH-QoL - Integrative approach for enhance quality of live in fishing communities of the Bons Sinais estuary (Mozambique) under climate change treats
330785505
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Aga Khan Development Network
Concluded
2018/05/01 - 2022 CLIMFISH - Fisheries Vulnerability to Climate Change
n2/SAICT/2017
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02/01 - 2022 CRUSTAPANHA - Contributo para a gestão sustentada da pequena pesca de CRUSTACEOS (pequenos caranguejos): Estudo da ecologia, biologia e dinâmica populacional dos pequenos caranguejos com interesse comercial existentes ao longo da costa Portuguesa
16-01-04-FMP-0005
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Teodosio, MA; Faria, Silvana; Baptista, Vânia; Wolanski, Eric. "Applying Ecohydrology to Promote a Nature-Based Solution". In Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies, 199-228. IGI Global, 2024.
    Published • 10.4018/979-8-3693-2436-3.ch008
  2. Saavedra, Margarida; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Pereira, TG; Candeias-Mendes, A.; Teodosio, MA; Conceição, LEC; Pousão-Ferreira, P.. Corresponding author: Saavedra, Margarida. "Effect of dietary histidine supplementation on growth, muscle cellularity and critical swimming of meagre, Argyrosomus regius, larvae". In Advances in Medicine and Biology, edited by LV Berhardt, 219-240. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2022.
    Published
  3. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia; Erzini, Karim; Iritani, D; Zeller, D. "Portugal (Mainland)". In Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries: A Critical Appraisal of Catches and Ecosystem Impacts. Washington DC, United States: Island Press, 2016.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Maia, Hugulay; Rosáro, Diolay; Santos, Edson; Umbelina, Fernando; Bastos, Jerónimo; et al. "Nem Discoveries about the Little Fish of São Tomé and Príncipe". Paper presented in BEING SEA-EU Conference, 2024.
    Published
  2. Compte Ejarque, Maria; Rosário, Diolay; Maia, Hugulay; Teodosio, MA; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Baptista, Vânia. "Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of subsistence fisheries in central Africa: the case study of little fish fishery from São Tomé and Príncipe". Paper presented in BEING SEA-EU Conference, 2024.
    Published
  3. Baptista, Vânia; Dias, Ester; Cruz, Joana; Encarnação, João; Domingues, Rita; Maia, Hugulay; Santos, Edson; et al. "Trophic ecology of the little fish post-larvae of São Tomé island". Paper presented in 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Hobart, 2024.
    Published
  4. Teodósio, M. Alexandra; Baptista, Vânia; Dias, Leonardo; Encarnação, João; Cruz, Joana. "Tracking the invasion: long-term trends in density, size, and sex ratio of Blackfordia virginica in a non-indigenous environment". Paper presented in 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Hobart, 2024.
    Published
  5. Cruz, Joana; Da Silva, José P.; Marín-Beltrán, Isabel; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, M. Alexandra. "Jellyfish as bioindicators: exploring microplastic contamination in Blackfordia virginica and its surrounding environment". Paper presented in 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Hobart, 2024.
    Published
  6. Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Maia, Hugulay; Rosário, Diolay; Santos, Edson; Wirtz, Peter; Teodosio, MA. "What do we know about the little fish of São Tomé and Príncipe?". Paper presented in 46th Larval Fish Conference, 2023.
    Published
  7. Paris, Claire; Teodosio, MA; Fernandes, Wadmilton; Bastos, Jerónimo; Syunkova, A; Carasquillo, A; Hallett, C; Encarnação, J.; Baptista, Vânia. "Larval swimming and orientation behavior of the amphidromous gobies, Sicydium spp., of São Tomé Island". Paper presented in 46th Larval Fish Conference, 2023.
    Published
  8. Cruz, Joana; Azevedo, Olga M. ; Rodrigues, Inês; Garel, Erwan; Júnior, Luciano; Baptista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA. "Anthropogenic environmental stressors may change fish larvae community in a temperate river estuary". Paper presented in 46th Larval Fish Conference, 2023.
    Published
  9. Alves, Filipe; Machovsky-Capuska, GE; Dias, Ester; Baptista, Vânia; Tavares, AS; Gouveia, M; Eira, C; Teodosio, MA; Dinis, A. "Health condition, trophic ecology and mercury relationships of two small delphinid species with temporal segregation in the Madeira oceanic habitat: preliminary analysis from a multimethodological approach". Paper presented in 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society,, 2023.
    Published
  10. Monteiro, Marta; Cruz, Joana; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; Marques, Sónia Cotrim; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra. "In the face of global warming: Composition and variability of the Decapod larvae communities in a south Iberian estuary". Paper presented in International Conference for Young MArine REsearchers – ICYMARE, Oldenburg, 2023.
    Published
  11. Monteiro, Marta; Cruz, Joana; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; Marques, Sónia Cotrim; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra. "In the face of global warming: Composition and variability of the Decapod larvae communities in a south Iberian estuary". Paper presented in Research Summit, Research Forum of the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  12. Faria, Silvana; Macuéria, Marisa; Silva, Sónia; Fernandes, Marcelina; Neves, Edia; Pestana, Lueji; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio. "Current status of Luanda Bay, Angola". Paper presented in Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 2022.
    Published
  13. André, Marcelina; Cruz, Joana; Ruby, Catarina; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia. "Spatio-temporal variability of zooplankton community structure in Luanda Bay, Angola". Paper presented in Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 2022.
    Published
  14. Faria, Silvana; Macuéria, Marisa; Mosley, Benjamin; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vânia. "Characterization of Small-Scale Fishing Activity in Luanda Bay (Angola)". Paper presented in Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 2022.
    Published
  15. Baptista, Vânia; Faria, Silvana. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vânia. "Citizen Science Platform". Paper presented in Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 2022.
    Published
  16. Baptista, Vânia; Faria, Silvana; Teodosio, MA. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vânia. "Summary of training actions carried out within the scope of the Luandawaterfront project". Paper presented in Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 2022.
    Published
  17. Baptista, Vânia; Carere, Claudio; Morais, Pedro; Cruz, Joana; Leitão, Francisco; Teodosio, MA. "Personality in a temperate pelagic fish larvae may affect recruitment in nursery habitats". Paper presented in 44th Annual Larval Fish Conference (Early Life History Section, AFS), 2021.
    Published
  18. Baptista, Vânia; Carere, Claudio; Morais, Pedro; Cruz, Joana; Leitão, Francisco; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra. "Personality in a temperate pelagic fish larva may affect recruitment in nursery areas". Paper presented in 44th Larval Fish Conference, 2021.
  19. Cruz, Joana; Baptista, Vânia; Fernandes, Marcelina; Teodosio, MA. "Spatio-temporal variability of zooplankton community structure in Luanda Bay, Angola". Paper presented in 26th CERF Conference, 2021.
    Published
  20. Encarnação, J.; Morais, Pedro; Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Teodosio, MA. "Disclosing new evidence of marine fauna tropicalization with the help of citizen science". Paper presented in 25th CERF Conference, Mobile, 2019.
    Published
  21. Baptista, Vânia; CRUZ, JOANA; Morais, Pedro; Leitão, Francisco; Wolanski, Eric; Teodosio, MA. "How do white seabream Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus 1758) larvae find a coastal nursery?". Paper presented in iMarCo2019 – 5th International Marine Connectivity Conference, Aveiro, 2019.
    Published
  22. Baptista, Vânia; Carere, Claudio; Morais, Pedro; Cruz, Joana; Castanho, Sara; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; et al. "Personality traits of temperate pelagic fish larvae and implications on habitat choice". Paper presented in VII Congress of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology, faro, 2018.
    Published
  23. Baptista, Vânia; Cunha, Maria Emília; Serrão, Ester; Cruz, Joana; Branco, Maria; Vieira, Sara; Dias, Ester; Teodosio, MA. "Ecologia alimentar de pós-larvas de Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884 (Gobiidae), o Peixinho de São Tomé e Príncipe / Feeding ecology of post-larvae of Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884 (Gobiidae), the "Peixinho" of São Tomé and Príncipe". Paper presented in 1º Congresso de Biologia Marinha dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Faro, 2018.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Maia, Hugulay; Rosário, Diolay; Dias, Ester; Santos, Edson; Umbelina, Fernando; et al. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vânia. "The LittleFish-STP project: The environmnetal and socioeconomic importance of peixinho of São Tomé and Príncipe". Paper presented in XXXII Encontro da Associação de Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP), 2023.
    Published
  2. Cruz, Joana; Domingues, Rita B.; Encarnação, J.; Bastos, Jerónimo; Fernandes, Wadmilton; Maia, Hugulay; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia. Corresponding author: Cruz, Joana. "The plankton importance: the case study of the LittleFish-STP project". Paper presented in XXXII Encontro da Associação de Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP), 2023.
    Accepted
  3. Teodosio, MA; Ester A Serrao; Pestana, Lueji; Maia, Hugulay; Baptista, Vânia. Corresponding author: Teodosio, MA. "Luso-African Collaboration for Global Sustainability - Advanced Training and Research in the Area of Blue Growth". Paper presented in XXXII Encontro da Associação de Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP), 2023.
    Accepted
  4. Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Maia, Hugulay; Teodosio, MA. "Cooperation between University of Algarve and Portuguese Navy in São Tomé and Príncipe - the LittleFish-STP project". Paper presented in 2ª Sessão Cultural Conjunta Academia de Marinha e Universidade do Algarve “A Presença Portuguesa nos Mares de África”, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Santos, Edson; Maia, Hugulay; Cunha, Maria Emília; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia. "Catch per fishing effort of peixinho in São Tomé and Príncipe and by-catch species". Paper presented in 1ª Conferência do Mar de São Tomé e Príncipe, 2024.
  2. Rosário, Diolay; Cunha, Maria Emília; Maia, Hugulay; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia. "Contribution to the knowledge of the Pixinho fishery in São Tomé and Príncipe". Paper presented in 1ª Conferência do Mar de São Tomé e Príncipe, 2024.
  3. Oliveira-Junior, J.M.B.; Lameira, H.L.N; Baptista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA. "Percepção sobre a ciência cidadã no contexto da ecologia aquática entre professores de universidades federais brasileiras". Paper presented in 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2023.
  4. Guerrero-Moreno, M.A.; Baptista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA; Oliveira-Junior, J.M.B.. "Percepção sobre aspectos ecológicos das lilélulas (insecta) numa unidade de conservação da Amazónia Brasileira". Paper presented in 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2023.
  5. Baptista, Vânia; Encarnação, J.; Serrao, Ester; Wirtz, Peter; Pestana, Jueji; Faria, Silvana; Teodosio, MA. "New records of fish species from the coast of Luanda, Angola". Paper presented in Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 2022.
  6. Margarida Leal; Baptista, Vânia; González García, Laura. Corresponding author: Margarida Leal. "Photo identification and travelling direction of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis): a migrant ocean traveller in São Miguel, Azores.". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society., 2022.
  7. Encarnação, J.; Morais, Pedro; Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Teodosio, MA. "A low-cost citizen science campaign increased the knowledge on two invasive marine species in south Portugal". Paper presented in 42nd CIESM Congress, 2019.
  8. Cruz, Mariana; Oliveira, Marta; Gomes, Vera; Cruz, Joana; Encarnação, J.; Baptista, Vânia; Dias, Ester; Custódio, Luísa; Teodosio, MA. "Jellyfish, a threat or an opportunity? - The non-indigenous Blackfordia virginica as a potential food source for humans and aquatic organisms". Paper presented in 42nd CIESM Congress, 2019.
  9. Encarnação, João; Morais, Pedro; Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra. "Citizen science and social medial contribute to the integration of marine invasive species into the blue economy". Paper presented in 42nd CIESM Congress, 2019.
  10. Alves, Filipe; Dromby, M.; Dias, Ester; Ferreira, Rita; Baptista, Vânia; Correira, Ana Mafalda; Gil, Agatha; et al. "Using RNA/DNA ratios and carbon/nitrogen stable isotopes to assess the nutritional condition and trophic ecology of two cetacean species in an oceanic habitat". Paper presented in Conference: World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
  11. Branco, Maria; Baptista, Vânia; Dias, Ester; Vieira, Sara; Teodosio, MA. "Determinação da condição corporal e ecologia alimentar de tartarugas marinhas da espécie Lepidochelys olivacea / Determination of body condition and feeding ecology of sea turtles of the species Lepidochelys olivacea". Paper presented in 1º Congresso de Biologia Marinha dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, 2018.
    10.26678/abcm.cobef2017.cof2017-1138
  12. Engrola, Sofia; Goncalves, Renata; Xavier, Maria João; Baptista, Vânia; Maria Alexandra Teodósio; Conceição, Luís . Corresponding author: Engrola, Sofia. "Improving fish viability under challenging temperature.". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, Las Palmas, Spain., 2018.
  13. Goncalves, Renata; Baptista, Vânia; Xavier, Maria João; Maria Alexandra Teodósio; Conceição, Luís ; Engrola, Sofia. Corresponding author: Engrola, Sofia. "Leucine supplementation improves performance during zebrafish (Danio rerio) early stages.". Paper presented in Congresso Iberico de Ictiologia, Faro, Portugal, 2018.
  14. Baptista, Vânia; Morais, Pedro; Leitão, Francisco; Wolanski, Eric; Castanho, Sara; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Teodosio, MA. "Habitat choice of temperate fish larvae: Is it a matter of personality?". Paper presented in 24th CERF conference, 2017.
  15. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia. "What are we losing? - An Economic perspective of fisheries discards in Portugal". Paper presented in MARES Conference 2016, 2016.
  16. Baptista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA; Chícharo, Luís; Leitão, Francisco. "A framework for assess vulnerability of coastal fisheries to climate change in Portuguese coast". Paper presented in MARES Conference 2016, 2016.
  17. Baptista, Vânia; Leitão, Francisco. "Effect of environmental variables on catch rates in three different bivalve grounds off the Portuguese coast". Paper presented in 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 2013.
  18. Baptista, Vânia; Leitão, Francisco; Ullah, H.; Teixeira, C.M.; Range, Pedro; Erzini, Karim. "Effects of climate change on marine bivalve fisheries in eastern Algarve (South Portugal)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Resources, 2012.
  19. Ullah, H.; Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia; Chícharo, Luís. "Climate variability-fisheries nexus: Identifying the role of fresh water discharge on the fisheries of W-Atlantic (Western Portugal) under the face of climate change". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Resources, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Mariana Cruz; Ester Dias; Luísa Custódio; João Encarnação; Joana Cruz; Vânia Baptista; Maria Alexandra Teodósio. "Blackfordia virginica in Non-Native Distribution Range: A Potential Food Source for Humans?". Diversity (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120729.
    10.3390/d16120729
  2. Monteiro, Marta; Cruz, Joana; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; Marques, Sónia Cotrim; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra. "Dynamics of Decapoda larvae communities in a southwest Iberian estuary: Understanding the impact of different thermal regimes". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 294 (2023): 108547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108547.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108547
  3. Graça Aranha, Sofia; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia; Erzini, Karim; Dias, Ester. "A glimpse into the trophic ecology of deep-water sharks in an important crustacean fishing ground". Journal of Fish Biology (2023):
    Published • 10.1111/jfb.15306
  4. Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Blasco, IP; Bueno-Pardo, Juan; Teodosio, MA; Leitão, Francisco. Corresponding author: Leitão, Francisco. "Environmental variability and fishing effects on artisanal commercial flatfish fisheries along the Portuguese coast". Frontiers in Marine Sciences 9 (2022):
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2022.844158
  5. Encarnação, João; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra; Morais, Pedro. "Low-Cost Citizen Science Effectively Monitors the Rapid Expansion of a Marine Invasive Species". Frontiers in Environmental Science 9 752705 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.752705.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fenvs.2021.752705
  6. Cruz, Joana; Cerveira, Inês; Andrade, Inês; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, M Alexandra. "Prey selectivity and feeding rates of the scyphozoan Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869)". Journal of Plankton Research (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab065.
    Published • 10.1093/plankt/fbab065
  7. Cerveira, Inês; Dias, Ester; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Teodósio, Maria Alexandra; Morais, Pedro. "Invasive fish keeps native feeding strategy despite high niche overlap with a congener species". Regional Studies in Marine Science 47 101969 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101969.
    Published • 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101969
  8. Bueno-Pardo, Juan; Nobre, Daniela; Monteiro, João N; Sousa, Pedro; Costa, Eudriano FS; Baptista, Vânia; Ovelheiro, Andreia; et al. "Climate change vulnerability assessment of the main marine commercial fish and invertebrates of Portugal". Scientific Reports 11 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82595-5.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-82595-5
  9. Baptista, Vânia; Encarnação, J.; Serrão, Ester; Wirtz, Peter; Barros, Lueji; Faria, Silvana; Teodosio, MA. "New records of fish species from the coast of Luanda, Angola". Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences 37 (2021): 803-811. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00297-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s41208-021-00297-1
  10. Renata Goncalves; Manuel Gesto; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia; Carmen Navarro-Guillén. "Replacement of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) by extruded feeds with different proximate compositions: effects on growth, nutritional condition and digestive capacity of juvenile European lobsters (Homarus gammarus, L.)". Journal of Nutritional Science 10 36 (2021): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jns.2021.27.
    Open access • Published • 10.1017/jns.2021.27
  11. Baptista, Vânia; Morais, Pedro; Costa, Eudriano FS; Cruz, Joana; Teodosio, MA. "The ocean in a box: water density gradients and discontinuities in water masses are important cues guiding fish larvae towards estuarine nursery grounds". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 67 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03005-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s00265-021-03005-4
  12. Cerveira, Inês; Baptista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA; Morais, Pedro. "What's for dinner? Assessing the value of an edible invasive species and outreach actions to promote its consumption". Biological Invasions 24 (2021): 815-829.
    Open access • Under revision • 10.1007/s10530-021-02685-3
  13. Faria, Silvana; Macuéria, Marisa; Mosley, Benjamin; Teodosio, MA; Baptista, Vânia. Corresponding author: Baptista, Vânia. "Characterization of Small-Scale Fishing Activity in Luanda Bay (Angola)". Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics 9 3 (2021): 225-238.
    Open access • Published
  14. Müller, Carolin; Erzini, Karim; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Ekau, Werner. "Assessing microplastic uptake and impact on omnivorous juvenile white seabream Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) under laboratory conditions". Marine Pollution Bulletin 157 (2020): 111162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111162.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111162
  15. Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Costa, Eudriano FS; Carere, Claudio; Morais, Pedro; Cruz, Joana; Cerveira, Inês; Castanho, Sara; et al. "Does consistent individual variability in pelagic fish larval behaviour affect recruitment in nursery habitats?". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74 6 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02841-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s00265-020-02841-0
  16. Alves, F.; Dromby, M.; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Ferreira, R.; Correia, A. M.; Weyn, M.; Valente, R.; et al. "Ecophysiological traits of highly mobile large marine predators inferred from nucleic acid derived indices". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61769-7.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-61769-7
  17. Baptista, Vânia; Leitão, Francisco; Morais, Pedro; Teodosio, MA; Wolanski, Eric. "Modelling the ingress of a temperate fish larva into a nursery coastal lagoon". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 235 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106601.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106601
  18. Baptista, Vânia; Dias, Ester; Cruz, Joana; Branco, Maria; Vieira, Sara; Teodosio, MA. "Feeding ecology of Sicydium bustamantei (Greeff 1884, Gobiidae) post-larvae: the 'little fish' of São Tomé island". Oceans 1 4 (2020): 300-310. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans1040020.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/oceans1040020
  19. Baptista, Vânia; Morais, Pedro; Cruz, Joana; Castanho, Sara; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Leitão, Francisco; Wolanski, Eric; Teodosio, MA. "Swimming Abilities of Temperate Pelagic Fish Larvae Prove that they May Control their Dispersion in Coastal Areas". Diversity 11 (2019): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d11100185.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/d11100185
  20. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Vieira, Vasco; Laginha Silva, Patrícia; Relvas, Paulo; Teodosio, MA. "A 60-Year Time Series Analyses of the Upwelling along the Portuguese Coast". Water 11 6 (2019): 1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061285.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/w11061285
  21. Leitão, Francisco; Relvas, Paulo; Cánovas, Fernando; Baptista, Vânia; Teodósio, Alexandra. "Correction to: Northerly wind trends along the Portuguese marine coast since 1950". Theoretical and Applied Climatology 137 1-2 (2019): 21-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-019-02806-y.
    10.1007/s00704-019-02806-y
  22. Encarnação, João; Morais, Pedro; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Cruz, Joana; Teodosio, MA. "New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe)". Diversity 11 4 (2019): 48. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/4/48.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/d11040048
  23. Morais, Pedro; Gaspar, Miguel; Garel, Erwan; Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Cerveira, Inês; Leitão, Francisco; Teodosio, MA. "The Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 expands its non-native distribution into the Ria Formosa lagoon and the Guadiana estuary (SW-Iberian Peninsula, Europe)". BioInvasions Records 8 1 (2019): 123-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.1.14.
    Published • 10.3391/bir.2019.8.1.14
  24. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Erzini, Karim. "Reconstructing discards profiles of unreported catches". Scientia Marina 82 S1 (2018): 39-49. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04723.08A.
    Published • 10.3989/scimar.04723.08A
  25. Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Laginha Silva, Patrícia; Relvas, Paulo; Teodosio, MA; Leitão, Francisco. "Sea surface temperature variability along the Portuguese coast since 1950". International Journal of Climatology 38 3 (2018): 1145-1160. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5231.
    Published • 10.1002/joc.5231
  26. Leitão, Francisco; Relvas, Paulo; Cánovas, Fernando; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Teodosio, MA. "Northerly wind trends along the Portuguese marine coast since 1950". Theoretical and Applied Climatology 137 (2018): 1-19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045026168&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00704-018-2466-9
  27. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B). "The discard ban policy, economic trends and opportunities for the Portuguese fisheries sector". Marine Policy 75 (2017): 75-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994036257&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.10.012
  28. Morais, Pedro; Parra, Maria Parra; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Teodosio, MA. "Response of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L., 1758) larvae to nursery odor cues as described by a new set of behavioral indexes". Frontiers in Marine Science 4 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85032183970&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2017.00318
  29. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA; Hughes, Samantha Jane; Vieira, Vasco; Chícharo, Luís. "The role of environmental and fisheries multi-controls in white seabream (Diplodus sargus) artisanal fisheries in Portuguese coast". Regional Environmental Change 16 (2016): 163-176. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-014-0726-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10113-014-0726-5
  30. Baptista, Vânia; Campos, Carlos JA; Leitão, Francisco. "The Influence of Environmental Factors and Fishing Pressure on Catch Rates of Diplodus vulgaris". Estuaries and Coasts 39 (2016): 258-272. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-015-9990-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s12237-015-9990-y
  31. Baptista, Vânia; Ullah, Hadayet; Teixeira, Célia M; Range, Pedro; Erzini, Karim; Leitão, Francisco. "Influence of Environmental Variables and Fishing Pressure on Bivalve Fisheries in an Inshore Lagoon and Adjacent Nearshore Coastal Area". Estuaries and Coasts 37 (2014): 191-205. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12237-013-9658-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s12237-013-9658-4
  32. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia; Zeller, Dirk; Erzini, Karim. "Reconstructed catches and trends for mainland Portugal fisheries between 1938 and 2009: implications for sustainability and balance of trade". Fisheries Research 155 (2014): 33-50. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783614000526.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.02.012
  33. Baptista, Vânia; Leitão, Francisco. "Commercial catch rates of Spisula solida reflect local environmental conditions on the coastof Portugal". Jounral of Marine Systems 130 (2014): 79-89. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924796313001620.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.07.010
  34. Ullah, Hadayet; Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia (0C1F-4F1B-256B); Chícharo, Luís. "An analysis of the impacts of climatic variability and hydrology on the coastal fisheries, Engraulis encrasicolus and Sepia officinalis, of Portugal". Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 12 4 (2012): 337-352. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882410789&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.2478/v10104-012-0026-y
Newsletter article
  1. Baptista, Vânia; Cruz, Joana; Maia, Hugulay; Teodósio, M. Alexandra. "O peixinho que escala cascatas em São Tomé e Príncipe: importância, habitat e alimentação", UALGORITMO, 2024
Report
  1. Leitão, Francisco; Baptista, Vânia; Erzini, Karim; Iritani, D; Zeller, D. 2014. Reconstruction of mainland Portugal fisheries catches 1950-2010.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Baptista, Vânia. "Influence of oceanography and larvae behaviour on recruitment of temperate fishes: The importance of physics–biology links to manage fisheries at a local scale". PhD, Universidade do Algarve, 2019.
  2. Baptista, Vânia. "Impacts of environmental changes on bivalves harvesting in Portuguese coast". Master, 2012.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05 Results of the LittleFish-STP project Workshop for Direção das Pescas e Aquacultura de São Tomé e Príncipe
(São Tomé and Príncipe)
2024/07 The LittleFish-STP project 1ª Conferência do Mar de São Tomé e Príncipe
(São Tomé and Príncipe)
2024/03 Trophic ecology of the little fish post-larvae of São Tomé Island 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium
(Hobart, Australia)
2023/10 Oportunidades de Formação e Parcerias para Investigação Científica entre Instituições Moçambicanas e da União Europeia - Colaboração Luso-Africana para a Sustentabilidade Global: Formação Avançada e Investigação na Área do Crescimento Azul Webinar Biotecnologia e Biociencias: Potencial e Oportunidades
(Mozambique)
2023/07 Results of the first year of the LittleFish-STP project Workshop for Presentation results of the first year of the LittleFish-STP project and upcoming activities
(São Tomé and Príncipe)
2023/06 The LittleFish-STP project: The environmental and socioeconomic importance of the peixinho of São Tomé and Príncipe XXXII Encontro da Associação de Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP)
(São Tomé and Príncipe)
2023/06 Luso-African Collaboration for Global Sustainability - Advanced Training and Research in the Area of Blue Growth XXXII Encontro da Associação de Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP)
(São Tomé and Príncipe)
2023/05 Cooperation between the University of Algarve and the Portuguese Navy in São Tomé and Príncipe - the LittleFish-STP project 2ª Sessão Cultural Conjunta Academia de Marinha e Universidade do Algarve “A Presença Portuguesa nos Mares de África”
Academia de Marinha (Portugal)
2023/05 What do we know about the little fish of São Tomé and Príncipe? 46th Larval Fish Conference
(Portugal)
2023/05 Larval swimming and orientation behavior of the amphidromous gobies, Sicydium spp., of São Tomé Island 46th Larval Fish Conference
(Portugal)
2023/04 The little fish of São Tomé and Príncipe Oceanic After Lunch Talks
(Portugal)
2022/12 Citizen Science Platform Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life
(Angola)
2022/12 Summary of training actions carried out within the scope of the Luandawaterfront project Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life
(Angola)
2022/12 Characterization of Small-Scale Fishing Activity in Luanda Bay (Angola) Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life
(Angola)
2022/06/30 LittleFish-STP: Coordination and management measures United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 official virtual side-event ¿Marine Africa: the role in excellence in capacity building to increase globally ocean health and quality of life¿ (Virtual Side Event ID: OBZB53)
Universidade do Algarve; Centro de Ciências do Mar (Portugal)
2022/05/11 LittleFish-STP: São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened - a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands Kick-off meeting of the LittleFish-STP: São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened - a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands
University of São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe)
2022/05 Feeding Ecology of Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884 (Gobiidae) post-larvae, the little fish of São Tomé and Príncipe Kick-off meeting of the LittleFish-STP project
(São Tomé and Príncipe)
2021/11/11 Spatio-temporal variability of zooplankton community structure in Luanda Bay, Angola 26th CERF Conference
(United States)
2021/06/24 Personality in a temperate pelagic fish larva may affect recruitment in nursery habitats 44th Annual Larval Fish Conference (Early Life History Section, AFS)
(United States)
2020/05/21 Preservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos no Contexto COVID-19/ Preservation of Aquatic Ecosystems in the Context of COVID-19 "Eco-conversa" Facebook live
Associação Nação Verde (Luanda, Angola)
2019 How do white seabream Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus 1758) larvae find a coastal nursery? iMarCo2019 – 5th International Marine Connectivity Conference
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2019 Fish larvae biophysics in Ria Formosa Lagoon Visiting the Australian Ambassador to University of Algarve
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2018 Personality traits of temperate pelagic fish larvae and implications on habitat choice VII Congress of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology
(Faro, Portugal)
2018 Ecologia alimentar de pós-larvas de Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884 (Gobiidae), o Peixinho de São Tomé e Príncipe / Feeding ecology of post-larvae of Sicydium bustamantei Greeff, 1884 (Gobiidae), the "Peixinho" of São Tomé and Príncipe 1º Congresso de Biologia Marinha dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
(Faro, Portugal)
2016 The role of environmental and fisheries multi-controls in white seabream (Diplodus sargus) artisanal fisheries in Portuguese coast CCMAR Publications 2015/2016: Can you explain your article in 3 minutes?
Centro do Ciências do Mar (Faro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Sea Turtles in Angola: Population Biology, Movements and Conservation
Supervisor
Marine Sciences (PhD)
Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2024 - Current Impact of microplastics on the marine ecosystem and its implication for fishing resources along the Angolan coast
Supervisor
Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024 - Current Socio-Ecological Impact Assessment of Mangrove Restoration Projects in the Southern Region of Mozambique
Supervisor
Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - Current Influence of water quality in the Bons Sinais estuary, Quelimane – Mozambique, on the viability and ecophysiological condition of fish larvae
Co-supervisor
Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Temporal variability of fish larvae in the Ria Formosa lagoon system
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Temporal variability of fish larvae in the Guadiana River estuary
Supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of subsistence fisheries in Central Africa: The case study of little fish fishery from São Tomé and Príncipe
Supervisor
Aquacultura e Pescas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Using DNA/RNA techniques as ecophysiological indicators to assess physiological traits of the little fish in response to environmental changes
Supervisor
Biodiversidade, Pescas e Conservação Marinhas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) abundance and hatching success in Moçamedes
Supervisor
Biodiversidade, Pescas e Conservação Marinhas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Experimental Work in Fisheries (Master in Aquaculture and Fisheries): Application of stable isotopes analysis and nucleic acid-derived indices in green and hawksbill sea turtles
Supervisor
Aquaculture and Fisheries (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Swimming capacity of the post-larvae of the liffle fish of São Tomé
Supervisor
Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Conservation (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Analysis of macrofaunal diversity in fluvial habitats occupied by peixinho in São Tomé: an approach to understanding biodiversity
Supervisor
Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Conservation (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Temporal variation of the population of the non-indigenous species Blackfordia virginica in the Guadiana River estuary
Co-supervisor
Marine Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Biodiversity assessment in Luanda Island and Mussulo Lagoon (Angola) using different species identification methods
Co-supervisor
Marine Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Acoustic telemetry applied to the management of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus in the Guadiana River estuary, Portugal
Co-supervisor
Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
2020 - 2021 Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis): Photo identification and habitat preferences of a migrant ocean traveler in São Miguel, Azores
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Experimental Work in Marine Biology (Marine Biology Master): Fish length measurements using ImageJ software & Choice chamber experiment
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Experimental Work in Marine Biology (Marine Biology Master): Habitat selection of fish larvae
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Experimental Work in Marine Biology (Marine Biology Master): Assessing the swimming abilities of Zebrafish larvae using a swimming chamber
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Experimental Work in Marine Biology (Marine Biology Master): Development of swimming abilities in white seabream, Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Experimental Work in Marine Biology (Marine Biology Master): Photo-Measurement of Total Length (TL): application to ecological studies of the larval phase of fishing resources
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Experimental Work in Marine Biology (Marine Biology Master): Modulated action patterns, and choice tests in Solea senegalensis larvae
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2016 An analysis of westerly wind intensity on the Portuguese coastline
Co-supervisor
Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation within the international Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+) (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Environmental variability and fishing effects on artisanal commercial flatfish fisheries along the Portuguese coast
Co-supervisor
Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation within the international Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+) (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/05/13 - 2024/05/17 Intensive Course on Biology, Ecology, Fisheries and Production of Invertebrate Species (as an alternative activity for the peixinho fishery) (2024/05/13 - 2024/05/17)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/25 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia (2023/11/22 - 2023/11/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14 Zooplankton: diversity and applications to fishing resources (2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
2023/05/04 - 2023/05/04 Intensive Course: New paradigms in environmental sciences: citizen science and social sciences (2023/05/04 - 2023/05/04)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
2023/01/06 - 2023/01/13 Freediving and Scientific Freediving Courses (PADI) (2023/01/06 - 2023/01/13)
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe

University of Miami, United States
2022/12/06 - 2022/12/07 LUANDAWATERFRONT International Conference - Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life in Luanda Bay (2022/12/06 - 2022/12/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola
2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09 Intensive Course: Geographic Information Systems (SIG) (2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
2022/11/08 - 2022/11/08 Intensive Course: Geographic Information Systems (SIG) (2022/11/08 - 2022/11/08)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola
2022/06/30 - 2022/06/30 United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 official virtual side-event “Marine Africa: the role in excellence in capacity building to increase globally ocean health and quality of life” (Virtual Side Event ID: OBZB53) (2022/06/30 - 2022/06/30)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21 Activity with schools: "Why is it important for scientists to study crabs?" (Colégio Bernardette Romeira em Olhão) (2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2022/05/24 - 2022/05/24 Intensive Course: How to do a systematic literature review? (2022/05/24 - 2022/05/24)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11 Kick-off meeting of the project LittleFish-STP: São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened - a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands (2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/04 UAlg Open Day: Crab life cycle: from larva to adult, from native to invader (2022 - 2022) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/05/06 - 2021/05/06 Intensive Course: New paradigms in environmental sciences: citizen science and social sciences (2021/05/06 - 2021/05/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola
2021/01/25 - 2021/01/27 Intensive Course: Herbivory by Microzooplankton: How to Evaluate the Main Source of Phytoplankton Mortality? (2021/01/25 - 2021/01/27)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Universidade do Namibe, Angola
2020/10/09 - 2020/10/09 Intensive Course: Phytoplankton Growth Limiting Factors - An Experimental Approach (2020/10/09 - 2020/10/09)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Universidade do Namibe, Angola
2020/07/30 - 2020/07/31 Intensive Course: Statistical Analysis in R (2020/07/30 - 2020/07/31)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Universidade do Namibe, Angola
2020/07/28 - 2020/07/29 Intensive Course: Introduction to Database in Excel (2020/07/28 - 2020/07/29)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Universidade do Namibe, Angola
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/11 Short Course: Observational oceanography and online resources for marine ecosystem analysis (2019/09/11 - 2019/09/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola

Universidade do Namibe, Angola
2019/09/04 - 2019/09/09 Intensive Course: Observational oceanography and online resources for marine ecosystem analysis (2019/09/04 - 2019/09/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola

Universidade do Namibe, Angola
2017 - 2018 CCMAR Scientific Seminars (2017/09/01 - 2018/08/31)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Talk about "The little fish that climbs waterfalls - importance for diversity and nature conservation" in High schools of Algarve, in the scope of the program "Cientificamente Provável"
Seminar
Cientificamente Provável
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023/03 - Current Talk about "Macro- and Microplastics: a Global Threat" in high schools of Algarve, in the scope of the program "Cientificamente Provável"
Seminar
Cientificamente Provável
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2024/12/13 - 2024/12/13 Bioimaging and Microparticles Detection for Biotech, Aquaculture and Environmental Monitoring
Workshop
Bioimaging and Microparticles Detection for Biotech, Aquaculture and Environmental Monitoring
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2024/11/19 - 2024/11/22 Crab life cycle: from larvae to adult, from native to invader
Festival
Feira das Ciências Marinhas IV
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2024/10/08 - 2024/10/10 Staff Week – 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Workshop
Staff Week – 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy

European University of the Seas, Spain
2024/10/09 - 2024/10/09 University of Algarve representative on the topic "2030 - Agenda for Sustainable Development" where the contribution of University of Algarve to the Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) was presented and discussed
Meeting
Future Leadership Forum - 2nd Edition
Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy

European University of the Seas, Spain
2024/07 - 2024/07 Online Training Course: Co-design for the Ocean Decade
Workshop
Ocean Teacher Global Academy
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France
2024/05/06 - 2024/05/07 SQUAD Aquacultura 2024: Cruzando fronteiras entre a investigação e a indústria
Workshop
SQUAD Aquacultura 2024
S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
2024/01/12 - 2024/01/13 SEA-EU Congress
Congress
SEA-EU Congress
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

European University of the Seas, Spain
2023/10/19 - 2023/10/19 University of Algarve representative on the topic "Ideas and interventions of SEA-EU members" where issues related to the role of universities in the face of the challenges of societies were discussed, skills to be highlighted in future professionals and also the role of SEA-EU universities and their external partners in promoting strategies that aim to improve the health of our unique oceans and global sustainability
Meeting
Future Leadership Forum - 1st Edition
Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy

European University of the Seas, Spain
2023/09/01 - 2023/09/03 Knowledge dissemination related to the microplastics pollution and invasive species in the aquatic environment
Festival
IX Festival do Perceve 2023
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/25 Speed date: Connecting Minds in the Scientific Universe
Other
Greening Our Future: rumo a um horizonte mais sustentável
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05 Convenor of Session 5 – Larval Survival and Fisheries (recruitment)
Conference
46th Larval Fish Conference
2023/04/18 - 2023/04/18 Crab life cycle: from larva to adult, from native to invader
Festival
UAlg Open Day
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/03/02 Science communication with non-specialist audiences: essential skills
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/01/12 - 2023/01/13 Round Table 5: What are the results of the Future Leadership Forum, from Gen Z perspective, that contributed most to the Global Gateway Declaration?
Round table
SEA-EU Congress – Strong Partnership to Face Global Challenges and achieve Sustainable Development Goals
European University of the Seas, Spain

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Freediving Course (PADI)
Other
2017/10/01 - 2023 Collaboration with Agrupamento de Escolas João da Rosa (Olhão, Portugal) with the objective of integrating young students in scientific plankton monitoring of Guadiana River Estuary
Other
Descobrir o ambiente com a ciência
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2022/11/22 - 2022/11/22 Crab life cycle: from larva to adult, from native to invader
Festival
Feira de Ciências Marinhas
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/10/15 - 2022/10/16 Blue innovation and sustainability in the Guadiana Estuary
Conference
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 LIFE INVASAQUA - Aquatic Invasive Species
Workshop
LIFE INVASAQUA - Aquatic Invasive Species
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Loulé, Portugal
2022/03/17 - 2022/03/17 Measuring Behaviour: defining, quantifying and analysing behavioural variables
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/02/11 - 2022/02/11 Participation in the video about International Day of Women and Girls in Science for CCMAR Instagram
Other
CCMAR Challenge #WomeninScience
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/05/06 - 2021/05/06 Intensive Course: New paradigms in environmental sciences: citizen science and social sciences
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Angola
2020/11/24 - 2020/11/24 Do Laboratório para Todos/ From the Lab to Everyone
Other
Do Laboratório para Todos
Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, Portugal
2020/03/30 - 2020/04/27 Voluntary activity in carrying out protective visors in the context of the pandemic covid-19
Other
Câmara Municipal de Loulé, Portugal
2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20 "The secret life of plankton" - Knowledge dissemination related to zooplankton ecology to high school students
Other
UAlg Open Day
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/10/19 - 2019/10/20 Promote the citizen science project NEMA - New Marine Species of Algarve
Festival
Feira de Santa Iria - Faro
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/02/21 - 2019/02/21 "Visualizing the invisible" - Knowledge dissemination related to zooplankton ecology to high school students
Other
UAlg Open Day
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018/09/05 - 2018/09/07 Knowledge dissemination related to microplastics pollution in the aquatic environment
Festival
Navio-escola Sagres (NRP Sagres)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/08/02 - 2018/08/02 Knowledge dissemination related to microplastics pollution in the aquatic environment
Festival
"Volta ao Conhecimento" - Cycling Tour "Volta a Portugal"
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/06 Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science Course - CAL-AQUA
Workshop
Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science Course – CAL-AQUA
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/06/13 - 2018/06/13 Lecturing students: observation of alive Phytoplankton and zooplankton (including jellyfishes and fish larvae) using microscopy.
Workshop
Mid Season Campus - Biology and Marine Sciences Course
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018/02/02 - 2018/02/02 "Visualizing the invisible" - Knowledge dissemination related to zooplankton ecology to high school students
Other
UAlg Open Day
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Workshop on data-limited methods for fisheries suing R
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017/11/05 - 2017/11/05 Writing and Publishing a Scientific Paper
Workshop
24th CERF Conference
2017/01/28 - 2017/02/04 Course/Expedition: Ecology and Biodiversity of Sea Turtle Breeding Grounds in São Tomé
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/06/21 - 2016/07/01 Introduction to Modelling in Biological Sciences,
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/05/16 - 2016/06/03 Statistical Inference - Revision of Basic Concepts
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/05/30 - 2016/05/31 R for Absolute Beginners
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/04/04 - 2016/04/15 Revolution VI - Descriptive Statistics, Hypothesis Testing, Modelling and Spatial Analysis of Societies Diversity
Workshop
CCMAR Advanced Technologies and Training
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/02/02 - 2016/02/02 Introductory R - Are You Ready for R?
Workshop
MARES Conference 2016
2016/02/01 - 2016/02/01 Presentation Skills - Speaking Enthusiastically in Front of a Group
Workshop
MARES Conference 2016
2015/10/07 - 2015/10/07 Computational Bayeasian Statistc - An Introduction
Workshop
XXII Congresso Da Sociedade Portuguesa De Estatística
2013/06/03 - 2013/06/11 Course of Identification and Characterization of Fish Bone of the Portuguese Coast
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal
2009/07 - 2009/08 Observer in the monitoring program of pregnant females of Tursiops truncatus.
Other
Zoomarine, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Open Water Diver Course (PADI)
Other
2009 - 2009 Course of Assistant Veterinary Clinic, Instituto Monitor
2007 - 2007 Course of Marine Mammals: Introduction to Biology, Ecology and Handling, University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal) (2007)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/29 Temporal variations in phenological patterns of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Manono-Bentiaba, Angola
Supervisor
Edson de Jesus Delgado Mangueira (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/11/28 Present and Future Estimates of Hatchling Sex-ratio of Loggerhead Turtles on Maio Island, Cabo Verde in the Context of Global Warming
(Thesis) Main arguer
Katarína Gajdošechová (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/11/27 Mapping blue shark (Prionace glauca) distribution: Assessing fishing pressures in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
President of the jury
Ángela Patricia Palomino Gaviria (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/11/12 Analysis of Sediment Transport in Coastal Areas within the AX-COAST Project
President of the jury
Paul Lasse Husemann (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/10/29 Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of subsistence fisheries in the Central Africa: The case study of “peixinho” fishery of São Tomé and Príncipe
Supervisor
Maria Compte Ejarque (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/04/02 Assessing the Population Size and Range Dynamics of the Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) in the Saloum Delta, Senegal, Based on Two Years of Photo-Identification
President of the jury
Diana Seck (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/12 Perception of the Negative Impacts of Invasive Exotic Species through the Fishing Community of Ria de Aveiro
(Thesis) Main arguer
Teresa de Jesus Alves Coelho (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/12 First checklist, mapping and review of the marine biodiversity data for the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, Africa) - implications for conservation
President of the jury
Filipe Tobana Nhanquê (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/12 Potential refuges for male production in loggerhead turtles within the northeast atlantic subpopulation
President of the jury
Jairson Varela da Veiga (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/12 Estimating regional patterns of benthic invertebrates along the Namibian coast to comply with the post-2020 Global Biodiversity
President of the jury
Lessyn Ndeuyakuye Kalwenya (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/12 Current information on seagrass habitats of the Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania
President of the jury
Mamadou Abdul BA (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 Warming precludes lower biomass of Antarctic krill in the South Shetland Islands: consequences for foraging and breeding success of a Chinstrap Penguin population
(Thesis) Arguer
Nuria Salmerón Quesada (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021 The Effect of Temperature and Substrates on Polyp Settlement in the Spotted Jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata
(Thesis) Main arguer
Carlos Pinto (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2021 Influence of environmental variability in the migratory patterns of the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
(Thesis) Arguer
Enrique Sánchez-Fabrés García de la Rasilla (Master)
2020/01/01 Jellyfish, a threat or an opportunity? The non-indigenous Blackfordia virginica as a potential food source for humans and aquatic organisms
(Thesis) Main arguer
Mariana Anastácio Cruz (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/11/24 - 2024/11/26 23º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia CIIMAR, CIBIO, Universidade do Porto
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/25 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Centro de Ciências do Mar/ Universidade do Algarve
2022/12/06 - 2022/12/07 Luandawaterfront International Conference: Marine Biodiversity and Quality of Life INIPM

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Marine Ecosystems Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - Current Invertebrates Biology Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022 - Current Invertebrates Biology Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/04 - 2023/04 Invited Speaker at the Class 'Curso de Campo em Biologia Marinha' of the Degree in Biology on the topic "Invasive Species, Zooplankton monitoring, and fish larvae dispersion modeling" Biologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Advanced Topics in Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Conservation Biodiversidade, Pescas e Conservação Marinhas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/12 - 2022/12 Invited Speaker at the Class 'Advanced Topics in Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Conservation' of the Master in Marine, Biodiversity, Fisheries and Conservation on the topics 'How do temperate fish larvae find home?' and 'The LittleFish-STP project' Biodiversidade, Pescas e Conservação Marinhas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/04/12 - 2021/04/12 Invited Speaker at the Class 'Curso de Campo em Biologia Marinha' of the Degree in Biology on the topic "Invasive Species, Zooplankton monitoring, and fish larvae dispersion modeling" Biologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2020/12/11 - 2020/12/11 Invited Speaker at the Class 'Tópicos em Biologia' of the Degree in Biology on the topic Influence of oceanography and larvae behavior on recruitment of temperate fish species Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/10/23 - 2020/10/23 Invited Speaker at the Class 'How do temperate fish larvae find home?' V Seminário da Pós-Graduação em Ecologia", do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia (PPGECO) Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
2020/04 - 2020/04 Invited Speaker at the Class 'Curso de Campo em Biologia Marinha' of the Degree in Biology on the topic "Invasive Species, Zooplankton monitoring, and fish larvae dispersion modeling" Biologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2019/12/02 - 2019/12/03 Invited Speaker at the Class 'Tópicos em Biologia' of the Degree in Biology on the topic Influence of oceanography and larvae behavior on recruitment of temperate fish species Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/07 Invited Speaker on the topic "Analysis of the impacts of climatic variability and hydrology on the south Portuguese coastal fisheries" Advanced Course Living Oceans & Climate Changes'19 - Ocean Acidification and Biomarine (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/12 Class Assistant: Practical Classes of Fisheries Biology - Master in Marine Biology Biologia Marinha (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/12 Class Assistant: Practical Classes of Fisheries Biology - International Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+) International Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+) (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/12 Class Assistant: Practical Classes of Fisheries Biology - Master in Aquaculture and Fisheries Aquacultura e Pescas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/11 Class Assistant: Practical Classes of Invertebrates Biology - Degree in Marine Biology Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/11 Class Assistant: Practical Classes of Invertebrates Biology - Degree in Biology Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020/04/28 - 2020/05/28 Thesis project evaluations (seven) of the curricular activity Interdisciplinary Research Seminar II, from the Postgraduate Program in Society, Environment and Quality of Life (PPGSAQ) (academic master's level).
Evaluator
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/12/13 Projeto sobre o destino das larvas de peixe nas migrações oceânicas vence prémio da FLAD/ Project on the fate of fish larvae in ocean migrations wins FLAD award Diário de Notícias
2024/12/13 Projecto para estudar o que acontece na “fase perdida” das larvas de peixe vence prémio FLAD/ Project to study what happens in the “lost phase” of fish larvae wins FLAD award Público
2022/04/05 My job and projects at CCMAR and UALG Foz Guadiana Digital
2018/01/01 Água mais quente e salina no Guadiana é berço para espécies exóticas como o caranguejo azul / Warmer and saline water in the Guadiana is home to exotic species like the blue crab Observador
2018/01/01 Água mais quente e salina no Guadiana é berço para espécies exóticas como o caranguejo azul / Warmer and saline water in the Guadiana is home to exotic species like the blue crab A voz do @lgarve

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/01/11 - 2024/01/11 Portugal em Direto - Antena 1 Preservation of marine biodiversity and the economy of the sea
2023/08/23 - 2023/08/23 Especiais RDP África LittleFish-STP project
2022/10/03 - 2022/10/03 Jornal das Oito (TVI) The lack of rain increase water salinity levels - Guadiana River
2022/05 - 2022/05 TVS - Televisão São-tomense LittleFish-STP: São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened - a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands
2022/05 - 2022/05 RNSTP - Radio Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe LittleFish-STP: São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened - a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands
2022/02/14 - 2022/02/14 Jornal da Uma (TVI) Corvina americana pode passar de ameaça a oportunidade/ Weakfish could go from threat to opportunity
2019/12/11 - 2019/12/11 Mesa Portuguesa... com Estrelas Com Certeza! (Ep.2 São Gabriel - Leonel Pereira)
2018/01/01 - 2018/01/01 RTP News Espécies invasoras exóticas surgem no Guadiana devido a alterações ambientais/ Exotic invasive species appear in Guadiana due to environmental changes
2018/01/01 - 2018/01/01 Antena 1 - Notícias Rio Guadiana
2017/12/30 - 2017/12/30 TSF Chef algarvio testa pratos com medusas e outras espécies em parceria com universidade / Algarve chef tests dishes with jellyfish and other species in partnership with university
2017/10/09 - 2017/10/09 Portugal em Direto Novas espécies no Guadiana / New species in the Guadiana

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Marine Environmental Research Elsevier
2024 - Current IGI Global IGI Global
2024 - Current Journal of Environmental Management Elsevier
2024 - Current Revista Internacional de Língua Portuguesa
2023 - Current Diversity MDPI
2022 - Current Journal of Fish Biology (1095-8649) Wiley Online Library
2022 - Current Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences (1319-562X) Elsevier
2022 - Current Animals (2076-2615) MDPI
2022 - Current Biology MDPI
2021 - Current Frontiers in Marine Science (2296-7745) Frontiers Media SA
2021 - Current Fishes (2410-3888) MDPI
2021 - Current Marine and Freshwater Research (1323-1650) CSIRO Publishing
2021 - Current Sustainability (2071-1050) MDPI
2021 - Current Water (2073-4441) MDPI
2020 - Current Ocean & Coastal Management (0964-5691) Elsevier
2018 - Current Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (0272-7714) Elsevier
2018 - Current Frontiers for Young Minds (2296-6846) Frontiers Media SA

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/07 - 2022/12 Pós Graduação em Metodologias e Técnicas em Projetos de Investigação Diana Gonçalves
2022/03 - 2022/08 Pós Graduação em Metodologias e Técnicas em Projetos de Investigação Agatha dos Santos

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Member of the Selection Panel for Research Fellowships (Bachelor and Master degrees) and Researcher Positions (Junior) calls under the projects: EMREP; ATLAZUL; CLIMFISH; CLIMAPESCA; LittleFish-STP; SHEs - Sustainable Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10 Member of the Jury of ideas/best practices competition “Atlazul Innovation in Guadiana” Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/19 Expedition with Portuguese Navy in South of São Tomé and Príncipe Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Marinha Portuguesa, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Winner of 5th FLAD Science Award - Atlantic 2024
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2019 3rd Prize 'Best Photography' - "Aos Olhos do CCMAR"
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Vote of Recognition
Município de Ourém, Portugal
2021 Finalist of 2nd FLAD Science Award - Atlantic 2021
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal