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Graduated in Marine Biology with a master’s degree in 2008, from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. André started to work with marine mammal in 2010 as a naturalist and at the same time as researcher at AIMM – Marine Environment Research Association. In 2012 he became a Scuba Diver Instructor (currently with 3000 dives and more than 50 graduated students) and took a position as board member, researcher and coordinator of scientific operations at AIMM. He is a WCA (World Cetacean Alliance) founder partner and Chair of the Science Working Group in this alliance in 2016 and 2017. In 2014 organize and participate his first acoustic survey in the south of Portugal and in the next 2 years he was he leader of AIMM acoustic project in Algarve. In the past years, participated in several scientific expeditions in Portugal and abroad as marine research, acoustician and or scientific diver. AIMM is pioneer using AUV’s for marine research in Portugal, and André is involve since the beginning with AIMM’s UAV’s projects. Have been piloting AIMM UAV’s since 2016, with more than 375 flights and around 45 hours of flight for marine research propose. Nowadays he devotes his time to the study, protection, and conservation of the cetaceans in its environment.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Vasconcelos Aires Cid

Citation names

  • Cid, André

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
231C-2A83-1E4A

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

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) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01
Concluded
 UAS Remote Pilot Open Category A1+A3 (Outros)
Eurocontrol Aviation Learning Centre, Luxembourg
2020
Concluded
 Skipper costeiro (Outros)
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal
2014
Concluded
 Mergulho em Apneia (Outros)
Major in Nivel II - mergulho livre até 25m de profundidade
Federação Portuguesa de Actividades Subaquaticas, Portugal
2013
Concluded
 Master Scuba Diving Trainer - MSDT (Outros)
PADI Foundation, United States
2012/05/11
Concluded
 Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Training Certificate (Outros)
Mseis, United Kingdom
2012/01
Concluded
 Dive Intructor (Outros)
PADI Foundation, United States
2012
Concluded
 Special Instructor PADI (Outros)
Major in Wreck, Nitrox, Digital Underwater Photography, Gas Blender, Search and Recovery, Fish ID – Project AWARE.
PADI Foundation, United States
2010/11/24
Concluded
 Protected Species Observer Training Course (Outros)
Dr Carolyn Barton, United Kingdom
2010/11/22 - 2010/11/22
Concluded
 Marine Mammal Observer Induction Training Course (Outros)
Dr Carolyn Barton, United Kingdom
2009/06/05
Concluded
 Pescas e Aquacultura (Mestrado)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 17
2003 - 2007/07/20
Concluded
 Biologia Ambiental Variante Marinha (Licenciatura)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
2013 - Current Coordinating Researcher (Research) AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
2010 - 2012 Researcher (Research) AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2017 President of the Scientific Council World Cetacean Alliance, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2010/05 - Current Monitoring cetaceans in the south coast of Portugal
001
Researcher
AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
 AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho
Ongoing
2010/05 - Current Surveillance and monitoring of marine megafauna in coastal waters off the Algarve, Portugal
002
Researcher
AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
 AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho
Ongoing
2015 - 2017 Monitoring the wintering population of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Boa Vista island, Cape Verde
0033
Researcher
AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
 AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Underwater acoustic monitoring in the South of Portugal
006
Principal investigator
AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
 AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho
Concluded
2010 - 2010 Cetacea
004
Researcher
AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
 AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - 2024 The use of drones to evaluate whether dolphin calves may become separated from their mothers during tuna purse seine fishing operations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
Mother Calf ETP
Researcher
AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Ongoing
2013 - 2015 M@rbis - Information systems for marine biodiversity
003
Researcher
Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
2011 - 2011 Marine Mammal Risk Mitigation Project - SIRENA
005
Researcher
NATO
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Martins, Miguel; Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Estrela, G.; Quirin, Alicia; Matos, Fábio L.. "Habitat preference of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the south coast of Portugal". Paper presented in 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  2. Cid, André; Silva, Ana A.; Estrela, G.; Quirin, Alicia; Jesus, S.; Castro, Joana; Matos, Fábio L.. "Common dolphin and bottlenose dolphin communication influenced by touristic vessels in the Algarve, Portugal". Paper presented in 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  3. Melo, Adriana; Cid, André; Estrela, G.; Quirin, Alicia; Matos, Fábio L.; Castro, Joana. "The use of land-based surveys to monitor small cetaceans in the south coast of Portugal". Paper presented in 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  4. Castro, Joana; Ana Couto; Franscisco Borges; Cid, André; Marina Laborde; H.C. Pearson; Rui Rosa. "Abundance of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Algarve region, Portugal.". Paper presented in XIX National Meeting of Ecology of SPECO – Portuguese Society of Ecology, 2020.
  5. Marina Laborde; Cid, André; Joana Castro. "Important area of conservation for cetaceans in southern iberian peninsula". Paper presented in Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2019.
  6. Castro, Joana; Cid, André. "Discovering the cetaceans of southern Portugal". Paper presented in 47th Annual Conference of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals, 2019.
  7. Joana Castro; Marina Laborde; Cid, André; Rui Rosa; H.C. Pearson. "Assessing the impact of drones on the behaviour of small dolphins.". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference. Barcelona, 2019.
  8. MaEwa, C. R. C.; Bishop, P; Ana Henriques; Castro, Joana; Cid, André; MArina Laborde. "High intensity dolphin¬watching in southern Portuguese waters". Paper presented in European Cetacean Society, 2016.
  9. Castro, Joana; Ana Couto; Rui Rosa; Cid, André; Marina Laborde. "3. "Occurrence of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the south of Portugal.". Paper presented in European Cetacean Society, 2016.
  10. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Marina Laborde. "Behavioural Responses of Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) to Tour Vessels off Algarve, Portugal.". Paper presented in XIII Congresso Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2016.
  11. Marina Laborde; Cid, André; Catarina Fonseca; Barros, Joana Castro. "Baleen whales in Southern Portugal: new insights.". Paper presented in European Cetacean Society, 2015.
  12. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Marina Laborde. "Cetaceans in the extension of the Natura 2000 to the marine environment in Portugal: The M@rBis Project.". Paper presented in European Cetacean Society, 2015.
  13. Joana Castro; Cid, André; Catarina Fonseca; Sara Galego; Marina Laborde. "Algarve region as a potential breeding ground for common dolphins in Portugal.". Paper presented in European Cetacean Society, 2013.
  14. Cid, André; Castro, Joana; Marina Laborde; Sara galego; Catarina Fonseca. "The bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Southern Portugal (Southwestern Europe).". Paper presented in Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2013.
  15. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Catarina Fonseca; Marina Laborde. "Cetacean monitoring in South coast of the mainland Portugal.". Paper presented in Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Martins, Miguel P.; Matos, Fábio L.; Cid, André; Estrela, Guilherme; Quirin, Alicia; Borges, Francisco O.; Castro, Joana. "Habitat Preference of Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus) off the South Coast of Portugal". Marine Mammal Science (2025): https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70001.
    10.1111/mms.70001
  2. Canelas, João; Clementino, Luana; Cid, André; Castro, Joana; Machado, Inês; Vieira, Susana. "Automated cetacean detection in UAV imagery using AI models: a case study on Delphinid species". International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s41060-024-00704-9.
    10.1007/s41060-024-00704-9
  3. Silva, Ana A.; Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Jesus, Sérgio M; Matos, Fábio L.. "Influence of Dolphin-Watching Tourism Vessels on the Whistle Emission Pattern of Common Dolphins and Bottlenose Dolphins". Oceans 5 4 (2024): 770-784.
    Published • 10.3390/oceans5040044
  4. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Quirin, Alicia; Matos, Fábio L.; Rosa, Rui; Pearson, Heidi C.. "Assessing the dynamics of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mother-calf pairs along the south coast of Portugal using unmanned aerial vehicles". Marine Mammal Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.13115.
    Published • 10.1111/mms.13115
  5. Castro, Joana; Hughes, Ashley Payne; Cid, André; Patrício, Ana Rita; Laborde, Marina I.; Matos, Fábio L.. "First long-term study of live observations of loggerhead and leatherback turtles in southern Portugal with relevance for conservation". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 33 10 (2023): 1154-1160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3991.
    10.1002/aqc.3991
  6. Castro, Joana; Oliveira, Joana M.; Estrela, Guilherme; Cid, André; Quirin, Alicia. "Epimeletic Behavior in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the South of Portugal: Underwater and Aerial Perspectives". Aquatic Mammals 48 6 (2022): 646-651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/am.48.6.2022.646.
    10.1578/am.48.6.2022.646
  7. Castro, Joana; Faustino, Cláudia; Cid, André; Quirin, Alicia; Matos, Fábio L.; Rosa, Rui; Pearson, Heidi C.. "Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) fission-fusion dynamics in the south coast of Portugal". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03235-0.
    10.1007/s00265-022-03235-0
  8. Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; et al. "MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal". Ecology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3654.
    10.1002/ecy.3654
  9. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Laborde, Marina I. "Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) new record for mainland Portugal". J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 22 1 (2021): 75-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v22i1.333.
    10.47536/jcrm.v22i1.333
  10. Castro, Joana; Borges, Francisco O.; Cid, André; Laborde, Marina I.; Rosa, Rui; Pearson, Heidi C.. "Assessing the Behavioural Responses of Small Cetaceans to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles". Remote Sensing 13 1 (2021): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13010156.
    Published • 10.3390/rs13010156
  11. Castro, Joana; Couto, Ana; Borges, Francisco O.; Cid, André; Laborde, Marina I.; Pearson, Heidi C.; Rosa, Rui. "Oceanographic Determinants of the Abundance of Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the South of Portugal". Oceans 1 3 (2020): 165-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/oceans1030012.
    10.3390/oceans1030012
  12. Couto, Ana; Queiroz, Nuno; Ketchum, James T.; Sampaio, Eduardo; Furtado, Miguel; Cid, André A.; Castro, Joana; Rosa, Rui. "Smooth hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna zygaena) observed off the Portuguese southern coast". Environmental Biology of Fishes 101 8 (2018): 1261-1268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0773-8.
    10.1007/s10641-018-0773-8
Report
  1. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Claudia Faustino; Laborde, Marina I. 2020. Baía de Armação de Pêra: Informação complementar dos valores naturais representados pela megafauna marinha..
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Cultivation of Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in off-shore cage: changes in the environment of the water quality inside and outside of the aquaculture cage.". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2008.

Other

Other output
  1. Grouping dynamics of mother-calf pairs of common dolphins in the South coast of Portugal. Oral presentation. 2023. Castro, Joana; Cid, André; Quirin, Alicia; Matos, Fábio L.; Rosa, Rui; Pearson, Heidi.
  2. Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) fission-fusion dynamics on the south coast of Portugal. Oral presentation. 2022. Castro, Joana; Cláudia Faustino; Cid, André; Quirin, Alicia; Rosa, Rui; Pearson, Heidi.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013 - Current World Cetacean Alliance Member

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2012 - Current Environmental consultant for private sector.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Marine mammals and turtles Master in Applied Marine Biology (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - Current Ecology and Behavior of Marine mammals Master in Marine Biology (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021 - 2021 Students from Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
2020 - 2020 Aeres Univsersity of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/06 - 2021/07 Snotbot Açores 2021 - Expedition conducted by Ocean Alliance in partnership with AIMM, to collect blow samples from different species of baleen whales and sperm whales in the Açores Islands. Ocean Alliance, United States

AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
2015/06 - 2015/06 Principal investigator and team leader in the expedition, Sea mountain - Gorringe 2015. Onboard NTM Creola. Portugal. Period 7 days AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/05 Marine mammal observer and acoustic monitoring team leader in the EMEPC and Portuguese Navy project M@rBis LISBOA/OEIRAS/CASCAIS 2015 - Extension of the continental shelf, on board NTM Creoula; period: 20 days. Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2014/09 - 2014/09 Marine mammal research and acoustic monitoring team leader in expedition from the project M@rBis Arrábida 2014 - Extension of the continental shelf, on board NTM Creoula. Arrábida Natural Park; period: 20 days. Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/05 Underwater Acoustic in Algarve. First acoustic survey covering some canyons in Algarve: São Vicente and Portimão Canyon AIMM - Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho, Portugal
2013/06 - 2013/07 Marine mammal research team Leader and scientific diver in the EMEPC in the project M@rBis Algarve 2013 - Extension of the continental shelf, on board NTM Creoula. Algarve, South Coast of Portugal; period: 20 days. Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2011 - 2011 SIRENA 11 La Spezia, Italy - Marine Mammal Risk Mitigation Project Perform a visual and acoustic survey for marine mammals; Deploy and compare passive acoustic monitoring technologies, including towed arrays and fixed buoys; Develop a habitat model of beaked whales and local distribution models of multiple marine mammal species; Investigate the relationship between the physical, chemical, and biological environment and marine mammal distribution. Period: 7 days NATO, Belgium