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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
MARIA CAROLINA DE SOUSA RIBEIRO

Citation names

  • Ribeiro, Maria Carolina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
971E-08E8-6529
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1833-4984

Addresses

  • Avenida do Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, 8700-194, Olhão, Olhão, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2)
English Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/12/07 - 2025/12/31
Ongoing
 Ciencias y Tecnologías Marinas (Doctor)
Major in Biologia Molecular y celular, genética y genómica de organismos marinos
Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
2019/09/16 - 2021/02/05
Concluded
 Aquacultura (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Aquacultura
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
"Ocorrência do Parasita Calceostoma glandulosum (Monogenea) em corvina, Argyrosomus regius" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2016/09/19 - 2019/07/08
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Aquacultura
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/06/15 - 2020/09/14 Estágio Profissional Jerónimo Martins, Portugal
Seaculture - Aquicultura, S.A , Portugal
2019/04/10 - 2019/06/08 Estágio Licenciatura Aquário Finisterrae, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/07/04 - 2024/12/31 BLUE BIOECONOMY INNOVATION PACT – ALGAFEEDS
C644915664-00000026
Master Student Fellow
2021/07/21 - 2023/06/30 ALLARVAE - Novas formulações de microalgas para larvicultura marinha
ALG-01-0247-FEDER-069971
Research Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Lourenço-Marques, C.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "Diagnostic and Prevention Techniques for Marine Fish Ectoparasites, Monogenea, Based on Life Cycle Studies and Molecular Tools.". Paper presented in International Symposium on Genetic Aquaculture XV, 2025.
  2. Freitas, Inês; Silva, Iris AL; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Sousa, Rui; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques, C.. "Development of Multiplex PCR Assays for the Detection of Pathogens in Aquaculture". Paper presented in International Symposium on Genetic Aquaculture XV, 2025.
  3. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Sousa, Rui; Ovelheiro, Andreia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques, C.; Soares, Florbela. "Ocorrência do parasita Sparicotyle chrysophrii em dourada (Sparus aurata) produzida na costa sul de Portugal". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025.
  4. Schrama, Denise; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Sousa, Rui; Livramento, Marcelo; Gâmboa, A.M.; Ovelheiro, A.; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; et al. "Coinfeccão por Vibrio harveyi e Tenacibaculum spp. em linguados reprodutores (Solea senegalensis) no sul da Europa". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025.
  5. Livramento, Marcelo; Barata, Marisa; Sousa, Rui; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gâmboa, A.M.; Lourenço-Marques, C.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "Avaliação do BAYCOX® como potencial tratamento contra MyxospoRídeos na produção de Sardina pilchardus em Aquacultura". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025.
  6. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Sousa, Rui; Ovelheiro, Andreia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Soares, Florbela. "Occurrence of the parasite Sparicotyle chrysophrii in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) produced on the south coast of Portugal". Paper presented in IV Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2025.
  7. Livramento, Marcelo; Ovelheiro, A.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gâmboa, A.M.; Schrama, Denise; Matias, Ana Carolina; Sousa, Rui; et al. "Occurrence of emerging vibrios associated with gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in aquaculture systems". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025.
  8. Diogo, Patrícia; Castanho, Sara; Bastos, G.; Anjos, C.; Pinheiro, F.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; et al. "New VitaBloom® products range: microalgae combined with probiotics for green water, rotifers nutrition and live feed enrichment". Paper presented in 3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals - Sustainable animal nutrition, 2025.
  9. Freitas, I.; Silva. I.A.L.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "Pathogen and Virulence Genes Detection by Molecular Techniques". Paper presented in Animal Health Symposium, 2024.
  10. Silva, I. A. L.; Freitas, I.; Soares, Florbela; Angelo, Morgana; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Sousa, Rui; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "Pathogen Detection and Disease Management in Aquaculture Using Molecular Tools". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2024, 2024.
  11. Silva, I.A.L.; Soares, Florbela; Freitas, I.; Angelo, Morgana; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Sousa, R.; Livramento, Marcelo; et al. "S2AQUAcoLAB's and IPMA's Biobank Collection: A Sea of Opportunities". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2024, 2024.
  12. Diogo, P.; Castanho, S.; Costa, I.; Bastos, G.; Anjos, C. ; Pinheiro, F.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; et al. "Beyond conventional solutions: VITABLOOM® new products range combines microalgae and probiotics for green water technique, rotifers nutrition, and live feed enrichment". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2024, 2024.
  13. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Lourenço-Marques, Cátia; Baptista, Teresa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Influence of Temperature on the Reproduction of the Fish Parasite MONOGENEA Calceostoma glandulosum". Paper presented in Jornadas de Acuicultura en el Litoral Suratlántico, 2023.
  14. Silva, Iris AL; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "Using Molecular Biology to Prevent Marine Fish Disease Outbreaks in Aquaculture". Paper presented in Jornadas de Acuicultura en el Litoral Suratlántico, 2023.
  15. Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; Oliveira, A. R.; Soares, Florbela; Ana Isabel Candeias Mendes; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Moreira, M.; et al. "EFFECTS OF INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION OF CARRAGEENIN, LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE, AND POLYINOSINIC: POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID TO GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) SPECIMENS ON SERUM AND SKIN MUCUS HUMORAL IMMUNITY". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  16. Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; Oliveira, A. R.; Livramento, M; Ovelheiro, A.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Barata, M.; et al. "INFLUENCE OF CARRAGEENIN-INDUCED INFLAMMATION ON SERUM AND SKIN MUCUS OF GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) DURING A Photobacterium damselae sube sp. Piscicida INFECTION". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  17. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Castanho, S.; Livramento, M; Ana Isabel Candeias Mendes; Bastos, G.; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Diogo, P.; Soares, Florbela. "EVOLUTION OF INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA DURING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN Sparus aurata LARVAE FED WITH LIVE FOOD ENRICHED WITH MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTICS FORMULATIONS". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  18. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Martins, D.; Luna-Araújo, R.; Quintã, R.; Ribeiro, L.; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "EVOLUTION OF MONOGENEA INFECTION WITH THE USE OF ALGAE IN A iRAS SYSTEM OF GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  19. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Angelo, M.; Requeijo, Bárbara; Barata, M.; Pedro, Joana; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; et al. "DISSOLVED OXYGEN INFLUENCE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ECTOPARASITES IN MEAGRE (Argyrosomus regius)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  20. Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Castanho, Sara; Livramento, Marcelo; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; Bastos, Gonçalo; et al. "THE IMPACT OF PROBIOTICS ON GREEN WATER TECHNIQUE FOR MARINE FISH LARVAE". Paper presented in World Aquaculture 2023, 2023.
  21. Freitas, Inês; Silva, Irís; Soares, Florbela; Barata, Marisa; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Rocha, Mafalda; Requeijo, Bárbara; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, Cátia. "IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS TO CREATE A SELECTION TOOL FOR FISHES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH PROFILES IN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2022, 2023.
  22. Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Castanho, Sara; Livramento, Marcelo; Silva, Iris AL; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; et al. "NEW MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTIC FORMULATIONS IN THE HEALTH OF MARINE FISH LARVAE". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2023, 2023.
  23. Diogo, P.; Recuero, C.; Castanho, S.; Costa, I.; Bastos, G.; Pinheiro, F.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; et al. "NEW LIVE FEED ENRICHMENT COMBINING MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTICS APPLIED IN GUILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) LARVICULTURE". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  24. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, M; Silva, Iris AL; Castanho, Sara; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; Diogo, P.; Bastos, G.; et al. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Novas formulações de microalgas e probióticos para técnica de água verde no cultivo larvar de Corvina (Argyrosomus regius): Impacto no crescimento, resposta ao stress e microbiologia". Paper presented in III Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2023.
  25. Pedro, Joana; Sousa, Rui; Lourenço, C.F.; Livramento, M; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gâmboa, A.M.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Pedro, Joana. "Division pattern and measure assessment of the parasite Amyloodinium ocellatum in Diplodus sargus juveniles". Paper presented in III Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2023.
  26. Livramento, M; Lourenço, C.F.; Pedro, Joana; Sousa, Rui; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Freitas, Inês; Barata, Marisa; et al. "EFFECT OF DIETARY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES AND KYOTORPHIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON RESISTANCE AGAINST Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida IN SEABASS (Dicentrarchus labrax) JUVENILES". Paper presented in III Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2023.
  27. Freitas, Inês; Iris A. L. Silva; Barata, Marisa; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Pinto, Wilson; et al. "Effect of dietary protein hydrolysates and kyotorphin supplementation on the performance, gene expression, and oxidative stress of Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles". Paper presented in III Jornadas da Aquacultura, 2023.
  28. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gamboa, M.; Livramento, M; Lourenço, C.F.; Pedro, Joana; Quental-Ferreira, H.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Histopathological Effect of Microcotyle spp. (Monoge nea: Polyopisthocotylea) on Gills of Diplodus cervinus Produced in Aquaculture". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  29. Silva, Iris AL; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Moreira, Márcio; Vatova, Mariyana; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EARLY AND FAST DIAGNOSTIC METHODS TO PREVENT MARINE FISH DISEASE OUTBREAKS IN AQUACULTURE". Paper presented in World Aquaculture 2021, 2022.
  30. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Lourenço, C.F.; Baptista, Teresa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Influence of Temperature on Egg Production and Embryo Viability of the Fish Parasite Calceostoma glandulsoum (Monogenea)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Araújo, João; Carvalho, Ana Catarina; Matias, Ana Carolina; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro. "Integration of Ulva ohnoi in a Recirculating Aquaculture System for Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) and Its Use as Feed for Sea Urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) Production: A Contribution to Circular and Sustainable Aquaculture Practices". Fishes 10 9 (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10090447.
    Published
  2. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Lourenço-Marques, Cátia; Baptista, Teresa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "First Report of Calceostoma glandulosum (Monogenea) in Argyrosomus regius: Morphological and Molecular Characterization and Temperature Effects on Life Cycle". Aquaculture Research 2025 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1155/are/9397751.
    10.1155/are/9397751
  3. Schrama, Denise; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Sousa, Rui; Livramento, Marcelo; Gamboa, Margarida; Ovelheiro, Andreia; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; et al. "Infection by Vibrio harveyi in Broodstock Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis) in Southern Europe". Animals - MDPI (2025):
    Under revision
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Ocorrência do Parasita Calceostoma glandulosum (Monogenea) em corvina, Argyrosomus regius". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/6656.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/03/20 Occurrence of the parasite Sparicotyle chrysophrii in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) produced on the south coast of Portugal IV Jornadas Aquacultura
Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica
2023/03/05 New formulations of microalgae and probiotics for green water technique in sea bass (Argyrosomus regius) larval culture: Impact on growth, stress response and microbiology III Jornadas da Aquacultura
Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica
2022/10/26 Monogenea in Aquaculture Fish, Mitigation Strategies Investigação em Aquacultura: Contribuição para o Crescimento Azul
(Olhão, Portugal)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/03/22 - Current Infectious Diseases - Ectoparasites Pathology in Marine Fishes (Outros) S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal