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Paola Parretti holds a Ph.D. in Marine Ecology, with distinction and honors, from the University of the Azores (2022). She has an established track record in interdisciplinary and international research projects (12), conducting environmental impact assessments, and collaborating with local stakeholders to advance conservation efforts. Paola specializes in developing predictive models to assess the impacts of human activities on marine species distribution, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. In addition, she serves as the principal supervisor for graduate and master's students in national and international programs. Recently, she was invited to join the University of Madeira as an Assistant Professor in Ecology. Paola has received multiple awards for her academic contributions, authored more than 10 research papers and a book chapter in ISI-ranked Q1 journals, and currently holds over 200 citations (excluding self-citations) with an h-index of 7. She also serves as a reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences (18 oral presentations and 4 posters). Paola is currently a member of the organizing committee for the International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, scheduled for October 2025.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paola Parretti

Citation names

  • Parretti, Paola

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C81F-B0C1-FCEE
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3265-5453

Email addresses

  • paola.parretti@mare-centre.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), 9020-105, Funchal, Funchal, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/12/01 - 2022/01/14
Concluded
 Ecologia Marinha (Doutoramento)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Marine Non-Indigenous species in Oceanic Islands: Climate Change and Management Implications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction and honours
2010
Concluded
 Marine biology (Mestrado)
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
"Biodiversity and functioning in sediments of Dauno Seamount (Adriatic Sea)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 103/110
2007
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
"Eating behaviour of butterfly fishes (C. Meyeri, C. Lunulatus, C. Baronessa) in relationship of tropical reef health" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 94/110
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04 - Current Postdoc (Research) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
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Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira Centro de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira Centro de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2021 Bolseiro Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Bolseiro Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/05/15 - 2012/12/10 Operational dive planning within the program “Caulerpa webbiana” granted by DRAM (Direc¸ao Regional do Ambiente Marino, Azores, Portugal). Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
2011/11/01 - 2011/11/30 Training on extraction, counting and identification of macrofauna samples. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M.Cunha Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2011/02/28 Student scholarship within Campus World program. Supervisor: Dr. L.Bongiorni Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
2010/09/10 - 2010/09/16 Research cruse (Condor seamount, Azores, NE Atlantic Ocean) on board of R/V Arquipelago, CONDOR project (EEA Grants). Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
2008/11/01 - 2010/06/01 Inetrnship for MSc thesis on biodiversity and functioning of deep sea sediments related to a seamount (SW Adriatic Sea) Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
2009/11/05 - 2009/11/11 Research cruse (Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean) on board of R/V L’Europe in the framework of HERMIONE project (EU-FP7). Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
2009/06/13 - 2009/06/29 Research cruse TRANSMED (Crete-Barcelona) on board of R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa, in the framework of BIOFUN project (BioDeep,European Science Foundation). Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
2009/03/17 - 2009/03/26 Research cruse (Bari slope, Adriatic Sea)on board of R/V Urania, in the framewok of HERMIONE project (EU-FP7). Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
2005/09/01 - 2005/09/30 Field work for the undergraduated thesis "Analysis by visual census of the feeding behaviour of Chaetodon baronessa, C. lunulatus e C.meyeri". Manado (Indonesia) Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/12/01 - 2022/01 NIS proliferation under climate change scenarios: mechanisms, impacts and consequences
M3.1.a/F/065/2015 by Fundo Regional de Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT) and the program AÇORES
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2012/05 - 2015/08 SeaProlif (SEAweed PROliferations)
M3.1.5/F/014/2012
Master Student Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
Concluded
2011/04 - 2012/04 Microbial biodiversity and functional role in benthic food webs of the Condor seamount (NE Atlantic)
BIOMOUNT PTC/MAR/105486/2008
Master Student Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Early detection and monitoring of non-indigenous species NIS in coastal ecosystems based on high-throughput sequencing tools
PTDC/BIA-BMA/29754/2017
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UID/BIA/50027/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/11/01 - Current ECOMARIS- Economía azul y promoción de la sostenibilidad del medio costero y marino en islas.
1/MAC/1/1.1/0137
Researcher
Interreg Europe
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - Current Atlantic Whale Deal - Mitigating Ship Strikes and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Atlantic
EAPA_0004/2022
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2023/11/01 - Current Free-LitterAT-Advancing towards litter- free Atlantic coastal communities by preventing and reducing macro and micro litter
EAPA_0009/2022
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/12/01 - Current CLIMAREST: Coastal Climate Resilience and Marine Restoration Tools for the Arctic Atlantic basin
101093865
Researcher
European Commission
Ongoing
2022 - Current Marine SABRES - Marine Systems Approaches for Biodiversity Resilience and Ecosystem Sustainablity
HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-10 - 101058956
Post-doc Fellow
Ongoing
2019/12/01 - 2023/12/31 PLASMAR+ Progresso da Planificação Sustentável de Áreas Marinhas na Macaronésia
MAC2/1.1a/347
Post-doc
European Regional Development Fund
2019 - 2023 Clean Atlantic - Tackling Marine Litter in the Atlantic Area
EAPA_46/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Concluded
2019 - 2022 NIS-DNA - Early detection and monitoring of non-indigenous species (NIS) in coastal ecosystems based on high-throughput sequencing tools
FCT-29754
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cardigos Frederico; João Gama Monteiro; Fontes, Jorge; Parretti, Paola; Santos Serrão Ricardo. "12. Fighting Invasions in the Marine Realm, a Case Study with Caulerpa webbiana in the Azores". In Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems: ecological impacts, predictions and management, 279-300. De Gruyter Open Poland, 2015.
    10.1515/9783110438666-018
Conference abstract
  1. Canning-Clode, João; Castro Nuno; Parretti, Paola; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Triay-Portella, Raul; João Gama Monteiro. "Guardians of the coast: balancing non-indigenous species threats through strategic management in Marine Protected Areas in an offshore island". Paper presented in Managing invasion in protected areas, Stellenbosh, 2024.
  2. Schäfer, Susanne; Rodrigo Silva; Laura Piazzese; Bernal-Ibáñez, Alejandro; Parretti, Paola; Cecilia Bernasconi; Francisco Silva; et al. "From Sea Urchin Barrens to Underwater Forests: Strategies for Macroalgae Restoration in Madeira Island". Paper presented in 57th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), 2024.
  3. Rodrigues, A; Lavrador, Ana S.; Afonso, I; Chainho, Paula; Costa, Ana Cristina; Medeiros, J.P.; Parretti, Paola; et al. "USING DNA METABARCODING FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF NON-INDIGENOUS MARINE MACROALGAE IN PORTUGUESE RECREATIONAL MARINAS". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA, 2024.
  4. Ana S. Lavrador; Afonso, I; Chainho, Paula; Costa, Ana Cristina; Medeiros, João Paulo; Manuela I. Parente; Parretti, Paola; et al. "MAPPING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF NON-INDIGENOUS INVERTEBRATES IN RECREATIONAL MARINAS ACROSS MAINLAND PORTUGAL AND ISLANDS THROUGH DNA METABARCODING". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA, 2024.
  5. Lavrador, Ana S.; Afonso, I; Amaral, fabio G; Chainho, Paula; Costa, Ana Cristina; Fontes JoaoT; Medeiros, João Paulo; et al. "NIS-DNA: EARLY DETECTION AND MONITORING OF NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES (NIS) IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS BASED ON HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING (HTS) TOOLS". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA, 2024.
  6. Costa, Ana Cristina; Botelho, A.Z.; Manuela I. Parente; Faria, João; Torres, Paulo; Parretti, Paola; Balibrea, Ana; et al. "AQUATIC NIS IN THE AZORES AT THE BLINKING OF TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA, 2024.
  7. João Gama Monteiro; Gouveia, Marisa; Parretti, Paola; Schäfer, Susanne; Patrício Ramalhosa; Castro Nuno; Canning-Clode, João. "SPATIAL RISK ESTIMATION OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES PROLIFERATION FROM MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURES TO NEIGHBORING HABITATS". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA, 2024.
  8. Domingues M; Gonçalves, Vitor; Lavrador, A. S.; Afonso I; Chainho, Paula; Costa, Ana Cristina; Medeiros J P; et al. "DNA METABARCODING TO TRACK HARMFUL MARINE MICROALGAE". Paper presented in NEOBIOTA, 2024.
  9. Parretti, Paola; Ferrario Jasmine; Marchini, Agnese; Andrea Z Botelho; Patrício Ramalhosa; Costa, Ana Cristina; João Gama Monteiro; et al. "LEVERAGING STAKEHOLDER EXPERTISE TO ENHANCE MARINE NIS MANAGEMENT". 2024.
  10. Margarida Domingues; Gonçalves, Vítor; Lavrador, A. S.; Afonso, I; Chainho, Paula; Costa, Ana Cristina; Medeiros, JP; et al. "DNA Metabarcoding for Detection and Monitoring Marine Microalgae Harmful to Public Health". Paper presented in Spring Seminar BioIsle, Seminário – Biodiversidade e Ilhas, Ponta Delgada, 2024.
    Published
  11. Schäfer, Susanne; Castro, Nuno; Parretti, Paola; João Gama Monteiro; Triay-Portella, Raul; Bernal-Ibáñez, Alejandro; Rilov, Gil; Canning-Clode, João. "The tropicalization of the NE Atlantic: species shifts and invasions on an oceanic island". Paper presented in XI International Conference on Marine BioInvasions (ICMB), 2023.
  12. Parretti, Paola; João Gama Monteiro; Gizzi, Francesca; Martinez-Escauriaza, Roi; Chebaane, Sahar; Nogueira, Natacha; Andrade, Carlos Alberto Pestana; Canning-Clode, João. "Finding Dourada: assessing Spaurus aurata establishement following aquaculture escapes". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, Funchal, 2021.
  13. Parretti, Paola; Martin, Mariana; João Gama Monteiro; Almeida, Silvia; Pombo, Ana; Andrade, Carlos A. P.; Canning-Clode, João. "Perceptions and interactions of marine litter and open-ocean aquaculture facilities: Madeira island as case study". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021., Funchal, 2021.
  14. Parretti, Paola; Ros, Macarena; Gestoso, Ignacio; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Matos Ricado Costa, Ana Cristina; Canning-Clode, João. "Warming and interspecific interaction between a non-indigenous amphipod and its congener". Paper presented in Western Society of Naturalist, 2020.
  15. Parretti, Paola; Canning-Clode, João; Ferrario Jasmine; Marchini, Agnese; Botelho, A.Z.; Patrício Ramalhosa; Matos Ricado Costa, Ana Cristina. "Embarcações maritime turisticas e o risco para disperção de especies não indigenas. O caso de São Miguel (Açores).". Paper presented in Spring Seminar 2019, 2019.
  16. Parretti, Paola; Canning-Clode, João; Matos Ricado Costa, Ana Cristina; Mendes, Armando B.. "Engagement in marine NIS management: what really moves local stakeholders?". Paper presented in Tenth International Conferences of Marine Bioinvasions, 2018.
  17. Parretti, Paola; Canning-Clode, João; Matos Ricado Costa, Ana Cristina. "Stakeholders and public awareness: cornerstone for sustainable management of marine non-indigenous species in Island ecosystems". Paper presented in Spring Seminar BIO ISLE 2018, 2018.
  18. Parretti, Paola; Houlbreque, F ; Vieira, C; Greff S; Fernandes Francisco; Engelen, Aschwin H.; João Gama Monteiro; Adieroud Mehidi; Payri C. Corresponding author: Parretti, Paola. "Assess the impact of non-indigenous algae (Asparagopsis taxiformis) on coral host community: Symbiodinium sp. in New Caledonia house reef". Paper presented in 3rd European Conference on Scientific Diving, 2017.
  19. Parretti, Paola; Santos Serrão Ricardo. "SEAweed PROliferations: Implication to diversity and functioning of coastal marine biomes.". Paper presented in Marine BIO-invasions the silent threat Workshop, 2013.
  20. João Gama Monteiro; Parretti, Paola; Santos Serrão Ricardo. "Proliferation of algae: impacts and consequences of potential invasions". Paper presented in Conhecer o Mar dos Azores II, 2012.
  21. Bongiorni, Lucia; Parretti, Paola; Amaro, Teresa; Santos Serrão Ricardo; Danovaro Roberto. "Microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning of deep-sediments associated to the Condor seamount (Azores, NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, 2011.
Conference paper
  1. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Patrício Ramalhosa; Vieira C; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; Monteiro Rui; et al. "Freshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira, Macaronesia". Paper presented in Island biology, 2023.
  2. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Vieia C; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; Monteiro Rui; et al. "Freshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the first study of the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira". Paper presented in OIKOS, Helsinki, 2023.
  3. Parretti, Paola; Patrício Ramalhosa; João Gama Monteiro; Gestoso, Ignacio; Álvarez, Soledad; Gizzi, Francesca; Nuno Castro; et al. "Fourth class ticket to offshore islands: anthropogenic marine debris as NIS introduction vector". Paper presented in XI International Conferences of Marine Bioinvasions, 2023.
  4. Parretti, Paola; Laura Piazzese; Costa, Ana Cristina; Canning-Clode, João. "Climate change and NIS: on the right path but a long way to go". Paper presented in XI International Conferences of Marine Bioinvasions, 2023.
  5. Parretti, Paola; Costa, Ana Cristina; Canning-Clode, João. "EXPANDED VIEW ON ISLANDS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES TO IMPROVE MARINE MANAGEMENT". Paper presented in international symposium on marine sciences, 2022.
  6. Buzinkai M; Radeta, Marko; Rodrigues C; Silva F; Freitas, Rúben; Chebaane, Sahar; Parretti, Paola; et al. "Dive Reporter: Mobile app to collect data from recreational scuba divers in marine biodiversity assessment". Paper presented in international symposium on marine sciences, 2022.
  7. Parretti, Paola; João Gama Monteiro; Gizzi, Francesca; Martinez-Escauriaza, Roi; Chebaane, Sahar; Almeida, Sílvia; Miguel P. Pais. "Offshore aquaculture escapees of the non-indigenous sea bream (Sparus aurata) in island system: dispersal ability and potential impact". 2022.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. Lavrador, Ana S.; Inês Afonso; Chainho, Paula; Ana Cristina Costa; Medeiros, João Paulo; Manuela Parente; Parretti, Paola; et al. "Assessing distribution patterns of non-indigenous invertebrates in ten marinas across mainland Portugal, Madeira and Azores, through DNA metabarcoding". Paper presented in 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity, 2024.
  2. Lavrador, Ana S.; Inês Afonso; Chainho, Paula; Ana Cristina Costa; Medeiros, João Paulo; Manuela Parente; Parretti, Paola; et al. "Avaliação dos padrões de distribuição de invertebrados não-indígenas em dez marinas de Portugal Continental, Madeira e Açores, através de DNA metabarcoding". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência, 2024.
  3. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Vieira, Cristiano; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; Monteiro, Rui; et al. Corresponding author: Órfão, Inês. "reshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira, Macaronesia". Paper presented in Island biology, 2023.
  4. Parretti, Paola; João Gama Monteiro; Gizzi, Francesca; Miguel P. Pais. "NON-INDIGENOUS FISH ON THE RUN: ASSESS THE DISPERSAL AND INVASION RISK OF SEABREAM IN MADEIRA ISLAND". Paper presented in international symposium on marine sciences, 2022.
  5. Vieira PE; Lavrador, Ana S.; Parente, Manuela; Parretti, Paola; Costa, Ana Cristina; Costa FO; Duarte, Sofia. "Estado das bibliotecas de referência de DNA barcodes de invertebrados marinhos da Macaronésia.". Paper presented in SPECO, 2020.
  6. Parretti, Paola; Ferrario Jasmine; Marchini, Agnese; Botelho, A.Z.; Canning-Clode, João. "Hitch-hiking with diving-boats: the risk of NIS dispersal in islands.". Paper presented in Tenth International Conferences of Marine Bioinvasions, 2018.
  7. Parretti, Paola; CarreiroSilva Marina; Grall Jaque; Zeppilli Daniela; Santos Serrão Ricardo. "Maerl beds & associated benthic communities: a scenario of the effects of climate change on an important biogenic habitat.". 2013.
  8. Zubia M; Cambert H; Dijoux L; Viard, Frederique; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Perez T; Greff S; et al. "SEAPROLIF program: Diversity and functioning of coastal marine biomes under siege: implications of SEAweed PROLIFerations across three oceans". 2013.
Journal article
  1. Ramalhosa, Patrício; Monteiro, João G.; Rech, Sabine; Gestoso, Ignacio; Álvarez, Soledad; Gizzi, Francesca; Parretti, Paola; et al. "The role of marine debris as a vector, dispersal agent, and substrate for non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands (Northeast Atlantic)". Marine Pollution Bulletin 214 (2025): 117732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117732.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117732
  2. Castro, Nuno; João Gama Monteiro; Marisa, Marques Gouveia; Parretti, Paola; Schäfer, Susanne; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Canning-Clode, João. "Refining Management Strategies in Marine Protected Areas in Oceanic Islands: a Non-Indigenous Species Risk Index for Strategic Prioritization". Biological Invasion (2025):
    Accepted
  3. Oliveira, Bruno; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Asif, Furqan; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Canning-Clode, João; Casimiro, Daniela; Cecilia-Ruano, Candelaria; et al. "A multi-dimensional approach to improve validation practices for qualitative models of marine social-ecological systems". Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 9 (2025): 100273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2024.100273.
    10.1016/j.crsust.2024.100273
  4. Inês Órfão; Soledad Álvarez; Patrício Ramalhosa; Carlos González; Cristiano Vieira; Silvia Almeida; Paola Parretti; et al. "Searching for the critically endangered European eel in oceanic islands: A pioneer study in the freshwater systems of Madeira, Macaronesia". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4106.
    10.1002/aqc.4106
  5. Buzinkai, Matej; Radeta, Marko; Rodrigues, Claudio; Silva, Francisco; Freitas, Ruben; Chebaane, Sahar; Parretti, Paola; et al. "Crowdsourcing biodiversity data from recreational SCUBA divers using Dive Reporter". Ecological Informatics 77 (2023): 102191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102191.
    10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102191
  6. Paola Parretti; João Gama Monteiro; Francesca Gizzi; Roi Martínez-Escauriaza; Filipe Alves; Sahar Chebaane; Silvia Almeida; et al. "Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020438.
    10.3390/jmse11020438
  7. Nuno Castro; Susanne Schäfer; Paola Parretti; João Gama Monteiro; Francesca Gizzi; Sahar Chebaane; Emanuel Almada; et al. "A New Signal of Tropicalization in the Northeast Atlantic: The Spread of the Spotfin Burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus in Madeira Archipelago and Its Invasion Risk". Diversity (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120639.
    10.3390/d13120639
  8. Vilizzi L; Parretti, Paola; et al. "A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions". Science of The Total Environment 788 (2021): 147868-147868. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147868.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147868
  9. Pedro E. Vieira; Ana S. Lavrador; Manuela I. Parente; Parretti, Paola; Ana C. Costa; Filipe O. Costa; Sofia Duarte; et al. "Gaps in DNA sequence libraries for Macaronesian marine macroinvertebrates imply decades till completion and robust monitoring". Diversity and Distributions (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13305.
    10.1111/ddi.13305
  10. Parretti, Paola; Ros, Macarena; Gestoso, Ignacio; Patrício Ramalhosa; Ana Cristina Costa; Canning-Clode, João. "Assessing biotic interactions between a non-indigenous amphipod and its congener in a future climate change scenario". Aquatic Invasions (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.01.
    10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.01
  11. Parretti, Paola; Canning-Clode, João; Ferrario Jasmine; Botelho Andreia Zita; Patrício Ramalhosa; Ana Cristina Costa. "Free rides to diving sites: the risk of marine non-indigenous species dispersal". Ocean & Coastal Management (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105158.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105158
  12. Parretti, Paola; Canning-Clode, João; Menedes Armando; Ana Cristina Costa. "Who, why and how: stakeholder attitudes toward marine non-indigenous species management in Portuguese Atlantic Islands". Ocean & Coastal Management (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.105069.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.105069
  13. Bongiorni, Lucia; Ravara, Ascensão; Parretti, Paola; Santos, Ricardo S.; Rodrigues, Clara Lúcia Ferreira; Amaro, Teresa; Cunha, Marina Pais Ribeiro da. "Organic matter composition and macrofaunal diversity in sediments of the Condor Seamount (Azores, NE Atlantic)". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15154.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.08.006
Preprint
  1. Paola Parretti; Ana Dinis; Susanne Schäfer; Rodrigo Silva; Matej Buzinkai; Alejandro Bernal; Marisa Gouveira; et al. "Connecting Communities: Digital Pathways to  a Collaborative Successful Restoration". 2025. https://doi.org/10.5194/oos2025-1403.
    10.5194/oos2025-1403
Report
  1. Parretti, Paola; João Gama Monteiro; Bredin, Yennie Katarina; Pujoul, Marta; Schaffer, S; Órfão, Inês; Canning-Clode, João; Dinis, Ana. 2024. M1-18, May 2024 CLIMAREST Report WP2: Stakeholders & Citizen Engagement.
  2. Ana Cristina Costa; Parretti, Paola; Manuela I. Parente; Andreia Botelho; Paulo Torres; Faria, Joao ; Gonçalves, Vitor. 2022. Plano Operacional para a Execução da atividade 2.2.1 - Programas de monitorização, caracterização e análise da distribuição espacial de espécies não-indígenas e seus impactos em áreas marinhas protegidas, no âmbito do projeto PLASMAR + MAC2/1.1a/347 (MONIS).
  3. Costa, Ana Cristina; Parretti, Paola; Manuela I. Parente; Andrea Z Botelho; Paulo Torres; Faria, Joao ; Vitor Gonçalves. 2022. Plano Operacional para Execução da atividade 2.2.1 - Programas de monitorização, caracterização e análise da distribuição espacial de espécies não-indígenas e seus impactos em áreas marinhas protegidas, no âmbito do projeto PLASMAR + MAC2/1.1a/347.
  4. Luisetti Tiziana; Russell J; Conejo-Watts H; Loureiro M; João Gama Monteiro; Canning-Clode, João; Parretti, Paola; Almeida Silvia. 2021. CleanAtlantic- Tracking Marine Litter in the Atlantic Area- Deliverable 4.3.2, 4.3.3 and 4.3.4.- Review of economic sectors impacted by marine litter in the Atlantc Area: Cost-benefit analysis; General overview of economic impacts and policy recommendations; Guidelines. WP4: Marine litter in the Atlantic Area.
  5. Parretti, Paola; Almeida, Silvia; João Gama Monteiro; Canning-Clode, João. 2021. CleanAtlantic- Tracking Marine Litter in the Atlantic Area- Marine Litter and offshore Aquaculture: a survey based case study in Madeira. WP4: Marine Litter in the Atlantic Area -Activity 3- Review of economic sectors impacted by marine litter in the Atlantic Area.
  6. Canning-Clode, João; Patrício Ramalhosa; Gizzi, Francesca; Gestoso, Ignacio; Parretti, Paola; Álvarez, Soledad; Nuno Castro; et al. 2021. CleanAtlantic- Trackling Marine Litter in the Atlantic Area- WP5: Monitoring and Data Management. Deliverable 5.5- Evaluation of marine litter as transport facilitator for nuisance biota.
  7. Parretti, Paola; Almeida, Sílvia; João Gama Monteiro; Canning-Clode, João. 2021. REVIEW OF ECONOMIC SECTORS IMPACTED BY MARINE LITTER IN THE ATLANTIC AREA: Marine Litter and offshore Aquaculture: an interview survey-based case study in Madeira.. http://www.cleanatlantic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Report_AquacultureSurvey_CleanAtlantic_VersaoFinal.pdf.
  8. Canning-Clode, João; Patrício Ramalhosa; Gestoso, Ignacio; Gizzi, Francesca; Parretti, Paola; Álvarez, Soledad; Castro, Nuno; et al. 2021. WP 5: Monitoring and Data Management. Project CleanAtlantic: Tackling Marine Litter in the Atlantic Area. Deliverable 5.5. - Evaluation of marine litter as transport facilitator for nuisance biota.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Marine Non-Indigenous Species in Oceanic Islands: Climate Change and Management Implications". PhD, Universidade dos Açores, 2022.

Other

Other output
  1. Dive report. Tablet application designed for scuba divers and dive operators to report species during post-dive surveys. The app collects abundance/scarcity of pre-established marine taxa and asks divers to report abundance using a categorical semi-quantitative scale.. 2021. Marko Radeta; João Gama Monteiro; Rodrigues Carlos; Freitas, Rúben; Gizzi, Francesca; Schäfer, Susanne; Parretti, Paola. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerwhale.dive.
  2. Dive Reporter APP. Mobile APP for dive centres and divers to easily report sightings of target species that can be used as ecological and diversity indicators. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerwhale.dive. 2021. Monteiro, Joao; Marko Radeta; Parretti, Paola; Schaffer, S; Gizzi, Francesca. http://82.214.92.197/assets/papers/dive.pdf.
  3. Dive Reporter Application. Tablet application designed for scuba divers and dive operators to report species during post-dive surveys. The app collects abundance/scarcity of pre-established marine taxa and asks divers to report abundance using a categorical semi-quantitative scale.. 2021. Marko Radeta; João Gama Monteiro; Rodrigues Carlos; Freitas, Rúben; Gizzi, Francesca; Schäfer, Susanne; Parretti, Paola. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerwhale.dive.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/17 - Current Beneath the Surface: Exploring the Influence of Protection Levels on Benthic Communities in Marine Protected Areas
Supervisor
 M.Sc. in Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAF) (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/04 - Current Temporal assessment of four non-indigenous species inside recreational marinas in Madeira archipelago
Co-supervisor
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
2022/09 - Current Fleeing trough the nets - a brief study on aquaculture raised Sparus aurata species runaways and its establishment on Madeira’s coastal waters.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/11 - 2023/08 Marine ecosystem services in a remote archipelago: Madeira Island as a case study
Supervisor of Bernardo Leal
 IMBRSea (Master)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05 - 2025/12 International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (2023/05 - 2025/12)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/05 - 2025/11/30 I’m part of the Local Organization Committee of the 12th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, to be hosted by MARE-Madeira in 2025 My specific responsibilities include managing venue logistics, accommodation, event branding, and website development, as well as supporting the development of the scientific program, code of conduct, and social activities. (2022 - 2025/10/10)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Distinctions

Award

2018 Judith A. Pederson and James T.Carlton Early Career Travel Awards
2018 COST-Action Short Term Scientific Mission CA 15121- MarCons.
2018 Participação em reuniões cientificas
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal