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Miguel Albuquerque da Costa Leal. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Programa Doutoral em Biologia em 2014/09 pelo(a) Universidade de Aveiro, Mestrado em Ecologia Marinha em 2009 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Licenciatura em Biologia em 2007 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Recebeu 8 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Agrárias com ênfase em Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas com ênfase em Pescas e Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Biologia Marinha. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: aquafeeds; nutrition; biomarkers; food webs; stable ; .
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Albuquerque da Costa Leal

Citation names

  • Leal, Miguel Costa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5718-0044-BF32
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0672-6251
Google Scholar ID
sfzXGBgAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
C-8611-2009
Scopus Author Id
54907953500

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/09
Concluded
Programa Doutoral em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Trophic plasticity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Aprovado
2009
Concluded
Ecologia Marinha (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Vertical dynamics of planktonic communities at Sofala Bank, Mozambique" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2007
Concluded
Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Sem dissertação (Processo de bolonha)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/07/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2016/12/31 Researcher (Research) EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences, Switzerland

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2009/10/01 - 2010/09/30 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Bio3 - estudos e projetos em biologia e valorização dos recursos naturais lda, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2017/09/01 - 2019/06/30 Bolseiro pós-doutoramento Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/06/30 Consultor Bluebio Alliance, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/04/30 Post-doctoral fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010/12/01 - 2014/09/30 PhD scholar Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/09/01 - 2019/06/30 Dynamics of functional traits across ontogenetic and environmental gradients: From individuals to ecosystems
SFRH/BPD/115298/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Cancelled
2015 - 2018 Vulnerability of marine tropical organisms to increasing ocean temperatures
SFRH/BD/92975/2013
Other
2010 - 2014 Trophic plasticity in coral nutrition – its relevance for marine biotechnology and coral reefs conservation
SFRH/BD/63783/2009
PhD Student Fellow

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/07 - Current SmartBioR - Smart Valorization of Biological Marine Resources
CCDR
Researcher
Ongoing
2018/06 - 2021/05 Rastreabilidade da Origem Geográfica como uma Via de Valorização Inteligente dos Recursos Marinhos Endógenos
02/SAICT/2017
Researcher
Ongoing
2015 - 2017 Ecosystem consequences of eco-evolutionary change
EAWAG fellow
Principal investigator
2015 - 2016 LARVASOLE – Otimização do regime trófico de Solea em larvicultura
PROMAR
Post-doc Fellow
2012 - 2015 Metamorphosis does not reset embryonic and larval history. Clarifying the role of offspring provisioning and larval feeding on early post-settlement performance of coastal marine invertebrates
PTDC/BIA-BIC/116871/2010
Researcher
2012/01/01 - 2014/12/31 SYnergies through Merging BIOlogical and biogeochemical expertise in COral REsearch
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/295191/EU
European Commission
Concluded
2011 - 2014 RASTREMAR – Utilização de métodos moleculares para a rastreabilidade de produtos alimentares de origem marinha
PROMAR
Researcher
2009 - 2010 Southern Ocean Studies for Understanding Global – Climate Issues
MMA/MCTI/CNPq
Researcher
2005 - 2008 Peri-urban mangrove forests as filters and potential phytoremediators of domestic sewage in East África
INCO contrato nº. 510863
Other
Concluded
2005 - 2008 Transboundary netwworks of marine protected areas for integrated conservation and sustainable development: biophysical, socio-economic and governance assessment in East Africa
INCO contrato nº. 510862
Other

Other

Designation Funders
2007 - 2009 Ecosystem Survey Mozambique 2007 - Strengthening the knowledge base for implementing an ecosystem approach to marine fisheries in developing countries
GCP/INT/003/NOR
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Vieira, H.; Calado, Ricardo; Ferreira, Bruno; Silva, Raquel Gaião; Leal, Miguel Costa; Tasdemir, D; Blumel, M. Blue Bioeconomy Roadmap for Portugal. Matosinhos, Portugal: CIIMAR. 2019.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Calado, Ricardo; Leal, Miguel Costa; Gaspar, Helena; Santos, Susana; Marques, António; Nunes, Maria Leonor; Vieira, Helena. "How to Succeed in Marketing Marine Natural Products for Nutraceutical, Pharmaceutical and Cosmeceutical Markets". In Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology, 317-403. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-69075-9_9
  2. Leal, Miguel. "Corals". In Marine Ornamental Species Aquaculture. 2017.
  3. Rocha, Joana; Calado, Ricardo; Leal, Miguel. "Marine Bioactive Compounds from Cnidarians". In Hb25_Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology, 823-849. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-642-53971-8_35
  4. Calado, Ricardo; Leal, Miguel Costa. "Trophic Ecology of Benthic Marine Invertebrates with Bi-Phasic Life Cycles". In Advances in Marine Biology, 1-70. Elsevier, 2015.
    10.1016/bs.amb.2015.07.001
  5. Leal, Miguel C.; Calado, Ricardo. "Marine Natural Products: Biodiscovery, Biodiversity, and Bioproduction". In Bioactive Natural Products, 473-490. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015.
    10.1002/9783527684403.ch17
  6. Leal, Miguel. "Neuston net sampling". In Guide to best practices to study the ocean’s surface. 2014.
    Published
  7. Leal, Miguel Costa. "A expedição". In BioGrafias – Vidas de quem estuda a Vida. Portugal: Escola de Mar, 2014.
    Published
  8. Leal, Miguel Costa. "Explorando o fundo do mar". In BioGrafias – Vidas de quem estuda a Vida. Portugal: Escola de Mar, 2014.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Lopes, Diana; Rey, Felisa; Leal, Miguel C.; Lillebø, Ana I.; Calado, Ricardo; Domingues, Maria Rosário. "Bioactivities of Lipid Extracts and Complex Lipids from Seaweeds: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects". Marine Drugs 19 12 (2021): 686. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19120686.
    10.3390/md19120686
  2. Hudson, Cameron M.; Ladd, S. Nemiah; Leal, Miguel C.; Schubert, Carsten J.; Seehausen, Ole; Matthews, Blake. "Fit and fatty freshwater fish: contrasting polyunsaturated fatty acid phenotypes between hybridizing stickleback lineages". Oikos (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.08558.
    10.1111/oik.08558
  3. "Conserved fatty acid profiles and lipid metabolic pathways in a tropical reef fish exposed to ocean warming – An adaptation mechanism of tolerant species?". Science of The Total Environment 782 (2021): 146738-146738. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146738.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146738
  4. "The evolutionary ecology of fatty-acid variation: Implications for consumer adaptation and diversification". Ecology Letters 24 8 (2021): 1709-1731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13771.
    10.1111/ele.13771
  5. "Summer Is Coming! Tackling Ocean Warming in Atlantic Salmon Cage Farming". Animals 11 6 (2021): 1800-1800. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11061800.
    10.3390/ani11061800
  6. "Noise pollution on coral reefs? — A yet underestimated threat to coral reef communities". Marine Pollution Bulletin 165 (2021): 112129-112129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112129.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112129
  7. Leal, Miguel C.; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M.; Munro, Murray H. G.; Blunt, John W.; Melian, Carlos J.; Calado, Ricardo; Lürig, Moritz D.. "Fifty years of capacity building in the search for new marine natural products". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 39 (2020): 24165-24172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007610117.
    10.1073/pnas.2007610117
  8. Vieira, Helena; Leal, Miguel Costa; Calado, Ricardo. "Fifty Shades of Blue: How Blue Biotechnology is Shaping the Bioeconomy". Trends in Biotechnology 38 9 (2020): 940-943. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.011.
    10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.011
  9. Madeira, Diana; Andrade, Joana; Leal, Miguel C.; Ferreira, Violeta; Rocha, Rui J. M.; Rosa, Rui; Calado, Ricardo. "Synergistic Effects of Ocean Warming and Cyanide Poisoning in an Ornamental Tropical Reef Fish". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00246.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.00246
  10. Leal, Miguel C.; Calado, Ricardo. "The key role of functional aquafeeds to achieve a more sustainable aquaculture". Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 50 6 (2019): 1044-1047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12674.
    10.1111/jwas.12674
  11. Machado, Inês; Costa, José Lino; Leal, Miguel Costa; Pasquaud, Stéphanie; Cabral, Henrique. "Assessment level and time scales of biodiversity indicators in the scope of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive – A case study for the NE Atlantic". Ecological Indicators 105 (2019): 242-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.067.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.067
  12. de O. Roberti Filho, Fernando; Koch, João Fernando Albers; Wallace, Christian; Leal, Miguel Costa. "Dietary ß-1,3/1,6-glucans improve the effect of a multivalent vaccine in Atlantic salmon infected with Moritella viscosa or infectious salmon anemia virus". Aquaculture International 27 6 (2019): 1825-1834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10499-019-00436-9.
    10.1007/s10499-019-00436-9
  13. Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M.; Best, Rebecca J.; Brunner, Franziska S.; Eizaguirre, Christophe; Leal, Miguel Costa; Melián, Carlos J.; Seehausen, Ole; Matthews, Blake. "An experimental test of how parasites of predators can influence trophic cascades and ecosystem functioning". Ecology 100 8 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2744.
    10.1002/ecy.2744
  14. Ishikawa, Asano; Kabeya, Naoki; Ikeya, Koki; Kakioka, Ryo; Cech, Jennifer N.; Osada, Naoki; Leal, Miguel C.; et al. "A key metabolic gene for recurrent freshwater colonization and radiation in fishes". Science 364 6443 (2019): 886-889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aau5656.
    10.1126/science.aau5656
  15. Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, Miguel C.; Diniz, Mário S.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Flores, Augusto A. V.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Present and future invasion perspectives of an alien shrimp in South Atlantic coastal waters: an experimental assessment of functional biomarkers and thermal tolerance". Biological Invasions 21 5 (2019): 1567-1584. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01921-1.
    10.1007/s10530-019-01921-1
  16. Ferrier-Pagès, Christine; Leal, Miguel Costa. "Stable isotopes as tracers of trophic interactions in marine mutualistic symbioses". Ecology and Evolution (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4712.
    10.1002/ece3.4712
  17. Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, Miguel C.; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Environmental health assessment of warming coastal ecosystems in the tropics – Application of integrative physiological indices". Science of The Total Environment 643 (2018): 28-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.152.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.152
  18. Madeira, Carolina; Leal, Miguel C.; Diniz, Mário S.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Thermal stress and energy metabolism in two circumtropical decapod crustaceans: Responses to acute temperature events". Marine Environmental Research 141 (2018): 148-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.015.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.015
  19. Duarte, Rafael C.; Flores, Augusto A. V.; Vinagre, Catarina; Leal, Miguel C.. "Habitat-dependent niche partitioning between colour morphs of the algal-dwelling shrimp Hippolyte obliquimanus". Marine Biology 164 11 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3247-1.
    10.1007/s00227-017-3247-1
  20. Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, Miguel C.; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Thermal stress, thermal safety margins and acclimation capacity in tropical shallow waters—An experimental approach testing multiple end-points in two common fish". Ecological Indicators 81 (2017): 146-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.050.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.050
  21. Best, Rebecca J.; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M.; Leal, Miguel C.; Schmid, Dominik W.; Seehausen, Ole; Matthews, Blake. "Transgenerational selection driven by divergent ecological impacts of hybridizing lineages". Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 11 (2017): 1757-1765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0308-2.
    10.1038/s41559-017-0308-2
  22. Leal, Miguel C.; Rocha, Rui J.M.; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M.; Cruz, Igor C.S.; Ferrier-Pagès, Christine. "Trophic and stoichiometric consequences of nutrification for the intertidal tropical zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus". Marine Pollution Bulletin 119 1 (2017): 169-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.054.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.054
  23. Leal, Miguel Costa; Best, Rebecca J.; Durston, Dan; El-Sabaawi, Rana W.; Matthews, Blake. "Stoichiometric traits of stickleback: Effects of genetic background, rearing environment, and ontogeny". Ecology and Evolution 7 8 (2017): 2617-2625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2802.
    10.1002/ece3.2802
  24. Figueiredo, Cátia; Baptista, Miguel; Rosa, Inês C.; Lopes, Ana Rita; Dionísio, Gisela; Rocha, Rui J.M.; Cruz, Igor C.S.; et al. "3D chemoecology and chemotaxonomy of corals using fatty acid biomarkers: Latitude, longitude and depth". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 70 (2017): 35-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2016.10.016.
    10.1016/j.bse.2016.10.016
  25. Leal, Miguel C.; Seehausen, Ole; Matthews, Blake. "The Ecology and Evolution of Stoichiometric Phenotypes". Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32 2 (2017): 108-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.006.
    10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.006
  26. Leal, Miguel Costa; Ferrier-Pagès, Christine. "Molecular trophic markers in marine food webs and their potential use for coral ecology". Marine Genomics 29 (2016): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2016.02.003.
    10.1016/j.margen.2016.02.003
  27. Leal, Miguel Costa; Rocha, Rui Jorge Miranda; Rosa, Rui; Calado, Ricardo. "Aquaculture of marine non-food organisms: what, why and how?". Reviews in Aquaculture 10 2 (2016): 400-423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12168.
    10.1111/raq.12168
  28. Maciel, Elisabete; Leal, Miguel; Lillebø, Ana; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, Maria; Calado, Ricardo. "Bioprospecting of Marine Macrophytes Using MS-Based Lipidomics as a New Approach". Marine Drugs 14 3 (2016): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md14030049.
    10.3390/md14030049
  29. Pimentel, Tânia; Rocha, Rui J.M.; Rosa, Rui; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.; Gomes, Newton C.M.; Leal, Miguel C.; Calado, Ricardo. "Bacterial communities from corals cultured ex situ remain stable under different light regimes — Relevance for in toto aquaculture". Aquaculture 450 (2016): 258-261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.08.006.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.08.006
  30. Leal, Miguel C.; Cruz, Igor C. S.; Mendes, Carlos R.; Calado, Ricardo; Kikuchi, Ruy K. P.; Rosa, Rui; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Serôdio, João; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "Photobiology of the zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus in intertidal and subtidal habitats". Marine and Freshwater Research 67 12 (2016): 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf15300.
    10.1071/mf15300
  31. Leal, Miguel C.; Hilário, Ana; Munro, Murray H. G.; Blunt, John W.; Calado, Ricardo. "Natural products discovery needs improved taxonomic and geographic information". Natural Product Reports 33 6 (2016): 747-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5np00130g.
    10.1039/c5np00130g
  32. Ricardo, Fernando; Génio, Luciana; Costa Leal, Miguel; Albuquerque, Rui; Queiroga, Henrique; Rosa, Rui; Calado, Ricardo. "Trace element fingerprinting of cockle (Cerastoderma edule) shells can reveal harvesting location in adjacent areas". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11932.
    10.1038/srep11932
  33. Leal, Miguel Costa; Vaz, Marcela Carraro Melo; Puga, João; Rocha, Rui Jorge Miranda; Brown, Chris; Rosa, Rui; Calado, Ricardo. "Marine ornamental fish imports in the European Union: an economic perspective". Fish and Fisheries 17 2 (2015): 459-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12120.
    10.1111/faf.12120
  34. Ricardo, Fernando; Pimentel, Tânia; Moreira, Ana S. P.; Rey, Felisa; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Rosário Domingues, M.; Domingues, Pedro; Costa Leal, Miguel; Calado, Ricardo. "Potential use of fatty acid profiles of the adductor muscle of cockles (Cerastoderma edule) for traceability of collection site". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11125.
    10.1038/srep11125
  35. Rocha, Rui J. M.; Bontas, Bogdan; Cartaxana, Paulo; Leal, Miguel C.; Ferreira, José M.; Rosa, Rui; Serôdio, João; Calado, Ricardo. "Development of a Standardized Modular System for Experimental Coral Culture". Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 46 3 (2015): 235-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12186.
    10.1111/jwas.12186
  36. Leal, Miguel Costa; Pimentel, Tânia; Ricardo, Fernando; Rosa, Rui; Calado, Ricardo. "Seafood traceability: current needs, available tools, and biotechnological challenges for origin certification". Trends in Biotechnology 33 6 (2015): 331-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.03.003.
    10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.03.003
  37. Cruz, Igor C. S.; Leal, Miguel C.; Mendes, Carlos R.; Kikuchi, Ruy K. P.; Rosa, Rui; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Serôdio, João; Calado, Ricardo; Rocha, Rui J. M.. "White but not bleached: photophysiological evidence from white Montastraea cavernosa reveals potential overestimation of coral bleaching". Marine Biology 162 4 (2015): 889-899. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2633-9.
    10.1007/s00227-015-2633-9
  38. Leal, M. C.; Hoadley, K.; Pettay, D. T.; Grajales, A.; Calado, R.; Warner, M. E.. "Symbiont type influences trophic plasticity of a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis". Journal of Experimental Biology 218 6 (2015): 858-863. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.115519.
    10.1242/jeb.115519
  39. Leal, Miguel C.; Ferrier-Pagès, Christine; Petersen, Dirk; Osinga, Ronald. "Coral aquaculture: applying scientific knowledge toex situproduction". Reviews in Aquaculture 8 2 (2014): 136-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12087.
    10.1111/raq.12087
  40. Kenkel, C. D.; Sheridan, C.; Leal, M. C.; Bhagooli, R.; Castillo, K. D.; Kurata, N.; McGinty, E.; Goulet, T. L.; Matz, M. V.. "Diagnostic gene expression biomarkers of coral thermal stress". Molecular Ecology Resources 14 4 (2014): 667-678. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12218.
    10.1111/1755-0998.12218
  41. Wijgerde, Tim; van Melis, Anne; Silva, Catarina I. F.; Leal, Miguel C.; Vogels, Luc; Mutter, Claudia; Osinga, Ronald. "Red Light Represses the Photophysiology of the Scleractinian Coral Stylophora pistillata". Plos One 9 3 (2014):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0092781
  42. Leal, Miguel C.; Ferrier-Pages, Christine; Calado, Ricardo; Brandes, Jay A.; Frischer, Marc E.; Nejstgaard, Jens C.. "Trophic ecology of the facultative symbiotic coral Oculina arbuscula". Marine Ecology Progress Series 504 (2014): 171-179.
    10.3354/meps10750
  43. Leal, Miguel. "Seasonal changes in the trophic ecology of the asymbiotic gorgonian Leptogorgia virgulata". Marine Biology (2014):
    10.1007/s00227-014-2496-5
  44. Leal, Miguel. "Concurrent imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence, chlorophyll a and GFP-like proteins of symbiotic cnidarians". Marine Ecology (2014):
    10.1111/maec.12164
  45. Leal, Miguel. "Caught in the Act: how the U.S. Lacey Act can hamper the fight against cyanide fishing in tropical coral reefs". Conservation Letters (2014):
    10.1111/conl.12088
  46. Leal, Miguel. "Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2014): http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1793/20141738.short.
    doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1738
  47. Leal, Miguel. "Molecular assessment of heterotrophy and prey digestion in zooxanthellate cnidarians". Molecular Ecology (2014):
    10.1111/mec.12496
  48. Leal, Miguel. "Coral feeding on microalgae assessed with molecular trophic markers". (2014):
    10.1111/mec.12486
  49. Leal, Miguel. "Drug discovery from marine microorganism-invertebrate assemblages: perspectives to solve the ‘supply problem’". Marine Drugs (2014):
    10.3390/md12073929
  50. Dionisio, Gisela; Rosa, Rui; Leal, Miguel Costa; Cruz, Sonia; Brandao, Claudio; Calado, Goncalo; Serodio, Joao; Calado, Ricardo. "Beauties and beasts: A portrait of sea slugs aquaculture". Aquaculture 408 (2013): 1-14.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.04.033
  51. Leal, Miguel C.; Munro, Murray H. G.; Blunt, John W.; Puga, Joao; Jesus, Bruno; Calado, Ricardo; Rosa, Rui; Madeira, Carolina. "Biogeography and biodiscovery hotspots of macroalgal marine natural products". Natural Product Reports 30 11 (2013): 1380-1390.
    10.1039/c3np70057g
  52. Rosa, Rui; Trubenbach, Katja; Repolho, Tiago; Pimentel, Marta; Faleiro, Filipa; Boavida-Portugal, Joana; Baptista, Miguel; et al. "Lower hypoxia thresholds of cuttlefish early life stages living in a warm acidified ocean.". Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 280 1768 (2013): 20131695-20131695.
    10.1098/rspb.2013.1695
  53. Borges Mendes, Carlos Rafael; Tavano, Virginia Maria; Leal, Miguel Costa; de Souza, Marcio Silva; Brotas, Vanda; Eiras Garcia, Carlos Alberto. "Shifts in the dominance between diatoms and cryptophytes during three late summers in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)". Polar Biology 36 4 (2013): 537-547.
    10.1007/s00300-012-1282-4
  54. Leal, Miguel Costa; Pochelon, Patricia N.; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Reis, Alberto; Rosa, Rui; Calado, Ricardo. "Variable within-brood maternal provisioning in newly extruded embryos of Homarus gammarus". Marine Biology 160 4 (2013): 763-772.
    10.1007/s00227-012-2131-2
  55. Sa, C.; Leal, M. C.; Silva, A.; Nordez, S.; Andre, E.; Paula, J.; Brotas, V.. "Variation of phytoplankton assemblages along the Mozambique coast as revealed by HPLC and microscopy". Journal of Sea Research 79 (2013): 1-11.
    10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.001
  56. Leal, Miguel C.; Calado, Ricardo; Sheridan, Christopher; Alimonti, Andrea; Osinga, Ronald. "Coral aquaculture to support drug discovery". Trends in Biotechnology 31 10 (2013): 555-561.
    10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.06.004
  57. Sheridan, Christopher; Kramarsky-Winter, Esti; Sweet, Michael; Kushmaro, Ariel; Leal, Miguel Costa. "Diseases in coral aquaculture: causes, implications and preventions". Aquaculture 396 (2013): 124-135.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.02.037
  58. Rocha, Rui J. M.; Serodio, Joao; Leal, Miguel Costa; Cartaxana, Paulo; Calado, Ricardo. "Effect of light intensity on post-fragmentation photobiological performance of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis". Aquaculture 388 (2013): 24-29.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.01.013
  59. Leal, M. C.; Nunes, C.; Kempf, S.; Reis, A.; da Silva, T. L.; Serodio, J.; Cleary, D. F. R.; Calado, R.. "Effect of light, temperature and diet on the fatty acid profile of the tropical sea anemone Aiptasia pallida". Aquaculture Nutrition 19 5 (2013): 818-826.
    10.1111/anu.12028
  60. Leal, Miguel. "Effects of sewage discharge on polychaete communities in East Africa peri-urban equatorial and subtropical mangroves". Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 12 (2013): 1-14.
    Published
  61. Leal, Miguel Costa; Puga, Joao; Serodio, Joao; Gomes, Newton C. M.; Calado, Ricardo. "Trends in the Discovery of New Marine Natural Products from Invertebrates over the Last Two Decades - Where and What Are We Bioprospecting?". Plos One 7 1 (2012):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0030580
  62. Leal, Miguel Costa; Madeira, Carolina; Brandao, Claudio Alexandre; Puga, Joao; Calado, Ricardo. "Bioprospecting of Marine Invertebrates for New Natural Products - A Chemical and Zoogeographical Perspective". Molecules 17 8 (2012): 9842-9854.
    10.3390/molecules17089842
  63. Borges Mendes, Carlos Rafael; de Souza, Marcio Silva; Tavano Garcia, Virginia Maria; Leal, Miguel Costa; Brotas, Vanda; Eiras Garcia, Carlos Alberto. "Dynamics of phytoplankton communities during late summer around the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula". Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 65 (2012): 1-14.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2012.03.002
  64. Leal, Miguel Costa; Nunes, Cristovao; Engrola, Sofia; Dinis, Maria Teresa; Calado, Ricardo. "Optimization of monoclonal production of the glass anemone Aiptasia pallida (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)". Aquaculture 354 (2012): 91-96.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.03.035
  65. Leal, Miguel Costa; Nunes, Cristovao; Alexandre, Daniel; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Reis, Alberto; Dinis, Maria Teresa; Calado, Ricardo. "Parental diets determine the embryonic fatty acid profile of the tropical nudibranch Aeolidiella stephanieae: the effect of eating bleached anemones". Marine Biology 159 8 (2012): 1745-1751.
    10.1007/s00227-012-1962-1
  66. Leal, Miguel Costa; Penha-Lopes, G; Marques, J F; Carvalho, A F; Paula, J. "Population Structure and Reproduction of Pseudione elongata africana (Bopyridae, Isopoda)". Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 11 1 (2012): https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wiojms/article/view/66919.
    Published
  67. Paula, Joao; Leal, Miguel Costa; Silva, Maria Joao; Mascarenhas, Ramiro; Costa, Hugo; Mascarenhas, Miguel. "Dogs as a tool to improve bird-strike mortality estimates at wind farms". Journal For Nature Conservation 19 4 (2011): 202-208.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2011.01.002
  68. Leal, Miguel Costa; Pereira, TC; Paula, J. "Vertical Migration of Gold-spot Herring (Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus) Larvae on Sofala Bank, Mozambique". Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 9 2 (2010): 175-183. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wiojms/article/view/73978.
    Published
  69. Leal, M. C.; Sa, C.; Nordez, S.; Brotas, V.; Paula, J.. "Distribution and vertical dynamics of planktonic communities at Sofala Bank, Mozambique". Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 84 4 (2009): 605-616.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2009.07.028

Other

Other output
  1. Aquaculture of marine non-food organisms: wha, why and how?. 2018. Miguel Leal. https://doi.org/10.31230/osf.io/d5cwg.
    10.31230/osf.io/d5cwg
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2015 Tracing trophic interactions in symbiotic anthozoans using stable isotopes ASLO 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
(Spain)
2014 The role of biogeography in marine natural products discovery American Society of Pharmacognosy 2014 Annual Meeting
(United States)
2013 Trophic plasticity in the cnidarian-algal symbiosis 1st mid-Atlantic SymbioFest
(United States)
2013 Biogeography in Marine Natural Products Research 14th International Symposium and 8th European Conference on Marine Natural Products
(Spain)
2013 Variation of phytoplankton assemblages along the Mozambique coast as revealed by HPLC and microscopy 8th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium
(Mozambique)
2013 Culturing sea slugs: why they matter? World Congress of Malacology
(Portugal)
2013 Lower hypoxia thresholds of mollusk early life stages living in a warm acidified ocean World Congress of Malacology
(Portugal)
2013 Shifts in the dominance between diatoms and cryptophytes during three late summers in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula) XIth SCAR Biology Symposium
(Spain)
2013 Inferring trophic interactions in marine invertebrates from molecular-based gut content analyses. Transitioning to the mainstream, a decade of progress 2nd International Symposium on the Molecular Detection of Trophic Interactions
(United States)
2013 Molecular assessment of feeding and digestion in zooxanthellate cnidarians 2nd International Symposium on the Molecular Detection of Trophic Interactions
(United States)
2013 Herbivory in the symbiotic coral Oculina arbuscula assessed with stable isotopes and molecular trophic markers 42nd Benthic Ecology Meeting
(United States)
2013 Molecular assessment of heterotrophy and prey digestion in symbiotic corals ASLO 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
(United States)
2012 The role of aquaculture in sustainable marine drug discovery - advantages and current challenges AQUA 2012
(Czech Republic)
2012 Phytoplankton biomass and size-class distribution along the Mozambique coast: satellite imagery and HPLC pigments. 9th AARSE conference
2012 Coral aquaculture: quality, quantity and sustainability AQUA 2012
2012 Coral imaging: distribution of zooxanthellae, photosynthetic activity and fluorescent proteins 12th International Coral Reef Symposium
(Australia)
2012 A new perspective on the presence of cryptophytes in the surface waters of Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula) International Polar Year Conference 2012
(Canada)
2011 New Marine Drugs from Marine Invertebrates in the 21st century – Where and What are we Bioprospecting? World Aquaculture Society 2011
(Brazil)
2010 A Directiva Quadro da Água no contexto de Estudos de Impacte Ambiental de barragens: caso de estudo da barragem do Alvito 4ª Conferência Nacional de Avaliação de Impactes (CNAI)
(Portugal)
2010 Dynamics of phytoplankton communities around the Antarctic Peninsula determined by HPLC-CHEMTAX analysis SCAR OSC-2010
(Argentina)
2010 Estudo das comunidades de fitoplâncton em torno da Península Antárctica utilizando os pigmentos como biomarcadores taxonómicos CBFic 2010
(Brazil)
2010 Improvement of bird and bat carcasses detection on wind farms using wildlife research dogs Wind Wildlife Research Meeting VIII (NWCC)
(United States)
2010 Cão-biólogo: um contributo para a optimização das estimativas de mortalidade em parques eólicos 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia (SPECO)
(Portugal)
2009 Distribution and vertical dynamis of planktonic communities at Sofala Bank, Mozambique 6th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium
(Réunion)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2017 Landscape level trophic variation in two sympatric stickleback species
Co-supervisor
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Campus Brussel, Belgium
2016 - 2017 The effect of eutrophication on fish morphology, stoichiometry and community composition in Flanders
Co-supervisor
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Campus Brussel, Belgium
2016 - 2016 Enviornmental, ecological and evolutionary drivers of fatty acid biomarkers in stickleback
Supervisor
EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences, Switzerland
2016 - 2016 Marine biodiversity and its socio-economic impact
Supervisor
EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences, Switzerland
2016 - 2016 Ecological Stoichiometry as a tool to study phenotypic evolution
Supervisor
EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences, Switzerland

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2013 - 2013 Aquaculture Europe 2013

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - Current Food Research International (0963-9969) Elsevier
2018 - Current Ecology Letters (1461-0248) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - Current Evolutionary Ecology (1573-8477) Springer-Verlag
2018 - Current Food Research International (0963-9969) Elsevier
2018 - Current Journal of Fish Biology (1095-8649) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - Current Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (1749-7345) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - Current Marine Ecology Progress Series (1616-1599) Inter-Research Science Center
2018 - Current Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (1364-0321) Elsevier
2017 - Current Aquatic Biology (1864-7790) Inter-Research Science Center
2017 - Current Biological Conservation (0006-3207) Elsevier
2017 - Current Fish and Fisheries (1467-2979) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016 - Current Journal of The Royal Society Interface (1742-5662) The Royal Society
2016 - Current Marine Biology (1432-1793) Springer-Verlag
2016 - Current Marine Policy (0308-597X) Elsevier
2016 - Current Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016 - Current Springer Plus
2016 - Current Trends in Biotechnology (0167-7799) Elsevier
2015 - Current African Journal of Marine Science (1814-2338) National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
2015 - Current Trends in Food Science & Technology (0924-2244) Elsevier
2015 - Current Tropical Zoology (1970-9528) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2014 - Current Aquaculture (0044-8486) Elsevier
2014 - Current Biology Open (2046-6390) The Company of Biologists
2014 - Current Bulletin of Marine Science
2014 - Current Coral Reefs (1432-0975) Springer-Verlag
2014 - Current Journal of Experimental Biology (1477-9145) The Company of Biologists
2014 - Current Journal of Thermal Biology (0306-4565) Elsevier
2014 - Current Marine and Freshwater Research (1323-1650) CSIRO Publishing
2014 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2014 - Current World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (1573-0972) Springer-Verlag
2013 - Current Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1469-7769) Cambridge University Press
2013 - Current Marine Drugs (1660-3397) MDPI AG
2013 - Current Molecular Ecology Resources (1755-0998) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2013 - Current Oceanography Open Access (2332-2632) OMICS Publishing Group

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Evaluation research proposals Agence nationale de la recherche, France
2015 - Current Evaluation of research proposals National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, United States
2013 - Current Evaluation research proposals Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 Post-doctoral fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 Eawag Post-doctoral Fellow
EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences, Switzerland
2013 Student grant
2012 Student Grant
International Society for Coral Reef Studies, United States
2012 Best student poster award
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2009 Best Student Poster Award for "Horizontal distribution and vertical migration of crustacean decapod and stomatopod larvae at Sofala Bank, Mozambique" (Leal MC, Brotas V, Paula J).
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, Tanzania
2009 Student Merith Scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2009 PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal