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Dr. Sofia Ramalho is a deep-sea ecologist working at Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) of the University of Aveiro (Portugal). She holds a BSc in Biology from the University of Évora (2010), an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Sciences in Nematology (2012) and a PhD degree in Marine Sciences jointly awarded by University of Aveiro (Portugal) and Ghent University, as part of the European Joint Doctoral Programme on Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation (MARES; 2017). During her PhD, she developed original research on the impact of trawling fisheries on the various components of deep-sea benthos (from meiofauna to megafauna) and its significance to the ecosystem functioning (e.g. carbon cycling). Since completing her PhD in late 2017, she has held two short-term research assistant positions and is now a Junior researcher at CESAM funded by the CEEC program from FCT. Her research is presently focused on 1) assessment of environmental drivers that shape deep-sea benthic diversity and functioning in various deep-sea habitats (i.e. abyssal plains, seamounts, cold seeps and hydrothermal vents) and 2) Impact assessment and conservation of deep-sea ecosystems under pressure from anthropogenic disturbance, such as deep-sea mining. She participated in 10 R&D projects, either as a research fellow or a member of the team, all developed in a multidisciplinary and international context. She has proven experience in sampling and experimental design onboard of oceanographic cruises; competences in sample processing for environmental and benthic faunal characterization, including meio, maco- and mega-epifauna (e.g. microscopy, imagery annotation). Familiarised with stable isotopic techniques and biogeochemical analyses used in experimental set-ups to monitor ecosystem functioning (e.g. carbon mineralization rates) and trait-based analyses.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sofia Pinto Ramalho

Citation names

  • Ramalho, Sofia P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5918-715C-ACEA
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8714-4696
Researcher Id
F-3028-2015
Scopus Author Id
55915826800

Email addresses

  • sramalho@ua.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 234247182 Ext.: 22786 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Biologia & Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • https://www.cesam-la.pt/sofiapramalho (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/11 - 2017/10
Concluded
 PhD in Marine Sciences | European Joint Doctoral Programme on Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation (MARES) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universiteit Gent, Belgium
"Tolerance of deep-sea benthic ecosystems to trawling disturbance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2013/11 - 2017/10
Concluded
 MARES Advanced Training programme (Outros)
Major in Dredging and environment (UGent-BE); GIS and spatial analysis (DGRM-PT); Meta-analysis in Ecology(Ccmar-PT); Marine Imaging Workshop(NOC-UK); Stable isotopes: analysis & application in food-web ecology(UGent); Experimental Design and Data Analysis(UA-PT)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
 n/a
2010/10 - 2012/06
Concluded
 European Master of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE) (Mestrado)
Major in Major in Natural Ecosystems
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universität Bielefeld, Germany
"Inter-Annual Patterns of Meiofaunal Assemblages in the Middle and Lower Part of the Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20 - "Greatest Distinction"
2007/09 - 2010/07
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Effect of hydrological conditions on the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of icthyofaunal assemblages along the Valverde stream, Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2018/04 - 2019/05 Postdoc (Research) Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2017/11 - 2018/03 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2012/08 - 2013/05 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
University of Évora Laboratório de Nematologia, Portugal
(...)
2009/08 - 2010/07 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/06 - 2022/06 Joint EuroMarine-EMBRC grant: Macrofaunal nematode diversity and connectivity in areas targeted for deep-sea mining (NemaConnect)
P11-NemaConnect
Principal investigator
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
 EuroMarine Consortium
Concluded
2022/06 - 2022/06 Assemble Plus Travel Grant "Macrofaunal nematode diversity and connectivity in areas targeted for deep-sea mining (NemaConnect)"
13181
Principal investigator
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
 ASSEMBLE PLUS - Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 730984)
Concluded
2021/05 - 2021/06 PROPOLAR Expedition Travel grant: Nematode Communities from Methane Seeps in the Arctic (NEMSEA)
PROPOLAR
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Norway
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/11 - 2018/03 Pockmarks and fluid seepage in the Estremadura Spur: implications for regional geology, biology, and petroleum systems (PES)
PTDC/GEO-FIQ/5162/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/11 - 2017/10 Tolerance of deep-sea benthic ecosystems to trawling disturbance
1298/2008/EC - Agreement nº2011-0016 - MARES_12_10
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universiteit Gent, Belgium
European Commission

Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Concluded
2012/08 - 2013/05 The Gloria-SWIM plate boundary Faults connection and its importance on the propagation of tectonic deformation and deep water ecosystems along the Azores-Gibraltar Plate Boundary (SWIMGLO)
PTDC/MAR/100522/2008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

University of Évora Laboratório de Nematologia, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/09/11 - 2012/06/29 Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of deep-sea meiofauna (Nematoda) assemblages from the Nazaré submarine canyon (Portugal)
1298/2008/EC
Master Student Fellow
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

University of Évora Laboratório de Nematologia, Portugal
European Commission

Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Concluded
2009/10 - 2010/07 Spatial distribution patterns of the common barbel (Barbus barbus) in natural and modified streams
UE/ICAAM/BII/09A/2009
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - Current Conservation of marine ecosystems around Santo Antão, Cabo Verde: implications for policy and society (COAST)
DivRestore/0005/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 ERA-NET BiodivRestore 2020 Cofund by BiodivERsA, Water JPI and FCT
Ongoing
2022/04 - Current Conservation & restoration of deep-sea ecosystems in the context of deep-sea mining (Deep Rest)
DivRestore/0008/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 ERA-NET BiodivRestore 2020 Cofund by BiodivERsA, Water JPI and FCT
Ongoing
2020/08/01 - Current Fauna of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in Norwegian waters (Vents&Seeps)
Artsdatabanken Vents&Seeps
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (Artsdatabanken)
Ongoing
2019/06 - Current Hot vents in an ice-covered ocean: the role of the Arctic as a connectivity pathway between ocean basins (HACON)
274330
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Norges forskningsråd
Ongoing
2019/06 - Current Recovery capacity of deep-sea infaunal assemblages to mining disturbance
CEECIND/00758/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/08 - 2022 Environmental impact and risks of deep-sea mining (JPIO - Mining Impact 2)
Mining2/0005/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/04 - 2019/05 Recolonisation potential hosted by seamounts for faunal recovery in disturbed deep-sea environments (RECO)
Acores-01-0145-Feder- 000054_RECO
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/05 - Current Advancing knowledge of methane in the arctic (INTPART-AKMA)
RCN 287869
Researcher
Ongoing
2023 - 2025 Building local capacity to protect national marine biodiversity (BAIT)
DARCC025
Researcher
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK and Darwin Initiative
2023/03 - 2023/03 EuroMarine Foresight workshop FDmine: Functional diversity of deep-sea environments targeted for mineral exploitation
FDmine
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 EuroMarine Consortium
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. The Ocean Senses Activity Book. {UiT. 2023.
    10.7557/se.2023.1
Book chapter
  1. Mathew Stiller-Reeve; Erling Rosnes; Mari Eiliertsen; Sofia Ramalho; Victor Poddevin; Giuliana Panieri. "Life from bad smells". In The Ocean Senses Activity Book. Norway, 2023.
    Published • 10.7557/8.7049
Conference abstract
  1. Simon-Lledó, E., Amon, D., Cuvelier, D., Ramalho S.P, Uhlenkott,K., Martinez Arbizu, P., Vink, A, Durden, J., Smith, C,,. "Regional patterns in biodiversity of abyssal benthic megafauna at the Clarion Clipperton Zone". Paper presented in 16th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Brest, 2021.
    Published
  2. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Almeida, Mariana; Esquete, Patricia; Génio, Luciana; Ravara, Ascensão; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann; Cunha, Marina R.. "Benthic assemblages from a disturbed region by bottom-trawling fisheries off the SW Portuguese Margin". Paper presented in IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research, Peniche, 2018.
    Published
  3. Lins, Lidia; Leliaert, Frederik; Riehl, Torben; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Alfaro Cordova, Eliana; Esteves, Miguel; Vanreusel, Ann. "A multifaceted approach to understanding spatial turnover and connectivity in the deep sea". Paper presented in 16th International Meiofauna Conference, Heraklion, Crete, 2016.
    Published
  4. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Lins, Lidia; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann; Cunha, Marina R. "Deep-sea megafaunal response to physical disturbance along the SW Portuguese continental slope". Paper presented in 2nd Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, Olhão, 2016.
    Published • 10.7287/peerj.preprints.1745v1
  5. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Cunha, Marina R.; Lins, Lidia; Pape, Ellen; Alfaro Cordova, Eliana; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann. "Bottom trawling impacts on the deep-sea benthic communities from the SW Portuguese continental slope (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in ICES Symposium "Effects of fishing on benthic fauna, habitat and ecosystem function", Tromsø, 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, T. Terrinha, P., Hensen, C., Scoczynska, K., Ramalho, SP., Adão, H.. "Megafauna communities from abyssal sites along the Gloria Fracture Zone (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 16th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, 2021.
  2. Ferreira, T. Terrinha, P., Hensen, C., Scoczynska, K., Adão, H,.Ramalho, SP. "Distribution of marine litter along abyssal areas of the Gloria Fracture Zone (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 16th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, 2021.
  3. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Ravara, Ascensão; Esquete, Patricia; Génio, Luciana; Magalhães, Vitor; Cunha, Marina R.. "Macrofaunal assemblages from an inactive pockmark field in the Estremadura Spur (West Iberian margin)". Paper presented in IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research, Peniche, Portugal, 2018.
  4. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Lins, Lidia; Pape, Ellen; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann; Cunha, Marina R.. "Impact of trawling on benthic diversity and functioning along the SW Portuguese continental slope.". Paper presented in 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, 2015.
  5. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ribeiro, Carlos; Hensen, Christian; Nuzzo, Marianne; Terrinha, Pedro; Adão, Helena. "Benthic nematodes assemblages of three new mud volcanoes along the SWIM deep reaching transform fault in the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, 2015.
  6. Bueno-Pardo, Juan; García-Alegre, Ana; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Vieira, Rui Pedro; Cunha, Marina R.. "Characterization of deep-water crustacean trawl fisheries in the Portuguese continental margin". Paper presented in 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, 2015.
  7. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Lins, Lidia; Pape, Ellen; Alfaro Cordova, Eliana; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann; Cunha, Marina R.. "Is bottom trawling impacting diversity and functioning of deep-sea benthic communities?". Paper presented in 1st Mares Conference - Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, Olhão, Portugal, 2014.
  8. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ingels, Jero; Adão, Helena. "Inter-annual meiofauna patterns in the middle and lower part of the Nazaré Canyon, Northeast Atlantic". Paper presented in 13rd Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 2012.
  9. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Simão, A. "Evaluation of methyl salicylate and methyl jasmonate as inducers of priming for enhanced resistance of tomato plants against an infection by Meloidogyne javanica". Paper presented in 9th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology & the 6th Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia, Évora, Portugal, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Eilertsen, Mari Heggernes; Kongsrud, Jon Anders; Tandberg, Anne Helene Solberg; Alvestad, Tom; Budaeva, Nataliya; Martell, Luis; Ramalho, Sofia P.; et al. "Diversity, habitat endemicity and trophic ecology of the fauna of Loki’s Castle vent field on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46434-z.
    10.1038/s41598-023-46434-z
  2. Panieri, Giuliana; Argentino, Claudio; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Vulcano, Francesca; Savini, Alessandra; Fallati, Luca; Brekke, Trond; et al. "An Arctic natural oil seep investigated from space to the seafloor". Science of The Total Environment 907 (2024): 167788. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167788.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167788
  3. Campanyà-Llovet, Neus; Bates, Amanda E.; Cuvelier, Daphne; Giacomello, Eva; Catarino, Diana; Gooday, Andrew J.; Berning, Björn; et al. "FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268.
    10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268
  4. Simon-Lledó, Erik; Amon, Diva J.; Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe; Cuvelier, Daphne; Durden, Jennifer M.; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Uhlenkott, Katja; et al. "Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific". Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02122-9.
    10.1038/s41559-023-02122-9
  5. Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Argentino, Claudio; Baker, Maria; Boetius, Antje; Costa, Carolina; Dahle, Håkon; Denny, Emily; et al. "Hot Vents Beneath an Icy Ocean: The Aurora Vent Field, Gakkel Ridge, Revealed". Oceanography 36 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.103.
    10.5670/oceanog.2023.103
  6. Campanyà-Llovet, Neus; Bates, Amanda E; Cuvelier, Daphne; Giacomello, Eva; Catarino, Diana; Gooday, Andrew J; Berning, Bjorn; et al. "FUN Azores: A FUNctional trait database for the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)". Scientific Data (2023):
    Submitted
  7. Daphne Cuvelier; Sofia Pinto Ramalho; Autun Purser; Matthias Haeckel. "Impact of returning scientific cruises and prolonged on-site presence on litter abundance at the deep-sea nodule fields in the Peru Basin". Marine Pollution Bulletin 184 (2022): 114162-114162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114162.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114162
  8. Christopher R. German; Eoghan P. Reeves; Andreas Türke; Alexander Diehl; Elmar Albers; Wolfgang Bach; Autun Purser; et al. "Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge". Nature Communications (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34014-0.
    10.1038/s41467-022-34014-0
  9. Lilian Boehringer; Sofia P. Ramalho; Yann Marcon; Antje Boetius; Daphne Cuvelier; Autun Purser. "Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields". Marine Biodiversity 51 6 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01237-1.
    10.1007/s12526-021-01237-1
  10. Howell KL, Hilario A, Allcock AL, Bailey D, Baker M, Clark MR, Colaco A, Copley J, Cordes EE, Danovaro R, Dissanayake A,; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ramirez-Llodra E, Robson LM, Rogers AD, Sellanes J, Sigwart JD, Sink K, Snelgrove PVR, Stefanoudis PV, Sumida PY, Taylor. "A decade to study deep-sea life". Nature Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01352-5.
    Published • 10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5
  11. Howell KL, Hilario A, Allcock AL, Bailey DM, Baker M, Clark MR, Colaco A, Copley J, Cordes EE, Danovaro R, Dissanayake A; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ramirez-Llodra E, Robson LM, Rogers AD, Sellanes J, Sigwart JD, Sink K, Snelgrove PVR, Stefanoudis PV, Sumida PY, Taylor. "A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program". Frontiers In Marine Science 7:584861 (2020): 1-25. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.584861/full.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2020.584861
  12. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Lins, Lidia; Soetaert, Karline; Cunha, Marina R.; Vanreusel, Ann; Pape, Ellen. "Ecosystem functioning under the influence of bottom-trawling: an experimental approach and field observations". Frontiers in Marine Sciences 7 457 (2020): 1-15. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00457/full.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2020.00457
  13. Cuvelier, Daphne; Ribeiro, Pedro; Ramalho, Sofia P. (5918-715C-ACEA); Kersken, Daniel; Martinez-Arbizu, Pedro; Colaço, Ana. "Are seamounts refuge areas for fauna from polymetallic nodule fields?". Biogeosciences 17 (2020): 2657-2680. https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/2657/2020/bg-17-2657-2020.pdf.
    Open access • Published • 10.5194/bg-17-2657-2020
  14. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Almeida, Mariana; Esquete, Patricia; Génio, Luciana; Ravara, Ascensão; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann; Cunha, Marina R.. "Bottom-trawling fisheries influence on standing stocks, composition, diversity and trophic redundancy of macrofaunal assemblages from the West Iberian Margin". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 138 (2018): 131-145.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dsr.2018.06.004
  15. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Lins, Lidia; Bueno-Pardo, Juan; Cordova, Eliana A.; Amisi, Joel M.; Lampadariou, Nikolaos; Vanreusel, Ann; Cunha, Marina R.. "Deep-Sea Mega-Epibenthic Assemblages from the SW Portuguese Margin (NE Atlantic) Subjected to Bottom-Trawling Fisheries". Frontiers in Marine Science 4 (2017): 1-16.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2017.00350
  16. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ribeiro, Carlos; Hensen, Christian; Scholz, Florian; Nuzzo, Marianne; Terrinha, Pedro; Adão, Helena. "Benthic nematode biodiversity of the Abzu, Tiamat and Michael Ivanov mud volcanoes located along the SWIM fracture zone (Gulf of Cadiz)". Marine Biodiversity 48 1 (2017): 423-438.
    Published • 10.1007/s12526-017-0809-x
  17. Lins, Lidia; Leliaert, Frederik; Riehl, Torben; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Alfaro Cordova, Eliana; Morgado Esteves, André; Vanreusel, Ann. "Evaluating environmental drivers of spatial variability in free-living nematode assemblages along the Portuguese margin". Biogeosciences 14 3 (2017): 651-669.
    Open access • Published • 10.5194/bg-14-651-2017
  18. Bueno-Pardo, Juan; Ramalho, Sofia P.; García-Alegre, Ana; Morgado, Mariana; Vieira, Rui P.; Cunha, Marina R.; Queiroga, Henrique. "Deep-sea crustacean trawling fisheries in Portugal: Quantification of effort and assessment of landings per unit effort using a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)". Scientific Reports 7 40795 (201 (2017): 1-10.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/srep40795
  19. Ramalho, Sofia P.; Adão, Helena; Kiriakoulakis, Konstadinos; Wolff, George A.; Vanreusel, Ann; Ingels, Jeroen. "Temporal and spatial variation in the Nazaré Canyon (Western Iberian margin): Inter-annual and canyon heterogeneity effects on meiofauna biomass and diversity". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 83 (2014): 102-114.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.09.010
Online resource
  1. Erik Simon-Lledó; Diva J. Amon; Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras; Daphne Cuvelier; Jennifer M. Durden; Sofia P. Ramalho; Katja Uhlenkott; et al. Abyssal Pacific Seafloor Megafauna Atlas: Phylum Porifera. 2023. https://zenodo.org/record/7765165.
    10.5281/ZENODO.7765165
Report
  1. Giuliana Panieri; Stefan Bünz; ALESSANDRA SAVINI; Andre Jensen; Bjørn Løfquist; Bjørn Runar Olsen; Ciara Willis; et al. 2022. CAGE22-2 Scientific Cruise Report: AKMA 2/Ocean Senses. http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/cage.6755.
    10.7557/cage.6755
  2. Stefan Bünz; Giuliana Panieri. 2022. CAGE21-1 Cruise Report: AKMA-AKER-GReAT. http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/cage.6677.
    10.7557/cage.6677
  3. Haeckel, Matthias; Linke, Peter. 2021. RV SONNE Fahrtbericht/Cruise Report SO268 - Assessing the Impacts of Nodule Mining on the Deep-sea Environment: NoduleMonitoring, Manzanillo (Mexico) – Vancouver (Canada), 17.02. – 27.05.2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3289/geomar_rep_ns_59_20.
    10.3289/geomar_rep_ns_59_20
  4. Stefan Bünz, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Chris German, Benedicte Ferre, Fatih Sert, Dimitri Kalenickenko, Eoghan Reeves, Kevin H. 2019. RV Kronprins Håkon (cruise no. 2019708) Longyearbyen – Longyearbyen 19.09. – 16.10.2019.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ramalho, Sofia P.. "Tolerance of deep-sea benthic ecosystems to trawling disturbance". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017.
  2. Ramalho, Sofia P.. "Inter-Annual patterns of meiofaunal assemblages in the middle and lower part of the Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin". Master, Universiteit Gent, 2012.
  3. Ramalho, Sofia P.. "Effect of hydrological variations on the spatial-temporal distribution patterns of fish fauna in the Valverde stream, Portugal". Degree, Universidade de Évora, 2010.

Other

Dataset
  1. Autun Purser; Sofia Ramalho; Ulrich Hoge. Seafloor images collected during the 'HACON expedition' with the RV Kronprins Haakon (cruise no. 2019708) (HK19) to the AURORA seamount, high Arctic, 19/09/2019 - 16/10/2019.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.943364
  2. Neus Campanyà-Llovet; Amanda E Bates; Daphne Cuvelier; Eva Giacomello; Diana Catarino; Andrew J Gooday; Björn Berning; et al. FUN Azores: A trait database for the marine species of the ridges, seamounts, and hydrothermal vents of the Azores, NE Atlantic.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.955357
  3. Marcos Fontela; Fátima Abrantes; María Jesús Álvarez-Fernández; João Borges De Sousa; Wang Dzak Choi; David Curbelo; Daniel Fernández-Román; et al. Hydrographic dataset from the Eurofleets+ SINES 2022 research cruise in the Iberian Upwelling System.
    10.17882/91156
  4. Erik Simon-Lledó; Diva J. Amon; Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras; Daphne Cuvelier; Jennifer M. Durden; Sofia P. Ramalho; Katja Uhlenkott; et al. Abyssal NE Pacific Seafloor Megafauna Dataset.
    10.5281/ZENODO.7982462
  5. Autun Purser; Yasemin V Bodur; Sofia Ramalo; Tanja Stratmann; Timm Schoening. Seafloor images of undisturbed and disturbed polymetallic nodule province seafloor collected during RV SONNE expeditions SO268/1+2.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.935856
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09 - Current Management and monitoring of Barnacle stocks in the Berlengas Natural Reserve and Cape of Sines using image analysis
Co-supervisor
 Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - 2024/12 Benthic megafaunal communities from the Aurora seamount (Gakkel Ridge, Central Arctic Ocean)
Co-supervisor
 Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12 Functional diversity of benthic fauna from polymetallic nodule areas
Supervisor
 Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12 Diversity, distribution, and habitat associations of demersal deep-sea fishes on Gorringe Bank
Supervisor
 Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/01 Meiofauna assemblages from cold seeps in the Arctic
Supervisor of João Balsa
 Msc. Marine and coastal systems (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/11 - 2021/02/07 Mega-epifauna large-scale distribution patterns along the Gloria fracture zone (NE Atlantic)
Supervisor of Teresa Ferreira
 Master's degree in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07 Meiofauna assemblages from deep-sea Arctic sediments
Supervisor of Inês Couto
 Bsc. in Marine Sciences (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/09 Benthos response to physical disturbance: The case of deep-sea trawling at the Portuguese Margin off Sines
Supervisor of Joel Mokenye-Amisi
Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24 EuroMarine Foresight workshop FDMine (Functional diversity of deep-sea environments targeted for mineral exploitation) (2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/19 Do*Mar Summer School on Observational Oceanography 2022 (2022/07/11 - 2022/07/19)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/08/31 - 2015/09/04 14th Deep Sea Biology Symposium (2015/08/31 - 2015/09/04)
Conference (Other)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/02/07 Mega-epifauna large-scale distribution patterns along the Gloria fracture zone (NE Atlantic)
Supervisor
 Teresa Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2019/12 Distribution patterns and functional traits of benthic nematode assemblages in Sado Estuary (Portugal)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Teresa Rosmaninho (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018/12/17 Analysis of morphometric attributes of benthic nematodes as descriptors of the different ecological conditions
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Hércio Issac Patrício Chiziane (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018/09 The Impacts of longlines on deep-sea sponges in the Azores
(Thesis) Arguer
 Heather Cyr (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2015/09 Benthos response to physical disturbance: The case of deep-sea trawling at the Portuguese Margin off Sines
Supervisor
 Joel Mokenye-Amisi (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/07 - Current International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM) Member
2015/10 - Current Deep-sea Biology Society Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Biology, Ecology and Conservation of Coastal Zones (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02 - 2024/06 Processes supporting marine ecosystems services and biodiversity (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09 - 2024/02 Biology, Ecology and Conservation of the Open Ocean and Deep Sea (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Biological Oceanography Ciências do Mar (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/06 Biology and Marine Biodiversity Ciências do Mar (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022/03 Marine and Estuarine Ecology Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07 Field sampling techniques in Marine Biology Marine Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/02 - 2013/05 Nematology course (practical classes) Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/03/08 Uma década para estudar a vida no mar profundo Laboração Contínua, Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva de Aveiro

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/01 - Current Minerals (2075-163X) MDPI
2020/09 - Current PeerJ (2167-8359) PeerJ
2020/04 - Current Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
2020 - Current Ecological Indicators (1470-160X) Elsevier
2020 - Current Frontiers in Marine Science (2296-7745) Frontiers Media SA
2019 - Current Marine Ecology Progress Series (1616-1599) Inter-Research Science Center
2019 - Current Diversity (1424-2818) MDPI AG
2018 - Current Ecological Research (1440-1703) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/09/28 - 2021/10/21 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Kronprins Håkon cruise nº 2021711 with ROV Aurora (REV Ocean) to the Gekkel Ridge (Aurora Vent field) and Molloy Deep, Arctic Ocean Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway
2021/05/29 - 2021/06/09 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Kronprins Håkon cruise nº CAGE2021-1 with ROV Ægir 6000 to the Svalbard continental and Barents Sea margin Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway
2019/09/19 - 2019/10/16 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Kronprins Håkon cruise nº 2019708 with HROV Nereid Under Ice (NUI) to the Gekkel Ridge (Aurora Vent field), Arctic Ocean Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway
2019/03/29 - 2019/05/28 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Sonne SO268 cruise with ROV Kiel 6000 - Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone, Pacific Ocean Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
2017/05/10 - 2017/06/09 Participation in oceanographic cruise - NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho SEDMAR cruise - Madeira and Selvagens Archipelago, Atlantic Ocean Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal
2014/06/02 - 2014/06/10 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Belgica 14/15 cruise – West Iberian margin, Atlantic Ocean Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2014/05/03 - 2014/05/05 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Pelagia 64PE387 cruise with ROV Genesis – West Iberian margin, Atlantic Ocean Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, Netherlands
2013/06/10 - 2013/06/18 Participation in oceanographic cruise - RV Belgica 13/17 cruise with ROV Genesis – West Iberian margin, Atlantic Ocean Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Distinctions

Other distinction

2013 Award of an Erasmus Mundus Fellowship - European Joint Doctoral Programme on Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation (MARES)
2010 Award of an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship - European Master programme of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE)