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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Dorota Szalaj

Citation names

  • Szalaj, Dorota

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
611A-C2A7-F566

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Polish (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/03/01 - 2021/09/11
Concluded
Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"An ecosystem based approach to the management of the pelagic fish resources in the portuguese continental waters." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/10 - 2015/07/30
Concluded
Water and Coastal Management (Master)
Universidad de Cádiz Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Spain
"The effects of ocean acidification and a carbon dioxide capture and storage leak on the early life stages of the marine mussel Perna perna and metal mobilization." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09/10 - 2013/02/04
Concluded
Geographic Information Systems (Especialização pós-bacharelato)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2011/10/10
Concluded
Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry (Magister)
Uniwersytet Gdanski Instytut Oceanografii, Poland
"Chemical and environmental characteristic of pore water in the Gulf of Gdansk." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006/10/02 - 2009/07/08
Concluded
Oceanografia (Licencjat)
Major in Chemical Oceanography
Uniwersytet Gdanski Instytut Oceanografii, Poland
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/01/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2016 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2022/04/21 - 2023/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
2012/06/15 - 2013/07/15 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014/01/01 - 2015/08/01 ECO2MAR - Effect of CO2 on the bioavailability of contaminant in marine sediments during leaks from oil Wells
CAPES PVE 126/2012
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current SARDINHA2030 - Gestão da pesca do cerco com vista à sustentabilidade do Ecossistema
Portaria P01M04
Researcher
Under evaluation
2022/04/20 - 2023/12/31 SOSMED - Mejora del conocimiento científico-técnico para la sostenibilidad de las pesquerías demersales del Mediterráneo occidental
MAP2021-01-001
Post-doc
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
Concluded
2022/04/20 - 2023/12/31 FutureMARES - Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
No 869300
Post-doc
Horizon 2020

Other

Designation Funders
2016/05 - 2021/09 SARDINHA 2020 - Abordagem Ecossistémica para a gestão da pesca da sardinha
MAR-01.04.02- FEAMP-0009
PhD Student Fellow
2012/06/15 - 2013/07/15 SIHER - Processes of sedimentary infilling and Holocene evolution of the Ria Formosa lagoon system
PTDC/CTE-GIX/112236/2009
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Szalaj, Dorota; Coll, Marta; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Silva, A. "Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem under future climate - insights from the spatial-temporal food-web model". Paper presented in 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World's Ocean (ECCWO5), Bergen, 2023.
  2. Szalaj, Dorota; Silva, Alexandra; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Coll, Marta. "How mechanistic food web modelling can inform marine functional connectivity in the context of climate change: a case study of the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem". Paper presented in Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity, Sesimbra, 2023.
  3. Szalaj, Dorota; Silva, A.; Coll, M; Steenbeek, Jeroen. "Informing the ecosystem-based fisheries management of the Iberian sardine stock on the Portuguese continental shelf through a spatial-temporal food web model.". Paper presented in The International Symposium on “Small Pelagic Fish: New Frontiers in Science for Sustainable Management, Lisbon, 2022.
  4. Ruzicka, Jim; Chiaverano, Luciano; Coll, Marta; Garrido, Susana; Tam, Jorge; Murase, Hiroto; Kelly, Robinson; et al. "The role of small pelagic fish in diverse ecosystems: Information gleaned from food-web models.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  5. De Orte, M. R.; Szalaj, Dorota; Goulding, T. A.; del Valls, A.D.. "Using a battery of bioassays as an integrated tool to evaluate the effects of CO -induced acidification on metal toxicity". Paper presented in XVI Latin-American Congress of Ocean Science (COLACMAR), Santa Maria, 2015.
Conference poster
  1. Szalaj, D; Wise, L; Rodríguez-Climent, S; Angélico, M.M.; Marques, V.; Chaves, C.; Silva, A; Cabral, H. "GIS as a tool for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management- the case study of sardine fishery in Portugal". Paper presented in MareFrame Scientific Conference "Advances in Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management, 2017.
  2. Pereira, L.; Gomes, A.; Boski, T.; Sousa, C.; Szalaj, Dorota; Connor, S. "The Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Ria Formosa lagoon system (SW Iberia Peninsula)". Paper presented in VIII Reunion de Cuaternario Iberico, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Ruzicka, J; Chiaverano, L; Coll, M; Garrido, S; Tam, J; Murase, H; Robinson, K; et al. "The role of small pelagic fish in diverse ecosystems: knowledge gleaned from food-web models". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14513.
    10.3354/meps14513
  2. Abrantes, Fatima; Andonegi, Eider; Beggs, Steven; Bentley, Jacob; Borges, Fátima; Christensen, Villy; Corrales, Xavier; et al. "Working group on ecosystem assessment of Western European shelf seas (WGEAWESS)". ICES Scientific Reports 4 79 (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/12647.
    Published
  3. Szalaj, D.; Silva, A.; Ré, P.; Cabral, H.. "Predictions of sardine and the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem dynamics under future fishing, forced-biomass and SST scenarios". Marine Pollution Bulletin 178 (2022): 113594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113594.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113594
  4. Szalaj, D.; Torres, M.A.; Veiga-Malta, T.; Angélico, M.M.; Sobrinho-Gonçalves, L.; Chaves, C.; Alcoforado, B.; et al. "Food-web dynamics in the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem between 1986 and 2017: Unravelling drivers of sardine decline". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 251 (2021): 107259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107259.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107259
  5. Szalaj, Dorota; Silva, Alexandra; Ré, Pedro; Cabral, Henrique. "Detecting Regime Shifts in the Portuguese Continental Shelf Ecosystem Within the Last Three Decades". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.629130.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.629130
  6. Sousa, Carlos A.M.; Delgado, Joaquín; Szalaj, Dorota; Boski, Tomasz. "Holocene background concentrations and actual enrichment factors of metals in sediments from Ria Formosa, Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 149 (2019): 110533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110533.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110533
  7. Veiga-Malta, T; Szalaj, D; Angélico, MM; Azevedo, M; Farias, I; Garrido, S; Lourenço, S; et al. "First representation of the trophic structure and functioning of the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem: insights into the role of sardine". Marine Ecology Progress Series 617-618 (2019): 323-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12724.
    Published • 10.3354/meps12724
  8. Szalaj, D; Wise, L; Rodríguez-Climent, S; Angélico, M M; Marques, V; Chaves, C; Silva, A; Cabral, H. "A GIS-based framework for addressing conflicting objectives in the context of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management—a case study of the Portuguese sardine fishery". ICES Journal of Marine Science 75 6 (2018): 2070-2087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy094.
    Published • 10.1093/icesjms/fsy094
  9. Goulding, T. A.; De Orte, M. R.; Szalaj, D.; Basallote, M. D.; DelValls, T. A.; Cesar, A.. "Assessment of the environmental impacts of ocean acidification (OA) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) leaks using the amphipod Hyale youngi". Ecotoxicology 26 4 (2017): 521-533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-017-1783-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s10646-017-1783-6
  10. Szalaj, D.; De Orte, M. R.; Goulding, T. A.; Medeiros, I. D.; DelValls, T. A.; Cesar, A.. "The effects of ocean acidification and a carbon dioxide capture and storage leak on the early life stages of the marine mussel Perna perna (Linneaus, 1758) and metal bioavailability". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24 1 (2016): 765-781. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7863-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s11356-016-7863-y
Report
  1. Szalaj, Dorota; Laura Wise; Alexandra Silva; Susana Garrido. 2024. Modelação ecossistémica: o papel da sardinha no ecossistema Ibérico.
  2. ICES. 2023. Workshop 2 on Fish Distribution (WKFISHDISH2¿; outputs from 2022 meeting). https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21692246.
  3. ICES. 2022. Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas (WGEAWESS).
  4. ICES. 2019. Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas (WGEAWESS).. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5604.
  5. ICES. 2018. Report of the Workshop on operational EwE models to inform IEAs (WKEW-IEA).
  6. ICES. 2018. Interim Report of the Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas (WGEAWESS).
  7. ICES. 2017. Interim Report of the Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas, WGEAWESS. https://doi.org/10.17895/ ices.pub.8264.
  8. Goulding, I.C.; Szalaj, Dorota. 2017. Impact of Brexit on UK fisheries. https:// doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22668.21126.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11 Alinhando a gestão do stock de sardinha Ibérica com as necessidades do ecossistema: um roteiro para o futuro Simposio Iberoamericano de Ecología Reproductiva, Reclutamiento y Pesquerías (VI SIBECORP)
(Alges, Portugal)
2023/06 Mechanistic food web modelling with Ecopath and Ecosim in the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem Sixth workshop of the Network of Experts for Redeveloping Models of the European Marine Environment (MEME)
Joint Research Center (JRC) (ISPRA, Italy)
2023/05 How mechanistic food web modelling can inform marine functional connectivity in the context of climate change - a case study of the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem? The International Symposium on the “Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2023/04 Portuguese shelf ecosystem under the future climate - insights from the spatial-temporal food-web model 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean
(Bergen, Norway)
2023/03 Informing the ecosystem-based fisheries management of the Iberian sardine stock in the Portuguese continental shelf through a spatial-temporal food-web model ICES WGEAWESS meeting
(Cascais, Portugal)
2022/09 Informing the ecosystem-based fisheries management of the Iberian sardine stock in the Portuguese continental shelf through a spatial-temporal food-web model Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management.
(Lisbon)
2022/06 How EwE models can inform ITA, an example of Western Iberian coast ICES WGEAWESS meeting
2019/04 Food-web dynamics in the Portuguese continental Shelf ecosystem in 1986-2017: elucidating drivers responsible for sardine decline ICES WGEAWESS meeting
(Cadiz, Spain)
2018/11 Portuguese waters modelling in relation to Bay of Biscay and Iberian waters Ecosystem Overviews Workshop on operational EwE models to inform IEAs (WKEWIEA)
(Barcelona, Spain)
2018/03 Integrated Trend Analysis for Portuguese Shelf ICES WGEAWESS meeting
(Nantes, France)
2018/03 Tools for Ecosystem Approach to purse seine fishery management in Portuguese continental waters Palestars Conselho Cientifico do IPMA
(Alges, Portugal)
2017/04 An Ecosystem Approach to pelagic fisheries management in Portuguese continental waters - a spatial perspective ICES WGEAWESS meeting
(Lisbon, Portugal)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/05/01 - Current JRC Network of Experts for ReDeveloping Models of the European Marine Environment (MEME) Member
2023/01/01 - Current Iberian Research in Statistical Ecology (IRSE) Member
2023/01/01 - Current Integrated Marine Ecosystem Assessments (iMARES) research group Member
2017/04/24 - Current ICES Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Juan de la Cierva formacion - post-doctoral grant
2016 FCT Bolsa de doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 Erasmus Mundus scholarship