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Rute Alexandra Pais Costa. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Especialização em Biologia em 2013 pelo(a) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Mestrado em Gestão Ambiental, Materiais e Valorização de Resíduos em 2006 pelo(a) Universidade de Aveiro e Licenciatura em Biologia em 2000 pelo(a) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia. Publicou 12 artigos em revistas especializadas. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Ecologia, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Biologia Marinha e Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Ornitologia.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rute Alexandra Pais Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Rute
  • Costa, RA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8216-B2F6-3B64
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8776-5588

Email addresses

  • rute.costa@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013
Concluded
 Especialização em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Forest Avifauna as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Pollution" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2006
Concluded
 Gestão Ambiental, Materiais e Valorização de Resíduos (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Avifauna como bioidicador de poluição atmosférica por metais pesados" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2000
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Escolha de par em Serinos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/24 - 2025/01/23 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/06/01 - 2019/01/23 Postdoctoral researcher with fellowship finance by FCT (SFRH/BPD/99394/2013) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2013/08/01 - 2014/05/01 Research Fellowship in project “CET SENTI – Cetaceans as marine ecosystem health sentinels. Finance by FCT and Compete program RECI/AAG-GLO/0470/2012 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027472) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/07/31 Research Fellowship in project “Monitorização de Avifauna na linha de Lares”, co-ordinate by Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Phd fellowship finance by FCT (SFRH / BD / 42532 / 2007) Phd fellowship finance by FCT (SFRH / BD / 42532 / 2007) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008/07/01 - 2008/12/31 Research Fellowship in project “SAFESEA – Sustainable local fisheries and promotion of a safe sea for cetaceans”, co-ordinate by University of Minho and co-financed by European Economic Area (EEA) Fin Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2006/10/02 Aluna de Mestrado Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2016 - 2017 MarPro - Conservation of Marine Protected Species in Mainland Portugal
LIFE09/NAT/PT/000038
Other
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Concluded
2013/08/01 - 2014/05/01 CET SENTI – Cetaceans as marine ecosystem health sentinels
FCT RECI/AAG-GLO/0470/2012; FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027472
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2008/07/01 - 2008/12/31 SAFESEA – Sustainable local fisheries and promotion of a safe sea for cetaceans
EEAGRANTS program PT0039
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Costa, RA. "Breeding biology of hole-nesting birds in national pine forest of Quiaios, Portugal". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology of SPEA and I Macaronesian Ornithological Conference, 2011.
  2. Costa, RA. "Feathers and excrements as measures of heavy metal pollution of Great tit nestlings and adults". Paper presented in 8th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union, 2011.
  3. Costa, RA. "Excrements as measures of heavy metal pollution of Great tit in maritime pine forest". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists, 2010.
  4. Costa, RA. "Aspects of the breeding biology of the Great Tit Parus major in two Maritime pines Pinus pinaster forest areas in the region of Figueira da Foz (Beira Litoral, Portugal)". Paper presented in IV Congress of SPEA – Portuguese Society for bird studies, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Rute A. Costa; S. Sá; A. T. Pereira; M. Ferreira; J. V. Vingada; C. Eira. "Threats to seabirds in Portugal: integrating data from a rehabilitation centre and stranding network". European Journal of Wildlife Research 67 3 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-021-01483-5.
    10.1007/s10344-021-01483-5
  2. Costa, RA. "Prevalence of entanglements of seabirds in marine debris in the central Portuguese coast". Marine Pollution Bulletin 161 111746 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111746.
    Published
  3. Suvi Ruuskanen; Silvia Espín; Pablo Sánchez-Virosta; Tom Sarraude; Bin-Yan Hsu; Piia Pajunen; Rute A. Costa; et al. "Transgenerational endocrine disruption: Does elemental pollution affect egg or nestling thyroid hormone levels in a wild songbird?". Environmental Pollution 247 (2019): 725-735. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.envpol.2019.01.088.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.088
  4. R. A. Costa; A. T. Pereira; E. Costa; A. C. Henriques; J. Miodonski; M. Ferreira; J. V. Vingada; C. Eira. "Razorbill Alca torda mortality in the Portuguese west coast". European Journal of Wildlife Research 65 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1234-6.
    10.1007/s10344-018-1234-6
  5. R. A. Costa; T. Gomes; C. Eira; J. Vaqueiro; J. V. Vingada. "Great tit response to decreasing industrial heavy metal emissions". Ecotoxicology (2017):
    10.1007/s10646-017-1811-6
  6. Costa, R.A.; Torres, J.; Vingada, J.V.; Eira, C.. "Persistent organic pollutants and inorganic elements in the Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus wintering off Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 108 1-2 (2016): 311-316. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992297656&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.039
  7. Costa, R.A.; Eeva, T.; Eira, C.; Vaqueiro, J.; Medina, P.; Vingada, J.V.. "Great tits breeding performance and mercury contamination from the paper and pulp industry in the west coast of Portugal". Chemistry and Ecology 30 3 (2014): 206-215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898055828&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02757540.2013.856891
  8. Costa, R.A.; Eeva, T.; Eira, C.; Vaqueiro, J.; Vingada, J.V.. "Assessing heavy metal pollution using Great Tits (Parus major): Feathers and excrements from nestlings and adults". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185 6 (2013): 5339-5344. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879068521&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10661-012-2949-6
  9. Costa, R.A.; Eeva, T.; Eira, C.; Vaqueiro, J.; Vingada, J.V.. "Trace elements in faeces of great tit nestlings in relation to breeding performance in coastal areas in central Portugal". Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 63 4 (2012): 594-600. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867579219&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00244-012-9798-8
  10. Costa, R.A.; Eeva, T.; Eira, C.; Vaqueiro, J.; Vingada, J.V.. "Effects of air pollution from pulp and paper industry on breeding success of great tit in maritime pine forests". Ecoscience 18 2 (2011): 115-123. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959953281&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2980/18-2-3382
  11. Costa, R.A.; Petronilho, J.M.S.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Vingada, J.V.. "The use of passerine feathers to evaluate heavy metal pollution in central Portugal". Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 86 3 (2011): 352-356. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952697949&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00128-011-0212-4
  12. Costa, RA. "Aspects of the breeding biology of the Great Tit Parus major in two Maritime pines Pinus pinaster forest areas in the region of Figueira da Foz (Beira Litoral, Portugal)". Wildlife Biology in Practice 1 1 (2005): 33-40.
    Published
  13. Costa, RA. "Seabird census along Figueira da Foz-Aveiro coastline (Portugal)". Airo 14 (2004): 94-100.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. "Ameaças às aves marinhas em Portugal", Revista da Marinha, 2021, https://revistademarinha.com/ameacas-as-aves-marinhas-em-portugal/.
Report
  1. Nico, Bravo. 2008. Centro de Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos de Quiaios. Relatório 2006/07.
    10.5935/ref.20160087
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, RA. "Forest Avifauna as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Pollution". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2013.
  2. Costa, RA. "Avifauna as bioindicator of atmospheric pollution by heavy metals". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2006.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/08/25 Long-term monitoring in Metal Pollution: Using Bird Feathers as Indicator XIV European Ornithologists’ Union Congress
Lund University (Lund, Sweden)
2022/10/28 The use of colour-rings observations to evaluate the effectiveness of Seagulls rehabilitation 13th INTERNATIONAL GULL MEETING
CESAM University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/11/15 Causes of seagull admissions into a rehabilitation center in Portugal International Gull Meeting
Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi (San Sebastian, Spain)
2018/11/07 Causes of seabird admissions into a rehabilitation center in Portugal Workshop Biodiversidade Funcional
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2010/03/28 Breeding biology and nest characteristics of Short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) in maritime pine forest in central Portugal 5th Technical Meeting of Ringers
(Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/20 Northern Gannets in central Portugal: diet and marine litter assessment
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Northern Gannets in central Portugal. Diet and marine litter assessment
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Ecologia reprodutiva de Chapim-real. Importância da evolução de factores climáticos e da disponibilidade alimentar durante o período invernal
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Ecologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Níveis de poluentes orgânicos persistentes em Golfinho-comum em Portugal
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/10/27 - 2022/10/29 The 13th International Gull Meeting (IGM 2022) took place in the University of Aveiro, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of October The Meeting main goals were to share information and scientific knowledge about Seagulls from around the world. (2022/10/27 - 2022/10/29)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/06/01 - 2022/06/03 discutir a problemática da proliferação (blooms) de microalgas nocivas e o seu impacto no ambiente, em especial na contaminação dos recursos marinhos por biotoxinas.
Seminar
 XIV Reunião Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas e Biotoxinas Marinhas
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2018/02/08 - 2018/02/11 Participation in the International Gull Meeting (IGM), held in Ruse, Bulgaria and organized by Institute of biodiversity and ecosystem research – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Meeting
 International Gull Meeting
2017/12/04 - 2017/12/05 Participation in the 3rd International LIFE+ MarPro Workshop, focusing on presentations and debate sessions regarding Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for seabirds in Portugal
Workshop
 3rd International LIFE+ MarPro Workshop
2011/04/16 - 2011/04/17 Participation in the Seminar SAFESEA - Sustainability of local fisheries arts and promoting of a safe sea for cetaceans, sponsored by University of Minho and Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem
Seminar
 Seminar SAFESEA - Sustainability of local fisheries arts and promoting of a safe sea for cetacean
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/01/23 - 2010/01/24 Participation in First Aid Course for Wild Birds, organized APAA - Portuguese Bird Ringing Association (Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves)
Other
 First Aid Course for Wild Birds
2008/10/18 - 2008/10/19 Participation in the Technical Course of Biological Sample Collection in Wild Birds, organized APAA - Portuguese Bird Ringing Association
Other
 Technical Course of Biological Sample Collection in Wild Birds

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/12/16 Síndrome patética em gaivotas (Laridae): Qual é a etiologia?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Carlos Cristovão Martins Almeida (Master)
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
2016/01 Rede ecológica para a deteção e estudo de aves marinhas arrojadas REDEMAR-AVES (costa Norte portuguesa)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Isabel Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/01 Dieta da torda-mergulheira, Alca torda, capturada acidentalmente em Portugal Continental
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Fabiana Catarina Brito Gomes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/01 Ingestão de plásticos por aves marinhas na Costa Norte de Portugal
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cristiana Gomes Araújo (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/01 - 2024/04 Solutions for Green and Digital Transition¿ (UTU-GreDiT), led by University of Turku (UTU), Finland, is a MSCA COFUND doctoral training programme that recruits and trains 25 doctoral researchers required to deliver transformative change towards sustainable societies. In line with the European Charter and Code, UTU-GreDiT recruits doctoral researchers through an open, transparent, non-discriminatory, merit-based, impartial and equitable selection procedure
Evaluator
 Turun yliopisto, Finland

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/23 Rádio Terra Nova, rubrica "Mas afinal..." Mas afinal porque temos mais flamingos na nossa Ria?
2020/11/20 - 2020/11/20 RTP Noticias O impacto do lixo marinho nas aves

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/01 - 2024/01 European Journal of Wildlife Research Springer
2024/01 - 2024/01 PLOS ONE
2023/04 - 2023/04 Polar Biology
2022/09 - 2022/09 Biological Conservation
2022/08 - 2022/08 Animals
2022/02 - 2022/02 Journal for Nature Conservation (1618-1093)
2014 - 2020 Environmental Science and Pollution Research (0944-1344) Springer
2018 - 2018 Ecological Indicators (ISSN 1470-160X) Elsivier
2018 - 2018 Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) Elsevier
2014 - 2017 Environmental Pollution (0269-7491) Elsevier
2015 - 2015 Ecotoxicology (1573-3017) Springer
2014 - 2014 Environmental Research (0013-9351) Elsevier
2013 - 2013 Journal of Avian Biology (1600-048X) The Nordic Society Oikos
2013 - 2013 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (0007-4861) Springer
2013 - 2013 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (01676369) Springer
2013 - 2013 Science of the Total Environment (00489697) Elsevier

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Júri para Contratação de Técnico Superior Ref.a CND-CTTRI-01-SGRH/2023 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Júri para Contratação de Técnico Superior Ref.a CND-CTTRI-02-SGRH/2023 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Avaliação Estágio Curricular - Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos no Cram- Ecomare Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Avaliação Estágio Curricular - Análises hematológicas de aves marinhas admitidas no CRAM-ECOMARE Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Avaliação Estágio Curricular - Resgate e resposta do CRAM-Ecomare a arrojamentos de animais marinhos – Diagnóstico por radiografia Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal