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Aline Mega is an Oceanographer and MSc in Geosciences. Currently, she is a PhD student at the University of Algarve (PT) working with planktonic foraminifera assemblages and isotopes to reconstruct the seawater temperature, productivity, and pH variability along the Iberian margin from the Late Pleistocene to Modern conditions, to try to understand the effects of ocean acidification.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Aline Martins Mega

Citation names

  • Mega, Aline

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8B15-E581-4DBF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9386-2261

Email addresses

  • a73546@ualg.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/03/01 - 2017/03/01
Concluded
 Geosciences (Master)
Major in Paleoceanography
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
"Size normalized by weight of planktonic foraminifera as a proxy for dissolution processes evaluation during the last 70ky in southwest Atlantic." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2007/02/01 - 2011/12/24
Concluded
 Oceanography (Bachelor)
Major in Oceanography
Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
"Cold fronts influence in José Menino Beach sedimentary variation, Santos-SP, near the Emissary and the Urubuqueçaba Island." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/26 - 2021/05/31 Visiting scientific researcher. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2012/09 - 2014/12 Scientific researcher. Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil
Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil
2012/04 - 2012/09 Geography teacher. Colégio Professor Paulo Freire, Brazil
Colégio Professor Paulo Freire, Brazil
2010/07 - 2012/02 Internship in chemistry, geology, microbiology and ecotoxicology laboratories. Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
2007/08 - 2010/07 Internship in geology laboratorie. Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
2008/07/01 - 2008/08/27 Internship in Wild Animals Center. Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres, Brazil
Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/06/01 - Current Reconstruction of seawater temperature, productivity, and pH variability along the SW Iberian margin from the Late Pleistocene to Modern conditions.
n/a
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2012/09/17 - 2014/12/31 Environmental influence on the bottom and foundry war mines.
n/a
Research Fellow
Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2015/03/01 - 2017/03/01 Size normalized by weight of planktonic foraminifera as a proxy for dissolution processes evaluation during the last 70ky in southwest Atlantic.
n/a
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2011/02 - 2011/10 Cold fronts influence in José Menino Beach sedimentary variation, Santos-SP, near the Emissary and the Urubuqueçaba Island.
n/a
Other
Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
 Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE
Concluded
2010/02 - 2011/10 Góes beach (Guarujá - SP) morphodynamics monitoring, during the dredging phase of Santos port channel expansion.
n/a
Other
Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
 Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE
Concluded
2009/02 - 2009/10 Topographic and sedimentological analysis of Ilha Comprida associated with dunes field vegetation.
n/a
Other
Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE, Brazil
 Centro Universitário São Judas Tadeu - Campus UNIMONTE
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Mega, Aline; Rebotim, Andreia; Cavaleiro, Catarina; Dulce Oliveira; Celia Santos; Matos, Lélia; Inês Mesquita; Rebecca Borges; Rodrigo Portilho-Ramos. Once Upon a Time... - a Scientific Fairy Tale. Gema Martínez Méndez, Hadar Elyashiv. Edition Temmen e.K., 2022- 3837815226, 9783837815221. Translation to Portuguese (PT).. 2022.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Voelker, Antje H. L.; Mega, Aline; Duque-Castaño, Monica; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rodrigues, Teresa. "Nature of cooling events on the southern Iberian margin points to extreme contraction of the North Atlantic’s subtropical gyre during the early Pleistocene". Paper presented in XXI INQUA Congress, Rome, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Voelker, Antje Helga Louise ; Mega, Aline; Emília Salgueiro; Voelker, Antje H. L.. "Planktonic foraminifera evidence for variable surface-water conditions off southern Portugal during Mid-Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stages 20 to 24 (790-940 ky).". Paper presented in CIESM, Cascais, 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Voelker, Antje; Mega, Aline; Molina, Giulia; Castaño, Monica; O'Neill, E.; Trotta, S.; Marino, M.; et al. "New insights into marine ecosystem changes during the early to middle Pleistocene at IODP Site U1387, southern Portuguese margin". Paper presented in International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), 2023.
  2. Salgueiro, Emilia; Magalhaes, Vitor; Matos, Lélia; Rebotim, Andreia; Sousa, Fátima; Schweizer, M.; González Martín, M.; et al. "Investigating ocean acidification off the Iberian Margin: Preliminary results from the CARBO-ACID cruise". Paper presented in Portuguese Geology Conference, 2023.
  3. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje; Cruz, Joana; Calvo, E.; Abrantes, Fatima. "Planktonic foraminífera reveal sea surface temperature variations at the Portuguese margin during the last 25kyr". Paper presented in Portuguese Geology Conference, 2023.
  4. Voelker, Antje; Mega, Aline; Castaño, Monica; Emilia Salgueiro; Rodrigues, Teresa. "Nature of cooling events on the southern Iberian margin points to extreme contraction of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre during the early Pleistocene". Paper presented in International Symposium on Foraminifera (Forams), 2023.
  5. Molina, Giulia; Mega, Aline; Gerhard Schmiedl; Rodrigues, Teresa; Voelker, Antje H. L.. "Paleoproductivity fluctuations at the seafloor in the Gulf of Cadiz during MIS 25-MIS 19: evidence from benthic foraminifera assemblages". Paper presented in International Symposium on Foraminifera (FORAMS 2023), 2023.
  6. Molina, Giulia; Mega, Aline; Schmiedl, G.; Voelker, Antje H. L.. "Benthic foraminifera assemblages at IODP Site U1387 reveal environmental changes on the seafloor: first results from MIS 20-MIS 19". Paper presented in Micropalaeontological Society Annual Conference, 2022.
  7. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje; CRUZ, JOANA; Calvo, Eva; Abrantes, Fatima. "Last Glacial Maximum and Holocene oceanographic conditions at the Portuguese margin - a resconstruction using planktonic foraminifera.". Paper presented in International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP), 2022.
  8. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje; Cruz, Joana; Calvo, Eva; Abrantes, Fatima. "Sea surface temperature and productivity variability reconstruction at the Portuguese margin during the Holocene". Paper presented in Portuguese Oceanography Meeting, 2022.
  9. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje; Cruz, Joana; Calvo, Eva; Abrantes, Fatima. "Reconstruction of the Holocene temperature and productivity variability at the Portuguese margin". Paper presented in Past Global Changes (PAGES), 2022.
  10. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje; Cruz,J; Calvo, E; Abrantes, Fatima; et al. "Holocene temperature and productivity variability at the Portuguese margin - evidence from planktonic foraminifera fauna". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, 2022.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6379
  11. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje H. L.; Cruz, Joana; Calvo, Eva; Abrantes, Fatima; Voelker, Antje; CRUZ, JOANA. "The Portuguese margin sea surface temperature and productivity during the Holocene". Paper presented in Science and Technology in Portugal Summit, 2022.
  12. Aline Mega; Emilia Salgueiro; Antje Helga Luise Voelker. "Evidence for polar surface-water incursions into the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberia) during the Early-to-Mid Pleistocene Transition.". Paper presented in European Geoscience Union Congress (EGU), 2020.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2475
  13. Voelker, Antje; Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rodrigues, Teresa. "A Subtropical View on Glacial Variability During the Early to Middle Pleistocene IODP Site U1387 in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in American Geosciences Union (AGU) Conference, 2019.
  14. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Voelker, Antje. "Highly variable surface-water conditions off southern Portugal during mid-Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stages 20 to 24.". Paper presented in Portuguese Oceanography Society, 2019.
  15. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Voelker, Antje Helga Louise. "Highly variable surface-water conditions off southern Portugal during mid-Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stages 20 to 26 (790 – 970 ky).". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2019.
  16. Mega, Aline; Duchini, Alic; Barros, Mariângela Oliveira de. "José Menino beach (Santos - SP) sedimentary variation, near to the Emissary and the Urubuqueçaba Island during 2008 winter and spring cold fronts.". Paper presented in Oceanography Brazilian Congress (CBO), 2010.
  17. Nascimento, Rafaela Farias do ; Mega, Aline; Soler, Juliane Coelho. "Topographic and sedimentological analysis associated with dunes field vegetation at Ilha Comprida-SP southern extreme.". Paper presented in Oceanography Brazilian Congress (CBO)., 2010.
Journal article
  1. Mega, Aline; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rebotim, Andreia; Voelker, Antje; CRUZ, JOANA; Calvo, Eva; Abrantes, Fatima. "Sea surface temperature variations revealed by planktonic foraminifera at the Portuguese margin during the Holocene". Comunicações Geológicas (2024):
    Accepted
  2. Salgueiro, E.; Magalhaes, Vitor; Matos, Lélia; Rebotim, Andreia; Sousa, Fátima; Schweizer, Magali; González Martín, M.; Mega, Aline; Batista, Luis. "Investigating ocean acidification off the Iberian Margin: Oceanographic results from the CARBO-ACID cruise". Comunicações Geológicas (2024):
    Accepted
Report
  1. Fontela, Marcos; Abrantes, Fatima; Álvarez-Fernández, M.J.; Borges de Sousa, J.; Curbelo, D.; Fernández-Román, D.; Ferreira, F.; et al. 2022. CRUISE REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON OCEAN FRONTS ECOSYSTEMS: The case of the Iberian Upwelling System (SINES), R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa, Cruise No. SEA02_08, 11-20 September 2022, Lisboa (Portugal).
  2. Fontela, Marcos; Abrantes, Fatima; Álvarez-Fernández, M.J.; Borges de Sousa, J.; Curbelo, D.; Fernández-Román, D.; Ferreira, F.; et al. 2022. CRUISE REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON OCEAN FRONTS ECOSYSTEMS: The case of the Iberian Upwelling System (SINES), R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa, Cruise No. SEA02_08, 11-20 September 2022, Lisboa ¿ Lisboa (Portugal).
Translation
  1. Rebotim, Andreia; Oliveira, Dulce; Mega, Aline; Borges, Rebecca; Portilho-Ramos, Rodrigo; Cavaleiro, Catarina; Mesquita, I; Matos, Lélia; Santos, C. Once Upon a Time... A Scientific Fairy Tale. 2nd Edition. Bremen, Germany. 2022.
    Published

Other

Dataset
  1. Fontela, Marcos; Abrantes, Fatima; Álvarez-Fernández, María Jesús; Borges De Sousa, João; Choi, Wang Dzak; Curbelo, David; Fernández-Román, Daniel; et al. Hydrographic dataset from the Eurofleets+ SINES 2022 research cruise in the Iberian Upwelling System. https://www.seanoe.org/data/00800/91156/. 2023.
    10.17882/91156
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/06/06 "Once Upon a Time... a scientific fairy tale": Using fictional stories to educate about earth, climate and ocean sciences Portuguese Oceanography Meeting
Associação Portuguesa de Oceanografia (Vieira de Leiria, Portugal)
2022/05/26 Holocene temperature and productivity variability at the Portuguese margin - evidence from planktonic foraminifera fauna European Geosciences Union (EGU) conference
European Geosciences Union (EGU) (Vienna, Austria)
2016/11/05 The carbonate system during the last glacial-interglacial cycle inferred through the planktonic foraminifera calcification at South Atlantic western portion. Congresso Brasileiro de Oceanografia
Universidade Federal da Bahia (Salvador, Brazil)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/02 - 2022/06 Organization committee of the Portuguese Oceanography Meeting (2022/06/06 - 2022/06/07)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Portuguese Oceanography Association, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/05/24 - 2021/06/04 Application of isotopes in ocean, earth, and environmental research.
Other
 Marine Biogeochemistry short course
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/11/10 - 2020/11/13 The Micropalaeontological Society workshop and conference.
Conference
 The Micropalaeontological Society Workshop and conference
The Micropalaeontological Society, United Kingdom
2020/02/26 - 2020/02/26 Seminar: Climate change and marine resources: past, present, and future. Organized by the Scientific Council of IPMA and the CERES project.
Seminar
 Climate change and marine resources: past, present, and future
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Volunteer at the European Researcher's Night, an event that seeks to break down the barriers that separate science from citizens.
Exhibition
 European Researcher's Night
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/10 Portugal Technology and Science meeting.
Conference
 Portugal Technology and Science meeting.
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018/11/22 - 2018/11/22 "IPMA escolas" is a project that brings together a group of researchers, technicians and employees who show the IPMA science for elementary and high school students.
Workshop
 IPMA Escolas
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/04 Portugal Technology and Science meeting.
Conference
 Portugal Technology and Science meeting.
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018/06/05 - 2018/06/08 Marine Biogeoquemistry training school on: biogeochemical and ecological dimensions of changing ocean.
Other
 Marine Biogeoquemistry training school.
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/11/05 - 2016/11/09 Oceanography Brazilian Congress (CBO).
Congress
 Oceanography Brazilian Congress (CBO).
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022/10 - Current Regional representative (Europe) of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) Early Carrer Network (ECN).
Member
 Past Global Changes, Switzerland

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/09 - Current University of Algarve (PT) Peer Mentoring Program Maria Monteiro

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/03/23 - 2019/03/30 Sedimentological and geophysics data acquisition during the MINEPLAT 4 seagoing campaign. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2012/09 - 2013/12 Weekly sedimentological data acquisition at "LEG 10 boat" from Braziilian Navy. Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil
2013/06/05 - 2013/06/05 Oceanographic data acquisition at "Amorim do Vale Hydrograph Ship" from Brazilian Navy. Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil
2013/01/16 - 2013/01/16 Marine sediment acquisition at Oceanographic Research Ship Diadorim (Brazilian Navy). Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2022 Travel support award to an abstract submitted to the Portuguese Oceanography Society Meeting
Associação Portuguesa de Oceanografia, Portugal
2019 Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards
European Geosciences Union, Austria

Other distinction

2022 Travel support award to an abstract submitted to the International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP)
13 International Conference on Paleoceanography, Norway

Past Global Changes, Switzerland
2021 PhD fellowship assigns by classification in the selection interview
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Roland Schlich Travel Support award.
European Geosciences Union, Germany
2019 Travel Suport
Sociedade Portuguesa de Oceanografia, Portugal
2018 Travel support award.
Marine Biogeochemistry Training School on: Biogeochemical and Ecological Dimensions of a Changing Ocean. , Portugal
2015 Master's degree scholarship.
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil