Personal identification

Full name

MARIA CAROLINA DE SOUSA RIBEIRO

Citation names

• Ribeiro, Maria Carolina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

971E-08E8-6529

ORCID iD

0000-0003-1833-4984

Telephones

Mobile phone

• 918994165 (Personal)

Addresses

• Rua Senhora da Luz Nº46, 2305-507, Charneca da Peralva, Tomar , Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
• Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
English	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)

	Degree	Classification
2022/12/07 - 2025/12/31 Ongoing	Ciencias y Tecnologías Marinas (Doctor) Major in Biologia Molecular y celular, genética y genómica de organismos marinos Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
2019/09/16 - 2021/02/05 Concluded	Aquacultura (Mestrado integrado) Major in Aquacultura Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal "Ocorrência do Parasita Calceostoma glandulosum (Monogenea) em corvina, Argyrosomus regius" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2016/09/19 - 2019/07/08 Concluded	Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura) Major in Aquacultura Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal	14

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/06/15 - 2020/09/14	Estágio Profissional	Jerónimo Martins, Portugal
	Seaculture - Aquicultura, S.A , Portugal
2019/04/10 - 2019/06/08	Estágio Licenciatura	Aquário Finisterrae, Spain

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/07/04 - Current	BLUE BIOECONOMY INNOVATION PACT – ALGAFEEDS C644915664-00000026 Master Student Fellow
2021/07/21 - 2023/06/30	ALLARVAE - Novas formulações de microalgas para larvicultura marinha ALG-01-0247-FEDER-069971 Research Fellow	Concluded

Publications

Conference poster	Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Sousa, Rui; Ovelheiro, Andreia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques, C.; Soares, Florbela. "Ocorrência do parasita Sparicotyle chrysophrii em dourada (Sparus aurata) produzida na costa sul de Portugal". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025. Schrama, Denise; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Sousa, Rui; Livramento, Marcelo; Gâmboa, A.M.; Ovelheiro, A.; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; et al. "Coinfeccão por Vibrio harveyi e Tenacibaculum spp. em linguados reprodutores (Solea senegalensis) no sul da Europa". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025. Livramento, Marcelo; Barata, Marisa; Sousa, Rui; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gâmboa, A.M.; Lourenço-Marques, C.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "Avaliação do BAYCOX® como potencial tratamento contra MyxospoRídeos na produção de Sardina pilchardus em Aquacultura". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025. Livramento, Marcelo; Ovelheiro, A.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gâmboa, A.M.; Schrama, Denise; Matias, Ana Carolina; Sousa, Rui; et al. "OCORRÊNCIA DE ESPÉCIES EMERGENTES DE VIBRIOS ASSOCIADOS a INFEÇões EM DOURADAS (Sparus aurata) DE AQUACULTURA". Paper presented in IV Jornadas Aquacultura - APEZ, 2025. Diogo, Patrícia; Castanho, Sara; Bastos, G.; Anjos, C.; Pinheiro, F.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; et al. "New VitaBloom® products range: microalgae combined with probiotics for green water, rotifers nutrition and live feed enrichment". Paper presented in 3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals - Sustainable animal nutrition, 2025. Freitas, I.; Silva. I.A.L.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "Pathogen and Virulence Genes Detection by Molecular Techniques". Paper presented in Animal Health Symposium, 2024. Silva, I. A. L.; Freitas, I.; Soares, Florbela; Angelo, Morgana; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Sousa, Rui; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "Pathogen Detection and Disease Management in Aquaculture Using Molecular Tools". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2024, 2024. Silva, I.A.L.; Soares, Florbela; Freitas, I.; Angelo, Morgana; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Sousa, R.; Livramento, Marcelo; et al. "S2AQUAcoLAB's and IPMA's Biobank Collection: A Sea of Opportunities". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2024, 2024. Diogo, P.; Castanho, S.; Costa, I.; Bastos, G.; Anjos, C. ; Pinheiro, F.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; et al. "BEYOND CONVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS: VITABLOOM® NEW PRODUCTS RANGE COMBINES MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTICS FOR GREEN WATER TECHNIQUE, ROTIFERS NUTRITION, AND LIVE FEED ENRICHMENT". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2024, 2024. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Lourenço-Marques, Cátia; Baptista, Teresa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Influence of Temperature on the Reproduction of the Fish Parasite MONOGENEA Calceostoma glandulosum". Paper presented in Jornadas de Acuicultura en el Litoral Suratlántico, 2023. Silva, Iris AL; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "Using Molecular Biology to Prevent Marine Fish Disease Outbreaks in Aquaculture". Paper presented in Jornadas de Acuicultura en el Litoral Suratlántico, 2023. Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; Oliveira, A. R.; Soares, Florbela; Ana Isabel Candeias Mendes; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Moreira, M.; et al. "EFFECTS OF INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION OF CARRAGEENIN, LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE, AND POLYINOSINIC: POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID TO GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) SPECIMENS ON SERUM AND SKIN MUCUS HUMORAL IMMUNITY". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; Oliveira, A. R.; Livramento, M; Ovelheiro, A.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Barata, M.; et al. "INFLUENCE OF CARRAGEENIN-INDUCED INFLAMMATION ON SERUM AND SKIN MUCUS OF GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) DURING A Photobacterium damselae sube sp. Piscicida INFECTION". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Castanho, S.; Livramento, M; Ana Isabel Candeias Mendes; Bastos, G.; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Diogo, P.; Soares, Florbela. "EVOLUTION OF INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA DURING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN Sparus aurata LARVAE FED WITH LIVE FOOD ENRICHED WITH MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTICS FORMULATIONS". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Martins, D.; Luna-Araújo, R.; Quintã, R.; Ribeiro, L.; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "EVOLUTION OF MONOGENEA INFECTION WITH THE USE OF ALGAE IN A iRAS SYSTEM OF GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Angelo, M.; Requeijo, Bárbara; Barata, M.; Pedro, Joana; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; et al. "DISSOLVED OXYGEN INFLUENCE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ECTOPARASITES IN MEAGRE (Argyrosomus regius)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Castanho, Sara; Livramento, Marcelo; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; Bastos, Gonçalo; et al. "THE IMPACT OF PROBIOTICS ON GREEN WATER TECHNIQUE FOR MARINE FISH LARVAE". Paper presented in World Aquaculture 2023, 2023. Freitas, Inês; Silva, Irís; Soares, Florbela; Barata, Marisa; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Rocha, Mafalda; Requeijo, Bárbara; et al. Corresponding author: Marques, Cátia. "IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS TO CREATE A SELECTION TOOL FOR FISHES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH PROFILES IN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2022, 2023. Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Soares, Florbela; Castanho, Sara; Livramento, Marcelo; Silva, Iris AL; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; et al. "NEW MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTIC FORMULATIONS IN THE HEALTH OF MARINE FISH LARVAE". Paper presented in Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2023, 2023. Diogo, P.; Recuero, C.; Castanho, S.; Costa, I.; Bastos, G.; Pinheiro, F.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; et al. "NEW LIVE FEED ENRICHMENT COMBINING MICROALGAE AND PROBIOTICS APPLIED IN GUILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) LARVICULTURE". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, M; Silva, Iris AL; Castanho, Sara; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; Diogo, P.; Bastos, G.; et al. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Novas formulações de microalgas e probióticos para técnica de água verde no cultivo larvar de Corvina (Argyrosomus regius): Impacto no crescimento, resposta ao stress e microbiologia". Paper presented in III Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2023. Pedro, Joana; Sousa, Rui; Lourenço, C.F.; Livramento, M; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gâmboa, A.M.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Pedro, Joana. "Division pattern and measure assessment of the parasite Amyloodinium ocellatum in Diplodus sargus juveniles". Paper presented in III Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2023. Livramento, M; Lourenço, C.F.; Pedro, Joana; Sousa, Rui; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Freitas, Inês; Barata, Marisa; et al. "EFFECT OF DIETARY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES AND KYOTORPHIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON RESISTANCE AGAINST Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida IN SEABASS (Dicentrarchus labrax) JUVENILES". Paper presented in III Jornadas de Aquacultura, 2023. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Gamboa, M.; Livramento, M; Lourenço, C.F.; Pedro, Joana; Quental-Ferreira, H.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Histopathological Effect of Microcotyle spp. (Monoge nea: Polyopisthocotylea) on Gills of Diplodus cervinus Produced in Aquaculture". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022. Silva, Iris AL; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Livramento, Marcelo; Moreira, Márcio; Vatova, Mariyana; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia. "DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EARLY AND FAST DIAGNOSTIC METHODS TO PREVENT MARINE FISH DISEASE OUTBREAKS IN AQUACULTURE". Paper presented in World Aquaculture 2021, 2022. Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Lourenço, C.F.; Baptista, Teresa; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Maria Carolina. "Influence of Temperature on Egg Production and Embryo Viability of the Fish Parasite Calceostoma glandulsoum (Monogenea)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, 2021.
Journal article	Maria Carolina Ribeiro; Cátia Lourenço-Marques; Teresa Baptista; Pedro Pousão-Ferreira; Florbela Soares; Christyn Bailey. "First Report of Calceostoma glandulosum (Monogenea) in Argyrosomus regius: Morphological and Molecular Characterization and Temperature Effects on Life Cycle". Aquaculture Research (2025): https://doi.org/10.1155/are/9397751. 10.1155/are/9397751
Thesis / Dissertation	"Ocorrência do Parasita Calceostoma glandulosum (Monogenea) em corvina, Argyrosomus regius". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/6656.