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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
elizabeth atchoi pires de carvalho

Citation names

  • Atchoi, Elizabeth

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9E1D-468A-528C
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3102-0509

Email addresses

  • elizabethatchoi@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro I&D Okeanos - Universidade dos Açores. Rua Professor Frederico Machado nº4 PT , 9901-862 , Horta - ilha do Faial, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2025/06/01
Concluded
Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia Marinha
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Blinded seabirds: Reducing the impact of light pollution by improving the efficiency of rescue campaigns and urban planning" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
High Distinction
2011
Concluded
Erasmus Mundus Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"The kelp beds of the Formigas Bank (NE Atlantic, Azores): predictive distribution modelling based on terrain variables" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
distinction
2010
Concluded
Licenciatura Biologia (Bacharelato)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Implementação de um dicionário Inglês- Português de Termos Bioquímicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
14 em 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/02/01 - 2019/12/31 Researcher (Research) Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/02/01 - 2019/12/31 LuMinAves
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/06/01 - 2018/06/30 LuMinAves
Research Fellow
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2027/12/31 LIFE IP AZORES NATURA
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Governo dos Açores, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/08/01 - 2023/08/31 EELABs
Consultora Cientifica
SPEA Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Portugal
SPEA Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2022/11/30 SOS Cagarro
Coordenadora Cientifica
Governo dos Açores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2018/12/31 LuMinAves
Researcher
Governo dos Açores, Portugal
Governo dos Açores
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Elizabeth Atchoi; Mindaugas Mitkus; Biana Machado; Valter Medeiros; Sofia Garcia; Manuela Juliano; Joël Bried; Airam Rodríguez. "Do seabirds dream of artificial lights? Understanding light preferences of Procellariiformes". Journal of Experimental Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247665.
    10.1242/jeb.247665
  2. Airam Rodríguez; Elizabeth Atchoi; Beneharo Rodríguez; Tania Pipa; Matthieu Le Corre; David G. Ainley. "Moonlight diminishes seabird attraction to artificial light". Conservation Science and Practice (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13014.
    10.1111/csp2.13014
  3. Elizabeth Atchoi; Mindaugas Mitkus; Pranciškus Vitta; Biana Machado; Margarida Rocha; Manuela Juliano; Joël Bried; Airam Rodríguez. "Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution". Journal of Experimental Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245126.
    10.1242/jeb.245126
  4. Miriam Cuesta-García; Airam Rodríguez; Ana Maria Martins; Verónica Neves; Maria Magalhães; Elizabeth Atchoi; Helder Fraga; et al. "Targeting efforts in rescue programmes mitigating light-induced seabird mortality: First the fat, then the skinny". Journal for Nature Conservation 65 (2022): 126080-126080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126080.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126080
  5. "Range Extension of Mesophotic Kelps (Ochrophyta: Laminariales and Tilopteridales) in the Central North Atlantic: Opportunities for Marine Forest Research and Conservation". Journal of Phycology 57 4 (2021): 1140-1150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13162.
    10.1111/jpy.13162
  6. "LuMinAves: cooperative research and mitigation of light pollution impacts in seabirds". International Journal of Sustainable Lighting 23 1 (2021): 33-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.26607/ijsl.v23i1.107.
    10.26607/ijsl.v23i1.107
  7. "Is seabird light-induced mortality explained by the visual system development?". Conservation Science and Practice (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.195.
    10.1111/csp2.195
  8. "Infralittoral mapping around an oceanic archipelago using MERIS FR satellite imagery and deep kelp observations: A new tool for assessing MPA coverage targets". Journal of Sea Research 100 (2015): 141-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.002.
    10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.002
Preprint
  1. Elizabeth Atchoi; Mindaugas Mitkus; Biana Machado; Valter Medeiros; Sofia Garcia; Manuela Juliano; Joël Bried; Airam Rodríguez. "Do seabirds dream of artificial lights? Understanding light preferences of Procellariiformes". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.01.582998.
    10.1101/2024.03.01.582998