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My research interests include marine vertebrate ecology and conservation, with a particular focus on sea turtles. I am currently a PhD student at MARE – Ispa, where my research focuses on sea turtle ecology and behaviour in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cheila Sofia Ferreira Raposo

Citation names

  • Raposo, Cheila

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9E1E-A452-791E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1674-0017
Google Scholar ID
UzxAncYAAAAJ

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2025
Ongoing
 Biologia do Comportamento (Doutoramento)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"Spatial behaviour and nesting dynamics of green turtles in a West African marine protected area" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018
Concluded
 Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Perfil isotópico e contaminantes em tartaruga-comum Caretta caretta nos mares da Madeira" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Ramo de Biologia Ambiental (Perfil Marinho)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06 - 2019/09 Educator Oceanário de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/06 - 2018/10 Research Assistant in Sea Turtle Conservation Programme Cabo Verde Natura 2000, Cape Verde
2016/06 - 2016/10 Research Assistant in Sea Turtle In-Water Monitoring Programme Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/09 - 2014/10 Research Assistant in Iberian Wolf Monitoring Programme Grupo Lobo, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/06 - 2018/01 OCEANWEBS - Trophic links in open oceans: combining spatial data, dietary information and biomarkers from top predators to unveil structure and functioning of subtropical pelagic ecosystems
PTDC/MAR-PRO/0929/2014
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Cheila Raposo; Ana Rita Patrício; Paulo Catry; Castro Barbosa; Assana Camará; Aissa Regalla; Rui Rebelo. "Nutrient Input from Green Turtle Eggs and Hatchlings in a West Africa Island and Its Nearshore Environment". Estuaries and Coasts (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01500-9.
    10.1007/s12237-025-01500-9
  2. Raposo, Cheila; Rebelo, Rui; Catry, Paulo; Ferreira-Airaud, Maria Betânia; Barbosa, Castro; Garcia, Tumbulo Bamba; Regalla, Aissa; Sampaio, Manuel Sá; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Inter-island nesting dynamics and clutch survival of green turtles Chelonia mydas within a marine protected area in the Bijagós Archipelago, West Africa". Marine Biology 171 7 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04463-w.
    10.1007/s00227-024-04463-w
  3. Fuentes, MMPB; McMichael, E; Kot, CY; Silver-Gorges, I; Wallace, BP; Godley, BJ; Brooks, AML; et al. "Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions". Endangered Species Research 52 (2023): 303-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr01278.
    10.3354/esr01278
  4. Raposo, C; Mestre, J; Rebelo, R; Regalla, A; Davies, A; Barbosa, C; Patrício, AR. "Spatial distribution of inter-nesting green turtles from the largest Eastern Atlantic rookery and overlap with a marine protected area". Marine Ecology Progress Series 703 (2023): 161-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14225.
    10.3354/meps14225
  5. Raposo, Cheila; Patrício, Ana Rita; Catry, Paulo; Dellinger, Thomas; Granadeiro, José P.. "Evidence for trophic differences between live and bycatch oceanic juvenile loggerhead sea turtles". Marine Biology 166 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3466-8.
    10.1007/s00227-019-3466-8
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Raposo, Cheila Sofia Ferreira. "Perfil isotópico e contaminantes em tartaruga-comum Caretta caretta nos mares da Madeira". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/32020.