Vanessa Sofia Alegria Mendonça (AE1E-EECE-EA4B)

Curriculum Vitae

Vanessa Sofia Alegria Mendonça

Vanessa Mendonça, completed a masters in Marine Ecology at Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon (FCUL) in 2012, ), working on patterns of spatial distribution and morphological variability of chitons in rocky and sandy intertidal zones. In 2020 she was awarded a PhD, with Distinction and Honors, in Marine Biology, by the University of Lisbon. ), which aimed at studying the functioning of coastal food webs of intertidal rock pools and their response to climate change in temperate and tropical ecosystems. Her thesis was awarded 2nd place for Best PhD in Ecology Award 2020 - SPECO (Portuguese Society of Ecology) and Amadeu Dias Foundation. She is a a post-doc researcher in the Marine Sciences Centre-CCMAR by the EU-funded project “FutureMARES-Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity” at the University of Algarve. She participated in multiple long-term scientific expeditions in Portugal and in Brazil. She is experienced in biodiversity surveys, taxonomy of coastal organisms, thermal and ecotoxicological experimental essays and food web networks analysis. She has published 34 scientific articles, with 554 citations, and her H-factor is 13. She having collaborated with over 77 co-authors and many national and international institutions dedicated to marine science (eg FCT-UNL, PT; Santa Fe Institute, USA; iDiv, Germany; Université du Quebec, Canada; Plymouth Marine Laboratory; CEBIMar-University of São Paulo, Brazil). She published 5 papers as first author and 3 as last author (coordinator). She published in high-impact general and specialized journals: Nature Climate Change, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Sci Total Environ, Ecol Indic, PlosOne, Mar Ecol Prog Ser, and Estuar Coast Shelf Sci. All journals are quartile 1 in their respective areas. I have 11 oral communications in national and international meetings and 9 posters. Additional 5 manuscripts are currently submitted or under-review in peer-reviewed journals, including a book chapter entitled "Life in Rock Tide Pools" for the book Life in ephemeral waters, Editor E. Walsh. She integrated the team of 6 national research projects, 1 Brazilian and 1 European project: BioPlume (PTDC/AAG-REC/2139/2012), WarmingWebs (PTDC/MAR-EST/2141/2012), CoralSol - response of the invasive sun coral to climate change and extreme thermal events (CNPq-Brazil), LifeLines (PTDC/BIA-BMA/28304/2017), SardiTemp (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-032209), ExtremeOceans (PTDC/BIA-BMA/1494/2020), FutureMARES (EU-H2020), and AQUATROPHYS (FCT-DAAD/2022), allowing me the development of a national and international network of collaborators. She co-supervised: 6 under graduated students, 2 Erasmus student, and 4 MSc students, and assisted the practical classes of the subjects of Marine Ecology and 1 PhD student. She also been involved as assistant in bachelor (Marine Ecology and Marine Biodiversity) and master (Marine Ecology) teaching.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Vanessa Sofia Alegria Mendonça

Citation names

Mendonça, Vanessa
Mendonça, V.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AE1E-EECE-EA4B
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3658-9502
Scopus Author Id: 55241972700

Websites

http://webpages.fc.ul.pt/~cmvinagre/cmvinagre/Welcome.html (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015 - 2020/01/28 Concluded	PhD Biology (Doutoramento) Major in Marine biology and Aquaculture Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Functioning of coastal food webs – intertidal rock pools as a case-study" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with Distinction and Honors
2013 Concluded	Diving Course (Outros) Escola de Mergulho Cipreia, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Concluded	MSc Marine Ecology (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal ""Avaliação da variação populacional de quítones em substrato rochoso e móvel e a sua importância enquanto presa de predadores-chave no ecossistema intertidal"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17 out of 20
2011 Concluded	Portuguese Cetacean Course (Curso médio) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2011 Concluded	Veterinary Medicine Course in Tortugas Y Mamíferos Marinos (Curso médio) Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2010 Concluded	Bird Watching Course (Curso médio) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2010 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15 out of 20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/07 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2020/04/01 - 2021/06/30	Contracted Researcher (Research)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/07 - Current	Post-doc researcher in the EU-project FutureMARES	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/10/09 - 2020/03/31	Research assistant working on the project LifeLines (PTDC/BIA-BMA/28304/2017)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

2015/10/01 - 2019/10	PhD student - research grant SFRH/BD/109618/2015	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2015/07/01	Research assistant working on the project “WarmingWebs – Role of biodiversity, species thermal tolerance and food web structure in the response to climate change: Temperate versus tropical ecosystems”	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2014/04/01 - 2014/12/30	Research assistant working on the project “WarmingWebs – Role of biodiversity, species thermal tolerance and food web structure in the response to climate change: Temperate versus tropical ecosystems”	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2014/07/01 - 2014/07/30	Stage in Canning-Clode Marine Lab - Marine Biology Station of Funchal, Madeira (Portugal), under the project financed by FCT (PTDC/MAR-EST/2141/2012)	Universidade de São Paulo Centro de Biologia Marinha, Brazil

2014/02/01 - 2014/03/30	Stage in Center of Marine Biology of University of São Paulo, Brazil (CEBIMar / USP), under the project “WarmingWebs" financed by the FCT (PTDC/MAR-EST/2141/2012).	Universidade de São Paulo Centro de Biologia Marinha, Brazil

2013/07/01 - 2013/12/30	Research assistant, working on the project “BioPlume – Dependence of coastal ecosystems onriver run-off: today & tomorrow”, financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/AAG-R	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2012/09/01 - 2013/07/30	Volunteer work in project “Characterization of chiton habitat vulnerability to crab predation”. Financed by PEst-OE/MAR/UI0199/2011 (PI: Ana Silva and Catarina Vinagre)	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2013/01/01 - 2013/06/30	Volunteer work in project “Thermal stress on tidal-pool organisms – a proteomic approach”, financed by Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, under the supervision of the PhD Diana Madeira.	REQUIMTE, Portugal

2013/01/01 - 2013/06/30	Volunteer work at REQUIMTE laboratory under the supervision of the PhD Diana Madeira (Project “Thermal tolerance of rocky intertidal organisms”, financed by PEst-OE/MAR/UI0199/2011 (PI: Catarina Vinag	REQUIMTE, Portugal

2012/09/01 - 2012/12/30	Volunteer in work entitled "Isotopes reveal the fluctuating trophic levels of estuarine organisms, in space and time" (PI Catarina Vinagre)	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2011/09/01 - 2012/07/01	Volunteer work in project “Tidal pools as nursery areas for marine fish and shrimp”, financed by PEst-OE/MAR/UI0199/2011 (PI: Ana Silva; Catarina Vinagre)	MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

2010/12/01 - 2010/12/30	Participation in the Monitoring a pregnant bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus – Zoomarine, Albufeira (Portugal). Total duration: 10 hours.	Zoomarine, Albufeira, Portugal

2009/10/01 - 2010/10/01	Research assistant in project "Genetic variation and epigenetic reproductive diversity of the rare and endemic coastline Limonium spp" (PI: Ana Caperta (CBAA))	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2018 - Current	LifeLines - Vulnerability of fisheries and coastal ecosystems to droughts: today & tomorrow PTDC/BIA-BMA/28304/2017 Principal investigator FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022 - Current	AQUATROPHYS - Marine molecular networks for sustainable fisheries and AQUAculture: modeling TROpical fish nutritional quality and PHYSiology under global change FCT-DAAD Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021 - Current	ExtremeOceans - Unravelling evolutionary physiology landscapes of coastal marine fauna under extreme temperatures through systems-biology PTDC/BIA-BMA/1494/2020 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020 - Current	FutureMARES - Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity EU-H2020 Post-doc Fellow
2020 - Current	SardiTemp - Impact of climate change on the ecology and dynamics of small pelagic fish LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-32209 Researcher
2014/11 - 2017	CoralSol - Response of the invasive coral, Tubastraea coccinea, to climate change and extreme thermal events - potential effects on competition with the native coral Mussismilia hispida. Project CoralSol Researcher Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil	Ongoing
2012 - 2015/10	BioPlume – Dependence of coastal ecosystems onriver run-off: today & tomorrow PTDC/AAG-REC/2139/2012 Research Fellow Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2012 - 2015/07	WarmingWebs – Role of biodiversity, species thermal tolerance and food web structure in the response to climate change: Temperate versus tropical ecosystems PTDC/MAR-EST/2141/2012 Research Fellow Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	"Life in a rock pool". 2022.
Conference paper	Madeira, C.; Madeira, D.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, M.; Leal, M.C; Diniz, M.S.; Vinagre, C.. "From temperate to tropical regions: a look into the stress physiology matrix across marine ecosystems". Paper presented in 19th September, Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, 2019. Madeira, C:; Madeira, D.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, M.; Leal, M.C; Costa, P.M.; Diniz, M.S.; Vinagre, C.. "Ocean warming: Dynamics of physiological responses across climate regions". Paper presented in 18th September, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research,, Germany, 2019. Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Vanessa, Leal; Miguel, C.; Flores, A.A.V.; Cabral, H.; Diniz, M.S.; Vinagre, C.. "Environmental health assessment of warming coastal ecosystems in the tropics – application of an integrated biomarker response index". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, Peniche, Portugal, 2018. Published Madeira, C; Mendonça, V.; Leal, Miguel C.; Diniz, Mário S.; Flores, A.A.V.; Cabral, H.. "Eco-physiology of recently introduced shrimp species in the tropical Atlantic enlightens present and future invasion potential of tropical regions under ocean warming". Paper presented in YOUMARES 9, Oldenburg, 2018. 10.13140/RG.2.2.24422.88646 Mendonça, Vanessa. "Robustness of food web complex networks to heat waves in tropical and temperate shallow waters.". Paper presented in 4th Climate Change Symposium, Washington, DC, 2018. Madeira, C.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, M.; Flores, A.A.V.; Cabral, H.; Diniz, M.S.; Vinagre, C.. "Stress térmico e capacidade de aclimatação em oceanos tropicais: uma abordagem experimental com organismos intertidais". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia da SPECO, Lisboa, 2017. Madeira, C.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Cabral, H.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Thermal stress biomarkers in the widespread sergeant-major fish: temperature as a major environmental stressor in a warming ocean.". Paper presented in MARES Conference 2016: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1st to 5th, Olhão,, Olhão, Portugal, 2016. Published Leal, I.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, D.; Narciso, L.; Flores, A.A.V.; Vinagre, C.. "Vulnerability of tropical and temperate coastal organisms to climate warming". Paper presented in 3rd International Symposium on Climate Change Effects on the World’s Oceans, Santos, Brasil, 2015. Published Leal, I.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, D.; Narciso, L.; Flores, A.V.V.; Vinagre, C.. "Acclimation capacity of tropical and temperate coastal organisms". Paper presented in 3rd International Symposium on Climate Change Effects on the World’s Oceans, Santos, Brazil, 2015. Published Vinagre, C.; Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Roma, J.; Diniz, Mário S.. "Temperature as a confounding factor in the use of oxidative stress biomarkers of habitat quality –testing the response of different fish tissues". Paper presented in Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, 31 de Agosto a 4 de Setembro, Liverpool, Reino Unido. Póster, Liverpool, 2015. Published Madeira, D.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Diniz, Mário S.. "Biochemical responses of several gastropods exposed to high temperatures in natural conditions". Paper presented in ECSA 54 - Coastal systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools, Sesimbra, 2014. Published
Conference poster	Mendonça, Vanessa. "Functioning of coastal food webs - Intertidal rock pools as a case-study". Paper presented in XIX National Meeting of Ecology - SPECO - Portuguese Society of Ecology, 2020. Madeira, C.; Marta, D; Leal, MC; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, D.; Ferreira, A.; Gouveira, R.; et al. "Warming in tropical marine ecosystems: can integrative physiological indices help prioritize habitats and species for conservation?". Paper presented in 15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18th Portuguese Society for Ecology Meeting: Ecology Across Borders - Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals, 2019. Mendonça, V.; Madeira, Carolina; Dias, M.; Silva, A.F.; Augusto A.V. Flores; Vinagre, C.. "Robustness of tropical and temperate food web networks to species removals". Paper presented in ICYMARE – International Conference for Young Marine Researchers, 2019. Madeira, C.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, M.; Flores, Augusto; Cabral, H.; Diniz, M.S.; Vinagre, C.. "Integrated index of stress responses to a future marine heat wave in tropical intertidal organisms". Paper presented in 4th Climate Change Symposium, 2018. Vinagre, C.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, C.; Dias, M.; Silva, A.C.F.; Flores, A.A.V.. "What happens when thermally vulnerable species are removed from food web networks?". Paper presented in nternational Meeting on Marine Research 2018, 2018. Cereja, R.; Dias, M.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Gil, Fátima; Vinagre, C.; Diniz, M.S.. "Synergistic effects between temperature and parasitization in the Pomatoschistus microps and Anilocra frontalis interaction". Paper presented in VII Congresso Ibérico de Ictiologia., 2018. Vinagre, C.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Cereja, R.; Abreu-Afonso, Francisca; Dias, M.; Mizrahi, Damián; Flores, A.A.V.. "Ecological traps in shallow coastal-waters-Potencial effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms". Paper presented in 4th International Symposium on The Effects of Climate Change on World Oceans, 2018. Cereja, R.; Dias, M.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, D.; Gil, Fátima; Vinagre, C.; Diniz, Mário. "Efeitos sinergéticos da parasitação de Anilocra frontalis no gobiídeo Pomatoschistus microps e do aumento da temperatura devido a alterações climáticas". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2017. Catarina, V.; Madeira, C.; Dias, M.; Mendonça, Vanessa. "Benthic trophic web of a pristine embayment within a disturbed estuarine environment". Paper presented in Liberpool, 2015. Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Boaventura, Diana; Cabral, H.; Silva, A.C.F.. "Chiton colour polymorphism in relation to substrate colour as a camouflage defence mechanism for predation pressure". Paper presented in Marine Sciences Symposium - Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 2013.
Journal article	Vinagre, Catarina; Mendonça, Vanessa. "Changing webs - Variation of complex networks over a tidal cycle in an intertidal rocky reef". Ecological Complexity 56 (2023): 101060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2023.101060. 10.1016/j.ecocom.2023.101060 Mendonça, V; Madeira, C; Dias, M; Flores, AAV; Vinagre, C. "Robustness of temperate versus tropical food webs: comparing species trait-based sequential deletions". Marine Ecology Progress Series 691 (2022): 19-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14062. 10.3354/meps14062 Carvalho, Jessica; Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Silva, Ana. "Environmental factors impacting the abundance and distribution of amphipods in intertidal rock pools". Journal of Sea Research 172 (2021): 102035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2021.102035. 10.1016/j.seares.2021.102035 Vinagre, Catarina; Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, Carolina; Diniz, Mário S.. "Warming in shallow waters: Seasonal response of stress biomarkers in a tide pool fish". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 251 (2021): 107187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107187. 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107187 Gauzens, Benoit; Rall, Björn C.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Brose, Ulrich. "Biodiversity of intertidal food webs in response to warming across latitudes". Nature Climate Change (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0698-z. 10.1038/s41558-020-0698-z Madeira, D.; Araújo, J.E.; Madeira, C.; Mendonça, V.; Vitorino, R.; Vinagre, C.; Diniz, M.S.. "Seasonal proteome variation in intertidal shrimps under a natural setting: Connecting molecular networks with environmental fluctuations". Science of The Total Environment 703 (2020): 134957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134957. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134957 Vanessa Mendonça; Augusto A.V. Flores; Ana C.F. Silva; Catarina Vinagre. "Do marine fish juveniles use intertidal tide pools as feeding grounds?". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 225 (2019): 106255-106255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106255. 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106255 Vinagre, Catarina; Dias, Marta; Cereja, Rui; Abreu-Afonso, Francisca; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Mendonça, Vanessa. "Upper thermal limits and warming safety margins of coastal marine species – Indicator baseline for future reference". Ecological Indicators 102 (2019): 644-649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.030. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.030 Vinagre, Catarina; Madeira, Carolina; Dias, Marta; Narciso, Luís; Mendonça, Vanessa. "Reliance of coastal intertidal food webs on river input – Current and future perspectives". Ecological Indicators 101 (2019): 632-639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.01.064. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.01.064 Brose, Ulrich; Archambault, Phillippe; Barnes, Andrew D.; Bersier, Louis-Felix; Boy, Thomas; Canning-Clode, João; Conti, Erminia; et al. "Predator traits determine food-web architecture across ecosystems". Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 6 (2019): 919-927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0899-x. 10.1038/s41559-019-0899-x Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, Carolina; Gaiteiro, Cristiana; Vinagre, Catarina; Diniz, Mário S.. "Molecular assessment of wild populations in the marine realm: Importance of taxonomic, seasonal and habitat patterns in environmental monitoring". Science of The Total Environment 654 (2019): 250-263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.064. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.064 Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, Miguel C.; Diniz, Mário S.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Flores, Augusto A. V.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Present and future invasion perspectives of an alien shrimp in South Atlantic coastal waters: an experimental assessment of functional biomarkers and thermal tolerance". Biological Invasions (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01921-1. 10.1007/s10530-019-01921-1 Cereja, Rui; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Vinagre, Catarina; Gil, Fátima; Diniz, Mário. "Physiological effects of cymothoid parasitization in the fish host Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) under increasing ocean temperatures". Ecological Indicators 95 (2018): 176-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.045. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.045 Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, Miguel C.; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Environmental health assessment of warming coastal ecosystems in the tropics – Application of integrative physiological indices". Science of The Total Environment 643 (2018): 28-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.152. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.152 Vinagre, Catarina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Baeta, Alexandra; Marques, João Carlos. "Complex food webs of tropical intertidal rocky shores (SE Brazil) – An isotopic perspective". Ecological Indicators 95 (2018): 485-491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.065. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.065 Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "High thermal tolerance does not protect from chronic warming – A multiple end-point approach using a tropical gastropod, Stramonita haemastoma". Ecological Indicators 91 (2018): 626-635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.044. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.044 Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, Carolina; Dias, Marta; Vermandele, Fanny; Archambault, Philippe; Dissanayake, Awantha; Canning-Clode, João; et al. "What's in a tide pool? Just as much food web network complexity as in large open ecosystems". (2018): 10.1371/journal.pone.0200066 Vinagre, Catarina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Cereja, Rui; Abreu-Afonso, Francisca; Dias, Marta; Mizrahi, Damián; Flores, Augusto A. V.; et al. "Ecological traps in shallow coastal waters—Potential effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms". PLOS ONE 13 2 (2018): e0192700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192700. 10.1371/journal.pone.0192700 Vinagre, Catarina; Silva, Rodrigo; Mendonça, Vanessa; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Baeta, Alexandra; Marques, João Carlos. "Food web organization following the invasion of habitat-modifying Tubastraea spp. corals appears to favour the invasive borer bivalve Leiosolenus aristatus". Ecological Indicators 85 (2018): 1204-1209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.11.056. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.11.056 Mendonça, V; Vinagre, C. "Short food chains, high connectance and a high rate of cannibalism in food web networks of small intermittent estuaries". Marine Ecology Progress Series 587 (2018): 17-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12401. 10.3354/meps12401 Madeira, Carolina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Leal, Miguel C.; Flores, Augusto A.V.; Cabral, Henrique N.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Thermal stress, thermal safety margins and acclimation capacity in tropical shallow waters—An experimental approach testing multiple end-points in two common fish". Ecological Indicators 81 (2017): 146-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.050. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.050 Madeira, Diana; Vinagre, Catarina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Diniz, Mário Sousa. "Seasonal changes in stress biomarkers of an exotic coastal species – Chaetopleura angulata (Polyplacophora) – Implications for biomonitoring". Marine Pollution Bulletin 120 1-2 (2017): 401-408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.005. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.005 Cereja, R.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Madeira, Diana; Vinagre, C.. "Effect of Anilocra frontalis parasitization on the thermal tolerance, acclimation capacity and condition of its fish host Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838)". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 0 (2017): Accepted • 10.1111/jai.13403 Vinagre, C.; Madeira, C.; Dias, M.; Narciso, L.; Mendonça, V.. "Can stable isotopes be used to infer site fidelity of nekton in open coastal areas?". Ecological Indicators 71 . (2016): 175-180. Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.055 Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Diniz, Mário S.. "Is the stress response affected by season? Clues from an in situ study with a key intertidal shrimp". Marine Biology 163 2 (2016): 0-0. Published • 10.1007/s00227-015-2803-9 Vinagre, Catarina; Leal, Inês; Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, Diana; Narciso, Luís; Diniz, Mário S.; Flores, Augusto A.V.. "Vulnerability to climate warming and acclimation capacity of tropical and temperate coastal organisms". Ecological Indicators 62 0 (2016): 317-327. Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.010 Vinagre, Catarina; Leal, Inês; Mendonça, Vanessa; Flores, Augusto A.V.. "Effect of warming rate on the critical thermal maxima of crabs, shrimp and fish". Journal of Thermal Biology 47 1 (2015): 19-25. Published • 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.10.012 Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Roma, Joana; Costa, Pedro M.; Larguinho, Miguel; Vinagre, Catarina; Diniz, Mário S.. "Physiological, cellular and biochemical thermal stress response of intertidal shrimps with different vertical distributions: Palaemon elegans and Palaemon serratus". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 183 1 (2015): 107-115. Published • 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.12.039 Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Boaventura, Diana; Cabral, Henrique; Silva, Ana C. F.. "Chitons’ apparent camouflage does not reduce predation by green crabs Carcinus maenas". Marine Biology Research 12 2 (2015): 125-132. Published • 10.1080/17451000.2015.1088951 Vinagre, Catarina; Mendonça, Vanessa; Narciso, Luís; Madeira, Carolina. "Food web of the intertidal rocky shore of the west Portuguese coast – Determined by stable isotope analysis". Marine Environmental Research 110 0 (2015): 53-60. Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.016 Vinagre, Catarina; Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Roma, Joana; Diniz, Mário S.. "Effect of increasing temperature in the differential activity of oxidative stress biomarkers in various tissues of the Rock goby, Gobius paganellus". Marine Environmental Research 97 1 (2014): 10-14. Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.01.007 Vinagre, Catarina; Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Roma, Joma; Diniz, Mário S.. "Effect of temperature in multiple biomarkers of oxidative stress in coastal shrimp". Journal of Thermal Biology 41 1 (2014): 38-42. Published • 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.02.005 Silva, Ana C. F.; Mendonça, Vanessa; Paquete, Rita; Barreiras, Nuno; Vinagre, Catarina. "Habitat provision of barnacle tests for overcrowded periwinkles". Marine Ecology na (2014): n/a-n/a. Published • 10.1111/maec.12161 Madeira, Diana; Mendonça, Vanessa; Dias, Marta; Roma, Joana; Costa, Pedro M.; Diniz, Mário S.; Vinagre, Catarina. "Physiological and biochemical thermal stress response of the intertidal rock goby Gobius paganellus". Ecological Indicators 46 1 (2014): 232-239. Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.029 Mendonça, Vanessa; Vinagre, Catarina; Cabral, Henrique; Silva, Ana C. F.. "Habitat use of inter-tidal chitons - role of colour polymorphism". Marine Ecology 1 (2014): n/a-n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maec.12205/abstract. Published • 10.1111/maec.12205 Vinagre, C.; Salgado, J.P.; Mendonça, V.; Cabral, H.; Costa, M.J.. "Isotopes reveal fluctuation in trophic levels of estuarine organisms, in space and time". Journal of Sea Research 72 1 (2012): 49-54. Published • 10.1016/j.seares.2012.05.010
Thesis / Dissertation	Mendonça, Vanessa. "Functioning of coastal food webs – intertidal rock pools as a case-study". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2019. Mendonça, Vanessa. ""Avaliação da variação populacional de quítones em substracto rochoso e móvel e a sua importância enquanto presa de predadores-chave no ecossistema intertidal"". Master, 2012.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2020/12	Functioning of coastal food webs - Intertidal rock pools as a case-study	XIX National Meeting of Ecology Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018	Robustness of food web complex networks to heat waves in tropical and temperate shallow waters.	4th Climate Change Symposium ICES, PISCES & IOC-UNESCO (Washington, DC, United States)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Integrative analysis of thermal vulnerability is shallow coastal ecosystems. PhD Co-supervisor of Cristina López Gastón	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020 - Current	Food Web Network of Ria do Alvor and Ria do Aveiro - ERASMUS+ Co-supervisor of Cristina López Gastón
2017 - Current	Biodiversity seasonal patterns of marine benthic habitats of the Portuguese coast. ERASMUS+ Co-supervisor of Marina del Olmo Arjona
2017 - 2018	"The sun coral as an ecosystem engineer". Master Co-supervisor of Rodrigo Silva	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017	Caracterização da zona entre-marés da Ericeira - padrões gerais e impactos humanos. Master Co-supervisor of Helena Pedro	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017	"Microplastics as vectors of heavy metals for fish". Master Co-supervisor of Cheila Alexandre	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014	"Thermal tolerance and acclimation capacity in tropical and temperate coastal organisms". Master Co-supervisor of Inês Leal	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Organization and participation in the event “Climate Changes in the Oceans” held in the Main Hall of the Parish Council of Casal de Cambra for students of the 1st and 2nd cycles of Basic Education of the Professor Agostinho da Silva School Group. (2022)
2021 - Current	Workshop for the non-scientific Community: “Adapting to Climate Change”. Main Hall of the Parish Council of Casal de Cambra, partnership with the City Council from Sintra. (2021)
2019 - Current	Alterações climáticas nos Oceanos (2019)	Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Portugal
2018 - 2022	Organization of regular Ecowalks open to the population with the objective to raise awareness of the need to preserve the Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems. In partnership with the Câmara Municipal de Sintra (2018 - 2022)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019 - Current	Adaptação às alterações climáticas	Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Participation as a monitor in the activities carried out annually at the Centro de Ciência Viva, Sintra.

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020 - Current	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019 - Current	Seasonal Variation in Intertidal Biodiversity and Complex Food Webs structure	André Gomes
2018 - Current	Effects of metal nanoparticles in marine organisms	Sandro Amador
2018 - Current	Effects of metal nanoparticles in marine organisms	Ricardo Sanona
2018 - Current	Potential effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms	Francisca Abreu-Afonso
2018 - Current	Effects of microplastics in marine organisms.	Marta Vintém da Cunha
2018 - Current	Effects of microplastics in marine organisms.	Sara Apresentação
2018 - Current	Microplastics as vectors of heavy metals for fish	Constança Neves
2016 - Current	Robustness of food web complex networks to heat-waves	Madalena Ayres Horta
2016 - Current	Seasonal Variation in Intertidal Biodiversity and Complex Food Webs structure	Patricia Nascimento

Distinctions

Award

2020	2nd place for Best PhD in Ecology Award 2020

Other distinction

2015	PhD research grant SFRH/BD/109618/2015(4 years) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2009	Research Initiation Grant, integrated in the project "Genetic variation and epigenetic reproductive diversity of the rare and endemic coastline Limonium spp", tendo como principal investigadora Ana Caperta (CBAA) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal