Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
 - Emanuel João Flores Gonçalves
 
Citation names
- Gonçalves, E.J.
 
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
 - C018-AFBD-EC56
 - ORCID iD
 - 0000-0002-3918-6215
 - Researcher Id
 - H-9976-2013
 - Scopus Author Id
 - 7004990739
 
Websites
- http://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/user/152 (Professional)
 - https://www.oceanoazulfoundation.org/who-we-are/governance/ (Professional)
 
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  1997 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              PhD Thesis (Doutoramento)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal 
                                 "“Ethology, Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Blennioids (Teleostei, Blennioidei)” (in Portuguese)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Maximum grade (aprovado com distinção e louvor por | 
| 
                                  1990 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Biology (Licenciatura)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal 
                                 ""Eco-Ethology of Reproduction in Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae) at Ria Formosa" (in Portuguese)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              15 (in 20) | 
Affiliation
            Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002/01/01 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal | 
| 1997/10 - 2001/12 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal | 
| 1994/10 - 1997/09 | Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal | 
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/01/01 - Current | Chief Scientist and Member of the Board | Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal | 
Projects
            Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 | INFORBIOMARES – Information and monitoring system of marine biodiversity of the Arrábida protected areas
                                 
                                  Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016/01 - 2018/12 | Biomares 3.0
                                  Biomares 3.0 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2012/10 - 2016/07 | BUFFER – Áreas de proteção parcial como ‘buffers’ para aumentar a resiliência socio-ecológica
                                  BIODIVERSA/0002/2011 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                 Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement, France Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Luleå University of Tec, Sweden Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Agence nationale de la recherche Vetenskapsradet Naturvardsverket Norges forskningsråd Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2013/01 - 2015/12 | Conservação dos Habitats Marinhos e Caracterização das Atividades Socioeconómicas no Parque Natural da Arrábida / Sítio de
                                 Importância Comunitário Arrábida-Espichel (BIODIVERS)
                                  BIOMARES 2.0 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2013/01 - 2015/03 | REEFFISH - Identificação dos factores associados ao sucesso do recrutamento em peixes de recifes temperados
                                  PTDC/MAR-EST/4356/2012 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2013/01 - 2015/03 | ACIDLARVAE – Efeitos da Acidificação em larvas de peixes temperados
                                  PTDC/MAR-EST/4627/2012 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 - 2014 | MATRIX – Understanding connectivity patterns in temperate reef fish populations
                                  PTDC/MAR/115226/2009 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2012 | POSTBIOMARES - “Restoration of Biodiversity in the Marine Park Site Arrábia-Espichel”
                                  PTCON0010 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 - 2012 | Marine phylogeographic structuring during climate change: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting populations
                                  ESF_MarinERA_? 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2011 | LIFE06 NAT/P/000192:Restoration Biodiversity Marine Park Site Arrábia-Espichel/Task D4:Assess.benefits of conservation/restoration
                                 by monitoring indicators of ecosystem status pre/post-habitat restoration in both habitats 1110 and 1170 and in control area
                                  PTCON0010 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2010 | The role of algal tufts on fish ecology and recruitment – influence of an alien species
                                  POCTI/MAR/57934/2004 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 - 2007 | Ecology and behaviour of the aquatic animals in the Sado estuary and Arrábida coast
                                  CONC-REEQ/1122/2001 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 - 2006 | Intertidal rocky shore fish communities during high-tide: patterns of fish behaviour and use of space
                                  POCTI/BSE/46825/2002 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2002 - 2004 | Monitoring of rocky shore fish communities using non-destructive methods
                                  POCTI/BSE/38350/2001 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2001 - 2004 | Biogeography, gene flow and biodiversity of rocky shore fish communities in Portugal
                                  PNAT/1999/BIA/15017 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1999 - 2000 | Inventory of the ichthyofauna of the Nature Reserve Mudflat of Castro Marim and Vila Real de Stº António
                                  ICN_? 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Instituto da Conservação da Natureza
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1999 - 2000 | Evaluation and monitoring of the drag works on the ichthyological communities of the Ria Formosa Nature Park
                                  ICN_? 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Instituto da Conservação da Natureza
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1997 - 2000 | Climatic effects on the ecology of littoral fish: a translatitudinal and phenological approach (CLIPE)
                                  PRAXIS/3/3.2/EMG/ 1957/95 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1996 - 2000 | Inventory and ecology of the rocky shore ichthyofauna of the Arrábida-Espichel coast
                                  ICN_? 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Instituto da Conservação da Natureza
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1997 - 1999 | Neuroethology and behavioural endocrinology of male sexual polimorphism in the blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus parvicornis
                                 from the Azores
                                  PCNA/C/BIA/94/96 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1996 - 1998 | Behavioural ecology and phenology of Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae) at Ria Formosa
                                  PBICT/C/MAR/2228/95 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1996 - 1998 | Socio-economic evaluation of the activities depending on the marine environment at the Arrábida-Espichel coast
                                  ICN_? 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Instituto da Conservação da Natureza
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 1993 - 1995 | Reproductive biology of rocky littoral resident fishes in the Portuguese coast
                                  PBIC/1313/MAR/92 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
Outputs
            Publications
| Book | 
                                 
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| Book chapter | 
                                 
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| Conference abstract | 
                                 
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| Conference paper | 
                                 
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| Conference poster | 
                                 
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| Edited book | 
                                 
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| Journal article | 
                                 
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Other
| Other output | 
                                 
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Activities
            Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location)  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/10/07 | Batoids protection: does residency get the ball rolling? | 42nd CIESM Congress
                                  The Mediterranean Science Commission (Cascais, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/05/21 | Tell me sand-smelt, what are you smelling? | 43th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                  American Fisheries Society (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/04/18 | Reproductive trade-offs in a temperate reef fish under high pCO2 levels. Lessons from a high CO2 world | SEB symposium
                                  Society for Experimental Biology (Ponta Delgada, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/03/07 | Reproductive trade-offs in the two-spotted goby under high pCO2 levels | Goby Meeting
                                   (Venice, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Larval development and early life history of a temperate reef fish – implications for the design and implementation of MPAs | Second Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation
                                   (Olhão) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Effect of spatial protection on size-based metrics of soft bottom fish communities: the case of the Luiz Saldanha Marine Park (Portugal) | Second Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation
                                   (Olhão) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | A new classification system for marine protected areas | 13th International Coral Reefs Symposium
                                   (Honolulu) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | A new regulation-based classification system for marine protected areas | International Marine Conservation Congress – IMCC4
                                   (St. John's) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Assessing the effectiveness of marine partially protected areas | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016 (IMMR’16)
                                   (Peniche) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | CO2-induced ocean acidification on reproductive output of the two-spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens | 40th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Solomons, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | High annual variability in the genetic pool of the temperate clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster, Bonnaterre 1788) | 39th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Viena) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Larval growth and development of the black-faced blenny, Tripterygion delaisi from the Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal | 39th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Viena) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | CO2-induced ocean acidification increases risk of predation in coastal temperate fish larvae | 2015 ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC)
                                   (Copenhagen) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Disruption of behavioural lateralization and shoaling cohesion on sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) larvae under ocean acidification | 2015 ICES Annual Science Conference (ASC)
                                   (Copenhagen) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Habitat associations and behavioural patterns of Symphodus spp. (Pisces: Labridae) | VIII Congresso Nacional de Etologia
                                   (Lisboa) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Can caulerpin induce changes on fish behaviour? Unexpected conservation problems from invasive alien species | VIII Congresso Nacional de Etologia
                                   (Lisboa) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Patterns of recruitment of the sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) on rocky intertidal habitats | XV European Congress of Ichthyology
                                   (Porto) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Impact of Environmental Factors on Recruitment and Hatching patterns of Atlantic Horse Mackerel | XV European Congress of Ichthyology
                                   (Porto) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | Effects of ocean acidification on the response of late stage larvae of two temperate fish species, painted goby (Pomatochistus pictus) and sand smelt (Atherina presbyter), to daytime reef sounds | ECSA 54 Conference - Coastal systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools
                                   (Sesimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | Extended pelagic larval duration coupled with evidence of local growth in the black-faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) in the Arrabida Marine Park, Portugal | ECSA 54 Conference - Coastal systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools
                                   (Sesimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | High annual variability in the genetic pool of the intertidal temperate clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster | ECSA 54 Conference - Coastal systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools
                                   (Sesimbra) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | Behaviour and physiology of gilthead seabream early life stages under ocean warming and acidification | 11th International Conference on the Biology of Fish
                                   (Edimburgo, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | How to characterize and classify the large variability of marine partially protected areas – the BUFFER project case study. | First Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation
                                   (Olhão, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | Early stages of Trachurus trachurus show local growth and lunar periodicity at a nearshore rocky reef system in a Marine Protected Area | First Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation
                                   (Olhão, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | Critical swimming behaviour of sand-smelt larvae (Atherina presbyter, Cuvier 1829) – implications for larval dispersal and comparison with other temperate species | 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Miami, United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | Tropicalization of marine fish in a biogeographic transition zone (Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal) | Simpósio de Ciências Marinhas 2013
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | Soft bottom fisheries resources and spatial management: the case of the Arrábida Marine Park | 3rd World Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC 3)
                                   (Marseilles and Corsica, France) 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | Patterns of redistribution of fishing effort following implementation of a marine protected area | 3rd World Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC 3)
                                   (Marseilles and Corsica, France) 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 | Vertical structure of very-nearshore temperate fish larval assemblages sampled with tow nets and light traps | 9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium
                                   (Plymouth, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 | The reserve effect of a temperate MPA in the NW Atlantic (The Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal) | 9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium
                                   (Plymouth, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Different mechanisms for different species – small scale differences in the occurrence and distribution of temperate reef fish larvae | 90th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists
                                   (Seaside, Monterey (California), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Evaluation of the first effects of conservation measures on the reef fish communities in the Arrábida Marine Park | International Meeting on Marine Resources 2009
                                   (Peniche, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Spatial and temporal patterns of fish recruitment on macroalgae cover of a temperate reef | European Marine Biology Symposium
                                   (Liverpool, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Planktonic larval duration of eleven species of temperate cryptobenthic reef fishes: relation with possible dispersive and retention patterns at the Arrábida Marine Park | 4th International Otolith Symposium
                                   (Monterey (California), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Linking (or not) larval occurrence nearshore with early life traits of a temperate cryptobenthic reef fish species from otolith analysis | 4th International Otolith Symposium
                                   (Monterey (California), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Interannual fluctuations in the structure of temperate reef-fish larval assemblages at the Arrábida Marine Park | 33rd Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Portland (Oregon), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Tidal and vertical distribution of nearshore fish larval assemblages at a temperate rocky shore | 33rd Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Portland (Oregon), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Evaluation of the first effects of conservation measures on the reef fish communities in the Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal | Workshop de Estrategias para la Planificación y Conservación de los Recursos Marinos de Canarias
                                   (La Palma (Gran Canaria), Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Underwater explosions in dolphin country: safety procedures, monitoring and acoustic measurements | 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
                                   (Québec City (Québec), Canada) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Short-term temporal fluctuation of very-nearshore larval fish assemblages at the Arrábida Marine Park | 10th International Coastal Symposium
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Ontogeny of critical swimming speed of wild-caught and laboratory-reared red drum larvae (Sciaenops ocellatus) | 32nd Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Kiel, Germany) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Evidence of nearshore fish larval retention at the Arrábida Marine Park (Portugal) | 8th Larval Biology Symposium
                                  Faculdade Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Ontogeny of critical swimming speed of wild-caught and laboratory-reared red drum larvae (Sciaenops ocellatus) | 8th Larval Biology Symposium
                                  Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Biomares, um projecto LIFE para a recuperação e gestão da biodiversidade do parque marinho Luiz Saldanha, na Arrábida | Biomares, um projecto LIFE para a recuperação e gestão da biodiversidade do parque marinho Luiz Saldanha, na Arrábida
                                  Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on rapid shifts in a marine fish assemblage | 43rd Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association – International Symposium: Climate Change Impacts on South-European Coastal
                                 Ecosystems
                                  Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Ontogeny of critical swimming speed of wild-caught and laboratory-reared red drum larvae (Sciaenops ocellatus) | VIII Congresso Nacional de Etologia
                                  ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Very-nearshore larval fish assemblages at the Arrábida Marine Park (Portugal) | 31st Larval Fish Conference
                                   (St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Temporal dynamics of very-nearshore larval fish assemblages at a temperate rocky shore | 30rd Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Lake Placid (New York State), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | School composition and small-scale temporal variation of very nearshore larval assemblages occurring at the bottom at a temperate rocky shore | 30rd Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Lake Placid (New York State), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | A comparative analysis of fish larval assemblages at different very-nearshore habitats in a temperate rocky coast | 29th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Barcelona, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Vertical distribution of very-nearshore fish larval assemblages in a temperate rocky coast | 29th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Barcelona, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Depth distribution of late stage larvae near the substrate in a temperate rocky fish assemblage | 29th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Barcelona, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Coastal larval community of the Arrábida Marine Park (Portugal) and possible evidence of larval retention nearshore | Plankton Symposium III
                                   (Figueira da Foz, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | Habitat use by rocky shore Echinodermata in a marine protected area | Littoral 2004
                                   (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | Habitat use by rocky shore Brachyura and Anomura (Crustacea Decapoda) communities in a protected area | Littoral 2004
                                  University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | Composition and possible retention of a nearshore larval community in a Portuguese rocky coast | 28th Annual Larval Fish Conference
                                   (Clemson, United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2003 | Evaluation of the impact of visitors on the behaviour of some teleosts at the Lisbon Oceanarium | 5th National Ethology Congress
                                  University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2003 | Reproductive bioenergetics and comparative behaviour in intertidal and subtidal blennioid fishes | 5th National Ethology Congress
                                  University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2003 | Reproductive bioenergetics and comparative behaviour in intertidal and subtidal blennioid fishes | XXVIII International Ethological Conference
                                   (Florianópolis, Brazil) 
                               | 
                           
| 2003 | Marine Protected Areas and Biodiversity of Temperate Reef Fish Communities - A Case Study | Biodiversity of Coastal Marine Ecosystems – A Functional Approach to Coastal Marine Biodiversity
                                  European Commission (Renesse, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2002 | Ethical questions in the use and exploitation of the marine environment | Workshop: Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development
                                  ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2002 | The role of Marine Protected Areas on biodiversity conservation in Portugal | Management and Governance of the Oceans and Coastal Areas
                                  Fundação Luso-Americana (FLAD) (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2002 | Fish Communities at the Arrábida Marine Park | 1st Symposium on the Ecology of the Sado Estuary and Perspectives for the Conservation of bottlenose dolphins
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2002 | Structure of a temperate reef fish community prior to the establishment of a Marine Protected Area | World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas 2002
                                  Australian Society for Fish Biology (Cairns, Queensland, Australia) 
                               | 
                           
| 2002 | The role of Marine Protected Areas in the preservation of marine biodiversity: a case study (Arrábida Marine Park – Portugal) | Global Challenges of Parks and Protected Areas Management – International Symposium on Society and Resource Management
                                  University of Sassari and Colorado State University (La Maddalena (Sardenha), Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2001 | Ethics and the Marine Environment | Second edition of International Bioethics Institute
                                  Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2001 | The role of Marine Protected Areas on the conservation of marine biodiversity in Portugal | 2nd National Congress of Nature Conservation
                                  Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2000 | Structure of a temperate reef fish community prior to the establishment of a Marine Protected Area | 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
                                   (La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico) 
                               | 
                           
| 1999 | Male sexual polymorphism in blennies: integrating proximate and life-history decisions | XXVI International Ethological Conference. Symposium: Indeterminate growth and life history evolution
                                   (Bangalore, India) 
                               | 
                           
| 1998 | Littoral fish communities and conservation: a case study at Arrábida coast (Portugal) | Symposium “Behaviour and Conservation of Littoral Fishes”
                                  ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 1998 | Comparative behaviour and territoriality in intertidal and subtidal fish | Seventh International Behavioral Ecology Congress
                                   (Monterey (California), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 1998 | Sexual polymorphism in blennies: a causal and functional approach | 3rd National Ethology Congress
                                  Reitoria da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 1998 | Sexual differences in reproductive bioenergetics in rocky littoral fishes of the temperate zone | 3rd National Ethology Congress
                                  Reitoria da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 1998 | Behaviours and patterns of microhabitat use by juveniles in a shallow water littoral fish community | 3rd National Ethology Congress
                                  Reitoria da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 1997 | Territoriality in intertidal and subtidal blennioids: the influence of turbulence on behaviour | XXV International Ethological Conference
                                   (Viena, Austria) 
                               | 
                           
| 1997 | Sex differences in resource allocation for reproduction in the peacock blenny | XXV International Ethological Conference
                                   (Viena, Austria) 
                               | 
                           
| 1996 | Sex role reversal in a population of Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae) | 2nd National Ethology Congress
                                  Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 1996 | Female mimicry in sneaking males of the blenniid fish Salaria pavo | Symposium “Ecological & Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes”
                                   (Albuquerque (New Mexico), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 1995 | Females are the courting sex in a population of Salaria pavo (Pisces: Blenniidae) | XXIV International Ethological Conference
                                   (Honolulu (Hawaii), United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 1993 | The littoral fishes | Meeting "Ethology and Nature Conservation"
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role  | 
                              Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 - Current | Ecology and conservation of temperate reef communities
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2015 - Current | Understanding temperate reef fish larvae behaviour and implications for population connectivity
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2011 - Current | Spatio-temporal dynamics of soft bottom fish communities and small-scale fisheries in a Marine Protected Area: use of ecological
                                 and fisheries data in the management of the Professor Luiz Saldanha Marine Park
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - Current | Habitat selection in larvae of Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788) and Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Degree)
                                  Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - Current | GIS of the Arrábida Marine Park – paradigm of integrated coastal zone management
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Engenharia Biofísica, Planeamento e Gestão Ambiental (Degree)
                                  Universidade de Évora, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 - Current | Embryonic and larval in Lepadogaster: comparison between Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonaterre, 1788) and Lepadogaster lepadogaster
                                 (Bonaterre, 1788) (Pisces: Gobiesocidae)
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Degree)
                                  Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 - Current | Growth patterns characterizatio of Pomatoschistus pictus larvae (Pisces: Gobiidae)
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Degree)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 - Current | Larval development and growth of Gobius xanthocephalus (Pisces: Gobiidae)
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Degree)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 - Current | Spatial and temporal characterization of anthropogenic activities within the Luiz Saldanha Marine Park - Arrábida Nature
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2002 - Current | Ecology, distribution and abundance of Equinodermata at Arrábida Marine Park
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2002 - Current | Ecology, distribution and abundance of Crustacea Natantia at Arrábida Marine Park
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 1999 - Current | Distribution patterns and abundance of Apletodon dentatus (Facciola, 1887) (Gobiesocidae: Pisces) at the Arrábida Marine Park
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2011 - 2011 | Understanding temperate reef fish larvae behaviour and implications for population connectivity
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 - 2011 | Recruitment patterns and processes of reef fish species in a temperate coastal system
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2010 | Importance of rocky habitats and sea grasses to the larval stage of coastal fish at the Arrábida Marine Park Luiz Saldanha
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2010 | Vertical and interannual patters in larval fish assemblages of nearshore rocky reefs at the Arrábida Marine Park
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2010 | Habitat associations and behaviour of wrasses of the genus Symphodus (Rafinesque, 1810) at the Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Ecologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2010 | Larval description of Tripterygion delaisi (Pisces: Tripterygiidae)
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 - 2009 | Small scale spatial patterns of variation of reef fish larvae – implications for retention
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2009 - 2009 | Tidal influence on the vertical distribution of rocky reef fish larvae and choice of settlement habitats at the Luiz Saldanha
                                 Marine Park
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 - 2008 | The effect of conservation measures on the spatial and temporal variation of rocky fish assemblages in the Arrábida Marine
                                 Park
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2008 - 2008 | Characterisation of the population of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) at the Luiz Saldanha Marine Park
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia e Gestão dos Recursos Marinhos (Master)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 - 2008 | Spatial and temporal patterns of fish recruitment in macroalgae cover of a temperate reef
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Ecologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 - 2008 | Relationship between RNA/DNA condition index and planktonic larval duration in larval fish
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Ecologia Marinha (Master)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 - 2008 | Ecological data of soft corals (Octocorallia, Gorgonacea) – A contribution to the conservation and management of underwater
                                 activities on the Professor Luiz Saldanha Marine Park (Portugal)
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia e Gestão dos Recursos Marinhos (Master)
                                  Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2007 | Characterization of larval growth patterns in Pomatoschistus pictus (Pisces: Gobiidae)
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Master)
                                  Universidade do Algarve, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 - 2006 | Ontogenetic variation of behavioural and sensorial capabilities in coastal larval fish
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2006 - 2006 | Composition, Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Very-nearshore Larval Fish Assemblages at the Arrábida Marine Park
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2006 - 2006 | Patterns and processes of variation of a rocky bottom cryptobenthic fish assemblage
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              |
| 2004 - 2004 | Analysis and evaluation of management approaches applied to different species and populations of seagrasses. Design of a management
                                 plan for seagrasses in the Arrábida Marine Park
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sustainable Development of Marine and Coastal Systems (Master)
                                  Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 
                               | 
                           
| 2003 - 2003 | Evaluation of the impact of visitors on the behaviour of some teleosts at the Lisbon Oceanarium
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Etologia (Master)
                                  Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 1999 - 1999 | Territoriality and space utilization in the goby Pomatoschistus pictus (Pisces: Gobiidae
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Etologia (Master)
                                  Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 - Current | Ecological Society of America (ESA) | |
| 2002 - Current | The Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) | |
| 2001 - Current | Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN), desde 2001 | |
| 2001 - Current | Sociedade de Ética Ambiental (SEA) | |
| 2000 - Current | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpethologists (ASIH) | |
| 2000 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Naturais (SPCN) | |
| 1995 - Current | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBAUK) | |
| 1990 - Current | Ordem dos Biólogos | |
| Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (SPE) | |
| 1992 - 2010 | Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) | |
| 1998 - 1999 | International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) | 
Distinctions
            Other distinction
| 2004 | Best work in the Marine Biology and Ecology Area (Conference: Littoral 2004) | 
