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Milene Alexandra Guerreiro is a PhD student at the Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra. She completed her Degree in Biology at the University of Aveiro in 2017 and her Master’s degree in Ecology at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, in 2019. Her research focuses on fish larval and zooplankton ecology, fish habitat use, recruitment, connectivity, and community dynamics. To date, she has 4 SCI papers, 1 abstract publication, 13 oral communications, and 3 poster presentations at national and international conferences. Milene's dedication has been recognized with 8 awards and grants to attend international conferences and courses. She has participated in 6 research projects and recently participated in the first Portuguese sailing expedition to Antarctica (COASTANTAR 2024). She also has a special interest in science communication, as evidenced by her participation and organization of various science communication events. She currently manages the social media for the Marine Research Lab and the COASTANTAR expedition. Additionally, she has authored three exhibitions combining art and science, exhibited in 10 locations. Her commitment to continuous learning is demonstrated by her participation in workshops and courses. She is a member of the COST Action Sea-Unicorn and the Early life Stages Section - American Fisheries Society.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Milene Alexandra Duarte Nobre Guerreiro
Date of birth
1995/06/25
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra
  • Guerreiro, Milene

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C41E-B525-7D77
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8692-659X

Email addresses

  • milene.guerreiro@uc.pt (Professional)
  • madn.guerreiro@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 239240700 Ext.: 262268 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02/01 - 2025/02/01
Ongoing
 PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecology
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/14
Concluded
 Advanced R for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 19
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/07
Concluded
 Introduction to R for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 18
2017/08/23 - 2019/07/16
Concluded
 Master's degree in Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Importance of nursery areas for early life stages of fish at central coast of Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2017/07/10 - 2017/07/14
Concluded
 Advanced course on scientific writing and communication. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2013/09/09 - 2017/07/05
Concluded
 Bachelor's Degree in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Surf Zone zooplankton communities from the central coast of Portugal – influence of season and substrate type" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/14 - 2021/01/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2016/09/12 - 2017/06/27 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/14 - 2021/01/31 UC Mar - Transferência de tecnologia e conhecimento produzida na Universidade de Coimbra para a economia do Mar
MAR-01.03.01-FEAMP-0032
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

MAR 2020
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - Current COST Action - SEA-UNICORN
CA19107
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2016 - Current Long-term monitoring plan of fish and plankton assemblages in the Mondego estuary
N/A
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 SAIL-BIO - Longitudinal Analyses of Pollution and Zooplankton in Antarctic Peninsula Region
Propolar 2023/2024
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 Fish larvae in the Azores islands - structure, dynamics and biodiversity in Northeast Atlantic UNESCO biosphere reserves
App#68546
Researcher
PADI Foundation, United States
 PADI Foundation
Ongoing
2016/09/27 - 2017/06/27 MYTAG - Integrating natural and artificial tags to reconstruct fish migrations and ontogenetic niche shifts
PTDC/MAR-EST/2098/2014
Master's student
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Guerreiro, Milene; Louro, Inês; Cunha, Marina R.; Rodrigues, Clara F.. "Trophic Dynamics of the Fish assemblages collected from discards of Arte Xavega in Praia de Mira (Portugal, NE Atlantic)". 2016.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2016.04.00022
Conference poster
  1. Vaz, Ana Catarina; Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Landa, Jorge; Thasitis, Ioannis; Hannipoula, Olsen; Scarcella, Giuseppe; Sabatini, Laura; et al. "Otolith shape analysis as an effective tool for stock identification of two commercially important marine fishes, Helicolenus dactylopterus and Merluccius merluccius, in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean". Paper presented in 7th Otolith Symposium, 2023.
  2. Vaz, Ana Catarina; Tanner, Susanne E; Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Reis-Santos, P; Stransky, Christoph; Pardal, Miguel Ângelo; Martinho, Filipe. "Population discrimination of Helicolenus dactylopterus and Merluccius merluccius in the Atlantic and Mediterranean using otolith shape analysis.". Paper presented in Symposium on Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity, 2023.
  3. Guerreiro, Milene; Louro, Inês; Cunha, Marina R.; Rodrigues, Clara F.. "Trophic Dynamics of the Fish assemblages collected from discards of Arte Xavega in Praia de Mira (Portugal, NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Research 2016 - IMMR'16, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Vaz, Ana; Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Landa, Jorge; Hannipoula, Olsen; Thasitis, Ioannis; Scarcella, Giuseppe; Sabatini, Laura; et al. "Otolith shape analysis as a tool for stock identification of two commercially important marine fishes: Helicolenus dactylopterus and Merluccius merluccius". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 293 (2023): 108471. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108471.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108471
  2. Primo, Ana Lígia; Cruz, Carlos; Martinho, Filipe; Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Rodrigues, Manuel J.; Pardal, Miguel. "Climate forcing on estuarine zooplanktonic production". Marine Pollution Bulletin 194 (2023): 115287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115287.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115287
  3. Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Marques, Sónia Cotrim; Martinho, Filipe; Azeiteiro, Ulisses Miranda; Pardal, Miguel Ângelo; Primo, Ana Lígia. "Surf zone zooplankton communities from the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula — Influence of season, substrate type and environmental factors". Regional Studies in Marine Science 48 (2021): 102050. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102050.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102050
  4. Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra; Martinho, Filipe; Baptista, Joana; Costa, Filipe; Pardal, Miguel Ângelo; Primo, Ana Lígia. "Function of estuaries and coastal areas as nursery grounds for marine fish early life stages". Marine Environmental Research 170 (2021): 105408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105408.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105408
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Guerreiro, Milene Alexandra. "Importance of nursery areas for early life stages of fish at the central coast of Portugal". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2019.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11 Portugal and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings: 10 years and counting XV Portuguese Conference of Polar Sciences
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05 Um fotógrafo, dezasseis investigadores e vinte larvas de peixe entram num bar... SciComPT 2023 - Transformar
(Bragança , Portugal)
2023/05 Ichthyoplankton communities at the northern Canary Current Upwelling Ecosystem - interannual variability and environmental forcing 46rd Larval Fish Conference
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05 Impact of climate variability on the use of an estuary as a nursery habitat for flatfish species Symposium on Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2023/05 Connectivity between coastal areas and estuaries for fish early life stages – a functional approach Symposium Human impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2022/07 Drivers of connectivity and recruitment in marine fish early life stages. 4th ICES/PISCES Early Career Scientist Conference 4th ICES/PISCES Early Career Scientist Conference
ICES/PISCES (St. John’s, Canada)
2021/12/13 A pesca local com redes de tresmalho e emalhar na costa portuguesa Workshop UC Mar - Pesca sustentável em Portugal
(Coimbra , Portugal)
2021/12/13 A pesca com Arte Xávega em Portugal Workshop UC Mar - Pesca sustentável em Portugal
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/09/23 Influence of climate variations on the Portuguese local and coastal fish landings over the last 20 years. WFC2021 – World Fisheries Congress
(Australia)
2020/12/11 Influência da variação climática nos desembarques de peixes da frota local e costeira em Portugal XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
SPECO – Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia; Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo - Escola Superior Agrária (Portugal)
2020/12/11 O pescado como fonte de elementos essenciais num mundo em crescimento XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
SPECO – Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia ; Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo - Escola Superior Agrária (Portugal)
2020/06 Connectivity between larval and juvenile fish assemblages: links between estuaries and coastal areas. VIII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
Iberian Society of Ichthyology (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2019/05/22 Importance of nursery areas for early life stages of fish at central coast of Portugal 43rd Larval Fish Conference
IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB and IEO (Palma, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11/24 - 2024/02/29 Pequenos tesouros: larvas de peixe dos Açores / Tiny treasures: Fish larvae from the Azores, itinerant photo exhibition (2023/11/24 - 2024/02/29)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 UC Exploratório - Ciência Viva Coimbra, Portugal
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/25 Symposium Human impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity (2023/05/22 - 2023/05/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/05/07 - 2023/05/11 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the portuguese coast, itinerant photo exhibition and fish larvae identification contest (2023/05/07 - 2023/05/11)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 46rd Larval Fish Conference, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02/07 - 2023/04/22 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the portuguese coast, itinerant photo exhibition (2023/02/07 - 2023/04/22)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Interpretação e Educação Ambiental do Concelho de Alcobaça, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/05 - 2022/09/16 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the portuguese coast, itinerant photo exhibition (2022/09/05 - 2022/09/16)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/20 O que estudam os biólogos marinhos da Universidade de Coimbra? / What do marine biologists study at the University of Coimbra?, itinerant photo exhibition at the Semana da Ciência UC (2022/05/16 - 2022/05/20)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Escola Secundária de Adolfo Portela, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/28 - 2022/04/23 TEDx Universidade de Coimbra (2021/08/28 - 2022/04/23)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Núcleo de Estudantes de Medicina da Associação Académica de Coimbra , Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2022/01/31 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa Portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the Portuguese coast - Photographic exhibition (2021/10/06 - 2022/01/31)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 CMIA - Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental de Matosinhos, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/12/13 - 2021/12/13 Workshop UC Mar - Pesca Sustentável em Portugal / Sustainable fisheries in Portugal (2021/12/13 - 2021/12/13)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/07/28 - 2021/09/30 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa Portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the Portuguese coast - Photographic exhibition (2021/07/28 - 2021/09/30)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 CMIA – Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental de Vila do Conde , Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/07/28 - 2021/09/30 O que estudam os biólogos marinhos da Universidade de Coimbra? / What do marine biologists study at the University of Coimbra? - Photographic exhibition (2021/07/28 - 2021/09)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 CMIA – Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental de Vila do Conde , Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10/02 - 2020/10/30 O que estudam os biólogos marinhos da Universidade de Coimbra? / What do marine biologists study at the University of Coimbra? - Photographic exhibition (2020/10/02 - 2020/10/30)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

CoimbraShopping, Portugal
2019/07/30 - 2019/10/30 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa Portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the Portuguese coast – Photographic exhibition (2019/07/30 - 2019/10/30)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/04/12 - 2017/04/15 XX: Encontro nacional de estudantes de Biologia (2017/04/12 - 2017/04/15)
Meeting (Other)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Science outreach - Activity “The secret life of our fish”
Festival
 European Researcher’s Night 2023
IIIUC – Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Portugal
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/25 Human impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity
Conference
2023/05/07 - 2023/05/11 46rd Larval Fish Conference
Conference
2023/04/21 - 2023/04/21 Science outreach - Activity “Descobrir Tesouros: viajando pelo mundo da ciência”
Festival
Centro de Interpretação e Educação Ambiental do Concelho de Alcobaça, Portugal
2023/01/30 - 2023/02/01 Training School ‘Biophysical Modelling for beginners’
Workshop
 SEA-UNICORN cost action
2022/09/19 - 2022/09/30 Larval fish course - fish larvae identification course
Marine Station - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France
2022/09/08 - 2022/09/08 Science outreach - Lecture “Estágios Planctónicos de Peixes da Costa Portuguesa”
Seminar
Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
2022/05/18 - 2022/07/21 4th ICES/PISCES Early Career Scientist Conference
Conference
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Science outreach - Speaker in the activity "Speed Dating"
Round table
 NEI 2021: European Researchers' Night 2021
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/07/28 - 2021/07/28 Science outreach - Lecture "História de vida dos peixes marinhos da costa portuguesa"
Seminar
 Estádios planctónicos de peixes da costa portuguesa / Planktonic stages of fishes from the portuguese coast, itinerant photo exhibition.
CMIA – Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental de Vila do Conde , Portugal
2021/03/28 - 2021/03/28 Science outreach - Speaker in the activity "Speed meeting"
Round table
 XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia
XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia , Portugal
2020/12/12 - 2020/12/12 A ciência nas notícias: promovendo um maior diálogo entre cientistas e jornalistas.
Workshop
 XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
SPECO – Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia , Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2020/12/09 - 2020/12/12 XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
Congress
 XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
SPECO – Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia , Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2020/06/15 - 2020/06/19 SIBIC 2020 - VIII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
Congress
 SIBIC 2020 - VIII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia , Spain
2019/11/24 - 2019/11/24 Science outreach - Speaker in the activity "Speed meeting"
Round table
 V meet.Eco
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Science outreach - Fish life cycle
Festival
 European Researchers' Night
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2019/05/21 - 2019/05/24 43rd Larval Fish Conference
Congress
 43rd Larval Fish Conference.
IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB and IEO , Spain
2019/04/02 - 2019/04/02 Flash Course: Fish metabolism – Applications to aquaculture.
Workshop
 Flash Course: Fish metabolism – Applications to aquaculture.
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2018/07/12 - 2018/07/14 Science outreach - Laboratory analysis of Plankton Samples.
Workshop
 III Summer School in Field Ecology.
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2017/12/04 - 2017/12/05 Workshop Life + Marpro: Marine Protected Areas and Management Plans for Cetaceans and Seabirds
Workshop
 Marine Protected Areas and Management Plans for Cetaceans and Seabirds
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/07/14 - 2016/07/15 International Meeting on Marine Research 2016 - IMMR'16
Congress
 International Meeting on Marine Research 2016 - IMMR'16
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2015/12/02 - 2015/12/02 Workshop de R
Workshop
 Workshop de R
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014/11/19 - 2014/11/19 Os Portugueses querem saber: O Mar como Projeto Nacional?
Conference
 Os Portugueses querem saber: O Mar como Projeto Nacional?
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014/04/15 - 2014/04/15 Processamento e Identificação de estruturas e patologias esqueléticas em peixe zebra
Workshop
 Encontro nacional de estudantes de Biologia
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - 2024 Early life stages section - American Fisheries Society Association member
2020/02/28 - 2021/02/28 Iberian Society of Icthyology Association member
2019/02/12 - 2020/02/12 Early life stages section - American Fisheries Society Association member
2014 - 2015 Núcleo de Estudantes da Associação académica da Universidade de Aveiro Responsible for the Communication and Image Sector

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/11/14 Interview on ARTFISH Project. News published in Agência Lusa, TSF, TVI21, Observador, Sapo, Plástico Responsável Continente, Dinheiro Vivo, CNN, Rádio Comercial, Diário das Beiras. Agência Lusa
2019/07/30 Interview about the photography exhibition "Planktonic stages of fishes from the Portuguese coast " displayed at Mercado Municipal D.Pedro V, Coimbra. Diário de Coimbra; Diário das Beiras

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/02/10 - 2022/02/10 Dias do Futuro - Antena 1 Os projetos ARTFISH e BIOREDE / ARTFISH and BIOREDE projects
2021/12/13 - 2021/12/13 Portugal em Direto Estudo sobre Pesca local – Projeto ARTFISH / Local fisheries study - ARTFISH project
2021/11/14 - 2021/11/14 Euronews Peixe apanhado na BIOREDE / Fish caught in the BIOREDE

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/01/28 - 2024/03/01 COASTANTAR 2024 - western antarctic peninsula coastal environments under a changing climate. First Portuguese sailing expedition to Antarctica, PROPOLAR - Portuguese Antarctic Campaign 2023-24. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

College on Polar and Extreme Environments of the University of Lisbon (POLAR2E)., Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 UC Merit Board in the 2018-2019 academic year
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 Certificate of Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques (STCW)