Personal identification

Full name

Márcia Bessa da Silva

Citation names

• Bessa da Silva, Márcia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

C916-FC6A-4297

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

	Degree	Classification
2018 Concluded	Doctoral programme in Biology - Specialization in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Biology (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal "Avaliação do Impacto Ecológico de Contaminantes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aproved
2008 Concluded	Master in Toxicology (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal "The effectiveness of a chemical treatment to mitigate the toxicity of uranium mine drainages to Carassius auratus using a multi-biomarker approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aproved
2005 Concluded	Biologia e Geologia (Ensino de) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/02/15 - Current	Safe'NPest - Synthesis and Environmental Safety of Nanopesticides POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029343 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2019/10/15 - 2020/10/14	GreenRehab - Green rehabilitation system for burned soils based on the inoculation of native cyanobacteria and microalgae PCIF/RPG/0077/2017 Master Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2019 - Current	PEST(bio)CIDE - Better management Practices of Eucalypts burnt Stands by promoTing the use of leaf bIomass as bioCIDE PCIF/GVB/0150/2018 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2011/06/01 - 2014	KARSTRISK - Impacts of contamination on karstic groundwater ecosystems info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/114781/PT Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2006 - 2009	URANIUMRISK – Development and validation of tools for site specific risk assessment POCI/AMB/60899/2004 Other Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Conference poster

Bessa da Silva, Márcia; Cachada, Anabela; Tamagnini, Paula; Honrado, João P.; Melo, Paula; Pereira, Ruth. "The GreenRehab Project: photoautotrophic microorganisms as soil conditioners and plant growth enhancers (Part 2).". Paper presented in 11th European Workshop on Biology of Cyanobacteria, 2020. Carvalhido, Vânia; Bessa da Silva, Márcia; Tamagnini, Paula; Melo, Paula; Pereira, Ruth. "Development of a new ecotoxicological test with soil microalgae and cianobacteria". Paper presented in 11th European Workshop on Biology of Cyanobacteria, 2020. Abrantes, Nelson; Reboleira, Ana (3313-C8DE-B758); Rosa, Inês C.; de Figueiredo, D. R.; Bessa da Silva, Márcia; Gonçalves, Fernando. "Avaliação do impacto da contaminação de águas subterrâneas – Projecto KARSTRISK". Paper presented in VI National Congress of Speleology. Alvados. Portugal, 2015. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "An ecotoxicological approach to the assessment of environmental quality of karst aquifer". Paper presented in International Conference on Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate Change. Tomar. Portugal, 2014. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "Bacteria as a key-community to track variations on karstic aquifers.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 23rd Annual Meeting. Glasgow, Scotland, 2013. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "Aplicação de nanopartículas na mitigação do processo de eutroficação de lagoas pouco profundas". Paper presented in II Encontro National de Nanotoxicologia. Lisboa, Portugal, 2013. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "Bioaccumulation and toxicity of the herbicide Prowl® in Daphnia magna exposed to contaminated food". Paper presented in 6th SETAC World Congress / SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting. Berlim, Germany, 2012. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "Subterranean karstic areas – characterization of groundwater and sediment’s quality". Paper presented in XVI Congresso da Sociedade Ibérica de Limnologia. Guimarães. Portugal., 2012. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "Quality assessment of groundwater and sediments of the Iberian Peninsula largest karst aquifer". Paper presented in 21th International Conference of Subterranean Biology. Kosice, Slovakia, 2012. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "Avaliação do risco de contaminação no aquífero do Maciço Calcário Estremenho (Projecto KarstRisk).". Paper presented in II Encontro Ibérico de Biologia Subterrânea. Aveiro, Portugal, 2011. Bessa da Silva, Márcia. "A biomarker approach to assess the toxic effects of an uranium mine drainage in a fish specie". Paper presented in SOWETOX Soil and Wetland Ecotoxicology, 26-27. Barcelona, Spain, 2007.

Journal article

Bessa da Silva, Márcia; Gonçalves, Fernando; Pereira, Ruth. "Portuguese shallow eutrophic lakes: evaluation under the Water Framework Directive and possible physicochemical restoration measures". Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 4 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41207-018-0090-9. Published • 10.1007/s41207-018-0090-9 Bessa da Silva, Márcia; Abrantes, Nelson; Patinha, Carla; Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo; Marques, João Carlos; Gonçalves, Fernando; Pereira, Ruth. "Soil ecotoxicological screening (tier 1) for a diffuse-contaminated drainage area surrounding a lacustrine ecosystem in the Centre of Portugal". Journal of Soils and Sediments 18 1 (2017): 189-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1735-z. Published • 10.1007/s11368-017-1735-z Bessa da Silva, M.; Abrantes, N.; Rocha-Santos, T.A.P.; Duarte, A.C.; Freitas, A.C.; Gomes, A.M.; Carvalho, A.P.; et al. "Effects of dietary exposure to herbicide and of the nutritive quality of contaminated food on the reproductive output of Daphnia magna". Aquatic Toxicology 179 (2016): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.08.008. Published • 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.08.008 Bessa da Silva, Márcia; Abrantes, Nelson; Nogueira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Fernando; Pereira, Ruth. "TiO 2 nanoparticles for the remediation of eutrophic shallow freshwater systems: Efficiency and impacts on aquatic biota under a microcosm experiment". Aquatic Toxicology 178 (2016): 58-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.07.004. Published • 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.07.004 Bessa, M. L.; Antunes, S. C.; Pereira, R.; Gonçalves, F. J. M.; Nunes, B.. "Multibiomarker toxicity characterization of uranium mine drainages to the fish Carassius auratus". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 13 (2016): 13355-13367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6426-6. Published • 10.1007/s11356-016-6426-6 Matos, Rita Cerejeira; Bessa, Márcia; Oliveira, Helena; Gonçalves, Fernando; de Lourdes Pereira, Maria; Nunes, Bruno. "Mechanisms of kidney toxicity for chromium- and arsenic-based preservatives: Potential involvement of a pro-oxidative pathway". Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 36 3 (2013): 929-936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2013.08.006. Published • 10.1016/j.etap.2013.08.006