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Jorge Palma. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Ciências do Mar em 2002/09/20 pelo(a) Universidade do Algarve e Licenciatura em Biologia Marinha e Pescas em 1994/07/14 pelo(a) Universidade do Algarve. É Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) no(a) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar. Publicou 48 artigos em revistas especializadas. Organizou 3 evento(s). Orientou 16 dissertação(ões) de mestrado e coorientou 7. Orientou 10 trabalho(s) de conclusão de curso de licenciatura/bacharelato e coorientou 3. Recebeu 1 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento em 3 projeto(s), Investigador em 12 projeto(s) e Investigador responsável em 6 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Biologia Marinha, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Ecologia, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente com ênfase em Recursos Aquáticos e Ciências Agrárias com ênfase em Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas com ênfase em Pescas. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 147 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: cavalos marinhos; Ecologia; Conservação; Aquacultura; Zootecnia; Nutrição; conservação; biologia; Biodiversidade Marinha; Ecossistemas; Aquaculture; Pathology; seahorses; Biodiversity; global change; Circular economy; Blue growth; Oceanography; global change and fisheries; ecosystems and conservation; biotechnology and bioproducts; Biochemistry and Physiology of Marine Organisms; global change and fisheries; ecosystems and conservation; biotechnology and bioproducts; Biodiversidade; alterações globais; economia circular; crescimento azul; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Jorge Palma

Citation names

  • Palma, Jorge

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CA1D-2BD3-AE28
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5790-3433

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
1996/09/01 - 2002/09/20
Concluded
 Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Major in Zoologia Marinha
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Morphological variation of eight Sparidae species of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade
1988/10/01 - 1994/07/14
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Estudo do regime alimentar e taxa de evacuação gástrica em dourada Sparus aurata (Linnaeus 1758)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/02/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2025/01/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/06/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/04/01 - 2014/08/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) University of Guelph, Canada
2007 - 2013 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2005/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/10 - 2018/09 Exploring anthropogenic impacts using seahorses as flagship species to prevent the loss of biodiversity in the Ria Formosa lagoon
SFRH/BPD/112127/2015
Post-doc Fellow
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2007 - 2013 Scientific and technical basis for the culture of the Oceanic seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) and the long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)
SFRH/BPD/34816/2007
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

University of Guelph - Humber Campus, Canada
Concluded
2003/01 - 2006/12 Mass production of live diets (shrimps Palaemon elegans and Palaemonetes varians) as food for the culture of initial stages of cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
SFRH/BPD/11604/2002
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2002 - 2002 Using the breeding and feeding ecology of little tern to generate ecological indicator in marine ecosystems
POCTI/BSE/37385/2001
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Concluded
2000 - 2002 Assessing the impact of bivalves fisheries on the benthic ecosystems of the Ria Formosa lagoon (Portugal), Venice lagoon (Italy), Aegean Sea (Kavala - Greece) and Impact of bivalve dredge fishery on juvenile flatfish in the south coast of Portugal
Impacto-DGXIV Proposal nº99/062
Researcher
Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2026/12/31 Conservation actions of the seahorse populations in the Ria Formosa lagoon
CCMAR – Seahorse_Rotary
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024/01/01 - 2024/12/31 HIPPOCAMPUS_RIA – “Avaliação e implementação de conservação ecossistémica de cavalos-marinhos”
HIPPOCAMPUS_RIA
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundo Ambeiental - Ministério do Ambiente e Ação Climática
Concluded
2021/01/06 - 2023/07/31 SEAGHORSE - Restoration of seagrass habitat and seahorse populations of ria formosa lagoon
SEAGHORSE
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2022/07/31 HIPPOSAVE - Plano de ação para a recuperação das populações de cavalos marinhos da Ria Formosa
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0029
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2021/10/31 HIPPONUTRE - Cultivo do cavalo marinho de focinho comprido, Hippocampus guttulatus: Optimização zootécnica e avaliação de requisitos nutricionais
16-02-01-FMP-54
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre of Marine Sciences
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CCMAR Base funding
UIDB/Multi/04326/2019
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/01 - 2014/12 HIPPOSAFE - From the abundance to disapearence. Identifying the causes form the population decrease of Hippocampus guttulatus in the Ria Formosa
PTDC/MAR/122616/2010
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2009 - 2010 EEMA “Evaluation of the ecological state of shallow coastal and transition waters and the ecological potential of heavy modified water bodies”
n/a
Researcher
Concluded
2006 - 2007 Projecto SHAR – “Seahorse Artificial Rearing”
SHAR06
Principal investigator
Concluded
2001 - 2004 Trophic interactions of cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Chephalopoda: Sepiidae) in the Ria Formosa, Sado estuary and Aveiro lagoon: contribution to multi-specific modelling
PDCTM/PP/MAR/15259/1999
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
1999 - 2002 Cephalopoda: Octopodidae – the stock relationship with the marine environment
Program Praxis XXI, ref. 2/2.1/MAR/1707/95
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
1998 - 2000 Collection of biological data of 5 flatfish species from Iberian waters (Portuguese coast and Gulf of Cadiz)
European Commission/DG XIV, ref 97/0083
Researcher
Universidad de Cádiz, Spain

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2002 - 2004 AQUASEPIA: Development of aquaculture techniques for the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
Aquasepia
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Pinto, Bernardo; Malakpourkolbadinezhad, Salman; Cordeiro, Miguel; Machado, André; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Andrade, José Pedro; et al. "Sans Glomeruli: the recurrent origin of aglomerular kidneys in teleosts". Paper presented in IJUP 2023, 2023.
    In press
Conference poster
  1. Cabral, A.E.; Rey F.; Domingues, M.R; Cabral, M.; Planas, M.; Palma, Jorge; Calado, R.. "Biochemical profiles of cultured Hippocampus hippocampus and its potential nutritional value for human consumption". 2023.
  2. Esteves, Diogo; Teixeira, Diogo; Miguel Correia; Palma, Jorge; Cátia Marques; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Soares, Florbela. "VIBRIO SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY IN SHORT-SNOUTED SEAHORSE (Hippocampus hippocampus) REARED IN CAPTIVITY". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 2021, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Jorge Palma; Miguel Correia; Francisco Leitão; José Pedro Andrade. "Temperature Effects on Growth Performance, Fecundity and Survival of Hippocampus guttulatus". Diversity (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120719.
    10.3390/d16120719
  2. Ana Elisa Cabral; Ricardo Calado; Jorge Palma; Fernando Ricardo; Eduardo Ferreira da Silva; Carla Patinha; Miquel Planas. "Use of isotopic and elemental fingerprints for seahorse species discrimination and traceability of geographic origin". Frontiers in Marine Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1494320.
    10.3389/fmars.2024.1494320
  3. Jorge Palma; Miguel Correia; José Pedro Andrade; Dominique Bureau. "Replacement of Fish Meal with Crustacean Meals in Diets for Long-Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus: Digestibility and Growth Performance". Fishes (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9100383.
    10.3390/fishes9100383
  4. Miquel Planas; Michele Gristina; Jorge Palma; Geng Qin; Emily Rose; Olivia Roth; Peter R. Teske. "Editorial: Syngnathid fishes: biology, ecology, physiology, conservation and innovative rearing techniques". Frontiers in Marine Science (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1309683.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1309683
  5. Jorge Palma; Ricardo Lima; José Pedro Andrade; Maria João Lança. "Optimization of Live Prey Enrichment Media for Rearing Juvenile Short-Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus". Fishes (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8100494.
    10.3390/fishes8100494
  6. Pinto, Bernardo; Machado, André M.; Cordeiro, J. Miguel; Kolbadinezhad, Salman Malakpour; Fonseca, Elza; Andrade, José Pedro; Palma, Jorge; et al. "Extensive gene loss parallels kidney aglomerulism in Syngnathidae". Current Biology 33 20 (2023): R1044-R1046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.045.
    10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.045
  7. Spatafora, Davide; Gristina, Michele; Quattrocchi, Federico; Pierri, Cataldo; Lazic, Tamara; Palma, Jorge. "Different behavioral strategies of two sympatric seahorses: habitat availability and increased density of Hippocampus guttulatus alter the behavior of Hippocampus hippocampus". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1138296.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1138296
  8. Cabral, Ana Elisa; Rey, Felisa; Domingues, M. Rosário; Cabral, Miguel; Planas, Miquel; Palma, Jorge; Calado, Ricardo. "Fatty acid profiles of cultured Hippocampus hippocampus trunk muscles and potential nutritional value". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1135250.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1135250
  9. Michele Gristina; Cataldo Pierri; Tamara Lazic; Jorge Palma. "Behavioral traits of captive short-snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus, Linnaeus 1758". 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea) (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/metrosea55331.2022.9950976.
    10.1109/metrosea55331.2022.9950976
  10. Stacy, Rupert; Palma, Jorge; Correia, Miguel; Wilson, Antony; Andrade, José Pedro; Castilho, Rita. "The paradox of retained genetic diversity of Hippocampus guttulatus in the face of demographic decline". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89708-0.
    10.1038/s41598-021-89708-0
  11. Van Doan, H.; Hoseinifar, S.H.; Harikrishnan, R.; Khamlor, T.; Punyatong, M.; Tapingkae, W.; Yousefi, M.; Palma, Jorge; El-Haroun, E.. "Impacts of pineapple peel powder on growth performance, innate immunity, disease resistance, and relative immune gene expression of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 114 (2021): 311-319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2021.04.002.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2021.04.002
  12. Ana Elisa Cabral; Fernando Ricardo; Carla Patinha; Eduardo Ferreira da Silva; Miguel Correia; Jorge Palma; Miquel Planas; Ricardo Calado. "Successful Use of Geochemical Tools to Trace the Geographic Origin of Long-Snouted Seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus Raised in Captivity". Animals 11 6 (2021): 1534-1534. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061534.
    10.3390/ani11061534
  13. Miguel Correia; Daniela Antunes; José Pedro Andrade; Jorge Palma. "A crown for each monarch: a distinguishable pattern using photo-identification". Environmental Biology of Fishes (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-021-01075-x.
    10.1007/s10641-021-01075-x
  14. Hassaan, Mohamed S.; Mohammady, Eman Y.; Soaudy, Mohamed R.; Palma, Jorge; Shawer, Ehab E.; El-Haroun, Ehab. "The effect of dietary sericite on growth performance, digestive enzymes activity, gut microbiota and haematological parameters of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) fingerlings". Animal Feed Science and Technology 262 (2020): 114400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114400.
    10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114400
  15. Jorge Palma; Marisa Magalhães; Miguel Correia; José Pedro Andrade. "Effects of anthropogenic noise as a source of acoustic stress in wild populations of Hippocampus guttulatus in the Ria Formosa, south Portugal". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3056.
    10.1002/aqc.3056
  16. Morim T.; Bigg, G. R.; Madeira, Pedro M.; Palma, Jorge; Duvernell, D.D.; Gisbert, E.; Cunha, R.L.; Castilho, Rita. "Invasive genetics of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): recent anthropogenic introduction in Iberia". PeerJ (2019): https://peerj.com/articles/6155/.
    doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6155
  17. Morim, Teófilo; Bigg, Grant R.; Madeira, Pedro M.; Palma, Jorge; Duvernell, David D.; Gisbert, Enric; Cunha, Regina L.; Castilho, Rita. "Invasion genetics of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): recent anthropogenic introduction in Iberia". PeerJ 7 (2019): e6155. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6155.
    10.7717/peerj.6155
  18. Correia, M.; Koldewey, H.J.; Andrade, J.P.; Esteves, E.; Palma, J.. "Identifying key environmental variables of two seahorse species (Hippocampus guttulatus and Hippocampus hippocampus) in the Ria Formosa lagoon, South Portugal". Environmental Biology of Fishes 101 9 (2018): 1357-1367. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048833285&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10641-018-0782-7
  19. Palma, Jorge; J.P. Andrade; D.P. Bureau. "The impact of dietary supplementation with astaxanthin on egg quality and growth of long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus ) juveniles". Aquaculture Nutrition 23 2 (2017): 304-312. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fanu.12394.
    10.1111/anu.12394
  20. Correia, Miguel; Koldewey, H.; Andrade, José Pedro; Palma, Jorge. "A novel underwater visual census: seahorse population survey as a case study". Regional Studies in Marine Science (2016): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352485515000614.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2015.10.003
  21. Correia, M.; Palma, J.; Andrade, J.P.. "Growth performance of the early life stages of broad-nosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle (L.) fed different live or frozen diets". Aquaculture Research 47 5 (2016): 1652-1660. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961990937&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/are.12635
  22. Palma, J.; Andrade, J.P.; Lemme, A.; Bureau, D.P.. "Quantitative dietary requirement of juvenile Atlantic ditch shrimp Palaemonetes varians for lysine, methionine and arginine". Aquaculture Research 46 8 (2015): 1822-1830. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84936218737&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/are.12335
  23. Correia, M.; Caldwell, I.R.; Koldewey, H.J.; Andrade, J.P.; Palma, Jorge. "Seahorse (Hippocampinae) population fluctuations in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, south Portugal. Journal of Fish Biology". Journal of Fish Biology (2015): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12748/abstract.
    10.1111/jfb.12748
  24. Correia, M.; Koldewey, H.; Andrade, J. P.; Palma, Jorge. "Effects of artificial holdfast units on seahorse density in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal". (2015): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098115001306.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2015.05.012
  25. Correia, M.; Palma, J.; Koldewey, H.; Andrade, J.P.. "The use of a non-invasive tool for capture-recapture studies on a seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus population". Journal of Fish Biology 84 4 (2014): 872-884. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897072895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jfb.12304
  26. Palma, J.; Bureau, D.P.; Andrade, J.P.. "The effect of diet on ontogenic development of the digestive tract in juvenile reared long snout seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 40 3 (2014): 739-750. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84900338389&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10695-013-9881-8
  27. Correia, M.; Palma, J.; Koldewey, H.; Andrade, J.P.. "Can artificial holdfast units work as a habitat restoration tool for long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier)?". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 448 (2013): 258-264. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883024419&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2013.08.001
  28. Palma, J.; Andrade, J.P.; Bureau, D.P.. "Growth, Reproductive Performances, and Brood Quality of Long Snout Seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus, Fed Enriched Shrimp Diets". Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 43 6 (2012): 802-813. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870844718&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1749-7345.2012.00611.x
  29. Palma, J.; Bureau, D.P.; Andrade, J.P.. "Effect of different Artemia enrichments and feeding protocol for rearing juvenile long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus". Aquaculture 318 3-4 (2011): 439-443. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960121937&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.05.035
  30. Caldwell, I.R.; Correia, M.; Palma, J.; Vincent, A.C.J.. "Advances in tagging syngnathids, with the effects of dummy tags on behaviour of Hippocampus guttulatus". Journal of Fish Biology 78 6 (2011): 1769-1785. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79958248541&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02983.x
  31. Palma, J.; Bureau, D.P.; Correia, M.; Andrade, J.P.. "Effects of temperature, density and early weaning on the survival and growth of Atlantic ditch shrimp Palaemonetes varians larvae". Aquaculture Research 40 13 (2009): 1468-1473. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69949168915&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02245.x
  32. Palma, J.; Stockdale, J.; Correia, M.; Andrade, J.P.. "Growth and survival of adult long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) using frozen diets". Aquaculture 278 1-4 (2008): 55-59. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43649101845&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.03.019
  33. Palma, J.; Correia, M.; Andrade, J.P.. "Usefulness of flat bottom tanks on the settlement of spider crab (Maja squinado, Herbst) larvae". Aquaculture Research 39 9 (2008): 1005-1008. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-45149095993&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01943.x
  34. Correia, M.; Palma, J.; Andrade, J.P.. "Effects of live prey availability on growth and survival in the early stages of cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) life cycle". Aquaculture Research 39 1 (2008): 33-40. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37349033620&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01858.x
  35. Correia, M.; Palma, J.; Kirakowski, T.; Andrade, J.P.. "Effects of prey nutritional quality on the growth and survival of juvenile cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)". Aquaculture Research 39 8 (2008): 869-876. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44349100562&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01940.x
  36. Palma, J.; Bureau, D.P.; Andrade, J.P.. "Effects of binder type and binder addition on the growth of juvenile Palaemonetes varians and Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Palaemonidae)". Aquaculture International 16 5 (2008): 427-436. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50849084873&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10499-007-9155-5
  37. Paiva, V.H.; Ramos, J.A.; Catry, T.; Pedro, P.; Medeiros, R.; Palma, J.. "Influence of environmental factors and energetic value of food on Little Tern Sterna albifrons chick growth and food delivery". Bird Study 53 1 (2006): 1-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644760250&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  38. Catry, T.; Ramos, J.A.; Martins, J.; Peste, F.; Trigo, S.; Paiva, V.H.; Almeida, A.; et al. "Intercolony and annual differences in the diet and feeding ecology of little tern adults and chicks in Portugal". Condor 108 2 (2006): 366-376. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33646947321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[366:IAADIT]2.0.CO;2
  39. Paiva, VH; Ramos, JA; Catry, T; Pedro, P; Medeiros, R; Palma, J. "Influence of environmental factors and energetic value of food on Little Tern Sterna albifrons chick growth and food delivery". Bird Study (2006): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/974537/.
  40. Bargelloni, L.; Alarcon, J.A.; Alvarez, M.C.; Penzo, E.; Magoulas, A.; Palma, J.; Patarnello, T.. "The Atlantic-Mediterranean transition: Discordant genetic patterns in two seabream species, Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti) and Diplodus sargus (L.)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 3 (2005): 523-535. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23744453204&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.017
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Preprint
  1. Filipe Parreira; Jorge Palma; Rui Santos; Begoña Martínez-Crego. "Predation Success of Declining Long-Snouted Seahorse (Hippocampus Guttulatus) Population Under Habitat Shifts". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4955981.
    10.2139/ssrn.4955981
  2. Jorge Palma; Miguel Correia; Francisco Leitão; José Pedro Andrade. "Climate Induced Temperature Effects on Growth Performance and Fecundity of Hippocampus guttulatus". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1103.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202408.1103.v1
  3. Jorge Palma; Miguel Correia; José Pedro Andrade; Dominique Bureau. "Replacement of Fish Meal with Crustacean Meals in Diets for Long Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus: Digestibility and Growth Performance". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1089.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202408.1089.v1
  4. Jorge Palma; Ricardo Lima; José Pedro Andrade; Maria João Lança. "Optimization of Live Prey Enrichment Media for Rearing Juvenile Short-Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus". 2023. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0490.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202309.0490.v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/03/16 Cavalos marinhos: investigar para conservar
Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Porto, Portugal)
2023/05/23 Cavalos Marinhos... Conhecer para preservar
Câmara Municipal de Faro (Faro, Portugal)
2023/03/02 Biochemical profiles of seahorses from a nutritional point of view 11th Workshop in Lipidomics
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/05/22 Hippocampes: survivre dans un monde qui change project. Invited keynote. Les amis de l'hippocampe et la biodiversite marine organized by the Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros de Portugal - Comissão de Ensino do Português em França - Camões I.P. Saison France-Portugal 2022 - Les amis de d'hippocampes e de biodiversité marine
Comissão de Ensino de Português em França - camóes I.P. (Paris, France)
2021/06/03 Action plan for the conservation of the seahorse populations in the Ria Formosa, south Portugal.
Portugal 2020 - European Union (Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal)
2021/05/20 Digestibility of different animal protein sources in diets for long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus.
Guangzhou University (Guangzhou , China)
2021/05/20 The enigma of Hippocampus guttulatus from Ria Formosa: genetic diversity and demographic bottleneck do not go hand in hand. 4th Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Guangzhou University (Guangzhou , China)
2021/05/20 Conservação e áreas marinhas protegidas na Ria Formosa
Câmara Municipal de Albufeira (Albufeira)
2021/05/18 A crown for each monarch: a distinguishable pattern using photo-identification. Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou University (Guangzhou , China)
2021/05/17 The copepod/Artemia trade-off in the culture of short snout seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus.
Guangzhou University (Guangzhou , China)
2018/06/15 Project HIPPONUTRE – Breeding long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus: Zootechnical optimization and nutritional requirements evaluation. (poster) VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology – SIBIC 2018
Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2018/06/13 Feeding strategy of two syngnathid species, Hippocampus guttulatus and Syngnathus typhle. VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology – SIBIC 2018
Centre of Marine Sciencies of Algarve (CCMAR) (Faro, Portugal)
2018/03/13 Cavalos marinhos: Da abundância ao desaparecimento? VI AEICBAS Biomedical Congress
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Porto)
2017/05/14 The effect of anthropogenic noise as a source of acoustic stress in wild populations of Hippocampus guttulatus. 3rd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
University of Tampa (Tampa, United States)
2017/05/14 Climate induced temperature effects on growth performance and fecundity of Hippocampus guttulatus. 3rd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
University of Tampa (Tampa, United States)
2017/05/14 Spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of two sympatric seahorse species (Hippocampus guttulatus and H. hippocampus). 3rd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
University of Tampa (Tampa, United States)
2017/05/14 Is filament clipping an effective tool for tissue sampling in Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier? 3rd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
University of Tampa (Tampa, United States)
2016/02/01 Seahorse population fluctuations in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, South Portugal. Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation 2016
MARES 2016 (Olhão, Portugal)
2016/02/01 Artificial Holdfast Units: Accessing their usefulness for the recovery and conservation of seahorse populations in the Ria Formosa lagoon, south Portugal. Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation 2016
MARES 2016 (Olhão, Portugal)
2016/02/01 Assigning Hippocampus guttulatus recruits to the populations of origin using microsatellites: results from a field study in the Ria Formosa (South Portugal). Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation 2016 (MARES 2016)
MARES (Olhão, Portugal)
2015/06/01 Artificial Holdfast Units: Assessing their usefulness for the recovery and conservation of seahorse populations in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, South Portugal. International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015)
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
2015/06/01 Assigning Hippocampus guttulatus recruits to the populations of origin using microsatellites: results from a field study in the Ria Formosa (South Portugal). International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015)
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
2015/06/01 Seahorse population fluctuations in the Ria Formosa lagoon, South Portugal. (poster) International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015)
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
2015/06/01 Assessing Seahorse Abundance: A Comparison between Two Underwater Visual Census Techniques. (poster) International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015)
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
2015/03/20 Seahorses in the Ria Formosa: From abundance to disappearence? III AEICBAS Biomedical Congress – An innovative multidisciplinary approach to life sciences
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Porto)
2014/01/27 Nutritional considerations for larval fishes and the management of broodstock. Fish Culture Section Annual Meeting
Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) (Toronto, Canada)
2013/10/07 Developments in seahorse culture: the long snout seahorse case study. Seminar - We are water
University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada)
2013/06/02 Developments in seahorse culture: the long snout seahorse case study. Aquaculture Canada – 2013 Conference
University of Guelph
2013/03/25 Developments in seahorse culture: the long snout seahorse case study. 2nd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Centre of Marine Science of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2013/03/25 The use of a non-invasive tool for capture-recapture studies on a dwindling Hippocampus guttulatus population. 2nd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Centre of Marine Sciencies of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2013/03/25 Can artificial holdfast units work as a habitat restoration tool for long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus? 2nd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2013/03/25 Tracking Hippocampus guttulatus recruits within artificial holdfast units in the Ria Formosa using microsatellites. 2nd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2012/06/04 The impact of dietary supplementation with astaxanthin on egg quality and growth of long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) juveniles. 15th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Molde University College (Molde, Norway)
2012/06/04 Diet effect on the ontogenetic development of the digestive tract in reared long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus L.) juveniles. (poster) 15th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Molde University College (Molde, Norway)
2012/06/04 The copepod/Artemia trade-off in the culture of long snout seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus. (poster) 15th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Molde University College (Molde, Norway)
2011/11/25 Using enriched shrimp as a diet for long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus. (poster) 1st Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Nordic Marine Academy (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)
2011/11/01 The copepod/Artemia trade-off in the culture of long snout seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus. 5th International Public Aquarium Husbandry Series - Husbandry, Management and Conservation of Syngnathids Symposium
Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, United States)
2011/11/01 Use of artificial holdfast units as habitat enrichment for seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus) in the Ria Formosa lagoon, South Portugal. 5th International Public Aquarium Husbandry Series - Husbandry, Management and Conservation of Syngnathids Symposium
Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, United States)
2011/11/01 Growth performance of the early stages of broad-nosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle (L.) fed different natural diets. (poster) 5th International Public Aquarium Husbandry Series - Husbandry, Management and Conservation of Syngnathids Symposium
Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, United States)
2011/11/01 Effect of light intensity on growth and survival of juvenile long-snouted seahorses, Hippocampus guttulatus, (Cuvier, 1829). (poster) 5th International Public Aquarium Husbandry Series - Husbandry, Management and Conservation of Syngnathids Symposium
Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, United States)
2011/11/01 Daily food consumption of juvenile and adult long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Cuvier, 1829). (poster) 5th International Public Aquarium Husbandry Series - Husbandry, Management and Conservation of Syngnathids Symposium
Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, United States)
2011/11/01 Using enriched shrimp as a diet for long-snouted seahorses, Hippocampus guttulatus (Cuvier, 1829). (poster) 5th International Public Aquarium Husbandry Series - Husbandry, Management and Conservation of Syngnathids Symposium
Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, United States)
2011/05/14 Human influences on seahorse populations in the Ria Formosa lagoon, South Portugal. (poster) 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC2)
University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada)
2011/04/25 Courtship behaviour and sex ratio effect on the reproductive behaviour of the long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus. 1st Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Nordic Marine Academy (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)
2011/04/25 Size of prey ingested by Syngnathids. Are these fish gape-limited predators? 1st Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Nordic Marine Academy (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)
2011/04/25 Potential reproductive rates in male and female Hippocampus guttulatus, with a note on the occurrence of female bigamy. 1st Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Nordic Marine Academy (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)
2011/04/25 Optimizing Artemia enrichment and feeding protocol when rearing juvenile long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus. (poster) 1st Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Nordic Marine Academy (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)
2011/04/25 Effect of broodstock nutrition on the long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) reproduction and brood quality. (poster) 1st Syngnathid Biology International Symposium
Nordic Marine Academy (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)
2010/11/05 Optimizing Artemia enrichment and feeding protocol when rearing juvenile long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus. (poster) European Aquaculture 2010 Symposium
CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal)
2010/11/05 Using enriched shrimp as a diet for long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus. (poster) European Aquaculture 2010 Symposium
CIIMAR (Porto)
2010/11/05 Effect of broodstock nutrition on the long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) reproduction and brood quality. (poster) European Aquaculture 2010 Symposium
CIIMAR (Porto)
2008/06/01 Growth and survival of adult long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) using frozen diets. (poster) 13th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, Brazil)
2008/06/01 Growth performance of early life stages of broad-nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle L.) fed with different natural diets. (poster) 13th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Federal University of Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, Brazil)
2006/06/01 Quantitative dietary requirement of juvenile grass shrimp Palaemonetes varians (Leach) for lysine, methionine and arginine. (poster) 12th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding in Fish
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Biarritz, France)
2006/06/01 Effect of plant protein sources on the growth and feed utilization by Palaemonetes varians and Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Palaemonidae). (poster) 12th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding in Fish
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Biarritz, France)
2004/05/02 Effect of binder type and binder addition to artificial diets used for the growth of Palaemonetes varians and Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Palaemonidae) produced as aquaculture live food. (poster) 11th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding in Fish
Department of Fisheries, Thailand (Phuket, Thailand)
2004/05/02 Growth performance of Palaemonetes varians and Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Palaemonidae) produced as aquaculture live preys. (poster) 11th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding in Fish
Department of Fisheries, Thailand (Phuket, Thailand)
2002/11/03 Impact of bivalve dredge fishing on flatfish species in the South coast of Portugal (Algarve). (poster) 5th International Flatfish Symposium
University of Liverpool, Port Erin Marine Laboratory (Isle of Man, United Kingdom)
2001/09/03 Multivariate morphometric variability in European Gilthead seabream stocks. 10th European Congress of Ichthyology (ECIX)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) (Praga, Czech Republic)
2001/09/03 Morphological study of Diplodus sargus, Diplodus puntazzo, and Lithognathus mormyrus (Sparidae) in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea 10th European Congress of Ichthyology (ECIX)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) (Praga, Czech Republic)
2001/09/03 Head morphology features of the hybrids Sparus aurata x Pagrus pagrus. (poster) 10th European Congress of Ichthyology (ECIX)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Praga, Czech Republic)
2001/09/03 Do prey preference limit the conservation of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, in the freshwater basins in South Portugal? (poster) 10th European Congress of Ichthyology (ECIX)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Praga, Czech Republic)
2000/09/05 Comparison of traditional morphometric against truss networks for describing gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata L., stocks. (poster) British Ecological Society Aquatic Group Meeting “Aquatic Habitats as Ecological Islands”
British Ecological Society Aquatic Group (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
1999/11/20 Relationship between heterozygosity and fluctuating asymmetry in wild and cultured stocks of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). (poster) ICES 2000. Young Scientists Conference on Marine Ecosystem Perspectives
ICES (Gilleleje, Denmark)
1999/05/07 Comparison of the growth performance of the hybrid Sparus aurata x Pagrus pagrus reared under intensive farming conditions The Fisheries Society of the British Islands (FSBI), Environment, Development and Growth of the Fishes Annual International Symposium
Fisheries Society of the British Islands (FSBI) (St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
1998/05/23 Relationship between heterozygosity and fluctuating asymmetry in wild and cultured gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). (poster) 3rd European Marine Science and Technology Conference
European Union (Lisboa, Portugal)
1997/08/24 Morphometric characters in gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata, red porgy, Pagrus pagrus and their hybrids. 9th International Congress of European Ichthyologists (CEI9)
Università degli studi di Trieste (Trieste, Italy)
1997/08/24 A comparative study of the diet of Pagrus pagrus, Lithognathus mormyrus and Diplodus sargus from the south coast of Portugal. 9th International Congress of European Ichthyologists (CEI9)
Università degli studi di Trieste (Trieste, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/02 - Current Prey selection and feeding behavior of the long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus: The role of light intensity, habitat complexity, and food source in the ria Formosa
Supervisor
 Mestrado Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/07/15 - Current Feeding ecology of demersal elasmobranchs in the Sicily Strait
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2024/07/01 - Current Microplastics in marine ecosystems: Ingestion, exposure, and accumulation dynamics in seahorses
Supervisor
 Mestrado Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2024/01/06 - Current Friends or enemies, evaluating potential competition for habitat use between the two European seahorse species.
Supervisor
 Mestrado Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2023/06/01 - Current Evaluation of use, maintenance, and enrichment of life prey during the grow-out stage of two Syngnathid species, Syngnathus typhle, and Hippocampus hippocampus
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Aquacultura e Pescas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/15 Exploring short-snout seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) feeding ecology, habitat variation, and their relationship
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Aquacultura e Pescas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/07/01 - 2024/07/31 Effect of different live diet enrichment media on the growth and survival of juvenile broad-nose pipefish, Syngnathus typhle
Supervisor
 Mestrado Aquacultura e Pescas (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/06/02 - 2024/07/17 Personality variation across seahorse species: Exploring habitat and gender influences
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Effect of prey type and tank color on the feed consumption and growth performance of Hippocampus hippocampus.
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Effect of prey type and tank color on the feed consumption and growth performance of Hippocampus hippocampus
Supervisor
 Aquaculture and Fisheries MSc (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Effect of feeding periodicity on the growth performance of Hippocampus hippocampus
Supervisor
 MSc in Fisheries and Aquaculture (Master)
2022/05/01 - 2022/12/15 Characterization of the reproductive behavior of the short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus)
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2022/09/30 Evaluation of the availability of multi-species diets on daily food consumption and growth of the short-nosed seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus)
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2021/09/05 Evaluation and effective use of artificial structures in seahorse habitat recovery
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2021/05/14 - 2021/07/31 Avaliação do efeito da intensidade luminosa no comportamento alimentar e crescimento da marinha de focinho comprido (Syngnathus typhle)
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/06/30 Avaliação das infraestruturas e e processos de desembarque na Docapesca de Olhão
Supervisor
 Gestão Marinha e Costeira (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2020/08/15 Effect of two different feeding strategies on seahorse’s growth and survival.
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Specialization course)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/06 - 2020/08 Compensatory growth after food deprivation in short-snout seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Specialization course)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/05 - 2020/08 Design evaluation and usefulness of artificial structures in the rehabilitation of seahorse degraded habitats
Supervisor
 Biologia (Specialization course)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/04 - 2020/07 – 2020 - Evaluation of different feeding protocols on the growth and survival of the short snout seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus). CU Project in Marine Biology (UC Projecto em Biologia Marinha) (Trabalho Experimental em Biologia Marinha (TEBM)).
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Specialization course)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/04 - 2020/06 Utilização da foto-identificação como alternativa não- invasiva em estudos de captura-recaptura no cavalo-marinho Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2019/09/30 Optimizing DHA/EPA ratios in enrichment media for juvenile Hippocampus species
Co-supervisor
 Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2019/09 Effect of different live feed lipid enrichments on rearing performance of the Short-snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supervisor
 Aquacultura e pescas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/01/02 - 2019/02/28 Effect of prey nutritional quality on the growth and survival of juvenile short snout seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus.
Supervisor
 Mestrado biologia marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2018 A importância da educação ambiental para as crianças residentes próximo à zona costeira do Algarve. Um estudo de caso.
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Evaluating the brood effect on survival and growth of Short Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus under difference husbandry conditions.
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Evaluating the brood effect on survival and growth of Short Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus reared under different husbandry conditions
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017/04/20 - 2017/06/17 Recognizing individual patterns in short snout seahorse populations using photo identification
Supervisor
 EMBRC+ International Msc in In Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017/04/24 - 2017/06/16 Different diet effect on growth and survival of juvenile snout seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Influence of light intensity and tank color on the growth and survival rate of Short Snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Análise comportamental e acústica em Hippocampus reidi em cativeiro
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016 - 2017 The effects of temperature and modifications in photoperiod in performance and growth of stony corals
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Aquacultura e Pescas (Master)
Wageningen Universiteit, Netherlands

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016 - 2017 The effect of anthropogenic noise as a source of acoustic stress in wild populations of Hippocampus guttulatus in Ria Formosa
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 The effect of diet and husbandry conditions on the larval development and survival of Lysmata seticaudata and Palaemonetes varians (Crustacea, Decapoda)
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015/04/20 - 2015/05/31 Evaluation of the food consumption rate of Hippocampus guttulatus in captivity
Supervisor
 EMBC+ International Msc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Tracking Hippocampus guttulatus recruits within artificial holdfast units in the Ria Formosa using microsatellites
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Biologia Marinha (Master)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Tamanho da população e selecção sexual em Syngnathus typhle da Ria Formosa: uma abordagem molecular
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Avaliação do consumo e disponibilidade alimentar como potenciais fatores condicionantes da ocorrência e condição do cavalo-marinho de focinho comprido, Hippocampus guttulatus, na Ria Formosa
Supervisor
 Mestrado em ecologia marinha
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Ecology and aquaculture of the long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus in the Ria Formosa lagoon
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Specialization course)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Erasmus, Netherlands
2012 - 2013 Key habitat factors for seahorse distribution in Ria Formosa lagoon (South of Portugal)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Colour recognition and its potential effect on holdfast preference by long snouth seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Scientific initiation)
Erasmus, Netherlands

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Characterization of the breeding behaviour of the long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Determination of the optimal rearing conditions for larval growth of broad nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle, Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Syngnathidae)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Feeding optimisation of long snouth seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) broodstocks
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Scientific initiation)
Erasmus, Netherlands

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Effect of feeding hierarchy on growth and survival of cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Scientific initiation)
Erasmus, Netherlands

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Effect of prey condition on growth of juvenile cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Scientific initiation)
Erasmus, Netherlands

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2005 - 2005 Optimisation of rearing systems for the culture of cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Scientific initiation)
Erasmus, Netherlands

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2004 - 2004 Feeding ecology of little terns, Sterna albifron, in the Ria Formosa lagoon. Tese de licenciatura pré-Bolonha
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha (pré-Bolonha) (Degree)
2004 - 2004 Morphological variation of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) in two artificial reservoirs (South Portugal).
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha e Pescas (pré-Bolonha) (Degree)
2003 - 2003 A comparative study of the growth and fecundity of two species of shrimp Palaemon elegans and Palaemonetes varians
Supervisor
 Erasmus graduation course (Scientific initiation)
Erasmus, Netherlands

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11/23 - 2023/11/25 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia - Conservação marinha / Conservação terreste: rumo às metas 30-30 em Portugal (2023/11/23 - 2023/11/25)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2018/06/15 VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology – SIBIC 2018 (2018/06/13 - 2018/06/15)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2013/03/28 2nd Syngnathid Biology International Symposium, 25-28 March 2013 (2013/03/25 - 2013/03/28)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019 Habitat preference and behavioral ecology of bobtail squids (Sepiolidae)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Christian Drerup (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015 Trends in seahorse abundance in the Ria Formosa, South Portugal: recent scenario and future prospects
(Thesis) Arguer
 Miguel José Teodoro Correia (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 Effect of temperature on embryonic development, larval viability and biomarkers in the first stages of life of the Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Martim Ramos Chaves Lopes Magro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2011 The effect of tank types and rearing density on the growth and survival of Octopus vulgaris paralarvae fed the crab Grapsus adscensionis zoeae
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Anastasia Shcherbakova (Master)
2010 Sobrevivência e crescimento de juvenis de cavalo-marinho (Hippocampus sp.). Caso de estudo: Hippocampus erectus (Perry, 1810) Daniel de Almeida Gomes (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2025 Member of the PhD monitoring committee of the student Ana Elisa Cabral through the University of Aveiro, entitled: "Using natural geochemical fingerprints to expose illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fisheries: Seahorses as a case study"
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/11/01 - 2022/05/31 Scientific coordination of the project - "Les amis de l'hippocampe et la biodiversite marine" organized by the Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros de Portugal - Comissão de Ensino do Português em França - Camões I.P. Comissão de Ensino do Português em França – Camões I.P., France
2016/07/01 - 2016/07/31 Consulting services for the identification and transference of seahorse populations located within focal areas to be dredged in the Ria Formosa - Polis Litoral Ria Formosa Sociedade para a Requalificação e Valorização da Ria Formosa, S.A.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/03/17 - Current Recursos Biológicos Marinhos Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/10/12 - Current Biodiversidade Marinha Gestão Marinha e Costeira (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03/01 - Current Biologia Vertebrados Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03/01 - Current Biologia Vertebrados Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/03/11 - Current Temas em Aquacultura, Pescas e Conservação Aquacultura e Pescas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/04/30 Nutrition of Fish and Crustacea Biological Sciences (Licence) University of Guelph, Canada
2012/11/21 - 2012/11/21 Tópicos em Biologia Aplicada Aquacultura e Pescas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/11/20 - 2011/11/20 Tópicos em Biologia Aplicada Aquacultura e Pescas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/02/01 - 2010/06/30 Ictiologia - Ichthyology Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2010/06/30 Biologia Pesqueira Biologia Marinha (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2005/06/30 Zoologia II Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/02 Entrevista para a revista BBC Wildlife magazine sobre as populações de cavalos marinhos na ria Formosa BBC Wildlife Magazine
2022 Acompanhamento científico do Ministro do Mar Dr. Ricardo Serrão Santos durante a sua visita aos santuários de cavalos marinhas na ria Formosa. Visita que incluíu uma atividade de mergulho na área refúgio.
2022 Noticia na imprensa on-line sobre a conservação das populações de cavalos marinhos da ria Formosa The Portugal News
2022 Noticia sobre a atividade de conservação das populações de cavalos marinhos na ria Formosa Sul Informação
2022 Noticia sobre conservação das populações decavalos marinhos na ria Formosa Sapo24
2022 Noticia sobre conservação das populações decavalos marinhos na ria Formosa Barlavento
2022 Reportagem sobre a conservação das populações de cavalos marinhos na ria Formosa na revista internacional da Greenpeace foundation Greenpeace
2022 Noticia sobre acções de literacia para a conservação dos cavalos marinhos realizadas em escolas locais Jornal Público
2021/11 Entrevista para o jornal Observador Observador
2021/11 Entrevista para jornal on-line Terra Ruiva
2021/11 Entrevista para jornal on-line Wilder
2021/11 Entrevista para jornal Público Público
2017/12/01 Reportagem escrita - Secção Grande Angular da revista National Geographic Portugal National Geographic Portugal
2013/05/01 Notícia: “Cavalos-marinhos da ria Formosa já tiveram trinetos em cativeiro” Público
2011/03/01 Grandes Reportagens Natureza - "A maior comunidade de cavalos-marinhos do mundo vive na Ria Formosa" National Geographic Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2025/02/20 - 2025/02/20 A viagem do maçarico Conservação cavalos-marinhos
2024/04/01 - 2024/04/02 Podcast Palavra de Cientista – Os cavalos marinhos da ria Formosa Conservação cavalos-marinhos
2023/07/01 - 2023/07/02 Deepsea Reporter – “Konsten att rädda sjöhästar - The art of saving seahorses”
2022/10/15 - 2022/10/15 Biosfera - Magazine Ambiental Conservação de espécies e habitats
2022 - 2022 Jornal da Uma - TVI A proteção das populações de cavalos marinhos da ria Formosa
2021/11/17 - 2021/11/17 Jornal da Uma Conservação cavalos Marinhos
2021/11 - 2021/11 Bom dia Portugal Conservação Cavalos Marinhos
2021/11 - 2021/11 Portugal em Directo Conservação Cavalos Marinhos
2018/11/01 - 2018/11/01 Reportagem
2018/05/01 - 2018/10/31 Documentário Vida Selvagem - Ria Formosa (Emissões repetidas) Vida selvagem na Ria Formosa
2018/02/01 - 2018/02/01 Jornal do Almoço Conservação cavalos marinhos
2018/01/08 - 2018/01/08 Telejornal Conservação das populações de cavalos marinhos
2017/09/21 - 2017/09/21 Portugal em Direto Aquacultura cavalos marinhos
2017/09/20 - 2017/09/20 Bom dia Portugal Aquacultura cavalos marinhos
2017/04/30 - 2017/04/30 Primeiro Jornal cavalos marinhos
2016/12/03 - 2016/12/03 SOS Animal - Temporada 2 - Episódio 11 Cavalos marinhos. Aquacultura e conservação
2015/06/15 - 2015/06/15 Visita do Primeiro Ministro António Costa à Estação de Aquacultura do Ramalhete cavalos marinhos
2014/07/23 - 2014/07/23 Bom Dia Portugal Cultivo cavalos marinhos
2013/12/17 - 2013/12/17 Biosfera - BI da espécie Biologia cavalos marinhos
2013/10/13 - 2013/10/13 Biosfera
2013/08/18 - 2013/08/18 Reportagem
2013/05/25 - 2013/05/25 Reportagem informação
2013/05/24 - 2013/05/24 Reportagem “Investigação em Aquacultura” Investigação em aquacultura
2013/05/18 - 2013/05/18 Reportagem informação
2013/05/07 - 2013/05/07 : 07/05/2013 – Reportagem
2013/03/27 - 2013/03/27 Reportagem informação
2013/01/14 - 2013/01/14 Reportagem “An Der Algarve”
2011/12/27 - 2011/12/27 “L’Algarve, côte enchanteresse”
2010/12/27 - 2010/12/27 Bom Dia Portugal
2010/11/27 - 2010/11/27 Primeiro Jornal
Distinctions

Award

2011 1st Prize - INAQUA -Seahorse at risk in the Ria Formosa? Present situation and management tool for the future
National Geographic Society, United States

Oceanário de Lisboa, Portugal