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I am currently a Researcher at Okeanos, University of the Azores, studying deep-water elasmobranchs. I have recently (October 2021) finished my Postdoc at the University of Agder, Norway, in fish Population Genomics (ddRADseq), and this gave me the opportunity to develop my molecular skills and access to cutting edge HTS platforms. During my PhD (completed in 2018) at the University of the Azores, I used different molecular markers (microsatellites and mtDNA) to analyse the population genetic structure of some poorly studied deep-sea fish and sharks. The study found the existence on a major genetic barrier between the Atlantic and the deep Mediterranean Sea where populations got isolated likely during the last glaciation. My PhD was done in collaboration with the Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway where I spent about 19 months (in several stays), doing laboratory work. I also collaborated with the Institut de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona, where I did an internship of 3 weeks, and several other stays to collect samples. During my PhD I have collaborated with several deep-sea researchers in UK, France, Italy, Portugal, Australia, Japan, Greece to mention a few. Since 2007 I have been connected to the Demersais team at the Azores, where I have acquired a vast experience working with demersal and deep-sea species through the participation on about 35 research cruises during the past 15 years, some of which as the leading scientist onboard. During these demersal surveys I have acquired a vast experience in taxonomy (especially for deep-water sharks), sampling and fish biology. Being the leading scientist on board also help to develop my leadership, organizational, communication and conflict management skills. After my PhD I have dedicated my post-doc path partial to deep-sea teleost and chondrichthyans taxonomy with the help of DNA barcoding. During this work I have been resolving taxonomic issues encountered during the demersal cruises, working in two cryptic shark species, and finding new records for the region. I also have been collaborating with DiscardLess project with the writing of a field identification manual for deep-water sharks and developing an identification key which was published in 2020. Despite being a recent post-doc, I have been successfully attracting funding for my research, with 2 small projects (IBAC and TANDEM (eDNA)) approved in 2 separated competitive calls of Assemble+ Transnational Access, which used expensive cutting edge metabarcoding HTS technology. I am co-PI of a national project (SOS TubaProf funded by MAR2020) which aims to study the bycatch of deep-water sharks using traditional and innovative tools (eDNA) and has a strong component of outreach and ocean literacy targeting fishers. Furthermore, I got funding from the Systematic Research Fund 2020 to resolve elasmobranch taxonomic issues, and by the Save Our Seas Foundation which funded my project "Sustainable science in the deep blue sea" (PI, Small Grant 2021) about deep-water sharks and eDNA. My research fields are Marine Biology, Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology, Biodiversity Conservation, Fisheries, which specifically includes the fields of Taxonomy, Biogeography, Population genetics/genomics, (Meta)barcoding, Deep-sea Ecology. I have a total of 83 publications: 18 research articles (6 as first author) published in peer-reviewed journals and plus 2 under revision (1 as first author); 1 book and 1 book chapter; 2 conference abstracts; 9 conference posters; 20 datasets; 30 reports and 2 thesis. Further have 5 manuscripts in preparation presenting my most recent findings, two of which with already accepted abstracts. I have received 10 awards/honours, 2 for best poster and best oral presentation at meetings. I have been involved in the organisation of the European meeting of the EMODnet Biology, 3 project meetings and 5 workshops for fishers in the Azores, and in 20 national and international research projects, 6 of which as PI or co-PI.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diana Sofia de Oliveira Catarino

Citation names

  • Catarino, Diana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D71B-046F-5057
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0635-6174

Addresses

  • Universidade dos Açores - Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas. Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, 4, 9901-862, Horta, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • 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) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10/14 - 2021/10/13
Concluded
Postdoc (Pós-doutoramento)
Universitetet i Agder, Norway
2010/04/01 - 2018/03/12
Concluded
Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Genetic connectivity of deep sea fishes in the Atlantic-Mediterranean transition zone" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Unanimously Approved with distinction and honors
2011/02 - 2015/05
Concluded
Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway
2013/06/11 - 2013/06/29
Concluded
Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
2007/10/10
Concluded
Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Mercúrio total em peixes pelágicos oceânicos da Crista Média do Atlântico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/11/01 - 2024/10/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
2019/10/14 - 2021/10/13 Postdoc (Research) Universitetet i Agder, Norway
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
2017/07/15 - 2018/12/31 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014/09/01 - 2016/09/01 IMAR Research Grant – EMODnet Biology project. Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2010/04/01 - 2014/06/30 PhD scholarship FCT - SFRH/BD/65730/2009 Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2009/04/01 - 2010/03/31 Research Grant IMAR – project "Demersais" – Annual monitoring program of the demersal species of the Azores. Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2007/11/01 - 2009/03/01 Contrato Avença Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2007/03/01 - 2007/08/31 Scientific internship for Bachelor degree Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2012 - Current CONDOR - Monitorização anual das espécies demersais no banco Condor
Condor
Researcher
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Governo dos Açores
Ongoing
2007/04/01 - Current DEMERSAIS – Monitorização Anual das Abundâncias Relativas das Espécies Demersais dos Açores
DEMERSAIS
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Governo dos Açores
Ongoing
2024 - 2029 MarineBeacon - Monitoring and elimination of bycatch of endangered and conserved species in the NE and high seas Atlantic region
101135237
Researcher
Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Ongoing
2023 - 2029 CIBBRiNA - an eu life project aiming to establish regional monitoring programmes to achieve a change in the reliability of bycatch estimates in addition to further developing testing and implementing effective mitigation measures for bycatch
CIBBRINA
Researcher
LIFE programme
Ongoing
2025 - 2028 EcoFISHER - Ecological Fisheries Innovations for Sustainable Harvests and Ecosystem Resilience
EcoFisher
Researcher
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Under evaluation
2025 - 2028 Fin-SPACE – Finding Space for nature in the oPen seas under A Changing climatE
FinSpace
Researcher
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Under evaluation
2024 - 2027 REMORA - Small fishes in a big pond.
101159246
Researcher
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/30 DipSpatial- Spatial distribution and vulnerability of the flapper Skate in the Azores
FSBI-RG22-457
Principal investigator
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Concluded
2021/03/01 - 2023/06/30 Sustainable science in the deep blue sea
Principal investigator
Save Our Seas Foundation
Concluded
2020/08 - 2023/06/30 Resolving taxonomic uncertainties using molecular tools in the deep-sea elasmobranchs of Azorean assemblages
Principal investigator
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
Systematics Association

The Linnean Society
Concluded
2020/02/29 - 2023/06/30 SOS TubaProf - Avaliação da Sustentabilidade das capturas acessórias dOS TUBarões de PROFundidade nos Açores
MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0040
Principal investigator
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Governo dos Açores

Fundo Europeu dos Assuntos Marítimos e das Pescas
Concluded
2019/10/14 - 2021/10/13 ECOGENOME - A multispecies, multitrophic genomics approach to coastal ecosystem structure
Post-doc Fellow
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
Norwegian Research Council
Concluded
2019/10/12 - 2021/10/13 MarGen II - Capacity building for increased sustainable growth in aquatic environments in the Kattegat-Skagerrak
NORWAY2
Post-doc
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak
Concluded
2015/03/01 - 2020/02/29 DiscardLess – Strategies for the gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/633680/EU
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2019/03/11 - 2019/04/10 TANDEM - environmenTal DNA as a moNitoring tool for deep-sea fish and sharks: ConDor sEaMount as a case study
Principal investigator
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Horizon 2020
Concluded
2018/06/03 - 2018/07/15 IBAC - Ichthyoplankton Biodiversity on the Atlantic seamount Condor using DNA metabarcoding
Principal investigator
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Horizon 2020
Concluded
2015 - 2017 BIOMETORE - Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor
Researcher
EEA Grants
Concluded
2014/09/08 - 2016/09/07 EMODnet - THE EUROPEAN MARINE OBSERVATION AND DATA NETWORK
IMAR/EMODnet Biology/002-2014
Research Fellow
Concluded
2010/03/17 - 2013/09/15 METAFISHCODE: Fish genetic diversity and meta-species phylogeography at global and regional scales: implications for fisheries management
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/03/31 Regional Drivers of Ecosystem Change and its Influence on Deep-Sea Populations in the Mediterranean (REDECO)
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2013 Estudo genético de larga escala para a separação das espécies Aphanopus carbo e Aphanopus intermedius nas descargas comerciais dos Açores
ACORES
Principal investigator
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Governo dos Açores
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2012/09/30 Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European seas (HERMIONE)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/226354/EU
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/06/01 - 2011/04/30 CONDOR Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems
PT0040
PhD Student Fellow
EEA Grants
Concluded
2009 - 2011 CoralFish - Assessment of the interaction between corals, fish and fisheries, in order to develop monitoring and predictive modelling tools for ecosystem based management in the deep waters of Europe and beyond
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2010/06/30 DEECON - Unravelling population connectivity for sustainable fisheries in the Deep Sea
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/03/01 - 2007/12/31 MarPACE Marine Propagation Along the Coasts of Europe
Other
European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2007/09/30 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem Project (MAR-ECO)
Other
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Laurence Fauconnet; Aurora Ribeiro; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello; Diya Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso. Guia dos tubarões de profundidade dos Açores. Horta, Portugal: Okeanos U. Açores / IMAR. 2020.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Tempera, Fernando; Giacomello, Eva; Mitchell, Neil C.; Campos, Aldino S.; Braga Henriques, Andreia; Bashmachnikov, Igor; Martins, Ana; et al. "Mapping Condor Seamount Seafloor Environment and Associated Biological Assemblages (Azores, NE Atlantic)". In Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat, 807-818. Elsevier, 2012.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-385140-6.00059-1
Conference abstract
  1. Laurence Fauconnet; Aurora Ribeiro; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello; Diya Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso. "Deep-sea shark identification manual for fishers". Paper presented in Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions International Conference, Horta, 2020.
    Published
  2. Eva Giacomello; Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; Jorge Fontes; Mara Schmiing; Pedro Afonso. "CONDOR project: Monitoring the effects of a seamount protected area". Paper presented in Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions International Conference, Horta, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Gonçalves, Gabriel; Fauconnet, Laurence; Veríssimo, Ana; Menezes, M. Gui; Rosa, Alexandra; Giacomello, Eva; Morato, Telmo; Catarino, Diana. "Deep-sea elasmobranchs monitoring and biodiversity assessment in the Azores: a comparison of dierent methodological approaches". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference, 2022.
  2. Giacomello, Eva; Rosa, Alexandra; Catarino, Diana; Menezes, M. Gui. "Effects of a seamount protected area on demersal fishes". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference, 2022.
  3. Ribeiro, Aurora; Afonso, Pedro; Catarino, Diana; Giacomello, Eva; Das, Diya; Gonçalves, Jorge; Morato, Telmo; Fauconnet, Laurence. "The Deep-Water Sharks’ Guide to the Azores". Paper presented in 7th European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA), 2019.
  4. Gomes-Pereira JN; Carmo V; Catarino, Diana; et al.. "Cold-water coral and hydroids as essential fish habitat for Lappanella fasciata and Benthocometes robustus.". Paper presented in 14th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, 2015.
  5. Catarino, Diana; Stefanni, Sergio; Menezes, Gui M.. "Genetic diversity and length distribution of the Offshore Rockfish (Pontinus kuhlii) from three Atlantic Archipelagos". Paper presented in Biogeography and Phylogeography of Atlantic Fishes Symposium, 2011.
  6. Catarino, Diana; Stefanni S ; Menezes, G.. "Genetic diversity and length distribution of the Offshore Rockfish (Pontinus kuhlii) from three Atlantic Archipelagos". Paper presented in 12th Deep-sea Biology Simposium, Reykjavik, 2010.
  7. Sampaio Í; Porteiro F; Braga-Henriques A; Catarino, Diana; Matos V; Ocaña Ó. "Azorean deep-Water corals communities as perceived from bottom longline fisheries surveys.". Paper presented in ICES International Symposium - Issues Confronting the Deep-sea, 2009.
  8. Menezes, Gui M.; Catarino, Diana; Stefanni, Sergio. "Deep-sea fishing on four Atlantic seamounts located south of the Azores". Paper presented in ICES 2008 Annual Science Conference, 2008.
  9. Catarino, Diana; Porteiro F; Lopes H; Costa V. "Total mercury in deep-sea pelagic fishes from Mid-Atlantic Ridge.". Paper presented in XV Simposio Ibérico de Estudos de Biologia Marinha, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Fauconnet, Laurence; Morato, Telmo; Das, Diya; Catarino, Diana; Fontes, Jorge; Giacomello, Eva; Afonso, Pedro. "First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fisheries". Fisheries Research 270 (2024): 106877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877
  2. Campanyà-Llovet, Neus; Bates, Amanda; Cuvelier, Daphne; Giacomello, Eva; Catarino, Diana; Gooday, Andrew; Berning, Bjoem; et al. "FUN Azores: A FUNctional trait database for the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 1050268 (2023):
    Open access • Published
  3. Fauconnet, Laurence; Catarino, Diana; Das, Diya; Giacomello, Eva; Gonzalez-Irusta, José; Afonso, Pedro; Morato, Telmo. "Challenges in avoiding deep-water shark bycatch in Azorean hook-and-line fisheries". ICES Journal of Marine Science 80 3 (2023): 605-619.
    Published
  4. Gomes-Pereira, José Nuno; Pham, K. Christopher; Miodonski, Joana; Aurélio, Marco; Dionísio, Gisela; Catarino, Diana; Nyegaard, Marianne; et al. "The heaviest bony fish in the world: a 2744 kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) from the North Atlantic". Journal Fish Biology 102 1 (2023): 290-293.
    Published
  5. Das, Diya; Gonzalez-Irusta, José Manuel; Morato, Telmo; Fauconnet, Laurence; Catarino, Diana; Afonso, Pedro; Viegas, Cláudia; et al. "Distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, to inform spatial planning". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 182 (2022): 103707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103707.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103707
  6. Vilas-Arrondo, Nair; Gomes-dos-Santos, Andre; Pérez, Montse; Baldó, Francisco; Veríssimo, Ana; Catarino, Diana; Machado, Andre; et al. "A mitochondrial genome assembly of the opal chimaera, Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias et Sellos 2011, using PacBio HiFi long reads". Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7 3 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2044403.
    Open access • Published
  7. Knutsen, Halvor; Catarino, Diana; Rogers, Lauren; Sodeland, Marte; Mattingsdal, Morten; Jahnke, Marlene; Hutchings, Jeffrey A.; et al. "Combining population genomics with demographic analyses highlights habitat patchiness and larval dispersal as determinants of connectivity in coastal fish species". Molecular Ecology 31 9 (2022): 2562-2577. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16415.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/mec.16415
  8. Catarino, Diana; Jorde, Per Erik; Rogers, Lauren; Albretsen, Jon; Jahnke, Marlene; Mellerud, Ida; Sodeland, Marte; André, Carl; Knutsen, Halvor. "Finding coarse and fine scale population structure in a coastal species: population demographics meets genomics". Evolutionary Applications (2022): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.15.480495v1.
    Open access • Submitted
  9. Deininger, Anne; Martin, Angela H.; Pardo, Juan C. F.; Berg, Paul R.; Bhardwaj, Jyotirmoy; Catarino, Diana; Fernández-Chacón, Albert; et al. "Coastal Research Seen Through an Early Career Lens - A Perspective on Barriers to Interdisciplinarity in Norway". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.634999.
    Open access • 10.3389/fmars.2021.634999
  10. Catarino, Diana; Sergio Stefanni; Filipe M. Porteiro; Alexandra Rosa; Eva Giacomello. "First record of the pencil cardinal Epigonus denticulatus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) in the Azores archipelago". Journal of Fish Biology 99 1 (2021): 253-257. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.14689.
    Open access • Published
  11. Stefanni, Sergio; Catarino, Diana; Ribeiro, Pedro A.; Freitas, Mafalda; Menezes, Gui M.; Neat, Francis; Stankovic, David. "Molecular Systematics of the Long-Snouted Deep Water Dogfish (Centrophoridae, Deania) With Implications for Identification, Taxonomy, and Conservation". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.588192.
    Open access • 10.3389/fmars.2020.588192
  12. Catarino, Diana; Jakobsen, Kirsten; Jakobsen, Joachim; Giacomello, Eva; Menezes, Gui M.; Diogo, Hugo; Canha, Ângela; et al. "First record of the opal chimaera, Chimaera opalescens ( Holocephali: Chimaeridae ) and revision of the occurrence of the rabbitfish Chimaera monstrosa in the Azores waters". Journal of Fish Biology 97 (2020): 763-775. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14432.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/jfb.14432
  13. Bird, Christopher S.; Veríssimo, Ana; Magozzi, Sarah; Abrantes, Kátya G.; Aguilar, Alex; Al-Reasi, Hassan; Barnett, Adam; et al. "A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks". Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 2 (2018): 299-305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z.
    Published • 10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z
  14. Gomes-Pereira, José Nuno; Carmo, Vanda; Catarino, Diana; Jakobsen, Joachim; Alvarez, Helena; Aguilar, Ricardo; Hart, Justin; et al. "Cold-water corals and large hydrozoans provide essential fish habitat for Lappanella fasciata and Benthocometes robustus". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 145 (2017): 33-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.09.015.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.09.015
  15. Catarino, D.; Stankovic, D.; Menezes, G.; Stefanni, S.. "Insights into the genetic structure of the rabbitfish Chimaera monstrosa (Holocephali) across the Atlantic-Mediterranean transition zone". Journal of Fish Biology 91 4 (2017): 1109-1122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13404.
    Published • 10.1111/jfb.13404
  16. Catarino, Diana; Stefanni, Sergio; Jorde, Per Erik; Menezes, Gui M.; Company, Joan B.; Neat, Francis; Knutsen, Halvor. "The role of the Strait of Gibraltar in shaping the genetic structure of the Mediterranean Grenadier, Coryphaenoides mediterraneus, between the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea". PLOS ONE 12 5 (2017): e0174988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174988.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0174988
  17. Catarino, Diana; Knutsen, Halvor; Veríssimo, Ana; Olsen, Esben Moland; Jorde, Per Erik; Menezes, Gui; Sannaes, Hanne; et al. "The Pillars of Hercules as a bathymetric barrier to gene flow promoting isolation in a global deep-sea shark (Centroscymnus coelolepis )". Molecular Ecology 24 24 (2015): 6061-6079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13453.
    Published • 10.1111/mec.13453
  18. Longmore, Craig; Trueman, Clive N.; Neat, Francis; Jorde, Per Erik; Knutsen, Halvor; Stefanni, Sergio; Catarino, Diana; Milton, James A.; Mariani, Stefano. "Ocean-scale connectivity and life cycle reconstruction in a deep-sea fish". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71 9 (2014): 1312-1323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0343.
    Published • 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0343
  19. Catarino, Diana; Stefanni, Sergio; Menezes, Gui M.. "Size distribution and genetic diversity of the offshore rockfish (Pontinus kuhlii) from three Atlantic archipelagos and seamounts". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98 (2013): 160-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.010
  20. Philippart, Catharina J.M.; Amaral, Ana; Asmus, Ragnhild; van Bleijswijk, Judith; Bremner, Julie; Buchholz, Fred; Cabanellas-Reboredo, Miguel; et al. "Spatial synchronies in the seasonal occurrence of larvae of oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and mussels (Mytilus edulis/galloprovincialis) in European coastal waters". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 108 (2012): 52-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.014
  21. Knutsen, Halvor; Catarino, Diana; Sannæs, Hanne; Stefanni, Sergio. "Development of eleven microsatellite loci in the deep-sea black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)". Conservation Genetics Resources 1 1 (2009): 89-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-009-9021-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s12686-009-9021-z
Report
  1. Rosa, Alexandra; Catarino, Diana; Gomes, Sérgio; Godinho, António; Giacomello, Eva. 2024. Relatório do Cruzeiro de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2023 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-56-P23).
  2. Rosa, Alexandra; Catarino, Diana; Gomes, Sérgio; Godinho, António; Menezes, Gui. 2024. Relatório de Cruzeiro de Monitorização das Espécies Demersais e de Profundidade do Banco Condor (CONDOR-57-O23).
  3. Telmo Morato; Luís Manuel Cerqueira Rodrigues; João Balsa; Inês Correia Bruno; Inês Sofia Mendes Carneiro; Diana Catarino; Nicolás Collazo; et al. 2023. MapGES 2023 cruise report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV Arquipélago.
    10.5281/zenodo.10785022
  4. Fauconnet, Laurence; Bosio, Caterina; Gonçalves, Gabriel; Marçalo, Claudia; Monsonis, Ester; Catarino, Diana. 2023. Final Report SOSTubaProf project.
  5. Rosa, Alexandra; Gomes, Sérgio; Leal, Wendell; Godinho, António; Fauconnet, Laurence; Catarino, Diana; Pinho, Mário Rui; Giacomello, Eva. 2021. Relatório do Cruzeiro de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2021 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-55-P21).
  6. Alexandra Rosa; Sérgio Gomes; Wendell Leal; António Godinho; Laurence Fauconnet; Sandra Marques; Sandra Blasco; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello. 2021. Relatório de Cruzeiro de Monitorização das Espécies Demersais e de Profundidade do Banco Condor (CONDOR-54-O20).
  7. Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; Sérgio Gomes; Ana Pabon; Wendell Leal; Cristina Gutiérrez-Zárate; António Godinho; Mário Rui Pinho; Eva Giacomello. 2020. Relatório do Cruzeiro de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2019 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-52-P19). http://www.okeanos.uac.pt/storage/2020/05/ArqOkeanosRelatCruzeiros1-2020Demersais19Final-1.pdf.
  8. Catarino, Diana. 2019. environmenTal DNA as a moNitoring tool for deep-sea fish and sharks: ConDor sEaMount as a case study - TANDEM.
  9. Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; Sérgio Gomes; António Godinho; João Neves; Eva Giacomello. 2019. Relatório do Cruzeiro CONDOR-51-O18.
  10. Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; Sergio Gomes; Ana Pabon; Régis Vinicius; António Godinho; João Neves; Mario Rui Pinho; Eva Giacomello. 2019. Relatório do Cruzeiro de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2018 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-50-P18).
  11. Catarino, Diana. 2018. Ichthyoplankton Biodiversity on the Atlantic seamount Condor using DNA metabarcoding.
  12. Rosa A; Catarino, Diana; Gomes S; Pabon A; Viegas C; Pastor M; Parra H; et al. 2018. Relatório de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2017 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-48-P17)..
  13. Rosa A; Catarino, Diana; Gomes S; Neves J; Bilan M; Viegas C; Graça G; et al. 2018. Relatório de Cruzeiro de Monitorização das Espécies Demersais e de Profundidade do Banco Condor (CONDOR-49-O17)..
  14. Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; de Girolamo, Mirko; Sergio Gomes; Mario Rui Pinho; Gui Manuel Machado Menezes; Eva Giacomello. 2017. Relatório de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2016 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-46-P16).
  15. Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; Sergio Gomes; Gonçalo Graça; Gui Manuel Machado Menezes; Eva Giacomello. 2017. Relatório de Cruzeiro de Monitorização das Espécies Demersais e de Profundidade do Banco Condor (CONDOR-47-O16).
  16. Rosa A; Catarino, Diana; Gomes S; Lagarto N; Mendonça P; Pereira J; Graça G; et al. 2016. Relatório do Cruzeiro BIOMETORE-44-V15.
  17. Rosa A; Catarino, Diana; Gomes S; Lagarto N; Sousa R; Girolamo M; Freitas M; Giacomello E; Menezes G. 2016. Relatório do Cruzeiro BIOMETORE-43-V15.
  18. Rosa A; Catarino, Diana; Teixeira G; Parra H; Giacomello E; Menezes G. 2015. Relatório do Cruzeiro CONDOR-45-O15.
  19. Inácio M; Alexandra Rosa; Graça G; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello; Gui M Menezes. 2013. Relatório do Cruzeiro CONDOR-41-O13.
  20. Alexandra Rosa; Graça G; Catarino, Diana; Inácio M; Giacomello, Eva; Menezes, Gui. 2012. Relatório do Cruzeiro CONDOR-39-O12.
  21. Inácio M; Catarino, Diana; Alexandra Rosa; Valentina Matos; Gui Menezes. 2012. Relatório do Cruzeiro de Monitorização de Demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2012 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-38-P12).
  22. Gui M Menezes; Eva Giacomelo; Catarino, Diana; Alexandra Rosa. 2012. Demersal fish assemblages of the Condor seamount.
  23. Catarino, Diana; Alexandra Rosa; Eva Giacomello; Graça G; Matos V; Pham, K. Christopher; Gui M Menezes. 2011. Relatório de Cruzeiro (CONDOR-36-O11)..
  24. Catarino, Diana; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Valentina Matos; Pham, K. Christopher; Eva Giacomello; Graça G; Gui Manuel Machado Menezes. 2011. Relatório de Cruzeiro (CORALFISHD-37-O11)..
  25. Catarino, Diana; Alexandra Rosa; Valentina Matos; Mario Rui Pinho; Gui M Menezes. 2011. Relatório do cruzeiro de monitorização de demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2011 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-35-P11).
  26. Catarino, Diana; Alexandra Rosa; Eva Giacomello; Graça G; Bonanomi S; Sergio Gomes; Gui M Menezes. 2010. Relatório de Cruzeiro (CONDOR-34-O10).
  27. Catarino, Diana; Telmo Morato; Valentina Matos; Gui M Menezes. 2010. ) Relatório de Cruzeiro (CORALFISHD-33-V10).
  28. Catarino, Diana; Gui M Menezes; Alexandra Rosa; Mario Rui Pinho. 2010. Relatório do cruzeiro de monitorização de demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2010 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-32-P10).
  29. Catarino, Diana; Alexandra Rosa; Eva Giacomello; Sousa A.; Iris Sampaio; Gui M Menezes. 2009. Relatório de Cruzeiro (CONDOR-31-V09).
  30. Catarino, Diana; Sergio Stefanni; Hugo Parra; Christoph Noever; Vanda Carmo; Clara Loureiro; Gui M Menezes. 2008. DEECON “Unravelling population connectivity for sustainable fisheries in the Deep Sea” – Relatório de Cruzeiro (DEECON-30-V08).
  31. Catarino, Diana; Gui M Menezes; Mario Rui Pinho; Alexandra Rosa; Octavio Melo. 2008. Relatório do cruzeiro de monitorização de demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2008 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-29-P08).
  32. Catarino, Diana; Gui M Menezes; Nagib Souza; Plirú A.; Sergio Stefanni. 2007. DEECON “Unravelling population connectivity for sustainable fisheries in the Deep Sea” – Relatório de Cruzeiro (DEECON-28-V07).
  33. Catarino, Diana; Gui M Menezes; Mario Rui Pinho; Alexandra Rosa; Octavio Melo. 2007. Relatório do cruzeiro de monitorização de demersais realizado durante a Primavera de 2007 nos Açores (ARQDAÇO-27-P07).
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Catarino, Diana. "Genetic connectivity of deep-sea fishes in the Atlantic-Mediterranean transition zone". PhD, Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, 2018.
  2. Catarino, Diana. "Total mercury in deep-sea pelagic fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Degree, Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, 2007.
Website
  1. Catarino, Diana; Fauconnet, Laurence. SOS TubaProf - Avaliação da Sustentabilidade das capturas acessórias dOS TUBArões de PROFundidade nos Açores. 2021. https://pescazores.com/.
  2. Catarino, Diana; Fauconnet, Laurence. SOSTubaProf - Instagram page.. 2021. https://www.instagram.com/sostubaprof/.
  3. Catarino, Diana; Fauconnet, Laurence. SOSTubaProf - Facebook page. 2020. https://www.facebook.com/SosTubaProf.

Other

Dataset
  1. 2017 - ImagDOP Benthic Video Annotations in Condor seamount in 2010.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/304.
  2. 2016 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Turtle sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 2000 on: during navigation or search mode.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/13.
  3. 2016 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Seabird sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 2000 on: during navigation or search mode.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/11.
  4. 2016 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 on: during navigation or search mode.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/19.
  5. 2016 - Underwater fish visual census in the Azores from 1997 to 2015.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/210.
  6. 2015 - COLETA - IMAR/DOP-Uac reference collection from 1977 to 2012.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/23.
  7. 2014 - Demersais survey in the Azores between 1996 and 2013.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/22.
  8. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Accessory species caught in the Azores tuna fishery between 2000 and 2013.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/211.
  9. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Discards in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/20.
  10. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Fish caught to be used as bait in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/9.
  11. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/21.
  12. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013: during the capture of live bait.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/18.
  13. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013: while fishing.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/16.
  14. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea bird sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/15.
  15. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/14.
  16. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Seabird sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013: during the capture of live bait.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/10.
  17. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Seabird sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013: while fishing.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/12.
  18. 2014 - POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Tuna species caught in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013.. EmodNet Biology https://doi.org/10.14284/17.
  19. Neus Campanyà-Llovet; Amanda Bates; Daphne Cuvelier; Eva Giacomello; Diana Catarino; Andrew J Gooday; Björn Berning; et al. FUN Azores: A trait database for the marine species of the ridges, seamounts, and hydrothermal vents of the Azores, NE Atlantic. 2023.
    10.1594/pangaea.955357
  20. José Manuel González-Irusta; Laurence Fauconnet; Diya Das; Diana Catarino; Pedro Afonso; Cláudia Viegas; Luís Manuel Cerqueira Rodrigues; et al. Outputs of predictive distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores EEZ (down to 2,000m depth) using Generalized Additive Models. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.940808
Other output
  1. Como manusear um tubarão a bordo / How to handle a shark onboard - Good handling practices poster for fishers. This poster aims to promote the best handling practices for deep-water sharks onboard of fishing vessels. Knowing how to handle a shark when it comes onboard and safely return it to the sea, will improve sharks post-release survival and will promote fishers onboard safety. The A3 poster size is made of splash proof material to be used on deck.. 2020. Fauconnet, Laurence; Aurora Ribeiro; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello; Diya Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.23931.28963
  2. Que tubarão de profundidade é? / Which deep-water shark is this? - Deep-water shark Identification Key for fishers. This is an identification poster, where fishers can find their way following the arrows and choose their path according to the characteristics they find in the sharks they catch. The identification key is constructed with a simple language and easy to spot external characters to make identification fast and simple for fishers. The A3 poster size is made of splash proof material to be used on deck. 2020. Fauconnet, Laurence; Aurora Ribeiro; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello; Diya Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.13655.24488
  3. Video_LULA_dive#082_dive#090: First record of the opal chimaera Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) and revision of the occurrence of the rabbitfish Chimaera monstrosa in the Azores waters.. Video of Chimaera opalescens in the Azores during dives 82 and 90 with the submersible LULA100.. 2020. Catarino, Diana; Jakobsen, Kirsten; Jakobsen, Joachim; Giacomello, Eva; Menezes, Gui; Diogo, Hugo; Canha, Ângela; et al.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.12453299.v3
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11/03 Sustainable science in the deep blue sea 2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series
Museum of Dicovery and Science (United States)
2022/10/22 Lessons from distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the mid-north Atlantic ocean Sharks International 2022
Oceanogràfic Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
2022/10/20 Challenges in deep-water sharks monitoring and conservation: Comparing non-invasive monitoring techniques with longlines catches Sharks International 2022
Oceanogràfic Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
2022/09/09 Comparing non-invasive monitoring techniques with longlines catches for deep-water elasmobranchs monitoring and conservation. Frontiers in E3 - 8th Annual Meeting. From islands to the world: interconnecting science
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2021/10/14 Patterns of population genetic structure along the Norwegian coast: The Black Goby Centre for Coastal Research seminar 'Population Dynamics and Adaption'
University of Agder (Norway)
2021/09/30 SOS TubaProf Avaliação da sustentabilidade das capturas acessórias de tubarões de profundidade nos Açores Conselho Consultivo para as Regiões Ultraperiféricas (CCRUP)
(Praia da Vitória)
2021/09/23 Deep-sea shark identification manual for fishers: a tool to better document biodiversity and bycatch of those data-poor species. World Fisheries Congress
(Adelaide, Australia)
2021/09/23 Is it possible to avoid deep-water sharks in the Azores hook-and-line fisheries? World Fisheries Congress
(Adelaide, Australia)
2020/11/17 Genetic connectivity along the Norwegian coast: The Black Goby Centre for Coastal Research Scientific Meeting
University of Agder (Norway)
2019/10/17 Unraveling deep-sea elasmobranchs diversity with the help of molecular tools Centre Coastal Research Early Career Researchers Workshop
University of Agder (Norway)
2019/10/08 Deep-sea shark identification manual for fishers Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions International Conference
(Horta, Portugal)
2019/10 CONDOR project: Monitoring the effects of a seamount protected area Forum Azores 2019
(Horta, Portugal)
2019/09/13 A cold case of metabarcoding analysis unravel hidden mesozooplankton diversity at two Azorean seamounts and neighboring island slopes (NE Atlantic) MetaZooGene Symposium
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
2018/09 At-vessel mortality and post-release survival of deep-water sharks: insights from the Azores hook-and-line fisheries. ICES Annual Science Conference
(Hamburg, Germany)
2018/09 Effects of a seamount protected area on deep-water demersal fishes (Condor seamount, North-East Atlantic) Deep-Sea Biology Symposium 2018
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (California, United States)
2018/07/10 Use of DNA Barcoding as a tool to clarify taxonomic uncertainties in the Azores. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Seminar
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Napoles, Italy)
2016/06 Gestão de recursos marinhos nos Açores: a área protegida do Banco Condor (Managing marine resources in the Azores: the Condor seamount protected area). Fórum Internacional das Pescas dos Açores
(Horta, Portugal)
2016/06 Cruzeiros Científicos de Demersais nos Açores (Scientific surveys of demersal fishes in the Azores ). Fórum Internacional das Pescas dos Açores
(Horta, Portugal)
2012/12 Postglacial isolation of the Mediterranean Centroscymnus coelolepis reveals the importance of the Pillars of Hercules as geographical barrier for deep sea sharks. 13th Deep Sea Biology Symposium
Te Papa Museum (Wellington, New Zealand)
2010/06 Fishing deep: longline surveys in Mid-Atlantic seamounts. 12th Deep-sea Biology Simposium
(Reykjavik, Iceland)
2009/12 Resultados preliminares da campanha Demersal no monte submarino Condor. CONDOR Workshop
(Horta, Portugal)
2009/10 Total mercury in deep-sea pelagic fishes from Mid-Atlantic Ridge MAR-ECO project Workshop
(Kristiansand, Norway)
2009/04 Deep-sea fishing surveys on eight seamounts in the North-East Atlantic. ICES International Symposium - Issues Confronting the Deep-sea
(Horta, Portugal)
2009/04 Northern distribution limit of the intermediate scabbardfish Aphanopus intermedius (Parin, 1983) based on PCR-RFLP’s screening ICES International Symposium - Issues Confronting the Deep-sea
(Horta, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Integrating knowledge from multiple data sources on the spatial distribution and relative abundance of the flapper skate in the Azores to assess their vulnerability
Supervisor
Mestrado em Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Master)
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/31 Deep-sea sharks monitoring, and biodiversity assessment: a comparison of different methodological approaches
Supervisor of Gabriel Esteves Gama Gonçalves
Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Master)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/07 Acceleration data loggers, iTags: a toll to determine post-release mortality and behaviour of deep-water sharks
Co-supervisor of Caterina Bosio
International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28 Final meeting project SOSTubaProf (2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20 Annual meeting SOS TubaProf joining scientific partners and other stakeholders collaborators in the project (FPA, APEDA, OMA, DRP) to present progresses of the project and plans for new year. (2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2021/12/02 - 2021/12/03 Workshop - This 2 days workshop, intended for fishers from São Miguel island using hand-lines and bottom-long lines, aimed to teach about the species of deep-sea sharks occurring in the Region and how to distinguish between species. The workshop also presented the project, SOS TubaProf to the fishers and explain them the importance of fishers and scientists working together to achieve the sustainable management of deep-water sharks and their conservation. (2021/12/02 - 2021/12/03)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2021/11/29 - 2021/11/30 Workshop - This 2 days workshop, intended for fishers from Terceira island using hand-lines and bottom-long lines, aimed to teach about the species of deep-sea sharks occurring in the Region and how to distinguish between species. The workshop also presented the project, SOS TubaProf to the fishers and explain them the importance of fishers and scientists working together to achieve the sustainable management of deep-water sharks and their conservation. (2021/11/29 - 2021/11/30)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2021/07/21 - 2021/07/21 Kick-off meeting of the SOS TubaProf project (2021/07/21 - 2021/07/21)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2020/09/18 - 2020/09/21 Workshop - This 2 days workshop, intend for fishers from Faial island using hand-lines and bottom-long lines, aimed to teach about the species of deep-sea sharks occurring in the Region and how to distinguished between species. The workshop also presented the new project, SOS TubaProf to the fishers and explain them the importance of fishers and scientist working together to achieve the sustainable management of deep-water sharks and their conservation. (2020/09/18 - 2020/09/21)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2014/09/17 - 2014/09/18 Second Annual Meeting of the EMODnet Biology (European Marine Observation and Data Network) project. Organized by IMAR/DOP as a partner of the project. (2014/09/17 - 2014/09/18)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/21 - 2023/11/27 Course "GBIF and Darwin Core for Biodiversity Data". - This course provided an introduction to the use of GBIF and Darwin core to formats for archive and share of biodiversity data sets.
Other
Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/30 Course "Adaptation Genomics" - This course provided an introduction to the study of the genomic basis of adaptation using population genomics approaches applied to the analysis of both sequence and structural genetic variation.
Other
Physalia Courses, Germany
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/25 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) sets minimum qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships and large yachts. This course is a requisite to go onboard of many of the research vessels.
Other
STCW Course - International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
EMA - Escola do Mar dos Açores, Portugal
2021/12 - 2021/12 Course Nature MasterClasses "Advancing your Scientific Presentations"
Other
Nature MasterClasses
Universitetet i Agder, Norway
2021/11 - 2021/11 Course Nature MasterClasses "Persuasive Grant Writing"
Other
Nature MasterClasses
Universitetet i Agder, Norway
2021/11 - 2021/11 Course Nature MasterClasses "Narrative Tools for Researchers"
Other
Nature MasterClasses
Universitetet i Agder, Norway
2021/08 - 2021/08 Course Nature MasterClasses "Scientific Writing and Publishing"
Other
Nature MasterClasses
Universitetet i Agder, Norway
2020/11/30 - 2020/12/03 POGO International Virtual Conference on the use of Environmental DNA (eDNA) in Marine Environments: Opportunities and Challenges - This meeting will provide an opportunity to envision what a sustainable global omics/eDNA monitoring system could look like and will (i) promote global coordination among the organisations that are fostering eDNA and omics for marine environments, and (ii) coordinate efforts to develop a programme proposal in response to the call for action from the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
Conference
POGO - International Virtual Conference on the use of Environmental DNA (eDNA) in Marine Environments: Opportunities and Challenges
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, United Kingdom
2020/12 - 2020/12 Course "Scientific writing and publishing course" by Howard Browman from Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway.
Workshop
Course "Scientific writing and publishing course”
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
2020/11/23 - 2020/11/24 Young Systematists Forum - Virtual Conference - It is an exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work, often for the first time, to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetics. This well-established event provides an opportunity for budding systematists to discuss their research in front of their peers within a supportive environment. Supervisors and other established systematists are also encouraged to attend.
Conference
Young Systematists Forum - Virtual Conference
The Systematics Association, United Kingdom
2020/03/30 - 2020/03/31 Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers working at the Centre of Coastal Research at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Agder. The workshop is meant to organize and complete the writing of the paper "Coastal zones intimes of change - Norwegian coastal research seen through an early career lens", which was accepted to be published in a special issue in Frontiers in Marine Science.
Workshop
Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
2020/03/09 - 2020/03/15 Course "Population Genomics"
Workshop
Course "Population Genomics"
Nord Universitetet, Norway
2019/10/16 - 2019/10/18 Workshop for Early Career Researchers working at the Centre of Coastal Research at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Agder. In the workshop the several researchers presented their work, talked about joined collaborations and join projects to be submitted. From the workshop resulted an joined paper with all researchers present about coastal research in Norway which is being prepared for submission in May to Frontiers in Marine Sciences.
Workshop
Centre Coastal Research Early Career Researchers Workshop
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/12 Course "Introduction to Environmental DNA research and analysis".
Workshop
Introduction to Environmental DNA research and analysis
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2011/11 - 2011/12 Course "Analyses of Organismal Form" at the University of Manchester, UK. The course provided a general introduction to the methods of geometric morphometrics in biologic data.
Workshop
Analyses of Organismal Form
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2009/06/08 - 2009/06/10 Course "Introduction to R", provided by Erik Meesters (IMARES, Wageningen UR) and Geert Aarts (IMARES & NIOZ) at the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (DOP), University of the Azores, Horta. This course covered the installation and basic functionality of R.
Workshop
Introduction to R
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
2008/11/13 - 2008/12/02 Course "Fundamentals on microsatellite screening for fish". Where I have learned the basic laboratorial and statistics analyses of these genetic markers for the population genetics research. This internship was supervised by Dr Halvor Knutsen at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) – Flødevigen Marine Station, Norway and it was financed by MAR-ECO (Patterns and processes of the ecosystems of the northern mid-Atlantic).
Workshop
Fundamentals on microsatellite screening for fish
Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/22 Genetic structure of the American elephantfish (Chimaeriformes: Callorhinchus callorynchus) in South America
(Thesis) Main arguer
Cornelia Pia Erk (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/03/17 Deep-sea sharks monitoring and biodiversity assessment: a comparison of different methodological approaches
Supervisor
Gabriel Esteves Gama Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/01/07 - Current Fisheries Society of the British Isles Member
2020/02/18 - 2021/02/17 The Systematics Association Member
2019/06/19 - 2020/06/18 Deep-sea Biology Society Member: Researcher

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2021/01 - Current Member of the national Working Group for Biodiversity, subgroup Fish and Cephalopods for advising on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (European Commission), which determines the framework for action in the field of marine policy, in order to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment.
Advisor / Consultant
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal
2021/01 - Current Member of the Fish Expert Group for advisement to the Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring (ICG-COBAM) for the OSPAR convention.
Advisor / Consultant
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/11/25 - 2024/11/28 IUCN evaluation - Evaluation Workshop of the Rajiformes and Torpediniformes for the redlist of the marine fishes of Portugal Oceanário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/07/15 - 2024/07/18 IUCN evaluation - Evaluation Workshop of the benthopelagic sharks for the redlist of the marine fishes of Portugal Oceanário de Lisboa, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/10 - 2024/10/10 MOML-I - Laboratory class about DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding Mestrado em Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/05 MOML II - Fish Biological sampling and species identification Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2023/11/16 - 2023/11/16 MOML-I - Laboratory class about DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding Mestrado em Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado integrado)
2023/07/20 - 2023/07/20 "2023 Marine Robotics Summer School" - Class about biological sampling and species identification Okeanos Centre R&D, University of the Azores, Portugal
2023/03/30 - 2023/03/30 MOML-II - Laboratory class about DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding Mestrado em Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Mestrado) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021 Project Leader Featured - Dedicated webpage about my path and project funded by the Save Our Seas Foundation. Save Our Seas Foundation
2018/08/31 Description of my experience during the Transnational Access programme Assemble plus. I talked about my experience at Project done at Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy while desenvolving my project IBAC - Ichthyoplankton biodiversity on the Atlantic seamount condor using DNA metabarcoding. ASSEMBLE Plus Success stories

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/07 - 2024/07 SIC Channel Interview - "Deep-water shark hatches in aquarium in the Azores"
2024/07 - 2024/07 RTP Channel Interview - "Deep-water Icelandic catshark hatches for the first time in aquarium"

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/11 - 2025/02 Integrated taxonomy of Scorpaena fish species in the Azores Julia Zawadzka
2024/11 - 2025/02 Integrated taxonomy of Lizard fish species in the Azores Iryna Hulevata
2024/08/01 - 2024/12/31 Eurodyssey traineeship "Traineeship in deep-water elasmobranch conservation in the Azores" Pau Robles Egea
2023/07/01 - 2023/10/31 "The effect of different lights colors on deep-water sharks behaviour using BRUVs" Isabel Fernandez-Mc Auley
2021/10/01 - 2023/09/30 Internship EstagiarL theme "Exploratory analyses for the identification of deep-water sharks essential habitats and knowledge transfer between scientists and fishers." Cláudia Marçalo
2023/04/18 - 2023/06/18 Erasmus+ Intership - Analysis of tagging data from deep-sea elasmobranchs Milla Lesut
2023/04/11 - 2023/06/09 Intership - Use of molecular tolls to resolve taxonomic issues of elasmobranchs in the Azores Thomas Le Yannou
2022/08/01 - 2022/12/31 Eurodyssey traineeship "Traineeship in deep-water elasmobranch conservation and tagging program in the Azores" Ester Monsonis Ferrer
2017/11 - 2017/11 Molecular Biology procedures class for the Master Course "MEIO" at the University of the Azores Several students
2012/09 - 2013/09 Master Thesis "Caracterização da Pescaria do Peixe-Espada Preto nos Açores de 2008 a 2012" Ana Isabel Canelas Pinto Besugo

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2007/04 - Current Demersal surveys - Since 2007 I have participated in more than 35 research cruises during the past 16 years, some of which as the leading scientist onboard. During these longline demersal surveys I have acquired a vast experience in taxonomy (especially for deep-water sharks), sampling and fish biology. Work onboard consist in collection of fishing effort, biological sampling, tagging, collection of genetic material, water for eDNA, CTD, deep-sea imaging. IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2022/05 - 2023/06 Fishing experiments on commercial fishing boat - during the SOSTubaProf project we conducted fishing experiments on gear selectivity for deep-water sharks to test gear catchability both on shark bycatch and target bonyfish species. During the experiments, it was also tested the survival of deep-water sharks using electronic tagging, biological sampling, collection of genetic material and water for eDNA. IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2012 - 2012 CoralFISH - Fishing experiments using longlines in Ionic Sea, Greece. My participation consisted in the collection of genetic material of different species of dee-sea fishes to use in my PhD project. HCMR Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
2011 - 2012 DOSMARES - Deep-sea fishing expedition using trawling in Blanes Canyon, Spain, Mediterranean. My participation consisted in the identification of deep-water shaks and collection of genetic material for my PhD project. Participation in 3 legs of the expedition. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2023 Training Grant to attend course "Adaptation Genomics"
Fisheries Society of the British Isles, United Kingdom
2023 Research Grant "DipSpatial- Spatial distribution and vulnerability of the flapper Skate in the Azores"
Fisheries Society of the British Isles, United Kingdom
2021 SOSF 2021 Small Grant "Deep-sea elasmobranchs biodiversity and conservation: Assessment and comparison of non-invasive tools for research and monitoring"
Save Our Seas Foundation, Switzerland
2020 Systematics Research Fund - "Resolving taxonomic uncertainties using molecular tools in the deep-sea elasmobranchs of Azorean assemblages"
Systematics Association, United Kingdom

The Linnean Society, United Kingdom
2019 EUROMARINE 2019 Call for Fellowship Applications
EUROMARINE - European Marine Research Network, France
2012 Best Student Oral Presentation "Postglacial isolation of the Mediterranean Centroscymnus coelolepis reveals the importance of the Pillars of Hercules as geographical barrier for deep sea sharks"
2011 Best Poster "Genetic diversity and length distribution of the Offshore Rockfish (Pontinus kuhlii) from three Atlantic Archipelagos"
2010 Travel Grant to attend the 12th Deep Sea Biology Symposium
European Science Foundation, France

Other distinction

2021 Junior Researcher position at Okeanos
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2020 Post-doc - DOC-PROF programme Azores
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Postdoc - University of Agder, Norway
Universitetet i Agder Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, Norway
2009 PhD scholarship - SFRH/BD/65730/2009
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 Grant "Fundamentals on microsatellite screening for fish"