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Maria João Lima graduated in Marine Sciences in 2016 at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (University of Porto), and concluded a master's degree in Marine and Coastal Systems in 2021 at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (University of Algarve). In the past few years, she has been working as a research grant holder in the Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA-UAlg). She has been developing research in Biological Oceanography, and her major research interests include studying phenological patterns of blooms of toxigenic phytoplankton, and identifying potential environmental drivers and predictors using multiple statistical analysis and modelling approaches (e.g., empirical-statistical, machine learning, mechanistic numerical). She has been involved in 2 research projects as a research fellow. During the fellowships, she has participated in 2 oceanographic campaigns to collect physical and biological data. She has presented 3 communications (2 oral and 1 poster) in international conferences, and participated as a session chair in one of the conferences. She has published 3 peer-reviewed articles in SCI-indexed journals, and received two awards for academic excellence.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
MARIA JOÃO BORLIDO OLIVEIRA LIMA

Citation names

  • Lima, M.J.
  • Lima, Maria João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DE10-78F7-6E02
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9401-0661

Email addresses

  • mjlima@ualg.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Edifício 7, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31
Ongoing
 Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, Spain
2018/09 - 2021/07
Concluded
 Sistemas Marinhos e Costeiros (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
 18
2013/09 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 18
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11 - 2022/09 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/07 - 2021/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/09 - 2019/08 Researcher (Research) Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/07 - 2021/06 Contribution for protecting the bivalve species Ruditapes decussatus in the Ria Formosa ecosystem. Environmental diagnosis in areas under the influence of urban wastewater treatment plants - CONPRAR
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0003
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Programa Operacional Mar 2020
Concluded
2016/09 - 2019/08 Oceanic Observatory of Madeira Project
M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001-Observatório Oceânico da Madeira-OOM
Research Fellow
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Lima, Maria João; Barbosa, Ana B.; Cravo, Alexandra; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Freitas, Carla ; Caetano, Sandra; Jacob, José. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton in a coastal lagoon: exploring the interface between anthropic pressures and ocean processes". Paper presented in ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene, 2022.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. Lima, M.J.; Barbosa, Ana B.. "Phytoplankton dynamics and phenology off southwestern Iberia: from chlorophyll-a to specific toxigenic groups". Paper presented in Trevor Platt Science Foundation Symposium 2023, 2023.
  2. Caetano, Sandra; Cravo, Alexandra; Barbosa, Ana B.; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Lima, Maria João; Jacob, J.; Freitas, Carla S.. "Response of faecal indicators to effluents dispersal of three Wastewater Treatment Plants in Ria Formosa Lagoon - South Portugal". Paper presented in ECSA 58 & EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene - Structure, functions, services and management, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Lima, Maria João; Barbosa, Ana B.; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Cravo, Alexandra. "Patterns and Predictors of Phytoplankton Assemblage Structure in a Coastal Lagoon: Species-Specific Analysis Needed to Disentangle Anthropogenic Pressures from Ocean Processes". Water 15 24 (2023): 4238. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15244238.
    Published • 10.3390/w15244238
  2. Domingues, Rita B.; Lima, Maria João. "Unusual red tide of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra during an upwelling event off the Algarve coast (SW Iberia)". Regional Studies in Marine Science 63 (2023): 102998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102998.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102998
  3. Lima, M.J.; Relvas, P.; Barbosa, A.B.. "Variability patterns and phenology of harmful phytoplankton blooms off southern Portugal: Looking for region-specific environmental drivers and predictors". Harmful Algae 116 (2022): 102254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102254.
    10.1016/j.hal.2022.102254
  4. Cravo, A.; Barbosa, A.B.; Correia, C.; Matos, A.; Caetano, S.; Lima, M.J.; Jacob, J.. "Unravelling the effects of treated wastewater discharges on the water quality in a coastal lagoon system (Ria Formosa, South Portugal): Relevance of hydrodynamic conditions". Marine Pollution Bulletin 174 (2022): 113296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113296.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113296
  5. Lima, Maria João; Sala, Iria; Caldeira, Rui M. A.. "Physical Connectivity Between the NE Atlantic Seamounts". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00238.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.00238
Online resource
  1. Caldeira, Rui; Sala, Iria; Cardoso, Cláudio; Lima, M.J.. Conveyor belts of the Atlantic Ocean: Moving particles, organisms and litter around the globe. 2021. https://researchoutreach.org/articles/conveyor-belts-atlantic-ocean-moving-particles-organisms-litter-around-globe/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Phytoplankton dynamics off southern Portugal: a physical-biological approach". Master, Universidade do Algarve, 2021.
  2. "Study of the oceanographic phenomena over the Madeira and Azorean seamounts from a Lagrangian perspective (PT)". Degree, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/09/08 Environmental drivers of phytoplankton in a coastal lagoon: exploring the interface between anthropic pressures and ocean processes ECSA 58 & EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene - Structure, functions, services and management
2018/06/21 Physical Connectivity between the NE Atlantic Seamounts VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences
Auditorio del Mar

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04 - 2023/08 Training course on Satellite-based tools for Investigating Aquatic Ecosystems
Other
 Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
2022/10/31 - 2022/11/25 EUMETSAT Supporting Marine Earth Observation Applications Workshop
Workshop
EUMETSAT, Germany

Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2022/10/17 - 2022/10/21 Python and Machine Learning for the Biosciences, 3rd and 4th edition
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/05/09 - 2022/06/10 Observational Oceanography and online resources for marine ecosystem analysis
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, France

RTC Portugal, Portugal
2022/03/28 - 2022/05/06 Ocean Data Management
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, France

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Belgium
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/29 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/09/06 - 2021/09/09 Session chair in the session entitled 'Interference with connectivity across and between systems' at the online conference ECSA 58 & EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene - Structure, functions, services and management
2021/05/24 - 2021/05/28 Advanced Statistics with R for Biological Sciences
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/02/13 - 2021/02/13 ggplot2 in R: An introduction to data visualization (without losing the plot)
Workshop
AIMM Portugal - Marine Environment Research Association, Portugal
2020/07/30 - 2020/07/31 Statistical analysis using R software
2020/05/26 - 2020/05/28 Operational Oceanography
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017/09/25 - 2017/09/29 Laboratory Aquatic Animal Sciences Course (CAL-AQUA)
Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Portugal
2017/04/10 - 2017/04/12 Python for modeling and analysis in ocean and atmosphere sciences
Workshop
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 Bolsa de Mérito
Direção Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2016 Prémio ICBAS - Ciências do Meio Aquático
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal