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Mónica Almeida e Silva. Completed the Licenciatura in Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais in 1996 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências and Doctor of Philosophy in Biology in 2007 by University of St Andrews School of Biology. Is Auxiliary Researcher in Instituto do Mar. Published 69 articles in journals. Has 6 section(s) of books and 2 book(s). Supervised 4 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 1. Supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 2. Supervised 2 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Other in 9 project(s), Principal investigator in 7 project(s) and Researcher in 11 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: CETACEAN MOVEMENT ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODELING; TELEMETRY; habitats marinhos; estrutura populacional; ecologia; cetáceos; Comportamento alimentar ; Montes submarinos ; Telemetria acústica passiva; Modelação ecológica ; Spatial ecology and movement; Behavioural ecology; Population biology; Biotelemetry; Bioacoustics; Marine Conservation; Cetaceans; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mónica Almeida e Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Mónica
  • Silva, Mónica A.
  • Silva, M.A.
  • Silva, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FC13-672B-612C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2683-309X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=pt-PT&pli=1&user=xjQZ8mgAAAAJ
Researcher Id
D-1893-2012
Scopus Author Id
17135969500

Addresses

  • Rua Prof Dr Frederico Machado, 4, 9901-862, Horta, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2002 - 2007
Concluded
 Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Marine Biology
University of St Andrews School of Biology, United Kingdom
"Population biology of bottlenose dolphins in the Azores Archipelago" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1991 - 1996
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Diet and reproductive biology of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded in the Portuguese coast" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Okeanos - Institute of Marine Sciences/University of the Azores, Portugal
2019/05 - 2020/12 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2013/12 - 2018/12 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2007/07 - 2013/10 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2006/06 - 2007/06 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1999/01 - 2002/06 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
1994/06 - 1999/01 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2002/10 - 2006/10 PhD Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
1998/01 - 1998/07 Scientific Consultant - Office Guinea-Bissau International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/11 - 2027/10 Ocean-ICU Improving Carbon Understanding
101083922
Researcher
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Europe HORIZON - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
2023/01 - 2025/12 eWHALE - Combining environmental DNA sampling, whale watching and citizen science for stakeholder-driven marine biodiversity protection in the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Biodiversa2021-172
PI for UAc and Workpackage Co-leader
Okeanos - Institute of Marine Sciences/University of the Azores, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2022/10 - 2025/09 OCEAN - Operator-Centered Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation
101076983
Researcher
Okeanos - Institute of Marine Sciences/University of the Azores, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2020/09 - 2024/08 MISSION ATLANTIC - Mapping and assessing present and future status of Atlantic marine ecosystems under Climate Change and Exploitation
862428
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2019/09 - 2024/08 SUMMER - Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources
817806
PI for IMAR and Workpackage Leader
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2019/12 - 2021/12 META - Marine mammal and Ecosystem: anthropogenic Threat Assessment
FA 06_2017_017
PI for IMAR
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundo Azul
Concluded
2018/10 - 2021/09 AWARENESS - Assessing vocal behavior of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/201
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013/12/03 - 2018/12/02 Movement ecology of whales: investigating environmental, social and physiological motivations
IF/00943/2013/
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/12 - 2018/11 MOVE-ON - Movement ecology of Whales: Investigating environmental, social and physiological motivations
IF/00943/2013/CP1199/CT0001
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/04 - 2017/03 BIOMETORE - Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor
EAA-PT02 PA
Workpackage Leader
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2012/03 - 2015/02 MAPCET - Integrating cetaceans into marine spatial management in the Azores
M2.1.2/F/012/2011
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Regional Secretariat for Science, Technology and Infrastructures/Regional Directorate for Science, Technology and Communications
Concluded
2012/03 - 2015/02 ATLANTIS-MAR - Mapping coastal and marine biodiversity of the Azores
M2.1.2/F/027/2011
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Regional Secretariat for Science, Technology and Infrastructures/Regional Directorate for Science, Technology and Communications
Concluded
2012/03 - 2014/02 2020 - Towards ecosystem-based management of the Azores marine resources, biodiversity and habitats
M2.1.2/F/026/2011
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Regional Secretariat for Science, Technology and Infrastructures/Regional Directorate for Science, Technology and Communications
Concluded
2007/07 - 2013/10 Cetacean foraging ecology and habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach
SFRH/BPD/29841/2006
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/11/01 - 2012/04/30 TRACE - Cetacean habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach
PTDC/MAR/74071/2006
Principal investigator
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008 - 2012 CONDOR - Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems
EEA-PT-0040
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2007/07 - 2009/01 MARMAC II - Knowledge, promotion and valorisation for a sustainable use of marine protected areas in Macaronesia Phase II
INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/A4
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Interreg IIIB/FEDER
Concluded
2002/10 - 2006/10 Population biology of bottlenose dolphins in the Azores Archipelago
SFRH/BD/8609/2002
PhD Student Fellow
University of St Andrews School of Biology, United Kingdom
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/05/01 - 2005/10/31 CETAMARH - Ecologia e estrutura populacional de roazes e cachalotes nos Açores: relação com as características do habitat.
POCTI/BSE/38991/2001
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2001/01 - 2004/01 EUROPHLUKES - Initiating a European network to develop a European cetacean photo-id system and database
FP5-EVR1/CT2001-2007
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
1998/10 - 2003/09 MARÉ - Integrated management of coastal and marine areas in the Azores
LIFE98NAT/P/5275
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 EU Life-Nature Program
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2027/12 LIFE AZORES - Cetaceans - Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the Implementation of LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project
LIFE17 IPE/PT/00010
Principal investigator
Okeanos - Institute of Marine Sciences/University of the Azores, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/05 - 2023/11 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the Implementation of “ACCURATE- Acoustic cue rates for passive acoustics density estimation (N3943019C2176 Project 42 US Office of Naval Research, Living Marine Resources Program)
LIVING MARINE RESOURCES PROJECT 42
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 University of St Andrews
Concluded
2020/09 - 2022/09 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for MARCET II - Fomento da actividade eco turística de observação de cetáceos como modelo de desenvolvimento económico sustentável mediante a protecção e conservação destas espécies e valor acrescentado como património natural da Macaronesia
MAC 2/4.6c/392 Interreg V
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2021 - 2021 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the Implementation of “MISTIC SEAS III - Developing a coordinated approach for assessing Descriptor 4 via its linkages with D1 and other relevant descriptors in the Macaronesian sub-region (GA 110661/2018/794676/SUB/ENV.C2 DG ENV/MSFD) – Data
GA 110661/2018/794676/SUB/ENV.C2 DG ENV/MSFD
Principal investigator
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2021 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the Implementation of “MISTIC SEAS III - Developing a coordinated approach for assessing Descriptor 4 via its linkages with D1 and other relevant descriptors in the Macaronesian sub-region (GA 110661/2018/794676/SUB/ENV.C2 DG ENV/MSFD)
110661/2018/794676/SUB/ENV.C2
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01 - 2020/12 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the Implementation of “RAGES - Risk-based Approaches to Good Environmental Status” (GA 110661/2018/794607/SUB/ENV.C.2)
110661/2018/794607/SUB/ENV.C.2
Principal investigator
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04 - 2019/03 WATCH-IT - Whale watching effects on sperm whales – disturbance assessment towards a sustainable ecotourism
Acores-01-0145-FEDER-000057
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/06 - 2019/01 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the MISTIC SEAS II project - Applying a subregional coherent and coordinated approach to the monitoring and assessment of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia for the second cycle of the MSFD - Functional groups: Marine Mammals and Reptiles
GA 11.0661/2017/750679/SUB/ENV.C2
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06 - 2018/05 GREENUP - Green matrix uploaded: A new ecosystem variable for marine resources sector
Funded by Mercator Ocean under Tender N°21-SE-CALL1 for R&D Activities for the Service Evolution of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
Principal Investigator of R&D contract
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Mercator Océan
Concluded
2016/02 - 2017/04 Service Contract for Technical and Scientific Support for the Implementation of “MISTIC’SEAS – Macaronesia Islands Standard Indicators and Criteria: Reaching Common Grounds on Monitoring Marine biodiversity in Macaronesia – Functional groups: Marine Mammals and Reptiles
DG ENV/MSFD Action Plans/2014
Principal investigator
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/06 - 2011/12 CETPESCA - Monitoring interactions of cetaceans and the squid fishery
SRAM/GRA R&D Contract Service
Principal investigator
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Mar
Concluded
2008/01 - 2008/09 BIONATURA - Monitoring Cetaceans in the Azores
INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/
Principal investigator
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Interreg IIIB/FEDER
Concluded
2003/07 - 2005/06 MACETUS - Population structure, distribution and habitat use of Physeter macrocephalus, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Tursiops truncatus e Stenella frontalis in the Macaronesian Region (Archipelagos of Azores, Canaries and Madeira)
INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/M10
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Interreg IIIB/FEDER
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Morato, Telmo; Silva, Mónica A.; Menezes, Gui Manuel Machado; Santos, Ricardo Serrao; Afonso, Pedro; Pitcher, Tony J. The Azores Marine Ecosystem: An Open Window Into North Atlantic Open Ocean and Deep-Sea Environments. Frontiers Media SA. 2021.
    Published • 10.3389/978-2-88966-428-3
  2. Ávila SP; Medeiros, A; Martins, AF; Silva, C; Melo, C; Gomes, C; Michielsen G,; et al. Lajes do Pico à ban baxe muro. Publiçor Editores. 2011.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Sérgio M. Jesus; Cristiano Soares; Miriam Romagosa; Irma Cascão; Ricardo Duarte; Friedrich Zabel; Mónica A. Silva. "Broadband Excess Noise Estimation via Sample Distribution Field Calibration". In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 1-20. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_71-1
  2. Mónica A. Silva; Pablo Chevallard; Sergi Pérez-Jorge. "Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier, 1829)". 1-30. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_106-1
  3. Py, Frédéric; Pinto, José; Silva, Mónica A.; Johansen, Tor Arne; Sousa, João; Rajan, Kanna. "EUROPtus: A Mixed-Initiative Controller for Multi-vehicle Oceanographic Field Experiments". edited by Kulic, Dana; Nakamura, Yoshihiko; Khatib, Oussama; Venture, Gentiane, 323-340. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-50115-4_29
  4. Silva, Mónica A.; Prieto,Rui; Silva, Mónica. "Investigação de Cetáceos nos Açores: Da Baleação à Era Espacial". In Cetáceos de Portugal: Passado, Presente e Futuro, edited by Cristina Brito; Inês Carvalho, 105-123. Lisbon: Escola de Mar, Paleta Natura, 2012.
    Published
  5. Prieto,Rui; Silva, Mónica A.. "Marine Mammals". In A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores, edited by Borges, P.A.V; Costa, A.; Cunha, R.; Gabriel, R.; Gonçalves, V; Martins, A.F.; Melo, I.; et al, 344-345. Cascais: Princípia, 2010.
    Published
  6. Santos, Ricardo Serrao; Afonso, Pedro; Colaço, Ana; Morato, Telmo; Silva, Mónica A.; Tempera, Fernando. "A investigação científica e a conservação do ambiente marinho nos Açores: dos primórdios à actualidade". In Boletim do Núcleo Cultural da Horta, 29-60. 2009.
    Published
  7. Alexandra Silva; Manuela Azevedo; Henrique Cabral; P Machado; Alberto Murta; Silva, Mónica A.. "Blue Whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) as a Forage Fish in Portuguese Waters". In Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems. Fairbanks, United States: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1997.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Soares, Cristiano; Duarte, Ricardo J.; Silva, Monica A.; Romagosa, Miriam; Jesus, Sergio M.. "Shipping noise in the Azores: a threat to the Faial-Pico cetacean community?". 2020.
    10.1121/2.0001313
  2. J. B. de Sousa; J. Pereira; J. Pinto; Paulo Claro, Lourenfo; João Madaleno, Galocha; J. Fontes; M. Silva; et al. "Rapid Environmental Picture Atlantic exercise 2015: A field report". 2016.
    10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761496
Journal article
  1. Marcos Suárez-Menéndez; Martine Bérubé; Lutz Bachmann; Peter Best; Nick Davison; Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen; Véronique Lesage; et al. "Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti". Global Ecology and Conservation (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02947.
    10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02947
  2. Mariana Silva; Cláudia Oliveira; Rui Prieto; Mónica A. Silva; Leslie New; Sergi Pérez-Jorge. "Bioenergetic modelling of a marine top predator's responses to changes in prey structure". Ecology and Evolution (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11135.
    10.1002/ece3.11135
  3. Miriam Romagosa Verges; Sharon Nieukirk; Irma Cascão; Tiago A Marques; Robert Dziak; Jean-Yves Royer; Joanne O'Brien; et al. "Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic". eLife (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.83750.
    Published • 10.7554/elife.83750
  4. Yasmina Rodríguez; Mónica A. Silva; Christopher K. Pham; Emily M. Duncan. "Cetaceans playing with single-use plastics (SUPs): A widespread interaction with likely severe impacts". Marine Pollution Bulletin 194 (2023): 115428-115428. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X23008627.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115428
  5. Neus Campanyà-Llovet; Amanda E. Bates; Daphne Cuvelier; Eva Giacomello; Diana Catarino; Andrew J. Gooday; Björn Berning; et al. "FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268.
    10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268
  6. Sergi Pérez-Jorge; Cláudia Oliveira; Esteban Iglesias Rivas; Rui Prieto; Irma Cascão; Paul J. Wensveen; Patrick J. O. Miller; Mónica A. Silva. "Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data". Movement Ecology 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2.
    10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2
  7. Biagio Violi; Menno J. de Jong; Alexandros Frantzis; Paraskevi Alexiadou; Céline Tardy; Denis Ody; Renaud de Stephanis; et al. "Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea". Molecular Ecology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16898.
    10.1111/mec.16898
  8. Mónica A. Silva; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; M. Pilar Olivar; Ainhoa Bernal; Jerome SPITZ; Tiphaine Chouvelon; Sigrún Jonasdottir; et al. "MesopTroph, a database of trophic parameters to study interactions in mesopelagic food webs". Scientific Data 9 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01831-3.
    10.1038/s41597-022-01831-3
  9. Sérgio M. Jesus; Cristiano Soares; Miriam Romagosa Verges; Irma Cascão; Ricardo Duarte; Friedrich Zabel; Mónica A. Silva. "A Methodology for Shipping Noise Field Calibration and Excess Noise Estimation: The Azores Case Study". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10 11 (2022): 1763-1763. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse10111763.
    10.3390/jmse10111763
  10. Cláudia Oliveira; Sergi Pérez-Jorge; Rui Prieto; Irma Cascão; Paul Wensveen; Mónica A. Silva; Paul J. Wensveen. "Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales". Frontiers in Marine Science (2022):
    Published • 10.6084/m9.figshare.21355338.v1
  11. A Bode; C Saavedra; M Álvarez-González; M Arregui; M Arbelo; A Fernández; L Freitas; et al. "Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)". Marine Ecology Progress Series 699 (2022): 167-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14176.
    10.3354/meps14176
  12. Catarina T. Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge; Rui Prieto; Cláudia Oliveira; Marta Tobeña; Annette Scheffer; Mónica A. Silva. "Dive Behavior and Activity Patterns of Fin Whales in a Migratory Habitat". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.875731.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.875731
  13. Andrea A. Cabrera; Elena Schall; Martine Berube; Pia Anderwald; Lutz Bachmann; Simon Berrow; Peter B. Best; et al. "Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey". Global Change Biology 28 8 (2022): 2657-2677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16085.
    10.1111/gcb.16085
  14. Elena B. Papale; Marta A. Azzolin; Irma Cascão; Alexandre Gannier; Marc O. Lammers; Vidal M. Martin; Julie N. Oswald; et al. "Dolphin whistles can be useful tools in identifying units of conservation". BMC Zoology 6 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40850-021-00085-7.
    10.1186/s40850-021-00085-7
  15. Emma L Carroll; Michael R. McGowen; Morgan Lee McCarthy; Felix G. Marx; Natacha Aguilar; Merel L. Dalebout; Sascha Dreyer; et al. "Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale (Mesoplodon eueu)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 1961 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1213.
    10.1098/rspb.2021.1213
  16. Miriam Romagosa Verges; Sergi Pérez Jorge; Irma Cascão; Helena Mouriño; Patrick Lehodey; Andreia Pereira; Tiago A. Marques; Luis Matias; Mónica A. Silva. "Food talk: 40-Hz fin whale calls are associated with prey biomass". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 1954 (2021): 20211156-20211156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1156.
    10.1098/rspb.2021.1156
  17. A. R. Luís; L. J. May-Collado; N. Rako-Gospic; T. Gridley; E. Papale; A. Azevedo; M. A. Silva; et al. "Vocal universals and geographic variations in the acoustic repertoire of the common bottlenose dolphin". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90710-9.
    10.1038/s41598-021-90710-9
  18. Andreia Pereira; Miriam Romagosa Verges; Carlos Corela; Mónica A. Silva; Luis Matias. "Source Levels of 20 Hz Fin Whale Notes Measured as Sound Pressure and Particle Velocity from Ocean-Bottom Seismometers in the North Atlantic". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/6/646.
    10.3390/jmse9060646
  19. Stefanie P. Glaeser; Liliana M. R. Silva; Rui Prieto; Mónica A. Silva; Angel Franco; Peter Kämpfer; Carlos Hermosilla; Anja Taubert; Tobias Eisenberg. "A Preliminary Comparison on Faecal Microbiomes of Free-Ranging Large Baleen (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and Toothed (Physeter macrocephalus) Whales". Microbial Ecology 83 1 (2021): 18-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01729-4.
    10.1007/s00248-021-01729-4
  20. Davidson, Sarah C.; Bohrer, Gil; Gurarie, Eliezer; LaPoint, Scott; Mahoney, Peter J.; Boelman, Natalie T.; Eitel, Jan U. H.; et al. "Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic". Science 370 6517 (2020): 712-715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abb7080.
    Published • 10.1126/science.abb7080
  21. Morato, Telmo; Afonso, Pedro; Menezes, Gui M.; Santos, Ricardo S.; Silva, Mónica A.. "Editorial: The Azores Marine Ecosystem: An Open Window Into North Atlantic Open Ocean and Deep-Sea Environments". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.601798.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.601798 • Editor
  22. Rita Carriço; Mónica A. Silva; Gui M. Menezes; Manuel Vieira; Marta Bolgan; Paulo Fonseca; M. Clara P. Amorim. "Temporal dynamics in diversity patterns of fish sound production in the Condor seamount (Azores, NE Atlantic)". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103357.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103357
  23. Carriço, Rita; Silva, Mónica A.; Vieira, Manuel; Afonso, Pedro; Menezes, Gui; Fonseca, Paulo; Amorim, Maria. "The Use of Soundscapes to Monitor Fish Communities: Meaningful Graphical Representations Differ with Acoustic Environment". Acoustics 2 2 (2020): 382-398. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/acoustics2020022.
    Published • 10.3390/acoustics2020022
  24. Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Tobeña, Marta; Prieto, Rui; Vandeperre, Frederic; Calmettes, Beatriz; Lehodey, Patrick; Silva, Mónica A.. "Environmental drivers of large-scale movements of baleen whales in the mid-North Atlantic Ocean". Diversity and Distributions 26 6 (2020): 683-698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13038.
    10.1111/ddi.13038
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  69. Olsen, E.; Budgell, W.P.; Head, E.; Kleivane, L.; Nøttestad, L.; Prieto, R.; Silva, M.A.; et al. "First satellite-tracked long-distance movement of a sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) in the North Atlantic". Aquatic Mammals 35 3 (2009): 313-318. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449088801&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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Magazine article
  1. Prieto,Rui; Silva, Mónica A.. "Baleias: migrações ocêanicas", Parques e Vida Selvagem, 2012
  2. Silva, Mónica A.. "Roazes dos Açores: uma população costeira num ecossistema oceânico.", Fazendo – boletim do que por cá se faz, 2008
Preprint
  1. Marcos Suárez Menéndez; Martine Berube; Lutz Bachmann; Peter Best; Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen; Veronique Lesage; Tom Oosting; et al. "Universal baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and power to detect parentage". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.12.536337.
    10.1101/2023.04.12.536337
  2. Cabrera, Andrea A.; Schall, Elena; Bérubé, Martine; Bachmann, Lutz; Berrow, Simon; Best, Peter B.; Clapham, Phillip J.; et al. "Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whale and prey abundance". 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/497388.
    10.1101/497388
Report
  1. Fonseca, Catarina; Romagosa, Miriam; Silva, Mónica A.. 2023. DELIVERABLE DI.Cet1 - Relatório da campanha de monitorização de cetáceos e da marcação de cachalotes.
  2. Olivar, Maria Pilar; Silva, Mónica A.; Spitz, Jérôme; Sigrun Jonasdottir; López-Pérez, C; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Tiphaine Chouvelon; Loutrage L. 2023. Database of new and existing diet/trophic level data of key mesopelagic species and predators and of nutritional quality of mesopelagic organisms.
  3. Cláudia Oliveira; Silva, Mónica A.. 2023. Caracterização do estado de conservação das espécies de cetáceos.
  4. Miriam Romagosa Verges; Silva, Mónica A.. 2023. DELIVERABLE DI.Cet6 - Metodologia para análise do tráfego marítimo e ruído subaquático.
  5. Silva, Mónica A.; Miriam Romagosa Verges. 2023. DELIVERABLE DI.Cet13 - Proposta de protocolos de monitorização para as espécies de cetáceos.
  6. Jerome SPITZ; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Lebon, Myriam; Gilbert L; Loutrage L; Sigrun Jonasdottir; Olivar, MP; et al. 2023. Report on analysis of interactions among the mesopelagic community and with predators.
  7. Astrid C Wittmann; Laura Alonso-Sáez; Martina Blümel; Mónica Estupiñán; Jorge Galino Barres; Santiago Hernández-León; Bruno Iñarra Chastagnol; et al. 2021. D1.2 SUMMER background knowledge available in open access. https://zenodo.org/record/5079861.
    10.5281/ZENODO.5079861
  8. Astrid C Wittmann; Ketil Koop-Jacobsen; Andrew Brierley; Deniz Tasdemir; Maria Santos; Adrian Martin; Mónica Silva; Raul Prellezo. 2021. D1.1 Delivery of the Data Management Plan. https://zenodo.org/record/5079798.
    10.5281/ZENODO.5079798
  9. Silva, Mónica A.. 2020. Laying the groundwork to implement Descriptor 4 of the MSFD in the Macaronesia sub-region.
  10. Silva, Mónica A.. 2020. A-MB-TR2 – Technical Report - Sub-programmes Abundance of Oceanic Cetaceans (MM) and Loggerhead Census (MT)- Oceanic..
  11. 2020. Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology. https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/_/18618632.
    10.17895/ICES.PUB.5975
  12. Silva, Mónica A.. 2019. Final Technical Report - WP1- Monitoring Programs and Data gathering..
  13. 2019. Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME). https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/_/18618623.
    10.17895/ICES.PUB.4980
  14. Silva, Mónica A.. 2018. Macaronesian Roof Report.
  15. Silva, Mónica A.. 2017. Whales habitat mapping.
  16. Silva, Mónica A.. 2017. Project BIOMETORE – - Biodiversity in seamounts: the Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor (EAA-PT02 PA)..
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rivas, Esteban Iglesias. "Sperm whale foraging behaviour: a predicted model based on 3D movement and acoustic data from Dtags". Master, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15325.
  2. Silva, Mónica A.. "Population biology of bottlenose dolphins in the Azores Archipelago". PhD, University of St Andrews School of Biology, 2006. https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZOPE27Z3WzCmpN1Aj5mncDwd9hig4QjKN2V.
  3. Silva, Mónica A.. "Contribuição para o conhecimento do regime alimentar e da biologia da reprodução do golfinho-comum, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758, na costa Portuguesa.". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 1996.

Other

Dataset
  1. Sergi Pérez Jorge; Cláudia Oliveira; Rui Prieto; Irma Cascão; Patrick J O Miller; Mónica A. Silva. Dive metrics of sperm whales collected between 2017 and 2019 off the Azores, Portugal. 2024.
    10.1594/pangaea.964726
  2. Neus Campanyà-Llovet; Amanda E 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. PANGAEA. 2023.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.955357
  3. Mónica A. Silva; Ainhoa Bernal; M. Pilar Olivar; Jérome Spitz; Vanda Carmo; Tracey T Sutton; Gui M. Menezes; et al. Compilation of stomach content data for mesopelagic fish and predator species from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.946139
  4. Mónica A. Silva; Mónica A Silva; Catarina T Fonseca; M Pilar Olivar; Ainhoa Bernal; Jérome Spitz; Tiphaine Chouvelon; et al. Compilation of data to assess trophic interactions in mesopelagic food webs in the central and Northeast Atlantic, and in the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.946020
  5. Mónica A. Silva; M. Pilar Olivar; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge. Compilation of diet proportions of mesopelagic fish from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.945874
  6. Antonio Bode; Camilio Saavedra; Miguel Álvarez-González; Marina Arregui; Arbelo M; Ana Fernández-Carrera; Luís Freitas; et al. Stable C and N isotope data for cetacea collected in the Macaronesian region between 1996 and 2018. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.943603
  7. Mónica A. Silva; M. Pilar Olivar; Ainhoa Bernal; Ana Colaço; Tiphaine Chouvelon; Jérome Spitz; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge. Compilation of stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.945917
  8. Tiphaine Chouvelon; Jérome Spitz; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge; Mónica A. Silva. Compilation of major and trace element concentrations in mesopelagic and other species from the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.945907
  9. Mónica A. Silva; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge; Rui Prieto. Dive characteristics of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) instrumented with time-depth recorders off the Azores. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.947349
  10. Mónica A. Silva; Ana Colaço; M. Pilar Olivar; Ainhoa Bernal; Tiphaine Chouvelon; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge. Compilation of trophic positions of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.945968
  11. Mónica A. Silva; Tiphaine Chouvelon; Jérome Spitz; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge. Compilation of energy density of marine biota from the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.945870
  12. Sigrun Jonasdottir; Kristian Maar; Catarina Toscano Fonseca; Sergi Pérez-Jorge; Mónica A. Silva. Compilation of fatty acid composition of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA. 2022.
    10.1594/pangaea.945881
  13. Cláudia Oliveira; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Prieto, Rui; Cascão, Irma; Paul J. Wensveen; Silva, Mónica A.. Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales. figshare. 2022.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.21355338.v2
  14. Silva, Mónica. Mapped cetacean habitat suitability and richness in the Azores, links to ArcGIS files. PANGAEA. 2016.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.864511
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/23 WP3: Food-web structure and resilience Project SUMMER Review Meeting
Europeam Commission (online)
2023/10/04 WP3: Food-web structure and resilience 3rd Annual General Meeting of Project SUMMER
Project SUMMER
2023/03/28 OKEANOS Jornadas de Networking, Projecto Estratégico Hexagone
(Funchal, Portugal)
2023/01/24 LIFE IP NATURA – Cetaceans Workshop on Marine Mammal Ship Strike Mitigation
OCEAN project (Horta, Portugal)
2022/11/04 Efeitos do whale watching em cachalotes Bluefest
(Horta, Portugal)
2022/09/07 Among whales and old whalers: Cetacean research in a remote Atlantic outpost 1st International Meeting Islands, Whales and People
(Horta, Portugal)
2022/07/13 Application of advanced technologies to study cetacean behaviour Seminar at the 2022 Marine Robotics Summer School
(Horta, Portugal)
2022/03/17 PROJECTO INTERTAGUA Atlantic Innovation Week | IOT Workshop
AirCenter (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2022/03/15 SEAPODYM-MTL offers new insights into the behaviour of large whales and informs conservation efforts Atlantic Innovation Week | Copernicus for Business Innovation: Ocean Monitoring
AirCenter (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2022/03/07 Project AWARENESS Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics 9th Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics
(Waikiki, United States)
2022/03/07 Changes in fin whale song inter-note intervals: implications for density estimation using PAM 9th Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics
(Waikiki, United States)
2021/01/28 Behavioural responses of oceanic cetaceans to variation in food resources Ciclo de Conferências do Instituto Português de Psicologia Aplicada
Instituto Português de Psicologia Aplicada
2021 Environmental drivers of the large-scale movements of baleen whales in the mid-Atlantic Ocean ICES Annual Science Conference 2021
ICES
2020/11/24 Description of Azores fine-scale underwater noise model: applications to testing the RAGES approach 4th RAGES Steering Group Meeting
2020/11/06 The marine soundscape of Azores - monitoring baleen whales, biological sounds, and anthropogenic sources of noise XVII Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology
(Portugal)
2020/10/06 WP3: Food-web structure and resilience – Progress Report 1t SUMMER Annual General Meeting - online
2019/11/15 Understanding causes and consequences of spatial ecology of cetaceans Encontro Mamíferos Marinhos 2019
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/09/24 WP3: Food-web structure and resilience SUMMER kick-off Meeting
(San Sebastian, Spain)
2019/01/23 Robust design analysis: Tursiops MISTIC SEAS II – Critical Review of the sampling strategies and protocols implemented in MISTIC SEAS II to estimate parameters of cetaceans management units in Macaronesia for MSFD – Lessons leraned
Museu da Baleia do Funchal (Funchal, Portugal)
2017/10/22 Satellite Tracking and Stable Isotope Analysis Link Wintering and Feeding Grounds of North Atlantic Baleen Whales. 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Society for Marine Mammalogy (Halifax, Canada)
2017/04/28 Cetacean usage of seamounts of the Great Meteor and Madeira-Tore geological complexes Open Day Biometore
IPMA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/04 Revisão da regulamentação do whale watching nos Açores: Pontos para reflexão II Workshop Whale Heritage Site
Governo Regional dos Açores (Lajes do Pico, Portugal)
2016/03/16 Role of oceanic island and seamount ecosystems to baleen whales 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Funchal, Portugal)
2015/11/18 Migração de baleias-de-barbas num Atlântico sem fronteiras mas com barreiras Colóquio Internacional Explorar o Atlântico: Fronteiras no Espaço e no Tempo
Portuguese Centre for Global History (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2015/09/14 Satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis provide novel insights into the migratory behavior of large baleen whales 3rd CLIOTOP Symposium
(San Sebastian, Spain)
2014/12/10 Investigação em cetáceos ao serviço da gestão marinha nos Açores Fórum de Apoio à Decisão: Conhecer o Mar dos Açores IV
Governo Regional dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2014/12/04 Integrated observation of multiple species and habitats: challenges for science and technology Workshop Environmental Monitoring and Surveillance: challenges, solutions and opportunities
University of Porto (Gaia, Portugal)
2014/07/03 Distribuição temporal e espacial de cetáceos e interacção com as pescarias nos Açores Reuniões da Comissão de Supervisão e Conselho Científico do Programa de Observação das Pescas dos Açores
Instituto do Mar (Horta, Portugal)
2014/07/03 Distribuição temporal e espacial de cetáceos e interacção com as pescarias nos Açores. Reuniões da Comissão de Supervisão e Conselho Científico do Programa de Observação das Pescas dos Açores
Instituto do Mar (Horta, Portugal)
2014/03/14 Cetacean strandings in the Azores: potential for monitoring and research Workshop Macaronesian Cetacean Health Network
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Tenerife, Spain)
2013/07/04 Using state-space models to improve estimation of animal tracks Annual Meeting of Associated Laboratory - LARSyS
Instituto do Mar (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/04/06 Studies on the ecology, genetic structure and acoustics of sperm whales in the Azores: an overview of past, present and future research Workshop Towards a large scale collaboration on sperm whale research, 27th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Setúbal, Portugal)
2012/03/26 A service area in the middle of the ocean: Satellite tracking shows that fin whales pause their northern migration to forage in the Azores 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Galway, Ireland)
2011/11/27 Fin whale migration in the North Atlantic: placing the Azores into the big picture 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Society for Marine Mammalogy (Tampa, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Trophic overlap within the megafauna community
Supervisor
2023/12 - Current Distribution modelling of oceanic megafauna towards dynamic ocean management
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023/12 - Current Evaluating platforms of opportunity to monitor cetacean responses to ocean changes
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023 - Current Investigating Genetic Diversity and Feeding Ecology of Cetaceans in the North-East Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea using eDNA Methods
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Universität Innsbruck, Austria
2021/12 - Current Assessing the role of mesopelagic organisms to cetaceans in the Azores
Supervisor
 Marine Sciences (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2017 - Current Noise exposure and vocal behaviour of baleen whales off the Azores
Supervisor of Miriam Romagosa Verges
Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - Current Near realtime distribution modelling of cetacean distribution off the Azores
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Comparison of acoustic and visual detections and distribution patterns of cetaceans from a line-transect survey off Azores
Supervisor
 MSc in Integrated Ocean Studies (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Analysis of social structure of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores
Supervisor
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Animal de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia, Spain
2023 - 2024 Coda repertoires and vocal clans of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Integrated Ocean Studies (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Building an Ecopath Model of the Azores: A basis to Ecosystem Management of Mesopelagic Resources
Supervisor
 MSc MARRES - International Master in Ocean Science, Conservation & Innovation (Master)
2021/10 - 2022/09 Comunicação em cachalotes: análise do repertório acústico e contextualização comportamental e social das codas de cachalotes (Physeter macrocephalus) no Arquipélago dos Açores
Supervisor
 Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/08 Acoustic masking of baleen whale vocalizations by shipping noise in the Azores Islands
Supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2021/09 - 2022/06 Meta-análise da ecologia trófica da megafauna marinha
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/11 Sperm Whale Foraging Behaviour: A Predicted Model Based On 3D Movement and Acoustic Data from Dtags
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/08 Description of the diving and foraging behaviour of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Azores using Time-Depth Recorders
Supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2015 - 2019 Exploring operational interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Noise exposure and vocal behaviour of baleen whales off the Azores
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Behavioural ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Designing a line transect ship survey to estimate cetacean abundance in the Azores
Co-supervisor
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
2008 - 2008 Diving and foraging behaviour of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Archipelago of the Azores
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Distribution and residence patterns of baleen whales in the Archipelago of the Azores
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Behavioural Ecology of the Sperm Whale (Physter Macropcehalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Whale-watching activity in the archipelago of the Azores: contributing for its sustainable growth
Co-supervisor
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/10/30 - 2023/10/31 Invited participant and member of Scientific Committee of IV Bienal das Baleias (2023/10/30 - 2023/10/31)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022/03/07 - 2022/03/07 Workshop on Passive Acoustic Monitoring Density Estimation: raising AWARENESS of latest developments and discussing practical challenges (2022/03/07 - 2022/03/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics, United Kingdom

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2020/05/04 - 2020/05/05 Moderator of Session “Plenary session 1 – Overarching objectives, targeted ecosystems and design of the regional ecosystem models linking how to address D4". MISTIC SEAS III Technical Workshop - Workpackage 2 (2020/05/04 - 2020/05/05)
Workshop (Other)
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/10 Moderator of Session “Megafauna Marine Protected Areas”. Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions International Conference, Regional Government of the Azores, Horta, Açores, Portugal (2019/10/10)
Conference (Other)
2017/11/23 - 2017/11/24 “Horizon 2020: Project Planning Meeting - LC-BG-03-2018: Sustainable harvesting of marine biological resources and BG-08-2018-2019: All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Flagship Part B. 2018-2019- Assessing the status of Atlantic marine ecosystems”, Lisboa, Portugal (2017/11/23 - 2017/11/24)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2017/07/17 - 2017/07/21 I Workshop do projecto MISTIC SEAS II “Joint Workshop on data collection and survey design of Subprogrammes Abundance of Oceanic Cetaceans and Loggerhead turtles, Abundance and demography of coastal cetaceans, and Loggerhead capture and sampling”, Caniçal, Portugal, (2017/07/17)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2016/11/24 - 2016/11/25 I Technical Workshop MISTIC SEAS – WK4, Madrid, Spain (2016/11/24)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2016/06/20 - 2016/06/24 I Technical Workshop MISTIC SEAS – WK3, Caniçal, Portugal (2016/06/20)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2016/05/18 - 2016/05/20 I Technical Workshop MISTIC SEAS – WK2, São Miguel, Portugal (2016/05/18)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2016/03/29 - 2016/03/31 MISTIC SEAS I Technical Workshop - WK1, Horta, Portugal (2016/03/29)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2016/03/14 - 2016/03/16 Chair Session“Ecology” of the 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society (2016/03/16)
Conference (Other)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/26 Invited expert
Workshop
 Workshop for the identification of Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the North East Atlantic Ocean
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 Near realtime distribution modelling of cetacean distribution off the Azores
Supervisor
 Marta Tobeña (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022 Meta-analysis of marine megafauna trophic ecology
Supervisor
 João Silva (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 Noise exposure and vocal behaviour of baleen whales off the Azores
Supervisor
 Miriam Romagosa Verges (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2021/11/11 BLUE WHALE BODY CONDITION FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OVER A 14-YEAR PERIOD IN THE NE PACIFIC: ANNUAL VARIATION AND CONNECTION TO MEASURES OF OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rachel Katherine Wachtendonk (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/07/09 Estructura y migración del rorcual común del Atlántico nororiental establecido mediante trazadores químicos
President of the jury
 Diego Rita Espada (PhD)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2021/06/29 Beyond environmental drivers: the role of biotic interactions in driving top predators’ distribution and abundance
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Amaia Astarloa Díaz (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2020 Sperm Whale Foraging Behaviour: A Predicted Model Based On 3D Movement and Acoustic Data from Dtags
Supervisor
 Esteban Rivas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019 Exploring operational interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores
Supervisor
 Maria João Alves de Oliveira Cruz (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2019 Influence of environmental drivers on the movement behaviour of harbour porpoises in the North Sea
(Thesis) Arguer
 Dominique Sabina Stalder (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2018 Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores
Supervisor
 Irma Margarida Andrade Cruz Espregueira Cascão (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014 Ecology and conservation of bottlenose dolphins in Madeira Archipelago, Portugal
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Margarida Brites Caetano Dinis (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2014 Behavioural ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean
Supervisor
 Cláudia Inês Botelho de Oliveira (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014 Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) ecology and management in the North Atlantic
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rui Conde de Araújo Brito Prieto da Silva (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014 Role of the wider Azores region as a nursery ground for North Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Frederic Vandeperre (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014 Temporal and spatial variability of fin whale's (Balaenoptera physalus) distribution in the Pelagos Sanctuary: Northwestern Mediterranean Sea
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Catarina Frazão Morgado (Master)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores Irma Margarida Andrade Cruz Espregueira Cascão (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 Population structure, habitat use and conservation of short-fineed pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus in the Archipelago of Madeira
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Filipe Marco Andrade Alves (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2011 Role of the wider Azores Region as a nursery ground for North Atlantic Blue Shark ( Prionace Glauca) Frederic Vandeperre (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2009 Cetacean Movements in Relation to the Dynamics of the Sound - Sectoring Layer in the Azores Irma Margarida Andrade Cruz Espregueira Cascão (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2007 Sei Whale (Balaenoptera Borealis) Populational Ecology in the North Atlantic Rui Conde de Araújo Brito Prieto da Silva (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2014 - 2018 Instituto do Mar - IMAR Member of the Direction Board

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Senate of the University of the Azores
Member
 Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022 - Current Scientific Council of the Azorean Fisheries Observer Program (POPA)
Member
 IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2021 - Current Science and Technical Committee of the Blue Azores Program
Member
2020 - Current Member of the National Working Group of Biodiversity – subgroup Cetaceans, Common Implementation Strategy of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Member
2020 - Current Member of OSPAR Commission Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise (ICG-Noise)
Member
2009 - Current Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology/International Council for the Exploration of the Seas.
Member
 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2009 - Current OSPAR (Oslo-Paris Convention) Commission Marine Mammal Expert Group (OMMEG)
Member
2007 - Current National Contact Point for “Monitoring of Species and Habitats on the OSPAR List”. Convenção Oslo-Paris para a Proteção do Meio Marinho do Atlântico Nordeste (Convenção OSPAR).
Member
2006 - Current Scientific Committee of the Azores Regional Stranding Network (Resolução do Conselho do Governo n.º 72/2006 de 29 de Junho de 2006) (2006 - present)
Member
2021 - 2023 Scientific Coordination Committee
Member
 Okeanos - Institute of Marine Sciences/University of the Azores, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Steering Committee of Project “SUMMER - Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources (H2020-EU.3.2.3.1, GA 817806)"
Member
2019 - 2021 Steering Committee of Project “RAGES - Risk-based Approaches to Good Environmental Status (GA 110661/2018/794607/SUB/ENV.C.2 DG ENV/MSFD)”
Member
2014 - 2018 Vice-Coordinator of the Research Core Group 3: Open Ocean and Deeps-sea Ecosystems, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (Portugal)
Coordinator
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Board of Directors
Member
 IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2010 - 2011 ICES Working Group to Evaluate Regulation EC 812/2004
Member
 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2007 - 2009 National Delegate at the Scientific Committee Meeting of International Whaling Commission (2007, 2009)
Other
 International Whaling Commission, United Kingdom
2008 - 2008 Technical Team responsible for the National Report for the Habitats Directive (2001-2006).
Member
 Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024 - Current 35th Annual Conference of teh European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society
2023 - Current 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society
2023 - 2023 ICES Annual Science Conference 2023 ICES
2022 - 2022 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society virtual, European Cetacean Society
2019 - 2019 World Marine Mammal Conference 2019 University of Barcelona
2016/03/14 - 2016/03/16 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society European Cetacean Society
2016 - 2016 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society Museu da Baleia do Funchal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
1998/01 - Current Develop a Conservation Plan for the West African manatee in Guinea-Bissau
2021 - 2023 Member of the Transnational Advisory Committee of project “JONAS - Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas
1999/01 - 2002/09 temporary (3 years) assignment to the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries/University of the Azores (DOP/UAç), to work as a Research Assistant in a EC LIFE-Nature Project

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2017 - Current Strategic Evaluation Committee of the Oceanic Observatory of Madeira (OOM)
Member
 Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2020 - Current Entre Mares 2020 – Conversas em directo, de 20 Maio a 8 Junho 2020. What do we know about underwater noise in the Azores
2019 - Current TV Documentary - Ocean of Tomorrow Cetaceans in the Azores
2017/02/15 - Current Featured scientist - Program “Jovens Cientistas dos Açores” – Episode 10 Research on Cetaceans in the Azores

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Frontiers in Marine Science (2296-7745) Frontiers Media S.A.
2017 - Current Frontiers in Marine Science (22967745) Frontiers Media S.A.

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023 - Current Underwater noise modelling in the Azores to assess exposure risk for cetaceans Francisco Félix
2023 - Current Cetacean density modeling in the Azores for effective marine management and conservation Daviana Berkowitz-Sklar
2020 - Current Vocal behaviour of cetaceans and impact from underwater noise Cláudia Oliveira
2020/10 - 2022/09 Application of risk-based approach to underwater noise Catarina Fonseca
2022/02 - 2022/08 Fine-scale movement patterns of sperm whales from Dtag data Fiona-Elaine Strasser
2021 - 2022 Mapping hotspots of mesopelagic resources Enrique Tejedor
2020/11 - 2021/08 Estimating the diet of cetaceans in the Azores using stable isotope mixing models Myriam Lebon
2021/02 - 2021/07 Study of the exposure of sperm whales to underwater (natural and shipping) noise levels over time at different locations Charlène Pellecchia
2019 - 2021 Cetacean-prey interactions Sergi Pérez Jorge
2016 - 2021 Towards robust condition indices for cetaceans in the wild Rui Prieto
2018 - 2020 Vocal behaviour of cetaceans Irma Cascão
2018 - 2020 Vocal behaviour of cetaceans and impact from underwater noise Irm
2017 - 2020 Effect of whale-watching on cetacean behaviour Cláudia Oliveira
2018 - 2019 Estimating cetacean abundance from line-transect surveys Ruth Esteban
2018 - 2019 Modelling movements of large whales Sergi Pérez Jorge
2018 - 2018 Photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins Irma Cascão
2016 - 2018 Photo-identification of sperm whales Rebecca Boys
2016 - 2018 Modelling movements of large whales Sergi Pérez Jorge
2016 - 2017 Passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans Miriam Romagosa
2016 - 2017 Cetacean mapping Marta Tobena
2016 - 2017 MSFD Biodiversity Indicators Cláudia Oliveira
2015/01 - 2015/12 Estimating population parameters of sperm whales in the Azores using mark-recapture techniques Rebecca Boys
2015/01 - 2015/12 Integrating cetaceans into marine spatial management in the Azores Pablo Navarro
2015 - 2015 Cetacean surveys Miriam Romagosa
2015 - 2015 Mapping marine traffic Marta Tobena
2014 - 2014 Étude de l écosystème des Cétacés sur le terrain lors de sorties en mer, et en laboratoire. Traitement des données : stockage, informatisation (Système d'Information Géographique) analyse des échantillons biologiques Clothilde Rault
2013 - 2014 Assessing the risk of vessel collisions with large whales in the Azores Marta Tobena
2013/01 - 2013/12 Baleen whale ecology in the Azores Yves Cuenot
2010 - 2010 Photo-identification of baleen whales in the Azores João Vaz Medeiros
2007 - 2007 The importance of the Azores to the ecology of the baleen whales during their northward migration Chislaine Arends
2007 - 2007 Habitat preference of cetaceans in the Azores Martina Hervat
2005 - 2005 Analysis of photo-identification pictures: comparing manual and automatic matching procedures Susana Morais
2003 - 2003 Photo-ientification of Rissos dolphins in the Azores Cláudia Oliveira
Distinctions

Award

2016 Award “Women in Science
Ciência Viva, Portugal