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I graduated in Biology in 2014 and completed a Master (MSc) in Ecology and Environmental Management in 2016, both at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL). My work during the MSc resulted in a thesis entitled "Evolutionary history and genetic diversity of native cyprinids from the Portuguese West region: implication for conservation management". I worked as a technician at the Fish Platform of Champalimaud Foundation and as a biologist in an environmental non-governmental organization (ENGO), Montis - Nature Conservation Association. Since 2020, I am working at MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Center, in the River basins research group, both with Evora and Lisbon University units. I have been working mostly in projects with migratory species, applying tools such as genetics and telemetry to study migrations. I have been studing the populational structure in species such as the meagre, the mullet and the brown trout (within the scope of MIGRACORV, DiadEs and CRER projects), studing the impacts of obstacles in sea lamprey migration in the Tagus River and working in EVOLAMP project that uses next generation sequencing techniques to study lamprey evolution. In January 2023 I started a PhD in marine sciences at the Faculty of Science at the University of Lisbon (FCUL) entitled "FRESHseaBASS - Divergent sea bass freshwater incursions" that aims to unravel the divergent sea bass migrations to freshwater and obtain information that may contribute to the sea bass fisheries management.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Ana Rita Pereira de Almeida
Data de nascimento
1993/05/07
Género
Feminino

Nomes de citação

  • Almeida, Rita

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
8F1D-21AC-E100
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9188-8831

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • ritapalmeida93@gmail.com (Profissional)
  • arpalmeida@ciencias.fc.ul.pt (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Ecologia
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia de Água Doce
  • Ciências Agrárias - Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas - Pescas
Formação
Grau Classificação
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31
Em curso
Marine Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"FRESHseaBASS - Divergent sea bass freshwater incursions" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2021/10 - 2022/07
Concluído
Postgraduate Studies in Statistics Applied to Biology and Health Sciences (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
14 valores
2014/09 - 2016/12
Concluído
Ecology and Environmental Management (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Evolutionary history and genetic diversity of native cyprinids from the Portuguese West region: implications for conservation management" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
18 valores
2011/09 - 2014/07
Concluído
Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
14 valores
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2023/01 - Atual Investigador (Investigação) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/12 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/04 - 2021/09 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/04 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/08 - 2018/06 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2018/07 - 2020/01 Biologist Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2020/02 - 2022/12 SALMOLINK - Contribution of scientists and fishermen for the conservation and participated management of Atlantic salmon populations in Portugal
MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0048
Investigador
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Ministério da Agricultura e do Mar
2020/02 - 2022/06 EVOLAMP - Genomic footprints of the evolution of alternative life histories in lampreys
PTDC/BIAEVL/30695/2017
Investigador
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/02 - 2021/09/30 MIGRACORV - Integrated approach to study the movement dynamics of the meagre Argyrosomus regius
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30517/2017
Investigador
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2018/07 - 2020/01 LIFE ELCN - Development of a European Private Land Conservation Network
LIFE 16 PRE/DE/005
Biologist
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
LIFE programme
2018/07 - 2020/01 LIFE Volunteer Escapes - Volunteer with European Solidarity Corps for Activities in Portugal with Ecological Sense
LIFE 17 ESC/PT/003
Biologist
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
LIFE programme
Concluído

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2022/11 - Atual MEGAPREDATOR - A giant on the water: from predation pressure to population control of the European catfish (Silurus glanis)
PTDC/ASP-PES/4181/2021
Investigador
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2021/03/01 - Atual Implementação Preliminar do Plano de Monitorização da Afluência de Peixes Migradores a Jusante do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico de Foz Tua (AHFT)
CCA 931312
Investigador
EDP
2020/02 - Atual CRER - Adaptation of the Campelo Aquaculture for the Experimental Breeding of Wild Trouts
MAR-02.01.01-FEAMP-0106
Investigador
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Em curso
2020/02 - Atual Technical and scientific support to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the fish passage (PPPeixes) built in the Açude-Ponte de Coimbra
2012/017/APA
Investigador
APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
2020/02 - Atual LIFE Águeda - Conservation and Management Actions for Migratory Fish in the Vouga River Basin
LIFE16 ENV/PT/000411
Investigador
LIFE programme
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 SMOLTRACK IV - Quantifying smolt survival from source to sea: informing management strategies to optimise returns
S12.817653
Investigador
NASCO SMIV - EU
2022 - 2023 Characterization of fish fauna, available habitat and conditions in the adjacent areas to the Belver and Fratel dams
NA
Outra
EDP
2021/01 - 2022 Monitoring Abrantes weir fish passage - 2nd phase
CONTRATO N.º 126/2020
Investigador
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Câmara Municipal de Abrantes
2020/02 - 2022 DiadES - Assessing and enhancing ecosystem services provided by diadromous fish in a climate change context
EAPA_18/2018
Investigador
Interreg Europe
2018/07 - 2020/01 "Era necessário trazer fogo e alimento"
N/A
Biologist
Ministério do Ambiente, Fundo Ambiental
2018/07 - 2020/01 Montis project
N/A
Biologist
Santa Casa da Misericórdia - Fundo Recomeçar
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Agiadi, K.; Caswell, B. A.; Almeida, R.; Becheker, A.; Blanco, A.; Brito, C.; León-Cobo, M. J.; et al. "Geohistorical insights into marine functional connectivity". ICES Journal of Marine Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae117.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsae117
  2. Almeida, R.; Tanner, S. E.; Mateus, C. S.; Ribeiro, F.; Quintella, B. R.. "Not so much a sea bass: Divergent European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) freshwater incursions". Journal of Fish Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15641.
    10.1111/jfb.15641
  3. Pereira, E.; Mateus, C.S.; Alves, M.J.; Almeida, R.; Pereira, J.; Quintella, B.R.; Almeida, P.R.. "Connectivity patterns and gene flow among Chelon ramada populations". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 281 (2023): 108209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108209.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108209
  4. Almeida, R.; Mateus, C.S.; Alves, M.J.; Marques, J.P.; Pereira, J.; Prista, N.; Cabral, H.; Almeida, P.R.; Quintella, B.R.. "Evidence of Genetic Segregation among Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) Atlantic Spawning Areas". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121843.
    10.3390/jmse10121843
Poster em conferência
  1. Castro, B.; Quintella, B.R.; Santos, G.; Almeida, Rita; Ribeiro, D.; Dias, D.; Nogueira, S.; Ribeiro, F.. "Tracking a giant predator: Activity patterns of European catfish in relation to seasonal prey availability.". Trabalho apresentado em TiBE 2023 – Trends in Biodiversity and evolution, 2023.
  2. Almeida, R.; Mateus, C.S.; Tanner, S.E.; Quintella, B.R.. "FRESHseaBASS - Divergent sea bass freshwater incursions.". Trabalho apresentado em Ciência 2023: Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2023.
  3. Marques, J.P.; Reis-Santos, P.; Tanner, S.; Alexandre, C.; Almeida, A.R.; Alves, M.J.; Amorim, C.; et al. "Integrated approach to study the movement dynamics of the meagre.". Trabalho apresentado em Ciências Research Day 2021, 3rd edition, 2021.
  4. Almeida, R.; Robalo, J.I.; Magalhães, M.F.; Sousa-Santos, C.,. "Colonization of the westernmost tip of Iberia by Achondrostoma oligolepis (Robalo, Doadrio, Almada & Kottelat, 2005) and its relation with the evolution of paleobasins.". Trabalho apresentado em VI Congresso Ibérico de Ictiologia, 2016.
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Almeida, Rita. "Evolutionary history and genetic diversity of native cyprinids from the Portuguese West region: implication for conservation management.". Mestrado, 2017. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/26159.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024/07/08 Not so much a sea bass: Divergent freshwater incursions of European sea bass All about the bass
(Essex, Reino Unido)
2024/06/21 Freshwater incursions of European sea bass in the Tagus river: an overlooked issue in European rivers? X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Vic, Espanha)
2023/11/18 Rumo ao mar: Avaliação da migração dos juvenis de salmão-do-atlântico, na bacia hidrográfica do rio Minho XI Simpósio Aquamuseu
(Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal)
2023/05/24 FRESHseaBASS - Divergent sea bass freshwater incursions. Symposium on Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2022/06/21 Evidence of High Levels of Gene Flow in a Widely Distributed Catadromous Species: The Thin-Lipped grey Mullet SIBIC 2022 - IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/20 Genetic Structure and Diversity of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Portugal SIBIC 2022 - IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/20 Genetic Structure of Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) in Portugal: Implications for Fisheries Management SIBIC 2022 - IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
(Porto, Portugal)
2021/12/06 Evaluating movement and population dynamics of meagre (Argyrosomusregius) using an interdisciplinary approach. The 6th International Marine Connectivity Conference
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, França)
2021/06/22 "Estuário do Tejo à hora de ponta (piscícola)." Workshop "Do Estuário do Tejo aoCanhão de Lisboa: conhecer paravalorizar"
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/10/25 "Dar uma mão à natureza" 2.º Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/11/06 International Volunteering in Nature Conservation Jornada Anual XCT - XVAC
XCT - Xarxa de custodi del terretori & XARXA de voluntariat ambiental de Catalunya (Barcelona, Espanha)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2018/07 - 2020/01 Organization and coordination of volunteer events focused on the rehabilitation of habitats and nature conservation, within the scope of LIFE ELCN (LIFE 16 PRE/DE/ 005), LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES (LIFE 17 ESC/PT/ 003) and Montis - Fundo Recomeçar projects. (2018/07 - 2020/01)
Outro (Coorganizador)
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
2018/07 - 2020/01 Organization and coordination of citizen science events aimed at registering biodiversity - Bioblitz, within the scope of LIFE ELCN (LIFE 16 PRE/DE/ 005), LIFE VOLUNTEER ESCAPES (LIFE 17 ESC/PT/ 003) and Montis - Fundo Recomeçar projects. (2018/07 - 2020/01)
Outro (Coorganizador)
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/11 Organization of sustainable culinary and landscape workshops within the scope of the project "Era necessário trazer fogo e alimento" financed by Fundo Ambiental, which aimed to discuss the relationship between landscape management and food. (2019/09 - 2019/11)
Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)
Montis - Associação de Conservação da Natureza, Portugal

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2024/06/10 - 2024/06/13 Training workshop: Network analysis and graph theory: exploring marine functional connectivity - training on graph theory and complex network analysis
Oficina (workshop)
Training workshop: Network analysis and graph theory: exploring marine functional connectivity
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107), França
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/15 CAL-AQUA Course - Laboratory Animal Science Course specifically designed for the use of aquatic animals as experimental models, with particular emphasis on aquatic vertebrates (fish and amphibians) and cephalopods. The objective of the CAL-AQUA course is to enable researchers to use aquatic animals as experimental models.
Oficina (workshop)
23rd edition CAL-AQUA - Laboratory Aquatic Animal Science (Curso de Ciências de Animais Aquáticos de Laboratório)
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Portugal
2023/05/29 - 2023/06/01 Training School on Aquatic Telemetry Basics - Telemetry of all types; Animal welfare & handling; Research questions & study design; Range testing & maintenance; In-field tracking
Oficina (workshop)
Training School on Aquatic Telemetry Basics
European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network ETN, COST Action CA18102, Polónia
2023/05/09 - 2023/05/12 Training School: Using chemical markers to assess marine connectivity - How to use different tissues and markers to answer different questions regarding animal movement, contaminant exposure histories, diet, growth and health, highlighting the various underlying assumptions and limitations.
Oficina (workshop)
Training School: Using chemical markers to assess marine connectivity
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107), França
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/24 Training school: Introduction to genetic tools for estimating connectivity - general overview of genetic data, history, concepts (ecological and evolutionary connectivity), sampling approaches and tools and practical components using R and other commonly used software.
Oficina (workshop)
Training school: Introduction to genetic tools for estimating connectivity
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107), França
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/11 8th Edition of the course on fish identification of river ecosystems in Portugal - The workshop aim was to explored the fish communities existing in Portuguese river ecosystems, through a practical component of learning to identify 65 native and exotic species found in Portuguese rivers and dams.
Oficina (workshop)
8th Edition of the course on fish identification of river ecosystems in Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
2019/06/20 - 2019/06/21 Bird identification and citizen science workshop - The workshop aim was to use citizen science tools for bird identification. The event was organized within the scope of the III Atlas das Aves Nidificantes em Portugal
Oficina (workshop)
Bird identification and citizen science workshop
SPEA – Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves , Portugal

CERVAS – Centro de Ecologia, Recuperação e Vigilância de Animais Selvagens., Portugal
2018/11/08 - 2018/11/10 Natural Engineering Workshop - The workshop was organized by Município de Santarém, within the scope of the environmental project "Reabilitar Troço a Troço", in partnership with the ECOSALIX - Sistemas Ecológicos de Engenharia Natural. The aim of the workshop was to approach dynamics of river rehabilitation, which contribute to the stabilization of the banks and increase of the biodiversity in the riparian ecosystems.
Oficina (workshop)
Natural Engineering Workshop
ECOSALIX - Sistemas Ecológicos de Engenharia Natural, Portugal

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2023 - Atual Fisheries Society of the British Isles (https://fsbi.org.uk/) Association member
2022 - Atual Iberian Society of Icthyology (https://www.sibic.org/pt-pt/) Association member
Distinções

Outra distinção

2024 STSM - Short Term Scientific Mission: Unravelling freshwater migrations and life history plasticity of the European sea bass using otolith chemistry
Cost action SEA-UNICORN - Unifying approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (CA19107), França