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I have a long-time interest in marine evolutionary biology in the field of population genetics, seascape genetics and phylogeography. My research aims to understand the spatial and time diversification patterns of organisms and their shared biogeographic histories using a variety of computational approaches and data types. I primarily focus on marine fish species, but I am interested in addressing evolutionary questions across the animal tree of life, including terrestrial, vertebrate and invertebrate species. My research is principally question-driven, instead of model-driven and I am interested primarily in understanding evolutionary principles. Therefore I am not confined to a particular type of organism, habitat or region.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Correia de Freitas Castilho da Costa

Citation names

  • Castilho, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0513-0407-A6C1
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0727-3688
Researcher Id
B-6185-2008
Scopus Author Id
ID 7005844367

Addresses

  • Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • rcastilho.pt/R2C2 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/03/07 - 2024/03/08
Concluded
 Ciências Biológicas (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Unanimidade
1999
Concluded
 Evolutionary Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Stirling, United Kingdom
"Population genetics of the European Seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Not applicable
1990
Concluded
 Provas de Aptidão (Outros)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Genética de Populações de Pleuronectiformes europeus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
1986
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Biology and reproduction of the four-spotted megrim" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2005/05/05 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
1999 - 2005 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
1991/05 - 1999/05 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
1987/05 - 1991/05 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/04 - Current Spatial ecology and history of hawksbill and green sea turtles in the Eastern Atlantic using multiple methods: Implications for management and conservation
UI/BD/151308/2021
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01/31 - Current Untangling the impact of small-scale fisheries on sea turtles in Gulf of Guinea: Socio-economic, cultural and ecological implications of sea turtle consumptive use and conservation
2020.05979.BD
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - Current Temporal and spatial distribution of cetaceans in the Azores as a means to define migration and movement patterns and associated biotic and abiotic distributional driving factors.
CCMAR01/UIDP/04326/2020
Supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011 - 2014 Ecological niche modeling, cytogenetics and phylogeography of the genera Geomalacus and Letourneuxia (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) from the Iberian-Moroccan region
SFRH/BD/30024/2006
Supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2014 - Current The Canarian anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus): genetic approach to connectivity.
na
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Viceconsejería de Pesca y Agua, Gobierno de Canarias, Spain
Concluded
2021/04 - 2024/03 GenClim. Biodiversity on the run: evolutionary and socioeconomic consequences of shifting distribution ranges in commercially exploited marine fishes.
BiodivClim-421
 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
2020 - 2024 Unifying Approaches to Marine Connectivity for improved Resource Management for the Seas
CA19107
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
2020/01/01 - 2022 HIPPOSAVE - Plano de ação para a recuperação das populações de cavalos marinhos da Ria Formosa
MAR 2020
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Ministério do Mar
Ongoing
2009/01 - 2012/01 Portuguese Atlantic- and Mediterranean-type Rivers under the effects of climate changes: current and historical demography and comparative phylogeography of fishes as a tool for the conservation of critically endangered species
PTDC/AAC-CLI/103110/2008
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009/01 - 2012/01 Phylogenetics, Biogeography and the Evolution of Behavior and Morphology of Blennioidei and Gobiesocoidei
PTDC/MAR/101639/2008
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
2008/01 - 2010/01 DEECON –Unravelling population connectivity for sustainable fisheries in the Deep Sea
ESF - EUROCORES 1390
ESF project
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Universitetet i Oslo, Norway

University College Dublin, Ireland

Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway
Eurocores
Ongoing
2008/01 - 2010/01 HERCULES - Gene flow across the pillars of Hercules: the role of North Africa in the postglacial recolonization of Europe
PTDC/BIA-BDE/74349/2006
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005 - 2008 Study of the life history of the European conger eel (Conger conger) as revealed by DNA analysis and chemistry - elemental and isotopic composition - of fish otoliths
POCI/MAR/58837/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017 - 2018 Invasive genetics of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): recent anthropogenic introduction in Iberia.
na
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Centro de Ciências do Mar
Concluded
2000 - 2001 Fisheries & population structure of Scomber spp. in the Mediterranean and S. Iberian Atlantic waters
STUDIES 99/034
POCTI / 1999 / BSE / 34981
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Castilho, Rita. "What doesn´t kill you makes you stronger: a careful approach to the phylogeography of the venomous fish Scorpaena maderensis". Paper presented in IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, Portugal, 5 Jul - 6 Jul, 2018., Peniche, 2018.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00050
Conference poster
  1. Cunha, RL; Tenório, MJ; Rüber, R; Afonso, C; Castilho, Rita; Zardoya, R. "Replaying the tape: replicated biogeographic patterns in Cape Verde Conus". Paper presented in World Congress of Malacology, 2007.
  2. Cunha, RL; Caetano, S; Castilho, Rita. "Preliminary results on the genetic variability of the European chameleon (Chamaeleon chamaeleo) from Portugal". Paper presented in Phylogeography in Southern European Refugia: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Conservation of European Biodiversity, 2002.
  3. Da Silva, M; Castilho, Rita; Norberto, JM; Azevedo, JMN. "Morphotype identification of stranded Azorean common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, by genetic analysis". Paper presented in 36th European Marine Biology Symposium, 2001.
Journal article
  1. Vieira, Sara; Jiménez, Victor; Ferreira-Airaud, Betânia; Pina, Antunes; Soares, Venceslau; Tiwari, Manjula; Teodósio, Maria A.; Castilho, Rita; Nuno, Ana. "Perceived social benefits and drawbacks of sea turtle conservation efforts in a globally important sea turtle rookery". Biodiversity and Conservation (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02793-1.
    10.1007/s10531-024-02793-1
  2. Cunha, Regina L.; Robalo, Joana I.; Francisco, Sara M.; Farias, Inês; Castilho, Rita; Figueiredo, Ivone. "Genomics goes deeper in fisheries science: The case of the blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in the northeast Atlantic". Fisheries Research 270 (2024): 106891. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106891.
    10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106891
  3. Dawson, Michael N; Duffin, Paige J.; Giakoumis, Melina; Schiebelhut, Lauren M.; Beas-Luna, Rodrigo; Bosley, Keith L.; Castilho, Rita; et al. "A Decade of Death and Other Dynamics: Deepening Perspectives on the Diversity and Distribution of Sea Stars and Wasting". The Biological Bulletin (2023): 000-000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/727969.
    10.1086/727969
  4. Cunha, Regina L.; Faleh, Abderraouf Ben; Francisco, Sara; Šanda, Radek; Vukic, Jasna; Corona, Luana; Dia, Mamadou; et al. "Three mitochondrial lineages and no Atlantic-Mediterranean barrier for the bogue Boops boops across its widespread distribution". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26651-8.
    10.1038/s41598-022-26651-8
  5. Schiebelhut, Lauren M.; Giakoumis, Melina; Castilho, Rita; Duffin, Paige J.; Puritz, Jonathan B.; Wares, John P.; Wessel, Gary M.; Dawson, Michael N. "Minor Genetic Consequences of a Major Mass Mortality: Short-Term Effects in Pisaster ochraceus". The Biological Bulletin 243 3 (2022): 328-338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/722284.
    10.1086/722284
  6. Schiebelhut, Lauren M.; Giakoumis, Melina; Castilho, Rita; Garcia, Valentina E.; Wares, John P.; Wessel, Gary M.; Dawson, Michael N. "Is It in the Stars? Exploring the Relationships between Species’ Traits and Sea Star Wasting Disease". The Biological Bulletin 243 3 (2022): 315-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/722800.
    10.1086/722800
  7. Morrissey, Declan; Goodall, Jake; Castilho, Rita; Cameron, Tom C.; Taylor, Michelle L.. "Population genomics reveals a single semi-continuous population of a commercially exploited marine gastropod". Fisheries Research 254 (2022): 106418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106418.
    10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106418
  8. Carvalho, Jessica; Lammers, Marc O.; Indeck, Katherine L.; Pack, Adam A.; Castilho, Rita. "Comparing the social signaling behavior of humpback whales in three group types on the Hawaiian breeding grounds using acoustic tags". Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.910455.
    10.3389/frsen.2022.910455
  9. Cunha, Regina L.; Costa, Adjany; Godinho, Filipa; Santos, Carmen; Castilho, Rita. "Hidden diversity of the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) from Angola, West Africa". Conservation Genetics 23 2 (2022): 429-433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01422-6.
    10.1007/s10592-021-01422-6
  10. Stacy, Rupert; Palma, Jorge; Correia, Miguel; Wilson, Anthony B.; Andrade, José Pedro; Castilho, Rita. "The paradox of retained genetic diversity of Hippocampus guttulatus in the face of demographic decline". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89708-0.
    10.1038/s41598-021-89708-0
  11. Robalo, Joana I.; Farias, Inês; Francisco, Sara M.; Avellaneda, Karen; Castilho, Rita; Figueiredo, Ivone. "Genetic population structure of the Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo): contribution of mtDNA control region to fisheries management". Mitochondrial DNA Part A (2021): 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2021.1882445.
    Published • 10.1080/24701394.2021.1882445
  12. Gilbey, John; Carvalho, Gary; Castilho, Rita; Coscia, Ilaria; Coulson, Mark W.; Dahle, Geir; Derycke, Sofie; et al. "Life in a drop: Sampling environmental DNA for marine fishery management and ecosystem monitoring". Marine Policy 124 (2021): 104331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104331.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104331
  13. Robalo, Joana I.; Francisco, Sara M.; Vendrell, Catarina; Lima, Cristina S.; Pereira, Ana; Brunner, Benedikt P.; Dia, Mamadou; Gordo, Leonel; Castilho, Rita. "Against all odds: a tale of marine range expansion with maintenance of extremely high genetic diversity". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69374-4.
    10.1038/s41598-020-69374-4
  14. Cunha, Regina L.; Forsman, Zac H.; Belderok, Roy; Knapp, Ingrid S. S.; Castilho, Rita; Toonen, Robert J.. "Rare coral under the genomic microscope: timing and relationships among Hawaiian Montipora". BMC Evolutionary Biology 19 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1476-2.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12862-019-1476-2
  15. Coscia, Ilaria; Castilho, Rita; Massa-Gallucci, Alexia; Sacchi, Carlotta; Cunha, Regina L.; Stefanni, Sergio; Helyar, Sarah J.; Knutsen, Halvor; Mariani, Stefano. "Genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea grenadier Macrourus berglax across the North Atlantic Ocean". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 132 (2018): 60-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.12.001.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2017.12.001
  16. Jenkins, TL; Castilho, Rita; Stevens JR. "Meta-analysis of northeast Atlantic marine taxa shows contrasting phylogeographic patterns following post-LGM expansions". PeerJ (2018): https://peerj.com/articles/5684/.
    Open access • Published • 10.7717/peerj.5684
  17. Morim, Teófilo; Bigg, GR; Madeira, PM; Palma, Jorge; Duvernell, D; Gisbert, E; Cunha, RL; Castilho, Rita. "Invasive genetics of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): recent anthropogenic introduction in Iberia". PeerJ (2018): https://peerj.com/articles/6155/.
    Open access • Published • 10.7717/peerj.6155
  18. Cunha RL; Assis JM; Madeira C; Seabra R; Lima FP; Lopes EP; Williams ST; Castilho R. "Drivers of Cape Verde archipelagic endemism in keyhole limpets.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28150720.
    10.1038/srep41817
  19. Aurelle, Didier; Pivotto, Isabelle D.; Malfant, Marine; Topçu, Nur E.; Masmoudi, Mauatassem B.; Chaoui, Lamya; Kara, Hichem M.; et al. "Fuzzy species limits in Mediterranean gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): inferences on speciation processes". Zoologica Scripta 46 6 (2017): 767-778.
    Published • 10.1111/zsc.12245
  20. Castilho, Rita; Cunha, Regina L.; Faria, Claudia; Velasco, Eva M.; Robalo, Joana I.. "Asymmetrical dispersal and putative isolation-by-distance of an intertidal blenniid across the Atlantic-Mediterranean divide". Peerj 5 (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000400305500002&KeyUID=WOS:000400305500002.
    10.7717/peerj.3195
  21. Madeira, PM; Chefaoui, RM; Cunha, RL; Moreira, F; Dias, S; Calado, G; Castilho, R. "High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc". PEERJ (2017):
    10.7717/peerj.3069
  22. Cunha, RL; Patrao, C; Castilho, R. "Different diversity-dependent declines in speciation rate unbalances species richness in terrestrial slugs". SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017):
    10.1038/s41598-017-16417-y
  23. Kramp, Katja; Cizek, Oldrich; Madeira, Pedro M.; Ramos, Ana A.; Konvicka, Martin; Castilho, Rita; Schmitt, Thomas. "Genetic implications of phylogeographical patterns in the conservation of the boreal wetland butterfly Colias palaeno (Pieridae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 119 4 (2016): 1068-10.
    Published • 10.1111/bij.12840
  24. Castilho, Rita; Silva, Gonçalo. "The European anchovy, a genetically highly diverse species displays null within-sample haplotype diversity on a single study?". Mitochondrial DNA Part B 1 1 (2016): 60-61.
    Published • 10.1080/23802359.2015.1137823
  25. Junker, Marius; Zimmermann, Marie; Ramos, Ana A.; Gros, Patrick; Konvi¿?ka, Martin; Nève, Gabriel; Rákosy, László; et al. "Three in One—Multiple Faunal Elements within an Endangered European Butterfly Species". PLOS ONE 10 11 (2015): e0142282-e0.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0142282
  26. Stefanni, S; Castilho, Rita; Sala-Bozano, M; Robalo, J I; Francisco, S M; Santos, R S; Marques, N; et al. "Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores: recent colonisation or sudden expansion of an ancient relict population?". Heredity 115 6 (2015): 527-537.
    Published • 10.1038/hdy.2015.55
  27. Patrão, Cláudia; Assis, Jorge M.; Rufino, Marta; Silva, Gonçalo; Jordaens, Kurt; Backeljau, Thierry; Castilho, Rita. "Habitat suitability modelling of four terrestrial slug species in the Iberian Peninsula (Arionidae: Geomalacus species)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 81 4 (2015): 427-434.
    Published • 10.1093/mollus/eyv018
  28. Lourenço, Carla R.; Nicastro, Katy R.; Serrão, Ester A.; Castilho, Rita; Zardi, Gerardo I.. "Behind the mask: cryptic genetic diversity of Mytilus galloprovincialis along southern European and northern African shores". Journal of Molluscan Studies 81 3 (2015): 380-387.
    Published • 10.1093/mollus/eyv004
  29. Zardi, GI; Nicastro, KR; McQuaid, CD; Castilho, R; Costa, J; Serrao, EA; Pearson, GA. "Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition". BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (2015):
    10.1186/s12862-015-0366-5
  30. Cunha, Regina L.; Lima, Fernando P.; Tenorio, Manuel J.; Ramos, Ana A.; Castilho, Rita; Williams, Suzanne T.. "Evolution at a Different Pace: Distinctive Phylogenetic Patterns of Cone Snails from Two Ancient Oceanic Archipelagos". Systematic Biology 63 6 (2014): 971-987.
    Published • 10.1093/sysbio/syu059
  31. Silva, G.; Lima, F. P.; Martel, P.; Castilho, R.. "Thermal adaptation and clinal mitochondrial DNA variation of European anchovy". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1792 (2014): 20141093-20.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2014.1093
  32. Silva, Gonçalo; Horne, John B.; Castilho, Rita; Maggs, Christine. "Anchovies go north and west without losing diversity: post-glacial range expansions in a small pelagic fish". Journal of Biogeography 41 6 (2014): 1171-11.
    Published • 10.1111/jbi.12275
  33. Robalo, Joana I.; Crespo, Ana M.; Castilho, Rita; Francisco, Sara M.; Amorim, Maria C. P.; Almada, Vítor C.. "Are local extinctions and recolonizations continuing at the colder limits of marine fish distributions? Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), a possible candidate". Marine Biology 160 9 (2013): 2461-24.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-013-2241-5
  34. Prévot, Vanya; Jordaens, Kurt; Van Houtte, Natalie; Sonet, Gontran; Janssens, Kenny; Castilho, Rita; Backeljau, Thierry. "Taxonomic and population genetic re-interpretation of two color morphs of the decollate snail, Rumina decollata (Mollusca, Pulmonata) in southern France". Genetica 141 7-9 (2013): 281-292.
    Published • 10.1007/s10709-013-9727-4
  35. Patrão, Cláudia; Sousa, Joana Teixeira de; Jordaens, Kurt; Backeljau, Thierry; Castilho, Rita; Leitão, Alexandra. "Geomalacus and Letourneuxia (Mollusca, Pulmonata): A Cytogenetic Assessment". Malacologia 56 1 & 2 (2013): 333-338.
    Published • 10.4002/040.056.0222
  36. Correia, A. T.; Ramos, A. A.; Barros, F.; Silva, G.; Hamer, P.; Morais, P.; Cunha, R. L.; Castilho, R.. "Population structure and connectivity of the European conger eel (Conger conger) across the north-eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: Integrating molecular and otolith elemental approaches". Marine Biology 159 7 (2012): 1509-1525. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-012-1936-3?LI=true.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-012-1936-3
  37. Cunha, R. L.; Coscia, I.; Madeira, C.; Mariani, S.; Stefanni, S.; Castilho, R.. "Ancient Divergence in the Trans-Oceanic Deep-Sea Shark Centroscymnus crepidater". PLoS ONE 7 11 (2012): e49196-e49196. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0049196.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0033359
  38. Robalo, Joana I.; Castilho, Rita; Francisco, Sara M.; Almada, Frederico; Knutsen, Halvor; Jorde, Per E.; Pereira, Ana M.; Almada, Vitor C.. "Northern refugia and recent expansion in the North Sea: the case of the wrasse Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)". Ecology and Evolution 2 1 (2012): 153-164.
    Published • 10.1002/ece3.77
  39. Almada, VC; Almada, F; Francisco, SM; Castilho, R; Robalo, JI; Almada, V. C.; Almada, F.; et al. "Unexpected High Genetic Diversity at the Extreme Northern Geographic Limit of Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)". PLOS ONE 7 8 (2012): e44404-e44404. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0044404.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0044404
  40. Cunha, R. L.; Lopes, E. P.; Reis, D. M.; Castilho, R.. "Genetic structure of Brachidontes puniceus populations in Cape Verde archipelago shows signature of expansion during the last glacial maximum". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 2 (2011): 175-181. http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/2/175.short.
    Published • 10.1093/mollus/eyr001
  41. Reis, Davide M.; Cunha, Regina L.; Patrão, Cláudia; Rebelo, Rui; Castilho, Rita. "Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Portugal: not all black and yellow". Genetica 139 9 (2011): 1095-11.
    Published • 10.1007/s10709-011-9609-6
  42. Francisco, SM; Castilho, Rita; Soares, M; Congiu, L; Brito, A; Vieira, MN; Almada, VC. "Phylogeography and demographic history of Atherina presbyter (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the North-eastern Atlantic based on mitochondrial DNA". Marine Biology 156 7 (2009): 1421-1432. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-009-1182-5?LI=true.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-009-1182-5
  43. Ramos, A. A.; Marques, A. R.; Rodrigues, M.; Henriques, N.; Baumgartner, A.; Castilho, R.; Brenig, B.; Varela, J. C.. "Molecular and functional characterization of a cDNA encoding 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase from Dunaliella salina". Journal of Plant Physiology 166 9 (2009): 968-977. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S017616170800360X.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.11.008
  44. Robalo, J.I.; Sousa-Santos, C.; Cabral, H.; Castilho, R.; Almada, V.C.; Robalo, J. I.; Almada, V. C.. "Genetic evidence fails to discriminate between Macroramphosus gracilis Lowe 1839 and Macroramphosus scolopax Linnaeus 1758 in Portuguese waters". Marine Biology 156 8 (2009): 1733-1737. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67349228035&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-009-1197-y
  45. Barata, M; Harris, DJ; Castilho, Rita. "Variation within North African Natrix maura (Serpentes: Colubridae) inferred from mtDNA sequences: comparative phylogeography of Magrehbian reptiles". African Zoology 43 1 (2008): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43[1:CPONAN]2.0.CO;2.
    Published • 10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43
  46. Maggs, CA; Castilho, Rita; Foltz, D; Henzler, C; Jolly, MT; Kelly, J; Olsen, J; et al. "Evaluating signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic benthic marine taxa". Ecology 89 11 (2008): 108-122.
    Published • 10.1890/08-0257.1
  47. Francisco, S. M.; Congiu, L.; Stefanni, S.; Castilho, R.; Brito, A.; Ivanova, P. P.; Levy, A.; et al. "Phylogenetic relationships of the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean forms of Atherina (Pisces, Atherinidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 2 (2008): 782-788. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790307004496.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.009
  48. Barata, M; Harris, DJ; Castilho, R; Barata, M.; Harris, D. J.; Castilho, R.. "Comparative phylogeography of northwest African Natrix maura (Serpentes: Colubridae) inferred from mtDNA sequences". AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 43 1 (2008): 1-7. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43%5B1:CPONAN%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
    Published • 10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43[1:cponan]2.0.co;2
  49. Cunha, R.L.; Tenorio, M.J.; Afonso, C.; Castilho, R.; Zardoya, R.; Cunha, RL; Tenorio, MJ; et al. "Replaying the tape: Recurring biogeographical patterns in Cape Verde Conus after 12 million years". Molecular Ecology 17 3 (2008): 885-901. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38349119974&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03618.x
  50. Castilho, Rita; Freitas, M; Silva, G; Fernandez-Carvalho, J; Coelho, R. "Morphological and mitochondrial DNA divergence validates blackmouth, Galeus melastomus, and Atlantic sawtail catsharks, Galeus atlanticus, as separate species". Morphological and mitochondrial DNA divergence validates blackmouth, Galeus melastomus, and Atlantic sawtail catsharks, Galeus atlanticus, as separate species 70 Suppleme C (2007): 346-358. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01455.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01455.x
  51. Patarnello, T.; Volckaert, Famj; Castilho, R.. "Pillars of Hercules: is the Atlantic-Mediterranean transition a phylogeographical break?". Molecular Ecology 16 21 (2007): 4426-4444. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03477.x/full.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03477.x
  52. Fritz, U.; Barata, M.; Busack, S. D.; Fritzsch, G.; Castilho, R.. "Impact of mountain chains, sea straits and peripheral populations on genetic and taxonomic structure of a freshwater turtle, Mauremys leprosa (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae)". Zoologica Scripta 35 1 (2006): 97-108. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00218.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00218.x
  53. Martinez, P.; Gonzalez, E. G.; Castilho, R.; Zardoya, R.. "Genetic diversity and historical demography of Atlantic bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 2 (2006): 404-416. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790305002332.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.022
  54. Magoulas, A.; Castilho, R.; Caetano, S.; Marcato, S.; Patarnello, T.. "Mitochondrial DNA reveals a mosaic pattern of phylogeographical structure in Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 3 (2006): 734-746. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579030600025X.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.016
  55. Castilho, R.; Ciftci, Y.. "Genetic differentiation between close eastern Mediterranean Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) populations". Journal of Fish Biology 67 6 (2005): 1746-1752. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00869.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00869.x
  56. Cunha, R. L.; Castilho, R.; Ruber, L.; Zardoya, R.; Cunha, RL; Castilho, R; Ruber, L; Zardoya, R. "Patterns of cladogenesis in the venomous marine gastropod genus Conus from the Cape Verde islands". Systematic Biology 54 4 (2005): 634-650. http://sysbio.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/4/634.short.
    Published • 10.1080/106341591007471
  57. Zardoya, R.; Castilho, R.; Grande, C.; Favre-Krey, L.; Caetano, S.; Marcato, S.; Krey, G.; Patarnello, T.. "Differential population structuring of two closely related fish species, the mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and the chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), in the Mediterranean Sea". Molecular Ecology 13 7 (2004): 1785-1798. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02198.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02198.x
  58. Geenen, S.; Jordaens, K.; Castilho, R.; Backeljau, T.. "Congruence between starch gel and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in detecting allozyme variation in pulmonate land slugs". Electrophoresis 24 4 (2003): 622-627. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/elps.200390072/abstract.
    Published • 10.1002/elps.200390072
  59. Phillips, AJL; Fonseca, F; Povoa, V; Castilho, R; Nolasco, G; Phillips, A. J. L.; Fonseca, F.; et al. "A reassessment of the anamorphic fungus Fusicoccum luteum and description of its teleomorph Botryosphaeria lutea sp nov.". SYDOWIA 54 1 (2002): 59-77.
    Published
  60. Ciftci, Y.; Castilho, R.; McAndrew, B.J.; Ciftci, Y; Castilho, Rita; McAndrew, BJ. "More polymorphic microsatellite markers in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)". Molecular Ecology Notes 2 4 (2002): 575-576. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-18744377555&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00327.x
  61. Castilho, Rita; McAndrew, BJ. "Population structure of seabass in Portugal: evidence from allozymes". Journal of Fish Biology 53 5 (1998): 1038-10.
    Published • 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0768
  62. Castilho, R.; McAndrew, B.; Castilho, Rita; McAndrew, BJ. "Two polymorphic microsatellite markers in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)". Animal Genetics 29 2 (1998): 151-152. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032052847&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  63. Castilho, Rita; Dinis, MT; Erzini, K; Castilho, R.; Dinis, M.T.; Erzini, K.. "Age and growth of megrim, Lepidorhombus boscii, Risso of the portuguese continental coast". Fisheries research 16 16 (1993): 339-346. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016578369390145W.
    Published • 10.1016/0165-7836(93)90145-W
Magazine article
  1. Volckaert, F; Alvarez, MC; Argenton, F; Bonhomme, F; Chatain, B; Colombo, L; Castilho, Rita; et al. "Has time come for the genetic management of sea bass?", Aquaculture Europe: Magazine of the European Aquaculture Society,, 1997
Online resource
  1. Castilho, Rita. Sea lettuce systematics: lumping or splitting?. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/413450.
    10.1101/413450
Preprint
  1. Marques, João Pedro; Alves, Paulo Célio; Amorim, Isabel R.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Moura, Mónica; Meyers, Gene; Sim-Sim, Manuela; et al. "Building a Portuguese Coalition for Biodiversity Genomics". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/x20w3q.
    10.32942/x20w3q

Other

Other output
  1. Sea lettuce systematics: lumping or splitting?. 2018. Batista, M.B.; Cunha, Regina L.; Castilho, Rita; Horta, PA.
  2. Erratum to Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Portugal: Not all black and yellow (Genetica, 10.1007/s10709-011-9609-6). 2011. Reis, DM; Cunha, RL; Patrao, C; Rebelo, R; Castilho, R.
    10.1007/s10709-011-9612-y
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020 Phylogeographic pattern of the poisonous fish Scorpaena maderensis: a tale on genetic connectivity and insights into venom diversity International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética (Faro, Portugal)
2020 Phylogeographic pattern of the poisonous fish Scorpaena maderensis – evaluating the relationship between genetic connectivity and venom diversity iMarCo (Marine connectivity) Annual conference
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2019 Lessons learned from marine phylogeography. CIBIO Spring Seminars
CIBIO, Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2018 Biodiversity assessment: new tools for a better future Our Atlantic Ocean for Growth and Well-Being
European Commission (Mindelo, Cape Verde)
2018 Great expectations: the present and future of seascape genetics. VII Congress of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology
Iberian Society for Ichthyology (Faro, Portugal)
2018 Genética e genómica de pequenos pelágicos: para que serve? Primeiro Congresso de Biologia Marinha para países de expressão portuguesa
Universidade do Algarve / CCMAR (Faro, Portugal)
2017 A hotspot for marine speciation: the Cape Verde Islands. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists
Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists (Portland, United States)
2017 Expected benefits of population genomics of European anchovies Workshop on Marine Genomics Applied to Fisheries Management
Foresight Euromarine Workshop (Faro, Portugal)
2017 State-of-the-art of the sardine stock delimitation Workshop on Atlantic Sardine (WKSAR)
ICES (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012 Reconstructing a recent, climate-assisted colonization of an oceanic archipelago by a coastal fish ICES ASC 2012
ICES (Bergen, Norway)
2012 Unravelling the population structure of the onion-eye grenadier (Macrourus berglax) between the Azores and northwest Norway 6th World Fisheries Congress
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2011 A framework for marine phylogeography: are we there yet? Workshop on Biogeography and Phylogeography of Atlantic Fish
ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011 Northern refugia and recent expansion in the North Sea: the case of the wrasse Symphodus melops (Linanaeus, 1758) VII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva
Associação Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva (Combra, Portugal)
2010 Population genetic structure of the long-nosed velvet dogfish, Centroselachus crepidater, in the north Atlantic Meeting of the European Elasmobranch Association
University of Galway (Galway, Ireland)
2008 The quest for the slug: Preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus Geomalacus (Gastropoda: Arionidae). 5th Congress of the Malacological European Societies
Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2008 Revisitando a filogeografia da Salamandra-de-fogo (Salamandra salamandra) em Portugal. III Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2007 Replaying the tape: replicated biogeographic patterns in Cape Verde Conus World Congress of Molluscs
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2006 Evolución en islas: el modelo de Conus en Cabo Verde XVI Seminario de Genética de Poblaciones y Evolución
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (San Feliu de Guíxols, Spain)
2005 Two sympatric turtle species (Emys orbicularis, Mauremys leprosa), two phylogeographies - the same story? IV International Symposium on Emys orbicularis
Universidade de Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
2002 Molecular markers used to understand Salamandra salamandra subspecies geographical distribution in southern Portugal VII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Evora, Portugal)
2001 Morphotype identification of stranded Azorean common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, by genetic analysis. I Symposium “Island Ecosystems – a conservation and molecular approach”
Universidade da Madeira (Funchal, Portugal)
1998 Microsatellite polymorphisms in wild populations of European seabass: preliminary results. Genetics and breeding of Mediterranean aquaculture species
Centro Internacional de Altos Estudos Agronómicos Mediterrâneos, Zaragosa, Spain. (Zaragosa, Spain)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2007 - Current Evolution Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 - Current Evolution Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2010 - Current Conservation Genetics (1572-9737) Springer-Verlag
2010 - Current Deep Sea Research (0146-6291) Elsevier
2010 - Current Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (1096-0015) Elsevier
2010 - Current Fisheries Research (0165-7836) Elsevier
1998 - 2020 Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best oral communication

Other distinction

2022 12 women in Evolutionary Biology
Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal