Ana Rita de Sousa Gonçalves Costa Abecasis (D716-FD33-226C)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Rita de Sousa Gonçalves Costa Abecasis

Ana Rita de Sousa Gonçalves Costa Abecasis. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Estudos Marinhos e Costeiros em 2007 pelo(a) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais em 2003 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Doctor of Philosophy em Natural Resource Management em 2014 pelo(a) The University of Western Australia. É Investigador Contratado no(a) Centro de Ciências do Mar. Publicou 6 artigos em revistas especializadas. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Sociais com ênfase em Outras Ciências Sociais.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Rita de Sousa Gonçalves Costa Abecasis

Citation names

Abecasis, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: D716-FD33-226C
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6302-856X

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2009 - 2014 Concluded	Natural Resource Management (Doctor of Philosophy) The University of Western Australia, Australia "The human dimensions of marine protected area establishment in remote island settings: a case study in the Archipelago of the Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005 - 2007 Concluded	Mestrado em Estudos Marinhos e Costeiros (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Life History Traits of Four Coastal Fish Species from the Azores, Atlantic NE" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
1998 - 2003 Concluded	Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais (Licenciatura) Major in Animais marinhos Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Growth of the forkbeard Phycis phycis in the Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/09 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/12 - 2017/05	Postdoc (Research)	Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
	Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Portugal
2013/06 - 2014/12	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
	INOVISA Associação para o Empreendedorismo e Desenvolvimento Empresarial, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/04 - 2005/09	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010/04 - 2013/05	Membro da direção - comunicação	Liga para a Proteção da Natureza, Portugal
	Liga para a Proteção da Natureza, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/11 - 2009/11	Communications consultant responsible for developing the institutional website structure and content, promotional DVD and brochures.	The University of Western Australia, Australia
	The University of Western Australia, Australia
2009/05 - 2009/07	Communications consultant for project “Save Our Marine Life”.	Conservation Council of Western Australia, Australia
	Conservation Council of Western Australia, Australia
2008/05 - 2009/01	Bolseira de investigação	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2006/09 - 2008/02	Bolseira de investigação	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/07/01 - Current	AquatechInn 4.0 HORIZON-ERASMUS-EDU-2022-PI-ALL-INNO-101108913 Post-doc Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2019/02/01 - 2022/01/31	RI-VIS - Increasing visibility of research infrastrutures 824063 Post-doc Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2017/09/04 - 2021/09/30	EMBRC.PT PINFRA/22121/2016 Post-doc Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Journal article	Herrero, Javier Jiménez; Simes, Dina Costa; Abecasis, Rita; Relvas, Paulo; Garel, Erwan; Ventura Martins, Paula; Santos, Rui. "Monitoring invasive macroalgae in southern Portugal: drivers and citizen science contribution". Frontiers in Environmental Science 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1324600. 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1324600 Abecasis, Ana. "Marine conservation in the Azores: evaluating marine protected area development in a remote island context". Frontiers in Marine Science (2015): 10.3389/fmars.2015.00104 Abecasis, D.; Costa Abecasis, A.R.. "First report of cleaning behaviour in white sea bream (Diplodus sargus)". Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 48 1 (2015): 71-75. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84918556877&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/10236244.2014.990700 Abecasis, Ana. "Implications of community and stakeholder perceptions of the marine environment and its conservation for MPA management in a small Azorean island". Ocean and Coastal Management (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.08.009 Abecasis, Ana. "Marine conservation in remote small island settings: factors influencing marine protected area establishment in the Azores". Marine Policy (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.12.032 Abecasis, Ana. "Growth of the forkbeard Phycis phycis in the Azores". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK (2009): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409002598 Abecasis, Ana. "Age and growth of bluemouth, Helicolenus dactylopterus Delaroche, 1809, from the Azores". Fisheries Research (2006): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2006.02.010
Online resource	Abecasis, Ana. “Quiz SNIMar” - iOS app consisting of a marine quiz. Concept and contents. Available for download at the AppStore.. 2016.
Report	Abecasis, Ana. 2008. Task D5 Technical Report - “Fisheries indicators pre- and post-restoration”. Project BIOMARES. Abecasis, Ana. 2008. “Task D5 Progress Report - “Fisheries indicators pre- and post-restoration" - BIOMARE project. Abecasis, Ana. 2008. Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental da Remoção de Algas na Zona Costeira adjacente à Central EDP de Sines – Relatório Final.

Artistic / Performance

Visual artwork

Abecasis, Ana. “Tentáculos: à descoberta do Oceano” – Series of 5 animation films about ocean processes, targeting children and young teens. Content development, support to editing and post-production, development of a user’s guide for teachers. Films available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUEt-5YnxrXyP1UxFKwfAaQ.
Abecasis, Ana. “O Mar é o meu escritório” - Series of 5 films targeting teens that need to plan their career choices. The films convey the profile of five professionals of different marine related areas. Content development and support to editing. Films available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzdxjPn1GWI&t=2s.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2015/05	Abecasis, A.R. (2015) “SNIMar - a informação do mar à distância de um clique”. (oral communication)	SciComm PT (Lagos, Portugal)
2012/07	Costa Abecasis, A.R. “Understanding local views on marine conservation: a case study in the Azores”. (oral communication)	Fórum Científico de Apoio à Decisão – Conhecer o Mar dos Açores II (Horta, Portugal)
2012/04	Costa Abecasis, A.R. and Longnecker, N. (2012) “Small is beautiful: understanding community engagement in marine conservation in the Island of Corvo, Azores”. - Poster	PCST – Public Understanding of Science and Technology (Veneza, Italy)
2009/11	Sousa, I., Coelho, R., Abecasis, R., Gonçalves, J.M.S. & Erzini, K. “Luiz Saldanha Marine Park: community composition in relation to the protection level and substrate”. - Poster	International Meeting on Marine Resources (Peniche, Portugal)
2009/11	Erzini, K., Coelho, R., Abecasis, R. Sousa, I. & Gonçalves, J.M.S. “Effects of protection from fishing in the Luiz Saldanha Marine Park: differences in catch per unit effort, mean size, elasmobranch catches and total value of trammel net catches between three protection levels." - Poster	International Meeting on Marine Resources (Peniche, Portugal)