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Afonso Ferreira is a PhD candidate in Marine Sciences at the University of Lisbon. His background is in Marine Ecology, having finished his Master's degree in 2017, with a thesis focused on phytoplankton ecology and eutrophication titled 'Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling region: microcosms experiments'. From 2015 onwards, he has been a researcher at the MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre research centre, having participated in several national and international projects in the areas of water quality, eutrophication and ocean colour remote sensing. Since 2019, he has focused on studying the variability and bloom phenology of marine phytoplankton using ocean colour remote sensing, having published several recent works in this field. He has already participated in relevant international conferences, courses and workshops, as well as in oceanographical cruises, including transatlantic ones (Atlantic Meridional Transect; 2018) and cruises off the Antarctic Peninsula (2019, 2020). In 2023, he was granted a Fulbright Grant for research with the support of FCT. His PhD focuses on understanding the phytoplankton response to Climate Change in the Antarctic Peninsula. Since 2019, he has published over 20 research articles, 10 of them as first-author (h-index=10).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Afonso Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DE1E-2AFD-6446
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2670-8125
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=en&user=8zcZlUkAAAAJ
Researcher Id
Y-3832-2018

Email addresses

  • ambferreira@fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2024/06/01
Ongoing
 Marine Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/01/11
Concluded
 Marine Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling region: microcosms experiments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2014/06/24
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/06/24 - Current Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Hidrografico, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015/09/16 - 2018/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/22 - 2024/06/23 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - 2024/06/01 Bolseiro de Doutoramento (PhD Studentship) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/06/24 - Current Caracterização geral de áreas aquícolas para estabelecimento de culturas marinhas (AQUIMAR)
MAR-02-01-01-FEAMP-0107
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Hidrografico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Programa MAR2020
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Caracterização geral de áreas aquícolas para estabelecimento de culturas marinhas (AQUIMAR)
MAR-02-01-01-FEAMP-0107
Research Fellow
Instituto Hidrografico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Programa MAR2020
Ongoing
2017/11/06 - 2018/12/31 Dynamics of phytoplankton community through remote sensing: an assessment of eutrophication processes and environmental quality (PHYTOTROPH)
FCT IF/00331/2013
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04/16 - 2017/11/06 SOPHIA - Knowledge for Marine Environment Management
EEA Grants PT02-0007
Researcher
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal

Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway

Norsk institutt for luftforskning, Norway
EEA Grants
Concluded
2015/09/16 - 2016/04/16 SOPHIA - Knowledge for Marine Environment Management
EEA Grants PT02-0007
Research Fellow
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal

Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway

Norsk institutt for luftforskning, Norway
EEA Grants
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - Current PHYTO-SHIFT - Understanding PHYTOplankton community composition SHIFTs in the North Antarctic Peninsula
PROPOLAR2024-2025-PHYTOSHIFT
Researcher
Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
2024/02/06 - Current Khione - Pairing science and tourist biodiversity assessments: grassroots for an Antarctic monitoring scheme
KHIONE
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 ARICE-PONANT
Concluded
2024 - 2027 ImpactANT - IMPACTo das mudanças climáticas na biodiversidade e resiliência dos ecossistemas marinhos na região da Península ANTártica
CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT Nº 08/2023 - Linha 2
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil

Universidade da Região de Joinville, Brazil

Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, United States

Institut Des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, France

European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium

University of Pretoria, South Africa

National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche – IMEV, Sorbonne University, France

Instituto Antártico Chileno, Chile

Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile

University of St Andrews Scottish Oceans Institute, United Kingdom

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

The University of British Columbia, Canada

Griffith University, Australia

Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia Inovações e Comunicações

Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31 EcoPelagos - Response of the pelagic ecosystem to climate change in the Southern Ocean
Projeto CNPq 442637/2018-7
Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia Inovações e Comunicações

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação
2020/09/01 - 2023/09/01 4DATLANTIC EBUS PRIMUS - PRIMary-productivity in Upwelling Systems
4DATLANTIC EBUS PRIMUS
Researcher
European Space Agency, France

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Spain

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 PHYTO-UP - Response of two Southern Ocean PHYTOplankton Species to climate-driven changes in the UPper ocean
PROPOLAR-PHYTOUP
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Ongoing
2018 - 2021 PORTWIMS - Portugal Twinning for innovation and excellence in marine science and Earth observation
810139
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar und Meeresforschung Forschungsstelle Potsdam, Germany

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Horizon 2020
Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2020/10/31 FACT - Links between phytoplankton dynamics and climate Forcing in NW AntarCTica
PROPOLAR2020-FACT
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Ongoing
2018/11/01 - 2019/12/31 PHYTO-NAP - Resposta do fitoplâncton às tendências climáticas na Península Antártica Norte
PROPOLAR2018-2019-PHYTO-NAP
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Programa Polar Português (PROPOLAR)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Domingos, Isabel; Gameiro, Carla; Ferreira, Afonso; Adão, Helena; Amorim, Ana; Brotas, Vanda; Cabral, Henrique; et al. Ecossistemas da Plataforma Continental (ISBN: 978-989-99601-9-0). Lisboa, Portugal: DGRM - Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos. 2017.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Fonseca, A.; Ferreira, A.; Favareto, L. R.; Tracana, A.; Nascimento, A.; Gomes, M.; Palma, C.; Brito, A. C.. "". Paper presented in 6.as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica / 1.as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, 2020.
  2. Ferreira, A.; Garrido-Amador, P.; Brito, Ana C.. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton biomass variability along a complex upwelling-influenced region (Western Iberian Coast)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, Portugal, Peniche, 2019.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00010
Conference paper
  1. Cruz, Joana P. C.; Tracana, Andreia F; Favareto, L. R.; Ferreira, A.; Palma, Carla; Borges, Carlos; Heumüller, Joshua; Brito, Ana C.. Corresponding author: Cruz, Joana P. C.. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton in the coast of Portugal". Paper presented in 7as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica/ 2as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, A.; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Schofield, Oscar; Brito, Ana C.; Turner, Jessica S; Costa, Raul R.; Brotas, Vanda ; Dierssen, Heidi. "Evaluating The Performance Of Satellite Multispectral Approaches For Assessing Phytoplankton Community Composition In The West Antarctic Peninsula". Paper presented in Ocean Optics XXVI, 2024.
  2. Sent, Giulia; Ferreira, A.; Favareto, L. R.; Tracana, Andreia; Biguino, B.; Cruz, J.P.; Brito, A. C.; Brotas, Vanda . Corresponding author: Sent, Giulia. "Meet MARE's Phytoplankton Monitoring and Remote Sensing group!". Paper presented in Conferência Nacional de Observação da Terra - Terra em Foco, 2024.
  3. Catarina V. Guerreiro; Ferreira, A.; J-B Stuut; L Cros; A Baker; Tracana, Andreia; C Pinto; et al. "Response of coccolithophore communities to Saharan dust deposition in the tropical North Atlantic". Paper presented in AGU ASLO TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024, 2024.
  4. Afonso Ferreira; J Abreu; PM Araujo; L Bastos; Ana C. Brito; Brotas, Vanda ; D Carmo; et al. "MARE's role in polar science". Paper presented in Encontro MARE 2023, 2023.
  5. Ferreira, A.; Carlos R. B. Mendes; Brotas, Vanda; Costa, Raul R.; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Sá, Carolina; Brito, Ana C.. "Understanding the response of phytoplankton to climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula". Paper presented in Ciências Research Day 2022, 2022.
  6. Ferreira, A.. "Monitoring 20-year inter-regional changes in phytoplankton biomass off the Antarctic Peninsula using ocean colour remote sensing". Paper presented in ECSA 58 & EMECS 13 - Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene, 2021.
  7. Favareto, Luciane; Tracana, Andreia; Ferreira, A.; Nascimento, Ângela; Fonseca, André; Veloso, Vera; Carolina Sá; et al. "Phytoplankton Size Classes in Portuguese Coastal Waters". Paper presented in 6as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica / 1as Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Hidrografia, 2020.
  8. Ferreira, A.; Palma, C.; Brotas, V.; Borges, C.; Sá, C.; Brito, A.C.. "Using ocean colour remote sensing to identify suitable locations for marine aquaculture". Paper presented in 42nd Mediterranean Science Comission Congress, 2019.
  9. Ferreira, A.; Palma, C.; Borges, C.; Brito, A.C.. "AQUIMAR - Overal assessment of the Portuguese coast towards the sustainable establishment of aquaculture sites". Paper presented in 15th European Ecological Federation Congress - Ecology across borders, 2019.
  10. Ferreira, Afonso; Sá, Carolina; Silva, Nélson; Beltrán, Carolina; Dias, Ana Margarida; Brito, Ana C.. "Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses assessed through a microcosm experiment". Paper presented in ECSA 57 - Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities, 2018.
  11. Ferreira, Afonso; Sá, Carolina; Silva, Nélson; Beltrán, Carolina; Dias, Ana Margarida; Brito, Ana C.. "Assessing phytoplankton dynamics in a small bay amidst upwelling and anthropogenic pressure (Algarrobo Bay, Central Chile)". Paper presented in ECSA 57 Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities, Perth, Australia, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Biguino, Beatriz; Antunes, Carlos; Dias, João Miguel; Haigh, Ivan D.; Cruz, Joana P.C.; Borges, Carlos; Palma, Carla; et al. "Long-term trends (1986–2019) in the physicochemical properties of the Sado Estuary (Portugal) driven primarily by changes in river flow and influenced by marine upwelling". Marine Pollution Bulletin 207 (2024): 116806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116806.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116806
  2. Ferreira, Afonso; Mendes, Carlos R. B.; Costa, Raul R.; Brotas, Vanda; Tavano, Virginia M.; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Secchi, Eduardo R.; Brito, Ana C.. "Climate change is associated with higher phytoplankton biomass and longer blooms in the West Antarctic Peninsula". Nature Communications 15 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50381-2.
    10.1038/s41467-024-50381-2
  3. Ferreira, A; Brito, AC; Costa, JL; Brotas, V; Teles-Machado, A; Garrido, S. "Anchovy on the rise: Investigating environmental drivers of recruitment strength in the northern Canary Current". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14594.
    Open access • In press • 10.3354/meps14594
  4. Brotas, Vanda; Ferreira, Afonso; Veloso, Vera; Tracana, Andreia; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Tarran, Glen Adam; Woodward, E. Malcolm S.; et al. "Assessing phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic Ocean from in situ and satellite observations". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1229692.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1229692
  5. Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Ferreira, Afonso; de Souza, Márcio S.; Tavano, Virginia M.; Kerr, Rodrigo; Secchi, Eduardo R.; Brotas, Vanda; et al. "Physical-biological drivers modulating phytoplankton seasonal succession along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula". Environmental Research 231 (2023): 116273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116273.
    10.1016/j.envres.2023.116273
  6. Ferreira, Afonso; Garrido, Susana; Costa, José Lino; Teles-Machado, Ana; Brotas, Vanda; Brito, Ana C.. "What drives the recruitment of European sardine in Atlanto-Iberian waters (SW Europe)? Insights from a 22-year analysis". Science of The Total Environment 881 (2023): 163421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163421.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163421
  7. de Lima, RC; Cebuhar, JD; Negrete, J; Ferreira, A; Secchi, ER; Botta, S. "Correction: Ecosystem shifts inferred from long-term stable isotope analysis of male Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella teeth". Marine Ecology Progress Series 695 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14112_c.
    10.3354/meps14112_c
  8. Favareto, Luciane; Brotas, Vanda; Rudorff, Natalia; Zacarias, Nuno; Tracana, Andreia; Lamas, Luisa; Nascimento, Ângela; et al. "Response of phytoplankton to coastal upwelling: The importance of temporal and spatial scales". Limnology and Oceanography 68 6 (2023): 1376-1387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12353.
    10.1002/lno.12353
  9. Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Ferreira, Afonso; Cros, Lluisa; Stuut, Jan-Berend; Baker, Alex; Tracana, Andreia; Pinto, Catarina; et al. "Response of coccolithophore communities to oceanographic and atmospheric processes across the North- and Equatorial Atlantic". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1119488.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1119488
  10. Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Ferreira, Afonso; Jesus, Bruno; Tavano, Virginia Maria; Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi; Leal, Miguel Costa; et al. "Cryptophytes: An emerging algal group in the rapidly changing Antarctic Peninsula marine environments". Global Change Biology 29 7 (2023): 1791-1808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16602.
    10.1111/gcb.16602
  11. Valente, André; Sathyendranath, Shubha; Brotas, Vanda; Groom, Steve; Grant, Michael; Jackson, Thomas; Chuprin, Andrei; et al. "A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications – version three". Earth System Science Data 14 12 (2022): 5737-5770. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5737-2022.
    10.5194/essd-14-5737-2022
  12. RC de Lima; JD Cebuhar; J Negrete; A Ferreira; ER Secchi; S Botta. "Ecosystem shifts inferred from long-term stable isotope analysis of male Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella teeth". Marine Ecology Progress Series 695 (2022): 203-216.
    10.3354/meps14112
  13. Ferreira, Afonso; Brito, Ana C.; Mendes, Carlos R. B.; Brotas, Vanda; Costa, Raul R.; Guerreiro, Catarina V.; Sá, Carolina; Jackson, Thomas. "OC4-SO: A New Chlorophyll-a Algorithm for the Western Antarctic Peninsula Using Multi-Sensor Satellite Data". Remote Sensing 14 5 (2022): 1052. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14051052.
    Published • 10.3390/rs14051052
  14. Ferreira, Afonso; Dias, Joaquim; Brotas, Vanda; Brito, Ana C.. "A perfect storm: An anomalous offshore phytoplankton bloom event in the NE Atlantic (March 2009)". Science of The Total Environment 806 (2022): 151253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151253.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151253
  15. Biguino, Beatriz; Olmedo, Estrella; Ferreira, Afonso; Zacarias, Nuno; Lamas, Luísa; Favareto, Luciane; Palma, Carla; et al. "Evaluation of SMOS L4 Sea Surface Salinity Product in the Western Iberian Coast". Remote Sensing 14 2 (2022): 423. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14020423.
    10.3390/rs14020423
  16. Brotas, Vanda; Tarran, Glen A.; Veloso, Vera; Brewin, Robert J. W.; Woodward, E. Malcolm S.; Airs, Ruth; Beltran, Carolina; Ferreira, Afonso; Groom, Steve B.. "Complementary Approaches to Assess Phytoplankton Groups and Size Classes on a Long Transect in the Atlantic Ocean". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.682621.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.682621
  17. Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges; Ferreira, Afonso; Tavano, Virginia Maria; Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi; Secchi, Eduardo Resende. "Large diatom bloom off the Antarctic Peninsula during cool conditions associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño". Communications Earth & Environment 2 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00322-4.
    10.1038/s43247-021-00322-4
  18. Afonso Ferreira; Vanda Brotas; Carla Palma; Carlos Borges; Ana C. Brito. "Assessing Phytoplankton Bloom Phenology in Upwelling-Influenced Regions Using Ocean Color Remote Sensing". Remote Sensing 13 4 (2021): 675-675. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Frs13040675.
    10.3390/rs13040675
  19. Afonso Ferreira; Raul R. Costa; Tiago S. Dotto; Rodrigo Kerr; Virginia M. Tavano; Ana C. Brito; Vanda Brotas; Eduardo R. Secchi; Carlos R. B. Mendes. "Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: Causes, Impacts and Research Priorities". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmars.2020.576254.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.576254
  20. A. Ferreira; C. Sá; N. Silva; C. Beltrán; A.M. Dias; A.C. Brito. "Phytoplankton community dynamics in a coastal bay under upwelling influence (Central Chile)". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 245 (2020): 106968-106968. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ecss.2020.106968.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106968
  21. A. Ferreira; C. Sá; N. Silva; C. Beltrán; A.M. Dias; A.C. Brito. "Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling system assessed through a microcosm experiment (Algarrobo Bay, Chile)". Ocean & Coastal Management 190 (2020): 105167-105167. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ocecoaman.2020.105167.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105167
  22. Ferreira, A.; Garrido-Amador, P.; Brito, Ana C.. "Disentangling Environmental Drivers of Phytoplankton Biomass off Western Iberia". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 44 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00044.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2019.00044
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ferreira, Afonso. "Phytoplankton response to nutrient pulses in an upwelling region: microcosms experiments". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/27295.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/02/21 Biases in phytoplankton size class models in the Antarctic Peninsula: how well do we know our diatoms? AGU ASLO TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024
American Geophysical Union; Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography; The Oceanography Society (New Orleans, United States)
2023/11/15 Emparelhando a avaliação da biodiversidade por cientistas e turistas: framework de validação como ferramenta de coleta de dados e de promoção da consciência e diplomacia ambiental XIV Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (IGOT) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/11/03 Phytoplankton response to climate change in the West Antarctic Peninsula: findings from a 25-year satellite perspective XV Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/10 Using environmental and biological satellite data to understand recruitment in two small pelagic fish species in Atlanto-Iberian waters International Symposium on Small Pelagic Fish 2: New Frontiers in Science for Sustainable Management
IPMA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/05 What drives European sardine recruitment in Atlanto-Iberian Waters (SW Europe)? Insights from a 22-year analysis based on satellite data ECSA 59 - Using the best scientific knowledge for the sustainable management of estuaries and coastal seas
AZTI (Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain)
2021/09/20 OC4-SO algorithm: Improving satellite retrievals of chlorophyll-a in the Antarctic Peninsula Polar Data Forum IV
2021/09/06 Assessing phytoplankton bloom phenology in upwelling-influenced regions using ocean colour remote sensing ECSA 58 & EMECS 13 - Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene
2021/06/25 A perfect storm: an anomalous offshore phytoplankton bloom event in the NE Atlantic ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
2019/10/24 Combining 10 years of in-situ data with a satellite remote sensing dataset to evaluate changes in Antarctic phytoplankton communities XI Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/08/29 Implementing ocean colour remote sensing as a tool towards supporting marine aquaculture off the Portuguese coast: phytoplankton bloom phenology insights 54th European Marine Biodiversity Symposium
University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
2019/08/25 Combining 10-years in-situ data with a satellite remote sensing dataset to help evaluate climate change effects on Antarctic phytoplankton communities 54th European Marine Biodiversity Symposium
University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
2018/09/04 Do environmental drivers shape phytoplankton biomass off Western Iberia? ECSA 57 Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities
Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (Perth, Australia)
2018/07/05 Assessing phytoplankton dynamics in a small bay amidst upwelling and anthropogenic pressure (Algarrobo Bay, Central Chile) International Meeting on Marine Research 2018
MARE IPLEIRIA; IPL - Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar (Peniche, Portugal)
2018/06/19 Do environmental drivers shape phytoplankton biomass off Western Iberia? 4th International Symposium on Research and Management of Eutrophication in Coastal Ecosystems (EUTRO 2018)
NIVA Denmark Water Research; DCE – Danish Center For Environment and Energy (Nyborg, Denmark)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/08/04 - 2024/08/08 NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Hackweek
Workshop
 PACE Hackweek
University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States

NASA, United States
2021/10/05 - 2021/10/08 Summer School - Ramon Margalef Summer Colloquia VII
Symposium
 Ramon Margalef Summer Colloquia VII
2019/05/27 - 2019/06/14 EUMETSAT and PORTWIMS: Using the Copernicus Marine Data Stream for Ocean Applications
EUMETSAT, Germany
2018/12/13 - 2018/12/13 Workshop "OPENcoastS e-Tutorial: from processes knowledge to on-demand circulation forecasts"
Workshop
 OPENcoastS e-Tutorial: from processes knowledge to on-demand circulation forecasts
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2017/05/15 - 2017/05/26 Summer School "NecoSchool - International Training School on the effects of Nitrogen on Air Quality, Ecosystems and Biodiversity"
Other
 NecoSchool - International Training School on the effects of Nitrogen on Air Quality, Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015/07/13 - 2015/07/15 Curso "Direito do Mar, Proteção do Ambiente Marinho e Legislação Europeia" 18h - Projeto SOPHIA Direito do Mar, Proteção do Ambiente Marinho e Legislação Europeia
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos, Portugal
2015/06/30 - 2015/07/09 Curso "Temperatura da Superfície do Mar e Cor do Oceano" 40h - Projeto SOPHIA Temperatura da Superfície do Mar e Cor do Oceano
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/06/09 - 2015/06/11 Summer School + Workshop "Integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystems approach in practice workshop and DEVOTES-EUROMARINE Summer School course" "Integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystems approach in practice" workshop and DEVOTES-EUROMARINE Summer School course
AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/02/22 - 2024/03/22 Marine Environmental Research Elsevier
2023 - 2023 Journal of Visualized Experiments MyJove Corp.
2023 - 2023 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2169-9291) Wiley-Blackwell
2023 - 2023 Ocean Science European Geosciences Union
2022 - 2022 Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers
2022 - 2022 GIScience & Remote Sensing (1943-7226) Taylor and Francis
2022 - 2022 Biogeosciences European Geosciences Union
2022 - 2022 International Journal of Remote Sensing Taylor & Francis
2021 - 2021 Remote Sensing of the Environment (0034-4257 ) Elsevier
2021 - 2021 Journal of Marine Systems Elsevier

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - 2025 ECSA - Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association Student Membership
2024/01/19 - 2024/09/30 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Student Chapter of the University of Lisbon Treasurer and Secretary

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09 - 2023/02 Produção Primária Marinha Produção Primária Marinha (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/01/09 - 2023/01/20 Curso de Formação Avançada Deteção Remota Aplicada ao Oceano (PRR) Engenharia e Tecnologias da Geoinformação (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/02/16 - 2023/03/28 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 41 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
2020/02/01 - 2020/02/29 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 38 PROANTAR - Programa Antártico Brasileiro, Brazil

GOAL - Grupo de Oceanografia de Altas Latitutudes, Brazil
2019/01/01 - 2019/01/31 Oceanographical cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Navio Polar Almirante Maximiano (Brazil) - OPERANTAR 37 PROANTAR - Programa Antártico Brasileiro, Brazil

GOAL - Grupo de Oceanografia de Altas Latitutudes, Brazil
2018/09/23 - 2018/10/30 AMT 28 - Atlantic Meridional Transect (RV James Clark Ross) (http://www.amt-uk.org/Cruises/AMT28) Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
2014/04/03 - 2014/04/20 Cruzeiro de Investigação PT-DEPM14-PIL (RV Noruega) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Fulbright Grant for research with the support of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2022 Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award - Honorable Mention
Mirpuri Foundation, Portugal
2021 ECSA58-EMECS13 - Best Student Poster Award
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, United Kingdom
2021 ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting Student Grant
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, United States
2019 Menção Honrosa no 1º Concurso de Ideias para a Sustentabilidade em Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other distinction

2018 Berth aboard an international scientific expedition in the Southern and Indian Oceans (RV Mirai, 2020)
Kokuritsu-Kenkyu-Kaihatsu-Hojin Kaiyo Kenkyu Kaihatsu Kiko, Japan