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Filipe Alves. Completed the Doutoramento in PhD in Biological Sciences in 2014/01/27 by Universidade da Madeira, Mestrado in M.Sc. in Ecology in 2002 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia and Licenciatura in Degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries in 1999 by Universidade do Algarve. Is Auxiliary Researcher in Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente. Published 62 articles in journals. Has 5 section(s) of books and 2 book(s). Supervised 1 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 4. Supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 10. Co-supervised 2 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Other in 6 project(s), Post-doc in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 4 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 7 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Marine Biology. In their professional activities interacted with 254 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Marine ecology and biodiversity; Population and movement ecology; Cetaceans; Conservation; Insular habitats; Macaronesia; Climate change; Marine megafauna; Biotelemetry; Trophic ecology; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Filipe Alves
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Alves, Filipe

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1F1F-08D6-E54D
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3752-2745

Email addresses

  • filipe.alves@mare-centre.pt (Professional)
  • filalves@rocketmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 291721216 (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. ARDITI, Edifício Madeira Tecnopolo, Caminho da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Madeira, Funchal, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • http://www.mare-centre.pt/en/user/8220 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/01/27
Concluded
 PhD in Biological Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
"Population structure, habitat use and conservation of short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus in the archipelago of Madeira." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2002
Concluded
 M.Sc. in Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Análise sazonal do impacte a curto prazo na estrutra das comunidades bentónicas meio- e macro-bentónicas resultantes da pesca com ganchorra" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very good
1999
Concluded
 Degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Análise do impacte do ouriço-do-mar Diadema antillarum (Philippi) sobre os povoamentos de algas da Madeira" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Course: 15/20 (Good); Thesis/project: 19/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/03/01 - 2015/12/31 Project manager and Manager of the Natural Reserve of the Porto Santo Islets Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
2010/05/01 - 2013/12/31 Integrated research member Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2004/02/01 - 2013/10/01 Researcher (on photo-identification, biopsying, telemetry, nautical and aerial surveys, necropsies, and scientific writing). Museu da Baleia da Madeira, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2004/02/01 Consultant Investigação e Transferência de Biotecnologia, Lda., Portugal
2002/06/01 - 2003/12/31 Eco-touristic guide and manager Horizonte do Atlântico - Ventura nature emotions, Portugal
2002/02/01 - 2002/05/15 Fisheries Observer for NAFO MacAlister Elliott & Partners, United Kingdom
1997/02/01 - 2001/11/01 Researcher in the research group 'EcoRecursos' Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/12/01 - 2026/11/30 ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL
EAPA_0004/2022
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
 Western European Union
Ongoing
2022/10/01 - 2025/09/30 MARINE SABRES
Horizon Europe grant ID:101058956
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2024/09/30 INTERWHALE
FCT PTDC/CCI-COM/0450/2020
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30 MIMA
MIMA FCT 2022.09217.PTDC
Researcher
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/04/01 - 2023/12/31 Standardization of the register and storage of biological data from aquatic species
MARE-FCT Mini Grants UIDB/04292/2020
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/10/20 - 2023/12/31 MARCET II
MARCET-II MAC2/4.6c/392
Co-PI
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 INTERTAGUA
MAC2/1.1a/385
Co-PI
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Concluded
2019/02/20 - 2022/06/15 FORWARD
H2020 Grant ID 824550
Investigador convidado
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Project Whale Tales
Oceanário de Lisboa & Oceano Azul Foundation
Principal investigator
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Compilation of data on occurrence of aquatic species available at MARE Poles to integrate the COASTNET geoportal
UIDP/04292/2020 MARE-FCT MiniGrant
Post-doc
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Concluded
2019/03/07 - 2020/11/30 SOCLIMPACT
H2020 No776661
Other
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2019/10/31 MARCET
MAC/1.1b/149
Co-PI
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Concluded
2014/04/01 - 2015/12/31 LIPS
LIFE+09 NAT/P/000041
Principal investigator
Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
Concluded
2009/11/01 - 2013/10/31 CETACEOSMADEIRA II
LIFE+07 NAT/P/000646
Researcher
Museu da Baleia da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2009/05/31 EMECETUS
FEDER/INTERREG-IIIB 05/MAC/4.2/M10
Researcher
Museu da Baleia da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
2005/01/01 - 2006/12/31 GOLFINICHO
FCT POCI/BIA-BDE/61009
Researcher
Museu da Baleia da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
2004/11/01 - 2005/12/31 MACETUS
FEDER/INTERREG-IIIB MAC/4.2/M10
Researcher
Museu da Baleia da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
2004/02/15 - 2004/10/31 CETACEOSMADEIRA
LIFE99NAT/P/6432
Researcher
Museu da Baleia da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
1998/12/01 - 2001/11/30 ECODREDGE
FAIR PL/4465
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2016/02/01 - 2020/09/30 OOM
M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001
Other
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Alves, Filipe. Islets of Porto Santo: a treasure to be preserved. 2015.
    Published
  2. Alves, Filipe. Cetáceos no Arquipélago da Madeira. 2004.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Betty, Emma L.; Zwamborn, Elizabeth M. J.; Weyn, Mieke; Luck, Emma; Alves, Filipe. "Life History Parameters, Sociobiology, and Reproductive Strategies of Pilot Whales". In Sex in Cetaceans, edited by Bernd Würsig; Dara N. Orbach, 327-351. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_15
  2. Aguilar de Soto, Natacha; Alves, Filipe. Corresponding author: Alves, Filipe. "Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846". In Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, edited by K. Hackländer; F.E. Zachos, 1-32. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_101-1
  3. Alves, Filipe; Mesnick, Sarah L.; Rosso, Massimiliano; Pitman, Robert L.. Corresponding author: Alves, Filipe. "Beaked Whale Sexual Dimorphism, Mating Strategies, and Diversification". In Sex in Cetaceans, 385-413. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_17
  4. Alves, Filipe. "Mamíferos Marinhos". In Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, II Edi.. 2019.
  5. Alves, Filipe. "Mamíferos marinhos". In Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal. 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. REDAELLI, L; ALCÀZAR-TREVIÑO, J; ESCÁNEZ, A; FERNÁNDEZ, M; AGUILAR DE SOTO, N; Alves, Filipe; HERNÁNDEZ, D; DINIS, A. "Acoustic mimicry of plastics with the prey of deep-diving cetaceans: an experimental approach". Bath, 2024.
    Published • 10.25144/22244
  2. Alves, Filipe. "Compilation of scientific literature of cetaceans for Madeira region in 2001-2008". Paper presented in International Whaling Comission, 2009.
  3. Alves, Filipe. "Cetaceans monitoring programme in the waters of Madeira archipelago". Paper presented in International Whaling Comission, 2009.
  4. Alves, Filipe. "Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) occurrence, distribution and conservation status in Madeira Archipelago (Portugal): a preliminary analysis.". Paper presented in International Whaling Comission, 2009.
  5. Alves, Filipe. "An evaluation of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) distribution, occurrence and conservation status in Madeira (Portugal), 2001 to 2008.". Paper presented in International Whaling Comission, 2009.
Conference poster
  1. Klaassen, Moritz; J. Tiago Marques; Alves, Filipe; Marc Morron Fernandez. "Recent trends in marine ecological niche- and species distribution models: A review of methodological advances and future challenges". 2024.
  2. Marc Morron Fernandez; Mieke Weyn; Alves, Filipe. "Evaluating residency patterns of short-finned pilot whales using integrated step selection analysis". 2024.
  3. Nádia Silva; Raúl Valente; R. Seabra; Alves, Filipe; Raquel Ruivo; Rocha, Eduardo; Luís Filipe Costa de Castro. "PNPLA1: A story of gene loss in specific Cetacea lineages". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência’ 24, 2024.
  4. M. Tamas; P. Méndez-Fernandez; J. Kiszka; S. Murphy; P. Covelo; A. Torres-Pereira; Alves, Filipe; S. Lapègue; A. Viricel. "Genomic population structure of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the north-east Atlantic Ocean". 2024.
  5. Sambolino, Annalisa; Alves, Filipe; m. Rodrigez; Mieke Weyn; Rita Borges Fereira; Correia, Mafalda; Rosso, Massimiliano; et al. "Unveiling Contaminant Exposure Patterns in Cetaceans from Madeira Island: Insights into Phthalates and Fatty Acid Markers". 2024.
  6. Annalisa Sambolino; McIvor, Ashlie J.; Iñiguez, Eva; Duarte,B.; Pires, Rosa; Alves, Filipe; S. Montesdeoca Esponda; et al. "Trace Elements and Emerging Contaminants in an Isolated Population of Highly Vulnerable Marine Predators". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  7. Paço, Teresa Afonso do; Jesus, José; Alves, Filipe; Rita Borges Ferreira. "Population parameters of the sperm whale in the oceanic waters of Madeira Island". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  8. Iñiguez, Eva; S. Montesdeoca-Esponda; Alves, Filipe; M.Z.S. Ferrera; Manfred J. Kaufmann; Cordeiro, Nereida; Ana Dinis. "Assessment of contamination by organic UV Filters filters in two deep-diving species in Madeira archipelago (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  9. Correia, Mafalda; Raul Valente; N. de Oliveira-Ferreira; B.M.R. Manhães; J. Araújo; Alves, Filipe; Ana Dinis; et al. "A silent threat: heavily contaminated common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) with evidence of impacts and health deterioration in the Northwest coast of Mainland Portugal". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  10. Valente, Raul; Raquel Ruivo; Margarida M. Cordeiro; Machado, A.V.; B. Pinto; Alves, Filipe; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; A. Gutie´rrez-Ada´n; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Evolution of the Energetic Landscape in Odontoceti Sperm Cells: co-elimination and Metabolic Shifts in Toothed Whales". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  11. Mieke Weyn; Anna Mora; Atanery Pimentel; J.M. Perez; Rita Borges Fereira; Annalisa Sambolino; Ana Dinis; et al. "Integrating satellite tracking and photographic-identification to understand connectivity between Madeira and the Canary Islands and support conservation planning". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  12. Nádia Silva; Raul Valente; Alves, Filipe; Raquel Ruivo; E. Rocha; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Lost in the deep: a story of gene loss in sperm whales". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  13. HAMARD, Eliette; Sambolino, Annalisa; Marc Morron Fernandez; Alves, Filipe. "ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL Project: Mitigating Ship Strikes and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Atlantic". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  14. Redaelli, Laura; Ana Dinis; Alves, Filipe; Caruso, Francesco; Manuel Eduardo dos Santos. "Whistle characteristics of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in the Madeira archipelago". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2024.
  15. Radeta, Marko; João Pestana; Abreu, P.; Ana Dinis; Thomas Dellinger; Alves, Filipe; Fernandez, Marc; Silvana Neves; Eric Delory. "Low-cost biotelemetry tracker and location estimation pipeline for cetacean monitoring". Paper presented in 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  16. Beatriz Santos Silva; Alves, Filipe; Ana Dinis; Rita Borges Ferreira; Ana Mafalda correia; Raúl Valente; Ágatha Gil; et al. "Blow microbiota of free-ranging short-finned pilot whales: comparison of two 16S rRNA primers for studies of blow prokaryotic communities". Paper presented in 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  17. Ana Mafada Correia; Erich Dietterle; Ana Dinis; Alves, Filipe. "Categorizing and defining externally detected deformities in free-ranging cetaceans". Paper presented in 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  18. Rita Borges Fereira; Dias, Ester; Kaufmann, Manfred; Ana Dinis; Alves, Filipe. "Trophic position and isotopic niches of odontocetes in a remote oceanic archipelago in the Eastern North Atlantic". Paper presented in 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  19. Mieke Weyn; Fernandez, Marc; Rita Borges Ferreira; Mateus, Catarina; Alves, Filipe. "Stability and fluidity of short-finned pilot whale social groups of known sex off Madeira Island". Paper presented in 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2023.
  20. Beatriz Santos Silva; Alves, Filipe; Ana Dinis; Rita Ferreira; Correia, Mafalda; Raúl Valente; Ágatha Gil; et al. "Investigation of respiratory prokaryotic communities of free-ranging short-finned pilot whales using non-invasive sampling". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 22', 2022.
  21. Raúl Valente; ALVES, LUÍS; Miguel Nabais; Alves, Filipe; Isabel Sousa-Pinto; Ruivo, Raquel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Setting the rhythm: how gene loss events shaped marine mammal circadian rhythmicity". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  22. Maria Tomasino; Beatriz Santos Silva; Alves, Filipe; Ana Dinis; Rita Ferreira; Correia, Mafalda; Raúl Valente; et al. "Dive into the blow microbiome of free-ranging short-finned pilot whales: protocol optimization and preliminary results". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  23. McIvor, Ashlie J.; Collin T Williams; Alves, Filipe; Miguel P. Pais; Canning-Clode, João; Ana Dinis. "The status of marine mammal research in Macaronesia: are we doing enough?". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  24. Eliette Hamard; Anja Badenas; Ferreira, Rita; Annalisa Sambolino; Fernandez, Marc; Ana Dinis; Alves, Filipe. "Population parameters and natural markings in Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  25. Rita Ferreira; Ana Dinis; Anja Badenas; Annalisa Sambolino; Manfred J. Kaufmann; Alves, Filipe. "Whale Tails: site fidelity and residency times of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in an oceanic archipelago (NE Atlantic)". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  26. Alves, Filipe; Mieke Weyn; rita ferreira; Annalisa Sambolino; Anja Badenas Krakauer; Ana Mafalda correia; Ágatha Gil; et al. "Habitat-specific use by short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia revealed through satellite-linked biologgers". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2022.
  27. Radeta, Marko; Fernandez, Marc; Alves, Filipe; Dinis, Ana; Prieto, Rui; Thomas Dellinger; Silvana Neves; et al. "Low-cost biotelemetry tracker for marine megafauna monitoring". Paper presented in VIII International Symposium on Marine Sciences 2022 (ISMS), 2022.
  28. Iñiguez, Eva; Annalisa Sambolino; Alejandro Escanez; Jacobo Marrero-Pérez; Alves, Filipe; Ana Dinis; Cordeiro, Nereida; PEREZ, JOSE. "Fatty acid profiles of two populations of short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia (NE Atlantic): implications for diet". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  29. Mieke Weyn; Anna Sanchez; Atenery Pimentel; Jacobo Marrero-Pérez; Rita Ferreira; Annalisa Sambolino; Ana Dinis; et al. "A potential inter-archipelago biological corridor for short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia, using photo-identification and satellite-linked biologgers". Paper presented in 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2022.
  30. Alves, Filipe; Rosso, Massimiliano; Rita Ferreira; Sambolino, Annalisa; Ana Mafalda correia; Mieke Weyn; Fernandez, Marc; Ana Dinis. Corresponding author: Alves, Filipe. "Short-finned pilot whales movements in the Eastern North Atlantic: preliminary insights from satellite biologgers". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium (Hawaii, online), 2021.
  31. Alves, Filipe. "Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic". Paper presented in 5th Conference on the Conservation of Cetaceans in South Mediterranean Countries,, 2021.
  32. Alves, Filipe. "Population dynamics and structure of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in the Mediterranean Sea". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
  33. Alves, Filipe. "Dietary preferences of Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus in Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic) inferred from fatty acids of biopsy samples". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
  34. Alves, Filipe. "International and multidisciplinary network for the preservation of the good environmental status of the marine areas of Macaronesian Region and the conservation of their cetacean populations SANICET". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
  35. Alves, Filipe. "Using RNA DNA ratios and carbon nitrogen stable isotopes to assess the nutritional condition and trophic ecology of two cetacean species in an oceanic habitat". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
  36. Alves, Filipe. "Aggregation vs segregation Temporal dynamics and interspecific co-occurrence in an insular ecosystem with high cetacean diversity". Paper presented in World Marine Mammal Conference, 2019.
  37. Alves, Filipe. "Assessing short- and long-term individual exposure rate of two cetacean species to whale-watching activity in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in 32nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2018.
  38. Alves, Filipe. "Large-scale movements of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) within the Macaronesia (NE Atlantic): dolphins with an international playground.". Paper presented in 32nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2018.
  39. Alves, Filipe. "MARCET Project: International and multidisciplinary network for the conservation of cetaceans and the promotion of a sustainable tourism associated with whale watching activity in the Macaronesian waters". Paper presented in 32nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2018.
    10.5593/sgem2012/s20.v5132
  40. Alves, Filipe. "Bryde’s whales in Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic): Site fidelity and short-term individual associations". Paper presented in 32nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2018.
  41. Alves, Filipe. "Towards a more complete knowledge of mammal distributions in Europe: the Atlas of Portuguese Mammals". Paper presented in International Biogeographical Society Meeting ‘Climate Change Biogeography’, 2018.
  42. Alves, Filipe. "Population linkages: movement patterns, dynamics and connectivity of short-finned pilot whales in the Northeast Atlantic.". Paper presented in 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2017.
  43. Alves, Filipe. "Large-scale movement of a resident group of short-finned pilot whales in Macaronesia.". Paper presented in 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2017.
  44. Alves, Filipe. "Occurrence and group dynamics of cetaceans in Madeira Island based on long-term fine-scale data from platforms of opportunity.". Paper presented in 31st Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2017.
  45. Alves, Filipe. "Monitoring cetaceans in the Madeira Archipelago from a ferry along a fixed transect: a preliminary analysis of summer-autumn 2016.". Paper presented in 31st Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2017.
  46. Alves, Filipe. "Site Fidelity of Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) off Madeira Island (NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in 31st Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2017.
  47. Alves, Filipe. "Redução da poluição luminosa na conservação das aves marinhas do Porto Santo". Paper presented in IX Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e VI Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia, 2016.
  48. Alves, Filipe. "Rare sightings of hypo- and hyper-pigmented adult short-beaked common dolphins off Madeira Island.". Paper presented in 30th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2016.
  49. Alves, Filipe. "Cetacean Climate Change Vulnerability Index: results for the Madeira archipelago case study.". Paper presented in 30th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2016.
  50. Grov, Gudmund; Ireland, Andrew. "Marine traffic and potential impacts towards cetaceans within the Madeira EEZ.". Paper presented in 30th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2016.
    10.29007/svv8
  51. Alves, Filipe. "A first assessment of the cetaceans’ occurrence and threats in the offshore waters of Madeira.". Paper presented in 27nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2013.
  52. Alves, Filipe. "Evaluation of some ecological parameters of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Madeira archipelago: implications for its conservation.". Paper presented in 27nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2013.
  53. Alves, Filipe. "Applying distance sampling techniques to estimate bottlenose dolphin abundance in Madeira Island waters: first approach.". Paper presented in 27nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2013.
  54. Alves, Filipe. "Observations of short-finned pilot whales and Atlantic spotted dolphins towards dead calves: distinct interspecific social behaviour?". Paper presented in 22nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2008.
  55. Alves, Filipe. "Attempt to rescue a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) stranded live in Madeira island.". Paper presented in 22nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2008.
  56. Alves, Filipe. "Comparing the epipelagic diet between short-beaked common dolphin and Atlantic spotted dolphin in two Atlantic oceanic archipelagos.". Paper presented in 22nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2008.
  57. Alves, Filipe. "Vertical and spatial movements of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Madeira and Azores archipelagos.". Paper presented in 22nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2008.
  58. Andrew, C.; Pfurtscheller, G.. "First record of movement of short-finned pilot whales between two Atlantic oceanic Archipelagos.". Paper presented in 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2007.
    10.1109/iembs.1995.579236
  59. Alves, Filipe. "Indications of a regular presence of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Madeira island: preliminary analysis.". Paper presented in 21st Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2007.
  60. Alves, Filipe. "Comparing the diet of common and spotted dolphins in the Azores and Madeira based on blubber fatty acids.". Paper presented in 21st Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2007.
  61. Alves, Filipe. "Sex-bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins.". Paper presented in 35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals, 2007.
  62. Alves, Filipe. "Searching for the existence of distinct ecotypes of dolphins in the Azores and Madeira using molecular markers.". Paper presented in Advances in molecular evolutionary ecology: statistical tools to unravel evolutionary processes in natural populations, 2006.
  63. Skogseid, J.; I. Faleide, J.; Eldholm, O.. "Occurrence and diving behaviour of false killer whale off Madeira archipelago (NE Atlantic).". Paper presented in 20th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2006.
    10.3997/2214-4609.201410212
  64. Alves, Filipe. "Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans off Madeira archipelago (Portugal).". Paper presented in 20th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2006.
  65. Alves, Filipe. "Assessment of cetacean threats in Madeira archipelago: an approach to conservation measures.". Paper presented in 20th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2006.
  66. Alves, Filipe. "Baleen whales occurrence in Madeira archipelago including records of two new species for the area.". Paper presented in 19th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2005.
  67. Alves, Filipe. "General forager/scavenger aggregative behaviour towards Portuguese shallow-water clam-dredge tracks.". Paper presented in XIII Simposio Ibérico de Estudios del Bentos Marino, 2004.
  68. Alves, Filipe. "Selectivity of benthic bait-attending foragers on shallow-water clam fishery grounds off South Portugal.". Paper presented in XIII Simposio Ibérico de Estudios del Bentos Marino, 2004.
  69. Alves, Filipe. "Changes and recovery of the benthic community of a clam-dredged area off the Algarve coast (South Portugal).". Paper presented in ICES, Annual Fisheries Conference, 2001.
  70. Alves, Filipe. "Alterações nas comunidades bentónicas de fundo arenoso resultantes da pesca de arrasto de bivalves na costa Algarvia.". Paper presented in 6º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2001.
  71. Alves, Filipe. "The impact of the “portuguese clam trawl” upon the near bottom phytoplankton community, in the south coast of Portugal. In: Research Across Bounderies, ASLO". Paper presented in Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Research Across Bounderies, ASLO, 2001.
  72. Alves, Filipe. "An ecological comparison between disturb and undisturbed bivalves fishing grounds in Portugal (ECODREDGE-preliminary results).". Paper presented in III International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, 1999.
  73. Alves, Filipe. "A comparison of macrofaunal sampling methods (preliminary results).". Paper presented in 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, 1999.
  74. Chin, Courtney T.. "Effects of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845) on algal populations on Madeira Island (Portugal).". Paper presented in 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, 1999.
    10.1130/abs/2017am-308286
  75. MACIEL DE MANCILHA, ISMAEL. "Serão as variações diárias da razão RNA/DNA, em bivalves e peixes, limitativas à sua utilização em ecologia?". Paper presented in 3º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 1998.
    10.17648/sinaferm-2015-33501
  76. Alves, Filipe. "Diel Variation of the RNA/DNA in Bivalves.". Paper presented in X Simpósio Ibérico de Estudios del Bentos Marinos, 1998.
Edited book
  1. Alves, Filipe; Queiroz, Nuno; Jodice, Patrick G. R.. Ecological and behavioral traits of apex predators in oceanic insular ecosystems: Advances and challenges in research and conservation. Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA. 2023.
    Published • Editor
Exhibition catalog
  1. Alves, Filipe. Photo-identification catalogue of short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus in Madeira Island: 2003-2015. 2017.
Journal article
  1. Radeta, Marko; João Pestana; Pedro Abreu; Ruben Freitas; SILVA, FRANCISCO; Prieto, Rui; Marc Fernandez; et al. "TRITON - Open Telemetry and Location Estimation for Marine Monitoring based on IoT and LoRa". IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (2024):
    In press
  2. Valente, Raul; Cordeiro, Miguel; Pinto, Bernardo; Machado, André; Alves, Filipe; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Alterations of pleiotropic neuropeptide-receptor gene couples in Cetacea". BMC Biology 22 1 (2024): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01984-0.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12915-024-01984-0
  3. Escánez, Alejandro; Marrero-Pérez, Jacobo; Dromby, Morgane; Pimentel-González, Atenary; Dias, Ester; García-Pastor, Ester M.; Weyn, Mieke; et al. "Isotope-based inferences of the trophic niche of short-finned pilot whales in the Webbnesia". Marine Environmental Research 201 (2024): 106700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106700.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106700
  4. Santos, Beatriz; Afonso, Luís; Alves, Filipe; Dinis, Ana; Ferreira, Rita; Correia, Ana M.; Valente, Raul; et al. "Hidden in the blow - a matrix to characterise cetaceans’ respiratory microbiome: short-finned pilot whale as case study". Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 8 (2024): 187-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.8.121060.
    Open access • Published • 10.3897/mbmg.8.121060
  5. Sala, Enric. "Local politicians have opened up Europe’s largest marine reserve for commercial fishing". Nature 632 8027 (2024): 985-985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02754-2.
    Published • 10.1038/d41586-024-02754-2
  6. Sambolino, Annalisa; Alves, Filipe; Rodriguez, Marta; Weyn, Mieke; Ferreira, Rita; Correia, Ana M.; Rosso, Massimiliano; et al. "Phthalates and fatty acid markers in free-ranging cetaceans from an insular oceanic region: Ecological niches as drivers of contamination". Environmental Pollution 360 (2024): 124693. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124693.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124693
  7. Rowland, Steven J.; Sutton, Paul A.; Lewis, C. Anthony; Knowles, Timothy; Wilde, Michael J.; Alves, Filipe; Clough, Robert. "Chemical analysis of flotsam ambergris". Natural Product Research (2024): 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2024.2361863.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/14786419.2024.2361863
  8. Alves, Filipe; Queiroz, Nuno; Jodice, Patrick G. R.. "Editorial: Ecological and behavioral traits of apex predators in oceanic insular ecosystems: advances and challenges in research and conservation". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 1252360 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1252360.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2023.1252360
  9. Dias, Ester; Dromby, Morgane; Ferreira, Rita; Gil, Ágatha; Tejerina, Raquel; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Rosso, Massimiliano; et al. "Trophic ecology of common bottlenose dolphins in a pelagic insular environment inferred by stable isotopes". Hydrobiologia 850 19 (2023): 4227-4241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05294-4.
    10.1007/s10750-023-05294-4
  10. Correia, Mafalda; Erich Dietterle; Ana Dinis; Alves, Filipe. "Defining a common language to assess external deformities in free-ranging cetaceans". Mammal Review 53 (2023): 189-205.
    Open access • Published
  11. Violi, Biagio; de Jong, Menno J.; Frantzis, Alexandros; Alexiadou, Paraskevi; Tardy, Céline; Ody, Denis; de Stephanis, Renaud; et al. "Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea". Molecular Ecology 32 11 (2023): 2715-2731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16898.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/mec.16898
  12. Parretti, Paola; Monteiro, João Gama; Gizzi, Francesca; Martínez-Escauriaza, Roi; Alves, Filipe; Chebaane, Sahar; Almeida, Silvia; et al. "Citizen Science and Expert Judgement: A Cost-Efficient Combination to Monitor and Assess the Invasiveness of Non-Indigenous Fish Escapees". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11 2 (2023): 438. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020438.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/jmse11020438
  13. Sousa, Andreia; Fernandez, Marc; Alves, Filipe; Arranz, Patricia; Dinis, Ana; González García, Laura; Morales, Misael; et al. "A novel expert-driven methodology to develop thermal response curves and project habitat thermal suitability for cetaceans under a changing climate". Science of The Total Environment 860 (2023): 160376. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160376.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160376
  14. Ferreira, Rita; Steiner, Lisa; Martín, Vidal; Fusar Poli, Francesca; Dinis, Ana; Kaufmann, Manfred; Fernandez, Marc; Alves, Filipe. "Unraveling site fidelity and residency patterns of sperm whales in the insular oceanic waters of Macaronesia". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 1021635 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1021635.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2022.1021635
  15. Sambolino, Annalisa; Herrera, Inma; Álvarez, Soledad; Rosa, Alexandra; Alves, Filipe; Canning-Clode, João; Cordeiro, Nereida; Dinis, Ana; Kaufmann, Manfred. "Seasonal variation in microplastics and zooplankton abundances and characteristics: The ecological vulnerability of an oceanic island system". Marine Pollution Bulletin 181 (2022): 113906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113906.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113906
  16. McIvor, Ashlie J.; Collin T Williams; Alves, Filipe; Ana Dinis; Miguel P. Pais; Canning-Clode, João. Corresponding author: McIvor, Ashlie J.. "The Status of Marine Megafauna Research in Macaronesia: A Systematic Review". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 819581 (2022): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.819581/abstract.
    Open access • Published
  17. Badenas Krakauer, Anja; Ana Dinis; Rita Ferreira; Annalisa Sambolino; Eliette Hamard; Leonardo G Berninsone; Marc Fernandez; Alves, Filipe. Corresponding author: Alves, Filipe. "Behavioural Ecology Traits of Elusive Deep-Diver Whales Unravel a Complex Social Structure Influenced by Female Philopatry and Defence Polygyny". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 809902 (2022): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.809902/full.
    Open access • Published
  18. Alves, Filipe; Rosso, Massimiliano; Li, Songhai; Nowacek, Douglas P.. Corresponding author: Alves, Filipe. "A sea of possibilities for marine megafauna". Science 375 6579 (2022): 391-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abn6022.
    Published • 10.1126/science.abn6022
  19. Filipe Alves; João G. Monteiro; Paulo Oliveira; João Canning-Clode. "Portugal leads with Europe's largest marine reserve". Nature 601 (2022): 318. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00093-8.
    10.1038/d41586-022-00093-8
  20. Annalisa Sambolino; Filipe Alves; Marc Fernandez; Anja Badenas Krakauer; Rita Ferreira; Ana Dinis. "Spatial and temporal characterization of the exposure of island-associated cetacean populations to whale-watching in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)". Regional Studies in Marine Science 49 102084 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102084.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102084
  21. Valente, Raul; Alves, Filipe; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Ruivo, Raquel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Functional or vestigial? The genomics of the pineal gland in Xenarthra". Journal of Molecular Evolution 89 (2021): 565-575. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00239-021-10025-1.
    Open access • Published
  22. Rita Ferreira; Ana Dinis; Anja Badenas; Annalisa Sambolino; Jacobo Marrero Pérez; Anna Crespo; Alves, Filipe. "Bryde's whales in the North-East Atlantic: new insights on site fidelity and connectivity between oceanic archipelagos". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31 10 (2021): 2938-2950. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aqc.3665.
    Published
  23. Andreia Sousa; Alves, Filipe; Patricia Arranz; Ana Dinis; Marc Fernandez; Laura Garcia Gonzalez; Misael Moralles; et al. "Climate change vulnerability of cetaceans in Macaronesia: insights from a trait-based assessment". Science of the Total Environment 795 148652 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148652.
    Open access • Published
  24. Marc Fernandez; Alves, Filipe; Rita Ferreira; Jan Fisher; Paula Thake; Nuno Nunes; Rui Caldeira; Ana Dinis. "Modeling Fine-Scale Cetaceans' Distributions in Oceanic Islands: Madeira Archipelago as a Case Study". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 688248 (2021): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.688248/full.
    Open access • Published
  25. Dinis, Ana; Molina, Carlota; Tobeña, Marta; Sambolino, Annalisa; Hartman, Karin; Fernandez, Marc; Magalhães, Sara; et al. "Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: dolphins with an international courtyard". PeerJ 9 (2021): e11069. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11069.
    Open access • Published • 10.7717/peerj.11069
  26. Cartagena-Matos, Bárbara; Lugué, Klervi; Fonseca, Paulo; Marques, Tiago Andre; Prieto, Rui; Alves, Filipe. "Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic". Mammal Review 51 (2021): 436-453. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mam.12238.
    Published
  27. Valente, Raul; Alves, Luís Q.; Nabais, Matilde; Alves, Filipe; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Convergent Cortistatin losses parallel modifications in circadian rhythmicity and energy homeostasis in Cetacea and other mammalian lineages". Genomics 113 1 (2021): 1064-1070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
  28. Alves, F.; Dromby, M.; Baptista, V.; Ferreira, R.; Correia, A. M.; Weyn, M.; Valente, R.; et al. "Ecophysiological traits of highly mobile large marine predators inferred from nucleic acid derived indices". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61769-7.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41598-020-61769-7
  29. Filipe Alves;  Anita Alessandrini; Antonella Servidio; Ana Sofia Mendonça; Karin L. Hartman; Rui Prieto; Simon Berrow; et al. "Complex biogeographical patterns support an ecological connectivity network of a large marine predator in the north-east Atlantic". Diversity and Distributions 25 (2019): 269-284. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12848.
    Open access • 10.1111/ddi.12848
  30. Sousa, A.; Alves, F.; Dinis, A.; Bentz, J.; Cruz, M.J.; Nunes, J.P.. "How vulnerable are cetaceans to climate change? Developing and testing a new index". Ecological Indicators 98 (2019): 9-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.10.046.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.10.046
  31. Filipe Alves; João Canning-Clode; Cláudia Ribeiro; Ignacio Gestoso; Manfred Kaufmann. "Local benthic assemblages in shallow rocky reefs find refuge in a marine protected area at Madeira Island". Journal of Coastal Conservation 23 (2019): 373-383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-018-0669-y.
    10.1007/s11852-018-0669-y
  32. Alves, Filipe. "Home sweet home? Wide-ranging movements of socially stable resident delphinids (Globicephala macrorhynchus)". Scientia Insularum 1 (2018): 37-49. https://www.ull.es/revistas/index.php/scientia-insularum/article/view/62/407.
    Published
  33. Dinis, Ana; Alves, Filipe; Nicolau, Cátia; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Kaufmann, Manfred; Cañadas, Ana; Freitas, Luís. "Social structure of a population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the oceanic archipelago of Madeira, Portugal". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98 05 (2018): 1141-1149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000650.
    10.1017/s0025315417000650
  34. Filipe Alves; Rita Ferreira; Miguel Fernandes; Zofia Halicka; Luís Dias; Ana Dinis. "Analysis of occurrence patterns and biological factors of cetaceans based on long-term and fine-scale data from platforms of opportunity: Madeira Island as a case study". Marine Ecology (2018): e12499-e12499. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12499.
    10.1111/maec.12499
  35. F. Alves; J. R. Towers; R. W. Baird; G. Bearzi; S. Bonizzoni; R. Ferreira; Z. Halicka; et al. "The incidence of bent dorsal fins in free-ranging cetaceans". Journal of Anatomy (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12729.
    10.1111/joa.12729
  36. Alves, Filipe. "Shallow subtidal macroalgae in the North-eastern Atlantic archipelagos (Macaronesian region): a spatial approach to community structure". European Journal of Phycology (2018):
    10.1080/09670262.2017.1385098
  37. Ana Dinis; Robin W. Baird; Sabre D. Mahaffy; Vidal Martín; Filipe Alves. "Beaked whales with rostrum deformities: Implications for survival and reproduction". Marine Mammal Science (2017): https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fmms.12406.
    10.1111/mms.12406
  38. Alves, Filipe. "Marine traffic and potential impacts towards cetaceans within the Madeira EEZ". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 16 (2017): 17-28. https://archive.iwc.int/pages/search.php?search=%21collection15&k=.
    Open access • Published
  39. Alves, Filipe. "Rare records of hypo- and hyper-pigmented individuals in two delphinid species off Madeira Island". Hystrix (2017):
    10.4404/hystrix-28.1-11888
  40. Alves, Filipe. "Site Fidelity of Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) off Madeira Island (Northeast Atlantic)". Aquatic Mammals (2017):
    10.1578/AM.43.4.2017.387
  41. Alves, Filipe. "First Confirmed Record of Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus in Madeira Archipelago, NE Atlantic". Aquatic Mammals (2017):
    10.1578/AM.43.5.2017.474
  42. Alves, Filipe. "Spatial and temporal distribution of the bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Madeira archipelago, NE Atlantic". Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences 33 (2016): 45-54. http://www.okeanos.uac.pt/arquipelago_journal/arquipelago-life-and-marine-sciences-33/.
    Open access • Published
  43. Alves, Filipe. "Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review". Journal of Mammalogy (2016):
    10.1093/jmammal/gyw089
  44. Alves, Filipe. "Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus group dynamics, site fidelity, residency and movement patterns in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic)". African Journal of Marine Science (2016):
    10.2989/1814232X.2016.1167780
  45. Alves, Filipe. "Survival and abundance of short-finned pilot whales in the archipelago of Madeira, NE Atlantic". Marine Mammal Science (2015):
    10.1111/mms.12137
  46. Alves, Filipe. "Supportive behavior of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) toward dead neonates, with data on perinatal mortality". Acta Ethologica (2015):
    10.1007/s10211-014-0210-8
  47. Alves, Filipe. "Mass mortality of the sea urchin Diadema africanum in the subtropical Eastern Atlantic Archipelagos: the role of waterborne bacteria in a warming ocean". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2014):
    10.3354/meps10829
  48. Alves, Filipe. "Daytime dive characteristics from six short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus off Madeira Island". Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences (2013):
  49. Alves, Filipe. "Population structure of short-finned pilot whales in the oceanic archipelago of Madeira based on photo-identification and genetic analyses: implications for conservation". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2013):
    10.1002/aqc.2332
  50. Alves, Filipe. "Investigating stock structure and trophic relationships among island-associated dolphins in the oceanic waters of the North Atlantic using fatty acid and stable isotope analyses". Marine Biology (2013):
    10.1007/s00227-013-2184-x
  51. Alves, Filipe. "New records of cetacean species for Madeira Archipelago with an updated checklist". Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (2012):
  52. Alves, Filipe. "Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins". European Journal of Wildlife Research (2010):
    10.1007/s10344-009-0299-7
  53. Alves, Filipe. "Molecular insight into the population structure of common and spotted dolphins inhabiting the pelagic waters of the Northeast Atlantic". Marine Biology (2010):
    10.1007/s00227-010-1519-0
  54. Alves, Filipe. "Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera brydei) stable associations and dive profiles: new insights into foraging behavior". Marine Mammal Science (2010):
    10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00333.x
  55. Alves, Filipe. "High gene flow in oceanic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the North Atlantic". Conservation Genetics (2007):
    10.1007/s10592-007-9291-5
  56. Alves, Filipe. "Changes in benthic community structure due to clam dredging on the Algarve coast and the importance of seasonal analysis.". JMBA-UK (2003):
    doi:10.1017/S0025315403007707h
  57. Alves, Filipe. "Grazing by Diadema antillarum (Philippi) upon algal communities on rocky substrates". Scientia Marina (2003):
    10.3989/scimar.2003.67n3307
  58. Alves, Filipe. "Adenylic-derived indices and reburying time as indicators of the effects of dredging-induced stress on the clam Spisula solida.". Marine Biology (2003):
    10.1007/s00227-003-1037-4
  59. Alves, Filipe. "Two new records of seabreams (Pisces: Sparidae) from the Madeira Archipelago". Arquipélago - Life and Marine Science 19 (2002): 107-111. http://www.okeanos.uac.pt/arquipelago_journal/arquipelago-life-and-marine-sciences-19/.
    Open access • Published
  60. Alves, Filipe. "Macrofauna spatial differences within clam dredge-tracks and their implications for short-term fishing effect studies". Fisheries Research (2002):
    10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00272-7
  61. Alves, Filipe. "Reburial time and indirect mortality of Spisula solida clams caused by dredging". Fisheries Research (2002):
    10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00012-7
  62. Alves, Filipe. "A new record (Bryozoa) for the marine fauna of Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)". Bocagiana (2002):
  63. Alves, Filipe. "Ecological characterization of dredged and non-dredged bivalve fishing areas off south Portugal.". JMBA-UK (2002):
    10.1017/S0025315402005167
  64. Alves, Filipe. "Diel variation of the RNA/DNA ratios in Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck) and Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus 1758) (Mollusca: Bivalvia)". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2001):
    10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00229-5
  65. Alves, Filipe. "Algal cover and sea urchin spatial distribution at Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)". Scientia Marina (2001):
    10.3989/scimar.2001.65n4383
Magazine article
  1. Alves, Filipe. "Baleias: de seres icónicos a reguladores do ecossistema", Watts On, 2021, https://www.wattson.pt/2021/04/19/baleias-de-seres-iconicos-a-reguladores-do-ecossistema/.
  2. Alves, Filipe. "Mero, espécie emblemática", Portugal Dive, 2009
Preprint
  1. Beatriz Santos; Luís Afonso; Filipe Alves; Ana Dinis; Rita Ferreira; Ana Correia; Raul Valente; et al. "Hidden in the blow - a matrix to characterise cetaceans’ respiratory microbiome: Short-finned pilot whale as model species". 2024. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e121514.
    10.3897/arphapreprints.e121514
Report
  1. sophie brasseur; Peter Evans; markus Ahola; Alves, Filipe; etc.. 2023. ICES. 2023. Report of the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME). ICES Scientific Reports.. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24131736.
  2. Rita Borges Ferreira; Costa e Silva, Sónia; Ana Dinis; Alves, Filipe. 2023. Whale Tales Project. Fundo para a Conservação dos Oceanos. Final Report.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/10 PNPLA1: a case of loss in sperm whales Blue Think Conference 2024
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/06/18 Acoustic mimicry of plastics with the prey of deep-diving cetaceans: an experimental approach
Institute of Acoustics (Bath, United Kingdom)
2024/06/06 Segregation of short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis in European Atlantic waters inferred from ecological tracers XVIII International Symposium on Oceanography of the Bay of Biscay (ISOBAY)
(La Rochelle, France)
2024/05/08 PNPLA1: A story of gene loss in specific Cetacea lineages IJUP2024 Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/04/12 Foraging habitats of six species of odontocetes inferred through stable isotopes analysis 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Catania, Italy)
2024/04/12 Movement patterns and connectivity of the rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis, in the northeast Atlantic 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Catania, Italy)
2023/12/18 Giants of the Deep MAD-Deep Symposium
University of Madeira (Funchal, Portugal)
2023/07/14 Métodos de Amostragem de Cetáceos Workshop «Cetáceos: Identificação e Monitorização»
BiologiaFactos (Portugal)
2023/04/19 Health condition, trophic ecology and mercury relationships of two small delphinid species with temporal segregation in the Madeira oceanic habitat: preliminary analysis from a multimethodological approach 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (O Grove, Spain)
2023/04/18 The last piece of the puzzle: a broad population genomics study in Globicephala macrorhynchus 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (O Grove, Spain)
2022/09/27 Modelling Mammalian behavioural traits: Inactivation of several Neuropeptides and Receptors in Cetacea and other mammals Blue Think Conference 2022
CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal)
2022/08/03 Spatial and temporal characterization of the exposure of island-associated cetacean populations to whale-watching in a remote oceanic island (NE Atlantic) 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (Florida, United States)
2022/08/03 Residency patterns and social strucure of Blainville’s beaked whales Mesoplodon densirostris in Madeira 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (Florida, United States)
2022/07/30 Site fidelity and residency patterns of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in an insular oceanic system 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (Palm Beach, United States)
2022/07/30 Population ecology, biogeography and health status of sperm whales in a warm-temperate habitat 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (Palm Beach, United States)
2022/05/18 The importance of biotelemetry and long-term photo-ID to assess connectivity patterns of highly mobile species: the case study of cetaceans in Macaronesia Encontro Ciência'22
FCT (Lisboa)
2022/05/13 Desafios da conservação da megafauna marinha em áreas remotas 7.ª Conferência Professores do Mar
Ciência Viva (Lisboa)
2022/04/06 Connectivity patterns of cetaceans in the oceanic islands' system of Macaronesia inferred from photo-ID and biotelemetry: how much do we know? 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Ashdod, Israel)
2022/04/05 Fatty acids composition in blubber tissue of two odontocete species (Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus) in NE Atlantic 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Ashdod, Israel)
2022/04/05 Sperm whales in Macaronesia: Unveiling site fidelity and residency patterns in an insular oceanic system 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Ashdod, Israel)
2022/04/05 Clash on the high-seas: the rise and fall of deep-diving cetaceans in an oceanic environment 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Ashdod, Israel)
2022/04/05 A tool to improve management under climate change scenarios: using expert knowledge to estimate cetaceans’ thermal suitability in the future 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Ashdod, Israel)
2022/04/04 Long-term datasets as a tool to study cetaceans in an insular oceanic system Workshop “Long Term Ecological Data Series in cetaceans: essential but challenging!” at the 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
European Cetacean Society (Ashdod, Israel)
2021/10/22 Short-finned pilot whales movements in the Eastern North Atlantic: preliminary insights from satellite biologgers 7th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium (Hawaii, online)
International Bio-Logging Society (Hawaii, United States)
2021/04/13 Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic 5th Conference on the Conservation of Cetaceans in South Mediterranean Countries
(Lebanon)
2020/11/26 Seasonal variation in relative abundance and composition of microplastic particles and zooplankton in a pelagic environment (NE Atlantic) MICRO2020 International Conference - Fate and impacts of Microplastics: Knowledge and Responsibilities
2020/09/17 Differential Cetacea circadian rhythmicity is associated with the molecular erosion of Cortistatin. Blue Think Conference 2020
Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) (Porto, Portugal)
2019/11/15 Population ecology of cetaceans in insular habitats Encontro Mamíferos Marinnhos (EMMA 2019)
2019/09/19 Phthalates as plastic tracers in a pelagic food web from an open oceanic environment II Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho
2018/04/08 Biogeographical patterns of short-finned pilot whales in the Northeast Atlantic: in the search of an optimal habitat. 32nd Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Italy)
2017/10/28 Population ecology and biogeography of short-finned pilot whales in the NE Atlantic: a review and future perspectives Workshop ‘Not all is black and white: Identifying research challenges and solutions for the lesser known ‘blackfish’’
22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammal (Canada)
2017/10/19 Preliminary assessment of connectivity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) within the Macaronesia region (NE Atlantic). X Conference of the Cetacean Spanish Society
(Spain)
2016/12/11 Community structure of cetaceans in Madeira and movements in Macaronesia. Workshop ‘Observatório Oceânico da Madeira – OOM’
(Portugal)
2016/03/15 Distribution, abundance and habitat use of bottlenose dolphin in the Madeira archipelago. 30th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Portugal)
2016/03/12 Population ecology of two odontocete species in Madeira archipelago: dealing with coastal populations in an oceanic environment. In: Workshop ‘Remote insular habitats: how important are these regions for oceanic cetacean population’
30th Conference of the European Cetacean Society (Portugal)
2016/02/04 Telemetry Today: Overview and future directions in Madeira. Workshop do projeto ‘Observatório Oceânico da Madeira – OOM’
2015/10/27 Whale Watching in Madeira Islands: from a voluntary code of conduct to a proper legislation. I World Whale Conference and Whale Heritage Sites Summit
2013/06/20 Population ecology of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins in the archipelago of Madeira: methods, results and future perspectives Simpósio do Mar - Horizon 2020
(Portugal)
2013/04/05 Population structure and parameters of short-finned pilot whales in an oceanic archipelago (Madeira, NE Atlantic): implications for conservation. 27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Portugal)
2012/03/28 Project Cetáceos Madeira II: Identifying critical marine areas for bottlenose dolphin and surveillance of the cetaceans’ conservation status in Madeira archipelago. 26th Conference of the European Cetacean Society
(Ireland)
2010/11/19 Seas of Madeira and Ecotourism: a perspective MSc in Ecotourism
Universidade da Madeira (Portugal)
2007/04/23 Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) dive profile and individuals association: new perspectives on feeding strategies. 21st Conference of the European Cetacean Societ
(Spain)
2007/03/17 Population genetics of common and spotted dolphins in the Azores and Madeira. 35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals
(France)
2006/11/30 Use of molecular markers to study ecotypes of dolphins in Madeira and Azores IV Encontro Nacional de Marcadores Moleculares
(Portugal)
2000/11/01 Effects of shellfish dredges in Portugal south coast. 3rd Fisheries meeting (Encontro de Pescas)
Universidade do Algarve (Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/01 - 2026/11/30 PhD supervisor: Spatial Ecology and Habitat Preferences of Highly Mobile Marine Megafauna
Supervisor of Moritz Klaassen
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2025/07/31 PhD supervisor: Dynamic ecological patterns of insular short-finned pilot whales
Co-supervisor of Mieke Weyn
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2020/08/01 - 2024/07/31 PhD supervisor: Population ecology, biogeography and health status of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in a warm temperate habitat (FCT grant ref.: SFRH/BD/147225/2019)
Co-supervisor of Rita Ferreira
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2023/10/01 - 2024/06/30 MSc thesis: Efficiency of BRUV's surveys in assessing fish communities
Co-supervisor
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/06/30 MSc internship: Insights into marine megafauna studies
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2024/01/11 PhD supervisor: Diving into the Blue: Unravelling the genomic basis of physiological diving adaptations and population structure in Cetacea (FCT grant ref.: SFRH/BD/144786/2019)
Co-supervisor of Raúl Valente
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10/25 - 2022/10/24 PhD supervisor: Ecology of cetaceans in Portugal: a multi-methodological and multi-habitat approach
Co-supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2022/02/04 - 2022/09/30 MSc supervisor: Plano de Ação Nacional para Conservação das Tartarugas Marinhas em São Tomé e Príncipe
Co-supervisor
 Gestão e Conservação de Recursos Naturais (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 BSc supervisor: Cetacean Deep Learning
Co-supervisor of Marcos Silva
 Informatics Engineering (Degree)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/06/30 MSc supervisor: Evolution of natural markings in Blainville's beaked whales in Madeira as a tool for population studies
Co-supervisor of Eliette Hamard
 Océanographie Biologique et Écologie Marine (Master)
Aix-Marseille Université, France
2020/10/12 - 2021/02/28 MSc supervisor: Cross Reality Interfaces for On- and Off- Shore Interaction with Great Whales
Co-supervisor
 Design de Media Interativos (Master)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 MSc research grant, Ref.: ARDITI-MARE-2019-003
Co-supervisor
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/30 Internship: Photographic-identification catalogue of pilot whales (EURODYSSEY)
Supervisor
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2020/07/31 MSc Research grant Ref.: ARDITI/OOM/2016/017
Co-supervisor
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2019/02/10 - 2019/04/28 Internship: Assessing cetaceans reactions to biopsies
Supervisor
Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
2018/01/18 - 2018/09/30 MSc supervisor: Modelling nurturant behavioural responses toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging cetaceans
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2018/09/30 Postdoctoral Grant, Ref.: ARDITI/OOM/2016/012
Co-supervisor
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2018/02/02 - 2018/09/27 MSc supervisor: Assessment of the ecophysiological conditions and trophic ecology of two cetacean species (Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Madeira Archipelago, using RNA/DNA ratios and Carbon/Nitrogen stable isotopes
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2018/06/06 BSc supervisor: Bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on marine mammals in the Macaronesian biogeographic region
Co-supervisor
Université de La Rochelle Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, France
2017/02/05 - 2017/09/30 MSc supervisor: Economic Contribution of the Whale-Watching Industry for the Madeira Archipelago
Co-supervisor
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2017/04/07 - 2017/07/24 MSc supervisor: Assessing Morphological Deformities in Cetaceans: Definition of Patterns and Quantification with a Case Study (Madeira Island, NE Atlantic)
Co-supervisor
James Madison University, United States

University of Malta Faculty of Science, Malta
2016/02/01 - 2016/09/30 MSc supervisor: Movements of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the Macaronesian biogeographical region: a photo-identification analysis
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/04/10 - 2016/05/31 Internship: Cetaceans photo-identification database
Supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2015/02/01 - 2015/09/30 MSc supervisor: Temporal distribution of the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the south of Madeira Island (Portugal) and relationship with oceanographic variables.
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/25 - 2024/09/25 Invited panel speaker
Meeting
 Science policy event “Resilience of the Coastal Socio-Ecological Systems in the Future Ocean”, session "Perspective and common challenges in the Macaronesia area on coastal resilience / Megafauna international management", in the framework of the EU H2020 project MISSION ATLANTIC
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/19 Insights into marine megafauna studies in Madeira Island
Supervisor
 Raquel Teixeira Alves (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/01/18 MSc Juri: Human impact on marine vertebrates: Effects of coastal navigation and observation by the marine tourism industry, especially on marine turtles
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Esteves São Pedro (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/12/17 MSc Juri: Sperm Whale Foraging Behaviour: A Predicted Model Based On 3D Movement and Acoustic Data from Dtags
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Esteban Iglesias Rivas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/12/10 Assessment of the ecophysiological conditions and trophic ecology of two cetacean species (Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Madeira Archipelago, using RNA/DNA ratios and Carbon/Nitrogen stable isotopes
Thesis Member
 Morgane Dromby (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/11/10 Assessing Morphological Deformities in Cetaceans: Definition of Patterns and Quantification with a Case Study (Madeira Island, NE Atlantic)
Supervisor
 Erich John Dietterle (Master)
James Madison University, United States

University of Malta Faculty of Science, Malta
2016/12/12 Movements of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the Macaronesian biogeographical region: a photo-identification analysis
Thesis Member
 Anita Alessandrini (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/12/11 Temporal distribution of the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the south of Madeira Island (Portugal) and relationship with oceanographic variables
Thesis Member
 Zofia Halicka (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2006/03/01 - Current European Cetacean Society

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/03 - Current Co-founder of the Steering Committee for the Madeira Whale Heritage Site of the Whale Cetacean Alliance.
Member
 Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2023/10/12 - 2023/10/12 Representative of the Portuguese Ministry of "Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior" in the Interministerial group to coordinate prevention and protection actions for sailors in the event of interactions with orcas
Member
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal
2009/06/22 - 2009/06/26 Portuguese National Delegate of the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee
Other

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/01/29 - 2024/01/30 35th Conference of the European Cetacean Society Catania, Italy
2023/01/04 - 2023/04/20 34th Conference of the European Cetacean Society Galicia, Spain
2022/01/21 - 2022/04/07 33th Conference of the European Cetacean Society Ashdod, Israel
2019/12/09 - 2019/12/12 World Marine Mammal Conference Barcelona
2018/04/06 - 2018/04/10 32th Conference of the European Cetacean Society La Spezia, Italy
2016/03/14 - 2016/03/16 30th Conference of the European Cetacean Society Madeira, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/02/11 - Current Associate Editor in Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Biology Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2021/02/02 - Current Expert in the OSPAR - Pelagic Habitats, throughout the Marine Environment and Sustainability Department, DGRM, Portuguese Republic Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2018/01/26 - Current Regular Specialist Consultor for the Comissão Oceanográfica Intersectorial. Application for Consent to conduct Marine Scientific Research in Portuguese waters (8 occasions since February 2018)
2023/05/02 - 2023/12/01 Contributor to the European IUCN Red List Assessment for the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), with Pauline Gauffier and Dan Kerem. Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/26 Workshop for identifying Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the North East Atlantic Ocean Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2021/02/02 - 2021/12/01 Expert in the Biodiversity WG (Cetaceans SubGroup) for the Marine Environment and Sustainability Department, DGRM, Portuguese Republic Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2020/09/08 - 2021/02/11 Review Editor in Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Biology Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2020/11/21 - 2020/12/02 Consultant for the "Special Program of the Site of Community Importance for cetaceans in Madeira" [Programa Especial do Sítio Cetáceos da Madeira (PESCM)] Instituto de Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
2019/02/15 - 2019/12/01 Consultant for the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (through Peter Evans) by having contributed to update the threat matrices for the ICES Macaronesia eco-region. Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/12/01 Member of the Expert Group on Reporting under the Nature Directives - Marine Mammals Group of Macaronesia (Portugal) for the Report of the Habitats Directive 2013-2018. Instituto de Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, Portugal
2015/10/05 - 2015/10/06 Consultor in the Project NetBiome-CSA (FP7ENV-2013-one-stage/603710) in the Second series of workshops, part I (Madeira Island).

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/05 - 2024/05/18 Invited Associate Professor as regent of the discipline Ethology, 3rd year of the degree in Biology at the University of Madeira 2023/2024 Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015/03/27 - 2023/03/07 ANNUAL GUEST LECTURER about 'Biology of marine mammals' in the discipline 'Marine biology and oceanography' (Prof. Manfred Kaufmann) of 3rd year of the Degree on Biology from the University of Madeira Biologia Marinha e Oceanografia (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2022/06/27 - 2022/08/05 Teacher - Marine Mammals Course (Duke Univ Mar Lab - USA) Marine Mammals Course (Licence) Duke University Marine Laboratory, United States
2013/05/03 - 2014/05/06 Theoretical and practical classes of 'Aquatic resources' ('Património e Recurso Aquático) in the Nature Guide Course (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2011/02/16 - 2011/05/31 Theoretical and practical classes of 'Marine biology and oceanography' (Biologia Marinha e Oceanografia), discipline from the 3rd year of the Degree on Biology Curso de Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/09/11 - 2024/09/27 Evaluator of PhD scholarships for the Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (Azores) 2024
Evaluator
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2023/09/21 - 2023/10/11 Evaluation for AIR Centre PhD Scholarship Programme | EC HORISON 2020/EUROPE projects Mission Atlantic
Evaluator
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal AIR Centre (Atlantic International Research Centre)
2023/07/21 - 2023/07/21 Evaluator of PhD scholarships for the Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (Azores) 2023
Evaluator
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Pólo da Madeira, Portugal Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia
2020/10/05 - 2020/11/03 Peer-review of a project proposal for the FONCyT (Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica - Argentina), Call PICT-2019-I-B.
Evaluator
 Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Argentina
2018/07/18 - 2020/06/30 Nominated by United Nations Member States of national experts to serve in the Pool of Experts of the Regular Process of the second World Ocean assessment.
Specialist
2019/09/26 - 2019/10/01 Peer-review of a project proposal for the international NGO Earthwatch Institute.
Evaluator
 Earthwatch Institute, United States

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/06/28 Interview about how the new technologies are helping to unravel the mysteries of whales, sharks and turtles in Portugal Wilder
2022/06/18 Interview for the article “O melhor de dois mundos: Escutar o MAR(E)" in the framework of the subject “Sustentabilidade - Conferência dos Oceanos da ONU em Lisboa/Economia do Mar“ published in the weekly journal SOL, supplement 'País Positivo' Semanário SOL, suplemento País Poisitivo
2022/02/02 Highlighted as a high-level researcher in the Portuguese "Ciência com Impacto" Ciência com Impacto
2022/01/26 Interview about the motivation to publish in the journal Nature. Wilder
2021/03/01 Interview and field work research carried out by Filipe Alves that contributed for the divulgation article 'Biologie - Madeiras giganten: whale & delfine' published in Tachen (in German) Tauchen (vol. 003/2021 pag 84-90)
2020/09/26 Interview about the largest pilot whales mass stranding in Australia. Diário de Notícias (Lisboa)
2020/06/05 Interview about the effects of the lockdown on the marine life, especially on whales. SAPO
2011/10/01 Interview and field work leaded by Filipe Alves that constituted the base for the divulgation article 'Ocean pilots' (Pilotos do Oceano) published in National Geographic (Pt) (section 'Grande angular') National Geographic

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/02/03 - 2022/02/03 TV interview about the impact and drivers for publishing in Science and in Nature.
2022/01/18 - 2022/01/18 Radio Interview about the scientific publication as a leading author in the journal Nature.
2021/12/29 - 2021/12/29 Documentary with an interview on TV (min. 16:00 to 18:30) 'MARE@Porto Santo 2020' Scientific Expedition
2021/05/28 - 2021/05/28 TV interview about the Whale Tales Project and other research activities on cetaceans in Madeira Island.
2019/12/16 - 2019/12/16 Interview for the Science podcast of "Radio Observador" (national radio) about the factors influencing the size of whales.
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/01 Interview for the main national TV channel about the importance of studying the marine megafauna, the use of telemetry, and the sinergies between educations and research/conservation. (minutes 13:00 to 20:00)
2019/06/16 - 2019/06/16 Opening TV News with interview, about the deployment of a satellite tag in a pilot whale and that everyone can follow the animals' movement at near-real time.
2019/05/07 - 2019/05/07 "90 segundos de ciência". Interview about the use biologgers/telemetry to study the movements of whales in Madeira and Macaronesia.
2017/09/19 - 2017/09/19 TV Interview (exclusive) to Filipe Alves during 46 minutes for the program 'Olhar Indiscreto' - V Ep. 9 in Channel RTP-M. This program interviews important researchers in an informal talk with the jornalist Paulo Santos.
2015/08/28 - 2016/09/28 Filipe Alves is interviewed for the national TV Channel (SIC) in the program 'SOS Animal' (Season 2 Ep. 1) as manager of the Project 'LIFE Ilhéus do Porto Santo' (LIFE+09 NAT/P/000041) and coordinator of the Marine Protected Area of the Porto Santo islets.
2016/07/04 - 2016/07/04 Filipe Alves is interviewed/player during a TV program 'Artes do Mar' - Ep. 1 dedicated to the arts and culture of Madeiran seas (RTP-Madeira; minuto 11:36)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/09/05 - 2024/09/18 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences The Royal Society
2024/06/04 - 2024/06/07 Polar Biology
2024/05/04 - 2024/05/06 Current Zoology Oxford Academic
2024/01/10 - 2024/01/31 Marine Mammal Science Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2021/04/16 - 2022/08/31 Leading Editor of Research Topic in Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers
2022/01/28 - 2022/04/02 Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers
2021/02/26 - 2021/10/20 Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers
2020/11/17 - 2020/11/23 Environmental and Sustainability Indicators (2665-9727) Elsevier
2020/02/26 - 2020/03/16 PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2019/11/22 - 2019/11/27 Ecological Indicators (1470-160X) Elsevier
2019/05/24 - 2019/05/27 Scientific Data (2052-4463) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2019/04/08 - 2019/04/11 Marine Mammal Science (1748-7692) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018/10/09 - 2018/10/23 Marine Ecology Progress Series (1616-1599) Inter-Research Science Center
2018/09/19 - 2018/09/30 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (1096-0015) Elsevier
2018/07/18 - 2018/07/31 ICES Journal of Marine Science (1095-9289) Oxford University Press
2018/07/18 - 2018/07/27 Frontiers in Marine Science (2296-7745) Frontiers Media SA
2018/06/11 - 2018/06/28 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1469-7769) Cambridge University Press
2018/01/10 - 2018/01/31 Biological Reviews (1469-185X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017/11/28 - 2017/12/13 Marine Mammal Science (1748-7692) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017/10/02 - 2017/10/13 Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) (2292-7743) Dalhousie Libraries
2017/09/03 - 2017/09/29 Ecosphere (2150-8925) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017/06/03 - 2017/06/30 Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016/12/05 - 2016/12/22 Mammal Study (1348-6160) BioOne (Mammalogical Society of Japan)
2008/04/02 - 2008/05/03 Journal of Sea Research (1385-1101) Elsevier
2007/10/15 - 2007/11/04 Revista de Biología Tropical (2215-2075) Universidad de Costa Rica
2003/10/19 - 2003/11/04 Hydrobiologia (1573-5117) Springer-Verlag

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/04/01 - 2022/04/01 Juri: PhD Research Fellowship on acoustic in marine systems, Ref.: FCT-MARE UIDP/04292/2020 Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2022/03/03 - 2022/03/03 Juri: MSc Research Fellowship on Human-Computer Interaction, Ref.: ARDITI-MARE-INTERWHALE-002 Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2021/05/27 - 2021/07/20 Juri: Postdoctoral Research Contract on Marine Ecology, Ref.: ARDITI-MAC-01-2021 Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2021/04/15 - 2021/04/15 Juri: Postdoctoral Research Grant on Entertainment Technologies and Methods of Human-Computer Interaction, Ref.: ARDITI-INTERTAGUA/2021/001-PDG Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2021/03/11 - 2021/03/11 Juri: Postdoctoral Research Grant on Informatic Engineering for the Oceanic Observatory of Madeira, Ref.: ARDITI-OOM-2021-001 Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2020/01/02 - 2020/01/31 Juri: Postdoctoral Grant for scientific coordinator of project INTERTAGUA in ecological niche modelling and dynamic ocean management, Ref.: ARDITI-INTERTAGUA/2019/001-PDG (2020-2022) Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/04/23 - Current Scientific Expedition to the Selvagens Islands MPA ('Selvagens 50') - Leader of a monitoring program on pelagic megafauna. Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2024/06/14 - 2024/06/24 Invited expert to deploy satellite biologgers in large delphinids off Pico island, Azores Nova Atlantis Foundation, Netherlands
2022/08/31 - 2022/09/08 Invited expert to deploy satellite biologgers in large delphinids off Pico island, Azores Nova Atlantis Foundation, Netherlands
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/01 Pelagic oceanographic field trip to obtain seawater samples from different depths at the R/V Shearwater off North Carolina, USA Duke University Marine Laboratory, United States
2020/10/14 - 2020/10/17 MARE @ Porto Santo 2020 - Scientific expedition to Porto Santo Island Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
2018/09/05 - 2018/09/13 Participation in a field campaign to deploy satellite biologgers on sperm whales in the Azores Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2008/07/15 - 2008/07/23 Invited expert and consultant for tagging minke wales with Time-Depth Recorders in the Moray Firth, Scotland Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit, United Kingdom
2008/06/13 - 2008/07/07 Field campaign to test new methodologies for the visual and acoustic detection of beaked whales in the Azores International Fund for Animal Welfare United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Distinctions

Award

2018 Winner of the 2nd edition of the Ocean Conservation Fund
Oceanário de Lisboa / Fundação Oceano Azul, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Winner Associate Researcher contract 2023.08949.CEECIND FCT 6th Ed.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/69929/2010 (but refused by the candidate)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal