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Filipa Bessa is a biologist (PhD in Biosciences) and currently a researcher at Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet (CFE) from the University of Coimbra (Portugal),(https://doi.org/10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1370/CT0106). Her research focus is related to the assessment of the effects of urbanization and (micro)plastic pollution on marine and coastal ecosystems. She published 39 scientific articles and during her professional activities interacted with more than 470 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. The University of Coimbra considered Filipa Bessa in 2022 for a Special Recognition of the World Cultural Council for her commitment to studying the effects of plastic pollution on coastal ecosystems and the development of novel methods for the quantification of (micro)plastics. Particularly, for her pioneer contributions in the identification of microplastic pollution in penguins in Antarctica, with the publication Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region listed in the Top 100 Scientific Reports Earth Science papers in 2019. In addition, she participated in the first regional assessment of plastic pollution in European rivers published in Nature Sustainability, in 2020; and is the Portuguese member of the International Working Group Micro and Nano Plastics in support of the European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM). She coordinates national projects aiming to develop innovative tools for the detection and mitigation of marine litter (UAS4litter), and promote citizen participation and engagement with environmental issues via digital tools (www-lixomarinho.app and Portugal Pellets Watch). Currently, Filipa Bessa is involved in several national and international research projects not only related to Marine and Coastal Science but also citizen science and outreach. In fact, she is remarkably engaged in promoting science communication activities with more than two hundred outreach activities and science communication initiatives (exhibitions, seminars and workshops) related to ocean literacy and plastic pollution. Furthermore, she won the Clean Seas Photo Challenge with the Category "Macro -SeaPlasticSalt- awarded by the United Nations Environment Program in 2018 and, more recently, a science and art prize from JPIOceans with the piece entitled ¿New Shades of Blue¿ (2023). Filipa Bessa is an active voice in ensuring more women and girls participate in STEM disciplines, shown by her participation as Portuguese women scientist in the last 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly by the United Nations. The vision and research contributions of Filipa Bessa are directly aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular, related with the Goal 14 - Protect marine life in their goals for reducing pollution and protect coastal and marine ecosystems and the SDG 17 by promoting dialogues with public and private partnerships with the civil society.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Filipa Silva Bessa

Citation names

  • Bessa, Filipa
  • Filipa Bessa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3D1E-41E1-FBD6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6602-3710
Google Scholar ID
eGz4DI4AAAAJ
Researcher Id
E-4941-2014
Scopus Author Id
36598001100

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Zoology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 Leadership track of the UN Environment Massive Open Online Course on Marine Litter 2017 (Outros)
United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
2015/06 - 2015/06
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Introduction to Meta-Analysis in Ecology (Outros)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014 - 2014
Concluded
 Online Course on SIG For Biodiversity and Conservation studies (Outros)
Udemy Inc, United States
2010 - 2014
Concluded
 PhD in Biosciences - Ecology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
"Ecological status and functioning evaluation of sandy beach ecosystems: a macrobenthic communities based approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado c/ Distinção e Louvor
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Data analysis tools in ecology – Module 1: The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology. (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Data analysis tools in ecology – Module 2: Multivariate statistical tools in Ecology and Ecotoxicology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 PRIMER-PERMANOVA: Advanced analysis of multivariate data (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2006 - 2008
Concluded
 Master - Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Seasonal and temporal variations in population dynamics of the Carcinus maenas (L.): the effect of an extreme drought event in a southern European estuary" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2007 - 2007
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Forense entomology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 18/20
2007 - 2007
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Multivariate statistics in Ecology and Ecotoxicology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 18/20
2007 - 2007
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Nutrient dynamics (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 17/20
2007 - 2007
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Ecological Modelling (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 18/20
2007 - 2007
Concluded
 Advanced Course | Biochemistry and molecular biology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 18/20
2001 - 2006
Concluded
 Biologia - Ramo Científico [Biology -Graduation] (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Licenciatura" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2004 - 2005
Concluded
 Socrates/ERASMUS EC Programme (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
 N/A
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/04 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2018/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
(...)
2014/06/01 - 2014/12/30 Postdoc (Research) IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2013/12/01 Researcher (Research) IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
2006 - 2008 Research Trainee (Research) IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/10 - 2014/12 Visiting Researcher Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/05 - 2023/12 PlasticSharker - Tracking microplastics and additives in sharks and their menu’s
UID/4292/2020
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022 - 2023 MICRANT: Microplastics in Estarreja rivers and their role in the spread of pathogens and antibiotic resistance
N
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
2021 - 2022 u-Scale - How microplastics shape microbial communities in aquatic systems: implications for the environmental risk assessment and bioremediation strategies.
UID/4292/2020
Researcher
MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - 2018 Lixomarinho.pt - Citizen science project - mapping marine litter from coastal areas
8SAAC 000014
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded
2016 - 2017 SERMARE - Sensibilizar e Educar para uma Sociedade Azul [Raise Awareness and Educate for a Blue Society]
SERMARE
Researcher
MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal, Portugal
 Groupe Auchan SA
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Impactos antrópicos em praias arenosas fluminenses: uma abordagem ecológica utilizando bioindicadores naturais [Anthropic impacts on sandy beaches in Rio de Janeiro: an ecological approach using natural bioindicators]
FAPERJ/
Principal investigator
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Concluded
2014/06 - 2014/12 DEVOTES - DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status.
Grant Agreement n°308392
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration
Concluded
2008 - 2008 BIOMA - Rede de Competência em Biónica sobre as Ciências do Mar na Região Centro de Portugal [Competency Network in Bionics on Marine Sciences in the Center of Portugal]
CCI 2005 PT 16 0 PP 002
Research Fellow
Marine and Environmental Research Centre, Department of Life Science, Portugal
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
2021 - 2024 European COST Action: Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY (PRIORITY) CA20101
CA20101
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/04 - 2023/12 EDUCAPLAST - A problemática da poluição por microplásticos e o desenvolvimento de bioplásticos como alternativa de futuro: comunicar e envolver a Sociedade [The issue of microplastic pollution and the development of bioplastics as an alternative for the future: communicating and involving society]
14199/2022
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
2023/04 - 2023/12 EDUCAPLAST - A problemática da poluição por microplásticos e o desenvolvimento de bioplásticos como alternativa de futuro: comunicar e envolver a Sociedade [The issue of microplastic pollution and the development of bioplastics as an alternative for the future: communicating and involving society]
14199/2022
 Governo da República Portuguesa
2020/09/01 - 2023/08/31 i-plastic - Dispersion and impacts of micro- and nano-plastics in the tropical and temperate oceans: from regional land-ocean interface to the open ocean
MICROPLAST/0003/2018
Researcher
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/04 - 2022/04/03 UAS4LITTER - Low-cost Unmanned Aerial Systems UASs for marine litter coastal mapping
PTDC/EAM-REM/30324/2017
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/04 - 2021/10/03 RIVER-SEA - Land-based sources of marine litter and microplastics. Evaluation and modelling of the input from rivers and estuaries and implementation of prevention and reduction strategies at the source
PTDC/EAM-AMB/30726/2017
Researcher
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2020 SUSpENsE Sustainable built Environment under Natural Hazards and Extreme Events
SAICT 000006 SUSpENsE
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 FEDER - Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
2016/01/01 - 2019/03/31 BASEMAN - Defining the baselines and standards for microplastics analyses in European waters
JPIOCEANS/0001/2015
Researcher
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2019 CentroAdapt - Centro de Vanguarda em Adaptações às Alterações Climáticas [Vanguard Center for Adaptation to Climate Change]
SAAC 000014 CentroAdapt
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal, Portugal
Programa Operacional Regional do Centro (Centro 2020)
Concluded
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/31 MINHO, MONDEGO, AND MIRA ESTUARIES observatory: Long term vaRiation of ECOLOGICAL sTAtus as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. implications for management and restoration - 3M_RECITAL
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/31 3M_RECITAL - MINHO, MONDEGO, AND MIRA ESTUARIES observatory: Long term vaRiation of ECOLOGICAL sTAtus as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. implications for management and restoration
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 284 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/UI0284/2011
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09/01 - 2012/03/31 Reconnect - System dynamic response to an ample artificial RE-establishment of the upstream CONNECTion between the two arms of the Mondego estuary Portugal: Implications for recovery, ecological quality status, and management RECONNECT
PTDC/MAR/64627/2006
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/11/01 - Current Plano D - Diálogos com o Direito
Projeto exploratório IJ/FDUC
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto Jurídico, Portugal
Ongoing
2020 - Current Plastic Pirates go Europe | https://www.plastic-pirates.eu/en
No funding
Researcher
Ciência Viva, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal, Portugal
Ongoing
2015 - Current A Pesca Por um Mar Sem Lixo [Fishing for a Sea Without marine litter]
A Pesca Por um Mar Sem Lixo
Other
Docapesca, Portos e Lotas, S.A., Portugal

APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal
Docapesca, Portos e Lotas, S.A.
Ongoing
2024 - 2025 Ocean Travelers II project
OC
Researcher
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States
Ongoing
2018/02/11 - 2020/12/31 Lixomarinho.pt – plataforma online de observação e mapeamento de lixo marinho na costa portuguesa
Lixomarinho.pt – plataforma online de observação e mapeamento de lixo marinho na costa portuguesa
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
2017 - 2019 What lessons can be learned from ecological functioning in the estuarine systems of the Paraiba state? An analysis of the effect of natural and anthropogenic disturbances
173/2012
Other
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
 Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
Concluded
2016 - 2018 PLASTOX - Direct and indirect ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on marine organisms
JPI OCEANS/
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

The Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPIOceans)
Concluded
2016 - 2017 RIMMEL (RIverine and Marine floating macro litter Monitoring and Modelling of Environmental Loading). Member of the Riverine Litter Observation Network
RIMMEL
Participant
European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Cunha PP; Dias J; Veríssimo H; Duarte LV; Dinis PM; Lopes FC; Bessa, Filipa; Antunes JA. Book of Proceedings of the IX Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin. 2018.
Book chapter
  1. Ceia, Filipe R.; Bessa, Filipa. "Paint particles on aquatic organisms: An emerging issue of contamination". In Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments, 331-353. Elsevier, 2024.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-443-15332-7.00008-9
Conference abstract
  1. José Carlos Caetano Xavier; Abreu, José; Lucas Bastos; Bessa, Filipa; Daragh Farnan; Diogo Francisco; Alexey V. Golikov; et al. "Understanding Antarctic marine ecosystems in response to human pressures: Information from long-term observations towards IPY 2032-33". Paper presented in XVI Portuguese Conference in Polar Sciences, Almeida, 2024.
  2. Matos, Diana M.; Jaime A. Ramos; Antunes, Stefan; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Bessa, Filipa; A. L. C. Brandão ; Coentro, João; et al. Corresponding author: Matos, Diana M.. "Microplastics ingestion and Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) by breeding seabirds in the tropical Atlantic: associations with trophic and foraging proxies (d15N and d13C)". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Ponta Delgada, 2023.
    Published
  3. José C. Xavier; José Abreu; Lucas Bastos; Bessa, Filipa; Débora Carmo; Patrícia Fialho; Diogo Francisco; et al. "Portugal and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings: 10 years and counting". Paper presented in XV Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares, Lisbon, 2023.
  4. Matos, Diana M.; Jaime A. Ramos; A. L. C. Brandão ; Bessa, Filipa; Silva, Vitor; Rodrigues, Isabel; Antunes, Stefan; et al. Corresponding author: Matos, Diana M.. "Seabirds as sentinels of anthropogenic and chemical pollution". Paper presented in II TOXRUN International Congress, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  5. Fragão, Joana; Bessa, Filipa; Otero, Vanessa; BARBOSA, ANDRES; Sobral, Paula; Waluda, Claire; Guímaro, Hugo; Xavier, Jose. "Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Antarctica: Using penguins as biological samplers". Paper presented in XIII Portuguese Polar Sciences Conference, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  6. Fragão, Joana; Bessa, Filipa; BARBOSA, ANDRES; Trathan, Phil; Ratcliffe, Norman; Manno, Clara; Waluda, Claire; et al. "Microplastics in penguins in Antarctic Peninsula and the Scotia Sea: geographical and temporal analyses 2006-2016". Paper presented in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference, 2021.
    Accepted
  7. José C. Xavier; José Abreu; Fialho, Patrícia; Bessa, Filipa; Ceia, Filipe R.; Fragão, Joana; Guímaro, Hugo R.; et al. "Antarctica biodiversity ¿hotspots¿: relevance for conservation of marine ecosystems". Paper presented in 13th Portuguese Conference in Polar Sciences, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  8. Teixeira, Zara; Moreira, Cláudia; Marques, Cátia; Bessa, Filipa; Bóia, Ana; Carvalho, Paula; Garcia, Ana Carla; et al. "SERMARE: An ocean literacy educational program for societal engagement". Paper presented in OGAR conference, Ilha do Faial - Açores, 2020.
    Published
  9. Fragão, Joana; Bessa, Filipa; Guímaro, Hugo R.; BARBOSA, ANDRES; Xavier, Jose. "Adélie Penguins and the presence of microplastics from Antarctic Peninsula". Paper presented in XII Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences, 2020.
    Published
  10. Xavier, Jose; Abreu, José P.; Azinhaga, Patrícia; Pedro Miguel Araújo; Alexandra Baeta; Bessa, Filipa; Ceia, Filipe R.; et al. "Penguins, albatrosses, seals and their prey as bio-indicators of environmental change in Antarctic marine ecosystems". Paper presented in XI Portuguese Polar Sciences Conference, Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
  11. Bessa, Filipa; Barría Pablo; João Neto; João Frias; Vanessa Otero; Paula Sobral; João Carlos Marques; et al. "Microplastics in juvenile commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment, from the book". Paper presented in International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, Capri, 2018.
  12. Bessa, Filipa; Pablo Barria; João Neto; João Carlos Marques; Paula Sobral; Bessa, Ana. "Occurrence of Potential Microplastics in Commercial Fish From an Estuarine Environment: Preliminary Results". 2017.
    doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-812271-6.00080-6.
  13. Irene, Martins; Zara, Teixeira; Ana Marta, Gonçalves; Bessa, Filipa; Helena, Verissimo; Pedro, Vinagre; João, Marques. "Evidence for the long-term contribution of upstream agricultural practices and land use on the biodiversity and function of an estuary and adjacent coastal areas". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, Peniche, Portugal., 2016.
Conference poster
  1. Fragão, Joana; Manno, Clara; Phillips, Richard A.; Waluda, Claire M.; Fernandes, José O.; Cunha, Sara C.; Xavier, José C.; Bessa, Filipa. "Presence of microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals on subantarctic seabirds". Paper presented in XVI International Seabird Group Conference, 2024.
  2. salvo, . vanessa . sarah ., Piera, J., Bessa, F., Toro-Valencia, V., gorbi, . stefania ., Regoli, F., Perez, C., Canals. "Towards the Global Treaty on Plastic from the coastal areas perspective: the Ocean Cities Network (OC-NET) addressing the global plastic crisis". Paper presented in 2024 Ocean Decade Conference , Barcelona (ES), 10 - 12 April 2024, 2024.
  3. Sousa-Guedes, Diana; Bessa, Filipa; Queiruga, Alberto; Teixeira, Leila; Reis, Vitória; Gonçalves, José Alberto; Marco, A. "Spatial patterns of marine litter accumulation on the remote island of Santa Luzia, Cabo Verde". Paper presented in 11th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Prague 2024, 2024.
  4. Fragão, Joana; Bessa, Filipa; Otero, Vanessa; Barbosa, Andrés; Sobral, Paula; Waluda, Claire M.; Guímaro, Hugo; Xavier, Jose. Corresponding author: Fragão, Joana. "Microplásticos e outras partículas antropogénicas na Antártida: uso de pinguins como mostradores biológicos [Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Antarctica: use of penguins as biological samplers]". Paper presented in 3ª Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos, 2023.
  5. DIANA SOUSA-GUEDES, SARA C. CUNHA, JOSÉ O. FERNANDES, DIANA SEMEDO, NEFTALÍ SILLERO, ADOLFO MARCO, FILIPA BESSA. "Can plastic pollution contaminate loggerhead turtle nests?". Paper presented in 3ª Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos, 2023.
  6. Fragão, Joana; Bessa, Filipa; Otero, Vanessa; Barbosa, Andrés; Sobral, Paula; Waluda, Claire M.; Guímaro, Hugo; et al. Corresponding author: Fragão, Joana. "Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Antartica:: using penguins as biological samplers". Paper presented in 3ª Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos/ 3rd Conference on Marine Litter and Microplastics, 2023.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147698
  7. Sara Silva , Marta Correia, Susana Echeverria, Filipa Bessa. "Avaliação da poluição por microplásticos em lagoas da serra da estrela, Portugal [Assessment of pollution by microplastics in lagoons of the Serra da Estrela, Portugal]". Paper presented in 3ª Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos, 2023.
  8. Bessa, Filipa. "Portugal Pellets Watch". Paper presented in 3ª Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos, 2023.
  9. Andreia Guilherme ; Rebocho, Ana; Carla Palma; Paula Sobral; Bessa, Filipa. "i-plastic: the fate of microplastics from Mondego river to the coastal north-eastern Atlantic". Paper presented in ASLO 23, 2023.
  10. Andreia Guilherme ; Rebocho, Ana; Carla Palma; Paula Sobral; Bessa, Filipa. "i-plastic project. the fate of microplastics from land-ocean interface to the open ocean in tropical and temperate areas - first results of Mondego river estuary (Portugal)". Paper presented in SETAC 2023, 2023.
  11. R.B.Casado, L.Alves, M.F.L.Lemos, F.R.Ceia, F.Bessa, S.Novais.. "Sharks as Biomonitors of Plastic Pollution in Benthic and Pelagic Marine Ecosystems.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting in Dublin, Ireland from 30 April- 4 May 2023., 2023.
  12. Roger B. Casado; Alves, LMF; Lemos, MFL; Ceia, Filipe R.; Bessa, Filipa; Novais, Sara. "Sharks as a bioindicators of plastic pollution in benthic and pelagic marine ecosystems.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland., 2023.
  13. Joana Girão; Bessa, Filipa; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Beatriz Ferreira; Santos-Baena, Carolina; M.P.M Marques; L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho; Jaime Albino Ramos; A Norte . Corresponding author: Joana Girão. "Variação na utilização de materiais antropogénicos em ninhos de chapins: influência das atividades humanas e das restrições pandémicas". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  14. Casado, Roger B. ; Alves, Luís M.F.; Lemos, Marco F.L; Baini, Matteo; Galli, Matteo; Ceia, Filipe R.; Bessa, Filipa; Novais, Sara. "Sharks as sentinels of plastic pollution in benthic and pelagic marine ecosystems". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland., 2023.
  15. Filipa Bessa, Pedro Gomes, Joaquim Parrinha, Sónia Seixas. "First records of fishing gear and plastics incrustated in corals and gorgonians from the Atlantic coast of Portugal". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference 2022 , 2022.
  16. Sousa-Guedes, D.; Sillero, N.; Bessa, F.; Marco, A.. "The effects of plastic pollution on the emergence of the loggerhead turtle hatchlings". Paper presented in 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC), 2022.
  17. Bárbara Sá, Joana Pais, Joana Antunes, João Pequeno, Tomás Dias, Filipa Bessa, Paula Sobral. "Sources and transport of microplastic polymers along the Mondego River, Portugal". Paper presented in 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC), 2022.
  18. Bessa, Filipa; Pedro Gomes; Joaquim Parrinha; Seixas, Sónia. Corresponding author: Bessa, Filipa. "First records of fishing gear incrustated in corals and gorgonians from the Atlantic coast of Portugal.". Paper presented in ICES ASC 2022, 2022.
  19. Figueiredo, Neusa; Bernardo Jerónimo; Filipa Bessa; Marta Martins. "The Occurrence of Waterborne Pathogens Colonizing Different MPs Polymers". 2022.
  20. 3. da Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M.F.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Bessa, Filipa; Silva, Andreia V.; Norte, Ana C.; Lemos, M. "Occurrence of microplastics in commercial mid-trophic level fishes along the Portuguese coast.". Paper presented in ICYMARE 2021 International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers ONLINE, 2021.
  21. Joana Pais; Bárbara Sá; Tomás Dias; Bessa, Filipa; João Pequeno; Paula Sobral. "Understanding microplastic routes from the source to the ocean by exploring their transport by the Mondego river, Portugal.". Paper presented in ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene, 2021.
  22. Bessa, Filipa; Gil Gonçalves; Umberto Andriolo; Paula Sobral; Luisa Gonçalves. "Project UAS4LITTER - Using drones to map marine litter on sandy beaches.". Paper presented in ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene, 2021.
  23. Joana Fragão; Bessa, Filipa; Guímaro, H. R; Barbosa, A; José C. Xavier; Fragão, J; Guímaro, H.; Barbosa, A.; Xavier J. C.. "Microplastics in Chinstrap penguins from Antarctic Peninsula". Paper presented in SCAR 2020 Online, SCAR'S Open Science Conference, 2020.
  24. Ruivinho, Carolina; Bessa, Filipa. "Presence and characterization of microplastics in Mytilus spp.". Paper presented in V meet.Eco Coimbra, 2019.
  25. Fanini, L; Defeo, O; Bessa, Filipa; Hughes, L; Iacofano, D; Cardoso, R.S.; Zafeiropoulos, H; et al. "Talitraits: a taxonomic backbone for talitrids amphipods’ traits.". Paper presented in International Colloquium on Amphipods, August 2019, Dijon, France., 2019.
  26. Bessa, Filipa; Vaz J; Sobral, Paula; Marques, JC.. "Marine litter trends of beaches with different human-induced pressures on the European Atlantic coast (Portugal).". Paper presented in Sixth International Marine Debris Conference (IMDC), San Diego (USA), 12-16 March 2018., 2018.
  27. Antunes, Joana; Sobral, Paula; Dhimmer V; Pequeno J; Bessa, Filipa. "Fish, bivalves and polychaeta: microplastics ingestion in Portuguese coastal waters.". Paper presented in MICRO 2018, Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and Solutions, Lanzarote, 19-23 November 2018, 2018.
  28. Airoldi L; Piarulli S; Bessa, Filipa; Comandini P; Doyle T; Fabbri E; van Franeker J; Grannberg M. "Plastox WP3: MPs uptake and food web transfer". Paper presented in 2nd JPI Oceans Conference, Lisbon, 26 October 2017., 2017.
  29. Frias, João Pedro Garcez Luís de; Nash R; Carretero O; Viñas L; Gago, Jesús; Lopes, Clara; Raimundo, Joana; et al. "Sampling methodologies for microplastics in the marine environment (WP4).". Paper presented in 2nd JPI Oceans Conference, Lisbon, 26 October 2017., 2017.
  30. Bessa, Filipa; Gonçalves C.; Sobral, Paula; Marques, JC.. "Ocorrência de microplásticos em praias arenosas sujeitas a diferentes pressões humanas: Resultados preliminares". Paper presented in MICRO2016 - 1º Congresso Português sobre Microplásticos. Porto, Portugal, 19-20 December 2016, 2016.
  31. Canning-Clode, João; Duarte, Bernardo; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Dias JM; Bessa, Filipa; Vaz, S.; Marques, JC.; Caçador, I.. "Heavy metal release from plastic debris coated by anti-fouling paints along an estuarine physic-chemical gradient". Paper presented in ECSA56- Coastal systems in transition: From a 'natural' to an 'anthropogenically-modified' state. Bremen, Germany, 4-7 September 2016., 2016.
  32. Reis MG; Bessa, Filipa; Skinner VB; Cabrini TMB; Cardoso RS. "Comportamento orientacional de Atlantorchestoidea brasiliensis na praia da Restinga da Marambaia". Paper presented in V Congresso Brasileiro de Biologia Marinha. Porto de Galinhas, Ipojuca - PE, Brazil, 17-21 May 2015., 2015.
  33. Bessa, Filipa; Rossano, Claudia; Nourisson, Delphine Helene; Gambineri, Simone; Marques, JC.; Scapini F.. "Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal).". Paper presented in Vth INTERNATIONAL SANDY BEACH SYMPOSIUM. South Africa, 23-28 June 2012., 2012.
  34. Bessa, Filipa; Rossano, Claudia; Nourisson, Delphine; Gambineri, Simone; Marques, JC; Scapini, Felicita. "Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal).". Paper presented in 73 CONGRESSO NAZIONALE DELL'UNIONE ZOOLOGICA ITALIANA, Florence, Italy, 23-27 September 2012., 2012.
Journal article
  1. Sousa-Guedes, Diana; Campos, João C.; Bessa, Filipa; Lasala, Jacob A.; Marco, Adolfo; Sillero, Neftalí. "The effects of warming on loggerhead turtle nesting counts". Journal of Animal Ecology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14242.
    Published • 10.1111/1365-2656.14242
  2. Gardoki, Jon; Cearreta, Alejandro; Irabien, María Jesús; Gómez-Arozamena, José; Villasante-Marcos, Víctor; García-Artola, Ane; Bessa, Filipa. "Recent environmental and morphosedimentary evolution of the mining-impacted Nalón Estuary (Asturias, N Spain): Disentangling natural and anthropogenic processes". Science of The Total Environment 943 (2024): 173792. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173792.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173792
  3. Gallitelli, L.; Girard, P.; Andriolo, U.; Roebroek, C.; Liro, M.; Suaria, G.; Martin, C.; et al. "Monitoring macroplastics in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: Expert survey reveals visual and drone-based census as most effective techniques". Science of The Total Environment (2024): 176528. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176528.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176528
  4. Seixas, Sónia; Parrinha, Joaquim; Gomes, Pedro; Bessa, Filipa. "Incorporation of abandoned and lost fishing gear into the structure of Dendrophyllia ramea in the Atlantic coast of Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 202 (2024): 116302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116302.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116302
  5. Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Gil; Hidaka, Mitsuko; Gonçalves, Diogo; Gonçalves, Luisa Maria; Bessa, Filipa; Kako, Shin'ichiro. "Marine litter weight estimation from UAV imagery: Three potential methodologies to advance macrolitter reports". Marine Pollution Bulletin 202 (2024): 116405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116405.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116405
  6. Sousa-Guedes, Diana; Bessa, Filipa; Queiruga, Alberto; Teixeira, Leila; Reis, Vitória; Gonçalves, José Alberto; Marco, Adolfo; Sillero, Neftalí. "Lost and found: Patterns of marine litter accumulation on the remote Island of Santa Luzia, Cabo Verde". Environmental Pollution 344 (2024): 123338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123338.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123338
  7. Girão, Joana; Bessa, Filipa; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Ferreira, Beatriz; Santos-Baena, Carolina; Marques, M. Paula M.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Ramos, Jaime Albino; Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Variation in the use of anthropogenic materials in tit nests: influence of human activities and pandemic restrictions". Urban Ecosystems (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01502-0.
    10.1007/s11252-023-01502-0
  8. Matos, D.M.; Ramos, J.A.; Bessa, Filipa; Silva, Vítor; Rodrigues, Isabel; Antunes, Stefan; dos Santos, I.; et al. "Anthropogenic debris ingestion in a tropical seabird community: Insights from taxonomy and foraging distribution". Science of The Total Environment 898 (2023): 165437. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165437.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165437
  9. Sousa-Guedes, Diana; Cunha, Sara C.; Fernandes, José O.; Semedo, Diana; Sillero, Neftalí; Marco, Adolfo; Bessa, Filipa. "Can plastic pollution contaminate loggerhead turtle nests? Evaluation of flame retardants (PBDEs) levels in the sand". Marine Pollution Bulletin 195 (2023): 115550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115550.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115550
  10. Gardoki, Jon; Cearreta, Alejandro; Irabien, María Jesús; Gómez-Arozamena, José; Villasante-Marcos, Víctor; García-Artola, Ane; Galaz-Samaniego, Carlos A.; Peñalba, María Cristina; Bessa, Filipa. "Modern conditions and recent environmental evolution of the industrialized inner ría of Ferrol (Galicia, NW Spain)". Continental Shelf Research (2023): 105098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105098.
    10.1016/j.csr.2023.105098
  11. Marques, José; Ares, Aitana; Costa, Joana; Marques, M.P.M.; de Carvalho, L.A.E. Batista; Bessa, Filipa. "Plastisphere assemblages differ from the surrounding bacterial communities in transitional coastal environments". Science of The Total Environment 869 (2023): 161703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161703.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161703
  12. Gonçalves, Gil; Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Luísa M.S.; Sobral, Paula; Bessa, Filipa. "Beach litter survey by drones: Mini-review and discussion of a potential standardization". Environmental Pollution 315 (2022): 120370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120370.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120370
  13. Sousa-Guedes, D.; Sillero, N.; Bessa, F.; Marco, A.. "Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of the loggerhead turtle hatchlings". Animal Conservation (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12837.
    10.1111/acv.12837
  14. Daniel González-Fernández; Andrés Cózar; Georg Hanke; Josué Viejo; Carmen Morales-Caselles; Rigers Bakiu; Damià Barceló; et al. "Author Correction: Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean". Nature Sustainability (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01009-0.
    10.1038/s41893-022-01009-0
  15. da Silva, Joana M.; Alves, Luís M.F.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Bessa, Filipa; Silva, Andreia V.; Norte, Ana C.; Lemos, Marco F.L.; et al. "Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment". Environmental Pollution 292 (2022): 118451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118451.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118451
  16. Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Gil; Sobral, Paula; Bessa, Filipa. "Spatial and size distribution of macro-litter on coastal dunes from drone images: A case study on the Atlantic coast". Marine Pollution Bulletin 169 (2021): 112490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112490.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112490
  17. Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Gil; Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson; Paterni, Marco; Bessa, Filipa; Gonçalves, Luisa M.S.; Sobral, Paula; et al. "Drones for litter mapping: An inter-operator concordance test in marking beached items on aerial images". Marine Pollution Bulletin 169 (2021): 112542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112542.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112542
  18. González-Fernández, Daniel; Cózar, Andrés; Hanke, Georg; Viejo, Josué; Morales-Caselles, Carmen; Bakiu, Rigers; Barceló, Damià; et al. "Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean". Nature Sustainability 4 6 (2021): 474-483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00722-6.
    10.1038/s41893-021-00722-6
  19. Gil gonçalves; Bessa, Filipa; Umberto Andriolo; Paula Sobral. "Using drones to map marine litter on Portugal’s coastline". Research Outreach 120 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.32907/ro-120-230233.
    10.32907/ro-120-230233
  20. Pequeno, João; Antunes, Joana; Dhimmer, Viren; Bessa, Filipa; Sobral, Paula. "Microplastics in Marine and Estuarine Species From the Coast of Portugal". Frontiers in Environmental Science 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.579127.
    Published • 10.3389/fenvs.2021.579127
  21. Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Gil; Bessa, Filipa; Sobral, Paula. "Mapping marine litter on coastal dunes with unmanned aerial systems: A showcase on the Atlantic Coast". Science of The Total Environment 736 (2020): 139632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139632.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139632
  22. Gonçalves, Gil; Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Luísa; Sobral, Paula; Bessa, Filipa. "Quantifying Marine Macro Litter Abundance on a Sandy Beach Using Unmanned Aerial Systems and Object-Oriented Machine Learning Methods". Remote Sensing 12 16 (2020): 2599. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12162599.
    10.3390/rs12162599
  23. Andriolo, Umberto; Gonçalves, Gil; Sobral, Paula; Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela; Bessa, Filipa. "Beach-dune morphodynamics and marine macro-litter abundance: An integrated approach with unmanned aerial system". Science of The Total Environment (2020): 141474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141474.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141474
  24. Luís Gabriel A. Barboza; Clara Lopes; Patrícia Oliveira; Filipa Bessa; Vanessa Otero; Bruno Henriques; Joana Raimundo; et al. "Microplastic in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure". Science of The Total Environment 717 (2020): 134625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134625.
  25. Gonçalves, Gil; Andriolo, Umberto; Pinto, Luís; Bessa, Filipa. "Mapping marine litter using UAS on a beach-dune system: a multidisciplinary approach". Science of The Total Environment 706 (2020): 135742. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135742.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135742
  26. Barboza, Luís Gabriel A.; Lopes, Clara; Oliveira, Patrícia; Bessa, Filipa; Otero, Vanessa; Henriques, Bruno; Raimundo, Joana; et al. "Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10773/37661.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134625
  27. Filipa Bessa; Norman Ratcliffe; Vanessa Otero; Paula Sobral; João C. Marques; Claire M. Waluda; Phil N. Trathan; José C. Xavier. "Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50621-2.
    10.1038/s41598-019-50621-2
  28. Martins, Irene; Bessa, Filipa; Gonçalves, Ana Marta M.; Gago, Jesús; Libralato, Simone. "MODELPlastics workshop - Modelling Ocean Plastic Litter in a Changing Climate: Gaps and future directions". Marine Pollution Bulletin 146 (2019): 22-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.063.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.063
  29. Scapini, Felicita; Bessa, Filipa; Gambineri, Simone; Bozzeda, Fabio. "Talitrid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) orientation as across scale bioindicator of sandy beaches environmental conditions: A meta-analytic approach". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 220 (2019): 25-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.02.037.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2019.02.037
  30. Constantino, Emanuel; Martins, Irene; Salazar Sierra, Juan M.; Bessa, Filipa. "Abundance and composition of floating marine macro litter on the eastern sector of the Mediterranean Sea". Marine Pollution Bulletin 138 (2019): 260-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.008.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.008
  31. Bessa, Filipa; Barría, Pablo; Neto, João M.; Frias, João P.G.L.; Otero, Vanessa; Sobral, Paula; Marques, J.C.. "Occurrence of microplastics in commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment". Marine Pollution Bulletin 128 (2018): 575-584. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.044.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.044
  32. Vendel, A.L.; Bessa, F.; Alves, V.E.N.; Amorim, A.L.A.; Patrício, J.; Palma, A.R.T.. "Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures". Marine Pollution Bulletin 117 1-2 (2017): 448-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.081.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.081
  33. Bessa, Ana. "Behavioural responses of talitrid amphipods to recreational pressures on oceanic tropical beaches with contrasting extension". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.10.007.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.10.007
  34. Bessa, Filipa; Marques, João Carlos; Scapini, Felicita. "Behavioural adaptations of two sympatric sandhoppers living on a mesotidal European Atlantic sandy beach". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 147 147 (2014): 17-24.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.05.016
  35. Bessa, Filipa; Baeta, Alexandra; Marques, Joao Carlos; Bessa, Ana. "Niche segregation amongst sympatric species at exposed sandy shores with contrasting wrack availabilities illustrated by stable isotopic analysis". Ecological Indicators 36 (2014): 694-702.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.026
  36. Nourisson, Delphine Helene; Bessa, Filipa; Scapini, Felicita; Marques, Joao Carlos. "Macrofaunal community abundance and diversity and talitrid orientation as potential indicators of ecological long-term effects of a sand-dune recovery intervention". Ecological Indicators 36 (2014): 356-366.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.08.005
  37. Bessa, Filipa; Gonçalves, S. G.; Franco, J. M; André, J. N; Cunha, P. P; Marques, J. C.; Bessa, Filipa; et al. "Temporal changes in macrofauna as response indicator to potential human pressures on sandy beaches". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/79926.
  38. Bessa, Filipa; Rossano, Claudia; Nourisson, Delphine; Gambineri, Simone; Marques, João Carlos; Scapini, Felicita; Bessa, Ana Filipa da Silva. "Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on a rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal)". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 117 117 (2013): 168-177.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.11.014
  39. Costa, S.; Pardal, M. A.; Bessa, F.. "The parasite Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836 (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala) in the crab Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda, Portunidae): influence of environmental conditions, colour morphotype and sex". Crustaceana 86 1 (2013): 34-47.
    Published • 10.1163/15685403-00003150
  40. Marques, Luisa; Carrico, Ana; Bessa, Filipa; Gaspar, Rui; Neto, Joao M.; Patricio, Joana; Bessa, Ana. "Response of intertidal macrobenthic communities and primary producers to mitigation measures in a temperate estuary". Ecological Indicators 25 (2013): 10-22.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.022
  41. Bessa, Filipa; Cunha, David; Goncalves, Silvia Correia; Marques, Joao Carlos; Bessa, Ana. "Sandy beach macrofaunal assemblages as indicators of anthropogenic impacts on coastal dunes". Ecological Indicators 30 (2013): 196-204.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.022
  42. Viegas, Ivan; Marques, Sónia Cotrim; Bessa, Filipa; Primo, Ana Lígia; Martinho, Filipe; Azeiteiro, Ulisses Miranda; Pardal, Miguel Ângelo. "Life history strategy of a southern European population of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.): evidence for latitudinal changes in growth phenology and population dynamics". Marine Biology 159 1 (2011): 33-43.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-011-1787-3
  43. Bessa, F.; Baeta, A.; Martinho, F.; Marques, S.; Pardal, M.A.. "Erratum: Seasonal and temporal variations in population dynamics of the Carcinus maenas (L.): The effect of an extreme drought event in a southern European estuary (Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2011) 91:8 (1713) DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991421)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91 8 (2011): 1713-1713. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80755189510&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0025315410001608
  44. Bessa, Filipa; Baeta, Alexandra; Martinho, Filipe; Marques, Sónia; Pardal, Miguel Ângelo. "Seasonal and temporal variations in population dynamics of the Carcinus maenas (L.): the effect of an extreme drought event in a southern European estuary". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90 05 (2010): 867-876.
    Published • 10.1017/S0025315409991421
Journal issue
  1. "Special Issue "Microplastics and Their Potential Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems"". Sustainability (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Microplastics_Aquatic_Organisms_Ecosystems#editors.
    Published • Invited editor
Magazine article
  1. Bessa, Filipa. "Projeto de ciência cidadã está a ajudar a recolher e a monitorizar lixo marinho [ Citizen science project is helping to collect and monitor marine litter]", Wattson, 2020, https://www.wattson.pt/2020/11/25/projeto-de-ciencia-cidada-esta-a-ajudar-a-recolher-e-a-monitorizar-lixo-marinho/.
Manual
  1. Teixeira, Zara; Moreira, Cláudia; Verdelhos, Tiago; Veríssimo, Helena; Bessa, Filipa; Garcia, A. Carla. Field Pocket Guide | "Às Voltas com o MARE": Frequent Species on Buarcos Beach and in the Figueira da Foz Saltpans. The Pocket Guide aims to help strengthen the community's ties to its natural and cultural heritage by encouraging visits to the Figueira da Foz traditional saltpans and the Buarcos rocky intertidal platforms.. Portugal. 2017.
    Published
  2. Zara Teixeira; Tiago Verdelhos; Helena Veríssimo; Filipa Bessa; Ana Carla Garcia. Às Voltas com o MARE Guide. Portugal.. 2016.
Online resource
  1. Bessa, Filipa. Ocean Susentability | Microcadernos [Field Micro-Notebooks] from Cadernos de Campo. 2024. https://cadernosdecampo.pt/#micro.
  2. I plastic members. 10 facts on microplastics and nanoplastics in estuarine environments. 2023. https://iplasticproject.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/10-facts-eng.pdf.
  3. Filipa Bessa; Veríssimo, Helena; Tiago Verdelhos; Zara Teixeira. Lixomarinho.pt - Online platform for observation and mapping of marine litter on the Portuguese coast. 2018. https://lixomarinho.app/.
Report
  1. Magalhães, J, Guasch B, Perucca Iannitelli C, Leguina L, Elorza A, Lacunza, Citarella MA, Giardullo P, Luís C, Navalhas. 2023. Blueprint for #CitSciComm with and for Industry and SMEs (D4.5). https://doi.org/10.5281/ zenodo.7752705..
  2. Bessa, Filipa; de Oliveira Soares M.,; Grelaud M.. 2021. D.1.1: Report on available data - I-plastic project.
  3. Filipa Bessa, João P.G.L. Frias, Tanja Knögel, Amy Lusher, Jose Manuel Andrade, Joana Antunes, Paula Sobral, Elena Pagt. 2019. Harmonized protocol for monitoring microplastics in biota. JPI Oceans BASEMAN project.. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332157735_Harmonized_protocol_for_monitoring_microplastics_in_biota.
  4. Bessa, Filipa; Rita Sá; Rui Barreira. 2019. X-Ray da Poluição Por Plástico: Repensar o Plásticos em Portugal. WWF Portugal/ ANP. https://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/plasticos__6_.pdf.
  5. Bessa, Filipa. 2019. A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society. SAPEA, Science Advice for Policy by European Academies. https://www.sapea.info/wpcontent/uploads/report.pdf.
  6. Ana Filgueras, Jesus Gago, Maria Luiza Pedrotti, Guiseppe Suaria, Valentina Tirelli, Jose Andrade, João P.G.L. Frias, R. 2019. Standardised protocol for monitoring microplastics in seawater. JPI-Oceans BASEMAN project..
  7. Bessa, Filipa; Frias, João Pedro Garcez Luís de; Tanja Kögel; A. Lusher; Joana Andrade; Joana Antunes; Sobral, Paula; et al. 2019. Harmonized protocol for monitoring microplastics in biota. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28588.72321/1.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-821
  8. Bessa, Filipa. 2018. Floating macro litter in European rivers - top items. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC108172.
    10.2760/316058
  9. João P.G.L. Frias, Elena Pagter, Róisín Nash, Ian O’Connor, Olga Carretero, Ana Filgueiras, Jesus Gago, Joana Antunes, F. 2018. Standardised protocol for monitoring microplastics in sediments. JPI-Oceans BASEMAN project..
    10.13140/RG.2.2.36256.89601
  10. João Frias; Elena Pagter; Roisin Nash; Ian O'Connor; Olga Carretero; Ana Filgueiras; Lucía Viñas; et al. 2018. Standardised protocol for monitoring microplastics in sediments. http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.36256.89601/1.
    10.13140/rg.2.2.36256.89601/1
  11. Piarulli S; Airoldi L; Wen J; Magnusson K; Granberg M; Van Colen; Bessa, Filipa; Sobral, Paula; van Franeker JA. 2017. Deliverable 3.1. Plastox Project - Qualitative and quantitative information on the distribution of MPs in key species at different trophic levels..
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Bessa, Ana Filipa da Silva. "Ecological status and functioning evaluation of sandy beach ecosystems: A macrobenthic community based approach". PhD, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/24112.
Translation
  1. Filipa Bessa, Paula Sobral, Carla Palma. i-plastic - 10 factos sobre microplásticos e nanoplásticos em ambientes estuarinos. 2023.
Website
  1. Bessa, Filipa. www.uas4litter.com. 2020.
  2. Bessa, Filipa. https://modelplasticseurom.wixsite.com/euromarine. 2018.
Working paper
  1. Xavier, Jose. 2019 (contributions of F Bessa). 2022. "Xavier, Jose. 2019. "PUBLICATION ON POLICY. Antarctic science and the Antarctic Treaty System. ATCM XXXIX/IP7 - Microplastics in the Antarctic marine food web: evidence from penguins". https://documents.ats.aq/ATCM44/OP/ATCM44_OP009_e.pdf.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Photo Exhibition and Art Installation | Ocean Drifter 2022 - at the Festival SONAR+D integrating the SONAR2022 at Lisbon, 8-10 April, 2022.. 2022.
  2. Photo Exhibition | Microplásticos nos nossos rios, mares e oceanos 14 september-16 october 2020. EMAR, Portimão, Portugal https://www.emarp.pt/2020/09/14/microplasticos-nos-nossos-rios-mares-e-oceanos-fotografias-de-filipa-bessa/. 2020.
  3. Photo Exhibition in Artistic instalation of the artista António Azenha – Oceanfalls, at Museu da Água Coimbra, 31 de july - 20 september 2020, Coimbra, Portugal. https://www.pportodosmuseus.pt/2020/07/27/170426/. 2020.
  4. Photo Exhibition | Imagem, conhecimento, sociedade [ Image, knowledge, society]. 2019.
  5. Photo Exhibition | ZOOPLASTICS - European Commission. 2019.
  6. Public collaborative exhibition | Plástico no Mar: Despertar. Mudar. [Plastic in the Sea: Awakening. Change. ]. 2019.
  7. Photo exhibition | Microplásticos nos nossos rios, mares e oceanos [ ¿Microplastics in our rivers, seas and oceans¿ ]. 2018.
  8. Organization and author of a public art exhibition | A ERA do lixo marinho [ The ERA of Marine Litter ]. 2017.
Artistic performance
  1. 2019. Exhibition - Art installation | OCEANFALL. Museu da Ciência - Coimbra.
Visual artwork
  1. Bessa, Filipa. Author of the Cover Image of the Report “Environmental and Health Risks of Microplastic Pollution” from the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), European Commission.
    10.2777/65378

Other

Other output
  1. On the use of drones to detect and map marine macro-litter on the North Atlantic Portuguese beach-dune systems: the experiences of UAS4Litter project. 2021. Umberto Andriolo; Gil Gonçalves; Filipa Bessa; Paula Sobral; Luis Pinto; Diogo Duarte; Angela Fontán-Bouzas; Luisa Gonçalves. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12168.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12168
  2. Activities Plan - "O MARE vai à escola". Guide disseminated to schools.. 2016. Teixeira, Zara; Bessa, Filipa; Irene, Martins; Ana M. M. Gonçalves; A.M.M. Gonçalves; A.M. Gonçalves; Ana Marta Gonçalves; Helena, Verissimo; Garcia, Ana Carla; Tiago Verdelhos.
  3. Às Voltas com o MARE. Guide for practictioners.. For use by the SERMARE researchers.. 2016. Tiago Verdelhos; Teixeira, Zara; Ana Carla Garcia; Bessa, Filipa; Helena, Verissimo.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/24 Behavioral patterns of coastal talitroids under scenarios of coastal erosion IX International Sandy Beaches Symposium
University of salento (Lecce, Italy)
2023/11/27 Portugal Pellets Watch – nem todos os grãos na praia são de areia Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã 2023
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/11/15 WP1: Monitoring and Mapping of MPs – Main results i-plastic Final Meeting
Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB) (Barcelona, Spain)
2023/10 (Micro)plastic pollution | Talk for NGO Camp Bios.CV
(Boavista, Cape Verde)
2023/09/14 i-Plastics WP1 - Microplastics in Motion: Flux Dynamics from the Mondego River to the Eastern Atlantic End-term meeting of the Joint Action “Ecological Aspects of Microplastics
Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland (Galway, Ireland)
2023/07 Anthropogenic impacts on intertidal sediments from the inner Ría of Ferrol: Current and historical perspectives XI CNG 2023 - Congresso Nacional de Geologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/07 Desafios e oportunidades do uso da ciência cidadã na temática do lixo marinho – a experiência da plataforma portuguesa lixomarinho.app VII Congresso Internacional de educação ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa.
(Maputo, Mozambique)
2023/07 lixomarinho.app - Plataforma de ciência cidadã para o combate do lixo marinho VII Congresso Internacional de educação ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa.
(Maputo, Mozambique)
2023/06 Modern environmental conditions on an agriculture-impacted estuary (Mondego, Portugal): a foraminiferal approach. FORAMS – International Symposium on Foraminifera
(Perugia, Italy)
2023/06 I-plastic: the fate of microplastics from Mondego River to the costal North-Eastern Atlantic (Portugal). ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023
(Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2023/04 Seabirds as sentinels of anthropogenic and chemical pollution. II TOXRUN International Congress 2023
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/04 Behavioural patterns of coastal talitroids under scenarios of coastal erosion. 19th International Colloquium on Amphipoda (ICA)
(Djerba, Tunisia)
2022/11 Plastisphere assemblages differ from the surrounding bacterial communities in transitional coastal environments. MICRO 2022 Online Atlas Edition - Plastic Pollution from Macro to Nano
2022/11 Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Antarctica: Using penguins as biological samplers MICRO 2022 Online Atlas Edition - Plastic Pollution from Macro to Nano,
2022/11 I-plastic: Microplastics in river and ocean sediments from Portuguese North Eastern Atlantic – preliminary results MICRO 2022 Online Atlas Edition - Plastic Pollution from Macro to Nano, 2022.14-18 November 2022.
2022/09/21 Challenges and opportunities of using citizen science to address the issue of marine litter – the experience of the portuguese platform lixomarinho.app 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Busan, South Korea)
2022/09/19 i-plastic project – The fate of microplastics from land-ocean interface to the open ocean in tropical and temperate areas -– the showcase of Mondego (Portugal) 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Busan, South Korea)
2022/09/14 From the source to the ocean: Seasonal abundance of microplastics in the Mondego River, Portugal 16th International Conference Littoral22
(Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2022/09 From the source to the ocean: Seasonal abundance of microplastics in the Mondego River, Portugal. 16th International Conference Littoral 22, 12-16 September 2022, Costa da Caparica. Portugal.
(Caparica, Portugal)
2022/07/07 Dispersion of microplastics from the Mondego estuary to the open ocean. X Simpósio sobre a Margem Ibérica Atlântica
(Bilbau, Spain)
2022/05/18 I-plastic Project – the fate of micro and nanoplastics in tropical and temperate areas - from land-ocean interface to the open ocean – the showcase of Mondego (Portugal). Encontro Ciência 2022
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/11/29 Antarctic Biodiversity “hotspots”: relevance for conservation of marine ecosystems. XIII Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares.
CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal)
2021/11/29 Microplastics in penguins in Antarctic Peninsula and the Scotia Sea: geographical and temporal analyses 2006-2016. 29-30 novembro 2021, Porto, Portugal. XIII Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares.
CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal)
2021/11/25 Challenges and opportunities for citizen science on the issue of marine litter – the experience of the Lixomarinho.app platform. Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã.
(Coimbra and on-line)
2021/11/03 Lixomarinho.app – quanto lixo há na praia? VI Congresso Internacional de Educação Ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa.
(S. Vicente e Santo Antão , Cape Verde)
2021/11 On the use of drones to detect and map marine macro-litter on the North Atlantic Portuguese beach-dune systems: the experiences of UAS4Litter project. EGU General Assembly 2021 (online).
2021/09/08 Microplastic pollution on sandy beaches with different human-induced pressures from the European Atlantic coast (Portugal).ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene,. CSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene
(online live and on-demand.)
2020/11/27 Drones and mobile apps to combat marine litter CIRCULARSEAS - Workshop 2: 3D printing demonstration and plastic recollection initiative
(Portugal)
2020/10/07 Uso de drones e aplicações móveis para a monitorização de lixo marinho em praias arenosas [Use of drones and mobile applications for monitoring marine litter on sandy beaches] Seminário Coastwatch 2020 “30 Anos a Olhar pelo Litoral
(Portugal)
2020/05/22 Metaformose ambiental | O potencial da ação humana [Environmental metaformosis | The potential of human action] TEDxUniversidadedeCoimbra - Theme: Metamorphosis
TEDxUniversidadedeCoimbra (Portugal)
2020 Adélie Penguins and the presence of microplastics from Antarctic Peninsula 2th Portuguese Conference in Polar Sciences
2019/11/06 Detecting marine litter on sandy beaches by using UAS-based orthophotos and machine learning methods Cost Action HARMONIOUS – Workshop: Standardization of procedures in using UAS for environmental monitoring.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10/24 Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region XI Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10 Penguins, albatrosses, seals and their prey as bio-indicators of environmental change in Antarctic marine ecosystems. XI Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/09/18 Mapeamento do lixo marinho com drones low-cost. [Mapping of marine litter with low-cost drones] 2a Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho
(Setúbal, Portugal)
2019/05/26 A scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society. SETAC Europe, 29th annual meeting.
(Helsinki, Finland)
2019/04/11 From the River to the Sea: Challenges in microplastics monitoring - the Mondego River Estuary as a case study | Invited Speaker MARLICE 2019 – International Forum on marine litter and circular economy
(Seville, Spain)
2019/03/14 Microplastics in the environment: the invisible threat | Invited Speaker VII AEICBAS Biomedical Congress
(Oporto, Portugal)
2019/02/28 Do rio ao mar sem lixo | Invited Speaker Biblioteca Municipal de Alcobaça
Biblioteca Municipal de Alcobaça (Alcobaça, Portugal)
2019/02/20 (Micro)plásticos nos Oceanos: Desafios e Soluções | Invited Speaker Secondary School Leal da Câmara, Rio de Mouro
Secondary School Leal da Câmara, Rio de Mouro (Portugal)
2018/11/18 Assessing microplastic abundance and distribution on the surface waters of the Mondego river estuary (Portugal) MICRO 2018, Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and Solutions
(Lanzarote, Spain)
2018/09/27 Poluição por (Micro)plásticos: Um problema global | Invited Speaker Escola Secundária António Damásio, Lisboa.
Escola Secundária António Damásio, Lisboa. (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/09/12 Poluição por microplásticos nos ecossistemas marinhos: desafios e soluções. Comemoração dos 246 anos da FCTUC
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/04 Levels of microplastic pollution on sandy beaches from the European Atlantic coast (Portugal). IX Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin (MIA2018)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/07/02 Microplastics – why are we concerned. Encontro Ciência 2018
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06 Microplastic pollution on sandy beaches with different human-induced pressures from the European Atlantic coast (Portugal) VIII International Sandy Beach Symposium (ISBS2018)
(Heraklion, Greece)
2018/06 Sandy beach ecosystem response to different Climate Change and related management scenarios VIII International Sandy Beach Symposium (ISBS2018)
(Heraklion, Greece)
2018/06 Habitat and trophic significance of external subsidies in wrack-associated beach macrofauna assemblages VIII International Sandy Beach Symposium (ISBS2018)
(Heraklion, Greece)
2018/06 Sandhopper (Amphipoda, Talitridae) orientation as across scales bioindicator of sandy beaches environmental conditions: a meta-analytic approach. VIII International Sandy Beach Symposium (ISBS2018)
(Heraklion, Greece)
2018/05/30 Microplastics in Oceans | Invited Speaker BEST Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/05/18 Desafios e oportunidades de reutilização de redes de pesca em fim de vida [Challenges and opportunities for reusing end-of-life fishing nets] Sessão temática sobre Economia Circular e Alterações Climáticas | Projeto CentroAdapt
CentroAdapt Project (Ílhavo, Portugal)
2018/05/04 (Micro)plásticos marinhos - pequenos plásticos, grandes problemas [Marine (micro)plastics - small plastics, big problems] 4.ª Conferência de Professores do Mar - A Escola na Sociedade Azul
Centro Ciência Viva - Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/03/23 Microplásticos nos nossos rios, mares e oceanos, o que podemos fazer? [Microplastics in our rivers, seas and oceans: What we can do?] Conversas e Debates - Celebrar o Mondego e os ambientes envolventes
Museu da Água de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/10/16 Microplásticos nos Oceanos: Desafios e Soluções [ Microplastics in the Oceans: Challenges and solutions] Comemoração do Dia Nacional do Mar
Associação Portuguesa de Educação Ambiental (ASPEA) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/09 Microplastics in juvenile commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
(Capri, Italy)
2017/05/24 Microplásticos em ambientes marinhos [Microplastics in marine ecosystems] Opening Ceremony of the exhibition "Ocean Without Plastics", organized by Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Ciência Viva,
Centro Ciência Viva, Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/12/19 Microplásticos como vetores de metais pesados no meio marinho: consequências ecológicas. MICROPLÁSTICOS 2016 – 1º Congresso Português sobre Microplásticos: Contaminação Ambiental por Microplásticos e suas Implicações para a Saúde dos Ecossistemas, Animal e Humana
(Porto, Portugal)
2016/12 Extração e identificação de microplásticos em peixes no ambiente estuarino. MICROPLÁSTICOS 2016 – 1º Congresso Português sobre Microplásticos: Contaminação Ambiental por Microplásticos e suas Implicações para a Saúde dos Ecossistemas, Animal e Humana.
(Porto, Portugal)
2016/09/16 O papel dos microplásticos como vectores de metais pesados em ambientes marinhos. 1ª CPLM - Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho.
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/09/16 Occurrence of potential microplastics in commercial fish from an estuarine environment. 1ª CPLM - Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho.
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/07/14 Evidence for the long-term contribution of upstream agricultural practices and land use on the biodiversity and function of an estuary and adjacent coastal areas. Frontiers Marine Science. Conference Abstract: IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research
(Peniche, Portugal)
2016/06 Occurrence of potential microplastics in commercial fish from an estuarine environment - Preliminary results. MICRO 2016: International Conference.
(Lanzarote, Spain)
2015/07/06 The combined effects of contrasting beach extension and human use on talitrid orientation. VII INTERNATIONAL SANDY BEACH SYMPOSIUM
(Ilhabela, Brazil)
2012/06 Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal). Vth INTERNATIONAL SANDY BEACH SYMPOSIUM
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
2012 Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on a rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal) VIth International Sandy Beach Symposium
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University ( NMMU) Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Mpekweni, Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/03/01 - Current Plastic pollution and climate change effects in nesting beaches of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) REF. 2020.04775.BD
Co-supervisor of Diana Sousa Guedes
 PhD - Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2026 Assessment of microplastics and plastic additives in Antarctic marine fauna”
Co-supervisor
 PhD Biosciences (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom
2024 - 2025 Charadrius alexandrinus exposure to plastic pollution in Portuguese sandy beaches and saltpans
Co-supervisor
 Master in Biological Resources, Territorial Development and Sustainability (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - 2025 Assessing microplastic contamination in aquaculture recirculation systems (RAS)
Supervisor
 Master in Marine Biology and Global Change (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Microplastic pollution in fish from Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea regions
Supervisor of Diogo Miguel Martins Francisco
 Master in Marine Biology & Global Change (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Microplastics in commercial flatfishes of the Portuguese coast
Co-supervisor
 Master in Marine Biology & Global Change (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Microplastic-Fungi Interface through Field Observations and Experimental settings
Co-supervisor
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2024 “Assessment of microplastic pollution in mountain lagoons of Serra da Estrela (Portugal)”
Supervisor
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2024 “Do Galápagos lava lizards (Microlophus spp.) add microplastics to their menu?”
Co-supervisor
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2023 “The use of microplastics to reconstruct dated sedimentary archives: the showcase of Mondego estuary (Portugal)”
Supervisor
 Master in Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Characterization of macro- and microplastics accumulated by North Atlantic sharks: assessment of possible effects and bioremediation strategies
Co-supervisor of Roger Busom Casado
Master's Degree in Marine Resources Biotechnology (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro de Investigação Aplicada em Turismo, Portugal
2020 - 2022/09/12 Using mussels as indicators of microplastic pollution in estuarine and coastal waters.
Supervisor of Beatriz Agante Luís
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - 2021/12 Microplastic contamination in two resident species from the Mondego estuary (Portugal): the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) and the European green crab (Carcinus maenas).
Supervisor of Tiago Pessoa
Master Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/07 Review of methodologies for extraction and characterization of microplastics in Antarctic zooplankton
Co-supervisor
 Degree in Biology (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Microplastics in the Mondego estuary and adjacent coastline: Occurrence, characterization and associated bacterial communities
Supervisor of José Luís Clemente Marques
 Master in Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2020/11/18 Microplastics in penguins from Antarctic Peninsula
Co-supervisor of Joana Fragão
Master - Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Occurrence of microplastics in mussels (Mytilus spp.)
Supervisor of Carolina Ruivinho
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Occurrence of microplastics in mussels (Mytilus spp.)
Supervisor of Tiago Pessoa
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Efeitos da nutrição de praias na comunidade macrofaunal de uma praia arenosa da costa ocidental Portuguesa [Effects of beach nourishment on the macrofaunal community of a sandy beach on the western Portuguese coast.]
Co-supervisor of José David Costa Cunha
 Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/05/06 - 2024/05/06 Workshop | CC@UC – The collaborative construction of a citizen science hub at the University of Coimbra. Open Science Communities at UC 2024 ( 6 May 2024) Coordination with Ana Santos, Catarina Silva, Filipa Bessa and Rita Campos. (2024/05/06 - 2024/05/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/01/31 - 2024/01/31 Workshop | iiiUC trainings: Citizen Science at the UC: Co-creation activity. Coordination with Filipa Bessa, Ana Santos, Catarina Silva and Rita Campos. (2024/01/31 - 2024/01/31)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/28 Member of the organization ENCC2023 – Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã (November 2023, Coimbra, Portugal (2023/11/27 - 2023/11/28)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/27 Workshop | CC @ UC - Ciência Cidadã na/com a Universidade de Coimbra, by Catarina NS, Filipa Silva Bessa, Ana Santos-Carvalho organized at Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã 2023, Coimbra 27-28 November, 2023. (2023/11/27 - 2023/11/27)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Rede nacional de ciencia cidadã, Portugal
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/18 Member of the Organization Comittee of the workshop "Dia Internacional de Limpeza Costeira dos Países de Língua Portuguesa", on 18 november 2022 (online) (2022/11/18 - 2022/11/18)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11 Coordinator of the final event of the project UAS4litter - Mapping marine litter with drones low-cost, 11 may 2022 (online). (2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/18 Organization of the Workshop "Mar Limpo - promovendo parcerias sustentáveis para o Oceano" [Clean Ocean - promoting sustainable partnerships for the Ocean] endorsed as Laboratory Clean Ocean - for tHigh-Level Launch of the Ocean Decade and Ocean Decade Laboratories. (2021/11/18 - 2021/11/18)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal
2021/11/16 - 2021/11/16 "Oceano sem Lixo: Contributo nacional no âmbito da Década das Ciências do Oceano para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Nações Unidas¿", endorsed event by UNEP. Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal. (2021/11/16 - 2021/11/16)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Comissão Oceanográfica Intergovernamental da UNESCO (IOC/COI-UNESCO), Portugal
2015 - 2020 Co-organizer of the programme Palestras Quintas do MARE (for MARE-UC) (2015)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal, Portugal
2018/09/22 - 2018/09/22 International Coastal Cleanup 2018 - Cabedelo Beach (2018/09/22 - 2018/09/22)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Ocean Conservancy, United States
2018/03/24 - 2018/03/24 Workshop for teachers and educators | Literacia do Lixo Marinho, accredited by Ordem dos Biólogos (Portugal) (2018/03/24 - 2018/03/24)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Workshop | Modelling Ocean Plastic Litter in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Mitigations - MODELPlastics | Coordination (2018/04/26 - 2018/04/27)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Seminars (8 sessions) for Museu da Água 2018 | Celebrar o Mondego e os ambientes envolventes. [Celebrate Mondego and its surroundings.] (2018 - 2018)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Museu da Água de Coimbra, Portugal

MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal, Portugal
2017/10/25 - 2017/10/25 Workshop for teachers and educators | Literacia do Lixo Marinho, accredited by Ordem dos Biólogos (Portugal) (2017/10/25 - 2017/10/25)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Município da Figueira da Foz, Portugal
2017/06/03 - 2017/06/03 3rd Beach clean-up event at Leirosa Beach (2017/06/03)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Celbi SA, Portugal
2016/06/04 - 2016/06/04 1º Beach clean-up event at Quiaios Beach (Portugal) | Coordination (2016/06/06)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal

Município da Figueira da Foz, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/07/04 - 2024/07/04 Invited Speaker with the talk entitled "Microplastics as environmental storytellers in the Anthropocene" at Encontro Ciência 2024,
Conference
 Encontro Ciência 2024
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/06/11 - 2024/06/11 Invited Speaker with the Talk entitled "Citizen Science and Pollution Engaging Communities to Protect Marine Environment at Digital With Purpose - Global Summit, held at Cascais, Portugal.
Conference
 Digital With Purpose - Global Summit
2024/05/10 - 2024/05/10 Invited as Keynote speaker at National Conference of Sea Teachers with the talk entitled "Citizen science as tool to tackle marine litter" held at Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon (Portugal)
Conference
 National Conference of Sea Teachers
Pavilhão do Conhecimento-Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
2023/12/05 - 2023/12/05 Demonstration of citizen science projects lixo marinho.app and Portugal Pellets Watch. Inovação@UC 2023
Conference
 Inovação@UC 2023
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/27 Talk and presentation of the Project - Portugal Pellets Watch at Session of Escola All (Blue Schools) - Sessão de Apresentação de Parceiros a Escolas Azuis - online on 27 November 2023
Meeting
 Sessão de Apresentação de Parceiros a Escolas Azuis
Fundo Azul (DGPM), Portugal
2023/11/19 - 2023/11/19 Invited Keynote Speaker at IX Encontro de Ecologia (IX meet.Eco Coimbra) with the talk entitled "Microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems", at DCV, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Conference
 IX Encontro de Ecologia (IX meet.Eco Coimbra)
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra (NEB/AAC)., Portugal
2023/11/19 - 2023/11/19 Moderator at 11º Seminário "Desafios do Mar Português (Panel - Culture and Blue Literacy) held at CIEMar-Ílhavo on 19 November 2023.
Seminar
 11º Seminário "Desafios do Mar Português
MUSEU MARÍTIMO DE ÍLHAVO, Portugal
2023/09/07 - 2023/09/07 Invited as Keynote speaker at II Simposio International en Sustentabilidad: Transformación Productiva y Accion Climática, Neiva (Colombia) with the talk entitled "Plastic pollution and the challenges of sustainable production and consumption" held online - 7-8 September 2023.
Symposium
 I Simposio International en Sustentabilidad: Transformación Productiva y Accion Climática
Universidade Nacional Aberta e a Distância (UNAD), Colombia
2022/06/09 - 2023/06/09 Talk in schools by invitation | Poluição por microplásticos: Desafios e soluções at Escola Básica integrada Santa Onofre – Caldas da Rainha 09 june 2022.
Seminar
2023/05/29 - 2023/05/29 Invited as Keynote speaker at Filling the coastal data gaps: Final mini-conference with the talk entitled “Challenges and opportunities of citizen science to address plastic pollution – The Portuguese experience” at Chalmers Fuse Lab – University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 29 May 2023. https://oceandatafactory.se/filling-the-coastal-data-gaps-final/
Conference
 Filling the coastal data gaps: Final mini-conference
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
2023/04/17 - 2023/04/17 Invited as Keynote speaker at I Encontro Internacional – Oficina participativa: experiências inovadoras em participação ambiental, with the talk entitled “Participação através da ciência cidadã” organized by Instituto Jurídico from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra and UFSCar, at 17 April 2023.
Meeting
 I Encontro Internacional – Oficina participativa: experiências inovadoras em participação ambiental,
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto Jurídico, Portugal
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/29 Invited as Keynote speaker at NEWSERA Final Conference BIP Meeting in the Panel Blueprint with and for Industry and SMEs – Roundtable with lessons learnt – NEWSERA Pilots representatives Center,Brussels, Belgium, 29th March 2023. https://newsera2020.eu/events/newsera-final-conference/
Conference
 NEWSERA Final Conference
2023/02/01 - 2023/02/01 Invited as Keynote speaker at Bio’n’TEQ – Mostra Tecnológica de Biotecnologia 1 February 2023 in the Panel – “Os plásticos e a Economia Circular – Qual o lugar dos bioplásticos?” at Cantanhede, Portugal, 1 February 2023. https://www.bionteq.pt
Exhibition
 Bio’n’TEQ – Mostra Tecnológica de Biotecnologia
2022/11/21 - 2022/11/21 Participation as Keynote Speaker in the 5th Fortaleza Austral Spring School - MARINE ECOSYSTEMS UNDER PRESSURE: current issues and future challenges in pollution science with the talk entitled "Monitoring microplastics in biota challenges and recommendations", November 21-22, 2022 (on-line). https://www.aircentre.org/5th-fortaleza-austral-spring-school/
Other
 5th Fortaleza Austral Spring School - MARINE ECOSYSTEMS UNDER PRESSURE: current issues and future challenges in pollution science with the talk entitled
2022/11/10 - 2022/11/10 Invited as Keynote speaker at IV Congreso Internacional de Ciencias Agrarias y Ambientales - CICAA 2022 with the talk entitled " Are Microplastics an emerging issue for food security?", Bogotá, Colômbia, 9-11 November 2022
Congress
 IV Congreso Internacional de Ciencias Agrarias y Ambientales - CICAA 2022
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, Colombia
2022/10/27 - 2022/10/27 Invited as Keynote speaker at workhops uTEQ from AEMITEQ with the talk entitled “Poluição nos ecossistemas costeiros e marinhos por plásticos, 27 October 2022 (online).
Workshop
 uTEQ
2022/10/09 - 2022/10/09 Participation as Keynote speaker for EcoTalks in the festival CINEECO 2022 - Plásticos nos Oceanos, problema nosso de cada dia [ Plastics in the Oceans, our daily problem ]
Festival
 Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra da Estrela - CINEECO 2022
2022/07/12 - 2022/07/12 Participation as invited speaker in the TALKS ALENTEJO, by ALENTEJO AZUL, with the talk entitled “ Uso de drones e aplicações móveis no combate ao lixo marinho”, on 12 july 2022 (online).
Meeting
 TALKS ALENTEJO, by ALENTEJO AZUL
2022/06/13 - 2022/06/13 Participation as invited speaker - SEI Portugal, - with the talk entitled "Poluição por microplásticos em Portugal: do mexilhão ao tubarão¿", on 13 June 2022 - online.
Other
 SEI Portugal Talks
2022/06/09 - 2022/06/09 Talk in schools by invitation | Poluição por microplásticos: Desafios e soluções at Escola Básica 2º e 3º Ciclo Frei Estevão Martins – Alcobaça, 09 june 2022.
Seminar
Escola Básica 2º e 3º Ciclo Frei Estevão Martins ¿, Portugal
2022/06/07 - 2022/06/07 Participation as invited speaker in the BLUE TALK VENEZUELA – Oceanos con futuro, organized by by the Portuguese Embassy and Venezuela, with the communication entitled “Contaminación Marina por microplásticos: retos y soluciones” held on 7 June 2022 in Caracas (and online).
Other
 BLUE TALK VENEZUELA – Oceanos con futuro
2022/05/25 - 2022/05/25 Participation as invited speaker in the BLUE TALK CHILE – Camino a la Conferencia sobre los Océanos 2022, organized by the Portuguese Embassy and Chile, in the panel discussion “Marine Contamination” held on 25 May 2022 in Santiago (and online).
Other
 BLUE TALK CHILE – Camino a la Conferencia sobre los Océanos 2022,
2022/04/22 - 2022/04/22 Talk by invitation | Poluição por microplásticos: Desafios e soluções at Colégio Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra ( three sessions with a total number of students 369) 22 april 2022.
Seminar
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/20 Participation and organization of the WORKSHOP “Lixo marinho: desafios e soluções” for teachers accredited by Centro de Formação CF AE Beira Mar, held at Escola EB2/3 Dr. Pedrosa Veríssimo, on 20 april 2022.
Other
2022/04/19 - 2022/04/19 Participation as invited speaker in the BLUE TALKS – The 2020 United Nations Ocean Conference and Stockholm +50 Conference: Building Bridges, in the panel discussion “Gender and the Oceans” held on 19 April 2022 in Stockholm (and online).
Meeting
 Blue Talks – The 2020 he 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference and Stockholm +50 Conference: Building Bridges
2022/04/09 - 2022/04/09 Participation as invited Speaker in the Conference SÓNAR +D in the festival SONAR2022 Lisbon, with the talk entitled “Rivers and Oceans: talk with Filipa Bessa and Cláudia Martinho, 09 April 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
Conference
 Conference SÓNAR +D
2022/04/01 - 2022/04/01 Participation as keynote speaker “Oficina de Formação para Professores: “Literacia do Oceano para todos II” (90min) organized by Escola Azul (Direção-Geral de Política do Mar) e acredited by Centro de Formação de Loures Oriental Conselho Científico – Pedagógico da Formação Continua da Universidade do Minho, on 1 april 2022 (online)
Other
2022/03/02 - 2022/03/02 Lecture for the project Plastic Pirates - Go Europe at D. Sancho II School (Alijó), entitled "Monitorização de lixo marinho Porque é importante comunicar os dados?" on 2 march 2022.
Seminar
2022/02/11 - 2022/02/11 Participation in the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly (7th IDWGIS) organized by the United Nations, as invited Speaker in the Panel Women in Science for Water and Society
Other
 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly (7th IDWGIS)
United Nations Environment Programme New York, United States
2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20 Participation as Keynote Speaker in the event Projeto Brigada #AMARoMAR, organized by ABAE, Bandeira Azul with the talk entitled “ A ciência cidadã como ferramenta de combate ao lixo marinho”, 20 January 2022 (online).
Meeting
 Projeto Brigada #AMARoMAR,
2021/11/27 - 2021/11/27 Workshop at VII meet.ECO Coimbra 2021 (Que microplásticos ocorrem nos nossos rios, estuários e oceanos? [What microplastics occur in our rivers, estuaries and oceans?]
Workshop
 VII meet.ECO Coimbra 2021
2021/10/14 - 2021/10/14 Participation as invited speaker in the event “Semana de Educação e Iniciativas de Voluntariado Ambiental – SEIVA 2021 with the communication entitled “"Contributo do voluntariado e ciência cidadã para o estudo do lixo marinho”, organized by APA/ARH-Algarve and Centro de Ciência Viva de Tavira, held at Tavira on 14 October (online).
Seminar
 Semana de Educação e Iniciativas de Voluntariado Ambiental – SEIVA 2021
Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira, Portugal
2021/04/29 - 2021/04/29 A fotografia como meio de comunicação de ciência – A poluição por microplásticos [Photography as a communication tool of science – Microplastic Pollution]
Meeting
 IV Encontros | 2021. Imagem & Território. Fotografia sem Fronteiras
2021/02/06 - 2021/02/06 Workshop ggplot2 in R
Workshop
 Workshop ggplot2 in R
AIMM Portugal | Marine Environment Research Association, Portugal
2021/01/23 - 2021/01/23 Talk : Um Oceano de Microplásticos [A Sea of Microplastics]
Conference
 Forúm Nacional Clubes Ciência Viva nas Escolas
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2019/05/14 - 2019/05/14 Comunicar, Sensibilizar e Agir - O caso da poluição por plásticos | Invited Speaker
Conference
 APDA - PURA 2019 - Encontro de Comunicação Ambiental
Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas (APDA), Portugal
2019/04 - 2019/04 MARLICE 2019 – International Forum on marine litter and circular economy | Invited Speaker
Meeting
 MARLICE 2019 – International Forum on marine litter and circular economy
2019 - 2019 National Geographic Summit 2019 | Invited
Other
 National Geographic Summit 2019
2018/09/28 - 2018/09/28 CCOceanos - Centro de Comunicação dos Oceanos | Invited Speaker
Meeting
 CCOceanos - Centro de Comunicação dos Oceanos - Plásticos e Ambiente Marinho
2018 - 2018 Business Fair | Business2Sea 2018
Exhibition
 Business2Sea'18
Fórum Oceano Associação da Economia do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Workshop | Ocean Literacy MOOC: From ABC to ABSeas: Ocean Literacy for all
Other
 From ABC to ABSeas: Ocean Literacy for all
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France, France
2016/10/25 - 2016/10/25 Workshop (Participation) |Microscopia FT-IR: Microplásticos
Workshop
 Microscopia FT-IR: Microplásticos
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2014 - 2014 ECSA54 Conference
Conference
 ECSA54 Conference - Coastal systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools.
2014 - 2014 Summer School | II DEVOTES Summer School: From species to Ecosystems
Workshop
 Summer School | II DEVOTES Summer School: From species to Ecosystems
AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain, Spain
2012 - 2012 73 CONGRESSO NAZIONALE DELL'UNIONE ZOOLOGICA ITALIANA
Congress
 73 CONGRESSO NAZIONALE DELL'UNIONE ZOOLOGICA ITALIANA
2012 - 2012 Vth INTERNATIONAL SANDY BEACH SYMPOSIUM
Symposium
 Vth INTERNATIONAL SANDY BEACH SYMPOSIUM
2010 - 2010 ECSA 47 Symposium
Symposium
 ECSA 47 Symposium
2009 - 2009 XXI European Courses - Invasiones Biológicas en el medio marino, en contexto de cambio climático.
Other
AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/24 Microplastics go on land: anthropogenic and biological drivers of microplastic ingestion in Galapagos lava lizards
Supervisor
 Andreia Murta (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/07/01 Contamination of plastic debris in mass strandings of the brown algae Rugulopteryx okamurae in the Azores
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pavel Iliev Vashev (Master)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2024/06/12 Understanding Microplastic Contamination in Marine Pelagic Ecosystems
(Thesis) Arguer
 Clara Patrícia Andrade Lopes (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2024/03/01 PhD Thesis entitled "Ingestão de Plástico pela Biota e o Compartilhamento de Dados Científicos na Era do Plástico¿" from Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Universidade Federal do Pará (PPGEAP/UFPA).
(Thesis) Arguer
 RAQUELINE CRISTINA PEREIRA MONTEIRO (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
2023/01/09 Variação geográfica e sazonal dos microplásticos nas praias em Portugal.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Isabel Lucas Sousa (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2022/12/21 Microplastics in a Portuguese coastal area: distribution patterns on surface waters and sediments, ingestion by wild marine fish, and relative contribution as a contamination pathway
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diana Duarte Rodrigues (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/09/14 Exposure to microplastics in pelagic and coastal seabirds from temperate and tropical environments
(Thesis) Arguer
 Vitor Hugo Corino Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/14 Waterbirds as sentinels of microplastic and plastic additive pollution in coastal systems in southern Portugal
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Tomás Gomes dos Santos Coentro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/12 Using mussels as bioindicators of microplastic contamination in coastal and estuarine waters
Supervisor
 Beatriz Agante Luís (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/05/24 Microplásticos no Rio Tejo em Portugal [Microplastics in Tejo River, Portugal]
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Juliano Roberto Pavan (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/05/09 Microplásticos em produtos de cuidado pessoal [Microplastics in personal care products]”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Margarida António Pateiro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/03/24 The physiology and health condition of urban dweller gulls in increasingly urbanized areas
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Santos Lopes (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/01/26 Microplastic in the Mondego estuary and adjacent marine area.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Alexandre Costa Da Conceição (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/12/06 “Microplastic contamination in two resident species from the Mondego estuary (Portugal) the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) and the european green crab (Carcinus maenas)”.
Supervisor
 Tiago André Camões Pessoa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/30 Marine litter: Harmonization of monitoring methodologies, materials and categories
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo de Oliveira Simões Timóteo Fernandes (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/09/07 “Microplastics in the Mondego estuary and adjacent coastline: Occurrence, characterization and associated bacterial communities”.
Supervisor
 José Luís Clemente Marques (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/01/27 Microplásticos em águas e sedimentos da costa algarvia. [Microplastics in waters and sediments on the Algarve coast.]
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Dalila Ariane dos Santos Leonor (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/01/06 Socio-economic impact of marine litter for remote oceanic islands: The Azores archipelago
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Yasmina Maria Rodríguez González (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/11/09 Microplásticos em vários tecidos de espécies de peixes pelágicos com interesse comercial.[Microplastics in various tissues of pelagic fish species of commercial interest.]
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Catarina Ambrosino da Silva (Master)
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/05/03 “Microplastics in bivalves (Mytilus galloprovincialis and Scrobicularia plana) and Polychaetes (Marphysa sanguinea)”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Daniel de Sena Gomes Pequeno (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/12/12 “Microplastics in gastrointestinal tracts of Trachurus trachurus and Scomber colias from the Portuguese Coastal water”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Viren Rasiclal Dhimmer (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current Member of the Portuguese Network of Citizen Science - https://www.cienciacidada.pt Member
2019 - Current Member of APLM (Associação Portuguesa para o Lixo Marinho) Member
2018 - Current Member of the Blue Ocean Watch initiative (http://www.blueocean.watch) Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Focal point member of the OCEAN CITIES network, an international network of cities in harmony with the marine environment (OC-NET) is one of the structural programs of the Ocean Decade. https://ocean-cities.org
Member
2021 - Current Member for the Working Group "Ocean sem Lixo" [Ocean free of marine litter] organized by Comité Português para a Comissão Oceanográfica Intergovernamental (COI/UNESCO)(20219.
Member
2020 - Current OSPAR Microplastics Expert Group
Member
 DGRM - Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos., Portugal
2020 - Current OSPAR Beach litter expert group - member
Member
 DGRM - Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos., Portugal
2018 - Current Thematic editor (Talitraits) at World Amphipoda Database, from WoRMS from the World Register of Marine Species.
Member
2018 - Current Member of the Organizing Committee of MIA2018 - IX Simpósio sobre a Margem Ibérica Atlântica.
Member
2023 - 2024 Member of GESAMP - Joint Group of Expert on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection – WG 43 – Sea-based sources of marine litter.
Member
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/22 Member of the Organizing Committee of 3rd - CPLM - Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho. Lisbon, Portugal. https://www.aplixomarinho.org/3cplm
Member
 APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal
2022/08/07 - 2022/08/09 Member of the Scientific Committee of MIA2022 - X Simpósio sobre a Margem Ibérica Atlântica. https://www.ehu.eus/es/web/simposiomia2022/
Member
2019/09/19 - 2019/09/20 Member of the Organizing Committee of 2º CPLM - Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho. Lisbon, Portugal https://www.aplixomarinho.org/2cplm
Member
 APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Member of the Articulation Committee of EAlusofona 2019 - V Congresso Internacional de Educação Ambiental dos Países e Comunidade de Língua Portuguesa e Galiza (http://www.ealusofono.org).
Member
2019 - 2019 Member of the Organizing Committee of XI Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares/ [XI Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences ] https://conferenciapolar.wixsite.com/conferenciapolar2019
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Member of the SAPEA Microplastic Working Group as Scientist Adviser for European Comission
Advisor / Consultant
2016/09/15 - 2016/09/16 Member of the Organizing Committee of 1º CPLM - Conferência Portuguesa sobre Lixo Marinho, Lisbon, Portugal.
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

APLM - Associação Portuguesa do Lixo Marinho, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Member of the Organising Committee of ECSA 47 Symposium - Integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological quality in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide.
Member
 IMAR-CMA; CO-FCUL, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023 - 2024 Member of GESAMP - Joint Group of Expert on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection – WG 43 – Sea-based sources of marine litter - with the lead agencies FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), IMO (International Maritime Organization) and co-sponsor UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme for the period of 2023-2024. http://www.gesamp.org/work/groups/wg-43-on-sea- based-sources-of-marine-litter.
2023 - 2023 Consulting and preparation of the preface as scientist for the architecture proposal MARÉS for Pavilhão de Portugal at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai for the SITE/LESS studio, South Korea.
2021 - 2021 Reviewer of the online course - Social media management for citizen science projects. https://moodle.eu-citizen.science
2020 - 2021 Book Revision| Title: Mar de plástico: o lixo na costa brasileira [ Sea of Plastics: litter from the Brazilian coast] Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos e Marinhos - CECLIMAR/CLN/UFRGS, Brazil
2019 - 2019 Consulting for WWF|ANP Portugal as expert of plastic pollution for the report X-Ray da Poluição Por Plástico: Repensar o Plásticos em Portugal. WWF| ANP Portugal, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Discipline at Graduation | Marine Biology and Ecology (Theoretical Classes) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/02/06 - 2024/02/06 Lecture in the discipline Introdução a Políticas do Mar (TP) for the Master in “Biologia Marinha e Alterações Globais” and “Mestrado Internacional em Ecologia Aplicada” from Prof. José Xavier, from Department of Life Sciences, DCV-FCTUC, Coimbra (3h) 6 february 2024 Master in “Biologia Marinha e Alterações Globais” (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/12/13 - 2023/12/13 Coordinator and lecturer of the course “Prevenção do Lixo Marinho através da Literacia Científica” with Ana Gonçalves held at Campus UC (Figueira da Foz) on 13-12-2023. 0.5 ECTS Financing – PRR - Projeto Living the Future Academy. (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/07 - 2023/11/07 Lecture in the discipline One Health for the Master in Biochemistry from Department of Life Sciences, DCV-FCTUC, Coimbra (2h). (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/06/21 - 2023/07/10 Organization and lecturer of the course “Curso de Formação em Ferramentas para ler arquivos sedimentares costeiros de história recente” with Pedro Dinis and Pedro Costa held at University of Coimbra and on-line 54h – 2 ECTS Financing – PRR - Projeto Living the Future Academy – 21.06.2023 – 10.07.2023 https://www.uc.pt/cncg/ferramentas-para-ler- arquivos-sedimentares-costeiros-de-historia-recente/ Curso não conferente de grau (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/20 Lecture in the discipline Ecologia Bentónica Estuarina (teórica) for the graduation in Biology, from Prof. Miguel Pardal, from Department of Life Sciences, DCV-FCTUC, Coimbra (3h), 20 march 2023. Graduation Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/02/06 Lecture in the discipline Introdução a Políticas do Mar (teórica-prática) for the Master in “Biologia Marinha e Alterações Globais” and “Mestrado Internacional em Ecologia Aplicada” from Prof. José Xavier, from Department of Life Sciences, DCV-FCTUC, Coimbra (3h) 6 february 2023 Master - Biologia Marinha e Alterações Globais (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/12/12 - 2022/12/12 Lecture entitled “Marine litter and Microplastics" for the students of the course “Seminars on Innovation and Sustainable Development” at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 12th December 2022 (1h). Master (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/01/17 - 2022/01/17 Lecture entitled “Microplastic pollution: sources, challenges and solutions" for the students of the course “Seminars on Innovation and Sustainable Development” at Instituto Superior Técnico, 17 January 2022. Master (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2019 Discipline at Graduation | Marine Biology and Ecology (Pratical Classes) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2018 - 2018 Referee of the Special Sessions at International Scientific Committee of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL2018)
Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/08/19 Inverview for Diario de Coimbra about my curricular path for the participation at Pontos nos IIs, from Exploratorio UC. Diário de Coimbra
2023/03/16 Newspaper Interview |Microplásticos contam histórias de águas do Mondego e de praias lá perto – Jornal Público – T eresa Serafim. 16.03.2023 https://www.publico.pt/2023/03/16/ciencia/noticia/microplasticos-contam-historias-aguas- mondego-praias-perto-2038481 Público
2022/03/08 Newspaper Interview | A evolução do papel das mulheres na Ciência, Jornal Universitário de Coimbra - A CABRA, Coimbra, Edição 307, 08 de Março 2022. Jornal Universitário de Coimbra - A CABRA
2021/11/28 Interview entitled "A CIENTISTA CAÇA-PLÁSTICO QUE LUTA CONTRA O FLAGELO DO LIXO MARINHO". Revista Visão
2021/06/17 Newspaper Interview | Em vez de um grão de areia, pode encontrar um pedaço de plástico no carapau que vai comer. Jornal Expresso.
2021 Newspaper Interview | Em vez de um grão de areia, pode encontrar um pedaço de plástico no carapau que vai comer Jornal Expresso
2019/10/02 Newspaper Interview | Microplásticos detectados pela primeira vez em pinguins da Antártida Público
2019/05/07 Newspaper Interview | Alimento ou lixo? Estes microplásticos confundem os animais marinhos Público - P3
2019/05/07 Interview| "Alimento ou lixo? Estes microplásticos confundem os animais marinhos" Jornal Público - P3
2018/12/29 Newspaper Interview | Afogados em Plástico Jornal Expresso

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/07/27 - Current TV interview for the Journal CNN on the first day of OCEAN CONFERENCE held in Lisbon (27-1 July). OCEAN CONFERENCE held in Lisbon (27-1 July)
2023 - 2033 Participation in the Podcast “Palavrões de Ciência”, Episode - Afinal, o que sabemos nós sobre o mar? - Madremedia https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/afinal-o-que-sabemos- nos-sobre-o-mar
2022/07/27 - 2022/07/27 Antena 1 radio interview under the theme OCEAN CONFERENCE held in Lisbon, 27 july 2022. OCEAN CONFERENCE held in Lisbon
2020/09 - 2020/09 Documentário: Plástico: o novo continente| TVI [Documentary: Plastic: the new continent | TVI] TV Documentary
2019/03/18 - 2019/03/18 90 Segundos de Ciência | EP. 581 Projecto UAS4LITTER usa drones para mapeamento de lixo marinho em praias arenosas
2019/02/16 - 2019/02/16 Interview for Radio RDP Africa| Geração Digital "lixomarinho.app" promove participação dos cidadãos na identificação do lixo que recolhem na orla costeira
2018/05/09 - 2018/05/09 Interview for Radio RUC | Minerva Microplasticos em ambientes aquáticos e a sua influência nos ecossistemas
2018/04/09 - 2018/04/09 Interview for Radio | RUC Prémio Internacional de fotografia CleanSeas
2018/04/06 - 2018/04/06 Interview for Radio | RDP Internacional Cleanseas - Prémio de Fotografia
2017/12/06 - 2017/12/06 Interview for TV Magazine ESECTV | RTP2, Episode 6 The Era of Marine Litter
2017/06/17 - 2017/06/17 Interview for Radio | RTP/Antena1 |Os dias do Futuro Ocean without plastics/ Um oceano sem plásticos
2016/04/30 - 2016/04/30 Participation in the TV Magazine “Biosfera", RTP2 "Impactos da Atual Sociedade de Plástico"
2012/12/07 - 2012/12/07 Participation in the TV | República do Saber, PGR 7 |RTP2 Behavioural adaptations of sandhoppers as a potential bioindicator of anthropogenic impacts on sandy beaches

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/04/01 - 2023/09/11 Host of a PhD student PhD student Jon Gardoqui Díaz (45753557W) (pre-doctoral student supported by a gran funded by Gobierno Vasco/Eusko Jaurlaritza, PRE_2020_1_0035) to April-September 2023. Jon Gardoqui Díaz
2021/05/01 - 2021/07/31 Summer Internship (FAES 300 Internship 2) in collaboration with Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement, McGill University, Canada Anouchka Trancart
2020 - 2021 SEA BEYOND - PRADA AND UNESCO TO PARTNER ON OCEAN SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION PROGRAMME Agrupamento de escolas de Vialonga, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Microplastics in aquatic species Alice O’Grady, University of Liverpool, UK
2016 - 2016 Training Internship - Real Training in Business Context Ana Gomes

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Peer Review of 14 projects| National Science Centre, Poland National Science Centre Poland , Poland
2023/12 - 2023/12 Peer Review of projects | Dutch Research Council (NWO) Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Netherlands
2023/10/16 - 2023/10/16 Member of Thesis Project in PhD Program in Environmental and Sustainability of the student Bernardo Malongo José from Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14 Member of Thesis Project in Microbiology of the student Cátia Costa, PhD student in Biosciences from the University of Coimbra. 14 july 2023 Coimbra. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - 2023 1 Peer Review of projects | Israel Science Foundation, Israel.
2023 - 2023 Revision of two Chapter for the book entitled “Nano e Microplásticos: um Macro Problema.” Universidade do Algarve Editora – 2023 (in revision)
2023 - 2023 Peer Review of 13 projects| National Science Centre, Poland National Science Centre Poland , Poland
2021 - 2021 1 Peer Review of projects | Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Program IDEAS.
2021 - 2021 1 Peer Review of projects Peer Review of projects| National Science Centre, Poland, Program SONATA BIS-11
2020 - 2020 Peer Review of projects | National Research, Development and Innovation Office NRDI, Hungary National Research, Development and Innovation Office NRDI, Hungary , Hungary
2020 - 2020 Peer Review of projects| National Science Centre, Poland National Science Centre Poland , Poland
2020 - 2020 Revision of the Chapter “Ingestão de plástico pela biota marinha", for the book entitled "Mar de plástico: o lixo na costa brasileira" organized by Gerson Fernandino, Carla Elliff e Vanessa Agostini (in progress).

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/01 - 2024/03 Member of the scientific team of the Expedition COASTANTAR 2024 with the project SAIL-BIO - Longitudinal Analyses of Pollution and Zooplankton in Antarctic Peninsula Region. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 1ST PRIZE in the category ¿Projects¿ entitled ¿New Shades of Blue¿ in the JPI Oceans Art & Photo Awards.
JPI Oceans, Belgium
2022 2022 World Cultural Council Special Recognition in the category “Science” UC
World Cultural Council , Switzerland
2018 Winner of the CleanSeas Photo Challenge with the Category "Macro" - SeaPlasticSalt
United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
2017 IMPACT 2017 International Microplastics Photo Contest - 1st place

Other distinction

2020 Top 100 Scientific Reports Earth science papers in 2019 of the article: Bessa et al., 2019. Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region.
2019 Certificate of Reviewing for Ecological Indicators (since 2017)
2018 Publons Peer Review Awards 2018 - Top reviewer in Environment Ecology during 2017-2018
2018 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (since 2017)
2018 Certificate of Reviewing for Marine Pollution Bulletin (from 2018)
2018 Certificate of Reviewing for Regional Studies in Marine Science (from 2018)
2017 Publons Awards - Top reviewers for Universidade de Coimbra (Environmental Science)
2017 Top reviewers for Universidade de Coimbra (Decision Sciences)
2017 Certificate of Reviewing for Marine Environmental Research (from 2017)
2017 Certificate of Reviewing for Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (from 2017)
2016 Certificate of Reviewing for Ocean and Coastal Management (from 2016)
2015 Certificate of Reviewing for Journal of Sea Research (from 2015)
2014 Certificate of Reviewing for Acta Oecologica (since 2014)
2014 Certificate of Reviewing for Biological Conservation (since 2014)