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Verónica Ferreira is a stream ecologist who has been addressing the effects of natural and human-driven environmental change on stream biota and processes for about 20y. V Ferreira graduated in Biology in 2002 and completed her Ph.D. degree in Biology (specific field: Ecology) in 2007, both at the University of Coimbra. After completing her Ph.D., V Ferreira undertook two consecutive postdocs (FCT calls). During the first postdoc (2007-2012), she carried out research at the IMAR (University of Coimbra, Portugal), at the EcoLab (CNRS, Toulouse, France), and at the Benthos Ecology Laboratory (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), to evaluate the effects of global change factors on stream communities and ecosystem functioning. During the second postdoc (2012-2015), she carried out research at the IMAR (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and at the School of Biological Sciences (Royal Holloway University of London, England), with visits to other labs, to assess the effects of anthropogenic activities on stream processes by means of meta-analysis. Then, V Ferreira got two consecutive contracts (FCT calls IF2014 and CEEC2018) as an auxiliary researcher at the University of Coimbra (MARE), where she keeps using field correlative studies (at regional, continental and global scales), field manipulative studies (including manipulations at the whole-stream scale), laboratory studies (microcosms), as well as systematic reviews/meta-analyses to address the effects of environmental change on stream structure (aquatic communities) and functioning (processes). Effects of forest change (e.g. eucalyptus plantations, invasion by exotic tree species, infection by invasive pathogens), nutrient enrichment, warming, and drought on stream communities and functioning are recurrent topics of interest. V Ferreira has participated in 21 research projects (5 as PI; 5 within global networks). She has published >80 papers in peer-reviewed journals (+12 book chapters), more than half with international collaborations, with >6200 citations and an h-index of 39 (Google Scholar). She has also co-edited one book and two special issues in international journals, given 22 invited talks (3 as a plenary speaker at international congresses), and (co-)authored 76 oral talks and 37 posters presented at scientific congresses. V Ferreira has also (co-)supervised master and Ph.D. students (3 ongoing) and fellows, lectured in advanced post-graduation courses, and (co-)organized conferences (including the Limnologia2018 congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology) and courses on stream ecology and meta-analysis. She has also reviewed projects for international funding agencies and academic programs and papers for 59 international scientific journals. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the international journals Hydrobiologia (since 2014; Springer) and Functional Ecology (since 2020; British Ecological Society), was the Lead Guest Editor of Hydrobiologia's special issue 850(12-13) 2023 on Aquatic Ecosystem Services, and a Guest Editor of Limnetica's special issue 39(1) 2020. V Ferreira is also the vice-president of the AIL-Iberian Association of Limnology and of PROAQUA-Association for the Promotion of Knowledge in Aquatic Sciences. Additionally, V Ferreira devotes substantial time to organizing science communication activities such as seminar cycles to the lay public, exhibitions and activities with families, generally involving local institutions (e.g. Science Museum, Water Museum, Coimbra Municipal swiming pools, Lousã Municipality), and in participating in science communication programs (e.g. Life Science in Summer from the National Agency for Scientific Culture, European Researcher's Night). Several of her studies were the target of press releases published in regional and national media (traditional and online), and she has been giving interviews for newspapers, radio and TV. (informed on Jan 2024)
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Verónica Ferreira
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Verónica
  • Ferreira, V

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3F10-AC72-52D0
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7688-2626
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=bJXulZsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Researcher Id
I-6457-2013

Email addresses

  • veronica@ci.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Limnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/01/12
Concluded
 Ph.D. in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Factors affecting decomposition of submerged litter and associated microbes and invertebrates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Passed with distinction and honor by unanimity
2002/07/01
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 values (16/20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/01 - 2026/06/30 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
(...)
2015/05/01 - 2020/04/30 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
(...)
2012/05/01 - 2015/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
(...)
2007/06/01 - 2012/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
(...)
2007/02/01 - 2007/05/31 Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2003/02/01 - 2007/01/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/01/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/11/01 - Current Associate Editor of Functional Ecology (British Ecological Society) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/06/27 - Current Vice-President of AIL - Iberian Limnological Association Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/11/30 - Current Co-founder and Vice-President of PROAQUA - Associação para a Promoção do Conhecimento em Ecologia Aquática (Association for the Promotion of Knowledge in Aquatic Ecology) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/09/03 - Current Associate Editor of Hydrobiologia (Springer) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Lead Guest Editor of Hydrobiologia (special issue 850(12-13) 2023) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Guest Editor of Limnetica (special issue 39(1) 2020) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/03/04 - 2018/03/18 Stay at the Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil), to setup of a lab experiment and lecture a meta-analysis course Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015/08/04 - 2015/08/30 Stay at the Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil), to setup of a field experiment and lecture a meta-analysis course Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/03/30 Stay at the School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London (Egham, UK), in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/76482/2011 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/10/07 - 2014/10/31 Stay at the Department of Biology, University of Azores (Ponta Delgada, Azores), in the scope of the project PROSTREAM (EXPL/AAG-GLO/0189/2013) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/06/08 - 2014/07/04 Stay at the Department of Biology, University of Azores (Ponta Delgada, Azores), in the scope of the project PROSTREAM (EXPL/AAG-GLO/0189/2013) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/02/03 - 2014/02/28 Stay at the Department of Biology, Royal Holloway University of London (Egham, UK), in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/76482/2011 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/01/13 - 2014/01/31 Stay at the Laboratório de Ecología de Ríos, Dept. de Biología Vegetal e Ecología, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU (Leioa, Spain), in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/76482/2011 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2013/02/28 Stay at the School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London (Egham, UK), in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/76482/2011 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2011/06/11 - 2011/06/23 Stay at the Benthos Ecology Laboratory, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), to setup of a field experiment in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/34368/2006 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2011/01/31 - 2011/02/05 Stay at EcoLab, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique – CNRS (Toulouse, France), in the scope of the bilateral agreement Portugal-França (Programa Pessoa, Reference 441.00 França) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2009/03/15 - 2009/07/31 Stay at EcoLab, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique – CNRS (Toulouse, France), in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/34368/2006 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2008/02/01 - 2008/04/30 Stay at EcoLab, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique – CNRS (Toulouse, France), in the scope of posdoc project SFRH/BPD/34368/2006 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2001/06/01 - 2002/08/31 Trainee Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/09/01 - Current MARERIOS - Decomposição de matéria orgânica em rios de Portugal
MARERIOS
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2026/06/30 SYSTAQUA - SYSTematic reviews in AQUAtic sciences: synthetizing research to produce general conclusions, analyze the causes of variation in research results and provide evidence-based management support
CEECIND/02484/2018/CP1585/CT0010
10.54499/CEECIND/02484/2018/CP1585/CT0010
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/07/01 - 2026/06/30 MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Infraestruturas em Investigação Aquática
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ARNET - Aquatic Research Network
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/12/31 LandComp - The interactions between land use, substrate quality and consumers on global patterns of leaf litter decomposition in stream ecosystems
LandComp
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31 STREAMECO - Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under climate change: from the gene to the stream
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31245/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/03/01 - 2021/02/28 Decomposição de detritos foliares, mediada por hifomicetos aquáticos, em riachos de águas pretas, situados na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brasil
DecompÁguasPretas
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ongoing
2015/05/01 - 2020/04/30 EXSTREAM - Effects of EXotic tree species on STREAM communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp
IF/00129/2014/CP1223CT0010
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2020 Biomonitorização e estudo hidrológico da Ribeira de Oeiras
SOMINCOR
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2019/12/31 FunAqua - Fungi in aquatic ecosystems worldwide
FunAqua
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
2014/09/01 - 2016/12/31 GLOFUN - A global study of biodiversity of leaf-litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient unravelled by Illumina sequencing
GLOFUN
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Concluded
2015/10/01 - 2016/09/30 CELLDEX - CELLulose Decomposition EXperiment in streams and riparian zones across the Earth`s major biomes
CELLDEX
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
2014/10/01 - 2015/09/30 EUCALYTPUS - Response of stream functioning to the replacement of native forests by exotic plantations - a global assessment of the impacts of eucalypt plantations
Global Eucalyptus Project
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Concluded
2014/03/01 - 2015/02/28 PROSTREAM - Ecological experimentation in island ecosystems: vegetal litter processing in streams
EXPL/AAG-GLO/0189/2013
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Techology
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Global decomposition patterns in streams: the role of leaf litter quality
-
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2013/12/31 INTERHYM - Interactions entre altérations hydrologique et thermique des cours d’eau de tête de bassin: implications trophiques et fonctionnelles des changements globaux pour l’écosystème
INTERHYM
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Concluded
2008/07/01 - 2012/02/29 Predicting the effect of global warming on stream ecosystems
PTDC/CLI/67180/2006
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Techology
2010/01/01 - 2012/01/01 Decomposition of organic matter in water courses: relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in global change scenarios
441.00 França
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Techology
Concluded
2006/07/01 - 2007/06/30 Biodiversity effects on ecosystem function. A test with a consumer guild across latitudes
7980-06
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
National Geographic Society
Concluded
2002/09/01 - 2005/07/31 RivFunction - Integrating ecosystem function into river quality assessment and management
EVK1-2001-00023
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2001/06/01 - 2002/09/30 Mapeamento da qualidade biológica da água na bacia do Mondego
Contract no. 600 034 950
Researcher
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Feio, Maria João (ed.); Ferreira, Verónica (ed.). Rios de Portugal: comunidades, processos e alterações. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 2019.
    Published • 10.14195/978-989-26-1624-7 • Editor
Book chapter
  1. Cláudia Pascoal; Isabel Fernandes; Seena Sahadevan; Michael Danger; Ferreira, Verónica; Fernanda Cássio. "Chapter 9. Linking microbial decomposer diversity to plant litter decomposition and associated processes in streams". In The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems, edited by Swan, Christopher M.; Boyero, Luz; Canhoto, Cristina, 163-192. Springer, 2021.
    Published
  2. Aitor Larrañaga; Martínez, Aingeru; Ricardo Albariño; Jesús Casas; Ferreira, Verónica; Romina Principe. "Chapter 14. Effects of exotic tree plantations on plant litter decomposition in streams". In The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems, edited by Swan, Christopher M.; Boyero, Luz; Canhoto, Cristina, 297-322. Springer, 2021.
    Published
  3. André Frainer; Andreas Bruder; Fani Colas; Ferreira, Verónica; Brendan McKie. "Chapter 21. Plant litter decomposition as a tool for stream ecosystem assessment". In The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems, edited by Swan, Christopher M.; Boyero, Luz; Canhoto, Cristina, 48-509. Springer, 2021.
    Published
  4. David Manning; Ferreira, Verónica; Vladislav Gulis; Amy Rosemond. "Chapter 16. Pathways, mechanisms, and consequences of nutrient-stimulated plant litter decomposition in streams". In The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems, edited by Swan, Christopher M.; Boyero, Luz; Canhoto, Cristina, 347-377. Springer, 2021.
    Published
  5. Ferreira, Verónica. "Chapter 6. Impact of Climate Change on Aquatic Hyphomycetes". In Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current Research and Future Trends (Second Edition), edited by Marxsen J., 193-214. Caister Academic Press, 2020.
    Published • 10.21775/9781913652579.06
  6. Ferreira, Verónica; Bärlocher, Felix. "Chapter 63. A primer for meta-analysis". In Methods to study litter decomposition. A practical guide, edited by Bärlocher, Felix; Gessner, Mark O.; Graça, M.A.S., 583-598. Springer, 2020.
    Published
  7. Flindt; Lillebø, Ana I.; Pérez, J.; Ferreira, Verónica. "Chapter 11. Total carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in leaf litter". In Methods to study litter decomposition. A practical guide, edited by Bärlocher, Felix; Gessner, M.O.; Graça, M.A.S., 91-105. Spinger, 2020.
    Published
  8. Graça, Manuel A.S.; Cortes, Rui M.V.; Ferreira, Verónica; Feio, Maria João. "Capítulo 1. Introdução". In Rios de Portugal: comunidades, processos e alterações, edited by Feio, Maria João; Ferreira, Verónica, 19-28. Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
  9. Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina; Pascoal, Cláudia; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Capítulo 12. Processos ecológicos e serviços". In Rios de Portugal: comunidades, processos e alterações, edited by Feio, Maria João; Ferreira, Verónica, 281-312. Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
  10. Chauvet, Eric; Ferreira, Verónica; Giller, Paul S.; Mckie, Brendan G.; Tiegs, Scott D.; Woodward, Guy; Elosegi, Arturo; et al. "Litter Decomposition as an Indicator of Stream Ecosystem Functioning at Local-to-Continental Scales". In Large-Scale Ecology: Model Systems to Global Perspectives, edited by Dumbrell, A.J.; Kordas, R.L.; Woodward, Guy, 99-182. Elsevier, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.08.006
  11. Ferreira, Verónica; Gulis, Vladislav; Pascoal, Cláudia; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Chapter 18. Stream pollution and fungi". In Freshwater Fungi and Fungus-like Organisms, edited by Jones, G.; Hyde, K.; Pang, K.-L., 389-412. Germany: De Gruyter, 2014.
    Published
  12. Hladyz, Sally; Åbjörnsson, K.; Chauvet, Eric; Dobson, M.; Elosegi, Arturo; Ferreira, Verónica; Fleituch, T.; et al. "Stream Ecosystem Functioning in an Agricultural Landscape. The Importance of Terrestrial-Aquatic Linkages". In Advances in Ecological Research, edited by Woodward, Guy, 211-276. Academic Press, 2011.
    Published • 10.1016/B978-0-12-374794-5.00004-3
Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Verónica; Alberto Alonso; Boyero, Luz; Solla, Alejandro. "Impactos da perda do amieiro e da sua substituição por uma espécie invasora no funcionamento dos ribeiros". Paper presented in 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Faro, 2023.
    Published
  2. Ferreira, Verónica; Graca, Manuel A. S.. "A decomposição de matéria vegetal como ferramenta para avaliar a integridade funcional de rios e ribeiros - avançando para uma biomonitorização integrada da condição ecológica". Paper presented in 16º Congresso da Água, Lisboa, 2023.
  3. Ferreira, Verónica. "Moderators of organic matter decomposition in Portuguese streams: evidence from a collaborative field study and systematic literature review". Paper presented in 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) and XXI Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2022), Aveiro, 2022.
  4. Balibrea, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Vitor; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel. "Effects of stream metal enrichment on organic matter decomposition and associated microbial decomposers". Paper presented in 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) and XXI Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2022), Aveiro, 2022.
  5. Ferreira, Verónica; Graca, Manuel A. S.. "Leaf litter decomposition along a gradient of stream intermittency in a karst region of central Portugal". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 9 (PLPF9), Braga, 2022.
  6. Ana Pereira; Figueiredo, Albano; Graca, Manuel A. S.; Ferreira, Verónica. "Implications of the invasion of native riparian forests by Acacia species on litterfall biomass, water N concentration, aquatic decomposers, and litter decomposition in streams". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 9 (PLPF9), Braga, 2022.
  7. Balibrea, Ana; Gonçalves, Vitor; Ferreira, Verónica; Pedro M. Raposeiro. "Effects of leaf litter conditioned in a stream naturally enriched with heavy metals on consumption, growth and survival of an endemic Azorean shredder". Paper presented in Spring Seminar BioIsle. Seminário Biodiversidade e Ilhas, Ponta Delgada, 2021.
    Published
  8. Plana, Núria; Balibrea, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Vitor; Pedro M. Raposeiro. "Estudo preliminar das comunidades de hifomicetes aquáticos em lagoas dos Açores". Paper presented in Spring Seminar BioIsle. Seminário Biodiversidade e Ilhas, Ponta Delgada, 2021.
    Published
  9. Balibrea, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica; Plana, Núria; Gonçalves, Vitor; Raposeiro, Pedro M.. "Aquatic hyphomycetes diversity from Azorean lakes". Paper presented in 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12), online, 2021.
    Published
  10. Pereira, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica. "In-stream microbial litter decomposition decrease as forests invasion by Acacia species increases". Paper presented in 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12), online, 2021.
    Published
  11. Ferreira, Verónica; Elosegi, Arturo; Tiegs, Scott; von Schiller, Daniel; Young, Roger. "Organic-matter decomposition and ecosystem metabolism as tools to assess the functional integrity of streams and rivers". Paper presented in 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12), online, 2021.
    Published
  12. Burwood, Maite; Ferreira, Verónica; Barrios, M.; Tesitore, G.; Teixeira de Mello, Franco. "Efecto de la florestación y calidad de materia orgánica sobre las comunidades y procesos acuáticos". Paper presented in V Latin American Congress of Macroinvertebrates and Aquatic Ecosystems, online, 2021.
    Published
  13. Ferreira, Verónica; Silva, João; Cornut, Julien; Graça, Manuel. "Colonização microbiana e decomposição de chá comercial e folhada de amieiro em ribeiros temperados". Paper presented in 20º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Ponte de Lima, 2021.
    Published
  14. Ferreira, Verónica. "How does the replacement of native forests with monospecific plantations affect the structure and function of stream ecosystems?". Paper presented in V Latin American Congress of Macroinvertebrates and Aquatic Ecosystems, online, 2021.
    Published
  15. Ferreira, Verónica; Pazianoto, L.; Solla, A.. "Efeitos da infecção de árvores ribeirinhas por microorganismos patogénicos invasores na decomposição da folhada em ribeiros". Paper presented in 19º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2020.
    Published
  16. Ferreira, Verónica; Pazianoto, L.; Solla, A.. "Cross-ecosystem effects of the infection of riparian trees by invasive pathogens on leaf litter decomposition in streams". Paper presented in XX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2020), Múrcia, 2020.
    Published
  17. Burwood, M; Ferreira, Verónica; Teixeira-de-Mello, F.. "Efecto de las plantationes de eucaliptos sobre la descomposicíon de materia orgánica en ecosistemas aquàticos de Uruguay". Paper presented in X Congreso de la Red Latinoamericana de Ciencias Ambientales, Punta del Este, 2020.
    Published
  18. Ferreira, Verónica. "The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions". Paper presented in 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), Barcelona, 2019.
    Published
  19. Pereira, Ana; Figueiredo, Albano; Ferreira, Verónica. "Invasive N-fixing Acacia spp. affect litter decomposition and associated fungal decomposers in streams". Paper presented in 15th European Ecological Federation Congress, Lisbon, 2019.
    Published
  20. Ferreira, Verónica; Pazianoto, Laryssa; Solla, Alejandro. "Leaf litter decomposition of sweet chestnut is affected more by oomycte infection of trees than by water temperature rise". Paper presented in 15th European Ecological Federation Congress, Lisbon, 2019.
    Published
  21. Medeiros, Adriana O.; Almeida, J.S.D.; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Ferreira, Verónica; Rezende, Renan; Santos, L.T.B.. "Does the higher concentration of humic acid affect the decomposer activity of aquatic hyphomycetes in low order streams?". Paper presented in 30º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia, Maceio – Alagoas, 2019.
    Published
  22. Seena Sahadevan; Felix Bärlocher; Olímpia Sobral; Mark O. Gessner; Brendan McKie; Eric Chauvet; Luz Boyero; Ferreira, Verónica; other 23 authors. "Global biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams". Paper presented in 15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2019.
    Published
  23. David Costello; D Mathie; Scott Tiegs; Ferreira, Verónica; CELLDEX Consortium. "A Global study of nutrient controls on organic-matter processing". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science, 2019.
    Published
  24. Scott Tiegs; David Costello; M Isken; Guy Woodward; E McIntyre; Eric Chauvet; Alex Flecker; et al. "Global patterns of organic-matter decomposition in riverine ecosystems demonstrated through peer sourcing". Paper presented in 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Science, 2019.
    Published
  25. Tiegs, Scott; Costello, David; Isken, M.; McIntyre, P.; Chauvet, Eric; Flecker, Alexander; Gessner, Mark O.; et al. "Global patterns and controls of organic-matter decomposition in streams and riparian zones revealed through crowdsourcing". Paper presented in Society for Freshwater Sciences Annual Meeting (SFS2018), Detroit, 2018.
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  26. Pereira, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica. "Invasion of native forests by Acacia spp. affects litter decomposition and associated fungal decomposers". Paper presented in XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2018), Coimbra, 2018.
    Published
  27. Ferreira, Verónica; Boyero, Luz; Calvo, C.; Correa, Francisco; Gongaçves, J.F.Jr.; Goyenola, G.; Graça, Manuel A.S.; et al. "Streams in eucalyptus plantations – still heterotrophic but no longer the same". Paper presented in XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2018), Coimbra, 2018.
    Published
  28. Rosa, Rui; Rosa, Inês; Ferreira, Verónica; Portner, H.O.; Duarte, Carlos; Levin, Lisa; Sampaio, Eduardo. "Ocean deoxygenation overrules ocean warming and acidification impacts in marine biota". Paper presented in Ocean Deoxygenation Conference, Kiel, 2018.
    Published
  29. Ferreira, Verónica. "Stream functioning under forest change: still heterotrophic but not the same". Paper presented in 8th International Meeting Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters (PLPF8), Bilbao, 2017.
    Published
  30. Tiegs, Scott; Costello, David; Szlag, D.; Ethaiya,D.; CELLDEX Consortium; Ferreira, Verónica. "Global-scale patterns and drivers of organic-matter decomposition in streams and riparian zones". Paper presented in Society for Freshwater Sciences Annual Meeting (SFS2017), Raleigh, 2017.
    Published
  31. Sabater, Sergi; Bregoli, F.; Acuña, Vicenç; Barceló, D.; Batalla, R.J.; Elosegi, Arturo; Ferreira, Verónica; et al. "A meta-analysis of consequences of water scarcity in river ecosystems". Paper presented in 10th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS10), Olomouc, 2017.
    Published
  32. Graça, Manuel A.S.; Biasi, Cristiane; Ferreira, Verónica. "Soil and water nutrient enrichment affect aquatic microbial litter decomposition". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 8 (PLPF8), Bilbao, 2017.
    Published
  33. Abril, Meritxel; Menéndez, Margarita; Muñoz, Isabel; Salgado, Cristina; Ferreira, Verónica. "Leaf litter decomposition in mixtures: the effect of component litter species on decomposition rates and associated fungi". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 8 (PLPF8), Bilbao, 2017.
    Published
  34. Ferreira, Verónica; Boyero, Luz; Calvo, C; Correa, Francisco; de Mello, Francisco Teixeira; Figueroa, Ricardo; Gonçalves, J.F.Jr.; et al. "Os efeitos das plantações de eucalipto no funcionamento dos ribeiros à escala local, regional e global". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Lisbon, 2017.
    Published
  35. Ferreira, Verónica; Koricheva, Julia; Duarte, Sofia; Niyogi, Dev; Guérold, François. "Effects of anthropogenic heavy metal contamination on litter decomposition in streams: a meta-analysis". Paper presented in XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016), Tortosa, 2016.
    Published
  36. Balibrea, Ana; Gonçalves, Vítor; Ferreira, Verónica; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel. "Allometric relationships, feeding preferences, growth and survival of the endemic stream shredder Limnephilus atlanticus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae)". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016, Angra do Heroismo, 2016.
    Published
  37. Ferreira, Verónica; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Pereira, Ana; Cruz, Ana Mafalda; Costa, Ana Cristina; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Gonçalves, Vítor. "Leaf litter decomposition in Atlantic islands is driven by microbes and depends on litter quality and environmental conditions". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016, Angra do Heroismo, 2016.
    Published
  38. Ferreira, Verónica; Koricheva, Julia; Pozo, Jesús; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Efeitos da alteração da floresta na decomposição de folhada em ribeiros: uma meta-análise". Paper presented in IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (IV ENPGCB), Aveiro, 2015.
    Published
  39. Ferreira, Verónica; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Pereira, Ana; Cruz, Ana Mafalda; Costa, Ana Cristina; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Gonçalves, Vítor. "Leaf litter decomposition in Atlantic islands is driven by microbes and depends on litter quality and environmental conditions". Paper presented in 4th Iberian Ecological Congress, Coimbra, 2015.
    Published
  40. Ferreira, Verónica; Castagneyrol, Bastian; Koricheva, Julia; Gulis, Vladislav; Chauvet, Eric; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Nutrient enrichment affects litter decomposition in streams: a meta-analysis". Paper presented in XVII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2014), Santander, 2014.
    Published
  41. Boyero, Luz; Pérez, Javier; Landeira, Andrea; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Global-scale patterns of leaf litter decomposition in streams". Paper presented in XVII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2014), Santander, 2014.
    Published
  42. Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina. "Efeito do aquecimento global no funcionamento dos pequenos ribeiros de floresta: evidências de um projecto de manipulação de temperatura in situ". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional sobre Alterações Climáticas, Aveiro, 2014.
    Published
  43. Almeida, Salomé; Delgado, Cristina; Elias, Carmen; Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina. "How are benthic diatoms affected by an increase in water temperature in oligotrophic temperate mountain streams? An in situ experiment". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Society of Freshwater Sciences (SFS), 2013.
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  44. Chauvet, Eric; Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina. "Leaf species identity and macroinvertebrates interact with warming effect on litter decomposition in a manipulated stream ecosystem". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Society of Freshwater Sciences (SFS), Jacksonville, 2013.
    Published
  45. Medeiros, Adriana O.; Callisto, Marcos; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Ferreira, Verónica; Rosa, C.A.; França, Juliana; Eller, A.P.; Rezende, Renan; Gonçalves, J.F.Jr.. "A lenta decomposição foliar em riachos do Cerrado Brasileiro é explicada pela qualidade nutricional das folhas ou pela baixa concentração de nutrientes na água?". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Brasileiro de Limnologia, Bonito, 2013.
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  46. Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina. "Warming stimulates macroinvertebrate- more than microbial-mediated litter decomposition in a temperate stream". Paper presented in XVI Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (LImnologia2012), Guimarães, 2012.
    Published
  47. Graça, Manuel A.S.; Serra, Sónia R.Q.; Ferreira, Verónica. "Does stable temperature favor continuous reproduction by Theodoxus fluviatilis and explain its high densities in some karstic springs?". Paper presented in 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS7), Girona, 2011.
    Published
  48. Cornut, Julien; Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Chauvet, Eric; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effects of resource stoichiometry on the functioning of detritus-based stream ecosystems: control of shredder feeding rate by aquatic fungi". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 6 (PLPF6), Cracow, 2011.
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  49. Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina; Abelho, Manuela; Ferreira, Verónica; Encalada, Andrea C.. "Can we predict litter decomposition rates and the role of shredders across systems?". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of the America Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and of the North American Benthological Society (NABS), Santa Fe, 2010.
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  50. Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Godbold, Douglas L.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effect of increased atmospheric CO2 on the performance of an aquatic detritivore through changes in water temperature and litter quality". Paper presented in XV Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnoogia2010), Ponta Delgada, 2010.
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  51. Ferreira, Verónica; Chauvet, Eric. "Decomposição de folhada num mundo mais rico em CO2: o futuro aumento da temperatura da água pode ser mais importante do que a diminuição da qualidade foliar na decomposição da folhada em ribeiros de floresta". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Porto, 2010.
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  52. Ferreira, Verónica. "Synergistic effects of water temperature and dissolved nutrients on litter decomposition and associated fungi". Paper presented in 6th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS6), Sinaia, 2009.
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  53. Ferreira, Verónica; Castela, José; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Litter species richness does not affect microbial induced mass loss of litter mixtures in a forested mountain stream". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 5 (PLPF5), Coimbra, 2008.
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  54. Ferreira, Verónica; Castela, José; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Is there a relationship between riparian woody species richness and aquatic invertebrate and fungal communities?". Paper presented in XIV Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Limnologia, Huelva, 2008.
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  55. Ferreira, Verónica; Castela, José; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Litter quality is more important than richness for decomposition of litter mixtures in a woodland stream". Paper presented in 11th European Ecological Conference of the European Ecological Federation (EURECO) and 38th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GFOE), Leipzig, 2008.
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  56. Gama, Mafalda; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Folhas queimadas em ribeiros de Eucalipto (Eucalyptus globulus)". Paper presented in II Encontro Nacional de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (II ENPGSB), Porto, 2007.
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  57. Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Decomposição da casca de eucalipto num ribeiro do Centro de Portugal". Paper presented in II Encontro Nacional de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Porto, 2007.
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  58. Ferreira, Verónica; Castela, José; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "A diversidade da folhada em ribeiros não afecta as taxas de decomposição nem a actividade microbiana associada". Paper presented in II Encontro Nacional de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (II ENPGSB), Porto, 2007.
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  59. Castela, José; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "A diversidade de recursos (folhas em decomposição em rios) não afecta as taxas de decomposição mas traduz-se em efeitos não aditivos na sua colonização por invertebrados". Paper presented in II Encontro Nacional de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (II ENPGSB), Porto, 2007.
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  60. Ferreira, Verónica; Elosegi, Arturo; Gulis, Vladislav; Pozo, Jesús; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Eucalyptus plantations affect fungal communities associated with leaf litter decomposition in Iberian streams". Paper presented in XIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Limnologia and V Congreso Ibérico de Limnologia, Barcelona, 2006.
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  61. Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Eucalyptus streams: what about the bark?". Paper presented in XIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Limnologia and V Congreso Ibérico de Limnologia, Barcelona, 2006.
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  62. Gama, Mafalda; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Streams, fire and Eucalyptus globulus leaves". Paper presented in XIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Limnologia and V Congreso Ibérico de Limnologia, Barcelona, 2006.
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  63. Ferreira, Verónica; Gulis, Vladislav; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Feio, Maria João; Margalho, Rui. "Utilização das taxas de decomposição da folhada na avaliação da condição ecológica do ecossistema aquático". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia and 10º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Lisbon, 2006.
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  64. Gulis, Vladislav; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "The utility of decomposition and associated microbial parameters to assess changes in stream ecosystems due to eutrophication". Paper presented in 53th Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society (NABS 53rd), New Orleans, 2005.
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  65. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; de Lima, João L.M.P.. "Investigating sources of variability in litter breakdown experiments: physical fragmentation by current and invertebrate activity". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 4 (PLPF4), Toulouse, 2005.
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  66. Graça, Manuel A.S.; Gulis, Vladislav; Ferreira, Verónica. "Anthropogenic perturbation may affect microbial parameters associated with litter decomposition". Paper presented in Anthropogenic perturbation may affect microbial parameters associated with litter decomposition, Toulouse, 2005.
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  67. Pozo, Jesús; Gulis, Vladislav; Elosegi, Arturo; Ferreira, Verónica; Larrañaga, Aitor; Larrañaga, Santiago; Basaguren, Ana; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Assessing stream functional status in the Iberian Peninsula: response of leaf breakdown process to eucalyptus afforestation". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 4 (PLPF4), Toulouse, 2005.
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  68. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; de Lima, João L.M.P.. "Role of physical fragmentation and invertebrate activity in the breakdown rate of leaves". Paper presented in 52nd Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Vancouver, 2004.
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  69. Pozo, Jesús; Gulis, Vladislav; Elosegi, Arturo; Ferreira, Verónica; Otermin, A.; Larrañaga, Aitor; Basaguren, Ana; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Assessing stream functional status in the Iberian Peninsula: response of leaf litter breakdown process to changes in riparian vegetation". Paper presented in XII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Limnologia and IV Congreso Ibérico de Limnologia, Porto, 2004.
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  70. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; de Lima, João L.M.P.. "Role of physical fragmentation and invertebrate activity in the breakdown rate of leaves". Paper presented in XII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Limnologia and IV Congreso Ibérico de Limnologia, Porto, 2004.
    Published • 10.1063/1.2036824
  71. Feio, Maria João; Vieira-Lanero, Rufino; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "O papel da morfologia e hidrologia do rio na distribuição e estrutura das comunidades de Tricópteros". Paper presented in 9º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Coimbra, 2004.
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  72. Ferreira, Verónica; Gulis, Vladislav; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Efeito do azoto na água na decomposição de matéria orgânica num rio de floresta". Paper presented in 9º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Coimbra, 2004.
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  73. Ferreira, Verónica; Feio, Maria João; Reynoldson, Trevor B.; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Estabelecimento de condições de referência e desenvolvimento de um modelo para a avaliação e biomonitorização da qualidade da água da Bacia do Mondego". Paper presented in 8º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Evora, 2003.
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  74. Feio, Maria João; Reynoldson, Trevor B.; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Ferreira, Verónica. "A multivariate approach for the assessment and biomonitorization of the Mondego River basin water quality". Paper presented in 51st Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society (51st NABS), Georgia, 2003.
    Published • 10.2495/wrm110311
  75. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Gomes, Ricardo; de Lima, João L.M.P.. "Papel da fragmentação física e da actividade dos detritívoros aquáticos na decomposição da matéria orgânica". Paper presented in 8º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Evora, 2003.
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  76. Feio, Maria João; Reynoldson, Trevor B.; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Ferreira, Verónica; Mieiro, Cláudia. "Desenvolvimento de um método de avaliação e biomonitorização da qualidade da água na bacia do Mondego". Paper presented in XI Congreso de la Asociación Española de Limnologia and III Congreso Ibérico de Limnologia, Madrid, 2002.
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Conference paper
  1. Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina. "Efeito do aquecimento global no funcionamento dos pequenos ribeiros de floresta: evidências de um projecto de manipulação de temperatura in situ". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional sobre Alterações Climáticas, Aveiro, 2014.
    Published
  2. Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Pratas, J.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Uranium adsorption by Articulospora tetracladia: can aquatic hyphomycetes be natural bioremediators of uranium contaminated streams?". Paper presented in III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), Lisbon, 2009.
    Published • 10.1142/9789814322119_0058
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Verónica. "How to take the most from scientific evidence? Systematic review and meta-analysis". Paper presented in Encontro MARE 2023, 2023.
  2. Barreto, Guilherme; Ferreira, Verónica. "Aquário de fragmentadores - um recurso para explorar a ecologia dos ribeiros de floresta". Paper presented in Encontro MARE 2023, 2023.
  3. Barreto, Guilherme; Ferreira, Verónica. "Como a presença de Amieiro (Alnus glutinosa) afeta as características foliares de espécies não fixadoras de azoto". Paper presented in 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2023.
  4. Afonso, Sandra; Ferreira, Verónica; Moreira-Santos, Matilde (since 2003). "Sensitivity of aquatic organisms to aromatic and medicinal plant essential oils and crude extracts: a meta-analytic approach". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 2023.
  5. Ferreira, Verónica. "Serviços de ecossistema prestados pelos pequenos ribeiros". Paper presented in 16º Congresso da Água, 2023.
  6. Graca, Manuel A. S.. "When the stream runs dry: leaf litter decomposition along a gradient of natural stream intermittency". Paper presented in 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) and XXI Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2022), 2022.
  7. Balibrea, Ana; N. Plana; Gonçalves, Vitor; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel. "Aquatic fungi diversity in Azorean lentic systems". Paper presented in 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) and XXI Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2022), 2022.
  8. Madureira, Karoline H.. "Colonization and decomposition of litter produced by invasive Acacia dealbata and native tree species by stream microbial decomposers". Paper presented in Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 9 (PLPF9), 2022.
  9. Ferreira, Verónica; Silva, João; Cornut, Julien; Sobral, Olímpia; Bachelet, Quentin; Bouquerel, Jonathan; Danger, Michael. "Organic-matter decomposition as a bioassessment tool of stream functioning". Paper presented in 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12), 2021.
  10. Ferreira, Verónica. "Anticipated effects of acacia invasion of riparian areas on streams – a conceptual model". Paper presented in XX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2020), 2020.
  11. Ramos, S.M.; Graça, M.A.S.; Ferreira, Verónica. "Propriedades foliares distintas se traduzem em diferenças no processo de decomposição em riachos?". Paper presented in XVII Congresso Brasileiro de Limnologia and 2º Congresso Ibero-Americano de Limnologia, 2019.
  12. Balibrea, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica; Balibrea, Carmen; Gonçalves, Vítor; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel. "Contribution of shredders to leaf litter decomposition in remote insular streams". Paper presented in XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2018), 2018.
  13. Pereira, Ana; Sobral, Olímpia; Figueiredo, Albano; Ferreira, Verónica. "Can the invasion of native forests by Acacia spp. affect leaf decomposition in streams?". Paper presented in XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2018), 2018.
  14. Pazianoto, Laryssa; Solla, Alejandro; Cubera, Elena; Ferreira, Verónica. "Infection by a pathogenic oomycete more than the increase in water temperature affects sweet chestnut leaf litter decomposition". Paper presented in XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2018), 2018.
  15. Pereira, Ana; Sobral, Olímpia; Figueiredo, Albano; Ferreira, Verónica. "A invasão de florestas nativas por Acacia spp. pode afetar a decomposição da folhada em ribeiros". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2017.
  16. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Effects of whole-stream nitrogen enrichment and litter species mixing on litter decomposition and associated fungi". Paper presented in XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016), 2016.
  17. Abril, Meritxel; Menéndez, Margarita; Muñoz, Isabel; Salgado, Cristina; Ferreira, Verónica. "Is litter decomposition and associated fungi sensitive to the identity of companion litter species in mixtures?". Paper presented in XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016), 2016.
  18. Gonçalves, Vítor; Faustino, Hélder; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Ferreira, Verónica. "Effects of forest change on litter decomposition and associated aquatic hyphomycetes in island streams (São Miguel, Azores)". Paper presented in XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016), 2016.
  19. Ferreira, Verónica; Pereira, Ana; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Gonçalves, Vítor. "First record of aquatic hyphomycetes associated with decomposing leaf litter in Azorean streams". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016, 2016.
  20. Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Florensa, R.G.; Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Vítor; Martins, Gustavo M.. "Leaf litter decomposition on insular lentic systems – effects of macroinvertebrate presence, leaf species and environmental conditions". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016, 2016.
  21. Balibrea, Ana; Gonçalves, Vítor; Ferreira, Verónica; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel. "Feeding preferences, growth and survival of the endemic stream shredder Limnephilus atlanticus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae) when offered leaf litter conditioned in stream water naturally contaminated with heavy metals". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016, 2016.
  22. Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Gonçalves, Vítor; Costa, Ana C.; Ferreira, Verónica. "Leaf litter decomposition in Atlantic islands depends on litter quality and environmental conditions and is mainly driven by microbes". Paper presented in 2015 Aquatic Sciences meeting, 2015.
  23. Pereira, Ana; Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel; Gonçalves, Vítor; Ferreira, Verónica. "Primeiro registo de hifomicetos aquáticos associados a folhada em decomposição em ribeiros dos Açores". Paper presented in IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (IV ENPGCB), 2015.
  24. Ferreira, Verónica; Koricheva, Julia; Duarte, Sofia; Niyogi, Dev; Guérold, François. "A meta-analysis on the effects of heavy metal contamination on litter decomposition in streams". Paper presented in 4th Iberian Ecological Congress, 2015.
  25. Ferreira, Verónica; Koricheva, Julia; Pozo, Jesús; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "A meta-analysis of the effects of forest change on litter decomposition in streams". Paper presented in XVII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia, 2014.
  26. Duarte, Sofia; Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina; Pascoal, Cláudia; Cássio, Fernanda. "Seasonal variability overwhelms effects of global warming on microbial decomposers in streams". Paper presented in 11th INTECOL meeting, 2013.
  27. Ferreira, Verónica; Chauvet, Eric. "Is litter breakdown affected by the identity of the dominant species in fungal decomposer assemblages?". Paper presented in XVI Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia, 2012.
  28. Domingos, Cátia; Ferreira, Verónica; Swan, Christopher M.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effect of temperature and a dominant shredder in the variability patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages". Paper presented in XVI Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia, 2012.
  29. Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina; Chauvet, Eric. "Do CO2 and temperature increases affect litter decomposition? A laboratory study across trophic levels". Paper presented in Joint Meeting of the America Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and of the North American Benthological Society (NABS), 2010.
  30. Ochoa, Ana Isabel del Arco; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Ecological state of selected urban streams in Coimbra, Portugal". Paper presented in XV Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia, 2010.
  31. Rosa, João; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Efeitos sinergísticos da temperatura da água e da concentração de nutrientes na respiração do biofilme – implicações num cenário de alterações globais". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2010.
  32. Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Pratas, João; Canhoto, Cristina. "Uranium adsorption by Articulospora tetracladia: can aquatic hyphomycetes be natural bioremediators of uranium contaminated streams?". Paper presented in III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), 2009.
  33. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Aquatic hyphomycetes: what can they tell us about stream ecological integrity?". Paper presented in III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), 2009.
  34. Serra, Sónia R.Q.; Ferreira, Verónica; Franca, Mário J.; de Lima, João L.M.P.; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Presença do Theodoxus cf. fluviatilis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) numa nascente cársica: efeito da velocidade da corrente". Paper presented in XIV Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Limnologia, 2008.
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  2. Alberto Alonso; Luz Boyero; Alejandro Solla; Verónica Ferreira. "Dieback and Replacement of Riparian Trees May Impact Stream Ecosystem Functioning". Microbial Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-024-02343-w.
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    10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123108
  4. Afonso, Sandra; Ferreira, Verónica; Moreira-Santos, Matilde. "Comparing the sensitivity of aquatic organisms relative to Daphnia sp. toward essential oils and crude extracts: A meta-analysis". Science of The Total Environment 908 (2024): 168467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168467.
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  5. Ana Pereira; Albano Figueiredo; Nuno Coimbra; Manuel Augusto Simões Graça; Ferreira, Verónica. "Effects of Acacia invasion on water quality, litterfall, aquatic decomposers and leaf litter decomposition in streams". Freshwater Biology in press (2024):
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  6. Barreto, Guilherme; Ferreira, Verónica. "Aquário de fragmentadores - um recurso para explorar a ecologia dos ribeiros de floresta". Captar 12 3 (2023): https://doi.org/10.34624/captar.v12i0.32745.
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  7. Ferreira, Verónica. "Rios temporários". Revista de Ciência Elementar 11 2 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.24927/rce2023.023.
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  12. Verónica Ferreira; Manuel A. S. Graça; Arturo Elosegi. "A meta-analysis of drought effects on litter decomposition in streams". Hydrobiologia 850 (2023): 1715-1735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05181-y.
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  13. Kai Yue; Pieter De Frenne; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Verónica Ferreira; Dario A. Fornara; Qiqian Wu; Xiangyin Ni; et al. "Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition". Biological Reviews (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12880.
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    Published • 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0119
  63. Domingos, Cátia; Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina; Swan, Christopher M.. "Warming, and the presence of a dominant shredder, drive variation in decomposer communities in a mountain stream". Aquatic Sciences 77 1 (2014): 129-140. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922086238&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00027-014-0378-z
  64. Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effect of experimental and seasonal warming on litter decomposition in a temperate stream". Aquatic Sciences 76 2 (2014): 155-163. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896402624&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00027-013-0322-7
  65. Ferreira, Verónica; Lírio, Ana Virgínia; Canhoto, Cristina. "Annual organic matter dynamics in a small temperate mountain stream". Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology (2013):
    Published • 10.1051/limn/2013035
  66. Rosa, João; Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Combined effects of water temperature and nutrients concentration on periphyton respiration - implications of global change". International Review of Hydrobiology 98 1 (2013): 14-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874044418&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1002/iroh.201201510
  67. Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Canhoto, Cristina. "Aquatic hyphomycete strains from metal-contaminated and reference streams might respond differently to future increase in temperature". Mycologia 104 3 (2012): 613-622. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863502259&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3852/11-154
  68. Graça, Manuel A.S.; Serra, Sónia R.Q.; Ferreira, Verónica. "A stable temperature may favour continuous reproduction by Theodoxus fluviatilis and explain its high densities in some karstic springs". Limnetica 31 1 (2012): 129-140. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871958154&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  69. Del Arco, Ana I.; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "The performance of biological indicators in assessing the ecological state of streams with varying catchment urbanisation levels in Coimbra, Portugal". Limnetica 31 1 (2012): 141-154. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871971790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  70. Boyero, Lux; Pearson, Richard G.; Dudgeon, David; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Gessner, Mark O.; Boulton, Andrew J.; et al. "Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: Implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates". Global Ecology and Biogeography 21 2 (2012): 134-141. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855530321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00673.x
  71. Ferreira, Verónica; Encalada, Andrea C.; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Effects of litter diversity on decomposition and biological colonization of submerged litter in temperate and tropical streams". Freshwater Science 31 3 (2012): 945-962. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884324382&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1899/11-062.1
  72. Woodward, Guy; Gessner, Mark O.; Giller, Paul S.; Gulis, Vladislav; Hladyz, Sally; Lecerf, Antoine; Malmqvist, B.; et al. "Continental-scale effects of nutrient pollution on stream ecosystem functioning". Science 336 6087 (2012): 1438-1440. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862302017&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1126/science.1219534
  73. Ferreira, Verónica; Chauvet, Eric. "Changes in dominance among species in aquatic hyphomycete assemblages do not affect litter decomposition rates". Aquatic Microbial Ecology 66 1 (2012): 1-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859227996&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3354/ame01556
  74. Ferreira, Verónica; Chauvet, Eric. "Synergistic effects of water temperature and dissolved nutrients on litter decomposition and associated fungi". Global Change Biology 17 1 (2011): 551-564. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649775789&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02185.x
  75. Boyero, Luz; Pearson, Richard G.; Dudgeon, David; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Gessner, Mark O.; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Ferreira, Verónica; et al. "Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns". Ecology 92 9 (2011): 1839-1848. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051912055&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1890/10-2244.1
  76. Ferreira, Verónica; Chauvet, Eric. "Future increase in temperature more than decrease in litter quality can affect microbial litter decomposition in streams". Oecologia 167 1 (2011): 279-291. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051665313&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00442-011-1976-2
  77. Boyero, Luz; Pearson, Richard G.; Gessner, Mark O.; Barmuta, Leon A.; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Dudgeon, D.; et al. "A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration". Ecology Letters 14 3 (2011): 289-294. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951753802&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01578.x
  78. Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Godbold, Douglas L.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effect of increased atmospheric CO2 on the performance of an aquatic detritivore through changes in water temperature and litter quality". Global Change Biology 16 12 (2010): 3284-3296. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78349251707&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02153.x
  79. Ferreira, Verónica; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Pratas, João; Canhoto, Cristina. "Contamination by uranium mine drainages affects fungal growth and interactions between fungal species and strains". Mycologia 102 5 (2010): 1004-1011. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956635309&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3852/09-248
  80. Encalada, Andrea C.; Ferreira, Verónica; Canhoto, Cristina; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Riparian land use and the relationship between the benthos and litter decomposition in tropical montane streams". Freshwater Biology 55 8 (2010): 1719-1733. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954502198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02406.x
  81. Castela, José; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Evaluation of stream ecological integrity using litter decomposition and benthic invertebrates". Environmental Pollution 153 2 (2008): 440-449. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41949087061&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.005
  82. Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Gama, Mafalda; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "The breakdown of Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) bark in a Portuguese stream". Fundamental and Applied Limnology 168 4 (2007): 307-315. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34848841464&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0168-0307
  83. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Fungal activity associated with decomposing wood is affected by nitrogen concentration in water". International Review of Hydrobiology 92 1 (2007): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250695376&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1002/iroh.200610926
  84. Gama, Mafalda; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Canhoto, Cristina. "Decomposition of fire exposed Eucalyptus leaves in a Portuguese lowland stream". International Review of Hydrobiology 92 3 (2007): 229-241. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250818055&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1002/iroh.200610916
  85. Feio, Maria João; Reynoldson, Trevor B.; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "A predictive model for freshwater bioassessment (Mondego River, Portugal)". Hydrobiologia 589 1 (2007): 55-68. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547097751&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s10750-006-0720-0
  86. Gulis, Vladislav; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Stimulation of leaf litter decomposition and associated fungi and invertebrates by moderate eutrophication: Implications for stream assessment". Freshwater Biology 51 9 (2006): 1655-1669. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747400585&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01615.x
  87. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; de Lima, João L.M.P.; Gomes, Ricardo. "Role of physical fragmentation and invertebrate activity in the breakdown rate of leaves". Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 165 4 (2006): 493-513. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33744792461&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0165-0493
  88. Ferreira, Verónica; Elosegi, Arturo; Gulis, Vladislav; Pozo, Jesús; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Eucalyptus plantations affect fungal communities associated with leaf-litter decomposition in Iberian streams". Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 166 4 (2006): 467-490. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747408137&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0467
  89. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Do invertebrate activity and current velocity affect fungal assemblage structure in leaves?". International Review of Hydrobiology 91 1 (2006): 1-14. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644677302&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1002/iroh.200510833
  90. Ferreira, Verónica; Gulis, Vladislav; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "Whole-stream nitrate addition affects litter decomposition and associated fungi but not invertebrates". Oecologia 149 4 (2006): 718-729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747442563&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00442-006-0478-0
  91. Feio, Maria João; Vieira-Lanero, Rufino; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.. "The role of the environment in the distribution and composition of Trichoptera assemblages in streams". Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 164 4 (2005): 493-512. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-29744459493&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0493
  92. Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel A.S.; Feio, Maria João; Mieiro, Cláudia. "Water quality in the Mondego river basin: Pollution and habitat heterogeneity". Limnetica 23 3-4 (2004): 295-306. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-21144434819&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Ferreira, Verónica; Bini, Luis Mauricio ; Kovalenko, Katya; Padial, Andre; Padisák, Judit; González, María de los Ángeles. "Special Issue of Hydrobiologia: Aquatic Ecosystem Services". Hydrobiologia 850 12-13 (2023): https://link.springer.com/journal/10750/volumes-and-issues/850-12.
    Published • Invited editor
  2. Manuel A.S. Graça; Maria João Feio; Ferreira, Verónica; João Neto; Seena Sahadevan; Ana M. M. Gonçalves; A.M.M. Gonçalves; A.M. Gonçalves; Ana Marta Gonçalves. "Special Issue of Limnetica: Inland waters and XXI century challenges: from scientific knowledge to environmental management". Limnetica 39 1 (2020):
    Published • Editor
Report
  1. Ferreira, Verónica; Feio, Maria João; Graça, Manuel A.S.. 2002. Qualidade biológica das águas na bacia do Mondego.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ferreira, Verónica. "Factors affecting decomposition of submerged litter and associated microbes and invertebrates". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2007.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/01/13 Meta-analysis: how to take the most from the available scientific evidence LEAF seminars
LEAF – Landscape Environment, Agriculture and Food, ISA – Agronomy Superior Institute (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/25 Ecosystem processes as tools to assess stream functional integrity - Moving towards an integrative assessment of stream health 2022 Maritime Silk Road International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application (Fujian) Geography Forum
Fuzhou, China (Fuzhou, China)
2021/10/21 How does the replacement of native forests with monospecific plantations affect the structure and function of stream ecosystems? (invited plenary talk) V Latin American Congress of Macroinvertebrates and Aquatic Ecosystems
Rede Macrolatinos (online, Panama)
2021/06/17 Potenciais efeitos da invasão das florestas ripárias por acácias no funcionamento dos ecossistemas ribeirinho (invited) Webinar Espécies exóticas invasoras nos ecossistemas ribeirinhos: dos impactos à mitigação
Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos (APRH), Comissão Especializada da Qualidade da Água e dos Ecossistemas (CEQAE) (online, Portugal)
2019/02/06 The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions (invited plenary talk) 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL)
Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/04/26 Conhecer para mitigar: os efeitos do enriquecimento em nutrientes e do aquecimento no funcionamento dos ribeiros (invited) CentroAdapt
(Viseu, Portugal)
2018/03/12 O uso da meta-análise para abordar questões em ecologia de riachos (invited) University of Brasilia
University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)
2017/07/18 Stream functioning under forest change: still heterotrophic but not the same (invited plenary talk) 8th Meeting Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters
University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain)
2016/10/24 Comunicação visual de ciência (invited) Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/10/21 O uso da meta-análise para abordar questões ecológicas. As plantações de eucalipto afectam o funcionamento dos ribeiros? (invited) Seminar series ‘Seminários Novos e Velhos Saberes’
University Federal da Bahia (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
2016/06/02 The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions: an example using litter decomposition in streams (invited) Palestras Quintas do MARE
MARE (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/09/17 The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions: an example using litter decomposition in streams (invited) Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2015/03/13 Effects of tree plantations and invasions by exotic woody species on litter decomposition in forest streams: a meta-analysis (invited) School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London
School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London (Egham, United Kingdom)
2015/02/04 Colaborações internacionais - um meio para identificar padrões globais (invited) 2º Simpósio: Processos ecológicos, restauração e ecovalorização em zonas ripárias
AquaRipária. Universidade of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)
2014/06/27 The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions: an example using litter decomposition in streams (invited) CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Department of Biology, University of Azores
CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Department of Biology, University of Azores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2010/03/24 Projecto Limpar Portugal (invited) IV Fórum Florestal
Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2010/01/23 Mãos à obra - Projecto Limpar Portugal (invited) Seminário Nacional de Eco-Escolas
Associação Bandeira Azul da Europa (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009/07/03 Effects of anthropogenic derived factors on litter decomposition in freshwaters (invited) EcoLab - Laboratoire d¿ecologie fonctionelle (CNRS)
EcoLab - Laboratoire d¿ecologie fonctionelle (CNRS) (Toulouse, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Stream integrity in oceanic islands - a functional approach using organic matter decomposition
Co-supervisor of Ana Balibrea Escobar
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Como a presença de Amieiro (Alnus glutinosa) afeta as características e a decomposição foliar de espécies não fixadoras de azoto
Supervisor of Guilherme Soeiro Barreto
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2023/11/30 Invasões biológicas e seus impactos na biodiversidade aquática
Supervisor of Raphael Ligeiro Barroso Santos
Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
2022 - 2023 Processos ecológicos como ferramenta para avaliação da integridade funcional de rios urbanos recuperados
Co-supervisor of Karoline Helen Madureira de Melo
 Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre (Master)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
2017 - 2022/10/14 Effects of the invasion of native deciduous forests by nitrogen-fixing trees (Acacia spp.) on stream ecological integrity
Supervisor of Ana Maria Novais Pereira
 Doutoramento em Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/02/23 - 2021/06/04 Erasmus+ student from the University College Hogent (Belgium); 15 weeks (23Feb - 4Jun) to learn protocols related with the determinations of organic matter decomposition and to perform a revision of organic matter decomposition in Portuguese streams. Thesis title: Litter decomposition in Portuguese streams.
Supervisor of Jef Evenepoel
University College Hogent, Belgium
2019/09/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Fellow for 16 months (September/2019 - December/2020) in the Project STREAMECO - Biodiversidade e funcionamento dos ecossistemas sob alterações climáticas: do gene até ao rio (FCT; POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031245 - PTDC/CTA-AMB/31245/2017)
Co-supervisor of Carlos Nuno Pires de Carvalho Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/04/30 Research Fellow for 7 months (October/2018 - April/2019) in the Project EXTREAM - Effects of exotic tree species on stream communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp (FCT; IF/00129/2014)
Supervisor of Pedro Miguel Rodrigues Sousa
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Descomposición de materia orgánica como herramienta de biomonitoreo en arroyos forestados
Co-supervisor of Maite Burwood
 Máster en Ciencias Ambientales (Master)
Universidad de la República Facultad de Ciencias, Uruguay
2017 - 2019 Contribution of shredder macroinvertebrates and aquatic hyphomycetes to litter decomposition in remote insular streams
Co-supervisor of Ana Balibrea Escobar
 Master in Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Processamento de matéria orgânica em riachos tropicais: influência da qualidade do detrito e de espécies exóticas
Co-supervisor of Laryssa Helena Ribeiro Pazianoto
 Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil
2015 - 2019 Processamento de matéria orgânica em riachos tropicais: influência da qualidade do detrito e de espécies exóticas
Co-supervisor
 Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil
2017/09 - 2018/09 Degree student developed voluntary work in the scope of project EXSTREAM, coordinated by Dr Verónica Ferreira, from September 2016 to September 2017, with a weekly load of 16 h
Supervisor of João Emanuel Cunha Silva
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on litter decomposition in freshwaters - a meta-analysis
Supervisor of Amani Mabano
 International Master in Applied Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/08/31 Research Fellow for 11 months (October/2016 - August/2017) in the Project EXTREAM - Effects of exotic tree species on stream communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp (FCT; IF/00129/2014)
Supervisor of Ana Maria Novais Pereira
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/04/30 Research Fellow for 8 months (September/2016 - April/2017) in the Project EXTREAM - Effects of exotic tree species on stream communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp (FCT; IF/00129/2014)
Supervisor of Olímpia Maria Fraga Sobral
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Effects of forest changes and litter quality on litter decomposition and associated fungal communities in island streams
Co-supervisor of Hélder de Jesús Aguiar Faustino
 Master in Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2015/04 - 2015/06 PhD student from the University of Barcelona (Spain) stayed for a 3 months (April - June 2015; March 2016) internship at MARE/UC to perform a litter decomposition experiment.
Supervisor of Meritxell Abril Cuevas
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2014/12/31 Research Fellow for 4 months (September - December/2014) in the Project PROSTREAM - Ecological experimentation in island ecosystems: vegetal litter processing in streams (FCT; EXPL/AAG-GLO/0189/2013)
Supervisor of Ana Maria Novais Pereira
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2010 - 2012 Effect of temperature and presence of a dominant shredder (Allogamus laureatus) in the variability patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with decomposing leaf litter
Co-supervisor of Cátia Isabel Pinto Domingos
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Combined effects of water temperature and nutrients concentration on biofilm respiration – implications in a global changes scenario
Co-supervisor of João Bruno Coutinho Queiroz Rosa
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Ecological state of selected urban streams in Coimbra, Portugal
Co-supervisor of Ana Isabel Del Arco Ochoa
 European Master in Applied Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2006 - 2009 Are shredders limited by food?
Co-supervisor of José Carlos Cerveira Castela
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/13 - 2023/09/15 Organizer of the course Aplicação da diversidade beta em ecologia de comunidades, lectrured by Prof. Dr. Raphael Ligeiro (Federal Univeristy of Pará, Brazil), which took place at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) between 13 and 15 September 2023. Coimbra (Portugal). 10 participants (2023/09/13 - 2023/09/15)
Workshop
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03/13 - 2023/03/17 Co-organizer of the course Advanced Methods in Aquatic Ecology, which took place at the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal) from 13 to 17 March. University of Coimbra and MARE – Centre for Marine and Environmental Sciences. Coimbra (Portugal). 18 participants. (2023/03/13 - 2023/03/17)
Workshop
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/24 Member of the organizing committee of the course Advances in Freshwater Ecology, which took place in Coimbra (Portugal) from 20 to 24 June. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. Coimbra (Portugal). 17 participants. (2022/06/20 - 2022/06/24)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021/03/23 - 2021/03/23 Co-organizer of the webinar ‘Restauro e gestão de zonas ribeirinhas’, which took place online on 23 May 2021 (14h – 17h), in the scope of the project Devolver o Rio ao Vale. Águas de Coimbra, MARE and PROAQUA. Coimbra (Portugal). 258 registrations, 100 participants. (2021/05/23 - 2021/05/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Águas de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Associação para a promoção do conhecimento em ecologia aquática , Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/04 Organizer of the Seminar series ‘Rios de Portugal’. MARE, PROAQUA and Museu da Água. XXI Semana Cultural da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal) (2019/03 - 2019/04)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019/02/04 - 2019/02/04 Organizer of the workshop Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology, which took place in Barcelona (Spain) on 4 February 2019, during the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL). Barcelona (Spain). (2019/02/04 - 2019/02/04)
Workshop
 Iberian Ecological Society, Spain
2017 - 2018/12 Organizer (with Ana Filipa Bessa and Ana Marta Gonçalves) of the Seminar series ‘Celebrar o Rio Mondego e os ambientes envolventes’. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal). (2018/01 - 2018/12)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Member of the organizing committee of the XIX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2018) that took place in Coimbra (Portugal) from 24 to 29 June 2018. URL: http://limnologia2018.org/index.php/pt/ (2018/06/24 - 2018/06/29)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016/06 - 2017/12 Organizer (with Maria João Feio) of the Seminar series ‘A Bacia do Rio Mondego – 12 meses, 12 seminários’. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal). (2017/01 - 2017/12)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017/08/31 Itinerary exhibition ‘A vida nos ribeiros da Serra da Lousã’ composed by six panels that circulated throughout the fluvial beaches in the Lousã municipality (Bogueira beach, Senhora da Graça beach and Senhora da Piedade beach) during summer. MARE, Município da Lousã and Associação Bandeira Azul da Europa. (2017/07/18 - 2017/08/31)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017/08/13 Organizer of the photography exhibition ‘Os invertebrados aquáticos como indicadores da qualidade dos rios’. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal). (2017/07/14 - 2017/08/13)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016 - 2017/03/23 Organizer of the sessions 'Venha conhecer os ribeiros de floresta nas Piscinas Municipais de Coimbra'. MARE and Piscinas Municipais de Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal). (2017/03/21 - 2017/03/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Organizer of the session 'Sharing methods, promoting collaboration' in the Encontro MARE 2017, which took place from 6 to 7 July 2017. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre. Lisbon (Portugal). (2017/07/06 - 2017/07/07)
Seminar
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Organizer of the advanced course 'Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology' directed to AIL members, that took place at the IIIUC from 3 to 7 de April 2017. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (IIIUC). University of Coimbra (Portugal). (2017/04/03 - 2017/04/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
2015 - 2015 Organizer of the workshop ‘Comunicação de ciência’ that took place at the ROMULO from 15 to 17 Dezember 2015. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and ROMULO – Centro Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra. Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal). (2015/12/15 - 2015/12/17)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2014 - 2015 Member of the organizing committee of the advanced course ‘Methods in litter decomposition’ (with Manuel A.S. Graça) that took place at the University of Coimbra from 13 to 17 de April 2015. URL: http://www1.ci.uc.pt/imar/stream_14/index.php (2015/04/13 - 2015/04/17)
Other
2013 - 2014 Organizer of the advanced course ‘Introduction to meta-analysis and research synthesis in ecology’ that took place at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (IIIUC) from 7 to 11 April 2014. This course was lectured by Professor Julia Koricheva (Royal Holloway University of London) and had 20 participants from 6 countries. URL: http://www1.ci.uc.pt/imar/meta-analysis/. (2014/04/07 - 2014/04/11)
Other
2013 - 2013 Member of the J-AIL Committee for Project Calls on the 1st J-AIL Call for Projects promoted by the Iberian Limnological Association (AIL). (2013 - 2013)
Call (Member of the Organising Committee)
2011 - 2012/07/06 Member of the organization committee of the activities for young researchers at the XVI Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2012). 2-6/July/2012. Guimarães (Portugal). URL: http://cbma.bio.uminho.pt/limnologia2012.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=10&Itemid=18&lang=en (2012/07/02 - 2012/07/06)
Congress (Other)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007 - 2008/07/26 Member of the organization Commitee of the '5th Meeting on Plant Litter Procesing in Freshwaters (PLPF5)'. 23-26/July/2008. Coimbra (Portugal). URL: http://www.ci.uc.pt/plpf5 (2008/07/23 - 2008/07/26)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/02/22 - Current Session 'Ver a floresta com os pés no rio - O verde não é todo igual'. Escola Secundária Lima de Faria, Cantanhede. 25 students of the 10th grade.
Conference
 Talk to high school students
2024/02/08 - Current Sessions 'Onde stão as libéluas no inverno?'. Escola Alive Gouveia, Coimbra. 2 classes of the 5th grade
Conference
 Talk to 1st cycle students
2024/01/18 - Current Session 'A floresta e o rio - bons amigos'. Agrupamento de Escolas Vale Aveiras, Aveiras de Cima. 12 classes of kidengarden and 1st cycle. students
Conference
 Talk to kidengarden and 1st cycle students
2024/01/15 - Current Session 'Perceber a variação nos resultados científicos'. Escola Secundária de Peniche. 60 students of the 11th grade.
Conference
 Talk to high school students
2024/01/08 - Current Session 'Perceber a variação nos resultados científicos'. Escola Secundária José Saramago, Mafra. 16 students of the 12th grade.
Conference
 Talk to high school students
2023/11/28 - Current Session 'Perceber a variação nos resultados científicos'. Escola Secundária Lima de Faria, Cantanhede. 22 students of the 11th grade.
Conference
 Talk to high school students
2022/11/11 - Current Session 'Who lives in the stream' ('Quem vive no ribeiro?'). Encontros com Cientistas. Escola Ciência Viva. Exploratório Centro Ciência Viva
Other
 Encontros com Cientistas
2022/07/28 - Current Session 'Research methodologies' ('Metodologias da Investigação'). Universidade de Verão 2022.
Other
 Universidade de Verão 2022
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/07/26 - Current Session 'Macro-what? Macroinvertebrates and what they can tell us about streams' ('Macro-quê? Macroinvertebrados e o que nos podem dizer sobre os rios'). Universidade de Verão 2022.
Other
 Universidade de Verão 2022
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/04/26 - Current Participant in the project 'Um Percurso pela Água' with identification and description of some biological elements visible in the various spaces of the city of Coimbra integrated in the pedestrian route. Museu da Água de Coimbra, Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra, Mosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Velha, Jardins da Quinta das Lágrimas - Fundação Pedro e Inês e MARE
Other
 Um Percurso pela Água
2022/04/06 - Current Session 'Who warmed up the stream?' ('Quem aqueceu o ribeiro?') to 10th grade students of Escola Secundária D. Duarte, Coimbra, in the scope of project 'Cientificamente Provável'. Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares, Biblioteca da Escola Secundária D. Duarte, MARE e Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal).
Conference
 Cientificamente Provável
2023/08/03 - 2023/08/24 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede. Programa Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Exploratório and MARE. Lousã (Portugal).
Other
 Programa Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Ambassador for the national initiative H2Off promoted by APDA - Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas: https://www.h2off-apda.com/, https://www.h2off-apda.com/ver%C3%B3nica-ferreira
Other
2022/08/04 - 2022/08/25 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Ciência Viva no Verão. Programa Ciência Viva no Verão. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Exploratório & MARE. Lousã (Portugal).
Other
 Programa Ciência Viva no Verão
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2022/03/01 - 2022/03/15 Exibition 'À procura da tal viagem', in colaboration with the plastic artist António Azenha. Museu da Água, University of Coimbra, MARE. XXI Semana Cultural da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal)
Exhibition
 À procura da tal viagem
Museu da Água, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/10/23 - 2021/10/23 Talk 'Streams - Hotspots of diversity and activity'. SoapBox Science Lisbon
Festival
 SoapBox Science Lisbon
SoapBox Science Lisbon, Portugal
2021/08/03 - 2021/08/24 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Ciência Viva no Verão. Programa Ciência Viva no Verão. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Exploratório & MARE. Lousã (Portugal).
Festival
 Ciência Viva no Verão
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Activity 'Quem vive nos ribeiros de floresta?' European researcher's night (Noite europeia dos investigadores). Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal).
Festival
 European researcher’s night (Noite europeia dos investigadores)
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2019/08 - 2019/08 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede. Programa Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Lousã (Portugal).
Festival
 Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/09 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Project Rio Acima financed by the Fundo Ambiental. Exploratório & MARE. Lousã (Portugal).
Festival
 Rio Acima
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018/08/22 - 2018/08/22 Activity 'Aprender com... o MARE'. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal).
Workshop
 Aprender com… o MARE
2018/07 - 2018/08 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede (ID: 7124). Programa Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Lousã (Portugal).
Festival
 Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018/06/05 - 2018/06/05 Os invertebrados dos rios. Open school day. EB1 de Santa Cruz. Coimbra (Portugal).
Workshop
 Open school day
2018/05/24 - 2018/05/24 Activities (seminar and show) to celebrate the International Day of Biological Biodiversity: Libélulas e libelinhas. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal).
Workshop
 Celebrar o Rio Mondego e os ambientes envolventes
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/05/23 - 2018/05/23 Activities (seminar and show) to celebrate the International Day of Biological Biodiversity: Tricópetros: os arquitectos dos ribeiros. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal).
Workshop
 Celebrar o Rio Mondego e os ambientes envolventes’
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22 Activities (seminar and show) to celebrate the International Day of Biological Biodiversity: Há fungos nos rios? MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal).
Workshop
 Celebrar o Rio Mondego e os ambientes envolventes
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017/09/29 - 2017/09/29 Activity 'Quem vive nos ribeiros de floresta?' European researcher's night (Noite europeia dos investigadores). Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal).
Festival
 European researcher’s night (Noite europeia dos investigadores)
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2017/08/02 - 2017/08/02 Activity 'Aprender com... o MARE' for children that included guided visit to the photography exhibition 'Os invertebrados aquáticos como indicadores da qualidade dos rios' and indoor activities. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal).
Workshop
 Aprender com… o MARE
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017/05/26 - 2017/05/26 Seminar 'Enriquecimento em nutrientes e os pequenos ribeiros' in the Seminar series 'A Bacia do Rio Mondego - 12 meses, 12 seminários'. MARE and Museu da Água. Coimbra (Portugal).
Seminar
 Seminar series ‘A Bacia do Rio Mondego – 12 meses, 12 seminários'
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017/02/25 - 2017/02/25 Activity 'Venha conhecer os insectos dos ribeiros de floresta' integrated in the Mostra de Ciência 2017. Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra and Alma Shopping Centre. Coimbra (Portugal).
Festival
 Mostra de Ciência 2017
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/09/20 - 2015/09/20 'Aquatic invertebrates - what can they tell us about streams?'('Invertebrados aquáticos - o que nos podem dizer sobre os rios?'). Há Ciência no Choupal. Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal).
Festival
 Há Ciência no Choupal
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2014/07 - 2014/09 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Biologia no Verão (ID: 5033). Programa Ciência Viva no Verão. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Lousã (Portugal).
Festival
 Programa Ciência Viva no Verão
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2013/07 - 2013/09 Sessions 'Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates' ('Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos'). Biologia no Verão (ID: 5033). Programa Ciência Viva no Verão. Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica. Lousã (Portugal).
Festival
 Programa Ciência Viva no Verão
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2013/06/22 - 2013/06/22 Stand 'Aquatic insects - what can they tell us about streams?'('Insectos aquáticos - o que nos podem dizer sobre os rios?'). Earth's night (Noite da Terra). Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal).
Festival
 Earth’s night (Noite da Terra)
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2012/07/21 - 2012/07/21 Stand on stream macroinvertebrates and their use as bioindicators of environment health. Environment night (Noite do ambiente). Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Coimbra (Portugal).
Festival
 Environment night (Noite do ambiente)
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2011/07/26 - 2011/07/26 Workshop on 'Aquatic insects: what can they tell us about the streams?' given under the 'Programa Escolhas' at the summer camp 'Aldeia Escolhas'. Reboleira, Guarda (Portugal).
Workshop
 Programa Escolhas
2005/04/18 - 2005/04/18 Lecture on 'Water- the risk of a resource' integrated in the 'Science Week', given to classes of the 7th and 8th levels at the school Escola Básica 2º e 3º Ciclos de Passos José. Guifões (Portugal).
Festival
 Semana da Ciência (Science Week)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/14 Effects of the invasion of native deciduous forests by nitrogen-fixing trees (Acacia spp.) on stream ecological integrity
Supervisor
 Ana Maria Novais Pereira (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/04/20 Tropical seabirds as indicators of human stressors and as tools for marine spatial planning in the tropical Atlantic
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nathalie Monteiro Almeida (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/04 Effects of pollution and water diversion on the organization and functioning of stream food webs
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ioar de Guzman Martinez (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2020/12/02 Functional repercussions of riparian biodiversity loss in streams
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Naiara Lopez-Rojo (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2018/07/19 Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on litter decomposition in freshwaters – a meta-analysis
Supervisor
 Amani Mabano (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/03/28 Distribuição e diversidade de hifomicetos aquáticos em riachos neotropicais
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Matheus Maximilian Ratz Scoarize (Master)
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil
2017/07/21 Global change and stream ecosystem functioning: repercussions on the leaf litter decomposition
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Silvia Monroy Zarzuelo (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2016/12/15 Warm vegetarians? Heat wave effects on aquatic omnivorous ectotherms
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bruno Martins Carreira (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/02/02 Influência da química do detrito foliar e da água sobre a comunidade de hifomicetos aquáticos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Patrícia Pereira Gomes (PhD)
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2012/09/17 Biosorption of uranium in contaminated waters: the potential of four plant species for remediation of streams affected by acid mine drainages
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Patrícia Joana Rodrigues de Oliveira Antunes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/12/19 Fungal communities and functional measures as indicators of stream ecosystem health
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Paulo Jorge Passos Geraldes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/12/19 Eutrophication alters the effects of riparian plant diversity on litter decomposition by macroinvertebrates
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Eva Lima Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/09/03 Ecological state of selected urban streams in Coimbra, Portugal
Supervisor
 Ana Isabel Del Arco Ochoa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) Member
2017 - Current Rede de Comunicação de Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (SciComPT) Member
2016 - Current PROAQUA – Associação para a promoção do Conhecimento em Ecologia Aquática (founding associate; secretary of the direction) Member
2005 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO) Member
2002 - Current Asociación Ibérica de Limnologia (AIL) Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023 - 2024 Member of the scientific committee of the 37th SIL Congress. International Society of Limnology, Brazilian Limnology Association, and Latin American and Carabbean Limnology Network. Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil). 5–9/May. URL: https://sil2024.org/
Member
2023 - 2024 Member of the scientific committee of the XXII Congress of the Iberial Limnological Association (Limnologia2024). Vigo (Spain). 23–28/June. URL: https://www.ail2024.com/index.cfm
Member
2021 - 2022 Member of the scientific committee of the XX Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2022) and 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL). Aveiro (Portugal). 3-8/July/2022
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Member of the scientific committee of the 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL2022) and XXI Congress of the Iberial Limnological Association (Limnologia2022). Iberial Limnological Association. Aveiro (Portugal). 3–8/July. URL: https://sibecol-ail-meeting2022.web.ua.pt/about/
Member
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/01 Member of the scientific committee of the 20º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. Ponte de Lima (Portugal). 1-4/December/2021
Member
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Member of the scientific committee of the XX Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2020) and III Iberoamerican Congress (CIL2020). Virtual congress. 26–29/October.
Member
2017/07/17 - 2017/07/20 Member of the scientific committee of the Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters 8 (PLPF8). University of the Basque Country. Leioa (Spain)
Member
2016/07/04 - 2016/07/08 Member of the scientific committee of the XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016), Tortosa, Spain, 4–8 July.
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/07/03 - 2022/07/08 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) and XXI Congress of the Iberian Limnological Association (Limnologia2022) Portugal, Aveiro
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/19 Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater 9 (PLPF9) Portugal, Braga
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/04 20º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Ponte de Lima, Portugal
2021/07/25 - 2021/07/30 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12) online
2020 - 2020 XX Congress of the Iberial Limnological Association (Limnologia2020) and III Iberoamerican Congress (CIL2020) virtual
2017/07/17 - 2017/07/20 Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters 8 (PLPF8) Bilbao (Spain)
2016/07/04 - 2016/07/08 XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016) Tortosa, Spain

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/04/18 - Current Session Science communication to non-scientific publics in the advanced course Introduction to research and scientific writing (1h) Introduction to research and scientific writing (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17 Session Meta-analysis in ecology in the course Advanced Methods in Aquatic Ecology (8h) Advanced Methods in Aquatic Ecology (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/07/03 - 2022/07/03 Workshop Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology (5h)
2022/06/24 - 2022/06/24 Session Meta-analysis in ecology in the course Advances in Freshwater Ecology (6h) Advances in Freshwater Ecology
2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21 Session Functional indicators of ecological integrity in the course Advances in Freshwater Ecology (1h) Advances in Freshwater Ecology (Outros)
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11 Session Science communication to non-scientific publics in the advanced course Introduction to research and scientific writing (1h) Introduction to research and scientific writing (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/08/05 - 2019/08/09 Introdução à meta-análise em ecologia (Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology) Advanced course for master and PhD students at the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação at the State University of Paraiba (Master) Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Brazil
2019/02/16 - 2019/02/16 Session Os ribeiros sob ameaça (Steams under threat) in the Módulo IV Temas Ambientais contemporâneos e emergentes on the Curso de Formação de Professores Literacia dos Oceanos numa Abordagem Interdisciplinar - apoio ao planeamento de atividades (Outros) Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho, Portugal
2019/02/04 - 2019/02/04 Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology 1-day workshop for participants at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL). Barcelona (Spain).
2018/03/05 - 2018/03/09 Introdução à meta-análise em ecologia (Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology) Advanced course for master and PhD students at Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia (Brazil). (Master) Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2018 - 2018 Lecture on Science communication to non-scientific publics in the advanced course Introduction to research and scientific writing Introduction to research and scientific writing (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/17 Lecture on The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions in the advanced course Stream ecology Stream ecology (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/04/03 - 2017/04/07 Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology Advanced course for member of the Iberian Limnological Association (AIL). University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal).
2016/11/04 - 2016/11/04 Lecture on Science communication to non-scientific publics in the advanced course Introduction to research and scientific writing Introduction to research and scientific writing (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/07/03 - 2016/07/03 Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology Workshop for participants at the XVIII Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (Limnologia2016). Associação Ibérica de Limnologia (AIL) and The Institute of Agri-food Research and Technology (IRTA). Tortosa (Spain). (Master)
2016/04/12 - 2016/04/13 Lecture on The use of meta-analysis to address ecological questions in the advanced course Stream ecology Stream ecology (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2015/09/18 Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology Advanced couse for master and PhD students at the Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain). (Master)
2015/08/10 - 2015/08/14 Introdução à meta-análise em ecologia' (Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology) Advanced course for master and PhD students at the Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil). (Master)
2015/04/12 - 2015/04/15 Sessions in the advanced course Methods in litter decomposition Methods in litter decomposition (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/10/31 - 2013/10/31 Lecture on Science communication to non-scientific publics in the advanced course Introduction to research and scientific writing Introduction to research and scientific writing (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012/04/10 - 2012/04/19 Sessions in the advanced course Stream ecology Stream ecology (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/04/18 - 2011/04/21 Session in the advanced course Stream Ecology – New perspectives for freshwater ecosystems: predictive models and functional assessment, bioassessment under climate change and extreme events, rehabilitation and ecological flows Stream Ecology – New perspectives for freshwater ecosystems: predictive models and functional assessment, bioassessment under climate change and extreme events, rehabilitation and ecological flows Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/05/03 - 2010/05/14 Sessions in the advanced course Litter processing in freshwaters Litter processing in freshwaters Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007/04/16 - 2007/04/27 Sessions in the advanced course Litter processing in freshwaters Litter processing in freshwaters (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/01/15 Interview about the colonization of macroplastics by stream benthic invertebrates for the online publication France Médias Monde France Médias Monde
2024/01 Press release on the colonization of macroplastics by stream benthic macroinvertebrates based on the paper Ferreira 2024. Environmental Pollution, replicated in >20 regional/national printed and online media
2023/07/27 Interview on the sessions "Summer in the stream with the aquatic invertebrates" for the journal Trevim Trevim
2023 Press release on the effects of dought on stream organic matter decomposition based on the paper Ferreira et al. 2023. Hydrobiologia, replicated in >30 regional/national printed and online media
2022/08 Press release on the effects of acacia invasion on streams based on the paper Yue et al. 2022. Biological Reviews, replicated in >40 regional/national printed and online media
2022/06 Press release on the effects of acacia invasion on streams based on the paper Brauns et al. 2022. Global Change Biology, replicated in 50 regional/national printed and online media
2021/02/18 Interview on the effects of acacia invasion on streams for the journal Região Leiria Região Leiria
2021/02/04 Interview on the effects of acacia invasion on streams for the journal Gazeta das Caldas Gazeta das Caldas
2021/02 Press release on the effects of acacia invasion on streams based on the paper Ferreira et al., 2021 Biological reviews, replicated in >40 regional/national printed and online media
2019/03/03 Interview about the book Rios de Portugal for the journal Gazeta das Caldas Gazeta das Caldas
2019/03 Press release on the book Rios de Portugal (Maria João Feio & Verónica Ferreira, eds; University of Coimbra Press) , replicated in >40 regional/national printed and online media
2019/01 Press release on the effects of eucalyptus plantations on stream functioning based on the paper Ferreira et al. 2019. Ecosystems, replicated on >40 regional/national printed and online media

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/05/08 - Current Antena 2 Ciência (radio) Interview on drought effectes on streams
2022/08/03 - Current Noticiário 18h na RUC (radio) Interview about the paper Yue et al. 2022. Biological Reviews. on the importance of benthic invertentated to organic matter recycling
2022/08/22 - 2022/08/22 Podcast Biosfera Farol de Ideias / RTP2: Pressões humanas prejudicam funções ecológicas dos rios e ribeiros Based on paper Brauns et al. 2022. Global Change Biology
2022/08/07 - 2022/08/07 Direto CNN 8h48 (radio) Interview about the paper Yue et al. 2022. Biological Reviews. on the importance of benthic invertentated to organic matter recycling
2021/08/11 - 2021/08/11 Portugal em Direto (TV) Ciência Viva no Verão, Verão na ribeira com os invertebrados aquáticos
2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20 País24 (TV) Effects of acacia invasion on streams
2019/09/28 - 2019/09/28 CentroTV (TV) Book Rios de Portugal
2019/05/15 - 2019/05/15 TSF notícias (radio) Book Rios de Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 90 Segundos de Ciência (radio) Effects of eucalyptus plantations on stream functioning
2019/03 - 2019/03 RUC notícias (radio) Effects of eucalyptus plantations on stream functioning
2019/02/21 - 2019/02/21 Mentes que brilham (TV) Effects of eucalyptus plantations on stream functioning

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - 2023 Biological Reviews Cambridge Philosophical Society
2023 - 2023 Plant and Soil Springer
2023 - 2023 Universitas Scientiarum Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2021 - 2023 Environmental Pollution
2015 - 2023 Functional Ecology British Ecologycal Society
2013 - 2023 Ecological Indicators Elsevier
2011 - 2023 Fundamental and Applied Limnology Schweizerbart Science Publishers
2011 - 2023 Science of Total Environment Elsevier
2010 - 2023 Aquatic Sciences
2007 - 2023 Freshwater Biology Wiley
2022 - 2022 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2022 - 2022 International Journal of Ecology
2022 - 2022 Oecologia Australis
2022 - 2022 Vegetos
2021 - 2022 Austral Ecology
2021 - 2021 Diversity and Distributions
2021 - 2021 Marine and Freshwater Research
2021 - 2021 Web Ecology
2020 - 2021 Revista Gestión y Ambiente
2020 - 2020 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
2017 - 2020 Scientific Reports
2013 - 2020 FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2013 - 2020 Limnetica
2013 - 2020 Limnology and Oceanography
2019 - 2019 African Journal of Aquatic Science
2019 - 2019 Aquatic Ecology
2019 - 2019 Nature Communications
2019 - 2019 River Research and Applications
2011 - 2019 Annales de Limnologie
2010 - 2019 Hydrobiologia
2018 - 2018 Conservation Biology
2018 - 2018 Ecological Entomology
2018 - 2018 Ecosystems
2018 - 2018 Global Ecology and Biogeography
2018 - 2018 Mycoscience
2018 - 2018 PeerJ
2018 - 2018 PlosOne
2018 - 2018 Water Research
2017 - 2017 Ecology
2017 - 2017 Global Change Biology
2016 - 2016 Environmental Reviews
2015 - 2015 Ecological Research
2014 - 2015 Journal of Geophysical Research
2008 - 2015 Freshwater Science
2014 - 2014 Journal of Applied Ecology
2013 - 2014 Fungal Ecology
2008 - 2014 Microbial Ecology
2013 - 2013 Chemistry and Ecology
2013 - 2013 Mycology
2012 - 2012 Aquatic Botany
2012 - 2012 Environmental Microbiology
2012 - 2012 Journal of Environmental Quality
2011 - 2012 Journal of Insect Behaviour
2008 - 2011 International Review of Hydrobiology
2010 - 2010 BioGeoChemistry
2010 - 2010 Botanica Marina
2010 - 2010 Oikos
2008 - 2008 Biotropica

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2012 - Current Evaluation of poster and oral communications at the Limnologia meetings promoted by the Iberian Limnological Society (AIL) every two years (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) for the attribution of prices for the best poster and oral communications
2023 - 2023 Reviewer of project for the The Rufford Foundation, UK The Rufford Foundation, United Kingdom
2023 - 2023 Reviewer of projects for the MARE Mini Grants. MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal. Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Evaluator for the Prémio Fluviário 2022 Jovem Cientista do Ano. Fluviário de Mora. Fluviário de Mora, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Reviewer of project for the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/04 Evaluation of poster and oral communications at the 20º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia for the attribution of prices for the best poster and oral communications Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2021/07/25 - 2021/07/30 Evaluation of poster and oral communications at the 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12) for the attribution of prices for the best poster and oral communications Irish Freshwater Sciences Association, Ireland
2020/04 - 2020/04 Evaluation of PhD Thesis in Applied and Environemtnal Sciences. University of Almería (Spain) Universidad de Almería, Spain
2020 - 2020 Evaluation of projects for the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), Croatia.
2019/08/12 - 2019/08/12 Evaluation of Master Projects in Ecology and Conservation at the State University of Paraiba (Brazil) Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Brazil
2019 - 2019 Evaluation of projects for the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), Croatia.
2018/07/16 - 2018/07/17 Evaluation of PhD Projects in Biosciences. University of Coimbra (Portugal) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/05 Evaluation of PhD Thesis for the Escuela Internacional de Doctorado. Universidad de Murcia (Spain). Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2018/03 - 2018/03 Evaluation of PhD Thesis for the School of Science. Monash University (Malaysia). Monash University Malaysia School of Science, Malaysia
2018 - 2018 Evaluation papers for the 'Prémio Fluviário 2017 Jovem Cientista do Ano' promoted by the Fluviário de Mora.
2018 - 2018 Evaluation of projects for the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Israel.
2016/12 - 2016/12 Evaluation of PhD Thesis for the School of Science. Monash University (Malaysia). Monash University Malaysia School of Science, Malaysia
2016 - 2016 Evaluation of PhD theses for the '9th Price for Research in Limnology' carried out by a PhD student promoted by the Iberian Limnological Association (AIL).
2016 - 2016 Evaluation of projects for the Post-Graduation Programme in Ecology and Bioassessment (PPGEcoBio) of the Federal University of Baia (UFBA), Brazil.
2015/08/25 - 2015/08/25 Evaluation of PhD Project at the University of Brasilia (Brazil) Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2015/01/30 - 2015/01/30 Evaluation of PhD Project at the University of Brasilia (Brazil)
2012 - 2012 Evaluation of projects for Post-Graduation Programme in Animal Biodiversity (PPG-BA) of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil.
2011 - 2011 Evaluation of projects for The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Programme ¿Biodiversity works: towards a dynamic and resilient nature in an ever-diminishing space¿
2010/06/06 - 2010/06/11 Evaluation of poster communications at the Joint Meeting of the America Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and of the North American Benthological Society (NABS), in 2010, Santa Fe (USA), for the attribution of prices for the best poster communications
Distinctions

Award

2023 Honorable mention in the category ´People - Research Award`, Prémios Verdes
Revista Visão e Grupo Águas de Portugal, Portugal
2018 2nd prize for the best oral communication given by a student in the Limnologia2018 meeting: Pereira, Ana & Ferreira, Verónica. 2018. Invasion of native forests by Acacia spp. affects litter decomposition and associated fungal decomposers
2016 2nd prize for the best poster by a student in the Limnologia2016 meeting: Abril, Meritxel; Ménendez, Margarita; ...; Ferreira, Verónica. 2016. Is litter decomposition and associated fungi sensitive to the identity of companion litter species in mixtures?

Other distinction

2023 Integrated the lists of "World`s Best Ecology and Evolution Scientists" (World Position: 5502) and "Best Ecology and Evolution Scientists in Portugal" (National Position: 40). Research.com. https://research.com/scientists-rankings/ecology-and-evolution/pt
2023 Integrated the "World`s Top 2% Scientists list". Elsevier and University of Stanford. https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6
Elsevier Inc, United States
2021 Selection of paper as Editor's Choice Article: Ferreira V. et al. 2020. Organic-matter decomposition and ecosystem metabolism as tools to assess the functional integrity of streams and rivers - a systematic review. Water 12: 3523
2020 CEECIND contract (CEECIND/02484/2018)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 InvestigadorFCT contract (IF/00129/2014/CP1223CT0010)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 Selection of paper by the editorial board to be in the Top10 papers of 2013: Ferreira V., Lírio A.V., Rosa J. & Canhoto C. 2013. Annual organic matter dynamics in a small temperate mountain stream. Annales de Limnologie 49: 13–19
2012 Selection of paper by the editotial board to be Feature Article: Ferreira V. & Chauvet E. 2012. Changes in adominance among species in aquatic hyphomycete assemblages do not affect litter decomposition rates. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 66: 1–11
2012 Selection of paper to be the basis for questions from the National Exam of Secondary Education - Written Examination of Biology and Geology, 10th and 11th grades, in 2012: Ferreira et al. 2010. Mycologia 102: 1004–1011
2011 Post doctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/76482/2011)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 Fellowship for the participation in international meetings (Reference 94085)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2007 Post doctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/34368/2006)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2003 PhD fellowship (SFRH/BD/11350/2002)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal