Pedro Afonso Agostinho dos Santos (4F18-CE4A-8F6B)

Curriculum Vitae

I am a Portuguese marine and fisheries biologist specializing in applied spatial ecology, whereby I employ rigorous analysis of empirical biological data to promote the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine living resources. I earned my PhD in Zoology at the University of Hawaii (US) in 2007 under Fullbright, FLAD and FCT scholarships. I am a researcher at IMAR/OKEANOS - University of the Azores (Portugal) since 1997 and a guest researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (US) since 2014, having published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters (86 ISI papers) scoring 29/65 H/H10 (23/47 ISI). I lead research that develops novel biotelemetric and modelling approaches to identify and incorporate essential fish habitat in the optimal design of coastal, deep sea and pelagic Marine Protected Area networks, a key issue in marine conservation. I coordinate the joint MPA task force (GAMPA) with the Azorean administration and coordinate or integrate(d) various regional, national and international (EU) projects and workshops to analyse the effects of MPAs on fish populations and fisheries yields. I integrate international specialist groups for conservation of species (IUCN) and habitats (OSPAR). At the local level, my 25+ year research experience in the field and interacting with stakeholders has rendered me recognition among peers, managers, and fishers as a key player in marine spatial planning. I have played major roles in various national and international (EU, US) projects, including PI in 8 national/regional projects and IMAR PI/WP leader in 6 EU projects. I developed a solid network of international collaborations and coordinated or participated in research cruises in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. I coordinate the IMAR Biotelemetry Group and the recent European aquatic animal Telemetry Network (ETN), and have done biotelemetry/biologging developments (testing and designing new tags and sensors) together with international partners in robotics and world leading manufacturers. I have most actively contributed to the recognized position that IMAR-UAz gained internationally through research, supervision of 20+ students and undergrad/graduate teaching, developing laboratories and sea infrastructures, international networking and dissemination at international fora and the media (TV series, newspapers, radio news and shows, the internet).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Pedro Afonso Agostinho dos Santos

Citation names

Pedro Afonso

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4F18-CE4A-8F6B
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4618-2589
Researcher Id: B-7815-2013
Scopus Author Id: 6604053080

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Italian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2009 Concluded	Doutoramento em Ciências MArinhas, especializaçao em Recursos Marinhos (Doutoramento) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal "Habitat use and movement patterns of three sympatric fish species with different life history strategies: implications desygn of marine reserves" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção e Louvor
2007 Concluded	Graduate Studies in Zoology (Doutoramento) University of Hawai'i at Hilo Department of Biology, United States "HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF THREE SYMPATRIC FISHES WITH DIFFERENT LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN OF MARINE RESERVES" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	n/a
2002 Concluded	Curso de Mestrado em Ecologia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Satial and temporal patterns in the coastal fish community of the Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	very good
1995 Concluded	Licenciatura em Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal "Behaviour and mate choice of the bluedamslefish, Abudefduf luridus, in the Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal

2017/01/01 - 2022	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2001/01/01 - 2001/06/01	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

1996/06/01 - 1996/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/05/01 - 2023/04/30	Guest Researcher	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

2015/10/01 - 2016/12/31	Invited Scientist (bolseiro)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

2014/10/16 - 2015/05/15	Invited Scientist (bolseiro)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

2009/07/01 - 2014/06/30	Investigador Auxiliar/Contracted Researcher (FCT Ciência 2008)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

2007/07/01 - 2009/06/30	Post-Doc fellow (FCT/MCTES)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

2007/01/01 - 2007/06/30	Contracted Research Assistat	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

1997/02/01 - 2000/01/31	Research Fellow (FCT)	Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2012 - 2015	MONIZEC-monitoring, evaluating and re-designing the regional MPA network _ Principal investigator

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/04/01 - Current	RestoreSeas -Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity EC/ERA-NET/BIODIVERSA3 Principal investigator
2022 - Current	BlueAzores - Re-desygn of the coastal MPA network in the Azores GRA/FOA/Waitt Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2022 - Current	Project Ocean-ICU Improving Carbon Understanding EU Horizon-CL6-2022-Climate-01/101083922 Principal investigator Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2020/01/01 - Current	Hazardous -Avaliação de riscos associados à formação e evolução de fajãs detríticas e lávicas nos arquipélagos vulcânicos portugueses FCT/PTDC/CTA-GEO/0798/2020 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2020 - Current	MissionAtlantic: Atlantic Marine Ecosystems & Services' H2020-LC-BG-08-2018 Principal investigator	Ongoing
2020 - Current	MONICO - Monitoring Program for Coastal Envinments and Resources in the Azores GRA/SRMAM/DRP Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2020 - Current	NAUTILOS New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation EC/H2020/501100000780 Researcher Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2020 - Current	Aeros/Az - Development of Nanosatellites platform as a precursor of a future constellation to leverage the Space/Ocean scientific and economic synergies POAçores-45-2019-11 Researcher
2019 - Current	DDesPar Diversificação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentavel da Pesca Artesanal dos Açores 16-1-03-FMP-0038 Researcher Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2019 - Current	SosTubaProf Avaliação da Sustentabilidade das capturas acessórias dos Tubarões de Profundidade nos Açores MAR 2020-16-01-03-FMP-0040 Researcher Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2015 - Current	Marine Biodiversity of the Azores BALA _ Principal investigator
2015 - Current	TransAtlantic Observatory System (AtlantOS) EC/H2020/BG8/2014 Researcher
2010 - Current	Groupers and Wrasses Specialist Group _ Researcher
1996 - Current	legislation of whale watching in the azores _ Researcher
2019 - 2023	MEESO - Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries H2020-LC-BG-03-2018 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ongoing
2018 - 2022/03/31	IslandShark - Conservation of Oceanic Island Sharks FCT/PTDC/BIA-BMA/32204/2017 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2022/03/31	Towards a general theory for deepdiving in Large Pelagic Fishes (DEEP) FCT/IF/01640/2015/CP1299/CT0001 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Seaforest -Restoring The Forgotten Forests In Our Ocean FA/06/2017/067 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Concluded
2019 - 2021	MARFOR Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change EC/ERA-NET/BIODIVERSA3 Principal investigator
2018 - 2021	IslandShark - Islands as Essential Habitats of Oceanic sharks FCT/PTDC/BIA-BMA/32204/2017 Principal investigator Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2017 - 2021	BECORV Ecological bases for the sustainable management of meagre ALG-01-0145-FEDER-030278 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2016 - 2021	PLatMar - Evolução de PLATaformas insulares vulcânicas: A ilha de Sta. MARia e implicações para avaliação de riscos, cartografia de habitats e gestão de agregados marinhos PTDC/GEO-GEO/0051/2014 Principal investigator
2018 - 2020	Conservation of Oceanic Island Sharks Fundo Azul do Oceanário de Lisboa Principal investigator
2018 - 2020	MonizecARP Monitorização de áreas marinhas protegidas dos Açores com regulamentação de restrição à atividade da pesca GRA/DRAM Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Concluded
2017 - 2020	MAPGES Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores: assisting with the implementation of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directiv ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00056 Researcher Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Concluded
2015 - 2019	Effects of Discard Ban in Europe (DiscardLess) EC/H2020/SFS9/2014 Principal investigator
2018 - 2018	Coastal shark nurseries in the Azores Shark Conservation Fund Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Concluded
2012 - 2016	TOTEM _ Researcher
2010/04/01 - 2013	Seamount fishes: movements, habitat use and connectivity (SEAMOV) info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/108232/PT Researcher	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2008/11/01 - 2013	Cetacean habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach - TRACE info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/74071/PT Researcher	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2012 - 2012	OSPAR _ Researcher
2012 - 2012	www.morph-project.eu. _ Researcher
2008/05/01 - 2012	Mitigating ADverse Ecological impacts of open ocean fisheries info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/210496/EU	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2008/11/01 - 2010	ObservFly - Uninhabited Aircraft for Marine Science Applications info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/64546/PT Researcher	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2006/01/01 - 2009	Robotic Underwater Vehicles and Marine Animals Tracking Systems - RUMOS info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/PDCT/55609/PT	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2006 - 2009	GREX: Coordination and Control of Cooperating Heterogeneous unmanned systems in uncertain environments _ Research Fellow
2007 - 2008	MARMAC II: Valuation and implementation of Marine Protected Areas in Macaronesia _ Post-doc Fellow
2004 - 2007	EMPAFISH: Marine Reserves as management tools in Europe _ Researcher
2002/06/01 - 2005	MAREFISH - Benefits of marine protected areas : testing the theory with field experiments info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/41207/PT PhD Student Fellow	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2002 - 2005	Telazo – Fish acoustic telemetry in the Azores _ Researcher
1999 - 2002	Maré - Integrated management of coastal and marine zones in the Azores _
2001 - 2001	BIOMARE: Implementation and Networking of large-scale long-term Marine Biodiversity research in Europe _ Researcher
2001 - 2001	Elaboration of the Azorean report for the OSPAR commission _ Research Fellow
1997 - 2001	CLIPE - Climatic effects on the ecology of coastal fishes _ Research Fellow
1999 - 2000	São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea) DOP/UAç 1993 Expedition. _ Research Fellow
1997 - 2000	CLIPE - climate effects on coastal fishes FCT Research Fellow
1998 - 1999	Behavior and sexual selection of the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas, in the Azores. _ Research Fellow
1997 - 1999	PATER - Paternity and allopaternity in littoral fish of the Azores _ Research Fellow
1997 - 1997	Coordination of the conservation status evaluation mission to Santo Cristo Lagoon (Azores) info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NSF/Directorate for Geosciences/8314108/US Principal investigator
1996 - 1997	Behavior of littoral fishes in the Portuguese coasts FCT PRAXIS XXI Research Fellow
1996 - 1996	design optimisation and implementation of demersal survey cruises in the Micronesian archipelagos ARQDAÇO-06-P96 Research Fellow
1996 - 1996	design optimisation and implementation of demersal survey cruises in the Micronesian archipelagos ARQDAÇO-06-P96	N/A

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - Current	EcoDivePWN: Towards s science based sustainable shark whatching and conservation ProWin Nature Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2008 - Current	Ocean Tracking Network: OTN _ Researcher
1994 - Current	Curator, DOP/UAç COLECTA fish collection _ Researcher
2023 - 2023	Portugal 2023: OceanX expedition in the Azores; shark biologging and bioacoustics Portugal 2023: Co-Chief Scientist in the OceanX/ expedition in the Azores; shark biologging and bioacoustics Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
2019 - 2023	European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network CA18102 Principal investigator Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2013 - 2021	Ocean acidification and Cephalopods _ Researcher Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2016 - 2020	Ecological basis for shark eco-tourism in the Azores – ECODIVE _ Researcher
1994 - 1995	Final Licenciatura thesis (19 points grade) study on the sexual behavior and selection of the bluefin damselfih from the Azores _ Other
1994 - 1994	Biology of marine turtles in the Azores Region. _ Researcher

Outputs

Publications

Book	Fauconnet, Laurence; Aurora Ribeiro; Diana Catarino; Eva Giacomello; Dyia Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso. Guia dos tubarões de profundidade dos Açores. Horta, Portugal: Okeanos-UAç / IMAR. 2020. Published
Book chapter	O'Neill, F.G.; Feekings, J.; Fryer, R.J.; Fauconnet, L.; Afonso, P.; O¿Neill, Finbarr G.; Feekings, Jordan; et al. "Discard avoidance by improving fishing gear selectivity: Helping the fishing industry help itself". In The European Landing Obligation, 279-296. Springer International Publishing, 2018. Reid, D.G.; Calderwood, J.; Afonso, P.; Bourdaud, P.; Fauconnet, L.; González-Irusta, J.M.; Mortensen, L.O.; et al. "The best way to reduce discards is by not catching them!". In The European Landing Obligation, 257-278. Springer International Publishing, 2018. AU - Borges, Paulo AU - Costa, Ana AU - Cunha, Regina AU - Gabriel, Rosalina AU - Gonçalves, Vitor AU - Martins, A. "Marine fish (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii)". In A List of the Terrestrial and Marine Biota from the Azores. 2010. Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Guedes, Rui; Tempera, Fernando; Holland, Kim N.; Santos, Ricardo S.. "A Multi-Scale Study of Red Porgy Movements and Habitat Use, and Its Application to the Design of Marine Reserve Networks". In Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 423-443. Springer Netherlands, 2009. 10.1007/978-1-4020-9640-2_25
Conference abstract	Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Betty Laglabauer; Fontes, Jorge. "Spying on the devils lair: Remote monitoring of the seasonal aggregation of Mobula tarapacana". Paper presented in EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - EAA2021, Leiden, 2021. Published Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes (IP); Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Bruno C. L. Macena; Rui Magalhães; Tiago Bartolomeu; Nikolai Liebsch; Carl Meyer; et al. Corresponding author: Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes (IP). "PILOT tag, new non-invasive towed tags for free ranging deep-diving megafauna, advantages and challenges". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021. Published • 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1875333/v1 Winkler, Alexander; Bovim, Lily; Macena B; Erzini, K.; Pedro Afonso; Abecasis, David. "Archival tagging reveals the temperature and depth preferences of adult Corvina (Argyrosmus regius) within the Gulf of Cadiz". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021. Published Ivo da Costa; Sophie Prendergast; Marques, L; Fontes, Jorge; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; et al. "Development of a new animal-attached pop-off tag capable of recording in situ dissolved oxygen". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021. Published Braun, Camrin D.; Penna A.D.; Arostegui M.; Pedro Afonso; Berumen, M.; Jorge Fontes; Furtado, Miguel; et al. Corresponding author: Thorrold, Simon R.. "Deep diving in marine predators links surface and deep ocean ecosystems". Paper presented in 7th Bio-logging Science Symposium, online, 2021. Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas. "Automated species counting using a hierarchical classification approach with Haar cascades and multi-descriptor random forests". 2016. 10.1109/oceansap.2016.7485544 Fontes, Jorge; McGinty, Niall; Machete, Miguel; Afonso, Pedro. "Whale sharks, tunas and Azorean fisherman, BFF?". 2016. 10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.17
Conference paper	Seth Cones; Kakani Katija; K. Alex Shorter; Frants Jensen; David Mann; Pedro Afonso; Fontes, Jorge; Aleck Zhaohui Wang; T. Aran Mooney. "Diel Vertical Migrations and Climb-and-Glide Ascents in Veined Squid (Loligo forbesi)". Paper presented in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020, 2020. Published
Journal article	Fauconnet, Laurence; Morato, Telmo; Das, Diya; Catarino, Diana; Fontes, Jorge; Giacomello, Eva; Afonso, Pedro. "First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fisheries". Fisheries Research 270 (2024): 106877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877. 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877 Fontes, Jorge; Schouten, Martijn; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, Bruno. "The return of Scarface: Philopatry in an ocean wandering shark?". Ecology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4234. 10.1002/ecy.4234 Priester, CR; Dierking, J; Hansen, T; Abecasis, D; Fontes, JM; Afonso, P. "Trophic ecology and coastal niche partitioning of two sympatric shark species in the Azores (mid-Atlantic)". Marine Ecology Progress Series 726 (2024): 113-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14487. 10.3354/meps14487 Abecasis, D.; Ogden, R.; Winkler, A. C.; Gandra, M.; Khallahi, B.; Diallo, M.; Cabrera-Castro, R.; et al. "Multidisciplinary estimates of connectivity and population structure suggest the use of multiple units for the conservation and management of meagre, Argyrosomus regius". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50869-9. 10.1038/s41598-023-50869-9 Lennox, Robert J.; Afonso, Pedro; Birnie-Gauvin, Kim; Dahlmo, Lotte S.; Nilsen, Cecilie Iden; Arlinghaus, Robert; Cooke, Steven J; et al. "Tracking aquatic animals to understand a world increasingly shaped by a changing climate and extreme weather events". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0145. 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0145 Winkler, Alexander Claus; Bovim, Lily; Macena, Bruno C. L.; Gandra, Miguel; Erzini, Karim; Afonso, Pedro; Abecasis, David. "Depth and temperature preferences of meagre, Argyrosomus regius, as revealed by satellite telemetry". PLOS ONE 18 11 (2023): e0288706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288706. 10.1371/journal.pone.0288706 Braun, Camrin D.; Della Penna, Alice; Arostegui, Martin C.; Afonso, Pedro; Berumen, Michael L.; Block, Barbara A.; Brown, Craig A.; et al. "Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 47 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306357120. 10.1073/pnas.2306357120 Braun, Camrin D.; Arostegui, Martin C.; Farchadi, Nima; Alexander, Michael; Afonso, Pedro; Allyn, Andrew; Bograd, Steven J.; et al. "Building use-inspired species distribution models: Using multiple data types to examine and improve model performance". Ecological Applications 33 6 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2893. 10.1002/eap.2893 Waller, Matt J.; Queiroz, Nuno; da Costa, Ivo; Cidade, Tiago; Loureiro, Bruno; Womersley, Freya C.; Fontes, Jorge; et al. "Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate". Journal of Fish Biology 103 5 (2023): 864-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15475. 10.1111/jfb.15475 João Neiva; Ricardo Bermejo; Alba Medrano; Pol Capdevila; David Milla-Figueras; Pedro Afonso; Enric Ballesteros; et al. "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae)". European Journal of Phycology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894. 10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894 Fontes, Jorge; Dachelet, Joeva; Serrão Santos, Ricardo; Macena, Bruno C.L.; Afonso, Pedro. "New additions to black and white fish mutants". Ecological Indicators 151 (2023): 110295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110295. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110295 Bruno M. Saraiva; Bruno C. L. Macena; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Pedro Afonso; Jorge Fontes. "First insights into the shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ) fine-scale swimming behaviour". Royal Society Open Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230012. 10.1098/rsos.230012 Fontes, Jorge; Castellano-González, Gloria; Macena, Bruno C. L.; Afonso, Pedro. "Hitchhiking to the abyss". Ecology and Evolution 13 5 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10126. 10.1002/ece3.10126 Laurence Fauconnet; Diana Catarino; Diya Das; Eva Giacomello; José Manuel Gonzalez-Irusta; Pedro Afonso; Telmo Morato; Michael Pol. "Challenges in avoiding deep-water shark bycatch in Azorean hook-and-line fisheries". ICES Journal of Marine Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac178. 10.1093/icesjms/fsac178 José Nuno Gomes-Pereira; Christopher K. Pham; Joana Miodonski; Marco A. R. Santos; Gisela Dionísio; Diana Catarino; Marianne Nyegaard; et al. "The heaviest bony fish in the world: A 2744-kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) from the North Atlantic". Journal of Fish Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15244. 10.1111/jfb.15244 Fontes, J.; Macena, B.; Solleliet-Ferreira, S.; Buyle, F.; Magalhães, R.; Bartolomeu, T.; Liebsch, N.; Meyer, C.; Afonso, P.. "The advantages and challenges of non-invasive towed PILOT tags for free-ranging deep-diving megafauna". Animal Biotelemetry 10 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00310-1. 10.1186/s40317-022-00310-1 Alós, Josep; Aarestrup, Kim; Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; Alonso-Fernandez, Alexandre; Aspillaga, Eneko; Barcelo-Serra, Margarida; et al. "Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking". Global Change Biology 28 19 (2022): 5630-5653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16343. 10.1111/gcb.16343 Z Zhao; Neil C. Mitchell; Quartau, Rui; S. Moreira; Rusu, Liliana; Carlos S. Melo; Ávila, Sérgio P.; et al. Corresponding author: Z Zhao. "Corrigendum to: Wave-influenced deposition of carbonate-rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores". Sedimentology 69 (2022): 1547-1572. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.13025. Published • 10.1111/sed.13025 Afonso, Pedro; Gandra, Miguel; Graça, Gonçalo; Macena, Bruno; Vandeperre, Frederic; Fontes, Jorge. "The Multi-Annual Residency of Juvenile Smooth Hammerhead Shark in an Oceanic Island Nursery". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.844893. 10.3389/fmars.2022.844893 Cones, SF; Zhang, D; Shorter, KA; Katija, K; Mann, DA; Jensen, FH; Fontes, J; Afonso, P; Mooney, TA. "Swimming behaviors during diel vertical migration in veined squid Loligo forbesii". Marine Ecology Progress Series 691 (2022): 83-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14056. 10.3354/meps14056 Druon, Jean-Noël; Campana, Steven; Vandeperre, Frederic; Hazin, Fábio H. V.; Bowlby, Heather; Coelho, Rui; Queiroz, Nuno; et al. "Global-Scale Environmental Niche and Habitat of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) by Size and Sex: A Pivotal Step to Improving Stock Management". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.828412. 10.3389/fmars.2022.828412 Diya Das; José Manuel Gonzalez-Irusta; Telmo Morato; Laurence Fauconnet; Diana Catarino; Pedro Afonso; Cláudia Viegas; et al. "Distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, to inform spatial planning". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103707. 10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103707 Torres, P.; Milla i Figueras, D.; Diogo, H.; Afonso, P.. "Risk assessment of coastal fisheries in the Azores (north-eastern Atlantic)". 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"Small marine reserves can offer long term protection to an endangered fish". Biological Conservation 144 11 (2011): 2739-2744. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.028. 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.028 Fontes, Jorge; Santos, Ricardo S.; Afonso, Pedro; Caselle, Jennifer E.. "Larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment success of a temperate reef fish". Journal of Sea Research 65 1 (2011): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2010.05.001. 10.1016/j.seares.2010.05.001 Vandeperre, Frederic; Higgins, Ruth M.; Sánchez-Meca, Julio; Maynou, Francesc; Goñi, Raquel; Martín-Sosa, Pablo; Pérez-Ruzafa, Angel; et al. "Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta-analytical approach". Fish and Fisheries 12 4 (2010): 412-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00401.x. 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00401.x Claudet, J.; Osenberg, C. W.; Domenici, P.; Badalamenti, F.; Milazzo, M.; Falcón, J. M.; Bertocci, I.; et al. "Marine reserves: Fish life history and ecological traits matter". Ecological Applications 20 3 (2010): 830-839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-2131.1. 10.1890/08-2131.1 Fontes, J.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R.S.; Caselle, J.E.. "Temporal variability of larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment of a wrasse, coris julis (Pisces: Labridae), from the azores \| Variabilidad temporal del crecimiento, talla y duración larvaria, y reclutamiento de un lábrido, coris julis (pisces: Labridae), de las azores". Scientia Marina 74 4 (2010): 721-729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650810714&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3989/scimar.2010.74n4721 Fontes, J.; Caselle, J. E.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R. S.. "Multi-scale recruitment patterns and effects on local population size of a temperate reef fish". Journal of Fish Biology 75 6 (2009): 1271-1286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02363.x. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02363.x Afonso, P; Fontes, J; Holland, KN; Santos, RS. "Multi-scale patterns of habitat use in a highly mobile reef fish, the white trevally Pseudocaranx dentex, and their implications for marine reserve design". Marine Ecology Progress Series 381 (2009): 273-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07946. 10.3354/meps07946 Schmiing, M.; Afonso, P.; Tempera, F.; Santos, R.. "Integrating recent and future marine technology in the design of marine protected areas - The Azores as case study". OCEANS '09 IEEE Bremen: Balancing Technology with Future Needs (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71449094512&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1109/OCEANSE.2009.5278178 Afonso, Pedro; Tempera, Fernando; Menezes, Gui. "Population structure and habitat preferences of red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) in the Azores, central north Atlantic". Fisheries Research 93 3 (2008): 338-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2008.06.009. 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.06.009 Afonso, P; Fontes, J; Holland, KN; Santos, RS. "Social status determines behaviour and habitat usage in a temperate parrotfish: implications for marine reserve design". Marine Ecology Progress Series 359 (2008): 215-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07272. 10.3354/meps07272 Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Morato, Telmo; Holland, Kim N.; Santos, Ricardo S.. "Reproducción y hábitat de desove del jurel dentón, Pseudocaranx dentex, en las Azores, Atlántico norte central". Scientia Marina 72 2 (2008): http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n2373. 10.3989/scimar.2008.72n2373 Afonso, Pedro; Morato, Telmo; Santos, Ricardo Serrão. "Spatial patterns in reproductive traits of the temperate parrotfish Sparisoma cretense". Fisheries Research 90 1-3 (2008): 92-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.029. 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.029 Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.; Morato, T.; Holland, K.N.; Santos, R.S.. "Reproduction and spawning habitat of white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, in the Azores, central north Atlantic". Scientia Marina 72 2 (2008): 373-381. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48749087866&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Morato, T.; Afonso, P.; Carvalho, N.; Lourinho, P.; Santos, R. S.; Krug, H. M.; Nash, R. D. M.. "Growth, reproduction and recruitment patterns of the wide-eyed flounder,Bothus podasDelaroche (Pisces: Bothidae), from the Azores". Marine Biology Research 3 6 (2007): 403-411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000701712331. 10.1080/17451000701712331 Figueiredo, Miguel; Morato, Telmo; Barreiros, João P.; Afonso, Pedro; Santos, Ricardo S.. "Feeding ecology of the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, in the Azores". Fisheries Research 75 1-3 (2005): 107-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2005.04.013. 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.04.013 Afonso, Pedro; Santos, Ricardo Serrão. "Within-nest spawning-site preferences of female bluefin damselfish: the effect of early-stage eggs". acta ethologica 8 1 (2005): 5-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-004-0104-2. 10.1007/s10211-004-0104-2 Morato, T.; Afonso, P.; Carlin, J.L.. "First record of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, in the north-eastern Atlantic". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84 1 (2004): 281-282. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1042290985&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1017/S0025315404009154h Morato, T.; Afonso, P.; Lourinho, P.; Nash, R. D. M.; Santos, R. S.. "Reproductive biology and recruitment of the white sea bream in the Azores". Journal of Fish Biology 63 1 (2003): 59-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00129.x. 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00129.x Morato, T.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R. S.; Krug, H. M.; Nash, R. D. M.. "The reproduction, age and growth of the spotted rockling". Journal of Fish Biology 62 6 (2003): 1450-1455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00111.x. 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00111.x Carvalho, Natacha. "Environmental Biology of Fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 66 3 (2003): 249-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1023957825568. 10.1023/a:1023957825568 Pedro Afonso. "Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation of Coris julis in Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.". C.R. Biol 236 (2003): 771-785. Published Carvalho, N.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R.S.. "The haremic mating system and mate choice in the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas". Environmental Biology of Fishes 66 3 (2003): 249-258. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038170366&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1023/A:1023957825568 Aurelle, D.; Guillemaud, T.; Afonso, P.; Morato, T.; Wirtz, P.; Serrão Santos, R.; Cancela, M.L.. "Genetic study of Coris julis (Osteichtyes, Perciformes, Labridae) evolutionary history and dispersal abilities". Comptes Rendus - Biologies 326 8 (2003): 771-785. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0142149228&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.crvi.2003.08.001 Morato, T.; Afonso, P.; Lourinho, P.; Barreiros, J.P.; Santos, R.S.; Nash, R.D.M.. "Length–weight relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic". Fisheries Research 50 3 (2001): 297-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0165-7836(00)00215-0. 10.1016/s0165-7836(00)00215-0 Carvalho, M. C.; Streiff, R.; Guillemaud, T.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R. S.; Cancela, M. L.; Carvalho, M.C.; Santos, R.S.; Cancela, M.L.. "Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Abudefduf luridus (Pisces: Pomacentridae)". Molecular Ecology 9 7 (2000): 993-994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00939.x. 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00939.x Guillemaud, T.; Cancela, M.L.; Afonso, P.; Morato, T.; Santos, R.S.; Wirtz, P.; Guillemaud, Thomas; et al. "Molecular insights into the taxonomic status of Coris atlantica (Pisces: Labridae)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80 5 (2000): 929-933. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033671065&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1017/S0025315400002915 Guillemaud, T.; Streiff, R.; Santos, R.S.; Afonso, P.; Morato, T.; Cancela, M.L.; Serrao Santos, R.; Cancela, M. L.. "Microsatellite characterization in the rainbow wrasse Coris julis (Pisces: Labridae)". Molecular Ecology 9 5 (2000): 631-632. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034060782&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00882-1.x
Online resource	Pedro Afonso. Summer aggregations of the common eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila. 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3904. Pedro Afonso. Coastal marine protected areas in the Azores: opportunities, benefits and limitations. 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4525. Pedro Afonso. Conservation of Pelagic Elasmobranchs in the Azores. 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4525.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Habitat use and movement patterns of three sympatric fishes with different life history strategies: implications for design of marine reserves". PhD, Hawai'i Sea Grant, 2007. https://www.lifewatch.be/fr/node/467?module=ref&refid=258341&printversion=1&dropIMIStitle=1. "Spatial patterns in the coastal fish community of the Azores". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2002. https://www.lifewatch.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=258333&printversion=1&dropIMIStitle=1. "Behavior and sexual selection in the bluefin damselfish Abudefduf luridus (Valenciennes, 1886) from the Azores". Degree, Universidade do Algarve, 1995.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023	To track or not to Track	International Conference on Fish Telemetry
2023	Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking	International Conference on Fish Telemetry
2022/10/22	How to avoid an unavoidable bycatch. Abs. ref. 356	Sharks International (Valencia)
2020	Diel Vertical Migrations and Climb-and-Glide Ascents in Veined Squid (Loligo forbesi)'	Ocean Sciences Meeting
2017/07/05	An outermost insight on the Landing Obligation and discard avoidance practices in the Azores hook-and-line deep-sea fisheries. MARE Conference, 5th July 2017, Amsterdam, NE.	MARE Conference
2017/07	Discards and their ecological impact: the case study of Azores	Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Conference (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
2016/06/07	O by-catch de tubarões de profundidade nos Açores: impacto e medidas de mitigação	Fórum Internacional das Pescas dos Açores (Horta)
2016/05	Estimating total fisheries discards in an oceanic archipelago of the NE Atlantic	World Fisheries Congress (Busan)
2015	The role of marine robotics in the biotelemetry of Marine Megafauna (2015)	2nd EU Funded Marine Robotics and Application Workshop (EMRA) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015	Merging Science and Technology: Lessons from Biotelemetry	WS in marine robotics (Goa, India)
2015	Dynamics of migratory filter-feeding elasmobranchs at their NA fringe habitat.	Annual Meeting of the European Elasmobranch Society (Peniche, Portugal)
2015	Azores seamounts as hotspots of Mobula tarapacana aggregations	Annual Meeting of the European Elasmobranch Society (Peniche, Portugal)
2015	Tracking in to the deep III: Multiscale acoustic telemetry of seamount fishes	3rd International Conference on Fish Telemetry (Halifax, Canada)
2015	Can Deep Sea Sharks respond to short term protection? Looking into the deep	European Elasmobranch Association meeting 2015 (Peniche)
2014	Deep diving of large predators links surface and deeper layers of the ocean	3rd World Marine Biodiversity Symposium (Tsin Tao, China)
2014	Concurrent measures of fine-scale behaviors and basic oceanographic parameters in the veined squid, Loligo forbesi	5th Biologging Conference (Strasbourg , France)
2014	Deep diving in large pelagic fishes	65th Tuna Conference (Lk Arrowhead , United States)
2014	Aggregation dynamics of Chillean devilray	II Sharks International (Durban , South Africa)
2013	Behavioural ecology: a tool in support of sustainable fisheries	XVII Congresso Nacional de Engenharia de Pesca (Paulo Afonso, Brazil)
2013	Fishes in Space: Modelling movements and Essential Fish Habitat	International Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013	Rede de Àreas Marinhas Protegidas dos Açores: que futuro?	III Fórum do Mar dos Açores (Horta, Portugal)
2013	Tracking in to the deep II: vertical migrations of goraz at seamounts	2nd International Conference on Fish Telemetry (Grahamstown , South Africa)
2013	Upscaling from individual to population: MPA performance assessment combining movement and distribution data	2nd International Conference on Fish Telemetry (Grahamstown)
2013	Essential pelagic habitat of juvenile blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the North Atlantic	64th Tuna Conference (Lake Arrowhead)
2012	TransAtlantic collaborations in studies of large pelagic fishes	East meets West WS (Dublin, Ireland)
2012	Implementation and Management of the Azorean network of MPAs: an overview	MAYA International WS on Marine Protected Areas (La Coruna, Spain)
2012	Using tracking data to evaluate spatial protection measures for juvenile bycatch in longline fisheries	Ecosystem Based Management of Tuna Fisheries (Montpellier , France)
2012	Spatial ecology and fisheries of juvenile blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the mid-North Atlantic	Ecosystem Based Management of Tuna Fisheries (Montpellier)
2011	Tracking in to the deep: Acoustic telemetry of goraz at seamounts	1st Int Conf Fish Telemetry (Hokkaido , Japan)
2011	Fixed vs. mobile/temporal oceanic MPAs: what does the spatial ecology of open ocean sharks tells us?	High seas MPAs symposium (London, United Kingdom)
2011	Power and pitfall of regression models to predict the spatial distribution of commercially exploited coastal fishes	IMPAC2 (Victoria)
2011	Defining essential habitat of juvenile blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the central North Atlantic	1st Int Conf Fish Telemetry (Hokkaido, Japan)
2010	Horizontal and vertical movements of satellite tracked blue shark in the central north Atlantic	62nd Tuna Conference (United States)
2009	From seabed mapping to fish tracking: MPA design using multiple conservation features in the Azores	Marine conservation in Europe (Stralsund , Germany)
2009	Using Biotelemetry for the Conservation of the Oceans	V SERI, session on Marine Science and Technology: A Vision of the Future (Paris, France)
2009	Getting a wider picture - MPA design using multiple conservation features	Annual Conf Association of American Geographers´ (Las Vegas , United States)
2009	Integrating recent and future marine technology in the design of marine protected areas - the Azores as case study	OCEANS ‘09 IEEE (Bremen)
2009	Monitoring cetaceans on seamounts in the Azores using passive acoustic techniques	157th Acoustical Soc America (Portland, United States)
2008	Can we predict Coris julis recruitment success from larval growth, size and stage duration?	8th Larval Fish Biology Symposium (Lisboa, Portugal)
2007	Habitat use and movements of reef fishes: the importance of combining different spatial and temporal scales	II Symposium on tagging and tracking of marine fishes (S. Sebastián , Spain)
2007	Fish movements, essential habitat mapping and the design of MPA networks for management of multispecies fisheries	Ist International MPA Symposium (Murcia, Spain)
2007	Recruitment patterns in a temperate fish and the design of marine protected areas	XII European Congress of Ichthyology (Cavtat)
2007	Effects of capture, handling and transmitter implantation in the red porgy	II Symposium on tagging and tracking of marine fishes (S. Sebastián)
2007	Regional ecological effects of European marine protected areas: a meta-analytical approach	Ist International MPA Symposium (Murcia, Spain)
2006	Recruitment dynamics shaping insular oceanic marine protected areas	Symposium on temperate reef ecology (S. Barbara, United States)
2005	Getting a larger picture: fish movements and essential habitat linking as a means to design multi-scale MPA networks.	1st International Marine Protected Areas Congress, 22-27 October (Geelong , Australia)
2005	Characterizing and monitoring for ecologically important fish sounds.	149th Meeting Acoustical Society of America. (Vancouver , Canada)
2005	Distribution, reproduction and movements of parrotfish in the Azores.	29th Tester Symposium (Honolulu, United States)
2005	Movements and habitat use of commercial shore fishes in Azorean waters: implications for the design of MPAs.	6th Fish Telemetry Conference Held in Europe (Sesimbra , Portugal)
2005	Movements of white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, in the Faial-Pico Channel, Azores islands	6th Fish Telemetry Conference Held in Europe (Sesimbra , Portugal)
2004	Implementation of the Natura 2000 network in the Azores: balancing conservation and fisheries management	Expert WS in Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries (Vilm, Germany)
2004	Movements of two coastal fish species in the Azores: implications for management	4th World Fisheries Congress (Vancouver , Canada)
2003	Movements of two fish species in Azorean waters: preliminary data	28th Tester Symposium (Honolulu, United States)
2002	Mating system and mate choice in the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas	IV International Symposium of Fauna and Flora of Atlantic Islands (Praia)
2000	Coastal fish community of the Azores islands, NE Atlantic: variations in space and time.	80th ASIH annual meeting (La Paz, Mexico)
2000	Fishes associated to an offshore oil platform in southern Brasil 2000	80th ASIH annual meeting (La Paz, Mexico)
2000	Reproductive Biology of the red mullet (Mullus surmuletus L.) in the Azores islands, NE Atlantic	80th ASIH annual meeting (La Paz, Mexico)
1999	LIFE Nature Project Maré: Protection of Marine Areas	4th National conference on Marine Protected areas (Lisboa)
1999	LIFE Nature Project Maré: Protection of marine areas	XVIII Fisheries Week of the Azores
1998	Evaluating Marine Protected Areas in the Azores	XVII Fisheries Week of the Azores
1998	Costal marine fishes of São Tomé and Príncipe	Int Congress African Fish and Fisheries (Grahamstown)
1998	Ecology of the Azorean damselfishes. III Symp Fauna & Flora of Atlantic Islands, Ponta Delgada PT; III National Congress of Ethology, Coimbra PT	III National Congress of Ethology (Coimbra)
1998	The protection of marine areas in the Azores	III International Symposium of Fauna and Flora of Atlantic Islands (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
1998	Reproductive behaviour of the redlip blenny, Ophioblennius atlanticus atlanticus (Pisces: Blennidae) in the Azores – Cannibalism, alloparental and paternal care	III Symp Fauna & Flora of Atlantic Islands (Ponta Delgada)
1998	Social organization and behaviour of the founder Bothus podas maderensis (Lowe, 1834) in the Azores	III National Congress of Ethology (Coimbra, Portugal)
1997	Marine Reserves: benefits to fisheries?	XVI Fisheries Week of the Azores
1997	Evaluating Marine Protected Areas in the Azores	Int WS Fish Visual Census in Marine Protected Areas (Ustica)
1996	Behavior of the bluefin damselfish	II Simp Fauna & Flora of the Atlantic Islands (Las Palmas, Spain)
1996	Behavior of the bluefin damselfish	XV Fisheries Week of the Azores (Horta, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Movement ecology of filter-feeding pelagic elasmobranchs Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2023 - Current	Shark nurseries in Oceanic Islands Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2022 - Current	Magnetic navigation in sharks Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2022 - Current	Marine Forests in the Azores: Ecology and conservation Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021 - Current	Movement dynamics in marine megafauna Supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021 - Current	Spatial ecology of lobsters in the Azores Supervisor	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2021 - Current	Nurseries of coastal elasmobranchs in the Azores Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2019 - Current	Trophic ecology in Azorean coastal elasmobranchs Supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017 - Current	Comparative behavioural physiology of tuna Supervisor	Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - Current	Behavioural physiology of pelagic elasmobranchs Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2017 - Current	Connectivity of Azorean elasmobranchs Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Population status of limpet in the Azores archipelago Supervisor
2022 - 2022	Local Ecological Knowledge of coastal elasmobranchs in the Azores Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2020 - 2022	Mission Atlantic: Atlantic Marine Ecosystems & Services Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Assessment and improvement of the Azorean MPA network Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Redefinition of the circalittoral zone and its assemblages from Azores insular shelves through video survey Supervisor	Biologia Marinha e Conservação (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Evaluating seabed habitat representativeness across a diverse marine protected area network on the Mid-Atlantic ridge Supervisor	Biologia Marinha (Master) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Marine habitat-based assessment of protection in the Azores Supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Circalitoral habitats in the Azores Supervisor	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Ecological modelling of megafauna pelagic habitat Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2016 - 2018	Ecological modelling for MPA adaptive management Supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Conservation and ecology of elasmobranchs in the Azores Supervisor	Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2014 - 2014	Ecology and conservation of Mobulids in the Azores Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2010 - 2014	Nursery grounds for NA blue shark (Prionace glauca) Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2010 - 2014	Mapping multi-species habitat uses for marine conservation planning Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Biology, ecology and conservation of mobulid rays in the Azores Supervisor	Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Master) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2013 - 2013	By-catch de espadarte (Xiphias gladius) e tintureira (Prionace glauca) juvenil no palangre de superfície Supervisor	Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos (Master) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Juvenile bycatch and behaviour of pelagic longining in Azorean waters Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2011 - 2013	Diversity & dynamics of large pelagic predators Supervisor	Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2009 - 2013	Multispecies spatial dynamics under different protection levels Supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Acoustic telemetry of seamount fishes Supervisor	Université Bretagne Sud IUT de Vannes, France
2007 - 2007	Mapping of Multispecies Habitat Uses for Marine Conservation Planning Supervisor	Biologia (PhD) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2005 - 2005	Technical developments in acoustic tagging of demersal fishes Supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2000 - 2000	Behavior and social organization of Bothus podas Co-supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
1999 - 1999	Comparative ecology and behavior of 2 Azorean damselfishes Co-supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
1998 - 1998	Behavior, allopaternity and filial cannibalism of redlip blenny Co-supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2021		Jose López (PhD) Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2021		Patrícia Amorim (PhD) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2015		John D Filmalter (PhD) Rhodes University, South Africa
2015		Cláudia Oliveira (PhD) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2014		Rui Prieto (PhD) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2013		André Afonso (PhD) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2012		Carlos Hackradt (PhD) Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2010		Leonardo Machado (PhD) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2009		Jorge Fontes (PhD) Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2013 - Current	Biotelemetry Techniques Workshop’	(Licenciatura)
2009 - 2013	Sampling Techniques	(Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2005 - 2008	Conservation and Management of Marine Resources	MEIO MSc (Mestrado)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2000 - 2001	Ethology	(Licenciatura)	Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Co-Chief Scientist in the ‘sixgill leg’ of the OceanX/BBC expedition in the Azores; deepwater submarine shark tagging, echosounding, multibeam, ROV deepwater coral collection
2020 - Current	Invited researcher in the joint Charles Darwin Foundation/Anticiclone expedition; Shark Satellite telemetry and BRUV deployments
2016 - Current	Portugal 2016/2018: IMAR Chief Scientist in the BlueAzores 2016 (Waitt Foundation/Fundação Oceano Azul) and 2018 (NatGeo Pristine Seas/Waitt/FOA) expeditions; coordination, UVCs, BRUVs;
2012 - Current	Costa Rica 2012: Invited researcher in the cruise to Cocos island of the ‘1000 days around the planet’ initiative, Sedna Foundation; shark tagging.
2011 - Current	Seychelles 2011: Invited researcher in the project ‘SeyShark: management of coastal sharks’, PI L Dagorn (IRD); tagging of coastal sharks.
2011 - Current	Brazil 2011: Coordinator of tagging in the research cruise for tagging pelagic sharks for MADE (FP7)
2010 - Current	Reunion 2010: Coordinator of tagging in the research cruise for tagging pelagic sharks for MADE (FP7)
2009 - Current	Seychelles 2009: Coordinator of tagging in the research cruise for tagging pelagic sharks for MADE (FP7)
2006 - Current	Hawai’i 2006: Invited researcher in the spring cruise to the NWHI and Johnston atoll within the project Movements of apex predators across the NWHI” - PI Carl Meyer (HIMB). Shark Satellite and acoustic telemetry.
2002 - Current	Hawai’i 2002-2005: Invited researcher in the project “Fish Aggregating Devices for tuna around the Hawaiian islands”, PI Kim Holland (HIMB) – underwater deployment of fixed acoustic stations in offshore FADs.
2000 - Current	Brazil 2000: Researcher in the project "Fishes associated to the oil platform PXIV off Southern Brazil" -characterization and underwater photography of associated fish fauna.

Distinctions

Award

2022	Frederico Machado Prize, Biological Sciences
2017	Short Conservation Project awards Shark Conservation Fund, South Africa

Other distinction

2017	Blue Fund Fundação Oceano Azul / Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal
2016	IF - Investigador (desenvolvimento carreira) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014	FLAD/NSF Grant Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2013	Mary Sears Fellowship
2008	Contract for Research under the 'Ciência 2008' innitiative
2007	1st European MPA Congress Governo dos Açores, Portugal Ayuntamiento de Murcia, Spain
2006	Post-Doc fellowship
2005	II PhD course in Bioacoustics The Nordic Council, Denmark Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Sweden
2005	International MPA conference Deakin University School of Life and Environmental Sciences - Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds, Australia
2003	PhD fellowship
2001	PhD fellowship Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2001	PhD Scholarship Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2001	80th ASIH annual meeting Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2000	Graduate student fellowship
1999	Research grant Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
1998	Fish & Fisheries International Conference Governo dos Açores, Portugal
1997	Research fellowship
1996	Research grant Instituto do Mar, Portugal Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
1996	II Fauna & Flora of Atlantic Islands