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Rui Pedro Rivaes has a background in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources Management (2005; School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon), MSc in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (2010; School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon), and a PhD in River Restoration and Management (2018; School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon). He is a Contract Researcher at the MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Lisbon. He works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences and Ecology of Freshwaters, Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Forestry and Fisheries, and Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hydroecology, Ecological Modeling and Environmental Flows. Published 32 articles in international journals (h-index=14, 435 citations according to Publons) achieving a total Impact Factor of 134 (55 as first author), plus 2 articles in national journals, 2 book sections, and 43 other publications. He is author of 70 oral presentations and posters (3 by invitation), at International (59) and National meetings (11). He has participated 12 national and international research projects. He was a jury member of one MSc thesis, performed peer revision for 20 different journals, acted as external reviewer in three international funding calls (BiodivERsA, BiodivRestore, and National Science Center in Poland), and edited 2 journal special research topics. He received 4 distinctions (last one in 2020, APRH Best PhD thesis of biennium 2018/2019).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Pedro Guerreiro Duarte Rivaes da Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Rui
  • Rivaes, Rui
  • Rivaes, Rui Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
541F-B435-14A6
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7910-4387
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n4HUzRoAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
L-1465-2016
Scopus Author Id
52264400600

Email addresses

  • rprivaes@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Sala 6.1.28, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/12/01 - 2022/12/08
Concluded
Biodiversity finance (Outros)
United Nations Development Programme, United States
2022/09/19 - 2022/11/17
Concluded
Ecosystem Restoration (Outros)
United Nations Development Programme, United States
2022/10/01 - 2022/10/30
Concluded
Nature-based solutions for sustainable development (Outros)
United Nations Development Programme, United States
2020/01 - 2020/01
Concluded
The use of Trait Based approaches in Community Ecology and Stress Ecology, Module I – Key concepts and terrestrial ecosystems (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/12
Concluded
River Restoration and Management (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"EXPLORING RIPARIAN VEGETATION INTERACTIONS WITH FLOW REGIME AND FLUVIAL PROCESSES FOR AN IMPROVED RIVER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2018/08 - 2018/08
Concluded
DIY Sensing and Logging with Open Hardware (Outros)
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estonia
2016/01 - 2016/01
Concluded
QSWAT (Outros)
Hidromod Modelação em Engenharia Lda, Portugal
2016
Concluded
Post-graduation on Statistics with R applied to Biológical Sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
15
2015/10 - 2015/10
Concluded
Fundamentos de Avaliação de Impacte Ambiental (Outros)
Associação Portuguesa de Avaliação de Impactes, Portugal
2015/10 - 2015/10
Concluded
Análise de Dados Geográficos em R (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/05
Concluded
Introdução à modelação e simulação de sistemas dinâmicos em ambiente STELLA (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2013/03 - 2013/03
Concluded
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for Ecology (Outros)
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2012/09 - 2012/09
Concluded
Introdução à Análise Estatística com R (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012/05 - 2012/05
Concluded
Habitat Simulation and Environmental Flow Assessment in CASiMiR (Outros)
Universitat de València, Spain
2012
Concluded
Advanced studies on River Restoration and Management (Post-graduation) (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
17
2010/11
Attended
Dendroecology: applying tree-ring methods to understand forest ecological processes (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2010
Concluded
MSc in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATIC CHANGE ON MEDITERRANEAN RIPARIAN VEGETATION USING A DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
2008/12
Concluded
Competência pedagógica de formador (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2005/05
Attended
Biological Monitoring and Assessment in Rivers (Outros)
Tetra Tech Inc, United States
2005
Concluded
Forestal Engineering and Natural Resources Management (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Caracterização do Potencial Ecológico Máximo das albufeiras de Portugal Continental para o elemento biológico Ictiofauna" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/03/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2023/02/28 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/02/28 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014/04/01 - 2018/05/31 FCT PhD Student (SFRH/BD/52515/2014) under the Doctoral Programme FLUVIO - River Restoration and Management Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2014/03/01 PhD Student on River Restoration and Management Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2009/02/01 - 2010/12/01 Research fellow, under the Project RIPFLOW – Riparian vegetation modelling for the assessment of environmental flow regimes and climate change impacts within the Water Framework Directive Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2007/10/01 - 2008/12/31 Forest Technician in the Department of Member Support of AFLOPS. Associação de Produtores Florestais (AFLOPS), Portugal
2006/09/01 - 2007/09/30 Professional Internship Associação de Produtores Florestais (AFLOPS), Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2006/08/31 Instituto Superior de Agronomia work team for the implementation of the Lake Habitat Survey to heavily modified water bodies in Continental Portugal. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2005/05/14 - 2006/08/31 Research Fellow under the project “Definição do potencial ecológico das albufeiras de Portugal Continental” under a protocol with the Portuguese Water Institute (INAG). Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2005/05/13 Participation on the sampling campaigns by Instituto Superior de Agronomia for the Portuguese Water Institute(INAG), concerning the Water Framework Directive implementation Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2005/02 - 2006/12 Definition of the ecological potential of heavily modified water bodies of Portugal mainland
NA
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current MEGAPREDATOR - A giant on the water: from predation pressure to population control of the European catfish (Silurus glanis)
PTDC/ASP-PES/4181/2021
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/03/01 - Current RIVEAL – RIparian forest Values and Ecosystem services in uncertain freshwater futures and Altered Landscapes
Lisboa-01-0145-FEDER-029790
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2023/02/28 Laboratório para a Sustentabilidade do Uso da Terra e dos Serviços dos Ecossistemas
LA/P/0092/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2023/02/28 Centro de Estudos Florestais
UID/AGR/00239/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/02/28 LIFE FLUVIAL – Improvement and sustainable management of river corridors of the Iberian Atlantic Region
LIFE16 NAT/ES/000771
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Ongoing
2009/02 - 2010/12 RIPFLOW – Riparian vegetation modelling for the assessment of environmental flow regimes and climate change impacts within the Water Framework Directive
ERA-IWRM/0001/2008-RIPFLOW
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current Life PREDATOR - Prevent, detect and combat the spread of Silurus glanis in South European lakes to protect biodiversity
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
LIFE programme
Ongoing
2016 - Current Fish monitoring at the Odelouca river
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Águas do Algarve, S.A
Concluded
2021/12/01 - 2023/02/28 AQUADAPT – Ecossistemas fluviais à prova de alterações climáticas para uma gestão sustentável
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/10 Scientific Commission for the Recovery Program of Coastal Forests affected by the great fires of October 15, 2017
NA
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
2017/06 - 2017/12 Assessment of the influence of the Caima pulp mill on the Tagus River water quality
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
2016 - 2017 AquaEbio – Comunidades aquáticas de vertebrados em estações de biodiversidade implementadas pela Altri Florestal
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Concluded
2011/09 - 2014/12 Monitoring of the efficiency of the fish lift at the Touvedo hydropower plant
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
EDP
Concluded
2012/06 - 2014/02 Determination of the Environmental Flow Regime downstream of the Alvito Hydroeletric Plant
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
WS Atkins & Partners Overseas
Concluded
2013/06 - 2013/12 FISHTREE – Fish communities and biological quality in rivers associated to certified Eucaliptus plantations
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Altri Florestal
2009/01 - 2011/12 AQUARIPORT - Assessment of the ecological quality of the portuguese rivers based on fish communities
NA
Research support
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
Concluded
2008 - 2008 Structure, ecological functioning and conservation of Ibero-atlantic hygrophytic woodlands
POCTI/AGG/46842/2002
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/08 - 2006/12 Ecological quality in the Hydrographic Basin of the Tagus River and in the Hydrographic Basins of the West Streams under the Water Framework Directive
NA
Research support
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Instituto da Agua
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rivaes, Rui; P.M. Rodríguez-González; Ferreira, M. T.. "New tools for riparian restoration: predictive modelling of vegetation dynamics in the Odelouca river, Algarve.". In Best Practices in Evaluation and Restoration of Degraded Mediterranean Environments. Monografias do Ibader – Serie Territorio., 134-141. Lugo, Spain: Instituto de Biodiversidade Agraria e Desenvolvimento Rural (IBADER), 2019.
    Published
  2. Egger, Gregory; Politti, Emilio; Virginia, Garófano-Gómez; Blamauer, Bernadette; Ferreira, Teresa; Rivaes, Rui; Benjankar, Rohan; Habersack, Helmut. "Embodying Interactions Between Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Hydraulic Processes Within a Dynamic Floodplain Model: Concepts and Applications". 407-427. 2013.
    10.1002/9781118526576.ch24
  3. Egger, G.; Politti, E.; Garófano-Gómez, V.; Blamauer, B.; Ferreira, T.; Rivaes, R.; Benjankar, R.; Habersack, H.. "Embodying Interactions Between Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Hydraulic Processes Within a Dynamic Floodplain Model: Concepts and Applications". 407-427. 2013.
Conference abstract
  1. Mameri, D.; Rivaes, Rui; Ferreira, M.T.; Schmutz, S.; Santos, J.M.. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Fish Passability in a Rock Weir (Tagus River) under Climate Change Scenarios". Paper presented in IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, Porto, 2022.
    Published • 10.3390/blsf2022013081
  2. Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. "Hydrology-based spatial planning of riparian revegetation.". Paper presented in RIPA-1 : First International Conference on Riparian Ecosystems Science and Management, 6-8 April, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Maria João Martins; Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Ivana Lozanovska; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Pedro C. Silva; Fernandes, Maria Rosário. "Aguiar FC, Martins MJ, Rivaes R, Lozanovska I, Ferreira MT, Silva PC, Fernandes MR. 2021. How regulated flows affect the provision of riparian ecosystem services? In: Eva Debinski, Martin Diekmann, Javier Loidi, Susan Wiser & David Zelený (Eds.). Book of Abstracts 63rd. IAVS Symposium, 20-23 September 2021, International Association for Vegetation Science: p.13.". 2021.
    Published
  4. Boavida, Isabel; Rivaes, Rui; Santos, Jose Maria. "Transferability of environmental flows: a case study in a Mediterranean river.". Paper presented in XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology Inland waters and XXI century challenges: from scientific knowledge to environmental management., Coimbra, 2018.
    Published
  5. Fernandes, M.R.; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Martins, M.J.; Chelu, A.; Geirinhas, F.; Rivaes, Rui; Teresa, M. T.. "Diachronic analysis of riverine landscapes in Tagus and Guadiana Rivers". Paper presented in 60th IAVS Annual Symposium ¿Vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes¿, 20-24 June, 2017., Palermo, 2017.
    Published • 10.1130/abs/2016sc-273604
Conference paper
  1. Fernandes, M.R.; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Martins, Maria João; Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Ferreira, M.T.. "Efeitos da pressão humana na evolução histórica da morfologia do rio Tejo.". Paper presented in 15º Congresso da Água, 22-26 Março 2021, Lisbon, 2021.
    Published
  2. Santos, Jose Maria; Rivaes, Rui; Boavida, Isabel; Branco, Paulo. "Microhabitat use of endemic cyprinids as a tool to inform river restoration in mediterranean regions". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Tokyo, 2018.
    Published
  3. Rivaes, Rui; Boavida, Isabel; Santos, Jose Maria; Pinheiro, António N.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa. "Caudais ecológicos em Portugal. Consideração dos requisitos da vegetação ripária para assegurar a sustentabilidade das comunidades aquáticas". Paper presented in 13º Congresso da Água, Lisbon, 2016.
    Published
  4. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Rodríguez-González, Patricia María; Albuquerque, A.; Pinheiro, António; Egger, G.; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Making use of artificial disturbance to decrease river regulation effects on riparian vegetation". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium of Aquatic Plants, Edinburgh, 2015.
    Published
  5. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Egger, G.; Pinheiro, António; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Using CASiMiR-vegetation model to establish riparian vegetation disturbance requirements". Paper presented in I Specialized Conference on Ecology, Management and River Restoration: Practices and Experiences, Salvador, 2015.
    Published
  6. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Santos, J.M.; Boavida, Isabel; Pinheiro, António; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "A more embracing approach on environmental flow science - adding riparian requirements into consideration.". Paper presented in 10th Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Trondheim, 2014.
    Published
  7. Rivaes, Rui; Santos, Jose Maria; Boavida, Isabel; Pinheiro, Antonio N.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa. "Towards an hollistic approach on environmental flow science - adding riparian requirements into consideration". Paper presented in 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Trondheim, 2014.
    Published
  8. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Rodríguez-González, Patricia María; Albuquerque, A.; Pinheiro, António; Egger, G.; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Recuperação da vegetação ripária em rios regularizados com recurso a caudais libertados por barragens.". Paper presented in 12º Congresso da Água, Lisbon, 2014.
    Published
  9. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Rodríguez-González, Patricia María; Albuquerque, A.; Pinheiro, António; Egger, G.; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Reservoir flows as a vegetation management tool: a case-study in southwestern Iberia". Paper presented in 9th Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Vienna, 2012.
    Published
  10. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Rodríguez-González, Patricia María; Albuquerque, A.; Pinheiro, António; Egger, G.; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Climate change impacts on Mediterranean riparian vegetation.". Paper presented in 5th International Perspective on Water Resources & the Environment (IPWE 2012), Marrakech, 2012.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Fernandes, M.R.; Correia, Alexandra; Martins. M. João; Rivaes, Rui; Ferreira, M. T.; Aguiar, Francisca C.. "Effects of hydrological alterations in the riparian carbon stock capacity: understanding the past to predict the future?". Paper presented in 63rd IAVS Virtual Symposium 2021 - Vegetation goes Virtual, 2021.
  2. Calapez, Ana R.; Serra, S.R. Q.; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Feio, M. João. "Influence of river regulation and instream habitat on invertebrate communities’ structure and function". Paper presented in Limnologia 2020 - XX Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, 2020.
  3. Mameri, Daniel; Rivaes, Rui; Oliveira, João Manuel; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Santos, José Maria. "Passability of native potamodromous fish species through a fish lift in North Portugal, in relation to different hydropeaking scenarios". Paper presented in Ecology across borders: Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals, 2019.
  4. Oliveira, João; Paulino, J.; Segurado, P.; Rosado, J.; Rivaes, Rui; Fernandes, F.; Serafim, P.; Magalhães, F.; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Aquatic biodiversity and quality of streams in certified eucalypt plantations". Paper presented in Ecology across borders: Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals, 2019.
  5. Fernandes, Maria Rosário; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Martins, Maria João; Rivaes, Rui; Kuriqi, Alban; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa. "Hydromorphological evolution of large Iberian rivers: the role of anthropogenic pressure in Tagus and Minho Rivers". Paper presented in I. S. Rivers 2018 - integrative sciences and sustainable development of rivers, 2018.
  6. Rivaes, Rui; Pinheiro, A. N.; Egger, Gregory; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa. "Exploring riparian vegetation interactions with flow regime and fluvial processes for an improved river management and conservation". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência’17, 2017.
  7. Marques, Ines; Campelo, F.; Rivaes, Rui; Albuquerque, António; Ferreira, Teresa Cunha; Rodríguez-González, P. M.. "Long term resilience changes in Southern European riparian forests: a dendroecology approach". Paper presented in The 60th IAVS Annual Symposium “vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes”, 2017.
  8. Kuriqi, Alban; Rivaes, Rui; Sordo-Ward, A.; Pinheiro, A. N.; Garrote, L.. "Comparison and Validation of Hydrological E-Flow Methods through Hydrodynamic Modelling". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2017), 2017.
  9. Martins, Amade; Mbanze, Aires Afonso; Coelho, C.; Rivaes, Rui; Ribeiro, Natasha. "Phytosociological structure of dambos ecosystem in the Niassa National Reserve (NNR), Northern Mozambique". Paper presented in European Conference of Tropical Ecology, 2017.
  10. Santos, José Maria; Oliveira, João; Rivaes, Rui; Arenas, Raul; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa; Cabral, Ulisses; Marinho, A.; et al. "Otimização do ascensor de peixes do aproveitamento hidroelétrico de Touvedo". Paper presented in 13º Congresso da Água, 2016.
  11. Rivaes, Rui; Pinheiro, A. N.; Egger, Gregory; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa. "Modeling riparian woods and fish species: a holistic approach for environmental flows to be used on river management and conservation". Paper presented in I Specialized Conference on Ecology Management and River Restoration: Practices and Experiences 2015, 2015.
  12. Santos, José Maria; Oliveira, João; Rivaes, Rui; Arenas, Raul; Pádua, João; Cabral, Ulisses; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa. "Seasonal and diel movement patterns of yellow eels migrating through a fish lift". Paper presented in International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage, 2013.
  13. Rivaes, Rui. "Riparian forest adaptations in European rivers: a response to altered flow regimes by climate change". Paper presented in LIMNOLOGIA 2012 - XVI Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, 2012.
  14. Garófano-Gómez, V.; Martínez-Capel, F.; Garcia-Berlanga, O. M.; Rodríguez-González, P. M.; Rivaes, Rui; Albuquerque, António; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa; Egger, Gregory; Politti, Emilio. "Riparian Patches and Successional Vegetation Phases across Europe". Paper presented in 34th IAHR World Congress, 33rd Hydrology and water Resources Symposium and 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, 2011.
  15. Garófano-Gómez, V.; Martínez-Capel, F.; Rodríguez-González, P. M.; Rivaes, Rui; Albuquerque, A.; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa; Egger, Gregory; et al. "Analyses of succession retrogression for dynamic modelling of riparian vegetation in the RIPFLOW project". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2011, 2011.
  16. Rivaes, Rui; Rodríguez-González, P. M.; Albuquerque, A.; Cunha Ferreira, Teresa; Pinheiro, A. N.. "Modeling mediterranean riparian vegetation dynamics from hydrologic changes conducted by climate change". Paper presented in 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Rui Rivaes; Joana Sá Couto; Luísa Schmidt; Ana Delicado; Francisca C. Aguiar. "The influence of river regulation on the affinity for nature and perceptions of local populations". Journal of Environmental Management 321 (2022): 115992-115992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115992.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115992
  2. Calapez, Ana R.; Serra, Sónia; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Feio, Maria João. "Influence of river regulation and instream habitat on invertebrate assemblage’ structure and function". Science of The Total Environment 794 (2021): 148696-148696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148696.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148696
  3. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Feio, Maria João; Almeida, Salomé F.P.; Calapez, Ana R.; Sales, Manuela; Gebler, Daniel; Lozanovska, Ivana; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Corresponding author: Rivaes, Rui Pedro. "River ecosystem endangerment from climate change-driven regulated flow regimes". Science of The Total Environment (2021): 151857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151857.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151857
  4. Daniel Mameri; Rui Pedro Rivaes; Teresa Ferreira; Stefan Schmutz; José Maria Santos. "Climate Change Effects on Fish Passability across a Rock Weir in a Mediterranean River". Water (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/19/2758.
    10.3390/w13192758
  5. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Feio, Maria João; Almeida, Salomé F.P.; Vieira, Cristiana; Calapez, Ana R.; Mortágua, Andreia; Gebler, Daniel; Lozanovska, Ivana; Aguiar, Francisca C.. "Multi-biologic group analysis for an ecosystem response to longitudinal river regulation gradients". Science of The Total Environment 767 (2021): 144327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144327.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144327
  6. Lozanovska, Ivana; Rivaes, Rui; Vieira, Cristiana; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Aguiar, Francisca C.. "Streamflow regulation effects in the Mediterranean rivers: How far and to what extent are aquatic and riparian communities affected?". Science of The Total Environment 749 (2020): 141616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141616.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141616
  7. Maria Rosário Fernandes; Francisca C. Aguiar; Maria João Martins; Rui Rivaes; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "Long-term human-generated alterations of Tagus River: Effects of hydrological regulation and land-use changes in distinct river zones". CATENA (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104466.
    10.1016/j.catena.2020.104466
  8. Daniel Mameri; Rui Rivaes; João M. Oliveira; João Pádua; Maria T. Ferreira; José M. Santos. "Passability of Potamodromous Species through a Fish Lift at a Large Hydropower Plant (Touvedo, Portugal)". Sustainability 12 1 (2019): 172-172. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010172.
    10.3390/su12010172
  9. Mbanze, Aires Afonso; Martins, Amade Mário; Rivaes, Rui; Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I.; Sofia Ribeiro, Natasha. "Vegetation structure and effects of human use of the dambos ecosystem in northern Mozambique". Global Ecology and Conservation 20 (2019): e00704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00704.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00704
  10. Aires Afonso Mbanze; Amade Martins Mário; Rui Rivaes; Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros; Natasha Sofia Ribeiro. "Field data on Vegetation Structure and Effects of Human Use of the Dambos Ecosystem in Northern Mozambique". Data in Brief (2019): 104454-104454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104454.
    10.1016/j.dib.2019.104454
  11. OLIVEIRA, J. M.; Paulino, J. C.; Segurado, P.; Rosado, J.; Rivaes, Rui; Fernandes, F.; Serafim, P.; Ferreira, M. T.. "Aquatic biodiversity and quality of streams in certified eucalypt plantations in Central Portugal". Scientia Forestalis 47 123 (2019):
    Open access • Accepted
  12. Silva, Rui. "Factors related to fish kill events in Mediterranean reservoirs". (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.027.
    10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.027
  13. Oliveira, J.M.; Paulino, J.C.; Segurado, P.; Rosado, J.; Rivaes, R.; Fernandes, F.; Serafim, P.; Ferrreira, M.T.. "Aquatic biodiversity and quality of streams in certified eucalypt plantations in Central Portugal,Biodiversidade aquática e qualidade de rios em eucaliptais certificados no centro de Portugal". Scientia Forestalis/Forest Sciences 47 123 (2019): 383-394. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074752502&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.18671/scifor.v47n123.01
  14. I. Gomes Marques; F. Campelo; R. Rivaes; A. Albuquerque; M.T. Ferreira; P.M. Rodríguez-González. "Tree rings reveal long-term changes in growth resilience in Southern European riparian forests". Dendrochronologia 52 (2018): 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2018.10.009.
    10.1016/j.dendro.2018.10.009
  15. Ochs, Konstantin; Rivaes, Rui P.; Ferreira, Teresa; Egger, Gregory. "Flow Management to Control Excessive Growth of Macrophytes – An Assessment Based on Habitat Suitability Modeling". Frontiers in Plant Science 9 356 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00356.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2018.00356
  16. José Maria Santos; Rui Rivaes; Isabel Boavida; Paulo Branco. "Structural microhabitat use by endemic cyprinids in a Mediterranean-type river: Implications for restoration practices". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2839.
    10.1002/aqc.2839
  17. R. Muñoz-Mas; V. Garófano-Gómez; I. Andrés-Doménech; D. Corenblit; G. Egger; F. Francés; M.T. Ferreira; et al. "Exploring the key drivers of riparian woodland successional pathways across three European river reaches". Ecohydrology (2017): e1888-e1888. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1888.
    10.1002/eco.1888
  18. Rui Rivaes; Isabel Boavida; José M. Santos; António N. Pinheiro; Teresa Ferreira. "Importance of considering riparian vegetation requirements for the long-term efficiency of environmental flows in aquatic microhabitats". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21 11 (2017): 5763-5780. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5763-2017.
    10.5194/hess-21-5763-2017
  19. Silva, Rui. "The Role of River Morphodynamic Disturbance and Groundwater Hydrology As Driving Factors of Riparian Landscape Patterns in Mediterranean Rivers". Frontiers in Plant Science (2017): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.01612/full.
    10.3389/fpls.2017.01612
  20. Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Pinheiro, António Nascimento; Egger, Gregory; Ferreira, Maria Teresa. "Using CASIMIR-VEGETATION Model in the context of modeling riparian woods and fish species to support a holistic approach for environmental flows to be used on river management and conservation". Revista Eletrônica de Gestão e Tecnologias Ambientais 4 1 (2016): 01. http://dx.doi.org/10.9771/gesta.v4i1.14292.
    10.9771/gesta.v4i1.14292
  21. Silva, Rui. "Improving yellow eel upstream movements with fish lifts". Journal of Ecohydraulics (2016): https://doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2016.1234341.
    24705357.2016.1234341
  22. Santos, J.M.; Rivaes, R.; Oliveira, J.; Ferreira, T.. "Improving yellow eel upstream movements with fish lifts". Journal of Ecohydraulics 1 1-2 (2016): 50-61. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042523866&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/24705357.2016.1234341
  23. Rivaes, R.; Boavida, I.; Santos, J. M.; Pinheiro, A. N.; Ferreira, M. T.. "The inbuilt long-term unfeasibility of environmental flows when disregarding riparian vegetation requirements". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. 2015 (2015): 10701-10737.
    10.5194/hessd-12-10701-2015
  24. Rivaes, Rui; Rodríguez-González, Patricia M.; Albuquerque, António; Pinheiro, António N.; Egger, Gregory; Ferreira, M. Teresa. "Reducing river regulation effects on riparian vegetation using flushing flow regimes". Ecological Engineering 81 (2015): 428-438. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000355672800051&KeyUID=WOS:000355672800051.
    10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.059
  25. Silva, Rui. "Recuperação e conservação da vegetação ripária em rios a jusante de barragens através da implementação de um regime de caudais de manutenção ripária". Recursos Hídricos (2015): http://www.aprh.pt/rh/v36n2-3.html.
    10.5894/rh36n2-3
  26. Silva, Rui. "Evaluating climate change impacts on Alpine floodplain vegetation". Hydrobiologia (2014): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-013-1801-5.
    10.1007/s10750-013-1801-5
  27. Silva, Rui. "Sensitivity of black alder (Alnus glutinosa [L.] Gaertn.) growth to hydrological changes in wetland forests at the rear edge of the species distribution". (2014): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-013-0292-9.
    10.1007/s11258-013-0292-9
  28. Rivaes, Rui P.; Rodríguez-González, Patricia M.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Pinheiro, António N.; Politti, Emilio; Egger, Gregory; García-Arias, Alicia; Francés, Felix. "Modeling the Evolution of Riparian Woodlands Facing Climate Change in Three European Rivers with Contrasting Flow Regimes". PLoS ONE 9 10 (2014): e110200-e110200. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000343210800068&KeyUID=WOS:000343210800068.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0110200
  29. Rivaes, Rui; Rodríguez-González, Patricia M.; Albuquerque, António; Pinheiro, António N.; Egger, Gregory; Ferreira, Maria Teresa. "Riparian vegetation responses to altered flow regimes driven by climate change in Mediterranean rivers". Ecohydrology 6 3 (2013): 413-424. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000320469000009&KeyUID=WOS:000320469000009.
    10.1002/eco.1287
  30. García-Arias, A.; Francés, F.; Ferreira, T.; Egger, G.; Martínez-Capel, F.; Garófano-Gómez, V.; Andrés-Doménech, I.; et al. "Implementing a dynamic riparian vegetation model in three European river systems". Ecohydrology 6 4 (2013): 635-651. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000322717300011&KeyUID=WOS:000322717300011.
    10.1002/eco.1331
  31. Dodkins, Ian; Aguiar, Francisca; Rivaes, Rui; Albuquerque, António; Rodríguez-González, Patricia; Ferreira, Maria Teresa. "Measuring ecological change of aquatic macrophytes in Mediterranean rivers". Limnologica 42 2 (2012): 95-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.001.
    10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.001
  32. Rivaes, Rui; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Patricia; Albuquerque, A; Ferreira, Ana Teresa; Pinheiro, A. N.. "Uma nova ferramenta de restauro: aplicação de um modelo preditivo da evolução da vegetação ripícola em função das alterações hidrológicas". Revista Recursos Hídricos 32 1 (2011): 29-41. http://www.aprh.pt/rh/pdf/rh32_n1-3.pdf.
    Open access • Published
Online resource
  1. Segurado, Pedro; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #12 – Redes Bayesianas. 2021. http://riveal.pt/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3770.
    10.5281/zenodo.5710268
  2. Segurado, Pedro; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Factsheet RIVEAL #12 – Bayesian networks. 2021. http://riveal.pt/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3768.
    10.5281/zenodo.5710252
  3. Gebler, Daniel; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #5 – Macroalgas. 2021. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_05_RIVEAL_macroalgae_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4740487
  4. Vieira, Cristiana; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #6 – Briófitas. 2021. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_06_RIVEAL_bryophytes_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4740552
  5. Fernandes, Maria Rosário; Correia, Alexandra; Martins, M. João; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #9 – Carbono ripário. 2021. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_09_RIVEAL_riparian_carbon_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4740632
  6. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #10 – Florestas Ribeirinhas. 2021. http://riveal.pt/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3683.
    10.5281/zenodo.4740655
  7. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #4 – Macrófitos. 2021. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_04_RIVEAL_macrophytes_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4737401
  8. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Factsheet RIVEAL #10 – Riparian forests. 2021. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_10_RIVEAL_riparian_forests.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4734325
  9. Fernandes, M.R.; Correia, Alexandra; Martins, Maria João; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Factsheet RIVEAL #9 – Riparian carbon. 2021. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_09_RIVEAL_riparian_carbon.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4734294
  10. Vieira, Cristiana; Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Factsheet RIVEAL #6 – Bryophytes. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_06_RIVEAL_bryophytes.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4734204
  11. Gebler, Daniel; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Factsheet RIVEAL #5 – Macroalgae.. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_05_RIVEAL_macroalgae.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4734187
  12. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Factsheet RIVEAL #4 – Macrophytes. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_04_RIVEAL_macrophytes.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4734172
  13. Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Factsheet RIVEAL #3 – Field sampling. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_03_RIVEAL_field_sampling.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4734151
  14. Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Factsheet RIVEAL #2 – River regulation. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_02_RIVEAL_river_regulation.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4733807
  15. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Factsheet RIVEAL #1 – The RIVEAL project. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_01_RIVEAL.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4730826
  16. Aguiar, Francisca C.; Rivaes, Rui. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #1 – O projeto RIVEAL. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_01_RIVEAL_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4737368
  17. Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #2 – Regularização fluvial. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_02_RIVEAL_river_regulation_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4737373
  18. Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. Ficha informativa RIVEAL #3 – Amostragem de campo. 2020. http://www.riveal.pt/files/Factsheet_03_RIVEAL_field_sampling_pt.pdf.
    10.5281/zenodo.4737387
  19. Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Pinheiro, Paulo; Rivaes, Rui; Albuquerque, António; Cortes, Rui Manuel Vitor. Assessing the Ecological Quality of Iberian Reservoirs using Fish Communities. 2006. https://www.academia.edu/53740530/Assessing_the_Ecological_Quality_of_Iberian_Reservoirs_Using_Fish_Communities.
Report
  1. Rivaes, Rui; Patricia María Rodríguez González (171B-4C4A-D768); Pedro Miguel Ramos Arsénio (4315-4AC4-C03B); Micaela Silva. 2019. Atualização do Habitat 91E0* na Rede Natura em Portugal Continental: resultados obtidos no âmbito do projecto LIFE Fluvial. http://www.lifefluvial.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Atualiza%C3%A7%C3%A3oHabitat91E0RedeNaturaPortugalContinental.pdf.
  2. Maria Teresa Ferreira; José Maria Santos (BC14-A6F8-36F0); Rivaes, Rui. 2019. Avaliação da transponibilidade do travessão da central termoelétrica do Pego para espécies piscícolas.
  3. Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Pinheiro, António; Santos, José Maria; Boavida, Isabel; Rivaes, Rui Pedro; Branco, Paulo. 2014. Determinação de um regime de caudais ecológicos a jusante do empreendimento do Alvito. Relatório Final. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13341.
  4. Santos, José Maria; Oliveira, João M.; Rivaes, Rui; Pizarro, Raul Arenas; Teresa Ferreira (8F11-2CA2-1E59); Pádua, João; Marin, Cristina. 2014. Plano de Ação para a Otimização do Ascensor de Peixes do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico de Touvedo.
  5. Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Pinheiro, Antonio; Santos, Jose Maria; Boavida, Isabel; Rivaes, Rui; Branco, Paulo. 2014. Determinação de um regime de caudais ecológicos a jusante do empreendimento do Alvito.
  6. José Maria Santos; João Manuel Oliveira; Rivaes, Rui; Raul Arenas Pizarro; Maria Teresa Marques Ferreira da Cunha Cardoso. 2012. Plano de acção para a optimização do ascensor de peixes do aproveitamento hidroelétrico de Touvedo.
  7. Ferreira, M. T.; Morais, M.; Cortes, R. M. V.; Sampaio, E. C.; Oliveira, S. V.; Pinheiro, P. J.; Hughes, S. J.; et al. 2009. Qualidade Ecológica e Gestão Integrada de Albufeiras. Relatório Final do contrato nº2003/067/INAG.
  8. Ferreira M.T.; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, P.M.; Sampaio, A.; Albuquerque, A.; Oliveira, S.V.; Cortes, R.M.; Pereira, J.S.; et al. 2008. Structure and Ecological Functioning of Iberian-Atlantic wetland woods: basic tools for conservation. Final Report of Project nº POCTI/AGG/46842/2002.
  9. Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Aguiar, Francisca C.; Santos, J. M.; Pinheiro, P. J.; Albuquerque, A.; Rodríguez-González, P. M.; Lopes, L. F.; Rivaes, Rui; Abreu, C.. 2007. Avaliação da Qualidade Ecológica das Águas Interiores das Bacias Hidrográficas do Tejo e das Ribeiras do Oeste. Protocolo de Colaboração “Directiva-Quadro da Água – Qualidade Ecológica na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Tejo e nas Bacias Hidrográficas das Ribeiras do Oeste” Relatório Final.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Rui Pedro Guerreiro Duarte Rivaes da. "Exploring riparian vegetation interactions with flow regime and fluvial processes for an improved river management and conservation". PhD, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17516.
  2. Silva, Rui Pedro Guerreiro Duarte Rivaes. "Predicting the effects of climatic change on mediterranean riparian vegetation using a dynamic vegetation model". Master, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2883.
  3. Rivaes, Rui. "Caracterização do Potencial Ecológico Máximo das albufeiras de Portugal Continental para o elemento biológico Ictiofauna. Relatório de trabalho de fim de curso em Eng. Florestal e Gestão dos Recursos Naturais.". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 2005.
Website
  1. Rivaes, Rui; Aguiar, Francisca C.. RIVEAL - RIparian forest Values and Ecosystem services in uncertain freshwater futures and Altered Landscapes. 2019. http://riveal.pt/.

Other

Dataset
  1. Pinheiro, Paulo; Godinho, Francisco; Rivaes, Rui; Oliveira, João; Murias, T.. EDP Foz-Tua: Fishes - Ecological Monitoring Program [2011-2017]. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_fish_pme&v=1.0.
Other output
  1. Vegetation structure and effects of human use of Dambos ecosystem in northern Mozambique. The Niassa National Reserve (NNR) is the most extensive conservation area in Mozambique and the third largest in Africa, encompassing 42,000 km2 of endemic miombo vegetation. Dambos wetlands occur within the wooded grassland and grassland vegetation of NNR and provide a wide range of Ecosystem Services (ES), including life support for animal species, regulation of water flow and prevention of soil. 2019. Mbanze, Aires Afonso; Martins, Amade Mário; Rivaes, Rui; Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I.; Ribeiro, Natasha Sofia. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18219.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00704
  2. Supplementary material to "The inbuilt long-term unfeasibility of environmental flows when disregarding riparian vegetation requirements". 2015. R. Rivaes; I. Boavida; J. M. Santos; A. N. Pinheiro; M. T. Ferreira. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-12-10701-2015-supplement.
    10.5194/hessd-12-10701-2015-supplement
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11/29 RIVEAL-ES: A decision tool to predict the effects of streamflow regulation on Ecosystem Services under global changes 25th International River Symposium
International River Foundation (Vienna, Austria)
2022/11/16 Carbono ripário: efeito da regularização hidrológica nos stocks acumulados Seminário de Encerramento do Projeto RIVEAL
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/16 Resposta funcional das comunidades de macroinvertebrados e diatomáceas à regularização Seminário de Encerramento do Projeto RIVEAL
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/16 Resposta das comunidades biológicas à alteração hidrológica e a cenários de reoperação de barragens Seminário de Encerramento do Projeto RIVEAL
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10/12 O futuro do rio Lima e das suas margens Workshop do projeto RIVEAL com partes interessadas
Câmara Municipal de Ponte da Barca (Ponte da Barca, Portugal)
2022/10/11 Environmental flow regime prescription transfer along a river basin 14th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
Internation Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (Nanjing, China)
2022/09/09 River regulation induces functional alterations in the aquatic communities 13th European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Society for Ecological Restoration (Alicante, Spain)
2022/09/09 River-human connections and affinity for nature of local populations to regulated rivers 13th European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Society for Ecological Restoration (Alicante, Spain)
2022/06/22 Should I Stay or Should I Go? Fish Passability in a Rock Weir (Tagus River) under Climate Change Scenarios IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/22 Are rivers getting greener? The future of riparian landscapes in the Mediterranean region 39th IAHR World Congress - From snow ro sea
Spain Water and IWRH, China (Granada, Spain)
2022/04/06 Hydrology-based spatial planning for riparian revegetation RIPA-1: First International Conference on Riparian Ecosystems Science and Management
Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2022/04/06 Ecosystem services of riparian forests in uncertain hydrological and land-use futures RIPA-1: First International Conference on Riparian Ecosystems Science and Management
Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2021/09/22 Prioritizing the causality of environmental stressors on the quality of riparian vegetation and macroinvertebrates 63rd. IAVS Symposium
Intenational Association for Vegetation Science
2021/09/20 How regulated flows affect the provision of riparian ecosystem services? 63rd IAVS Virtual Symposium 2021 - Vegetation goes Virtual
Intenational Association for Vegetation Science
2021/09/20 Prioritizing the causality of environmental stressors on the quality of riparian vegetation and macroinvertebrates 63rd IAVS Virtual Symposium 2021 - Vegetation goes Virtual
Intenational Association for Vegetation Science
2021/07/27 Further downstream where natural and regulated communities meet 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12) Virtual Conference
European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (Dublin, Ireland)
2021/07/25 Modelling fish passability across a weir (Tagus River) under climate change scenarios 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12) Virtual Conference
European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (Dublin, Ireland)
2021/07 Expected climate change effects on the biodiversity of a Mediterranean hydropower regulated river 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12) Virtual Conference
European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (Dublin, Ireland)
2021/07 Mapping changes in carbon storage in riverine areas: historical alterations and future responses to hydrological scenarios 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS12) Virtual Conference
European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (Dublin, Ireland)
2021/03/22 Eventos de mortalidade piscícola em albufeiras portuguesas. Tendências e implicações na gestão do risco e minimização dos impactos 15º Congresso da Água - Para uma política da água em Portugal - o contributo da APRH
15º Congresso da Água (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/03/22 Efeitos da pressão humana na evolução histórica da morfologia do rio Tejo 15º Congresso da Água - Para uma política da água em Portugal - o contributo da APRH
Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/08/01 Resistance and resilience responses of two co-existing riparian tree species to recurrent drought events in Southern Europe Ecology across borders: Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals
European Ecological Federation; Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/01/15 Modelação da evolução da vegetação ripária face a diferentes cenários de alteração hidrológica Workshop do Projeto RIVEAL
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/09/27 Microhabitat use of endemic cyprinids as a tool to inform river restoration in Mediterranean regions. Symposium for the conservation of freshwater fish and habitat rehabilitation
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/08 Ecohydraulic characterization of aquatic vegetation species to support river flow management targeting the inhibition of alien species invasion. 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
(Tóquio, Japan)
2018/08 Flow management to control macrophytes invasion – an assessment based on habitat suitability modelling 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
(Tóquio, Japan)
2018/08 Microhabitat use of endemic cyprinids as a tool to inform river restoration in Mediterranean regions. 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
(Tóquio, Japan)
2018/06 Transferability of environmental flows: a case-study in a Mediterranean river. Limnologia 2018 – XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Inland waters and XXI century challenges: from scientific knowledge to environmental management
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/09 Macrophyte control by managed flows using habitat suitability modelling EMAPI 14 – International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/06 Zonation over succession: a particularity of Mediterranean riparian ecosystems 60th IAVS Annual Symposium “vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes”
(Palermo, Italy)
2017/06 Diachronic analysis of riverine lanscapes in Tagus and Guadiana rivers 60th IAVS Annual Symposium “vegetation patterns in natural and cultural landscapes”
(Palermo, Italy)
2016/08 Combining field studies with vegetation modeling to guide future floodplain woods recovery in altered river basins of Southern Europe Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Europe Conference 2016: Best Practice in Restoration
2016/03 Mudança de paradigma na determinação de caudais ecológicos em Portugal – incorporar requisitos de vegetação ripária para assegurar a sustentabilidade das comunidades aquáticas 13º Congresso da Água
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/02 Improvement of yellow eels movements through fish lifts 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2016
(Melbourne, Australia)
2016/02 Contributions from riparian vegetation modeling experiments to ecohydraulics research 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2016
(Melbourne, Australia)
2015/07 Modeling riparian woods and fish species: a holistic approach for environmental flows to be used on river management and conservation I Specialized Conference on Ecology Management and River Restoration: Practices and Experiences 2015
(Salvador, Brazil)
2015/07 Using CASiMiR-vegetation model to establish riparian vegetation disturbance requirements I Specialized Conference on Ecology Management and River Restoration: Practices and Experiences 2015
(Salvador, Brazil)
2015/07 Fish natural habitat maintenance through riparian-addressed environmental flows 9th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS9)
(Genebra, Switzerland)
2014/06 Towards a holistic approach on environmental flow science – adding riparian requirements into consideration 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2014
(Trondheim, Norway)
2014/06 Migration patterns of European yellow eles (Anguilla anguilla) through a fish lift 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2014
(Trondheim, Norway)
2014/06 Movements of yellow eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) migrating through a fish lift V Jornadas Ibéricas de Ictiologia “Conhecer para preservar”
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/03 Recuperação da vegetação ripária em rios regularizados com recurso a caudais libertados por barragens 2º Congresso da Água / 16º ENASB / XVI SILUBESA
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/03 Climate change impacts on Mediterranean riparian vegetation 5th International Perspective on Water Resources & the Environment (IPWE 2012)
(Marrakech, Morocco)
2011/06 Using tree growth as a proxy for recent hydrological changes in southern European forested wetlands 54th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science
(Lyon, France)
2011/04 Analyses of succession-retrogression for dynamic modelling of riparian vegetation in the RIPFLOW project VIII European Geosciences Union General Assembly
(Viena, Austria)
2011 Analysis of the riparian vegetation dynamics through the RIPFLOW model. Climate change scenarios in three European countries HydroEco 2011 3rd Int. Conference on Hydrology and Ecology: Ecosystems, Groundwater and Surface water ¬ Pressures and Options
(Viena, Austria)
2011 Analysis of the riparian vegetation dynamics through the RIPFLOW model. Disturbed flow scenarios in Mediterranean rivers VIII European Geosciences Union General Assembly
(Viena, Austria)
2010/10 Hydrological regime and water availability changes in southern european forested wetlands: effects over space and time HYDROECO2010 - 4th International Scientific Conference "MODERN PROBLEMS OF AQUATIC ECOLOGY"
(São Petersburgo, Russia)
2010/05 Uma nova ferramenta de restauro: aplicação de um modelo preditivo da evolução da vegetação ripícola em função das alterações hidrológicas 2° Seminário sobre Gestão de Bacias Hidrográficas "Reabilitação de Utilização da Rede Hidrográfica"
(Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/22 - 2021/09/22 63rd. IAVS Symposium Special Session “River vegetation – the challenges of management and conservation and their values and ecosystem services” (2021/09/20 - 2021/09/23)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
International Association for Vegetation Science, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/12/10 Estudo Hidrológico da Bacia de Alenquer com recurso ao modelo SWAT
(Thesis) Main arguer
Artur Ricardo Afonso Costeira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Environmental Challenges
2023 - Current Ecological Indicators
2023 - Current Heliyon
2022 - Current Journal of Ecohydraulics
2022 - Current Proceedings of the Royal Society B
2022 - Current Ecohydrology
2022 - Current Journal of Hydrology
2022 - Current Ecological Indicators
2022 - Current Frontiers in Environmental Science
2022 - Current Fishes
2017 - Current Ecology and Evolution (2045-7758) John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2022/01/11 - 2022/01/14 Frontiers in Plant Science
2022 - 2022 Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) Frontiers Media S.A.
2022 - 2022 Science of the Total Environment
2019 - 2022 Science of The Total Environment (0048-9697) Elsevier
2021/12/14 - 2021/12/18 Diversity (1424-2818) MDPI
2021/10/07 - 2021/10/12 Ciência Rural (1678-4596) SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
2021/04/27 - 2021/04/30 Biodiversity and Conservation
2021 - 2021 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (1573-2959) Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2021 - 2021 Forests (1999-4907) MDPI
2021 - 2021 Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science (2070-2639) NISC
2021 - 2021 Water Research (0043-1354) Elsevier
2017/02/03 - 2020/08/06 Ecohydrology (1936-0592) John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2020 - 2020 Marine and Freshwater Research (1448-6059) CSIRO
2019 - 2020 Journal of Ecohydraulics (2470-5365) Taylor and Francis
2019 - 2020 Water (2073-4441) MDPI
2019 - 2019 Sustainability (2071-1050) MDPI
2017 - 2019 Ecological Engineering (0925-8574) Elsevier
2018 - 2018 Land degradation & development (1099-145X) John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2016/11/23 - 2016/11/28 Applied Vegetation Science (1654-109X) International Association for Vegetation Science
2016 - 2016 Ecological Applications (1939-5582) John Wiley & Sons
2016 - 2016 Environmental Technology (1479-487X) 2022 Informa UK Limited
2015 - 2016 Journal of Environmental Management (0301-4797) Elsevier

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/06/18 - Current International Association on Vegetation Science (IAVS) Member
2021/04/20 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Recursos Hídricos (APRH) Singular member

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2009 - Current Legal Framework for the cutting of cork oak trees at the Casal Bolinhos property
2009 - Current Legal framework for the cutting of cork oak trees on the "Cucena" property
2009 - Current Environmental studies for de determination of the environmental flow regime for the Alto Rabagão, Venda Nova, Alto Cávado, Paradela, Salamonde, Caniçada and Vilarinho das Furnas dams
2009 - Current Study of the ecological maitenance flow regime at the Hydropower plant of Covelo de Paiva Estudo do Regime de Caudais de Manutenção Ecológica do Aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico de Covelo de Paiva
2021/12 - 2023/02/28 Participation in the project "AQUADAPT - Promoting riverine ecosystems resilient to climate change for a sustainable management", funded by La Caixa Foundation (Promove PD20-00008) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2019/08 Prestação de Serviços Especializados referente à análise ecohidráulica da Transponibilidade do Açude do Pego para Espécies Piscícolas, contratualizada pela Pegop – Energia Elétrica, S. A. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/10 Recuperação de ecossistemas aquáticos e ripícolas, Comissão Científica para o Programa de Recuperação das Matas Litorais afetadas pelos grandes incêndios de 15 de outubro de 2017 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/12 Avaliação da Influência da Fábrica de Celulose Caima na Qualidade da Água do Rio Tejo Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/06 2ª Monitorização da Componente Piscícola na Ribeira de Odelouca, contratualizada pela Águas do Algarve, S.A. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2012/06 - 2014/02 Definição dos regimes de caudais ecológicos para o aproveitamento hidroelétrico do Alvito, localizado no rio Ocreza, e possíveis futuros aproveitamentos hidroelétricos na ribeira de Alvito. Os regimes foram propostos para cada um dos cursos de água referidos, com base na informação recolhida e modelada em locais de estudo representativos dos cursos de água referidos, tendo ainda sido validados por modelações num local de estudo independente localizado a jusante dos anteriores. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2013/06 - 2013/12 FISHTREE – Comunidades piscícolas e qualidade biológica em rios associados a eucaliptais certificados, suportado pela Altri Florestal. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2011/09 - 2012/12 Implementação de um programa de monitorização com periodicidade de um ano com o objectivo de comparar os resultados obtidos com a monitorização efectuada em 1998/99 e aferir a actual eficácia do ascensor, com as seguintes actividades: i) Monitorização por video-gravação do ascensor de Touvedo, ii) Realização de amostragens piscícolas mensais a jusante da barragem de Touvedo com vista à quantificação da população migrante, iii) Caracterização hidráulica do canal de atracção. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2009/01 - 2011/12 Projecto “Avaliação da Qualidade Ecológica de Rios Portugueses com Base nas Comunidades Piscícolas (AQUARIPORT)”, protocolo de colaboração entre a Direcção-Geral dos Recursos Florestais, o Instituto Superior de Agronomia, a Escola Superior Agrária de Bragança e a Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior de Agronomia- Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2006/01 - 2006/12 Projecto “Avaliação da Qualidade Ecológica de Rios Portugueses com Base nas Comunidades Piscícolas (AQUARIPORT)”, protocolo de colaboração entre a Direcção-Geral dos Recursos Florestais, o Instituto Superior de Agronomia, a Escola Superior Agrária de Bragança e a Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2005/08 - 2006/12 Protocolo de Colaboração “Directiva-Quadro da Água – Qualidade Ecológica na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Tejo e nas Bacias Hidrográficas das Ribeiras do Oeste” celebrado entre o Instituto Superior de Agronomia e o Instituto da Água (INAG). Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2004/06 - 2005/01 Protocolo de colaboração com o Instituto da Água (INAG), enquadrado na Directiva Quadro da Água (Directiva 2000/60/CE do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 23 de Outubro de 2000, que estabelece um quadro de acção comunitária no domínio da política da água) para definição do estado ecológico dos sistemas lóticos portugueses Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/05/29 - Current Ecohydraulic modeling towards river flow management. Concepts and application (in the course Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Coastal Systems) (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - Current Monitorização de ecossistemas Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017 - Current Gestão da Caça e da Pesca Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Florestal (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018/10/29 - 2018/10/31 Modelação hidrológica de bacias hidrográficas com recurso ao modelo Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Doutoramento em Restauro e Gestão Fluviais (FLUVIO) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Portugal
2015/07/29 - 2015/07/30 Curso de modelação de vegetação ripária através do modelo CASiMiR-vegetation Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil
2009/01 - 2009/02 Módulo de Cartografia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Escola Profissional Agrícola D. Dinis, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/04 - 2022/06 External scientific reviewer in the call for projects under the Biodiversa+ programme, a partnership for the European Biodiversity, co-funded by the European Union.
Specialist
European Biodiversity Partnership, France
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/29 Research proposal reviewer for the PRELUDIUM-20 funding scheme, National Science Centre Poland
Evaluator
Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2021/08/04 - 2021/08/18 BiodivRestore COFUND Action - BiodivERsA and Water JPI joint call to support research on “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems”
Evaluator
Biodiversa - European Biodiversity Partnership, France ERA-Net Cofund scheme

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Frontiers in Environmental Science (2296-665X) Frontiers Media S.A.

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/05/26 - Current Bolsa de Investigação para Licenciado no âmbito do Projeto “Elaboração e implementação de proposta de Plano de Ação para a Avaliação da Perca fluviatilis (perca-europeia) nas massas de água do Sabugal e Meimoa”, financiado pela FCUL (Ref: BI-LICENCIADO-PERCA). Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/10/16 - 2015/10/20 Abstract revision for the 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Melbourne, Australia International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2020 APRH 2019 - PhD thesis
Portuguese Association of Water Resources (APRH), Portugal
2017 Travel Grant IAVS 2017
International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), United States
2016 Fluviarium Award- Young Scientist of the Year 2015
2013 Fluviarium Award - Young Scientist of the Year 2012
Fluviário de Mora, Portugal