Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Maria Ester Tavares Álvares Serrão
- Date of birth
- 1966/11/17
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Serrao, Ester
- Ester A Serrao
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5B13-B26E-B1EC
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1316-658X
- Researcher Id
- C-6686-2012
- Scopus Author Id
- 7004093604
Email addresses
- eserrao@ualg.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- University of Algarve, CCMAR, Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ccmar.ualg.pt/users/eserrao (Professional)
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2007/12/04
Concluded
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Agregação em Ciências do Mar e Ambiente (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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unanimidade |
1997
Concluded
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Ciências Biológicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Ecologia
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Reproductive Ecology of Fucus Vesiculosus Linnaeus in the Baltic Sea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1996/12/14
Concluded
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PhD in Biological Sciences (Doktor (PhD))
The University of Maine, United States
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1992/11/16
Concluded
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Mestrado em Probabilidades e Estatística (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Estatística e Investigação Operacional, Portugal
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1989/07/14
Concluded
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Licenciatura em Recursos Faunísticos e Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/08/23 - Current | Full Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2016 - 2018 | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2013 - 2016 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2006 - Current | academic management of various degree programs (BSc, MSc and PhD) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2023/07/01 - 2024/01/01 | President of the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2016 - 2018 | Conselho pedagógico | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2015 - 2018 | Member of the board of directors | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2007 - 2009 | Member of the board of directors | Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/01/01 - Current | Functional variability and dynamics of responses of marine forests to global change (MARFOR).
BiodivERsA3-2015-165
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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2007/01/01 - Current | Restoration and management of biodiversity in the marine Park Site Arrabida-Espichel
LIFE 06 NAT/P/000192
Principal investigator
|
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2016/06/01 - 2020/02/28 | Thermal adaptation of marine forests (GENEKELP).
PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014
Principal investigator
|
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2016/06/01 | Extant or extinct tipping points – climate changes drive genetic diversity and dynamics of range edge populations as evolutionary
hotspots (EXTANT)
EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012
Principal investigator
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2012/03/01 - 2015/08/31 | INVASIVES - Invasive seaweeds in rising temperatures: impact and risk assessments
SEAS-ERA/0001/2012
Researcher
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2012/03/01 - 2015/08/01 | SEAPROLIF - Diversity and functioning of coastal marine biomes under siege: implications of seaweed proliferations across
three oceans
Netbiome/0002/2011
Researcher
|
Concluded
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2013/07/01 - 2015/06/01 | Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to infer adaptive population divergence at different spatial scales in the seagrasses
Zostera noltii and Z. marina across Europe, two marine foundation species (ZOSADAPT)
PTDC/MAR-EST/4331/2012
Researcher
|
Concluded
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2014/05/01 - 2015/05/01 | Cryptic species, connectivity and deep-sea biodiversity distribution (DEEPGEN)
EXPL/MAR-PRO/0933/2013
Researcher
|
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2014/03/01 - 2015/03/01 | Sex-biased evolution in multicellular brown algae (EVOSEXUAL)
EXPL/BIA-EVF/2263/2013
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2012/02/01 - 2015/02/01 | Sea cucumbers: the new resource for a hungry fishery (CUMFISH) | Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2013/05/01 - 2014/06/01 | Escape the heat: upwelling as current refugia from climate change (REUP)
EXPL/BIA-BIC/1471/2012
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2011/03/01 - 2014/02/01 | Understanding temperate reef fish connectivity (MATRIX)
PTDC/MAR/115226/2009
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2011/04/01 - 2013/04/01 | Adaptive potential at range edges: testing relationships between fitness-related traits and population structure near ecophysiological
limits (FUDGE)
PTDC/MAR/110251/2009
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2010/01/01 - 2013/04/01 | Making edges meet: genetic signatures of climate-driven range shifts (EDGES)
PTDC/AAC-CLI/109108/2008
Principal investigator
|
Concluded
|
2010/03/01 - 2013/02/01 | Landscape genetics of a coastal lagoon; an empirical and modelling approach using the seagrass Zostera noltii in the Ria Formosa
(RIASCAPEGEN)
PTDC/MAR/099887/2008
Researcher
|
|
2010/02/01 - 2013/02/01 | Polyandry levels in Fucus vesiculosus (POLYANDRY)
15.
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2010/01/01 - 2013/01/01 | Drivers of co-existence of sympatric species with incomplete reproductive isolation: testing roles of hybridization barriers
in marine broadcast spawners (HYBRID)
PTDC/MAR/108105/2008
Researcher
|
|
2010/01/01 - 2013/01/01 | Molecular taxonomy, population genetics and phylogenomics of the red algal genus Porphyra spp. from the Iberian peninsula
(NORIGENOMICS)
PTDC/MAR/099698/2008
Researcher
|
|
2010/01/01 - 2013/01/01 | Adaptation in action: comparing invasive and native populations to understand processes influencing species boundaries. (PERMYT)
PTDC/BIA-BEC/103916/2008
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2009/02/01 - 2012/02/01 | Arctic Tipping Points (ATP)
FP7-ENV-2008-1-226248
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2008/11/01 - 2011/11/01 | Population genetic structure, molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography in species of the genus Caulerpa, present in
the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean (CAULERPA)
PTDC/MAR/70921/2006
Researcher
|
|
2008/11/01 - 2011/11/01 | The success of invasive species: exploring the joint role of biotic interactions and of founder effect in Caulerpa species
(IBISA)
PTDC/MAR/64749/2006
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2008/11/01 - 2011/10/01 | Environmental Genomics of Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Communities (SOPA)
PTDC/MAR/72630/2006
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2008/10/01 - 2011/09/01 | Molecular ecology of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (MEGIKELP)
PTDC/MAR/65461/2006
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2008/01/01 - 2010/01/01 | Spatial structure of amphibian metapopulations in Mediterranean farmland: implications for conservation management (METAPOP)
PTDC/BIA-BDE/68730/2006
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2007/12/01 - 2009/12/31 | Ecological diversity and evolutionary networks (EDEN)
NEST-2005-Path-COM/043251
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2006/08/01 - 2009/08/01 | Population dynamics, geographical distribution and genetic diversity of macroalgal species at their southern distribution
limits (LIMITS)
POCI/MAR/56149/2004
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2006/07/01 - 2009/07/01 | The invasive theory of the pest seaweed Sargassum muticum in Southern Portugal (SARGASSUM)
POCI/MAR/55377/2004
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2006/02/01 - 2009/01/31 | Neutral and Non-Neutral Genes: Population Diversity and Stability (DIVSTAB)
POCI/MAR/60179/2004
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2006/02/01 - 2009/01/01 | Adaptive Population Divergence, and Comparative Population Structure in the Brown Algal Genus Fucus (ADAPT)
POCI/MAR/61105/2004
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2006/01/01 - 2008/12/01 | Ecology and evolution of mating systems in fucoid algae (MATING)
POCI/MAR/57499/2004
Principal investigator
|
|
2005/11/01 - 2008/11/01 | Genetic diversity and differentiation in the seagrass species Zostera noltii and Cymodocea nodosa across the Atlantic-Mediterranean
divide (DIVIDE)
POCI/MAR/60044/2004
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2005/07/01 - 2007/07/01 | Genetic Networks and Evolution: from individuals to populations. Jul2005-Jun2007 (NETWORK)
POCI/MAR/57342/2004
Researcher
|
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2004/04/01 - 2007/04/01 | The molecular basis for differential stress-tolerance in sympatric, ecologically similar algal species (STRESSREG)
POCTI/BSE/48317/2002
Researcher
|
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2002/09/01 - 2005/09/01 | Chloroplast gene expression in intertidal macroalgae (CHLORGEN)
POCTI / 38863 / BSE / 2001
POCTI / 38863 / BSE / 2001
Researcher
|
N/A
Concluded
|
2001 - 2005/08/01 | Monitoring and Management of European Seagrass Beds (M&MS)
EVK3-CT-2000-00044
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2002/03/01 - 2005/02/01 | Signals for gamete release by intertidal species with external fertilization (GAMETE)
POCTI/39431/BSE/2001
Principal investigator
|
Concluded
|
2002/01/01 - 2005/01/01 | Algal introductions to European shores (ALIENS)
EVK3-CT2001-00062
Researcher
|
Concluded
|
2001/12/01 - 2004/11/01 | Local adaptation and population genetic structure in intertidal algae (GENFUCUS)
POCTI/BSE/35045/99
Principal investigator
|
Concluded
|
2001/04/01 - 2004/03/01 | Resilience and genetic diversity of seagrasses affected by anthropogenic perturbations in the Natural Park of Ria Formosa
(SEAGRASSRIA)
PNAT/1999/BIA/15003/C
Principal investigator
|
Concluded
|
2001/02/01 - 2004/01/01 | The Portuguese coast as a biogeographic boundary: consequences for reproductive success, local adaptation and genetic structure
of populations living at their distributional limits (BIOPORT)
PDCTM/P/MAR/5292/1999
Principal investigator
|
Concluded
|
2000/05/01 - 2002/05/01 | Molecular responses to water stress in highly salt- and desiccation-tolerant algae (ALGSTRESS)
PRAXIS/P/BIO/12203/1998
Researcher
|
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1998/10/01 - 2002/04/01 | Prediction of the resilience and recovery of disturbed coastal communities in the tropics (PREDICT).
INCO-ERB IC18-CT98-0292
Researcher
|
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
---|---|---|
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 | Innovative approaches FOr RESCUE and management of algal forests in the Mediterranean Sea
DivProtect/0006/2021
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2022/05/15 - 2025/05/14 | Atlantic-wide long-term collaborative temperature and biodiversity observation network
PTDC/BIA-BMA/4848/2021
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2022/04/01 - 2025/03/31 | Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity
DivRestore/0013/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production off Portugal: a study linking classical and
emergent proxies
PTDC/CTA-CLI/2884/2021
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 | Unravelling evolutionary physiology landscapes of coastal marine fauna under extreme temperatures using a multi-layer Systems
Biology approach
PTDC/BIA-BMA/1494/2020
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29 | The Paris Agreement and the global redistribution of marine biodiversity
PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
2017/01/01 - 2020/11/30 | Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change - MARFOR
BIODIVERSA/0004/2015
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2019/09/15 - 2020/07/15 | Hotspots de biodiversidade genética em florestas marinhas
SFRH/BSAB/150485/2019
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2016/06/01 - 2020/02/28 | Thermal adaptation of marine forests (GENEKELP)
PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2013/07/01 - 2016/09/30 | Extant or extinct tipping points - climate changes drive genetic diversity and dynamics of range edge populations as evolutionary
hotspots
EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2013/06/01 - 2015/11/30 | Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to infer adaptive population divergence at different spatial scales in the seagrasses
Zostera noltii and Z. marina across Europe, two marine foundation species
PTDC/MAR-EST/4331/2012
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2011/04/01 - 2014/07/31 | Adaptive potential at range edges: testing relationships between fitness-related traits and population structure near ecophysiological
limits
PTDC/MAR/110251/2009
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2010/04/04 - 2013/12/31 | MOLECULAR TAXONOMY, POPULATION GENETICS AND PHYLOGENOMICS OF THE RED ALGAL GENUS PORPHYRA SPP. FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
PTDC/MAR/099698/2008
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2010/02/01 - 2013/08/31 | Polyandry levels in Fucus vesiculosus
PTDC/MAR/104477/2008
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 | Drivers of coexistence of sympatric species with incomplete reproductive isolation: testing roles of hybridization barriers
in marine broadcast spawners.
PTDC/MAR/108105/2008
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 | Making edges meet: genetic signatures of climate-driven range shifts
PTDC/AAC-CLI/109108/2008
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2010/03/03 - 2013/06/02 | The sexual and asexual balance of a marine clonal plant: the case of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in the Canary Islands
PTDC/MAR/108013/2008
15.
PTDC/MAR/108013/2008
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, Spain |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia N/A Concluded
|
2010/03/01 - 2013/05/31 | Landscape genetics of a coastal lagoon; an empirical and modeling approach using the seagrass Zostera noltii in Ria Formosa
PTDC/MAR/099887/2008
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa, Portugal Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2010/01/17 - 2013/04/15 | Adaptation in action: comparing invasive and native populations to understand processes influencing species boundaries.
PTDC/BIA-BEC/103916/2008
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2009/01/01 - 2012/06/30 | Marine phylogeographic structuring during climate change: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting populations.
MARIN-ERA/MAR/0001/2008
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Unidade de Investigação em Eco-Etologia, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Concluded
|
2008/11/01 - 2012/05/31 | POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY IN SPECIES OF THE GENUS CAULERPA, PRESENT IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
PTDC/MAR/70921/2006
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2008/09/01 - 2012/05/31 | The success of invasive species: exploring the joint role of biotic interactions and of founder effect in Caulerpa species.
PTDC/MAR/64749/2006
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2008/10/01 - 2011/12/31 | Molecular ecology of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera
PTDC/MAR/65461/2006
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2008/11/01 - 2011/10/31 | Environmental Genomics of Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Communities
PTDC/MAR/72630/2006
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2008/01/01 - 2011/06/30 | Spatial structure of amphibian (meta)populations in Mediterranean farmland: implications for conservation management
PTDC/BIA-BDE/68730/2006
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2007/01/01 - 2009/01/01 | 1. Dynamics of kelp forest biodiversity in northern and southern hemispheres: ecological, social and economic aspects (ECOKELP),
Ecokelp
Researcher
|
Concluded
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2005/09/01 - 2008/11/30 | Population dynamics, geographical distribution and genetic diversity of macroalgal species at their southern distribution
limits.
POCI/MAR/56149/2004
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2006/02/01 - 2008/10/31 | Neutral and Non-Neutral Genes: Population Diversity and Stability
POCI/MAR/60179/2004
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2005/11/01 - 2008/10/31 | Genetic diversity and differentiation in the seagrass species Zostera noltii and Cymodocea nodosa across the Atlantic-Mediterranean
divide
POCI/MAR/60044/2004
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2006/01/01 - 2008/08/31 | Ecology and evolution of mating systems in fucoid algae
POCI/MAR/57499/2004
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2005/10/15 - 2008/06/30 | The invasive theory of the pest seaweed Sargassum muticum in Southern Portugal.
POCI/MAR/55377/2004
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2005/07/01 - 2008/02/29 | Genetic Networks and Evolution: from individuals to populations
POCI/MAR/57342/2004
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
2006/02/15 - 2008/02/28 | Adaptive Population Divergence, and Comparative Population Structure in the Brown Algal Genus Fucus
POCI/MAR/61105/2004
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
---|---|---|
2017/06 - Current | Genetic Biodiversity Hotspots in Marine Forests
Pew
Principal investigator
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2011/04/01 - 2013/01/01 | MAPPING BIODIVERSITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF DEEP (>30M) MARINE HABITATS (Deep Reefs)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F725012%F2010/PT
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Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia |
2009/01/01 - 2010/01/01 | A return to the sea: the seagrass Zostera marina as a new semi-model for ecological and functional genomics
JGI CSP 2009
Researcher
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019 - Current | Using phylogenomics to solve an identity crisis – the case of genus Ecklonia. Where did it come from, where is it going and
where does it belong?
Co-supervisor of Pedro Madeira
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PhD (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019 - Current | Contrasting evolutionary histories from the warm Atlantic to the cold Pacific - overlooked seagrass diversity
Supervisor of Ana Isabel Tavares
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PhD (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019 - Current | Climate change consequences for life stages and genetic groups of two marine kelp forest species with distinct thermal affinities:
Laminaria ochroleuca and Laminaria hyperborea.
Co-supervisor of Luis Barreto
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PhD (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2017 - Current | Evolution and local adaptation of a cosmopolitan marine species, the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera.
Co-supervisor of Susana Almeida
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PhD (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2010 - Current | supervisions of many postdoctoral fellowships along the years - Tania Aires, Joao Neiva, Jorge Assis, Neusa Martins, Marcio
Coelho, Filipe Sousa, Aschwin Engelen, Pedro Frade, Rosa Chefaoui, Rita Araujo, Ana Ramos, Katy Nicastro, Gerardo Zardi, Fernando
Canovas, Sara Teixeira, Mercedes Wanguemert, Maria Joao Martins, Onno Diekmann, Rita Borges, Lydia Ladah, Martin Billingham,
Filipe Alberto, Sophie Arnaud, Claire Billot, Claire Daguin, Carolyn Engel
Supervisor
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post-doctoral fellow (Other)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Prediction factors for Manta rays´ (Manta birostris) attendance to cleaning stations in Cabo Blanco´s natural reserve, Pacific
coast of Costa Rica
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Mid-trophic generalists dominate reef fish community impacted by overfishing
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Revising global carbon stock estimations with H. wrightii seagrass meadows of West Africa shows low regional values
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | First checklist, mapping and review of the marine biodiversity data for the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, Africa) -
implications for conservation
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Pescas e Conservação Marinhas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Coordination in parental foraging and chick provisioning on temperate and tropical environments
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) surveys show threatened ichthyofauna associated with marine vegetation in the largest
Marine Protected Area of West Africa, the National Park of the Banc d´Arguin
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Current information on seagrass habitats of the Banc d´Arguin National Park, Mauritania
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Pescas e Conservação Marinhas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Octocoral Biodiversity in Portugal: A Barcoding Approach Coupling Long-range PCR and Long-read Sequencing to Assemble Mitochondrial
Genomes
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Assessing fouling communities in the northern Adriatic through photo-analysis of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | An effective method for assessing effects of notake zones in reef fish species: Applied in a MPA in Tanzania
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Digital observations through Structure from Motion photogrammetry reveal impact from sediment load on local corals in Mindelo,
Cabo Verde
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Genetic connectivity and diversity of the seagrass Halodule wrightii in contrasting habitats of the Western African coast
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Anthropogenic disturbance effects on two sympatric species of gulls, Larus michahellis & Ichthyaetus audouinii, during the
breeding season in Deserta island (Portugal)
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Giant kelp forests of the Falkland Islands - a metapopulation structured by past historical colonization events and by present
habitat continuity and oceanographic transportation
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Evolutionary History of the Fucus spiralis / Fucus guiryi Complex - Large-scale Analysis of the Distribution Range and Genetic
Structure across the Northern Hemisphere
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Seagrasses response to climate change
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Yellow-legged gulls as indicators of changes in environmental conditions: a long-term study at Berlenga Island, western Portugal
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Diversity and distribuition of patellid limpets along the southwestern African coast (Benguela current)
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Invasion of the Reds? Long-term shifts on intertidal seaweed at distribuition limits
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Food choices of the Yellow-legged Gull population of Barreta Island, on anthropogenic food sources from fishing ports, fishing
vessels and landfills
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Octocoral restoration - improving methods for transplantation success
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Shifts in the European Shag diet
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Effects of Temperature and Nutrient Regimes on the Recruitment of Laminaria digitata
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | DNA barcoding as a tool to explore elasmobranch diversity in environmental DNA off the Banc d´Arguin (Mauritania)
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Biodiversity and community assemblage of shallow habitats of the National Park of Banc d´Arguin (Mauritania): influence of
habitat, season and site
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Behavioural Ethograms & Social Hierarchy of Carcharhinus limbatus (blacktip) During a Simulated-feeding Scenario within South
African MPA
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Effects of climate change on the Golden Kelp, Laminaria ochroleuca: an integrative study on reproductive success and physiological
responses
Co-supervisor
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Recursos Biológicos Marinhos (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Population genetics of seagrass in Banc d´Arguin, Mauritania
Supervisor
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Recursos Biológicos Marinhos (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Characterization of seabirds community on the south coast of Portugal from 2013-2020
Co-supervisor
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Recursos Biológicos Marinhos (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Lessonia kelp forest connectivity and climatic range shifts
Co-supervisor
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Recursos Biológicos Marinhos (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Investigating green sea turtle diets and digestive microbiomes using DNA metabarcoding
Co-supervisor
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Recursos Biológicos Marinhos (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Biodiversity and community assemblage of shallow habitats of the National Park of Banc d´Arguin (Mauritania): influence of
habitat, season and site
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | JELLYFISH, A THREAT OR AN OPPORTUNITY? THE NON-INDIGENOUS BLACKFORDIA VIRGINICA AS A POTENTIAL FOOD SOURCE FOR HUMANS AND
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | NUTRIENT STATUS OF MAJOR IRISH SEAWEED TIDES
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | TRACE ELEMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FISH SPECIES AND THEIR PORTUGUESE COASTAL SYSTEMS
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | Bacterial diversity of the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata: how much can we cultivate?
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015/01/01 - 2019/01/01 | Effects of disturbance and stress on the reproductive modes of marine plants
Supervisor of Diogo Paulo
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PhD (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | THERMOTOLERANCE EXPERIMENTS AND TRANSPLANTATION PROCEDURES OF FOUR GORGONIAN SPECIES FROM THE SOUTH COAST OF PORTUGAL, ALGARVE
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Improving Seagrass Production for Transplants - Micropropagation, adventitious root development, and artificial substrates
Co-supervisor
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Sistemas Marinhos e Costeiros (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Response to simulated El Niño stress by Macrocystis pyrifera
Supervisor of Luís António de Matos Barreto
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Comparative transcriptomic analysis of thermal stress responses in key Atlantic and Arctic zooplankton grazers.
Co-supervisor of Maria Scheel
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EMBC+ (European MSc) (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | These aren''t the diploids you are looking for: Unexpected diversity in island populations of Ruppia L.
Supervisor of Duarte Frade
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EMBC+ (European MSc) (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Range shifts of Iberian Marine Forests: past, present and future impacts of climate change.
Supervisor of Raquel Silva
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European MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+) (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2014/01/01 - 2017/09/01 | Systematics, speciation processes, reproductive strategies and genetic structure in Ruppia.
Co-supervisor of Jose Martinez Garrido
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PhD (PhD)
Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche - Campus San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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2017 - 2017 | Production and identification of Ulva sp. in multitrophic aquaculture in earth ponds
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | Home range analysis of the semi-resident Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population of Cardigan Bay (Wales)
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | Antioxidant contents of Fucus vesiculosus L., in response to environmental parameters
Co-supervisor
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Aquacultura e Pescas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2016 - 2016 | Benthic communities in shipwrecks along the portuguese continental coast
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | The effect of light and heterotrophy in the ex situ culture of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Environmental parameters shaping seasonality and distribution of the giant-kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, in Baja California
Sur, Mexico.
Supervisor of Mareike Babuder
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European MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+). (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | MODELING THE SUITABLE HABITAT OF A STRUCTURAL RED GORGONIAN SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN/EAST ATLANTIC REGIONS PREDICTS A
WIDER DISTRIBUTION THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | GENETIC CONECTIVITY PATTERNS IN HOLOTHURIA MAMMATA CONSIDERING DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | ACCLIMATION AND ADAPTATION OF INVASIVE SEAWEEDS - a case study with the brown alga Sargassum muticum
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2013 - 2013 | Ecological niche modeling of deep kelp forests in the western Mediterranean.
Co-supervisor of Eric Schauls
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Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC). (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2013 - 2013 | Combined effects of climate-related disturbance and nutrient enrichment on rock pool assemblages in north Portugal.
Supervisor of Jorge Godino
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Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC). (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2013 - 2013 | Community assessment in a protected and non-protected area and top-down control on macroalgae in the Sagres coast.
Supervisor of Carlos Gil Fernandez
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Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC). (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2013 - 2013 | ADAPTATION POTENTIAL AND NATURAL RESILIENCE OF CANOPY ALGAE ECOSYSTEM TO A CHANGNG ENVIRONMENT
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar (doutoramento europeu) (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | Study of the reproductive biology and chemical communication of sea cucumbers (Holothuria arguinensis and H. mammata)
Co-supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | MOLECULAR EXPLORATION OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH AZOOXANTHELLATE GORGONIANS IN THE COAST OF ALGRAVE, SOUTH PORTUGAL
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2011 - 2011 | Mapping Biodiversity and Community Structure of Deep Marine Habitats Along the Portuguese Continental Coast
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2011 - 2011 | Landscape genetics of a seagrass species in a tidal mudflat lagoon
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2010 - 2010 | O SISTEMA DE ACASALAMENTO GENÉTICO NO BLACK-STRIPED PIPEFISH, "SYNGATHUS ABASTER" (RISSO, 1827) NA RIA FORMOSA, REVELADO POR
MICROSSATÉLITES
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2010 - 2010 | Role of Spawining Synchrony on Hybridization Barriers in Sympatric Intertidal Fucoid Algae - When and Why
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2009 - 2009 | Genetic Diversity of Structural Species, and Stability of Population and Ecossystems
Supervisor
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Ecologia (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2009 - 2009 | Ecology of west Iberian kelps: Laminaria ochroleuca and Saccorhiza polyschides living near their distributional limits
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2009 - 2009 | Seascape Genetics of Kelp Forest - Inferring the Dependence of Genetic Diversity and Connectivity on Habit Size, Isolation
and Persistence
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2008 - 2008 | Neuroendocrinology of cooperation: the role of neuropeptides on the modulation of mutualistic behaviour of the Indo-Pacific
Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
Co-supervisor
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2008 - 2008 | Biotic Interactions and the Sucess of Invasive Species: the Case of the Bacterial Flora of Caulerpa Taxifolia
Supervisor
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Ciências Biológicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2007 - 2007 | LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY AND FRAGMENTATION: THE CASE OF MEDITERRANEAN AMPHIBIANS INHABITING TEMPORARY POND NETWORKS
Co-supervisor
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Ciências Biológicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2007 - 2007 | DRIFTING FRONDS AND DRIFTING ALLELES: THE GENETIC ARQUITECTURE OF THE ESTUARINE SEAWEED FUCUS CERANOIDES L.
Supervisor
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Ecologia (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2007 - 2007 | Evolution of Mating Systems and Their Implication in the Processes of Speciation and Hybridization in Brown Algae of the Genus
Fucus
Supervisor
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Ecologia (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2007 - 2007 | The Molecular Basis for Differential Stress - Tolerance in Congeneric, Co-existing and Ecologically Similar Algal Species
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2006 - 2006 | PHENOTYPIC TRAITS OF MACROALGAL POPULATIONS AT THEIR SOUTHERN MARGINS
Supervisor
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Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2005 - 2005 | Dispersal, Sex and Clonality in the Marine Environment: Population Genetic Structure of the Seagrass Cymodocea Nodosa on Mediterranean
and Atlantic Coasts
Supervisor
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Ecologia (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Distinctions
Award
2017 | Pew Marine Fellow
PEW Charitable Trusts, United States
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1992 | Fulbright fellowship
Fulbright Association, United States
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