Personal identification

Full name

Jacinto Fernando Ribeiro Cunha

Citation names

• Cunha, Jacinto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

7713-6342-F31B

ORCID iD

0000-0001-9546-2774

Knowledge fields

• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

	Degree	Classification
2018/09/01 - 2019/07/15 Concluded	Detecção Remota (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	---
2011 Concluded	Ecologia, Ambiente e Território (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Perspetivas de integração da monitorização ecológica de habitats ripícolas na implementação de duas Diretivas Comunitárias (Diretiva Habitats e Diretiva-Quadro da Água)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2009 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/12/13 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/10/01 - Current	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal
	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal (...)
2019/01/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/11/07	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/08/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2015/08/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2012/07/01 - 2012/09/30	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008/11 - 2009/07/31	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - Current	MarRISK - Adaptação costeira face às mudanças climáticas: conhecer os riscos e aumentar a resiliência MarRISK/BI-MSc/2018-084 Researcher Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Ongoing
2016/09/01 - 2018/11/07	MarINFO - Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis MARINFO/BI/2016-030 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Concluded
2012/09/01 - 2015/08/31	ECO-IAS: Ecosystem-Level Impacts of an Invasive Alien Species - PTDC/AAC-AMB/116685/2010 PTDC/AAC-AMB/116685/2010 Research Technician Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2015/09/01 - 2016/08/31	CIENTAMOSTRA - Scientific Certification for Conducting Sampling Campaigns 31-04-01-FEP0237 Other Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Ministério do Mar Concluded

Publications

Conference abstract	Meyer, Manuel F.; Gonçalves, J. A.; Cunha, Jacinto; Ramos, Sandra; Bio, Ana. "Herb stratum biomass estimation through ultra-high resolution UAS remote sensing". Paper presented in LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference, Sevilha, 2023. Accepted • https://doi.org/10.48372/M2SW-MD81 Meyer, Manuel F.; Gonçalves, JA; Cunha, Jacinto; Ramos, Sandra; Bio, Ana. "Assessing invasive dune vegetation through multispectral imagery: a Northern-Portuguese case study on Carpobrotus edulis". Paper presented in LIttoral 2022, Costa da Caparica, 2022. Published Ramos, S; Cunha, Jacinto; Bio, A; Amorim, E; Elliott, M. "Natural protection of the coast: mapping coastal protection service provided by nearshore marine habitats". Paper presented in IMMR 2018 – International Meeting on Marine Research, 2018. https://doi:10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00012
Conference poster	Meyer, Manuel F.; Gonçalves, José Alberto; Cunha, Jacinto; Ramos, Sandra; Bio, Ana. "Assessing above ground biomass of low stratum vegetation through ultra-high resolution UAS.". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2023, 2023. Meyer, Manuel F.; Gonçalves, J. A.; Cunha, Jacinto; Bio, Ana; Ramos, Sandra. "Plant cover and biomass estimation based on multispectral imagery: an invasive species case study". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 - Encontro com a Ciência em Portugal, 2023. Silva, D; Santos, D; Cunha, Jacinto; Rodrigues, S; Neves, S; Rocha, E; Freitas, V; Ferreira, M; Ramos, S. "How environmental drivers influence the maturation of an estuarine nursery-dependent species: European flounder.". Paper presented in ECSA 57: Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities, 2018. Ramos, S; Cunha, Jacinto; Bio, A; Amorim, E; Elliott, M. "Natural protection of the coast: mapping coastal protection service provided by nearshore marine habitats". Paper presented in . CoastGIS 2018. "Spatial Planning and Climate Change", 2018. Silva, Diogo; Santos, Diana; Cunha, Jacinto; Rodrigues, Sabrina; Neves, Vanessa; Rocha, Eduardo; Freitas, Vânia; Ferreira, Marta; Ramos, Sandra. "Combining Different Bioindices to Determine the Spawning Season in European Flounder". Paper presented in Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia (SIBIC): VII Congresso Ibérico de Ictiologia, 2018. 10.5220/0005136502760281 Rodrigues, S; Almeida CMR; Silva, D; Cunha, Jacinto; Freitas, V; Ramos, S. "Microplastics contamination in an urban estuary: interactions between microplastics and ichthyoplankton in the Douro estuary.". Paper presented in 11º Congreso Ibérico y 8º Iberoamericano de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, 2018. Ramos, S; Cunha, Jacinto; Mucha, AP; Coimbra, J; Elliott, M. "Linking modelling and empirical data to assess recreational ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats: The case of NW Portugal.". Paper presented in ECSA56 - Coastal systems in transition: From a 'natural' to an 'anthropogenically-modified' state., 2016. Apresentação, N; Rocha, I; Cunha, Jacinto; Monteiro, M; Séneca, J; Morais, P; Sousa, R; Magalhães, C. "Effect of the invasive species Corbicula fluminea on key N- biogeochemical pathways". Paper presented in Ecsa54 – coastal systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools, 2014. Cunha, Jacinto; Vieira, CC; Formigo, N; Honrado, J. "Perpectives on efficiency in monitoring networks for riparian habitats in the context of two EU Directives". Paper presented in XVI Congresso da sociedade ibérica de limnologia, 2012. Costa, MJ; Cunha, Jacinto; Fernandes, J; Vieira N ; Valente, A. "“Fish and roads: an inevitable collision?”". Paper presented in ?” IENE seminar transport infrastructure of the 21st century: connecting people and wildlife, 2009. Cunha, Jacinto. "Monitoring ichthyofauna of the River Febros after a serious pollution accident: Preliminary Results". Paper presented in Biologia na parede, 2009.
Journal article	Cunha, Jacinto; Cabecinha, Edna; Villasante, Sebastian; Gonçalves, José A.; Balbi, Stefano; Elliott, Michael; Ramos, Sandra. "Quantifying the role of saltmarsh as a vulnerable carbon sink: A case study from Northern Portugal". Science of The Total Environment 923 (2024): 171443. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171443. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171443 Freitas, Vânia; Santos, Diana; Silva, Diogo M.; Cunha, Jacinto; Rodrigues, Sabrina M.; Neves, Vanessa; Rocha, Eduardo; Martinho, Filipe; Ramos, Sandra. "Spatial and temporal patterns of gonadal maturation and spawning in European flounder Platichthys flesus at its southern continental edge". Fisheries Research 269 (2024): 106864. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106864. 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106864 Jacinto Cunha; Edna Cabecinha; Sebastian Villasante; Stefano Balbi; Michael Elliott; Sandra Ramos. "Defining hotspots and coldspots of regulating and maintenance ecosystem services is key to effective marine management – An assessment of a coastal-open sea gradient, Portugal". Ocean & Coastal Management (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106876. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106876 Cunha, Jacinto; Cardona, Fábio Santos; Bio, Ana; Ramos, Sandra. "Importance of Protection Service Against Erosion and Storm Events Provided by Coastal Ecosystems Under Climate Change Scenarios". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.726145. Published • 10.3389/fmars.2021.726145 Rodrigues, S.M.; Almeida, C. Marisa R.; Silva, D.; Cunha, J.; Antunes, C.; Freitas, V.; Ramos, S.. "Microplastic contamination in an urban estuary: Abundance and distribution of microplastics and fish larvae in the Douro estuary". Science of The Total Environment 659 (2019): 1071-1081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.273. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.273 Cunha, Jacinto. "Linking modelling and empirical data to assess recreation services provided by coastal habitats: The case of NW Portugal". Ocean & Coastal Management (2018): 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.12.022
Thesis / Dissertation	Cunha, Jacinto. "“Prospects for the integration of riparian habitats ecological monitoring in the implementation of two EU Directives – Habitat and Water Framework Directives”.". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2011.