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João N Franco is a marine ecologist (PhD), and his research interest aims at understanding the global to local processes that control the performance and function of flora and fauna and how they interact in nearshore ecosystems, including their performance and bio-development in artificial structures. Most of his current research is focused on the implications of climate variability, especially the threats to kelp forest ecosystems (from abiotic and biotic drivers) and effective methodologies for their conservation. He is involved in several national and international projects with research and conservation goals.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João N Franco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7E1B-4C01-D6BC
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8249-5224
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MITqwYkAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
36903257100

Email addresses

  • joao.franco@ipleiria.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02
Concluded
 Ecological niche modelling from theory to practice (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/01
Concluded
 Ocean Data Management (Postgraduate Certificate)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission , Belgium
2018/03
Concluded
 Marine Species Distributing Modelling (Postgraduate Certificate)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission , Belgium
2017/02
Concluded
 Statistics and programming with R for biological sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 PhD in Biology , specialization in Marine Ecology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Kelps across Iberia: from patterns of abundance and distribution to top-down and bottom-up regulatory processes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A (top 10%)
2015/01
Concluded
 Photosynthesis & PAM Fluorometry (Postgraduate Certificate)
University of Western Australia, Australia
2015
Concluded
 Swedish Scientific Diver - S30 by Svenskt yrkesdykar (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
2014
Concluded
 German Scientific Diver by Kommission Forschungstauchen Deutschland – KFT (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Kommission Forschungstauchen Deutschland, Germany
2013/03
Concluded
 Training School Marine Biodiversity Observation: A system to bring theory and practice together (Postgraduate Certificate)
Instituto Hidrografico Cantábria, Spain
2012/07
Concluded
 Marine Environment Sustainability: conservation against development versus conservation for development (Postgraduate Certificate)
AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain
2010
Concluded
 MSc Ecology (Mestrado)
Major in Population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (MÜLLER, 1774) in the mesohaline and oligohalineareas of the Mondego estuary: Spatial intrusion and ecological response
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (MÜLLER, 1774) in the mesohaline and oligohalineareas of the Mondego estuary: Spatial intrusion and ecological response" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010
Concluded
 Dive Master (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Professional Association of Diving instructors, Portugal
2006
Concluded
 Bsc Honours Marine Biology and Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Major in Cod broodstock nutrition: astaxanthin as determinants of egg quality
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
"Cod broodstock nutrition: astaxanthin as determinants of egg quality" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2005
Concluded
 Emergency First Response (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Professional Association of Diving instructors, Portugal
2005
Concluded
 Rescue Diver (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Professional Association of Diving instructors, Portugal
2002
Concluded
 SCUBA Diving Course/ Curso mergulho com escafranfro autónomo (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2000
Concluded
 Yatchman Licence: Local Skypper (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Clube Naval Peniche, Portugal
2000
Concluded
 Lifeguard (Outros)
Marinha Portuguesa, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2019/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/08/01 - 2018/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2012/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2007/02/01 - 2012/02/28 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/09/01 - 2017/07/19 PhD Candidate (SFRH/BD/84933/2012) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/01/01 - 2019/12 3DPARE - Artificial Reef 3D Printing for Atlantic Area
EAPA_174/2016
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Ongoing
2017/08/01 - 2018/01/31 MarInfo - Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis.
MARINFO/BI/2017-033
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Concluded
2017/08 - 2018/01 MarInfo - Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis.
MARINFO/BI/2017-033
 N/A
2013/09/01 - 2017/07/30 PhD candidate: Kelps across Iberia: from patterns of abundance and distribution to top-down and bottom-up regulatory processes.
SFRH/BD/84933/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Concluded
2011 - 2013 OCEANKELP - Effects of ocean climate on the macroecology and resilience to disturbances of kelp beds
FCT
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Concluded
2008 - 2011 RECONNECT - System dynamic response to an ample artificial RE-establishment of the upstream CONNECTion between the two arms of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): Implications for recovery, ecological quality status, and management.
RECONNECT
Research Technician Fellow
2009 - 2009 SANFRINVA - San Francisco Bay Monitoring Program for Invasive Species. USGS – United States Geological Survey, California
SANFRIVA
Master Student Fellow
2008 - 2009 EXTREMIS – Effects of extreme freshwater input fluctuations on the ecological status assessment in estuarine ecosystem: The benthic perspective
EXTREMIS_2008
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2006 - 2008 WISER – Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery
WISER
Research Technician Fellow
2006 - 2008 EFICAS - Effects of natural stress generated by freshwater discharges in the benthic invertebrate estuarine communities and its influence on the assessment of the benthic ecological status.
EFICAS
Research Technician Fellow

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/11/01 - Current MARINE INVADERS - Impact of the Invasive Macroalgae Asparagopsis Armata on Marine and Coastal environments.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F870302%F2012/PT
Researcher
MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Infraestruturas em Investigação Aquática
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

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

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

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

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

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

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ARNET - Aquatic Research Network
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

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

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
UID/Multi/04423/2019
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/31 ESTUÁRIOS DO MINHO, MONDEGO E MIRA, observatórios: Variações do estado ecológico a longo prazo originadas por pressões naturais e humanas. implicações na gestão e recuperação - 3M_RECITAL
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/31 3M_RECITAL - MINHO, MONDEGO, AND MIRA ESTUARIES observatory: Long term vaRiation of ECOLOGICAL sTAtus as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. implications for management and restoration
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2014/08/31 Effects of ocean climate on the macroecology and resilience to disturbances of kelp beds - OCEANKELP
PTDC/MAR/109954/2009
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/01/31 Strategic Project - UI 284 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/UI0284/2011
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/11 - 2026/06 Seaforester Peniche
PSER_PS0297
Principal investigator
MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
 SeaForester
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

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

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/11 - 2024/04 BlueForests - Seaforests for blue carbon - natural capital from nature-based solutions
EEA.BG.CALL4.012.2020
Task Co-Leader
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2021/11 - 2024/04 BlueForesting - Climate Resilient Marine Forests for a Sustainable Future
EEA.BG.CALL4.026.2020
Task Co-Leader
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2021/10 - 2022/10 Green Gravel Portugal
PS0297/GreenGravelPortugal
Principal investigator
World Wildlife Fund

SeaForester
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 SAVEKELPS -Identificación de áreas de protección en el Atlántico español que representen refugios de baja vulnerabilidad climática en escenarios futuros para los bosques de kelps y los fondos de algas amenazadas.
BM_2020
Researcher
Gobierno de España Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico
2019/05 - 2021/09 SeaForest Portugal
FA_06_2017_06
Researcher
Direção-Geral de Política do Mar - DGPM
Ongoing
2018 - 2021 MACAU - Macroalgae diversity of Berlengas Marine Reserve, from knowledge to its utilization.
002/2017/GALPESCAOESTE
Invited Researcher
GAL PESCA OESTE
Ongoing
2018 - 2018 OMARE - Marine observatory of Esposende: development of systems for data, information, monitoring and management of marine biodiversity of the Natural Park Litoral Norte
POSEUR - PORTUGAL2020
Invited Researcher
Programa Operacional Sustentabilidade e Eficiência no Uso de Recursos
Ongoing
2018 - 2018 PaleoAlgae - High-resolution records of paleoproductivity in Svalbard using paleoclimate records from crustose coralline algae.
RIS-ID 11030
Invited researcher
Universitetet i Bergen

Göteborgs Universitet
Concluded
2015 - 2017 SeaGrassProductivity - Assessing meadow productivity and carbon sink capacity of temperate seagrass ecosystems
SG_pr
Invited Researcher
Stockholms Universitet
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 Iberian Kelp Forests
iacobus_2014
Principal investigator
Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte

Xunta de Galicia

INTERREG ESPAÑA - PORTUGAL
Concluded
2016 - 2016 MadagascarBlueCarbon - Improving the understanding of carbon storage and sequestration and ecosystem services of blue forests in Madagascar
M_BlueCarbon
Invited Researcher
United Nations Environment Programme

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Stockholms Universitet
2015/11/01 - 2015/12/20 Bazaruto Island Marine Environment and Fishing Communities
BazarutoCoralReefFish
Invited Researcher
Stockholms Universitet
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/31 MINHO, MONDEGO, AND MIRA ESTUARIES observatory: Long term vaRiation of ECOLOGICAL sTAtus as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. implications for management and restoration - 3M_RECITAL
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09/01 - 2012/03/31 System dynamic response to an ample artificial RE-establishment of the upstream CONNECTion between the two arms of the Mondego estuary Portugal: Implications for recovery, ecological quality status, and management RECONNECT
PTDC/MAR/64627/2006
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004 - 2005 Assessment of the diversity and abundance of the fishes community in the Berlengas Marine Reserve (Portugal), using visual census techniques
Berlenga
Volunteer Research Assistant
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2003 - 2004 CORFISH: Assessment of fishes, corals and algae communities of the Areia Vermelha and Picãozinho reef’s using non-destructive methods.
CORFISH
Internship
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. João Franco; Marco Lemos; João Neto. Macroalgas das Berlengas e Costa de Prata. Do conhecimento à utilização. Politécnico de Leiria. 2022.
    10.25766/RWP2-8K68
Conference abstract
  1. Barreto, L.M; Serrão, E.A.; Martins, N.; Neiva, J.; Bartsch, I.; Valero, M.; Franco, J.N.; et al. "Marine heatwave susceptibility at the trailing edge of the foundational kelp, Laminaria hyperborea". Paper presented in 8th European Phycological Congress, Brest, 2023.
  2. Pieter van der Linden; Bianca Reis; João Franco; Oscar Babé Gómez; Hugo Sainz Meye; Emanuel Almeida; Maria Teresa Borges; Isabel Sousa Pinto. "3D printed artificial reef deployment in the Atlantic coast: project overview, monitoring and results". Paper presented in International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), 2023.
  3. João N. Franco; Cláudia Garcia; Álvaro Gallego; Sara C. Novais; Tiago Simões; Catarina Abrantes; Carina Félix; et al. "The dark side of the red algae Asparagopsis armata:potential negative effects on kelp habitats". Paper presented in International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), 2023.
  4. Galobart, C; Smale, D; Ballesteros, E.; Arenas, F.; Franco, J. N.; Golo, R. ; Cebrian, E.. "Community composition and functional diversity across brown macroalgal forests". Paper presented in 70th Annual Meeting of the British Phycological Society, 2022.
  5. Franco, Joao N; Isabel Sousa Pinto; Almada, Emanuel; Thomas Wernberg; David Jacinto; Brezo Martinez; Nuno Vasco-Rodrigues; Francisco Arenas; Fernando Tuya. "Interannual variability of kelps and their consumers in Iberia". Paper presented in 12th International Temperate Reefs Symposium, Hong Kong, 2019.
  6. André Cardoso; Francisco Arenas; Isabel Sousa Pinto; Franco, João. "Consumption and feeding preference of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) on native and non-native macroalgae from northern west coast of Iberia". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, 2018.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00018
  7. Roger J.H. Herbert; Franco, Joao N; Alice Hall; Elena Blanco Fernández; Mohamed Boutouil; Miriam Guerra; Isabel Sousa Pinto; et al. "Do artificial reefs have a role in the restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the NE Atlantic?". Paper presented in 5th International Marine Conservation Congress, Borneo, 2018.
  8. Franco, João; Almada, Emanuel; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel. Corresponding author: Almada, Emanuel. "Trends of persistence of kelp dominated habitats in the northern Portuguese coast". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, 2018.
    Published • 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00063
  9. L. Eggertsen; Franco, Joao N; S. Bandeira ; C. Ferreira; C. Berkström; M. Bouças; C. Cordeiro; et al. "Where is the grass greenest? Influence of seascape structure and fishing on distribution patterns of nursery and resident fish in a seagrass-dominated landscape.". Paper presented in WIOMSA 10th Scientific Symposium, Dar es Salaam, 2017.
  10. Franco, Joao N; Fernando Tuya; Iacopo Bertocci; Laura Rodrigues-García; Brezo Martinez; Isabel S Pinto; Francisco Arenas. "Eco-physiological response of the kelp Laminaria ochroleuca to varying temperature and nutrients: implications under climate change". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, Peniche, 2016.
    Published • 10.3389/conf.fmars.2016.04.00106
  11. Franco, Joao N; Thomas Wernberg; Iacopo Bertocci; David Jacinto; Paulo Maranhão; Brezo Martínez; Tânia R. Pereira. "Trends and potential biological drivers of kelp distribution in southern Europe". Paper presented in 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium, 2016.
  12. Francisco Arenas; Maria Jose Araujo; Eduardo Sampaio; David Calvao; Ivan Rodil; Franco, Joao. "Warm & Acid: Changes on species interactions in the new ocean.". Paper presented in European Journal of Phycology, 2015.
    Published • 10.1080/09670262.2015.1069489
  13. Franco, Joao N; Fernando Tuya; Iacopo Bertocci; David Jacinto; Francisco Arenas; Pedro Duarte; Thomas Wernberg. "Patterns of kelp assemblages and grazers along the Portuguese coast". Paper presented in XVII Simposium Iberico de Estudos de Biologia Marinha, San Sebastian, 2014.
  14. Herman Hummel; Matt Frost; José A. Juanes; Franco, Joao N; et al.. "A comparison on the degree of implementation of marine biodiversity indicators by European countries in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)". Paper presented in 49th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), St. Petersburg, 2014.
  15. Franco, João N; Thomas Wernberg; Iacopo Bertocci; Francisco Arenas; Brezo Martínez; Pedro Duarte; David Jacinto; et al. "Kelps across the portuguese coast: evidence of top-down and bottom-up influences.". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2014, Peniche, 2014.
    Published • 10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00086
  16. Franco, Joao N; Fernando Tuya; Thomas Wernberg; Francisco Arenas; Eva Cacabelos; Pedro Duarte; David Jacinto; et al. "Patterns of grazing, landscape structure and assemblage structure along a latitudinal gradient in ocean climate". Paper presented in 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium, Perth, 2014.
  17. Neto, J.M.; Patrício, J.; Franco, Joao N; Serra, S.R.Q.; Feio, M.J.; Calapez, A.R.; Constantino, E.. "Transitional and freshwater bioassessments: is the river continuum discontinued?". Paper presented in XVIth Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology, Guimarães, 2012.
  18. Mendez, S.; Franco, Joao N; Castanheira, Filipa; Vasco-Rodrigues, N.; Castro, Nuno; Paulo Maranhão. "An application of HJ-biplot analysis to investigate fish assemblage from Berlengas Natural Reserve (Portugal).". Paper presented in XII Congreso Internacional de Biometría, Cadiz, 2009.
  19. Mendez, S.; Franco, Joao N; Vasco-Rodrigues, N.; Castro, Nuno; Castanheira, Filipa; Paulo Maranhão. "An application of partial triadic analysis to investigate fish assemblage from Berlengas Natural Reserve (Portugal)". Paper presented in II Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometria, Vera Cruz, 2008.
Conference poster
  1. Franco, J. N.; Wernberg, T.; Arenas, F.; Isabel Sousa-Pinto; J. Troncoso; Jacinto, D.; Bianca Reis; et al. "A Ten-Year Study at the Southern Fringe of Kelp Distribution in Europe". Paper presented in 56th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), 2023.
  2. Reis, Bianca; Arenas, Francisco; Hugo Sainz Meyer; Babé-Gómez, Oscar; Pieter van der Linden; Peiffer, Friederike; Isabel Sousa-Pinto; Franco, J. N.. "An Innovative in situ Method for Assessing Primary Productivity in Benthic Communities on Rocky Shores". Paper presented in 7th European Conference on Scientific Diving, 2023.
  3. Reis B; Franco, J. N.; Linden P; Meyer H; Babe O; Peiffer F; Sousa-Pinto I; Arenas, Francisco. "In-situ assessment of primary productivity in temperate benthic communities– a novel methodology applied to kelp forests and artificial reefs". Paper presented in International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), 2023.
  4. Domise, J; Mouronvalle, C; Tardy, C; Boissin, E,; Olabarria, C; Beger, M; Lemos, M. F. L.; et al. "Genetic structuring of Octopus vuglaris within and between NE Atlantic and Medietrranean sea.". Paper presented in 6th International Marine Connectivity Conference, 2021.
  5. Veronez, A; Franco, J N; Reis, B; van der Linden, P; Sousa Pinto, I ; Borges, M T. "Preliminary biocolonization data of Artificial Reef samples in Matosinhos (North of Portugal)". Paper presented in 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 2020.
  6. Franco, Joao N. "Effects of temperature and nutrients on growth, survival and physiology of six intertidal seaweeds". Paper presented in 11th International Phycological Society, 2018.
  7. M.E. Asplund; Franco, Joao N; H. W. Linder; L. Hammar; D. Deyanova; M. Dahl; M. Björk; A. A. Ortiz. "Blue carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows in Northeastern Madagascar and effects by mangrove deforestation". Paper presented in WIOMSA 10th Scientific Symposium, 2017.
  8. Elza Fonseca; Raquel Ruivo; Mónica Lopes-Marques; Miguel Fonseca; Franco, Joao N; Miguel Santos; Filipe C. Castro. "The “insightful” repertoire of nuclear receptors in the Ecdysozoa Priapulus caudatus". Paper presented in Genome 10K and Genome Science Conference, 2017.
  9. A. Hoamby; M. E. Asplund; M. Björk; S. D’Agata, ; M. Dahl; D. Deyanova; Franco, Joao N; L. M. Rasmusson; M. Gullström. "Influence of mangrove degradation on seagrass meadow characteristics: a case study from the northwestern Madagascar". Paper presented in WIOMSA 10th Scientific Symposium, 2017.
  10. Leclerc, J-C; de Bettignies, T; Christie, H; Franco, Joao N; Leroux , C; Davoult , D; Wernberg, T. "Regional differences in feeding ecology of the edible sea urchin in European kelp forests.". Paper presented in Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, 2015.
  11. Franco, Joao N; Ceia, F.R.; Patrício, J.; Modesto, V.; Marques, J.C.; Neto, J.M.. "Spatial intrusion and ecological response of Corbicula fluminea in the mesohaline and oligohaline areas of a southern Europe estuary.". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research 2010, 2010.
  12. Susana Mendes; M.J. Fernández-Gómez; Nuno Vasco Rodrigues; Nuno Castro; João Franco; Maria F. Castanheira; Paulo Maranhão; et al. "An application of Partial Triadic Analysis to investigate fishes assemblages from Berlengas Natural Reserve (Portugal)". Paper presented in 2º Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometría, 2009.
  13. Vasco-Rodrigues, N.; Franco, Joao N; Castanheira, Filipa; Castro, Nuno; Paulo Maranhão. "The fish assemblage structure of the Berlengas Natural Reserve (Portugal).". Paper presented in 43th European Marine Biology Symposium, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Georgina Valentine Wood; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Melinda Ann Coleman; Jurgen Valckenaere; J. David Aguirre; Paige M. Bentley; Paul Carnell; et al. "Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the Green Gravel Action Group". Frontiers in Marine Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1364263.
    10.3389/fmars.2024.1364263
  2. Aaron M. Eger; J. David Aguirre; María Altamirano; Nur Arafeh-Dalmau; Nina Larissa Arroyo; Anne M. Bauer-Civiello; Rodrigo Beas-Luna; et al. "The Kelp Forest ¿Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests". Journal of Applied Phycology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03103-y.
    10.1007/s10811-023-03103-y
  3. Jonas de Azevedo; João N. Franco; Cândida G. Vale; Marco F. L. Lemos; Francisco Arenas. "Rapid tropicalization evidence of subtidal seaweed assemblages along a coastal transitional zone". Scientific Reports (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38514-x.
    10.1038/s41598-023-38514-x
  4. S. Hernández; Ana G. García; Francisco Arenas; M. Pilar Escribano; Alexander Jueterbock; Olivier De Clerck; Christine A. Maggs; João N. Franco; Brezo D. C. Martínez. "Range-edge populations of seaweeds show niche unfilling and poor adaptation to increased temperatures". Journal of Biogeography 50 4 (2023): 780-791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14572.
    10.1111/jbi.14572
  5. Adrian I. Yoris-Nobile; Carlos J. Slebi-Acevedo; Esther Lizasoain-Arteaga; Irune Indacoechea-Vega; Elena Blanco-Fernandez; Daniel Castro-Fresno; Alejandro Alonso-Estebanez; et al. "Artificial reefs built by 3D printing: Systematisation in the design, material selection and fabrication". Construction and Building Materials 362 (2023): 129766-129766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129766.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129766
  6. Karen Filbee-Dexter; Colette J. Feehan; Dan A. Smale; Kira A. Krumhansl; Skye Augustine; Florian de Bettignies; Michael T. Burrows; et al. "Kelp carbon sink potential decreases with warming due to accelerating decomposition". PLOS Biology 20 8 (2022): e3001702-e3001702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001702.
    10.1371/journal.pbio.3001702
  7. Fouad Boukhelf; Nassim Sebaibi; Mohamed Boutouil; Adrian I. Yoris-Nobile; Elena Blanco-Fernandez; Daniel Castro-Fresno; Carlos Real-Gutierrez; et al. "On the Properties Evolution of Eco-Material Dedicated to Manufacturing Artificial Reef via 3D Printing: Long-Term Interactions of Cementitious Materials in the Marine Environment". Sustainability (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/15/9353.
    10.3390/su14159353
  8. Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Wernberg, Thomas; Barreiro, Rodolfo; Coleman, Melinda A.; de Bettignies, Thibaut; Feehan, Colette J.; Franco, Joao N.; et al. "Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration". Journal of Phycology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13239.
    10.1111/jpy.13239
  9. Eggertsen, Linda; Goodell, Whitney; Cordeiro, Cesar A.M.M.; Cossa, Damboia; de Lucena, Marcos; Berkström, Charlotte; Franco, João N.; et al. "Where the grass is greenest in seagrass seascapes depends on life history and simple species traits of fish". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 266 (2022): 107738. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107738.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107738
  10. Nestor E. Bosch; Thomas Wernberg; Tim J. Langlois; Dan A. Smale; Pippa J. Moore; João N. Franco; Pierre Thiriet; et al. "Niche and neutral assembly mechanisms contribute to latitudinal diversity gradients in reef fishes". Journal of Biogeography 48 11 (2021): 2683-2698. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14237.
    10.1111/jbi.14237
  11. Reis, Bianca; van der Linden, Pieter; Pinto, Isabel Sousa; Almada, Emanuel; Borges, Maria Teresa; Hall, Alice E.; Stafford, Rick; et al. "Artificial reefs in the North –East Atlantic area: Present situation, knowledge gaps and future perspectives". Ocean & Coastal Management 213 (2021): 105854. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105854.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105854
  12. Karen Filbee-Dexter; Colette Feehan; Dan A. Smale; Kira Krumhansl; Skye Augustine; Florian de Bettignies; Michael T. Burrows; et al. "Ocean temperature controls kelp decompositionand carbon sink potential". ResearchSquare - Preprint (2021): https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-38503/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-38503/v1
  13. Leclerc, Jean-Charles; de Bettignies, Thibaut; de Bettignies, Florian; Christie, Hartvig; Franco, João N.; Leroux, Cédric; Davoult, Dominique; et al. "Local flexibility in feeding behaviour and contrasting microhabitat use of an omnivore across latitudes". Oecologia 196 2 (2021): 441-453. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34009471/.
    10.1007/s00442-021-04936-5
  14. Asplund, Maria E.; Dahl, Martin; Ismail, Rashid O.; Arias-Ortiz, Ariane; Deyanova, Diana; Franco, João N.; Hammar, Linus; et al. "Dynamics and fate of blue carbon in a mangrove–seagrass seascape: influence of landscape configuration and land-use change". Landscape Ecology 36 5 (2021): 1489-1509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01216-8.
    10.1007/s10980-021-01216-8
  15. Ly, Océane; Yoris-Nobile, Adrian I.; Sebaibi, Nassim; Blanco-Fernandez, Elena; Boutouil, Mohamed; Castro-Fresno, Daniel; Hall, Alice E.; et al. "Optimisation of 3D printed concrete for artificial reefs: Biofouling and mechanical analysis". Construction and Building Materials 272 (2021): 121649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121649.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121649
  16. João N. Franco; Francisco Arenas; Isabel Sousa-Pinto; Carmen B. de los Santos. "Snapshot of Macroalgae and Fish Assemblages in Temperate Reefs in the Southern European Atlantic Ecoregion". Diversity (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/d12010026.
    10.3390/d12010026
  17. Cardoso, André C.; Arenas, Francisco; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Barreiro, Aldo; Franco, João N.. "Sea urchin grazing preferences on native and non-native macroalgae". Ecological Indicators 111 (2020): 106046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106046.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106046
  18. Martin Dahl; Maria E. Asplund; Diana Deyanova; João N. Franco; Alan Koliji; Eduardo Infantes; Diana Perry; Mats Björk; Martin Gullström. "High Seasonal Variability in Sediment Carbon Stocks of Cold-Temperate Seagrass Meadows". Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (2020): https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005430.
    10.1029/2019JG005430
  19. Elza Fonseca; Raquel Ruivo; Débora Borges; João N. Franco; Miguel M. Santos; L. Filipe C. Castro. "Of Retinoids and Organotins: The Evolution of the Retinoid X Receptor in Metazoa". Biomolecules (2019): https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10040594.
    10.3390/biom10040594
  20. Elza S. S. Fonseca; Youhei Hiromori; Yoshifumi Kaite; Raquel Ruivo; João N. Franco; Tsuyoshi Nakanishi; Miguel M. Santos; L. Filipe C. Castro. "An Orthologue of the Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR) Is Present in the Ecdysozoa Phylum Priapulida". Genes 10 12 (2019): 985-985. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10120985.
    10.3390/genes10120985
  21. Iacopo Bertocci; Andreu Blanco; João Nuno Franco; Sergio Fernández-Boo; Francisco Arenas. "Short-term variation of abundance of the purple sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816), subject to harvesting in northern Portugal". Marine Environmental Research 141 (2018): 247-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.017.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.017
  22. Franco, João. "The ‘golden kelp’ Laminaria ochroleuca under global change: integrating multiple eco-physiological responses with species distribution models". Journal of Ecology (2018): n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12810.
    10.1111/1365-2745.12810
  23. João N. Franco; Thomas Wernberg; Iacopo Bertocci; David Jacinto; Paulo Maranhão; Tânia Pereira; Brezo Martinez; et al. "Modulation of different kelp life stages by herbivory: compensatory growth versus population decimation". Marine Biology 164 8 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00227-017-3196-8.
    10.1007/s00227-017-3196-8
  24. Franco, J.N.; Wernberg, T.; Bertocci, I.; Duarte, P.; Jacinto, D.; Vasco-Rodrigues, N.; Tuya, F.. "Herbivory drives kelp recruits into 'hiding' in a warm ocean climate". Marine Ecology Progress Series 536 (2015): 1-9. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943189619&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps11445
  25. Hummel, H.; Frost, M.; Juanes, J.A.; Kochmann, J.; Castellanos Perez Bolde, C.F.; Aneiros, F.; Vandenbosch, F.; et al. "A comparison of the degree of implementation of marine biodiversity indicators by European countries in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942930373&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0025315415000235
  26. Neto, J.M.; Feio, M.J.; Teixeira, H.; Patrício, J.; Serra, S.R.Q.; Franco, J.N.; Calapez, A.R.; Constantino, E.. "Transitional and freshwater bioassessments: One site, two perspectives?". Marine Pollution Bulletin 78 1-2 (2014): 153-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892438955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.048
  27. Bessa, F.; Gonçalves, S.C.; Franco, J.N.; André, J.N.; Cunha, P.P.; Marques, J.C.. "Temporal changes in macrofauna as response indicator to potential human pressures on sandy beaches". Ecological Indicators 41 (2014): 49-57. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894104109&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.023
  28. Ceia, F.R.; Patrício, J.; Franco, J.; Pinto, R.; Fernández-Boo, S.; Losi, V.; Marques, J.C.; Neto, J.M.. "Assessment of estuarine macrobenthic assemblages and ecological quality status at a dredging site in a southern Europe estuary". Ocean and Coastal Management 72 (2013): 80-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872674684&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.07.009
  29. Modesto, V.; Franco, J.N.; Sousa, R.; Patrício, J.; Marques, J.C.; Neto, J.M.. "Spatial and temporal dynamics of corbicula fluminea (mü ller, 1774) in relation to environmental variables in the mondego estuary (Portugal)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 79 4 (2013): 302-309. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889861638&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/mollus/eyt026
  30. Veríssimo, H.; Neto, J.M.; Teixeira, H.; Franco, J.N.; Fath, B.D.; Marques, J.C.; Patrício, J.. "Ability of benthic indicators to assess ecological quality in estuaries following management". Ecological Indicators 19 (2013): 130-143. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858746658&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.014
  31. Tuya, F.; Cacabelos, E.; Duarte, P.; Jacinto, D.; Castro, J.J.; Silva, T.; Bertocci, I.; et al. "Patterns of landscape and assemblage structure along a latitudinal gradient in ocean climate". Marine Ecology Progress Series 466 (2012): 9-19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867523189&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps09941
  32. Franco, J.N.; Ceia, F.R.; Patrício, J.; Modesto, V.; Thompson, J.; Marques, J.C.; Neto, J.M.. "Population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in mesohaline and oligohaline habitats: Invasion success in a Southern Europe estuary". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 112 (2012): 31-39. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866903908&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.014
  33. Nuno Vasco-Rodrigues; Franco, Joao N; Susana Mendes; Paulo Maranhão; Maria Castanheira; Nuno Castro. "Fish diversity in the Berlengas Natural Reserve (Portugal), a marine protected area". Ecologi@ (2011): https://www.speco.pt/images/Artigos_Revista_Ecologia/revistaecologia_3_art_2_1.pdf.
  34. Couto, T.; Patrício, J.; Neto, J.M.; Ceia, F.R.; Franco, J.; Marques, J.C.. "The influence of mesh size in environmental quality assessment of estuarine macrobenthic communities". Ecological Indicators 10 6 (2010): 1162-1173. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957873702&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.019
Online resource
  1. Deyanova, Diana; Asplund, Maria E. ; Gullström, Martin; Franco, J. N,; Rasmusson, Lina M. ; Dahl, Martin ; Infantes, Eduardo; et al. Plant-and habitat productivity in a temperate seagrass system. 2018. http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1202696&dswid=-1205.
Preprint
  1. Reis, Bianca; Franco, João N.; Peiffer, Friederike; Babé-Gómez, Oscar; Sainz-Meyer, Hugo; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel; Arenas, Francisco. "Assessing Primary Productivity in Temperate Benthic Communities Using a novel in-situ Methodology - BIC". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3822751/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-3822751/v1
  2. Jonas de Azevedo; João N. Franco; Cândida G. Vale; Marco Lemos; Francisco Arenas. "Rapid tropicalization evidence of subtidal seaweed assemblages along a coastal transitional zone". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2530189/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-2530189/v1
Report
  1. de Bettignies, Thibaut; Hébert, C; Assis, Jorge; Bartsch, I ; Bekkby, T; Christie, Hartvig; Dahl, K; et al. 2021. Case Report for kelp forests habitat. https://www.ospar.org/documents?v=46871.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Franco, João Nuno dos Reis. "Kelps across Iberia: from patterns of abundance and distribution to top-down and bottom-up regulatory processes". PhD, Universidade do Porto, 2017. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/106903/2/208222.pdf.
  2. Franco, João Nuno dos Reis. "Population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the mesohaline and oligohaline areas of the Mondego estuary: spatial intrusion and ecological response.". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2010.
  3. Franco, João Nuno dos Reis. "The influence of Dietary Astaxanthin on Egg Quality in Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Broodstock.". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, 2006.
  4. Franco, Joao N. "Coral reef fish assemblage of Areia Vermelha, Paraíba, Brazil.". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, 2004.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/01 Portuguese Marine Forests: ecological studies and perspectives for their conservation. Quintas do MARE
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
2021/01/11 Endangered Seas Sea and Society
Sacavém High School (Portugal)
2019/05 Our tide pools Ocean Week
Ericeira Primary School (Ericeira, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/05/01 - Current KelpAbilities: From kelp ecosystem functions and vulnerabilities to its restoration
Supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/11/01 - Current SPIDER - KELP: Assessing the role of kelp forests and associated flora in the productivity and food webs across the Portuguese coast
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Recifes Artificiais: estudo da biocolonização de novos materiais construtivos e de percepções sobre a sua implementação na Região Litoral Norte de Portugal
Co-supervisor of Arthur Fernando Veronez de Sousa
 Ecologia e Ambiente (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 What has changed in the macroalgal communities of the Portuguese coast?
Co-supervisor of Jonas de Azevedo
Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Consumption and feeding preference of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) on native and non-native macroalgae from Northern coast of Portugal.
Supervisor of André Couto Cardoso
 Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Spatial and temporal variation of kelp forests and associated macroalgal assemblages along the Portuguese coast
Co-supervisor of Daniela Pinho
 Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/01/14 - 2021/01/14 Invited Speaker - Scientific Diving in Science
Seminar
 Mar de Conversas
FPAS - Federação Portuguesa de Actividades Subaquáticas, Portugal
2019/10 - 2019/10 Invited Speaker - Background of natural reefs in the European Atlantic Area.
Workshop
 Artificial Reef 3D Printing for Atlantic Area
École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs des Travaux de la Construction de Caen, France
2018 - 2018 Invited speaker - Underwater Forests of Iberia: importance of ecological knowledge to support conservation and management actions
Seminar
 Sharing best practices in marine conservation and research
The Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2018/11/29 Grazing preferences on native and non-native macroaIgae
Supervisor
 André Couto Cardoso (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current Monte Godel Cultural & Sports Association Board Member
2017/01 - Current SPECO - Portuguese Society for Ecology member
2016 - Current APOrMC - Associação Portuguesa de Mergulho Científico (Portuguese Association for Scientific Diving) Board Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current GEAK - Global Ecosystem services Assessment for Kelp forests. European Region Leading co-shared position
Member
 University of Western Australia, Australia

SeaForester, Portugal

Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway
2021 - Current Green Gravel Action Group
Member
2020/01/01 - Current MARE - IPLeria Scientific Diving Centre; safety and scientific diving procedures (Unit coordinator)
Coordinator
 MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2012/07/01 - 2019/12/31 CIIMAR Scientific Diving Centre; safety and scientific diving procedures (Unit coordinator)
Coordinator
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2015 - 2016 Project Baseline: Matosinhos Global Underwater Explorers, United States
2014 - 2014/08 Projeto Windfloat – Monitoring and Environmental Managment – Final report – Programa de monitorização da colonização de espécies na plataforma e nos cabos de amarração. Agri-Pro, Ambiente Consultores, S.A., Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Underwater Ecological Studies - Scientific Diving Technics (Pós-Graduação) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Lecturer of the Master Programme "Erasmus Mundus Master in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC)” course “Monitoring biodiversity of Rocky Shores (3 ECTS credits). CIIMAR Porto, Portugal. Erasmus Mundus Master in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - 2020 Bio-indicators for Marine Protected Areas monitoring
Specialist
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2018/12/15 Impressoras 3D vão permitir construir novos recifes artificiais UP News

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/03/03 - 2022/03/03 World Surf League (WSL) MEO Pro Portugal Regeneration Surf, and Shiseido Team Up To Restore Kelp In Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/02 One drop in the Ocean - Pod Cast dedicated to teenagers Marine Forests
2020/07/25 - 2020/07/25 Recifes artificiais instalados para melhorar qualidade da água no Porto de Leixões Portugal TV News
2017 - 2017 BIOSFERA Importance of kelp forests to society
2014 - 2014 Ciência 2.0 Portuguese kelp forests

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Journal of Phycology Wiley
2019 - Current Diversity MDPI
2019 - Current Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers
2018 - Current Journal of Ecology Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society
2017 - Current Marine Ecology Progress Series Inter-Research Science Publisher

Legal proceeding

Activity description Case
2020 - Current Member of research divers committee for drafting a proposal for legal framing the scientific diving in Portugal. Legal frame of Scientific Diving in Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2009 Scholarship at USGS (United States Geological Survey), San Francisco, California
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal