Ana Rita Caldas Patrício (8D15-F799-1252)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Rita Caldas Patrício

I am Research Assistant at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - cE3c of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidade de Lisboa, and an honorary researcher at the University of Exeter. I am the Principal Investigator of the project 'Survie des Tortues Marines au niveau de l'Archipel des Bijagos - STM' (2023-2026), funded by the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone (PRCM). My research focuses on several aspects of sea turtle ecology, including migrations and connectivity, population dynamics, climate change impacts, trophic ecology, and emerging diseases. My recent works have led to some important breakthroughs, including unravelling the connectivity of green turtles across West Africa, which has resulted in solid partnerships and regional agreements. I have also identified new sites of conservation priority for sea turtles in the region. In addition to my research efforts, I strongly believe in participatory conservation, capacity building, and science communication, and have made a significant contribution to raising awareness and building capacity among key stakeholders and resource users. Currently, I supervise three Ph.D. students (FCUL and Ispa) and four MSc students (Ispa, FCUL, and UALG), and have previously supervised seven MSc theses and three post-doctoral researchers. I have published a total of 37 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 11 as the first author, six as the senior author, and a book chapter. In May 2024, my research work has been cited 822 times, and I have an h-index of 17 in Google Scholar (18 in Research Gate). My mean impact factor in papers published as PI and first author over the last five years is 5.996 (range IF: 2.915 to 13.211). I earned my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter, UK, in 2017, and my MSc in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico, USA, in 2011.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Rita Caldas Patrício

Citation names

Patrício, Ana Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8D15-F799-1252
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4963-2343
Google Scholar ID: _TYZe1gAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id: B-3437-2019
Scopus Author Id: 53981714800

Email addresses

R.Patricio@exeter.ac.uk (Professional)
apatricio@ispa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Ispa, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Rita_Patricio (Professional)
https://twitter.com/arcpatricio (Social media)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Patricio3 (Scholar)
https://anaritapatricio.com/ (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
French	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2013 - 2017 Concluded	PhD in Biology (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, United Kingdom "Ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas L) in a changing world" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Maximum
2008 - 2011 Concluded	Master of Sciences in Biology (Master) Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico "Survival Analysis of Green Turtles at Two Developmental Sites, in Culebra, Puerto Rico & Evolution and Phylogeography of the Fibropapillomatosis-associated Turtle Herpesvirus " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	4.0 GPA - Maximum
2000 - 2006 Concluded	Biologia Ambiental - variante marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2023	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal
	MARE-ISPA, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Postdoc (Research)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal
	MARE-ISPA, Portugal (...)
2015 - 2016	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	HBD - Principe Trust Foundation, São Tomé and Príncipe

2012 - 2012	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico , Puerto Rico

2011 - 2011	Research Assistant (Research)	Material Characterization Center, Puerto Rico

2006 - 2007	Researcher (Research)	Chelonia Inc., Puerto Rico

2005 - 2005	Research Assistant (Research)	University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2008 - 2010	Tutor (University Teacher)	Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación, Puerto Rico

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2003 - 2005	Educator	Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020 - Current	Sea Turtle Resilience to Climate Change Impacts - TurtleResC LCF/BQ/PR20/11770003 Principal investigator Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Obra Social La Caixa Ongoing
2018 - 2019	Impacts of Climate Change on West African Green Turtles and Marine Turtle Conservation in Guinea-Bissau 25625-B Principal investigator	Rufford Foundation Concluded
2013 - 2017	Impacts of Climate Change on West African Green Turtles FRH / BD / 85017 / 2012 SFRH / BD / 85017 / 2012 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2017	Participatory research at the service of biodiversity conservation in the João Vieira-Poilão Marine National Park (Bijagós Archipelago) MAVA PNMJVP PhD Student Fellow Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	MAVA Foundation Concluded
2014/09 - 2015/09	Impacts of Climate Change on West African Green Turtles 16357-2 Supervisor	Rufford Foundation Concluded
2013 - 2014	Impacts of Climate Change on Green Turtles from West Africa RSG12317-1 Supervisor	Rufford Foundation Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023 - Current	STM - Survie des tortues Marines - Guinea-Bissau - Phase 2 STM-Phase2-IBAP-Ispa Principal investigator MARE-ISPA, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM), Senegal Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/09/30	STM - Survie des tortues marines - Guinea-Bissau - Phase 1 STM Principal investigator Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) Ongoing
2020 - 2022	Consolidation of Sea turtle Conservation at the 'Parc National du Banc d'Arguin', Mauritania MAVA turtles PNBA Post-doc Fellow Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	MAVA Foundation Ongoing
2018 - 2020	Consolidation of Sea Turtle Conservation at the Bijagós Archipelago MAVA Turtles Post-doc Fellow MARE-ISPA, Portugal	MAVA Foundation Ongoing
2012 - 2012	Leatherback sea turtle nesting activities in the Caribbean, Culebra Archipelago, Puerto Rico Leatherback 2012 Other Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network, Puerto Rico	Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Concluded
2006 - 2007	Proyecto Carey - Hawksbill turtle research & monitoring Proyecto Carey 2006, 2007 Other	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2011 - 2013	Biology and genetic structure of the lion fish Pterois volitans in the Caribbean Lionfish_UPR_2011 Other Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
2008 - 2011	In water monitoring of juvenile green turtles at Culebra and Culebrita Islands, Puerto Rico Master Scholarhip Master Student Fellow Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
2008 - 2008	The Bermuda Turtle Project BTP_2009 Master Student Fellow Sea Turtle Conservancy, Bermuda	Sea Turtle Conservancy
2005 - 2005	Impact of beach nourishment on the macrobenthic communities of SE Queensland, Australia Sandy Beach Macrofauna 2005 Other University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
2005 - 2005	Monitoring human impacts on population density and structure of the ghost crab Ocypode sp., in SE Queensland, Australia Ghost Crabs 2005 Other University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Castro, Barbosa; Patrício, Ana Rita; Sampaio, Manuel; Catry, Paulo. "Tartarugas Marinhas". In Parque Nacional Marinho João Vieira e Poilão: Biodiversidade e Conservação. Lisboa, Portugal, 2019. Published
Conference paper	Patrício, Ana. "Fibropapillomatosis in Marine Turtles of the Caribbean Region: the Case Study of Puerto Rico". Paper presented in International Summit on Fibropapillomatosis: Global Status, Trends, And Population Impacts, Honolulu, 2015. Ferreira, Betania; Patrício, Ana Rita; Regalla, Aissa; Barbosa, Castro; Godley, Brendan; Broderick, Anne; Catry, Paulo. "Nest-site selection of green turtles from the third largest Atlantic rookery, Poilão, Guinea Bissau.". Paper presented in 34th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, New Orleans, USA, New Orleans, 2014. Published
Journal article	Fuentes, MMPB; McMichael, E; Kot, CY; Silver-Gorges, I; Wallace, BP; Godley, BJ; Brooks, AML; et al. "Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions". Endangered Species Research 52 (2023): 303-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr01278. 10.3354/esr01278 Fuentes, M. M. P. B.; Santos, A. J. B.; Abreu-Grobois, A.; Briseño-Dueñas, R.; Al-Khayat, J.; Hamza, S.; Saliba, S.; et al. "Adaptation of sea turtles to climate warming: Will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output?". Global Change Biology 30 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16991. 10.1111/gcb.16991 Castro, Joana; Hughes, Ashley Payne; Cid, André; Patrício, Ana Rita; Laborde, Marina I.; Matos, Fábio L.. "First long-term study of live observations of loggerhead and leatherback turtles in southern Portugal with relevance for conservation". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3991. Published • 10.1002/aqc.3991 Tavares, Ana I.; Assis, Jorge; Larkin, Patrick D.; Creed, Joel C.; Magalhães, Karine; Horta, Paulo; Engelen, Aschwin; et al. "Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36367-y. 10.1038/s41598-023-36367-y Raposo, C; Mestre, J; Rebelo, R; Regalla, A; Davies, A; Barbosa, C; Patrício, AR. "Spatial distribution of inter-nesting green turtles from the largest Eastern Atlantic rookery and overlap with a marine protected area". Marine Ecology Progress Series 703 (2023): 161-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14225. 10.3354/meps14225 Catry, Paulo; Senhoury, Cheibani; Sidina, Ebaye; El Bar, Nahi; Bilal, Abdallahi Samba; Ventura, Francesco; Godley, Brendan J.; et al. "Satellite tracking and field assessment highlight major foraging site for green turtles in the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania". Biological Conservation 277 (2023): 109823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109823. 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109823 Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Rebelo, Rui; Barbosa, Castro; Aissa Regalla; Catry, Paulo; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Fluorescent paints use as effective short-term markers tested in a high-density green turtle, Chelonia mydas, rookery, Poilão island, Guinea-Bissau". Herpetology Notes (2023): Accepted Martins, Samir; Patrício, Rita; Clarke, Leo J.; de Santos Loureiro, Nuno; Marco, Adolfo. "High variability in nest site selection in a loggerhead turtle rookery, in Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 556 (2022): 151798. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151798. 10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151798 Díaz-Abad, Lucía; Bacco-Mannina, Natassia; Miguel Madeira, Fernando; Serrao, Ester A.; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana R.; Frade, Pedro R.. "Red, Gold and Green: Microbial Contribution of Rhodophyta and Other Algae to Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gut Microbiome". Microorganisms 10 10 (2022): 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10101988. 10.3390/microorganisms10101988 Beal, Martin; Catry, Paulo; Regalla, Aissa; Barbosa, Castro; Pires, António J.; Mestre, Julie; Senhoury, Cheibani; Sidina, Ebaye; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Satellite tracking reveals sex-specific migration distance in green turtles ( Chelonia mydas )". Biology Letters 18 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0325. 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0325 Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Rebelo, Rui; Catry, Paulo; Neiva, João; Barbosa, Castro; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Fine-scale foraging segregation in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding ground in the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea Bissau". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.984219. 10.3389/fmars.2022.984219 Tavares, Ana I.; Assis, Jorge; Patrício, A. R.; Ferreira, Rogério; Cheikh, Mohamed Ahmed Sidi; Bandeira, Salomão; Regalla, Aissa; et al. "Seagrass Connectivity on the West Coast of Africa Supports the Hypothesis of Grazer-Mediated Seed Dispersal". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.809721. 10.3389/fmars.2022.809721 Martins, Rita; Marco, Adolfo; Patino-Martinez, Juan; Yeoman, Kate; Vinagre, Catarina; Patrício, Ana Rita. "Ghost crab predation of loggerhead turtle eggs across thermal habitats". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 551 (2022): 151735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151735. 10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151735 Patrício, A. R.; Beal, M.; Barbosa, C.; Diouck, D.; Godley, B. J.; Madeira, F. M.; Regalla, A.; et al. "Green Turtles Highlight Connectivity Across a Regional Marine Protected Area Network in West Africa". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.812144. 10.3389/fmars.2022.812144 Díaz-Abad, Lucía; Bacco-Mannina, Natassia; Madeira, Fernando Miguel; Neiva, João; Aires, Tania; Serrao, Ester A.; Regalla, Aissa; Patrício, Ana R.; Frade, Pedro R.. "eDNA metabarcoding for diet analyses of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)". Marine Biology 169 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x. 10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x Beal, Martin; Oppel, Steffen; Handley, Jonathan; Pearmain, Elizabeth J.; Morera-Pujol, Virginia; Carneiro, Ana P. B.; Davies, Tammy E.; et al. "track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12 12 (2021): 2372-2378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13713. 10.1111/2041-210x.13713 Monteiro, Jessica; Duarte, Margarida; Amadou, Kidé; Barbosa, Castro; El Bar, Nahi; Madeira, Fernando M.; Regalla, Aissa; et al. "Fibropapillomatosis and the Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 in Green Turtles from West Africa". EcoHealth 18 2 (2021): 229-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01526-y. Accepted • 10.1007/s10393-021-01526-y Patrício, AR; Hawkes, LA; Monsinjon, JR; Godley, BJ; Fuentes, MMPB. "Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions". Endangered Species Research 44 (2021): 363-395. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr01110. Accepted • 10.3354/esr01110 Patrício, Ana Rita; Barbosa, Castro; Aissa Regalla; Catry, Paulo. "Ecology and conservation of green turtles in Guinea-Bissau". Testudo 9 3 (2021): Published Godley, B. J.; Broderick, A. C.; Colman, L. P.; Formia, A.; Godfrey, M. H.; Hamann, M.; Nuno, A.; et al. "Reflections on sea turtle conservation". Oryx 54 3 (2020): 287-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605320000162. 10.1017/s0030605320000162 Madeira, Fernando; Patrício, Ana Rita; Indjai, Bucar; Barbosa, Castro; Regalla, Aissa; Catry, Paulo; Rebelo, Rui. "High Number of Healthy Albino Green Turtles from Africa’s Largest Population". Marine Turtle Newsletter 160 (2020): 192-22. https://search.proquest.com/openview/d4a1720c3bfa35cb7c789b11da95610f/1?cbl=54664&pq-origsite=gscholar. Published Bellini, C; Santos, AJB; Patrício, AR; Bortolon, LFW; Godley, BJ; Marcovaldi, MA; Tilley, D; Colman, LP. "Distribution and growth rates of immature hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil". Endangered Species Research 40 (2019): 41-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00979. Published • 10.3354/esr00979 Hancock, Joana M.; Vieira, Sara; Taraveira, Lúcio; Santos, Aladino; Schmitt, Vanessa; Semedo, Alcides; Patrício, Ana R.; et al. "Genetic characterization of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from São Tomé and Príncipe: Insights on species recruitment and dispersal in the Gulf of Guinea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 518 (2019): 151181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151181. 10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151181 Raposo, Cheila; Patrício, Ana Rita; Catry, Paulo; Dellinger, Thomas; Granadeiro, José P.. "Evidence for trophic differences between live and bycatch oceanic juvenile loggerhead sea turtles". Marine Biology 166 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3466-8. 10.1007/s00227-019-3466-8 Patrício, Ana R.; Varela, Miguel R.; Barbosa, Castro; Broderick, Annette C.; Catry, Paulo; Hawkes, Lucy A.; Regalla, Aissa; Godley, Brendan J.. "Climate change resilience of a globally important sea turtle nesting population". Global Change Biology 25 2 (2018): 522-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14520. Published • 10.1111/gcb.14520 Varela, Miguel R.; Patrício, Ana R.; Anderson, Karen; Broderick, Annette C.; DeBell, Leon; Hawkes, Lucy A.; Tilley, Dominic; et al. "Assessing climate change associated sea-level rise impacts on sea turtle nesting beaches using drones, photogrammetry and a novel GPS system". Global Change Biology (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14526. Published • 10.1111/gcb.14526 Patrício, Ana R.; Varela, Miguel R.; Barbosa, Castro; Broderick, Annette C.; Ferreira Airaud, Maria B.; Godley, Brendan J.; Regalla, Aissa; Tilley, Dominic; Catry, Paulo. "Nest site selection repeatability of green turtles, Chelonia mydas , and consequences for offspring". Animal Behaviour 139 (2018): 91-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.006. Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.006 Patrício, AR; Marques, A; Barbosa, C; Broderick, AC; Godley, BJ; Hawkes, LA; Rebelo, R; Regalla, A; Catry, P. "Balanced primary sex ratios and resilience to climate change in a major sea turtle population". Marine Ecology Progress Series 577 (2017): 189-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12242. Published • 10.3354/meps12242 Patrício, AR; Formia, A; Barbosa, C; Broderick, AC; Bruford, M; Carreras, C; Catry, P; et al. "Dispersal of green turtles from Africa’s largest rookery assessed through genetic markers". Marine Ecology Progress Series 569 (2017): 215-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12078. Published • 10.3354/meps12078 Patrício, A.R.; Vélez-Zuazo, X.; Van Dam, R.P.; Diez, C.E.. "Genetic composition and origin of juvenile green turtles foraging at Culebra, Puerto Rico, as revealed by mtDNA". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 45 3 (2017): 506-520. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029719326&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.3856/vol45-issue3-fulltext-2 Carneiro, C.; Henriques, M.; Barbosa, C.; Tchantchalam, Q.; Regalla, A.; Patrício, A.R.; Catry, P.. "Ecology and behaviour of Palm-nut Vultures Gypohierax angolensis in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau^§". Ostrich 88 2 (2017): 113-121. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017192542&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.2989/00306525.2017.1291540 Patrício, AR; Diez, CE; van Dam, RP; Godley, BJ. "Novel insights into the dynamics of green turtle fibropapillomatosis". Marine Ecology Progress Series 547 (2016): 247-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11644. Published • 10.3354/meps11644 Colman, Liliana P.; Patrício, Ana Rita C.; McGowan, Andrew; Santos, Armando J. B.; Marcovaldi, Maria Ângela; Bellini, Cláudio; Godley, Brendan J.. "Long-term growth and survival dynamics of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at an isolated tropical archipelago in Brazil". Marine Biology 162 1 (2014): 111-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2585-5. 10.1007/s00227-014-2585-5 Cano, Raul J.; Toranzos, Gary A.; Santiago-Rodriguez, Tasha M.; Patricio, Ana R.; Rivera, Jessica I.. "Data on ancient microorganisms causes skepticism". FEMS Microbiology Letters 353 2 (2014): 87-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6968.12414. Published • 10.1111/1574-6968.12414 Patrício, R; Diez, CE; van Dam, RP. "Spatial and temporal variability of immature green turtle abundance and somatic growth in Puerto Rico". Endangered Species Research 23 1 (2014): 51-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00554. Published • 10.3354/esr00554 Toledo-Hernández, C.; Vélez-Zuazo, X.; Ruiz-Diaz, C.P.; Patricio, A.R.; Mège, P.; Navarro, M.; Sabat, A.M.; Betancur-R, R.; Papa, R.. "Population ecology and genetics of the invasive lionfish in Puerto Rico". Aquatic Invasions 9 2 (2014): 227-237. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902345315&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3391/ai.2014.9.2.12 Santiago-Rodriguez, Tasha M.; Patrício, Ana R.; Rivera, Jessica I.; Coradin, Mariel; Gonzalez, Alfredo; Tirado, Gabriela; Cano, Raúl J.; Toranzos, Gary A.. "luxSin bacteria isolated from 25- to 40-million-year-old amber". FEMS Microbiology Letters 350 1 (2013): 117-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6968.12275. Published • 10.1111/1574-6968.12275 Patricio, A. R.; Herbst, L. H.; Duarte, A.; Velez-Zuazo, X.; Santos Loureiro, N.; Pereira, N.; Tavares, L.; Toranzos, G. A.. "Global phylogeography and evolution of chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus". Journal of General Virology 93 Pt_5 (2012): 1035-1045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.038950-0. Published • 10.1099/vir.0.038950-0 Patrício, AR; Velez-Zuazo, X; Diez, CE; Dam, RV; Sabat, AM. "Survival probability of immature green turtles in two foraging grounds at Culebra, Puerto Rico". Marine Ecology Progress Series 440 (2011): 217-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09337. Published • 10.3354/meps09337
Newsletter article	Patrício, Ana Rita; Beal, Martin. "We attached tracking devices to West Africa green turtles. This is what we learnt", The Conversation, 2022, https://theconversation.com/we-attached-tracking-devices-to-west-africas-green-turtles-this-is-what-we-learnt-183858. Patrício, Ana Rita. "Understanding the movements of green turtles from the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau", MAVA Newsletter, 2018, http://mava-foundation.org/news-wonders-bijagos/. Patrício, Ana Rita. "How to Stop Sex Changes in Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef", Scientific American, 2018, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-stop-sex-changes-in-turtles-on-the-great-barrier-reef/. Patrício, Ana Rita. "How can we halt the feminisation of sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef?", The Conversation, 2018, https://theconversation.com/how-can-we-halt-the-feminisation-of-sea-turtles-in-the-northern-great-barrier-reef-90102. Patrício, Ana Rita. "Minutes of the Africa Regional Meeting, 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kober, Japan, 19 February 2018", África Sea Turtle Newsletter, 2018, http://oceanecology.org/african-sea-turtle-newsletter/.
Newspaper article	Patrício, Ana Rita. "African network protects key turtle sites", Phys.org, 2022, https://phys.org/news/2022-03-african-network-key-turtle-sites.html.
Online resource	Ionescu, Andrei. African network helps protect green turtle populations. 2022. https://www.earth.com/news/african-network-helps-protect-green-turtle-populations/. Patrício, Ana Rita. Green turtles from Guinea-Bissau: where do they come from and where do they go?. 2019. http://www.mare-centre.pt/en/turtle-mare-guine. Patrício, Ana Rita. Green turtle migration. 2019. https://www.seaturtles-guineabissau.org/post/green-turtle-migration. Patrício, Ana Rita. My #ExeterMarine PhD: Marine Turtles of the Bijagós, Guinea-Bissau. 2018. http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/exetermarine/2018/06/13/my-exetermarine-phd-marine-turtles-of-the-bijagos-guinea-bissau/?fbclid=IwAR3WU_ToZxCQXyfMR0rUn96FSEwTH99eSHp70g7V6Zri8fLn301nL4G_4r8. Patrício, Ana Rita. How to Stop Sex Changes in Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef. 2018. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-stop-sex-changes-in-turtles-on-the-great-barrier-reef/.
Thesis / Dissertation	Patrício, Ana Rita. "Ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas L) in a changing world". PhD, University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, 2017. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/50538. Patrício, Ana Rita. "Survival Analysis of Green Turtles at Two Developmental Sites, in Culebra, Puerto Rico Evolution and Phylogeography of the Fibropapillomatosis-associated Turtle Herpesvirus". Master, Universidad de Puerto Rico Departamento de Biologia, 2011. https://books.google.pt/books/about/Survival_Analysis_of_Green_Turtles_of_Tw.html?id=n7U6MwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y.

Other

Other output

Chelonia mydas (South Atlantic subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - assessment.. 2019. Broderick, Annette C.; Patrício, Ana Rita. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T142121866A142086337.en.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T142121866A142086337.en

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/03/24	Atlantic-wide connectivity in Ascension Island green turtles, revealed by mitochondrial DNA	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Cartagena, Colombia)
2023/03/21	Twenty years of monitoring and tracking green turtles in West Africa: what have we learnt?	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Cartagena, Colombia)
2023/03	Genetic composition and origin of green turtles foraging at the Banc dArguin National Park, Mauritania	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Cartagena, Colombia)
2022/07/22	Migratory strategies of West Africa green turtles and connectivity across the regional network of marine protected areas (RAMPAO)	IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Kigali, Rwanda)
2022/03/22	The Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania) is a major foraging area for green turtles in the Atlantic Ocean	40th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Perth, Australia)
2022	Inter-nesting habitat use of green turtles from Poilão Island, West Africa, and the importance of a marine protected area	40th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation International Sea Turtle Society (Perth, Australia)
2021/06	Tartarugas-verdes da África Ocidental: conectividade através de fronteiras	Conservation of Sea Turtles in Africa - Webinar Projecto Kitabanga. www.kitabanga.org/index.php/pt / (Angola)
2018/04/09	Philopatry and nest-site fidelity in marine turtles - Individual and demographic consequences in a changing world	Workshop Doutoramento 2018, no âmbito to programa em Biologia do Comportamento Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Socias e da Vida - ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/12/04	Climate Change Impacts to Green Turtles in West Africa	Ciclo de conferências 2017/2018 - ISPA - Instituto Universitário Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Socias e da Vida - ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/03/01	Long term monitoring of immature green turtles in Puerto Rico: population dynamics and impacts of fibropapillomatosis.	36th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Lima, Peru International Sea Turtle Society - https://internationalseaturtlesociety.org/ (Lima, Peru)
2015/09/02	From East to West: Insights of the transoceanic migration of green turtles in the Atlantic	Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conference. Liverpool, UK (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2015/04/22	From East to West: Insights of the transoceanic migration of green turtles in the Atlantic	35th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Dalaman, Turkey International Sea Turtle Society - https://internationalseaturtlesociety.org/ (Dalaman, Turkey)
2014/04	Nest-site selection of green turtles from the third largest Atlantic rookery, Poilão, Guinea-Bissau	34th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. New Orleans, USA International Sea Turtle Society - https://internationalseaturtlesociety.org/ (New Orleans, United States)
2010	Population, Habitat Assessment & Fibropapillomatosis in green turtles from Culebra Archipelago: Potential Projects and Preliminary Results	Widecast workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico and WIDECAST (Culebra, Puerto Rico)
2009/09/09	Fibropapillomatosis - Rita Patrício	Wildlife Diseases Sierra Club (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Impact of tidal inundation on the embryonic development of green turtles and consequences of nesting site selection Supervisor	MSc in Marine Biology (Master) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023 - Current	Body size and in-water behavioural ecology of green turtles from a major population across its West African range Co-supervisor	Biology (PhD) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023 - Current	Temporal and spatial distribution of breeding green turtles and mating behaviour Co-supervisor	MSc em Biologia Marinha e Conservação (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023 - Current	Green turtle abundance trends at Poilão Island, Guinea-Bissau Supervisor	Mestrado em Bioestatística (Master) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022 - Current	Nesting biology of Green Turtles of Principe Island Supervisor	MSc in Marine Biology (Master) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020 - Current	Resilience of West African Green Turtles to Climate Change Supervisor	PhD in Behaviour Biology (PhD) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - Current	Marine Turtle Conservation at the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau Supervisor	PhD Programme in Biodiversity Genetics and Evolution (PhD) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - 2023	Evolução do tamanho de maturação de tartarugas-verdes na Guiné-Bissau Supervisor	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2021 - 2022	A high-resolution mitochondrial DNA sequencing assessment of genetic structure and Atlantic-wide connectivity in Ascension Island green turtles Supervisor	MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation (Master) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, United Kingdom
2020 - 2022	Mergulho e seleção de habitat de tartarugas-verdes Chelonia mydas da África Ocidental Supervisor	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Investigating green sea turtle diet and digestive microbiome using DNA metabarcoding Co-supervisor	International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources, IMBRSea (Master) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2021	Métodos de monitorização e tendências numéricas de tartarugas-verdes em poilão, o local de reprodução mais importante de África Supervisor	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Aspectos da migração , do nicho isotópico e do sucesso reprodutor da tartaruga-verdes (Chelonia mydas) no arquipélago dos Bijagós Supervisor	MSc Marine Biology and Conservation (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Fibropapillomatosis and the associated Chelonid herpesvirus 5 in green turtles from West Africa Supervisor	MSc in Veterinary Medicine (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	Future technologies for large-scale monitoring of marine turtle nesting populations (2023 - 2023) Workshop (Co-organisor)	University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, United Kingdom
2021/06/06 - 2021/12/08	WEST AFRICA SEA TURTLE WORKSHOP (BISSAU 2021) - Sharing experiences to broaden and strengthen the regional network (2021/12/06 - 2021/12/08) Workshop (Co-organisor)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM), Senegal Instituto da Biodiversidade e Áreas Protegidas - Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Guinea-Bissau
2021/11/02 - 2021/11/05	Course on sea turtle biology and conservation to bachelor students of the University of Cabo Verde (2021/11/02 - 2021/11/05) Workshop (Co-organisor)	MARE-ISPA, Portugal Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2021 - 2021	Seminar on sea turtle biology, ecology, threats and conservation, with emphasis on the West Africa region (2021 - 2021) Seminar (Co-organisor)	University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal MARE-ISPA, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/24	Poster presentation, PI: Movement patterns of green turtles at one of the largest foraging grounds: the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania Symposium	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/24	Poster presentation, PI: Coming out of the Shell: First assessment of the hawksbills from the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea-Bissau Symposium	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2023/03/18 - 2023/03/24	Poster presentation, PI: Migration and isotopic niche of green turtles from Poilão Island, Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau) Symposium	41st International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Poster presentation, PI: Reproductive success of green turtles on Meio Island, Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau Symposium	40th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Palestra escola IBN Mucana: A viagem da tartaruga	Escola IBN Mucana, Portugal
2019/02/14 - 2019/02/14	Speaker at lecture from the Centre for Comunication of the Oceans CCOceanos Other	1.ª palestra CCOceanos 2019-Fundação Vodafone: https://ccoceanos.wixsite.com/ccoceanos CCOceanos, Portugal
2019 - 2019	The European Researchers Night is an initiative that started in 2005, funded by the European Commission, aiming to celebrate Science and bringing researchers and citizens closer together. Festival	Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2019
2018/02/18 - 2018/02/23	Poster presentation - first author: Patrício AR, Varela M, Barbosa C, Broderick AC, Catry P, Hawkes L, Regalla R, Brendan J. Godley. Climate change impacts to West African Green Turtles Symposium	38th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Kobe, Japan international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2015/04/19 - 2015/04/24	Poster presentation: first author - Patrício AR, Diez C.E., van Dam R.P., and Godley BJ. Dynamics of green turtle Fibropapillomatosis Symposium	35th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Dalaman, Turkey international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2014/09/30 - 2014/10/04	Poster presentation: Marques A., Patrício R., Tchantchalam Q., Regalla A., Barbosa C., Rebelo R. and Catry P. 2014. How does the location of the nest influences the sex-ratio of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Poilão, Guinea-Bissau? Congress	XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology. Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012/03/11 - 2012/03/16	Poster presentatio: first author - Patrício AR, Velez-Zuazo X, Diez CE and van Dam RP. Spatial and Temporal Variability on Abundance and Somatic Growth of Immature Green Turtles at Culebra, PR Symposium	32nd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Huatulco, Mexico international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2012/03/11 - 2012/03/16	Poster presentation: Velez-Zuazo X, Nava M, van Dam RP , and Patrício AR. 2012. Genetic assessment of sea turtle foraging aggregations of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Symposium	32nd Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Huatulco, Mexico international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2011/04/10 - 2011/04/15	Poster presentation: first author - Patrício AR, Velez-Zuazo X, Diez CE, van Dam RP and Sabat AM. 2011. Survival Probability Analysis as a Tool to Identify Green Turtle Juvenile Developmental Sites Symposium	31st Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. San Diego, CA, USA international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Poster presentation: Velez-Zuazo X, Navarro M, Mege P, Ruiz CP, Patricio AR and Toledo-Hernandez C. 2011. mtDNA analysis of exotic lionfish in Puerto Rico supports origin from US East Coast invasion Conference	Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). San Juan, Puerto Rico. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/12/22	Implicações de invernar nos trópicos para aves limícolas migradoras (Thesis) Arguer	Ana Coelho (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/12/19	The effect of nest abundance of Loggerhead turtles on the nest predation rate of ghost crabs in Cabo Verde (Thesis) Main arguer	Kaja Lena Boner (Master) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/11/30	Nesting habitat preferences and hatching success of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, in São Tomé Island, West Africa (Thesis) Main arguer	Edilaine Cristina Bandeira Cunha (Master) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/05/13	Assessing temporal and spatial patterns in habitat use of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Rita Marcelino Teresa (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/12/21	Adapting a comprehensive behavioural model to investigate drivers of illegal sea turtle trade (Thesis) Main arguer	Morgan Rhys Dennis Mano Casal Ribeiro (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09/23	Sea turtle conservation: genetics and genomics for a better management (Thesis) Arguer	Anna Barbanti (PhD) Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2018/12/21	Influence of external factors in the survival and reproductive success of loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in Maio Island, Cape Verde (Thesis) Main arguer	Rita Ferreira Martins (Master) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/05/29	Green turtles on the island of Cavalos (Guinea-Bissau). Abundance, nest success and experimental nest predation (Thesis) Main arguer	Manuel Maria Arauz de Sá Sampaio (Master) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2011 - Current	International Sea Turtle Society	member
2011/08 - 2012	Associação para a Investigação do Meio Marinho (AIMM)	Scientific Consultant

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	IUCN-Species Survival Commission (SSC) Marine Turtle Specialist Group Member	International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
2018/03/25 - 2019/12/31	Boavista Loggerhead Scientific Committee Member Member	Boa Vista Loggerhead Scientific Committee, Cape Verde

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022	Plano de Ação Nacional para a Conservação das Tartarugas Marinhas na Guiné-Bissau	Instituto da Biodiversidade e Áreas Protegidas - Dr. Alfredo Simão da Silva (IBAP), Guinea-Bissau
2016/05/16 - 2016/06/30	Scientific advisory and facilitation at MAVA workshop on sea turtle conservation at Boavista Island, Cape Verde, and writting of Final Project Proposals for Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (FPPs)	MAVA Foundation, Switzerland

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2020 - Current	Lectures on Climate Change Impacts to Sea Turtles at MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation Programme	Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation (Master)	University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, United Kingdom
2018 - Current	Lectures on Sea turtle Biology for the Master programme in Marine Biology and Conservation	Seabirds and marine reptiles (Mestrado)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2018 - Current	Lectures on Ecosystem services, Global Warming and Climate Change for the Biology bachelor degree	Ecosystem services, Global Warming and Climate Change (Licenciatura)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Lecture on Fibropapillomatosis disease in West Africa green turtles	Conservation Medicine (Bachelor)	University of Liverpool Institute of Infection Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, United Kingdom
2008/09 - 2010/12	2008 - 2010: TA of General Biology II: Study of the fundamentals of Biology in the following areas: Diversity in Biology, Ecology, Anatomy, Plant and Animal Physiology	General Biology II (Bachelor)	Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2020/10/26	O que vai acontecer às tartarugas marinhas?	O Observador
2018/12/30	Global Warming Could Make These Sea Turtles 98% Female - Interview for Popular Mechanics news outlet	Popular Mechanics
2018/12/21	Every sea turtle in global study found to have synthetic fibers and microplastics in their guts - Interview	Mongabay
2018/12/20	Climate change is increasing sea turtle feminization - Interview for UPI news outlet	UPI

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2022 - 2022	Mentes Brilhantes, O Observador	O longo caminho para proteger as tartarugas
2022 - 2022	Geração Digital, RTP	Tartarugas Verdes na África ocidental
2020 - 2020	Merveilles de la nature; Bijagos: entre terre et óceans	Sea turtle conservation and research in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau

Distinctions

Award

2012	Archie Carr award for runner up poster presentation in Biology, 32nd Internacional Symposium in Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Huatulco, Mexico, 11 - 16 March 2012 international Sea Turtle Society, Portugal
2011	Dr. José Ramón Ortiz Award for highest academic index achieved during the Master programme in Biology, at the University of Puerto Rico - 2008 to 2010 Fundação Ríos-Pasarell, Inc., Portugal

Other distinction

2020	Junior Leader Research Fellow in the amount of 292K for a 3-year contract and project Obra Social La Caixa, Spain