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Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Pagellus bogaraveo; Goraz (Pagellus bogaraveo); Ictiologia; Peixes Demersais; Açores; .
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes

Citation names

  • Fontes, Jorge

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9812-CCDB-D4B6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8451-5532
Education
Degree Classification
2004
Concluded
 Ciências do Mar (Doutoramento)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Larval Dispersal and Recruitment in Azorean Coastal Fishes - Implications for Marine Reserves" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1993/09/15 - 1998/10/31
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura)
Major in Ecologia Marinha
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Eto-Ecologia da Reprodução das Castanhetas dos Açores (Chromis limbata e Abudefduf luridus) - uma análise comparativa - " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/16 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
2021/05/01 - 2024/04/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2020/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Direcção Regional de Ciência e Tecnologia dos Açores, Portugal
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
2009 - 2016 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2013/07 - 2014/08 Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/07/02 - Current Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries
Researcher
European Comission
Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Towards the Sustainable Development of the Atlantic Ocean: Mapping and Assessing the present and future status of Atlantic marine ecosystems under the influence of climate change and exploitation
Researcher
European Comission
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 O2SHARK – Avaliação do impacto das alterações climáticas nas preferências ambientais de tubarões pelágicos através do desenvolvimento de transmissores de satélite
PTDC/BIA-BMA/3536/2021
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2024/09/30 NAUTILOS New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation
Grant agreement ID: 101000825
Principal investigator
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 European Comission
Ongoing
2020/04/01 - 2023/03/31 EcoDivePWN
EcoDivePWN
Principal investigator
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 ProWinNature
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2023/01/31 Aeros-Az Development of Nanosatellites platform as a precursor of a future constellation to leverage the Space/Ocean scientific and economic synergies (Açores-45-2019-11)
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000131
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000131
Principal investigator
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 PO Açores
Ongoing
2018/06/14 - 2022/06/13 Bases ecológicas para uma gestão sustentável da corvina
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30278/2017
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2022/03/31 Ilhas oceânicas como habitat essencial para tubarões migratórios
PTDC/BIA-BMA/32204/2017
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/04/01 - 2022/02/28 DDeSPAR - Diversificação para o desenvolvimento sustentável da pesca artesanal dos Açores
16-01-03-FMP-0038
Principal investigator
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2021 Ecology and Conservation of Coastal Sharks in Oceanic Islands
PTDC/MAR-PRO/3880/2012
Post-doc
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017 - 2020 MapGES - Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores: assisting with the implementation of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000056
Researcher
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 DRCT
Concluded
2016 - 2020 MERCES Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas
689518
Researcher
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
Ongoing
2016 - 2020 ATLAS A Trans-AtLantic Assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based Spatial management plan for Europe
678760
Researcher
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Biocronologias de otólitos: Identificação de factores responsáveis por respostas regionais e alterações da produtividade em oceanos em mudança
PTDC/AAG-GLO/5849/2014
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06 - 2019/12/31 EcoDiveAz - Rumo ao Crescimento Sustentável do mergulho com tubarões e jamantas nos Açores
Acores-01-0145-FEDER-000059
Principal investigator
Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
 DRCT
Concluded
2015/06 - 2017/04 MEDUSA DS - Opening the Deep Sea (DS) Frontier
PT02_Aviso4_0013_MEDUSA
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2010/11/01 - 2016/10/31 SEAMOUNT RESERVE EFFECTS, CONNECTIVITY AND ESSENTIAL JUVENILE HABITAT
SFRH/BPD/66532/2009
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/02 - 2016/01 MORPH - Marine robotic system of self-organizing, logically linked physical nodes
288704
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Concluded
2010 - 2014 CONDOR - Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems
PT0040
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Movimentos, uso do habitat e conectividade de peixes em montes submarinosSEAMOV
PTDC/MAR/108232/2008
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04 - 2013/09 Seamount fishes: movements, habitat use and connectivity (SEAMOV)
Provided by PTCRIS: 108232
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/01/01 - 2009/06/30 Sistemas de Seguimento para Veículos Submarinos Robóticos e Animais Marinhos - RUMOS
PDCT/MAR/55609/2004
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/06 - 2009/06 GREX - Coordination and control of cooperating heterogeneous unmanned systems in uncertain environments
035223
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Concluded
2006/01 - 2009/06 Robotic Underwater Vehicles and Marine Animals Tracking Systems - RUMOS
Provided by PTCRIS: 55609
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra
2004/03/01 - 2008/02/29 LARVAL DISPERSAL AND RECRUTIMENT PATTERNS IN AZOREAN COASTAL FISHES - IMPLICATIONS FOR MARINE RESERVES
SFRH/BD/12788/2003
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2008 MADE Mitigating ADverse Ecological impacts of open ocean fisheries
210496
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Nuno Vasco Rodrigues; Fontes, Jorge; Áthila Bertoncini. Peixes Marinhos Costeiros de São Tomé e Príncipe | Coastal Marine Fishes of São Tomé and Príncipe. Lisboa, Portugal. 2018.
Book chapter
  1. Cardigos, Frederico; Monteiro, João; Fontes, Jorge; Parretti, Paola; Serrão Santos, Ricardo. "12. Fighting Invasions in the Marine Realm, a Case Study with Caulerpa webbiana in the Azores". In Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems. De Gruyter Open, 2015.
    10.1515/9783110438666-018
  2. Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Guedes, Rui; Tempera, Fernando; Holland, Kim N.; Santos, Ricardo S.. "A Multi-Scale Study of Red Porgy Movements and Habitat Use, and Its Application to the Design of Marine Reserve Networks". In Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices, 423-443. United States: Springer Netherlands, 2009.
    10.1007/978-1-4020-9640-2 25
Conference abstract
  1. Waller, Matt; Queiroz, Nuno; ...; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, Bruno; Sims, David. Corresponding author: Waller, Matt. "The fastest shark? Direct measurements of swimming speeds of shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus)". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, 2024.
    Published
  2. Fontes, Jorge; Priester, C. Robert; Reuter, Elisabeth; Graça, Gonçalo; Rosa, Rui; Rodrigue, Mattie; Cabrera-Alvarez, Maria; et al. Corresponding author: Fontes, Jorge. "Common remora, anything but ordinary". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, 2024.
    Published
  3. Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Betty Laglabauer; Fontes, Jorge. "Spying on the devils lair: Remote monitoring of the seasonal aggregation of Mobula tarapacana". Paper presented in EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - EAA2021, Leiden, 2021.
    Published
  4. Ivo da Costa; Sophie Prendergast; Marques, L; Fontes, Jorge; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; et al. "Development of a new animal-attached pop-off tag capable of recording in situ dissolved oxygen". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021.
    Published
  5. Abecasis, David; Macena, BCL; Fontes, Jorge; Erzini, Karim; Afonso, Pedro. "Movements of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) along the Portuguese coast". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Fish Telemetry, Arendal, 2019.
    Published
  6. Fontes, Jorge; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Macena, BCL; Betty Laglbauer; Joffrey Baeyaert; Prieto, Rui; Graça, Gonçalo; et al. Corresponding author: Fontes, Jorge. "New non-invasive attachment and multisensor towed tags for short-term high resolution tagging of pelagic sharks and rays.". Paper presented in EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - EAA2018, 2018.
    Published
  7. Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica A.; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. "Integrated observation of multiple species and habitats: challenges for science and technology". Paper presented in Workshop on Environmental Monitoring and Surveillance: challenges, solutions and opportunities, Gaia, 2014.
Conference paper
  1. Prendergast, Sophie; Payne, Cadence; Lifson, Miles; Haughwout, Christian; Tieppo, Marcos; Figueiredo, Paulo; Guerra, André; et al. "AEROS: Oceanographic Hyperspectral Imaging and Argos-Tracking CubeSat". Paris, 2022.
    10.48550/arxiv.2211.05124
  2. Seth Cones; Kakani Katija; K. Alex Shorter; Frants Jensen; David Mann; Pedro Afonso; Fontes, Jorge; Aleck Zhaohui Wang; T. Aran Mooney. "Diel Vertical Migrations and Climb-and-Glide Ascents in Veined Squid (Loligo forbesi)". Paper presented in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020, 2020.
    Published
  3. Fontes, Jorge; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas. "Automated Species Counting using a Hierarchical Classification Approach with Haar Cascades and Multi-Descriptor Random Forests". 2016.
    10.1109/OCEANSAP.2016.7485544
  4. Fontes, Jorge; Fontes, Jorge; McGinty, Niall; Machete, Miguel; Afonso, Pedro. "Whale sharks, tunas and Azorean fisherman, BFF?". Paper presented in The 4th International Whale Shark Conference, 2016.
    DOI: 10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.17
  5. de Sousa, Joao Borges; Pereira, Joao; Pinto, Jose; Paulo Claro Lourenfo; Joao Madaleno Galocha; Fontes, Jorge; Silva, Monica; et al. "Rapid Environmental Picture Atlantic exercise 2015: A field report". 2016.
    10.1109/oceans.2016.7761496
  6. Fontes, Jorge; Kalwa, J.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Fontes, J.; Brignone, L.; Ridao, P.; Birk, A.; et al. "The MORPH project: Actual results". 2015.
    10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271714
  7. Kalwa, J.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Tempera, F.; Fontes, J.; Santos, R.S.; Fabri, M.-C.; Brignone, L.; et al. "The MORPH concept and its application in marine research". 2013.
    10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6607988
Conference poster
  1. Gandra, M.; Fontes, Jorge; Macena, B.; Abecasis, D.; Meyer, C.; Afonso, P.. "From darkness to light: Understanding movement and residency patterns of two sympatric deep-sea sharks in the North Atlantic". Paper presented in 8th International Biologging Science Symposium, 2024.
  2. Das, Diya; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, BCL. Corresponding author: Das, Diya. "Flying through space - orientation cues used by mobula rays in transatlantic migrations". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, 2024.
  3. Gandra, Miguel; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge. "Long-term intra and interspecific spatial overlap of Sphyraena viridensis and Seriola rivoliana at a remote seamount.". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Fish Telemetry; Cairns, Australia., 2017.
Journal article
  1. 1. VanCompernolle; Fontes, Jorge; et al. Corresponding author: 1. VanCompernolle. "Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats". Conservation Biology (2024):
    Accepted
  2. Gloria Castellano-González; Bruno C.L. Macena; Tiago Bartolomeu; André Passos; Pedro Afonso; Fontes, Miguel Rodrigues Jorge. Corresponding author: Gloria Castellano-González. "Ecological aspects and hydrodynamics of hitchhiking remoras (Remora sp.) associated with sicklefin devil rays (Mobula tarapacana)". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2024): https://www.int-res.com/prepress/m14750.html.
    Open access • Accepted
  3. Arostegui, M.C.; Afonso, P.; Fauconnet, L.; Fontes, J.; Macena, B.C.L.; Meyer, C.; Morato, T.; Braun, C.D.. "Advancing the frontier of fish geolocation into the ocean’s midwaters". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 212 (2024): 104386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104386.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104386
  4. Freya C. Womersley; Christoph A. Rohner; Kátya Abrantes; Pedro Afonso; Shin Arunrugstichai; Steffen S. Bach; Shir Bar; et al. "Identifying priority sites for whale shark ship collision management globally". Science of The Total Environment 934 (2024): 172776.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172776
  5. Ivo da Costa; David W. Sims; Bruno Loureiro; Matt J. Waller; Freya C. Womersley; Alexandra Loveridge; Nicolas E. Humphries; et al. "Measuring deoxygenation effects on marine predators: A new animal-attached archival tag recording in situ dissolved oxygen, temperature, fine-scale movements and behaviour". Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2024):
    Open access • 10.1111/2041-210x.14360
  6. Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, Bruno. "Whale sharks and tunas hunt together". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22 2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2718.
    Open access • 10.1002/fee.2718
  7. Fauconnet, Laurence; Morato, Telmo; Das, Diya; Catarino, Diana; Fontes, Jorge; Giacomello, Eva; Afonso, Pedro. "First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fisheries". Fisheries Research 270 (2024): 106877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877.
    10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877
  8. Jorge Fontes; Martijn Schouten; Pedro Afonso; Bruno Macena. "The return of Scarface: Philopatry in an ocean wandering shark?". Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4234.
    10.1002/ecy.4234
  9. Priester, CR; Dierking, J; Hansen, T; Abecasis, D; Fontes, JM; Afonso, P. "Trophic ecology and coastal niche partitioning of two sympatric shark species in the Azores (mid-Atlantic)". Marine Ecology Progress Series 726 (2024): 113-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14487.
    10.3354/meps14487
  10. Priester, CR; Afonso, P; Trueman, CN; Menezes, G; Graça, G; Fontes, J. "Contrasting ontogenetic shifts in habitat and metabolism of three sympatric key deep-sea fishes". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14508.
    10.3354/meps14508
  11. Bowlby, Heather D.; Druon, Jean-Noël; Lopez, Jon; Juan-Jordá, Maria José; Carreón-Zapiain, María Teresa; Vandeperre, Frederic; Leone, Agostino; et al. "Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: initial steps within the framework". (2024): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/25905.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106155
  12. Camrin D. Braun; Alice Della Penna; Martin C. Arostegui; Pedro Afonso; Michael L. Berumen; Barbara A. Block; Craig A. Brown; et al. "Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (2023):
    Open access • 10.1073/pnas.2306357120
  13. Waller, Matt J.; Queiroz, Nuno; da Costa, Ivo; Cidade, Tiago; Loureiro, Bruno; Womersley, Freya C.; Fontes, Jorge; et al. "Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate". Journal of Fish Biology 103 5 (2023): 864-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15475.
    10.1111/jfb.15475
  14. Fontes, Jorge; J. Dachelet; Ricardo Serrão Santos; Macena, Bruno; Afonso, Pedro. "New additions to black and white fish mutants". Ecological Indicators (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110295.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110295
  15. Jorge Fontes; Gloria Castellano-González; Bruno C. L. Macena; Pedro Afonso. "Hitchhiking to the abyss". Ecology and Evolution (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10126.
    10.1002/ece3.10126
  16. M. Saraiva, Bruno; Macena, Bruno; Solleliet, Silvio; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Bruno M. Saraiva; Bruno C. L. Macena; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Pedro Afonso. "First insights into the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) fine-scale swimming behaviour". Royal Society Open Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230012.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.1098/rsos.230012
  17. J. Fontes; B. Macena; S. Solleliet-Ferreira; F. Buyle; R. Magalhães; T. Bartolomeu; N. Liebsch; C. Meyer; P. Afonso. "The advantages and challenges of non-invasive towed PILOT tags for free-ranging deep-diving megafauna". Animal Biotelemetry 10 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-023-00321-6.
    Open access • 10.1186/s40317-022-00310-1
  18. Afonso, Pedro; Gandra, Miguel; Graça, Gonçalo; Macena, Bruno; Vandeperre, Frederic; Fontes, Jorge. "The Multi-Annual Residency of Juvenile Smooth Hammerhead Shark in an Oceanic Island Nursery". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.844893.
    doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.844893
  19. Cones, SF; Zhang, D; Shorter, KA; Katija, K; Mann, DA; Jensen, FH; Fontes, J; Afonso, P; Mooney, TA. "Swimming behaviors during diel vertical migration in veined squid Loligo forbesii". Marine Ecology Progress Series 691 (2022): 83-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14056.
    10.3354/meps14056
  20. Braun, Camrin D.; Arostegui, Martin C.; Thorrold, Simon R.; Papastamatiou, Yannis P.; Gaube, Peter; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. "The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators". Annual Review of Marine Science 14 1 (2022): 129-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-032521-103517.
    10.1146/annurev-marine-032521-103517
  21. Afonso, Pedro; Gandra, Miguel; Graça, Gonçalo; Macena, Bruno; Vandeperre, Frederic; Fontes, Jorge. "The multi-annual residency of juvenile smooth hammerhead shark in an oceanic island nursery". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18633.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.844893
  22. Neves, João; Giacomello, Eva; Menezes, Gui M.; Fontes, Jorge; Tanner, Susanne E.. "Temperature-Driven Growth Variation in a Deep-Sea Fish: The Case of Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) in the Azores Archipelago". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.703820.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.703820
  23. Carlos Dominguez-Carrió; Jorge Fontes; Telmo Morato. "A cost-effective video system for a rapid appraisal of deep-sea benthic habitats: The Azor drift-cam". Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13617.
    10.1111/2041-210X.13617
  24. Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Couto, Ana; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Mucientes, Gonzalo; et al. "Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation". Nature 595 7866 (2021): E20-E28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9.
    10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9
  25. Vedor, Marisa; Queiroz, Nuno; Mucientes, Gonzalo; Couto, Ana; Costa, Ivo da; Santos, António dos; Vandeperre, Frederic; et al. "Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark". eLife 10 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.62508.
    10.7554/elife.62508
  26. Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicholas E.; Couto, Ana; Afonso, André S.; Sims, David W.; Afonso, Pedro; Bezerra, Natalia P.A.; et al. "Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone". Nature 595 7866 (2021): E8-E16. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/5893.
    10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3
  27. Gandra, M; Afonso, P; Fontes, J. "Intra and interspecific associations in two predatory reef fishes at a shallow seamount". Marine Ecology Progress Series 654 (2020): 93-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13501.
    Published • 10.3354/meps13501
  28. Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Giacomello, Eva; Magalhães, Maria C.; Martins, Helen R.; Morato, Telmo; Neves, Verónica; et al. "The Azores: A Mid-Atlantic Hotspot for Marine Megafauna Research and Conservation". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00826.
    10.3389/fmars.2019.00826
  29. Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Bruno Macena; Betty Laglbauer; Ana Filipa Sobral; Pedro Afonso; Fontes, Jorge. "Sicklefin devilray and common remora prey jointly on baitfish". Environmental Biology of Fishes (2020):
    Accepted
  30. Fontes, Jorge; McGinty, Niall; Miguel Machete; Pedro Afonso; Jorge Fontes; Niall McGinty. "Whale shark-tuna associations, insights from a small pole-and-line fishery from the mid-north Atlantic". Fisheries Research 229 (2020): 105598-105598. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165783620301156.
    Published • doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105598
  31. Fontes, Jorge. "New generation of non-invasive tools to understand and manage large and iconic sharks and rays". (2020): https://doi.org/10.25752/arq.21175.
    10.25752/arq.21175,title
  32. Flaspohler, Genevieve E.; Caruso, Francesco; Mooney, T. Aran; Katija, Kakani; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Shorter, K. Alex. "Quantifying the swimming gaits of veined squid (Loligo forbesii) using bio-logging tags". The Journal of Experimental Biology 222 24 (2019): jeb198226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.198226.
    10.1242/jeb.198226
  33. Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Couto, Ana; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Mucientes, Gonzalo; et al. "Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries". Nature 572 7770 (2019): 461-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4.
    10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4
  34. Braun, Camrin D; Gaube, Peter; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Skomal, Gregory B; Thorrold, Simon R. "Assimilating electronic tagging, oceanographic modelling, and fisheries data to estimate movements and connectivity of swordfish in the North Atlantic". ICES Journal of Marine Science 76 7 (2019): 2305-2317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz106.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsz106
  35. Maggio, Teresa; Allegra, Alessandro; Andaloro, Franco; Pedro Barreiros, João; Battaglia, Pietro; Butler, Christopher M; Cuttitta, Angela; et al. "Historical separation and present-day structure of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) populations in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea". ICES Journal of Marine Science 76 4 (2018): 1028-1038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy174.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsy174
  36. Pedro Afonso; Mara Schmiing; Jorge Fontes; Fernando Tempera; Telmo Morato; Ricardo S. Santos. "Effects of marine protected areas on coastal fishes across the Azores archipelago, mid-North Atlantic". Journal of Sea Research 138 (2018): 34-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2018.04.003.
    10.1016/j.seares.2018.04.003
  37. Baeyaert, Joffrey; Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; Graça, Gonçalo; Erzini, Karim; Fontes, Jorge. "‘Solo datasets’: unexpected behavioural patterns uncovered by acoustic monitoring of single individuals". Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 51 3 (2018): 183-201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2018.1517018.
    10.1080/10236244.2018.1517018
  38. J. Fontes; J. Baeyaert; R. Prieto; G. Graça; F. Buyle; P. Afonso. "New non-invasive methods for short-term electronic tagging of pelagic sharks and rays". Marine Biology 165 2 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3289-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-018-3289-z
  39. Laglbauer, Betty J.L.; Afonso, Pedro; Donnay, Anick; Santos, Ricardo S.; Fontes, Jorge. "Reproductive synchrony in a temperate damselfish, Chromis limbata". acta ethologica 20 3 (2017): 297-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-017-0269-0.
    10.1007/s10211-017-0269-0
  40. Schmiing, Mara; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. "Predictive mapping of reproductive fish habitats to aid marine conservation planning". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74 7 (2017): 1016-1027. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0538.
    10.1139/cjfas-2015-0538
  41. Nuno Vasco Rodrigues; Fontes, Jorge; Áthila Bertoncini. "Cleaning interactions of fishes at São Tomé Island, West Africa". Cahiers de Biologie Marine 58 3 (2017): 347-352. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318233590_Cleaning_interactions_of_fishes_at_Sao_Tome_Island_West_Africa.
    Published
  42. Jorge Fontes; Pedro Afonso. "Long-term residency and movements of yellowmouth barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis) at a shallow seamount". Marine Biology 164 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00227-016-3045-1.
    10.1007/s00227-016-3045-1
  43. Jorge Fontes; Sebastian C. A. Ferse; Brice Semmens; Jennifer E. Caselle; Ricardo S. Santos; Shree R. Prakya. "Ocean Productivity May Predict Recruitment of the Rainbow Wrasse (Coris julis)". PLOS ONE 11 11 (2016): e0165648-e0165648. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165648.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0165648
  44. Kalwa, Joerg; Tietjen, Daniel; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Fontes, Jorge; Brignone, Lorenzo; Gracias, Nuno; Ridao, Pere; et al. "The European Project MORPH: Distributed UUV Systems for Multimodal, 3D Underwater Surveys". Marine Technology Society Journal 50 4 (2016): 26-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.50.4.10.
    10.4031/mtsj.50.4.10
  45. Vasco-Rodrigues, N.; Fontes, Jorge; Áthila Bertoncini; Fontes, Jorge. "Ten new records of marine fishes for São Tomé, West Africa". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 46 2 (2016): 123-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aip2016.46.2.09.
    10.3750/aip2016.46.2.09
  46. Afonso, Pedro; Abecasis, David; Santos, Ricardo Serrão; Fontes, Jorge; Fontes, Jorge. "Contrasting movements and residency of two serranids in a small Macaronesian MPA". Fisheries Research 177 (2016): 59-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.12.014.
    10.1016/j.fishres.2015.12.014
  47. Mooney, T. Aran; Katija, Kakani; Shorter, K. Alex; Hurst, Thomas; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. "ITAG: an eco-sensor for fine-scale behavioral measurements of soft-bodied marine invertebrates". Animal Biotelemetry 3 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-015-0076-1.
    10.1186/s40317-015-0076-1
  48. Thorrold, Simon R.; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Braun, Camrin D.; Santos, Ricardo S.; Skomal, Gregory B.; Berumen, Michael L.. "Extreme diving behaviour in devil rays links surface waters and the deep ocean". Nature Communications 5 1 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5274.
    10.1038/ncomms5274
  49. Fontes, Jorge. "Vertical Migrations of a Deep-Sea Fish and Its Prey". PloS one (2014): http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?SID=X144SOvO5M7MaPz85Lo&product=WOS&UT=000336839400029&SrcApp=EndNote&DestFail=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webofknowledge.com&Init=Yes&action=retrieve&SrcAuth=ResearchSoft&Func=Frame&customersID=ResearchSoft&IsProduct.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0097884
  50. Fontes, Jorge; Schmiing, Mara; Afonso, Pedro. "Permanent aggregations of a pelagic predator at shallow seamounts". Marine Biology 161 6 (2014): 1349-1360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2423-9.
    10.1007/s00227-014-2423-9
  51. Raimundo, J.; Vale, C.; Martins, I.; Fontes, J.; Graça, G.; Caetano, M.. "Elemental composition of two ecologically contrasting seamount fishes, the bluemouth (Helicolenus dactylopterus) and blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)". Marine Pollution Bulletin (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945535305&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.021
  52. Fontes, Jorge. "Movements of Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) across Their Life History". PLoS One (2014): http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?SID=X144SOvO5M7MaPz85Lo&product=MEDLINE&UT=25119716&SrcApp=EndNote&DestFail=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webofknowledge.com&Init=Yes&action=retrieve&SrcAuth=ResearchSoft&Func=Frame&customersID=ResearchSoft&IsProductCod.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0103538
  53. Afonso, P.; Porteiro, F.M.; Fontes, J.; Tempera, F.; Morato, T.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S.. "New and rare coastal fishes in the azores islands: Occasional events or tropicalization process?". Journal of Fish Biology 83 2 (2013): 272-294. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881114153&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jfb.12162
  54. Afonso, P.; Graça, G.; Berke, G.; Fontes, J.. "First observations on seamount habitat use of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) using acoustic telemetry". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 436-437 (2012): 1-10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866489766&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2012.08.003
  55. Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.; Santos, R.S.. "Small marine reserves can offer long term protection to an endangered fish". Biological Conservation 144 11 (2011): 2739-2744. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052583321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.028
  56. Fontes, J.; Santos, R.S.; Afonso, P.; Caselle, J.E.. "Larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment success of a temperate reef fish". Journal of Sea Research 65 1 (2011): 1-7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650809437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.seares.2010.05.001
  57. Fontes, J.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R.S.; Caselle, J.E.. "Temporal variability of larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment of a wrasse, coris julis (Pisces: Labridae), from the azores | Variabilidad temporal del crecimiento, talla y duración larvaria, y reclutamiento de un lábrido, coris julis (pisces: Labridae), de las azores". Scientia Marina 74 4 (2010): 721-729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650810714&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3989/scimar.2010.74n4721
  58. Fontes, J.; Caselle, J.E.; Afonso, P.; Santos, R.S.. "Multi-scale recruitment patterns and effects on local population size of a temperate reef fish". Journal of Fish Biology 75 6 (2009): 1271-1286. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449365624&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02363.x
  59. Fontes, J.; Caselle, J.E.; Sheehy, M.S.; Santos, R.S.; Warner, R.R.. "Natal signatures of juvenile Coris julis in the Azores: Investigating connectivity scenarios in an oceanic archipelago". Marine Ecology Progress Series 387 (2009): 51-59. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68649097536&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps08116
  60. Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.; Holland, K.N.; Santos, R.S.. "Multi-scale patterns of habitat use in a highly mobile reef fish, the white trevally Pseudocaranx dentex, and their implications for marine reserve design". Marine Ecology Progress Series 381 (2009): 273-286. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65649142164&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps07946
  61. Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Morato, Telmo; Holland, Kim N.; Santos, Ricardo S.. "Reproducción y hábitat de desove del jurel dentón, Pseudocaranx dentex, en las Azores, Atlántico norte central". Scientia Marina 72 2 (2008): http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n2373.
    10.3989/scimar.2008.72n2373
  62. Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.; Morato, T.; Holland, K.N.; Santos, R.S.. "Reproduction and spawning habitat of white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, in the Azores, central north Atlantic". Scientia Marina 72 2 (2008): 373-381. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48749087866&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  63. Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.; Holland, K.N.; Santos, R.S.. "Social status determines behaviour and habitat usage in a temperate parrotfish: Implications for marine reserve design". Marine Ecology Progress Series 359 (2008): 215-227. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44849120340&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps07272
  64. Jorge Fontes; Fernando Tempera; Peter Wirtz. "ON SOME INTERESTING OPISTHOBRANCHS (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) FROM THE AZORES". ARQUIPÉLAGO. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas 18A (2001): 85-87. https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/31453053/11_Fontes_et_al_18A.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DSHORT_COMMUNICATION_ON_SOME_INTERESTING.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A%2F20200.
    Published
Newspaper article
  1. Beatriz Silva; De Girolamo, Mirko; Ribeiro, Morgan; Eduardo Isidro; Ana Colaço; Fontes, Jorge. "Um Oceano de descoberta e conhecimento", Perspetiva Atual (jornal Sol), 2022, http://perspetivaatual.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PERSP_22_bx_OK.pdf.
Report
  1. Friedlander, Alan M; Afonso, Pedro; Morato, Telmo; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Fontes, Jorge; Abecasis, David; Ballesteros, Enric; et al. 2019. Blue Azores - The best kept secret in the Atlantic. Scientific report to the Regional Government of the Azores.
  2. Baeyaert, Joffrey; Graça, Gonçalo; Sobral, A.; Prieto, Rui; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge. 2017. EcoDiveAz Summer Season 2016. Techincal Report. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318724014_EcoDive_Azores_-_Summer_Season_2016_Short_Report.
  3. Milla-Figueras, David; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Das, Diya; Fontes, Jorge; Graça, Gonçalo; Parente, Manuela I.; Schmiing, Mara; Tempera, Fernando; Afonso, Pedro. 2017. Adenda aos Relatórios 3.1 e 3.2 MAPAMP: Programa de implementação da Diretiva-Quadro Estratégia Marinha ¿ Biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores (Programa BALA).
  4. Schmiing, Mara; Milla-Figueras, David; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Graça, Gonçalo; Das, Diya; Solleliet-Ferreira, Silvio; Fontes, Jorge; et al. 2017. Relatório 3.1 MAPAMP e relatório 3.2 MAPAMP: Programa de implementação da Diretiva-Quadro Estratégia Marinha ¿ Biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores (Programa BALA).
  5. Afonso, Pedro; Milla-Figueras, David; Abecasis, D; Schmiing, Mara; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Graça, Gonçalo; Das, Diya; Fontes, Jorge; Tempera, Fernando. 2017. Relatório 4.2 MONIZEC: Programa de implementação da Diretiva-Quadro Estratégia Marinha ¿ Biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores (Programa BALA).
  6. Afonso, Pedro; Schmiing, Mara; Milla-Figueras, David; Abecasis, D; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Graça, Gonçalo; Das, Diya; Fontes, Jorge; Tempera, Fernando. 2017. Relatório intercalar 2.1 Biodivamp: Programa de implementação da Diretiva- Quadro Estratégia Marinha - Biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores (Programa BALA).
  7. Schmiing, Mara; Graça, Gonçalo; Milla-Figueras, David; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. 2016. Relatório 4.1 MONIZEC: Programa de implementação da Diretiva-Quadro Estratégia Marinha ¿ Biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores (Programa BALA).
  8. Schmiing, Mara; Milla-Figueras, David; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. 2015. An assessment of the Azorean MPA network. Final Report of the project MoniZEC (M2.1.2/I/018/2011).
  9. Prieto, Rui; Ferraz, R. R.; Cardigos, Frederico; Oliveira, C.; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Carvalho, Natacha; et al. 2007. MARMAC Conhecimento, Promoção e Valorização para a Utilização Sustentada de Áreas Marinhas Protegidas na Macaronésia (03/MAC/4.2/A1) Relatório Científico Final.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Teixeira, João Pedro Natário. "Recruitment dynamics and early life history of the blackspot seabram, Pagellus bogaraveo (Perciformes: Sparidae)". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2773.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/03/05 Common remora, anything but ordinary. International Bio-Logging Science Symposium
Tokyo University (Tokyo, Japan)
2023/11 Marine technology applied to science, tracking movement, behaviour and the changing environment of marine fishes Marine Robotics School
National Institute of Oceanography (Panjim, India)
2022/07 Apex predators of the Ocean - filing the knowledge gaps GLEX Global Exploration Summit
(Ponta Delgada , Portugal)
2021/11 Spying on the devils lair: Remote monitoring of the seasonal aggregation of Mobula tarapacana 24th EEA Annual Scientific Conference
Nederlandse Elasmobranchen Vereniging (Leiden, Netherlands)
2021/10 PILOT tag, new non-invasive towed tags for free ranging deep-diving megafauna, advantages and challenges 7th Biologging Society Conference
University of Hawaii (Honolulu, United States)
2021/07 Exploring the Oceans with Sharks and Mobula Rays Using New Non-Invasive Tags GLEX Global Exploration Summit
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2019/06 New non-invasive high frequency multisensor towed tags for of deep-diving large bodied sharks and rays 5th International Conference on Fish Telemetry
Institute of Marine Research (Arendal, Norway)
2018/10 New non-invasive attachment and multisensor towed tags for short-term high resolution tagging of deep-diving pelagic sharks and rays European Elasmobranch Association Annual Meeting
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche)
2016 Whale sharks and Azorean fisherman, BFF? IV international whale shark conference
Maersk oil (Doha, Qatar)
2015 Can Deep Sea Sharks respond to short term protection? Looking into the deep 19th European Elasmobranch Association meeting
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche, Portugal)
2013 Can a shallow seamount MPA protect temperate pelagic predators? International congress of marine protected areas IMPAC 3
(Marselha, France)
2008 Can we predict Coris julis recruitment success from larval growth, size and stage duration? 8th Larval Fish Biology Symposium
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2007 Multi-scale recruitment patterns and links to local adult population of a reef fish from the Azores islands XII European Congress of Ichthyology
(Cavtat, Croatia)
2006 Recruitment dynamics and early life traits of the mediterranean rainbow wrasse in the isolated temperate Azores archipelago 30th Annual larval Fish Conference
American Fisheries Society (Lake Placid, United States)
2006 Small and large scale recruitment variability of the mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) in the Azores archipelago 7th International Temperate Reef Symposium
University of California Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - Current Identifying and understanding Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) population size structure and shark diving dynamics in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
Supervisor
 MER (Master)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2024/07/05 - Current Impacts of microplastic pollution in aggregations of filter-feeding marine megafauna in the Azores
Co-supervisor
 IMBRSea (Master)
Universiteit Gent KERMIT, Belgium
2024/06/24 - Current Remote Monitoring of Sicklefin Devil Ray Populations: Implications of Ecotourism and Environmental Variability in the Azores
Supervisor
 IMBRSea (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2024/06/01 - Current Estudo do comportamento de natação do tubarão-martelo-liso, Sphyrna zygaena, numa zona de nursery
Supervisor
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal
2023/04/10 - Current Island refuges: the ecological significance of coastal nurseries at oceanic islands for Atlanc shark populaons
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biológicas (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2022/09/28 - Current Forecasting the distribution of iconic oceanic sharks and rays in a dinamic ocean, for conservation and sustainable uses
Supervisor
 Ciências da Terra e Ciências do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2019 - Current Fine scale behaviour, to study swimming strategies, foraging and habitat use of large marine predators with contrasting ecologies
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2016 - Current Bycatch reduction of elasmobranchs of high socio-economic value to the Azores: a sensory biology and feeding ecology approach
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2027/03/31 The importance of the twilight zone for endangered oceanic filter-feeding elasmobranchs
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2023/02/13 - 2027/01/12 Orientation and navigation cues used by highly migratory elasmobranchs around volcanic islands in the open ocean
Co-supervisor
 Ecologia Marinha (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021/05/01 - 2025/04/30 Understanding behavioural rules in movements of marine megafauna
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2024/05/01 Bycatch reduction of elasmobranchs of high socio-economic value to the Azores: a sensory biology and feeding ecology approach
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2022/09/01 Mobula tarapacana and their remora hitchhikers from a Mid-Atlantic aggregation
Supervisor
 Erasmus Mundus joint master degree (Master)
Université de Liège, Belgium
2021/04/01 - 2021/12 Spying on the devil’s lair: Seasonal aggregation of the sickle fin devil ray species Mobula tarapacana at an offshore seamount in The Azores, Portugal (Mid-North Atlantic), using a novel methodology
Supervisor
 International Master in Marine Biological Resources (Master)
Gent Universitair Symfonisch Orkest, Belgium
2021 - 2021/11/19 Using image analysis to study structure, population size and connectivity patterns of the whale shark Rhincodon typus in the Azores archipelago
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Long-term intra and interspecific spatial overlap of Sphyraena viridensis and Seriola rivoliana at remote seamounts
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Recruitment dynamics and early life history of the blackspot seabream, Pagellus bogaraveo (Perciformes: Sparidae)
Supervisor
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2013/03/05 - 2013/03/07 Workshop internacional sobre invasoras marinhas - Açores (2013/03/05 - 2013/03/07)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/01/17 - 2020/02/15 Tigger and hammerhead sharks tagging expedition to Galapagos Islands in collaboration with Charls Darwin foundation, Galapagos Nature Park, Asssocição Anticiclone and Okeanos-UAc marine research centre. Expedition designed to deploy new non invasive animal born camera/multisensor tags on sharks of the Galapagos Marine Reserve Joint shark ecology and conservation tagging expedition
Charls Darwin Foundation, Ecuador
2019/01 - 2019/02 Joint shark and Manta tagging from Hawaii waters. This project was designed to bring the new non-invasive tagging methods and animal born camera/multisensor tags to researchers in Hawaii marine science institute. and test their application to study the ecology of sharks (hammerhead and tiger) and reef mantas.
Workshop
 Joint shark ecology and conservation tagging expedition
University of Hawaii, HIMB, United States
2018/06 - 2018/06 Blue Azores International scientifc expedition to the Azores archipelago. The expedition joined the National Geographic pristine seas, the Waitt Institute, Fundação Oceano Azul, the Instituto Hidrográfico and Okeanos-UAc, to characterize the health of marine ecosystems in the Azores
Other
 Blue Azores
Fundação Oceano Azul, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022 Passive Acoustic Monitoring as a tool to monitor habitat health and vocal fish species of comercial Conservation interest
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rita Adreia de Oliveira Carriço (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2014/04/21 Mapping multi-species habitat use for marine conservation planning
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Schmiing, Mara (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2014 Mapping multi-species habitat use for marine conservation planning
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mara Schmiing (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current Associação Anticiclone dos Açores Presidente da direcção
2017 - Current Clube Naval da Horta vice-presidente da direcção

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Membro regular da comissão cordenadora científica do centro de I&D OKEANOS-UAc da Universidade dos Açores
Member
 Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019 Artigo extenso em jornal (Correio dos Açores) sobre aecologia do tubarão baleia e a sua relação com a pesca do atum na região Correio dos Açores

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/09 - Current A ilha do Gigantes Filme documental sobre a as agregações de tubarão baleia e atum ao redor da ilha de Sta. Maria, Açores e trabalho inovador da equipe de investigação de Jorge Fontes
2018 - 2019 Mar a última Fronteira, episódio 4 Estudo da ecologia de jamantas através da aplicação de tecnologia não invasiva e camaras/sensores rebocados
2017 - 2018 Animals with cameras BBC cameraman Gordon Buchanan works with scientists to put cameras onto devil rays, revealing unique footage and amazing discoveries about their lives.

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/02 - Current Understanding Essential Habitat of the endangered Scallopped Hammerhead Shark with satellite tagging from remote MPA from the Galapagos Islands Fundación Charles Darwin, Ecuador
2024/06/10 - 2024/06/24 Expedição Ocean Blue Tree Summit ao parque nacional Revillagigedo (México) para estudar megafauna aceanica, Mantas Oceanicas e tubarões de recife. Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
2023/09/12 - 2023/09/25 PI BioFAD (SOSF) project tuna and whale shark tagging expedition to Santa Maria Island Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2023/08/23 - 2023/09/10 PI on the Ocean Explorer scientific cruise to explore the deep sea and tag marine megafauna, mobulas, whale sharks and blue sharks in the Azores August-Setember 2023 Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2023/08/24 - 2023/09/04 co-PI Ocean Explorer expedition to explore the links between mesopelagic prey and oceanic filter feeding elasmobranchs, whale shark and sicklefin devil ray Okeanos-UAc, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/07 Whale shark tuna feeding associations and fisheries interactions from a costal agreggation in the Philippines LAMAVE, Philippines
2021/06/15 - 2021/06/23 PI on the Ocean Explorer scientific cruise to tag six gill sharks in situ from manned submersible in the Azores deep-sea ecosystems, June 2021 Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Overall winner BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition
2008 Best student oral presentation on the 8th Larval Fish Biology Symposium
8th Larval Fish Biology Symposium, Portugal
1998 Best Student presentation
National Ethology conference, Portugal