???global.info.a_carregar???
Janine P da Silva holds a PhD in Molecular and Environmental Biology, specialization in Evolution, Biodiversity and Ecology (2023) from the University of Minho, a Masters in Ecology (2015), and a bachelor in Biology (2013) from the University of Coimbra. Currently, she is a Postdoc in the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE-UC) at the University of Coimbra (Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology). Published 12 articles in indexed journals and 1 manual. Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), and Research Fellow in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of freshwater biodiversity conservation, including the predictive modelling of species distributions and biotic interactions. She is the principal investigator of a collaborative project 'CLICKbaits: Digital tools to reinvent freshwater fish conservation in a changing world' for early-career researchers. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: freshwater mussels; freshwater fish; conservation biology; ecosystem services; climate change; conservation planning; Species distribution models; Joint species distribution models.
Read full resume ↓
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Janine P da Silva

Citation names

  • da Silva, Janine P.
  • Da Silva, JP
  • Da Silva, J

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A013-E063-9342
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1010-938X

Addresses

  • Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Other Natural Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/11/01 - 2023/10/10
Concluded
 Doctoral Program in Molecular and Environmental Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Integrated conservation of freshwater mussels and their fish hosts facing climate change: a modelling approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/08/03 - 2015/07/20
Concluded
 Mestrado em Ecologia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The importance of fungal richness on leaf decomposition in salt-enriched streams: a microcosm study" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010/09/13 - 2013/07/05
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - 2023/10/10 Integrated conservation of freshwater mussels and their fish hosts facing climate change: a modelling approach
SFRH/BD/146492/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/07/01 - 2019/10/31 Monitoring the potential impacts of the Guadiana-Sado water transfer on the ichthyofauna – Larval component
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 EDIA - Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, S.A.
Concluded
2016/03/04 - 2018/12/31 LIFE Saramugo - Conservation of the Saramugo (Anaecypris hispanica) in the Guadiana basin (Portugal)
LIFE13/NAT/PT/786
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora - Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal
 European Union
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current OneAquaHealth - Protecting urban aquatic ecosystems to promote One Health
101086521
Post-doc
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
European Union
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Colls, Miriam; Romero, F; Chonova, T; Álvarez, I; Antunes, I; Aranguren-Gassis, M; Argudo, M; et al. "The URBIFUN project - Urbanization effects on the relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Microbial Ecotoxicology (EcotoxicoMic 2020), 2020.
  2. Sousa-Santos, Carla; Matono, Paula; da Silva, Janine; Ilhéu, Maria. "Evaluation of potential hybridization between native fish and the invasive bleak Alburnus alburnus". Paper presented in Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation, 2018.
  3. da Silva, Janine; Matono, Paula; Sousa-Santos, Carla; Ilhéu, Maria. "Hidden threats of sharing habitats: interactions between native and invasive cyprinids". Paper presented in Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation, 2018.
  4. Matono, Paula; da Silva, Janine; Ilhéu, Maria. "How does an invasive cyprinid can benefit from the hydrological disturbance of Mediterranean temporary streams?". Paper presented in Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation, 2018.
  5. Canhoto, C; da Silva, Janine; Simões, S; Lírio, A. V.; Gonçalves, A.; Guilhermino, L; Felix Bärlocher. "Effects of stream salinization on fungal-mediated leaf processing". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Janine P. da Silva; Virgilio Hermoso; Manuel Lopes-Lima; Rafael Miranda; Ana Filipa Filipe; Ronaldo Sousa. "The role of connectivity in conservation planning for species with obligatory interactions: Prospects for future climate scenarios". Global Change Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17169.
    10.1111/gcb.17169
  2. Janine Pereira da Silva; Ronaldo Sousa; Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves; Rafael Miranda; Joaquim Reis; Amílcar Teixeira; Simone Varandas; Manuel Lopes-Lima; Ana Filipa Filipe. "Streams in the Mediterranean Region are not for mussels: Predicting extinctions and range contractions under future climate change". Science of The Total Environment 883 (2023): 163689-163689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163689.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163689
  3. Miriam Colls; Aida Viza; Aitziber Zufiaurre; Alba Camacho-Santamans; Alex Laini; Alexia Maria González-Ferreras; A. F. Filipe; et al. "Impacts of diffuse urban stressors on stream benthic communities and ecosystem functioning: A review". Limnetica 43 1 (2023): 1-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.23818/limn.43.07.
    10.23818/limn.43.07
  4. Joana Garrido Nogueira; Manuel Lopes-Lima; Pedro Beja; Ana Filipa Filipe; Elsa Froufe; Duarte V. Gonçalves; Janine P. da Silva; et al. "Identifying freshwater priority areas for cross-taxa interactions". Science of The Total Environment 864 (2023): 161073-161073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161073.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161073
  5. Janine Pereira da Silva; Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves; Aina Garcia-Raventós; Manuel Lopes-Lima; Simone Varandas; Elsa Froufe; Teixeira, A.; et al. "Joint species distribution models unveil co-occurrences between freshwater mussels and their fish hosts". Journal of Biogeography (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14565.
    10.1111/jbi.14565
  6. Sousa, Ronaldo; Zajac, Tadeusz; Halabowski, Dariusz; Aksenova, Olga V.; Bespalaya, Yulia V.; Carvalho, Francisco; Castro, Paulo; et al. "A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe". Conservation Biology 37 2 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13994.
    10.1111/cobi.13994
  7. Sousa, Ronaldo; da Silva, Janine P; Douda, Karel; Mammola, Stefano. "The cost of war for biodiversity: a potential ecocide in Ukraine". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20 7 (2022): 394-396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2548.
    10.1002/fee.2548
  8. Silva, Janine P.; Gonçalves, Duarte Vasconcelos; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Anastácio, Pedro M.; Banha, Filipe; Frimpong, Emmanuel; Gama, Mafalda; et al. "Predicting climatic threats to an endangered freshwater mussel in Europe: The need to account for fish hosts". Freshwater Biology 67 5 (2022): 842-856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13885.
    10.1111/fwb.13885
  9. Pereira da Silva, Janine; Martínez, Aingeru; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Bärlocher, Felix; Canhoto, Cristina. "Fungal richness does not buffer the effects of streams salinization on litter decomposition". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 57 (2021): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/limn/2021003.
    10.1051/limn/2021003
  10. Da Silva, Janine; Matono, Paula; Barata, Eduardo N.; Bernardo, Joao M; Costa, Ana M.; Ilheu, Maria. "Behavioural interactions between the endangered native fish Saramugo, Anaecypris hispanica, and the invasive Bleak, Alburnus alburnus". Limnetica 38 2 (2019): 517-533. http://dx.doi.org/10.23818/limn.38.30.
    10.23818/limn.38.30
  11. Sousa-Santos, Carla; Matono, Paula; da Silva, Janine; Ilhéu, Maria. "Evaluation of potential hybridization between native fishes and the invasive bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 48 2 (2018): 109-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aiep/02395.
    10.3750/aiep/02395
  12. Matono, Paula; da Silva, Janine; Ilhéu, Maria. "How does an invasive cyprinid can benefit from the hydrological disturbance of Mediterranean temporary streams?". Diversity 10 47 (2018): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/10/2/47.
    Open access • Published
Manual
  1. Matono, Paula; da Silva, Janine P.; Bernardo, João Manuel; Costa, Ana Manuel; Fragoso, Sónia; Roque, Luísa; Pinheiro, Paulo; Almeida, João; Ilhéu, Maria. Conservação do Saramugo e de Rios Temporários. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2019.
    Published
Newspaper article
  1. Vieira da Silva, Tiago; da Silva, Janine P.. "O insucesso do sucesso", P3 | Público, 2022, https://www.publico.pt/2022/03/28/p3/cronica/insucesso-sucesso-2000418.
  2. da Silva, Janine P.. "À direita salvam-se os ricos, mas no fim morremos todos", Jornal Público - P3, 2022, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2022/01/18/p3/cronica/direita-salvamse-ricos-fim-morremos-1992125.
  3. da Silva, Janine P.. "Não queremos achatar a curva, queremos invertê-la", Jornal Público - P3, 2021, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2021/01/04/p3/noticia/vivemos-pandemias-1944928.
  4. da Silva, Janine P.. "Vivemos uma era de pandemias", Jornal Público - P3, 2021, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2021/01/04/p3/noticia/vivemos-pandemias-1944928.
  5. da Silva, Janine P.. "Quantos rios esperam Guterres", Jornal Público - P3, 2020, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2020/08/04/p3/noticia/rios-esperam-guterres-1926641.
  6. da Silva, Janine P.. "A Amazónia arde e a culpa é nossa", Jornal Público - P3, 2019, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2019/08/21/p3/cronica/ignicao-amazonia-humanos-1884031.
  7. da Silva, Janine P.. "Ser homem é um privilégio, ser mulher e cientista um orgulho", Jornal Público - P3, 2019, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2018/12/03/p3/cronica/ser-investigador-e-doar-corpo-ciencia-mesmo-antes-de-morrer-1853392.
  8. da Silva, Janine P.. "Ser investigador é doar o corpo à ciência, mesmo antes de morrer", Jornal Público - P3, 2018, Megafone, https://www.publico.pt/2018/12/03/p3/cronica/ser-investigador-e-doar-corpo-ciencia-mesmo-antes-de-morrer-1853392.
Report
  1. Bernardo, João Manuel; Costa, Ana Manuel; Matono, Paula; da Silva, Janine. 2017. Estudo de mecanismos de controlo de dispersão de Alburno: Barreiras à Progressão de Alburno.
    10.18567/sebbmdiv_rpc.2015.10.1
  2. Ilhéu, M.; Matono, P.; da Silva, J.; Sousa-Santos, Carla; Venade, D.iogo; Emídio, M.; Jines, C.; et al. 2016. Estudo sobre o impacte de alburmo (Alburnus alburnus) sobre as populações de Saramugo. http://www.lifesaramugo.lpn.pt/files/files/Relatorio%20A4_FINAL.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. da Silva, Janine. "The importance of fungal richness on leaf decomposition in salt-enriched streams: a microcosm study". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2015. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/40147.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06 The impacts of non-native species on river bioassessment XXII AIL Meeting
University of Vigo (Vigo, Spain)
2024/06 Integrating obligatory species interactions and artificial barriers into conservation planning under climate change: the case of freshwater mussels and their fish hosts XXII AIL Meeting
University of Vigo (Vigo, Spain)
2024/06 Survival at stake in Iberian streams: forecasting mussels and their fish hosts under climate change XXII AIL Meeting
University of Vigo (Vigo, Spain)
2024/06 Reeling in the Clicks: online interest in Iberian freshwater fish X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
University of Vic (Vic, Spain)
2024/06 Redrawing the biogeography of Iberia freshwater fishes in the Anthropocene X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
University of Vic (Vic, Spain)
2024/06 Revealing ecological niches of Luciobarbus species in the western Iberian Peninsula and prospects for future translocations X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
University of Vic (Vic, Spain)
2024/06 The role of connectivity in conservation planning for species with obligatory interactions: Prospects for future climate scenarios X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology
University of Vic (Vic, Spain)
2023/12/12 Uma verdade inconveniente: efeitos das alterações climáticas na distribuição de bivalves de água doce e dos seus peixes hospedeiros CBMA Conferences: Talk(ing) Series(ously) about Biodiversity, Ecology and Global Change
CBMA - University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2023/06/20 No Iberia for freshwater mussels: lessons from considering biotic interactions to predict the impacts of climate change Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences
Freshwater Biological Association (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
2023/06/19 A tale of sister species: Ecological niches of the genus Luciobarbus in the western Iberian Peninsula Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences
Freshwater Biological Association (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
2023/02/08 Back to the future: Predictive modelling of freshwater mussels' distribution under climate change I Simpósio PhDBio
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/08/24 Forecasting future range shifts to an endangered freshwater mussel in Europe: the importance of considering biotic interactions 6th European Congress of Conservation Biology
Czech University of Life Sciences (Prague, Czech Republic)
2022/07/07 Uncovering the effects of environmental conditions and biotic interactions on freshwater mussels’ co-occurrences with fish hosts in the Douro River basin XXI conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/04/28 Integrated conservation of freshwater mussels and their fish hosts facing climate change: a modelling approach Curricular Unit of Biological Interactions
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/09/09 Predicting future range shifts to a critically endangered freshwater mussel in Europe: the importance of including fish hosts 9th European Congress of Malacological Societies
Czech University of Life Sciences (Prague, Czech Republic)
2018/09/28 Patterns of habitat use of the endangered Saramugo, Anaecypris hispanica, and the invasive Bleak, Alburnus alburnus in Mediterranean temporary rivers: potential negative interactions Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/09/28 Behavioral interactions between the endangered native fish Saramugo, Anaecypris hispanica, and the invasive Bleak, Alburnus alburnus Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/09/27 LIFE Saramugo Project: Experimental testing of several barrier types to prevent Bleak from reaching areas with Saramugo populations Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/06/28 Hidden threats of sharing habitats: interactions between native and invasive cyprinids XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology
Iberian Association of Limnology (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/05/25 Becoming lovers of the Earth: dialogues on education Concrit
CONstructive CRITicism (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/07/06 Patterns of habitat use of the endangered fish species Saramugo, Anaecypris hispanica, and the invasive Bleak, Alburnus alburnus: implications for native fish fauna conservation Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences
European Federation For Freshwater Sciences (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/09/27 - 2018/09/29 Comissão Organizadora do Symposium for the Conservation of Freshwater Fish and Habitat Rehabilitation. (2018/09/27 - 2018/09/29)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015/12/22 - 2015/12/22 Comissão Organizadora do 1º MeetEco (2015/12/22 - 2015/12/22)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/06/16 - 2015/06/19 Comissão Organizadora do Iberian Congress of Ecology. (2015/06/16 - 2015/06/19)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/06 - Current Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) Member of the Board of Directorsand Portuguese young AIL representative

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10/16 - 2023/10/19 Curso avançado - Introduction to Species Distribution Models Introduction to Species Distribution Models (Diploma de especialização) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2023/03/21 - 2023/03/21 Invited lecturer - Master Degree in Biodiversity, Ecology and Global Change, curricular unit Biological Invasions (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/04/28 - 2022/04/28 Palestra a convite (Mestrados em Recursos Biológicos - valorização-do-território-e-sustentabilidade, em Biotecnologia Vegetal e Biodiversidade e em Ecologia) - Unidade Curricular de Interações Biológicas (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Young-AIL project
Asociación Ibérica de Limnología, Spain
2021 Student prize for best oral presentation EUROMAL 2021