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Sara Simões is a researcher with a PhD in Biosciences, specialization in Ecology, at Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Ciências da Vida. With nine years of research experience in Freshwater Science, Sara Simões has four articles published as first author, three conference presentations and ten poster presentations.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
SARA ISABEL CARNEIRO SIMÕES
Date of birth
1991/11/27
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Simões, Sara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A81A-220D-F5E6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8808-9489
Google Scholar ID
eN2KVCsAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
57194232573

Addresses

  • Dpt Ciências da vida, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09 - 2022/03/10
Concluded
 PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Stream leaf litter decomposition under flow intermittency" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09 - 2015/07
Concluded
 Master in Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Effects of stream salinization on fungal-mediated leaf decomposition: a microcosm approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2009/09 - 2013/08
Concluded
 Bachelor in Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/01 - 2021/12 FCT PhD fellowship Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/08 - 2015/11 Estágio Erasmus+ Umeå Universitet Institutionen för ekologi miljö och geovetenskap, Sweden
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/09/01 - Current Stream leaf litter decomposition under flow intermittency
SFRH/BD/119133/2016
COVID/BD/151791/2021
SFRH/BD/119133/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/01 - 2017/03 ECO-SERVE - Sustainable provisioning of multiple ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SNSF/Programmes;National Research Programmes (NRPs)/40FA40_158392/CH
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021 - Current BiodiverIRES: Global biodiversity of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams
1000 IRP
Researcher
2020 - Current F4F: FOREST for FUTURE - Reforço da capacitação de atores e redes de promoção de ações de desenvolvimento - Projeto Piloto para a constituição de uma rede regional para a valorização da fileira da floresta da Região Centro
CENTRO-08-5864-FSE-000031
Researcher
2020 - 2021 LivingRiver - Caring and protecting the life and culture around rivers and streams
2018-I-PT0I-KA201-047513
Researcher
2013/02 - 2013/06 EcoFINDERS - Ecological function and biodiversity indicators in European soils
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/264465/EU
 European Commission
2013/02 - 2013/06 AGROCHAR - Evaluación del uso de diferentes biocarbones (biochars) en la agricultura mediterránea: Implicaciones en la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático, y en labiodiversidad y actividad biológica de los suelos
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Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Rodrigues, Inês; Canhoto, Cristina; Martínez, Aingeru. "Leaf litter decomposition in an intermittent stream: channel vs. riparian area". Paper presented in 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences, 2020.
    10.3390/ecws-5-08043
Conference poster
  1. Simoes, Sara; Martínez, Aingeru; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Capela, Nuno; Alves, Joana; da Silva, António Alves; Jones, T. Hefin; Sousa, José Paulo; Canhoto, Cristina. "Annual patterns of litter decomposition in an intermittent stream". Paper presented in 12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences Virtual Conference, 2021.
  2. Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Canhoto, Jorge; Gonçalves, Guilherme ; Canhoto, Cristina. "Dissimilar Eucalyptus spp. leaf traits affect litter processing: relevance for riparian afforestation practices". Paper presented in 15.º Congresso da Água, 2021.
  3. Almeida Junior, Edivan; Oliveira, Ricardo ; Simoes, Sara; Rodrigues, Inês; Martínez, Aingeru; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Canhoto, Cristina. "Waterborne more than food-mediated effects determine the response of shredders to stream salinization". Paper presented in XX Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Limnologia, 2020.
  4. Canhoto, Cristina; Simoes, Sara; Oliveira, Ricardo ; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia. "Can streams salinization affect fungal-mediated leaf degradation and invertebrates’ feeding behavior?". Paper presented in XIX Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Limnología, 2018.
  5. Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Bärlocher, Felix; Canhoto, Cristina. "Drought events in salinized streams: effects on leaf litter decomposition". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2017.
  6. Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Simoes, Sara; Lírio, Ana Virgínia ; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effects of changing temperature on streams functioning may be modulated by fungal diversity". Paper presented in 2nd World symposium on climate change adaptation, 2017.
  7. Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Bärlocher, Felix; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effects of stream salinization on fungal-mediated leaf decomposition". Paper presented in Functional Ecology and Environment, 2017.
  8. Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Lírio, Ana Virgínia ; Guilhermino, L.; Bärlocher, Felix; Canhoto, Cristina. "Effects of salt (NaCl) on fungal growth and reproductive output". Paper presented in Community ecology for the 21st century - from genes to ecosystems, 2016.
  9. Canhoto, Cristina; da Silva, Janine; Simoes, Sara; Lírio, Ana Virgínia ; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Guilhermino, L.; Bärlocher, Felix. "Effects of stream salinization on fungal-mediated leaf processing". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, 2015.
  10. Costa, Dalila; Capela, Nuno; Simoes, Sara; Sousa, José Paulo. "Molecular characterization of collembola biodiversity". Paper presented in EMBO Practical Course "Metagenomics: From the Bench to Data Analysis", 2013.
Journal article
  1. Simões, Sara; Ana Lúcia Gonçalves; Jones, T. Hefin; Sousa, José Paulo; Canhoto, Cristina. "Air temperature more than drought duration affects litter decomposition under flow intermittency". Science of The Total Environment 829 (2022): 154666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154666.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154666
  2. Simoes, Sara; Canhoto, Cristina; Bärlocher, Felix; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia. "Hydrological contraction patterns and duration of drying period shape microbial-mediated litter decomposition". Science of The Total Environment 785 (2021): 147312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147312.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147312
  3. Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Canhoto, Jorge; Gonçalves, Guilherme ; Canhoto, Cristina. "Eucalyptus spp. leaf traits determine litter processing by fungi and invertebrates". Freshwater Biology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13690.
    10.1111/fwb.13690
  4. Simões, Sara; Martínez, Aingeru; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Capela, Nuno; Alves, Joana; da Silva, António Alves; Jones, T. Hefin; Sousa, José Paulo; Canhoto, Cristina. "Annual patterns of litter decomposition in the channel and riparian areas of an intermittent stream". Aquatic Ecology 55 2 (2021): 519-526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-021-09841-w.
    10.1007/s10452-021-09841-w
  5. Nascimento, Eduardo; Reis, Filipa; Chichorro, Filipe; Canhoto, Cristina; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Simões, Sara; Sousa, José Paulo; Martins da Silva, Pedro. "Effects of management on plant litter traits and consequences for litter mass loss and Collembola functional diversity in a Mediterranean agro-forest system". Pedobiologia 75 (2019): 38-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2019.05.002.
    10.1016/j.pedobi.2019.05.002
  6. Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Simões, Sara; Bärlocher, Felix; Canhoto, Cristina. "Leaf litter microbial decomposition in salinized streams under intermittency". Science of The Total Environment 653 (2019): 1204-1212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.050.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.050
  7. Reis, Filipa; Nascimento, Eduardo; Castro, Helena; Canhoto, Cristina; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Simões, Sara; García-Palacios, Pablo; et al. "Land management impacts on the feeding preferences of the woodlouse Porcellio dilatatus (Isopoda: Oniscidea) via changes in plant litter quality". Applied Soil Ecology 132 (2018): 45-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.08.018.
    10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.08.018
  8. Canhoto, Cristina; Simoes, Sara; Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Guilhermino, L.; Bärlocher, Felix. "Stream salinization and fungal-mediated leaf decomposition: A microcosm study". Science of The Total Environment 599-600 (2017): 1638-1645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.101.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.101
  9. Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia; Simões, Sara; Canhoto, Cristina. "A trilogia dos ribeiros: folhas, fungos e invertebrados". Revista de Ciência Elementar 4 2 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.24927/rce2016.018.
    10.24927/rce2016.018
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Simões, Sara. "Effects of stream salinization on fungal-mediated leaf decomposition: a microcosm approach". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/31221.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/05/19 Hydrological contraction patterns and duration of drying period shape microbial-mediated litter decomposition 9th Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/07 Eucalyptus reforestation: in search of the lesser of four evils 8th Conference on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters: 20 years of breakdown
(Bilbao, Spain)
2017/07 Salinization and desiccation: the lower and slower the better 8th Conference on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters: 20 years of breakdown
(Bilbao, Spain)
2015/07 Effects of secondary salinization on aquatic fungi and leaf decomposition 9th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences
(Geneva, Switzerland)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/11/11 - 2020/11/14 IV Congresso Internacional “Educação, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento”
Congress
 IV Congresso Internacional “Educação, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento”
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2017/11/05 - 2017/11/05 Participação no "Dia da Celebração dos Fungos" com a actividade "Fungos num copo de água" - Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra
Workshop
 Dia da Celebração dos Fungos
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2017/10/12 - 2017/10/13 5º congressso SciComPT
Congress
 SciComPT
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Soil Microbiology: from science to practice (curso de curta duração)
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - 2016 The role of soil fauna on soil organic matter dynamics (curso de curta duração)
Workshop
 Soil fauna: key to soil organic matter dynamics and modelling (KEYSOM)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/10/23 - 2019/10/24 Workshop "LivingRiver - Grasping the stream with a litter bag" (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/03 - 2018/10/03 Actividade de comunicação de ciência "A vida escondida em ribeiros florestados" - Festival de Ciência de Oliveira do Bairro (Outros) Município de Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal
2017/03/09 - 2017/03/09 Palestra "Be cool… uma expressão de sobrevivência em pequenos cursos de água" na Escola Secundária de Rio Maior, organizado pelo Centro Ciência Viva do Alviela Carsoscópio. (Outros) Ciência Viva, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Workshop "O que nos diz um saco com folhas sobre o ribeiro que passa" - IV Encontro Internacional da Casa das Ciências. (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07 Universidade de Verão, Universidade de Coimbra: "a trilogia dos ribeiros: folhas, fungos e invertebrados". (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 Best Paper Award at ECWS-5
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland