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Irma Cascão, PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of the Azores (UAz), is a contracted Junior Researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, UAz. In 1998, she began her career as a Researcher at the Natural Reserve of the Sado Estuary (RNES) in the scope of the Cetacean Monitoring Project. Since 2005, she has been working at the Azores Whale Lab - Cetacean Ecology Group (Okeanos/IMAR - Institute of Marine Research, UAz), participated in several research projects, specializing in hydroacoustics, passive acoustic monitoring and cetaceans' bioacoustics. She has devoted herself to investigating the role of seamounts/open ocean in regulating cetacean-prey interactions, using active (scientific echosounders) and passive (hydrophones) acoustic techniques. Recently, she has focused on studying the impact of underwater noise on marine ecosystems, and simultaneously, collaborating with colleagues from the University of Algarve in the development of a noise model for the Azores to estimate and map the level of anthropogenic noise.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Irma Margarida Andrade Cruz Espregueira Cascão

Citation names

  • Cascão, Irma
  • Cascão, I.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B21E-B035-76F7
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6231-0483
Google Scholar ID
UThqq-gAAAAJ
Researcher Id
M-6500-2014
Scopus Author Id
25642650900

Addresses

  • Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar - Okeanos, Universidade dos Açores. Rua Professor Dr Frederico Machado 4, 9901-862, Horta, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018
Concluded
 Marine Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Marine Biology
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction and praise
2004
Concluded
 Mathematics Applied to Biological Sciences (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2001
Concluded
 Biology Applied to Animal Resources – Marine Resources Variant (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Measuring the impacts resulting from interactions between approaching boats and resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Sado estuary, Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/10/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2020/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2018/12/03 - 2020/08/02 Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2018/01/15 - 2018/10/31 Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2017/07/15 - 2017/12/31 Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2007/08/01 - 2008/10/31 Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2006/05/01 - 2007/05/31 Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2005/07/01 - 2005/09/30 Researcher (Research) Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010 - 2017 Co-owner of OceanEye OceanEye - Actividades Marítimo-Turísticas Lda., Portugal
2004 - 2006 Field Research Assistant - Project "Ecology and Evolution of reproduction systems in fucoid algae" Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Postgraduate student - Project "Dolphin acoustics: time-frequency analysis and statistical classification of whistles" Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2004 - 2004 Contracted Researcher - Research for literature references on recycling, hydric resources, energy, residuals and future exploration Fundação das Crianças, Portugal
1999 - 2004 Volunteer Assistant at ABRIGOS "Stranding Network for Marine Mammals" - Stranding of cetaceans and assisting necropsy Rede de Apoio a Mamíferos Marinhos (ABRIGOS), Portugal
2002 - 2003 Contracted Assistant Researcher - Project "Evaluation of the impact of whale watching boats on the resident bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Sado Estuary" Instituto de Conservação da Natureza (ICN), Portugal
2000 - 2001 Field Research Assistant - Project "Monitoring of coastal dolphins, harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins in the Sado Estuary" Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES), Portugal
2000 - 2001 Degree internship - Measuring the impacts resulting from interactions between approaching boats and resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Sado estuary, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1999 - 2000 Contracted Assistant Researcher - Project "Monitoring of coastal dolphins, harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins in the Sado Estuary" Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES), Portugal
1999 - 2000 Contracted Assistant Researcher - Project "Investigation of the potential impact of recreational and tourism boats on the populations of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises" Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES), Portugal
1998 - 1998 Volunteer Fieldwork Assistant - Project "Monitoring of coastal dolphins, harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins in the Sado Estuary" Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES), Portugal
1996 - 1996 Volunteer vigilant Reserva Natural das Berlengas , Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/12/03 - 2020/08/02 AWARENESS – Assessing vocal behavior of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017
Research Fellow
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/01/15 - 2018/10/31 MISTIC SEAS II – Applying a subregional coherent and coordinated approach to the monitoring and assessment of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia for the second cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive MSFD
GA 11.0661/2017/750679/SUB/ENV.C2
Research Fellow
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia

Governo dos Açores
Concluded
2017/07/15 - 2017/12/31 Strategic Project
UID/MAR/04292/2013 MARE
Research Fellow
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/02/01 - 2013/09/30 Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores
SFRH/BD/41192/2007
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/08/01 - 2008/10/31 MARMAC II – Knowledge, promotion and enrichment for a sustainable use of the Marine Protected Areas of Macaronesia - Phase II
INTERREGIIIB/05/MAC/4.2/A4
Research Fellow
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Interreg IIIB

FEDER

Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2007/05/31 GOLFINICHO – Ecological niche partitioning between two species of dolphins around the Azores and Madeira
POCI/BIA-BDE/ 61009/2004
Research Fellow
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Ewhale – Combining environmental DNA sampling, whale watching and citizen science for stakeholder driven marine biodiversity protection in the North-East Atlantic and Mediterranean
GA N°101052342
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
 European Commission

European Biodiversity Partnership

Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2021/06 - Current SUMMER – Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources
H2020-EU.3.2.3.1, GA 817806
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 European Commission
2020/10/01 - Current MEESO – Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries
H2020-EU.3.2.3.1, GA 817669
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021 - 2023 INTERTAGUA – Interfaces Aquáticas Interativas
MAC2/1.1a/385
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Direção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar
2020 - 2023 MARCET II – Fomento da actividade eco turística de observação de cetáceos como modelo de desenvolvimento económico sustentável mediante a protecção e conservação destas espécies e valor acrescentado como património natural da Macaronesia
MAC2/4.6c/392
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Direção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar

Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia

Governo dos Açores
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 META – Marine mammal and Ecosystem: anthropogenic Threat Assessment
FA_06_2017_017
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundo Azul
2021 - 2022 Sperm whale feeding behavior: moving from inference toward evidence
NGS-86158T-20
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 National Geographic Society
2020 - 2022 AWARENESS – Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020 - 2021 RAGES – Risk-based Approaches to Good Environmental Status
GA 110661/2018/794607/SUB/ENV.C.2
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Direção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar

Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia

Governo dos Açores
Ongoing
2017 - 2020 WATCH-IT – Whale watching effects on sperm whales - disturbance assessment towards a sustainable ecotourism
Açores-01-0145-FEDER-0057
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2013 - 2018 MOVE-ON – Movement ecology of whales: investigating environmental, social and physiological motivations
IF/00943/2013/CP1199/CT0001
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2015 MAPCET – Integrating cetaceans into marine spatial management in the Azores
M2.1.2/F/012/2011
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Direção Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia

Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia

Governo dos Açores
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Movimentos, uso do habitat e conectividade de peixes em montes submarinosSEAMOV
PTDC/MAR/108232/2008
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2013 SEAMOV – Seamount fishes: movements, habitat use and connectivity
PTDC/MAR/108232/2008
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 9 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/EEI/LA0009/2011
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008 - 2012 TRACE – Cetacean habitat associations in oceanic ecosystems: an integrated approach
PTDC/MAR/74071/2006
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2011 CONDOR – Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems
PT0040
Researcher
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
2004 - 2006 Ecology and Evolution of reproduction systems in fucoid algae
POCI/MAR/57499/2004
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2002 - 2003 Evaluation of the impact of whale watching boats on the resident bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Sado Estuary
9999
Researcher
Instituto de Conservação da Natureza (ICN), Portugal
 Instituto de Conservação da Natureza (ICN)
1998 - 2001 Monitoring of coastal dolphins, harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins in the Sado Estuary
9999
Researcher
Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES), Portugal
 Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES)
1999 - 2000 Investigation of the potential impact of recreational and tourism boats on the populations of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises
9999
Researcher
Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES), Portugal
 Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado (RNES)
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Jesus, Sérgio M.; Soares, Cristiano; Romagosa, Miriam; Cascão, Irma; Duarte, Ricardo; Zabel, Friedrich; Silva, Mónica A. "Broadband Excess Noise Estimation via Sample Distribution Field Calibration". In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 1-20. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_71-1
Conference paper
  1. Cascão, Irma; Romagosa, M.; Silva, M.A. "Ambient and vessel noise at critical foraging habitats for oceanic dolphins". Paper presented in Acoustics 2020/XI Iberian Congress on Acoustics/51st Spanish Congress on Acoustics - TECNIACUSTICA®2020. 21-23 October, pp. 1-10, 2020.
  2. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Silva, M.A. "Underwater noise levels and shipping off the Faial-Pico channel, Azores, in relation to the acoustic presence of baleen whales". Paper presented in Acoustics 2020/XI Iberian Congress on Acoustics/51st Spanish Congress on Acoustics - TECNIACUSTICA®2020. 21-23 October, pp. 1-9, 2020.
Conference poster
  1. Lebon, M.; Colaço, A.; Prieto, R.; Cascão, I.; Oliveira, C.; Tobeña, M.; Spitz, J.; Silva, M.A. "Trophic niches of cetaceans of the Azores using stable isotopes". Paper presented in 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Galicia, Spain, 18-20 April, 2023.
  2. Jesus, S.M; Soares, C; Romagosa, M; Cascão, I.; Duarte, R; Zabel, F; Silva, M.A. "Broadband excess noise estimation via sample distribution field calibration". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Berlin, Germany, 10-15 July, 2022.
  3. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Silva, M. A. "Shipping and noise levels off the Faial-Pico Channel, Azores, in relation to the acoustic presence of baleen whales". Paper presented in EMSO Time Series Conference, "Observing Ocean Sound". Online edition, 20-22 October, 2021.
  4. Méndez-Fernandez, P.; Taniguchi, S.; Santos, M. C. O.; Cascão, Irma; Quérouil, S.; Tejedor, M.; Vidal, M.; et al. "Contamination status by persistent organic pollutants of the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) at the metapopulation level". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting. Brussels, Belgium, 7-11 May, 2017.
  5. Azzolin, M.; Papale, E.; Cascão, Irma; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Martin, V. M.; Oswald, J.; et al. "Micro- and macro-geographic variations of the whistles of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba)". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans - 26. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Galway, Ireland, 26-28 March, 2012.
  6. Dinis, Ana; Cascão, Irma; Alves, Filipe; Freitas, L.; Quérouil, S.. "Comparing the epipelagic diet between short-beaked common dolphin and Atlantic spotted dolphin in two Atlantic oceanic archipelagos.". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans – 22. Proceedings of the 22th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 10-12 March., 2008.
  7. Freitas, L.; Prieto, Rui; Alves, Filipe; Silva, Mónica A.; Dinis, Ana; Oliveira, Cláudia; Cascão, Irma. "Vertical and spatial movements of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Madeira and Azores archipelagos.". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans – 22. Proceedings of the 22th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 10-12 March., 2008.
  8. Cordeiro, A. R.; Quérouil, S.; Cascão, Irma; Freitas, L.; Dinis, Ana; Alves, Filipe; Bandarra, N. M.. "Comparing the diet of short-beaked common dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Azores and Madeira based on blubber fatty acids.". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans – 21. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. San Sebastian, Spain, 22-25 April., 2007.
  9. Cascão, Irma; Quérouil, S.; Freitas, L.; Dinis, Ana; Alves, Filipe; Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica A.; et al. "Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins.". Paper presented in 35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals. Antibes, France, 16-19 March., 2007.
  10. Quérouil, S.; Silva, Mónica A.; Prieto, Rui; Magalhães, S.; Cascão, Irma; Borràs, S.; Mendonça, D.; et al. "Searching for the existence of distinct ecotypes of dolphins in the Azores and Madeira using molecular markers. "Advances in molecular evolutionary ecology: statistical tools to unravel evolutionary processes in natural populations".". Paper presented in Evangelische Akademie, Tutzing, Germany, 27 November - 1 December., 2006.
  11. Cascão, Irma; Figueiredo, A.. "Time–frequency analysis of dolphin vocalizations using a novel computational package.". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans – 20. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Gdynia, Poland, 2-7 April., 2006.
  12. Figueiredo, A.; Cascão, Irma. "New computational method for accurate extraction of dolphin whistle contours.". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans – 20. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Gdynia, Poland, 2-7 April., 2006.
  13. Cascão, Irma; Gaspar, R.; Custódio, A. L.. "The impact of dolphin-watching boats on the resident bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Sado Estuary, Portugal.". Paper presented in In: European Research on Cetaceans – 18. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Kolmarden, Sweden, 28-31 March., 2004.
Journal article
  1. Lebon, M.; Colaço, A.; Prieto, R.; Cascão, I.; Oliveira, C.; Tobeña, M.; Planque, Y.; Spitz, J.; Silva, M.A. "Isotopic niches reveal the trophic structure of the cetacean community in the oceanic waters around the Azores". Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1283357 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1283357.
    10.3389/fmars.2024.1283357
  2. Romagosa, M.; Nieukirk, S.; Cascão, Irma; Marques, T.A.; Dziak, R.; Royer, J.Y.; O’Brien, J.; et al. "Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic". eLife 13:e83750 (2024): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83750.
    10.7554/eLife.83750
  3. Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Oliveira, Cláudia; Rivas, Esteban Iglesias; Prieto, Rui; Cascão, Irma; Wensveen, Paul J.; Miller, Patrick J. O.; Silva, Mónica A.. "Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data". Movement Ecology 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2.
    10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2
  4. Jesus, S.M.; Soares, C.; Romagosa, M.; Cascão, I.; Duarte, R.; Zabel, F.; Silva, M.A. "A methodology for shipping noise field calibration and excess noise estimation: the Azores case study". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10(11): 1763 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10111763.
    10.3390/jmse10111763
  5. Oliveira, C.; Pérez-Jorge, S.; Prieto, R.; Cascão, I.; Wensveen, P.J.; Silva, M.A. "Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales". Frontiers in Marine Science 9:914397 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.914397.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.914397
  6. Papale, E.; Azzolin, M.A.; Cascão, Irma; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Martín, V.M.; Oswald, J.N.; et al. "Dolphin whistles can be useful tools in identifying units of conservation". BMC Zoology 6 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-021-00085-7.
    10.1186/s40850-021-00085-7
  7. Romgosa, M.; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Cascão, Irma; Mouriño, H.; Lehodey, P.; Pereira, A.; Marques,T.A.; Matias, L.; Silva, M.A.. "Food talk: 40-Hz fin whale calls are associated with prey biomass". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1156.
    10.1098/rspb.2021.1156
  8. Romagosa, M.; Baumgartner, M.; Cascão, Irma; Lammers, M. O.; Marques, Tiago Andre; Santos, R. S.; Silva, Mónica. "Author Correction: Baleen whale acoustic presence and behaviour at a Mid-Atlantic migratory habitat, the Azores Archipelago". Scientific Reports (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63117-1.
    10.1038/s41598-020-63117-1
  9. Romagosa, M.; Baumgartner, M.; Cascão, Irma; Lammers, M. O.; Marques, Tiago Andre; Silva, Mónica. "Baleen whale acoustic presence and behaviour at a Mid-Atlantic migratory habitat, the Azores Archipelago". Scientific Reports (2020): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61849-8.
    10.1038/s41598-020-61849-8
  10. Cascão, Irma; Lammers, M. O.; Prieto, Rui; Santos, R. S.; Silva, Mónica. "Temporal patterns in acoustic presence and foraging activity of oceanic dolphins at seamounts in the Azores". Scientific Reports (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60441-4.
    10.1038/s41598-020-60441-4
  11. Méndez-Fernandez, P.; Taniguchi, S.; Santos, M. C. O.; Cascão, Irma; Quérouil, S.; Martín, V.; Tejedor, M.; et al. "Population structure of the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) inferred through ecological markers". Aquatic Ecology (2019):
    10.1007/s10452-019-09722-3
  12. Romagosa, M.; Lucas, C.; Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Tobeña, M.; Lehodey, P.; Reis, Jesus; Cascão, Irma; et al. "Differences in regional oceanography and prey biomass influence the presence of foraging odontocetes at two Atlantic seamounts". Marine Mammal Science (2019):
    10.1111/mms.12626
  13. Cascão, Irma; Domokos, R.; Lammers, M. O.; Santos, R. S.; Silva, Mónica. "Seamount effects on the diel vertical migration and spatial structure of micronekton". Progress in Oceanography (2019):
    10.1016/j.pocean.2019.03.008
  14. Méndez-Fernandez, P.; Taniguchi, S.; Santos, M. C. O.; Cascão, Irma; Quérouil, S.; Martín, V.; Tejedor, M.; et al. "Contamination status by persistent organic pollutants of the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) at the metapopulation level". Environmental Pollution (2018):
    10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.009
  15. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Merchant, N. D.; Lammers, M. O.; Giacomello, E.; Marques, Tiago Andre; Silva, Mónica. "Underwater ambient noise in a baleen whale migratory habitat off the Azores". Frontiers in Marine Science (2017):
    10.3389/fmars.2017.00109
  16. Cascão, Irma; Domokos, R.; Lammers, M. O.; Marques, V.; Domínguez, R.; Santos, R. S.; Silva, Mónica. "Persistent Enhancement of Micronekton Backscatter at the Summits of Seamounts in the Azores". Frontiers in Marine Science (2017):
    10.3389/fmars.2017.00025
  17. Papale, E.; Azzolin, M.; Cascão, Irma; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Oswald, J. N.; Perez-Gil, M.; Silva, Mónica; Giacoma, C.. "The acoustic structure of whistles as a tool for identifying evolutionary units in dolphins". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 135 4 (2014): 2241-2241.
    10.1121/1.4877334
  18. Papale, E.; Azzolin, M.; Cascão, Irma; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Martin, V. M.; Oswald, J.; et al. "Macro- and micro-geographic variation of short-beaked common dolphin's whistles in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean". Ethology Ecology & Evolution 26 4 (2014): 392-404.
    10.1080/03949370.2013.851122
  19. Silva, Mónica; Prieto, Rui; Cascão, Irma; Seabra, Maria Inês; Machete, M.; Baumgartner, M. F.; Santos, R. S.. "Spatial and temporal distribution of cetaceans in the mid-Atlantic waters around the Azores". Marine Biology Research 10 2 (2014): 123-137.
    10.1080/17451000.2013.793814
  20. Papale, E.; Azzolin, M.; Cascão, Irma; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Martin, V. M.; Oswald, J.; et al. "Acoustic divergence between bottlenose dolphin whistles from the Central-Eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea". Acta Ethologica 17 3 (2014): 155-165.
    10.1007/s10211-013-0172-2
  21. Quérouil, S.; Kiszka, J.; Cordeiro, A. R.; Cascão, Irma; Freitas, L.; Dinis, Ana; Alves, Filipe; Santos, R. S.; Bandarra, N. M.. "Investigating stock structure and trophic relationships among island-associated dolphins in the oceanic waters of the North Atlantic using fatty acid and stable isotope analyses". Marine Biology 160 6 (2013): 1325-1337.
    10.1007/s00227-013-2184-x
  22. Papale, E.; Azzolin, M.; Cascão, Irma; Gannier, A.; Lammers, M. O.; Martin, V. M.; Oswald, J.; et al. "Geographic variability in the acoustic parameters of striped dolphin's (Stenella coeruleoalba) whistles". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133 2 (2013): 1126-1134.
    10.1121/1.4774274
  23. Silva, Mónica A.; Steiner, L.; Cascão, Irma; Cruz, M. J.; Prieto, Rui; Cole, T.; Hamilton, P. K.; Baumgartner, M.. "Winter sighting of a known western North Atlantic right whale in the Azores.". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12 1 (2012): 65-69.
    Published
  24. Pereira, J. N.; Neves, V. C.; Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica; Cascão, Irma; Oliveira, Cláudia; Cruz, M. J.; et al. "Diet of mid-Atlantic Sowerby's beaked whales Mesoplondon bidens". Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 58 11 (2011): 1084-1090.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.004
  25. Alves, Filipe; Dinis, Ana; Cascão, Irma; Freitas, L.. "Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) stable associations and dive profiles: New insights into foraging behavior". Marine Mammal Science 26 1 (2010): 202-212.
    10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00333.x
  26. Quérouil, S.; Freitas, L.; Cascão, Irma; Alves, Filipe; Dinis, Ana; Almeida, J. R.; Prieto, Rui; et al. "Molecular insight into the population structure of common and spotted dolphins inhabiting the pelagic waters of the Northeast Atlantic". Marine Biology 157 11 (2010): 2567-2580.
    10.1007/s00227-010-1519-0
  27. Quérouil, S.; Freitas, L.; Dinis, Ana; Alves, Filipe; Cascão, Irma; Prieto, Rui; Silva, Mónica; et al. "Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins". European Journal of Wildlife Research 56 2 (2010): 151-158.
    10.1007/s10344-009-0299-7
  28. Cascão, Irma; Lammers, M. O.; Silva, Mónica; Afonso, P.; Prieto, Rui; Santos, R. S.. "Monitoring cetaceans on seamounts in the Azores using passive acoustic techniques". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125 4 (2009): 2647-2647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4784134.
    10.1121/1.4784134
  29. Quérouil, S.; Silva, Mónica; Cascão, Irma; Magalhães, S.; Seabra, Maria Inês; Machete, M. A.; Santos, R. S.. "Why Do Dolphins Form Mixed-Species Associations in the Azores?". Ethology 114 12 (2008): 1183-1194.
    10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01570.x
Magazine article
  1. Quérouil, S.; Cascão, Irma; Bettencourt, R.; Wisznievski, J.. "Estudando a Ecologia dos Golfinhos nos Açores", Revista Mundo Submerso , 2006
Report
  1. Jesus, S.M.; Duarte, R.; Cascão, I.; Romagosa, M.; Silva, M.A. 2022. Azores'22 sea trial data report. Report of Project JONAS “Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas” (contract EAPA 52/2018). 32 pp.
  2. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, I.; Matias, L.; Silva, M.A. 2022. Report on fin whale 20-Hz and 40-Hz calls rates detected in EARs from 2017 to 2022 off the Faial-Pico Channel. Report of Project AWARENESS “Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics” (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 7 pp.
  3. Cascão, Irma. 2021. Final report of the Service Contract: Support in the operation and maintenance of the hydrophones network of IMAR and analysis of the acoustic data collected by this network in the scope of Project META. Report of Project META "Marine mammal and Ecosystem: anthropogenic Threat Assessment" (FA-06-2017-017). 33 pp.
  4. Cascão, Irma. 2021. Progress report of the Service Contract: Support in the operation and maintenance of the hydrophones network of IMAR and analysis of the acoustic data collected by this network in the scope of Project META. Report of Project META "Marine mammal and Ecosystem: anthropogenic Threat Assessment" (FA-06-2017-017). 12 pp.
  5. Silva, M.A.; Cascão, Irma; Romagosa, M.; Soares, C.; Jesus, S.M. 2021. The Azores case study: comparing risk analyses based on shipping density and acoustic modelling. Report to RAGES Project – WP4: Applying the RAGES Risk-Based Approach to MSFD Descriptor 11, Underwater Noise. 16 pp.
  6. Cascão, Irma. 2021. Status report and execution plan of the Service Contract. Support in the operation and maintenance of the hydrophones network of IMAR and analysis of the acoustic data collected by this network in the scope of Project META. Report of Project META "Marine mammal and Ecosystem: anthropogenic Threat Assessment" (FA-06-2017-017). 13 pp.
  7. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, I.; Silva, M.A. 2021. Fin whale visual-acoustic observation surveys 2017-2019. Report of Project AWARENESS “Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics” (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 23 pp.
  8. Silva, M.A.; Cascão, Irma; Romagosa, M. 2020. Apoio Técnico no âmbito do Projecto RAGES, para análise de risco referente à avaliação dos critérios do Descritor 11 da DQEM. Final technical report prepared under the service provision contract Nº3/DRAM/2019. 53 pp. [In Portuguese].
  9. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Silva, M.A. 2020. Correlation between fin whale sightings and call rates (2017-2019). Report of Project AWARENESS "Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics" (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 7 pp.
  10. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Silva, M.A. 2020. Source levels for fin whale 20-Hz notes recorded by EARs in 04/04/2019. Report of Project AWARENESS "Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics" (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 3 pp.
  11. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Matias, L.; Silva, M.A. 2020. EARs frequency calibration test. Report of Project AWARENESS "Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics" (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 34 pp.
  12. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Silva, M.A. 2019. Report on visual and acoustic observations. Report of Project AWARENESS "Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics" (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 13 pp.
  13. Romagosa, M.; Cascão, Irma; Silva, M.A.; Matias, L. 2019. Report on EAR localisation accuracy. Report of Project AWARENESS "Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics" (PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). 9 pp.
  14. Cascão, Irma; Silva, M.A. 2011. Sound-scattering layer: Acoustic estimation of sound-scattering layer. In: Giacomello, E. & Menezes, G. (Eds), CONDOR Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems. Final report of the project CONDOR. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 1/2012. Horta, Portugal. Pp. 71-80.
  15. Porteiro, F. M.; Giacomello, E.; Carmo, V.; Graça, G.; Cascão, Irma; Morais, A.; Vieira, A. R.; Caetano, M.; Menezes, G. 2011. Mesopelagic fishes around the Condor seamount. In: Giacomello, E. & Menezes, G. (Eds), CONDOR Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems. Final report of the project CONDOR. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 1/2012. Horta, Portugal. Pp. 81-91.
  16. Silva, Mónica A.; Cascão, Irma. 2011. Investigating the occurrence of cetaceans at Condor seamount using information from visual observations and passive acoustic monitoring. In: Giacomello, E. & Menezes, G. (Eds), CONDOR Observatory for long-term study and monitoring of Azorean seamount ecosystems. Final report of the project CONDOR. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 1/2012. Horta, Portugal. Pp. 183-190.
  17. Porteiro, Filipe M.; Giacomello, Eva; Carmo, Vanda; Graça, Gonçalo; Cascão, Irma; Morais, Alexandre; Vieira, Ana Rita; CAETANO, MIGUEL; Menezes, Gui. 2011. Mesopelagic fishes around the Condor seamount. https://ulisboa-my.sharepoint.com/personal/arivieira_fc_ul_pt/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Farivieira%5Ffc%5Ful%5Fpt%2FDocuments%2FAna%20Rita%20Documents%2FPROJECTOS%2FCONDOR%5FEEA%20Grants%202009%2FFINAL%20REPORT%5FCONDOR%2FFinal%20Report%5FCONDOR%2FCondor%5FFinal%5FReport%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Farivieira%5Ffc%5Ful%5Fpt%2FDocuments%2FAna%20Rita%20Documents%2FPROJECTOS%2FCONDOR%5FEEA%20Grants%202009%2FFINAL%20REPORT%5FCONDOR%2FFinal%20Report%5FCONDOR.
  18. Lambardi, P.; Medeiros, A.; Gomes, S.; Cymbron, F.; Cascão, Irma; Stefanni, S.; Catarino, Diana; et al. 2009. Cruise Report "CONDOR_PAC_Ago09" Oceanographic Component (Condor, Condor S. Mateus e Princesa Alice banks). Arquivos do DOP, Série Cruzeiros, nº 7/2009. Horta, Portugal. 12 pp.
  19. Mendonça, A.; Lambardi, P.; Medeiros, A.; Gomes, S.; Cascão, Irma; Catarino, Diana; Sampaio, I.; Vaz, J.; Martins, Ana. 2009. Cruise Reports "004.09_GIG_CON_CSM" and "005.09_PAL" Oceanographic Component (Gigante, Condor, Condor S. Mateus e Princesa Alice banks). Arquivos do DOP, Série Cruzeiros, nº 5/2009. Horta, Portugal. 11 pp.
  20. Magalhães, M. C.; Prieto, Rui; Gomes, C.; Porteiro, F. M.; Cascão, Irma; Bried, J.; Silva, Mónica A.; et al. 2009. Technical-scientific report of the project MARMAC II "Knowledge, promotion and enrichment for a sustainable use of marine protected areas in Macaronesia - Phase II". Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 1/2009. Horta, Portugal. 144 pp. [Final Report of the EU Interreg Project MARMAC II; In Portuguese].
  21. Quérouil, S.; Cascão, Irma; Freitas, L.; Cordeiro, A. R.; Almeida, J. R.; Mendonça, D.; Matos, J. A. 2007. Final report of the project GOLFINICHO POCI/BIA-BDE/61009/2004. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos. Horta, Portugal. 34 pp. [In Portuguese].
  22. Quérouil, S.; Cascão, Irma; Almeida, J. R.; Cordeiro, A. R.; Freitas, L.; Mendonça, D.; Matos, J. A. 2006. Second progress report of the project GOLFINICHO POCI/BIA-BDE/61009/2004. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos. Horta, Portugal. 22 pp. [In Portuguese].
  23. Quérouil, S.; Cascão, Irma; Wiszniewski, J.; Freitas, L.; Mendonça, D.; Matos, J. A. 2005. First progress report of the project GOLFINICHO POCI/BIA-BDE/61009/2004. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos. Horta, Portugal. 18 pp. [In Portuguese].
  24. Cascão, Irma. 2003. Avaliação do impacto das actividades de whalewatching sobre a população residente de roazes, Tursiops truncatus, do estuário do Sado. Second partial and final report to the Nature Conservation Institute (ICN). Lisbon, Portugal. 61 pp. [In Portuguese].
  25. Cascão, Irma. 2002. Avaliação do impacto das actividades de whalewatching sobre a população residente de roazes, Tursiops truncatus, do estuário do Sado. First partial report to the Nature Conservation Institute (ICN). Lisbon, Portugal. 7 pp. [In Portuguese].
  26. Cascão, Irma. 2000. Levantamento do potencial impacto nas populações de golfinhos e botos, causado pelas embarcações a motor de recreio e de turismo. Final report to the Natural Reserve of the Sado Estuary (RNES). Setúbal, Portugal. 14 pp. [In Portuguese].
  27. Cascão, Irma. 2000. Monitorização dos golfinhos costeiros, botos e dos roazes do Sado. Final report to the Natural Reserve of the Sado Estuary (RNES). Setúbal, Portugal. 15 pp. [In Portuguese].
  28. Cascão, Irma. 1999. Levantamento do potencial impacto nas populações de golfinhos e botos, causado pelas embarcações a motor de recreio e de turismo. Partial report to the Natural Reserve of the Sado Estuary (RNES). Setúbal, Portugal. 23 pp. [In Portuguese].
  29. Cascão, Irma. 1999. Monitorização dos golfinhos costeiros, botos e dos roazes do Sado. Partial report to the Natural Reserve of the Sado Estuary (RNES). Setúbal, Portugal. 6 pp. [In Portuguese].
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cascão, Irma. "Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores". PhD, 2017.
  2. Cascão, Irma. "Measuring the impacts resulting from interactions between approaching boats and resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Sado estuary, Portugal". Degree, 2001.

Other

Dataset
  1. Romagosa, M.; Nieukirk, S.; Cascão, I.; Marques, T.A.; Dziak, R.; Royer, J.Y.; O'Brien, J.; et al. Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic. 2024.
    10.5061/dryad.f1vhhmh13
  2. Pérez-Jorge, S.; Oliveira, C.; Prieto, R.; Cascão, I.; Miller, P.J.O.; Silva, M.A.. Dive metrics of sperm whales collected between 2017 and 2019 off the Azores, Portugal. 2024.
    10.1594/PANGAEA.964726
  3. Oliveira, C.; Pérez-Jorge, S.; Prieto, R.; Cascão, I.; Wensveen, P.J.; Silva, M.A. Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales. 2022.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.21355338.v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09 Efeitos do whale watching no comportamento dos cachalots. MACARONIGHT Macaronesia’s Researchers’ Night EU MISSIONS. 29 September
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/06 Effects of whale watching on sperm whale behaviour. VIII Eco Encontros. 6 June
(Horta, Portugal)
2023/05 Project WATCH IT: principais resultados sobre os efeitos do whale watching nos cachalotes. Beyond Whale Watching: Advancing participatory science and whale-watching. 9-10 May
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/04 Fine scale population genomics of the bottlenose dolphin off Western Iberia (northeast Atlantic). 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 18-20 April
(Galicia, Spain)
2023/04 Disentangling whale diets in the Azores feeding area. 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 18-20 April
(Galicia, Spain)
2023/03 Estimation of biomass and distribution of mesopelagic organisms around the Azores. MASTS (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland) Webinar Series. 15 March
(Online edition)
2023/02 Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behaviour in sperm whales. MARCET II Knowledge Transfer Journeys: Ecological. 25 February
(Online edition)
2022/08 Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1-5 August
(Online edition)
2022/08 Effects of whale-watching exposure on sperm whale foraging and near-surface behavior. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 1-5 August
(Online edition)
2022/04 The use of acoustics to study baleen whales. SiPLAB Workshop: Undersea sensing technology with marine life in mind. 7 April
(Online edition)
2022/04 Comunicação acústica em baleias de barbas e as ameaças do ruído subaquático. Lecture AWARENESS for the general public. 27 April
(Horta, Portugal)
2022/03 Project AWARENESS - Assessing vocal behaviour of fin whales for robust density estimation from passive acoustics. 9th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 7-11 March
(Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii, United States)
2022/03 Changes in fin whale song internote intervals: implications for density estimation using PAM. 9th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization and Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics. 7-11 March
(Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii, United States)
2020/11 The marine soundscape of the Azores - monitoring baleen whales, biological sounds, and anthropogenic sources of noise. XVII Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology (SPE). 6 November
(Online edition)
2020/10 Underwater noise levels and shipping off the Faial-Pico channel, Azores, in relation to the acoustic presence of baleen whales. Acoustics 2020/XI Iberian Congress on Acoustics/51st Spanish Congress on Acoustics - TECNIACUSTICA®2020. 21-23 October
(Online edition)
2020/10 Ambient and vessel noise at critical foraging habitats for oceanic dolphins. Acoustics 2020/XI Iberian Congress on Acoustics/51st Spanish Congress on Acoustics - TECNIACUSTICA®2020. 21-23 October
(Online edition)
2019/09 WatchIt - Efeitos do whale watching em cachalotes: avaliação das perturbações para um ecoturismo sustentável. Workshop RIS3 Pescas e Mar - Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Inovação. 20 September
(Horta, Portugal)
2017/10 Temporal interactions between dolphins and their prey at seamounts in the Azores. 22nd Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. 22-29 October
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
2015/11 Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer on seamounts in the Azores. Workshop - Cetacean Research in the Azores. 25 November
(Horta, Portugal)
2015/06 La variabilità nella struttura delle vocalizzazioni permette di identificare Unità Evolutive. 26th National Congress of the Italian Society of Ethology. 24-26 June
(Parma, Italy)
2014/05 The acoustic structure of whistles as a tool for identifying evolutionary units in dolphins. 167th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. 5-9 May
(Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
2012/03 Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer on seamounts in the Azores. In: European Research on Cetaceans - 26. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. 26-28 March
(Galway, Ireland)
2011/11 Geographic variation in whistles produced by short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 2 December
(Tampa, Florida, United States)
2011/11 Fin whale migration in the North Atlantic: placing the Azores into the big picture. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 27 November - 2 December
(Tampa, Florida, United States)
2011/03 Satellite telemetry as a tool to help defining the International Whaling Commission whale management areas. 4th International Science Symposium on Bio-logging. 14-18 March
(Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
2011/02 Acoustic estimation of Sound-scattering layer at the Condor seamount. Condor Final Workshop. 16-17 February
(Horta, Portugal)
2011/02 Mesopelagic fishes around Condor Seamount. Condor Final Workshop. 16-17 February
(Horta, Portugal)
2011/02 Diversity and relative abundance of cetaceans. Condor Final Workshop. 16-17 February
(Horta, Portugal)
2010/01 The importance oceanic fronts in the Labrador Sea to North Atlantic sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis). Clues from satellite telemetry. 4th Arctic Frontiers Conference "Living in the High North". 24-29 January
(Tromso, Norway)
2009/12 Movements, habitat use and dispersal of demersal fish in the Azores/Condor bank. Condor Workshop. 10-11 December
(Horta, Portugal)
2009/12 Movimentos dos cetáceos em relação à dinâmica da camada de dispersão acústica nos Açores. Condor Workshop. 10-11 December
(Horta, Portugal)
2009/12 TRACE - Associação de cetáceos com o habitat em ecossistemas oceânicos: um estudo integrado. Condor Workshop. 10-11 December
(Horta, Portugal)
2009/12 Movimentos dos cetáceos em relação à dinâmica da camada de dispersão acústica nos Açores. IPIMAR technical collaboration meeting. 15 December
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/10 Na esteira da relação entre os cetáceos e o habitat: do pequeno morador ao grande migrador. I Congresso dos Biólogos dos Açores. 30 October
(Lajes do Pico, Portugal)
2009/05 Monitoring cetaceans on seamounts in the Azores using passive acoustic techniques. 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. 18-22 May
(Portland, Oregon, United States)
2009/05 Tracking cetacean-habitat associations: from coastal dwellers to oceanic migrants. I Simpósio de Biologia e Conservação de Mamíferos Aquáticos. 8-10 May
(Peniche, Portugal)
2008/04 Why do dolphins form mixed-species associations in the Azores? 4th Meeting in Ecology and Behaviour. 14-17 April
(Toulouse, France)
2007/03 Population genetics of common and spotted dolphins in the Azores and Madeira. 35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals. 16-19 March
(Antibes, France)
2006/11 Uso de marcadores moleculares para investigar a existência de ecótipos de golfinhos nos arquipélagos dos Açores e da Madeira. III Encontro Nacional de Marcadores Moleculares. 23-24 November
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2002/05 O impacto da observação de golfinhos na população de roazes do Sado. I Simpósio de Ecologia do Estuário do Sado & Perspectivas para a Conservação dos Golfinhos-Roazes. 22-24 May
(Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - 2024/04/30 Spatial and temporal patterns of sperm whale sounds in the Azores archipelago
Supervisor
 Master course in Integrated Ocean Studies (Master)
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2021/02/16 - 2021/07/01 Characterization of Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) acoustics in Condor Seamount (Azores, Portugal) and their exposure to underwater noise.
Co-supervisor
 Pedagogical internship under the Erasmus+ program (Master)
University of Nantes-UFR Sciences et Techniques, France

Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/04 - 2023/10/04 SUMMER Annual meeting
Meeting
 Project SUMMER (Online)
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/22 MARCET II Knowledge Transfer Journeys: Sanitary attention to stranding of cetaceans
Conference
 Projecto MARCET II (Online)
PLOCAN - Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias, Spain

Governo dos Açores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023/02/24 - 2023/02/25 MARCET II Knowledge Transfer Journeys: Oceanographic and Ecological
Conference
 Projecto MARCET II (Online)
PLOCAN - Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias, Spain

Governo dos Açores, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2023/01/24 - 2023/01/26 OCEAN Workshop on marine mammal ship strike mitigation
Workshop
 OCEAN Ship Strikes Workshop (Horta, Portugal)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2023/01/09 - 2023/01/13 JuliaEO - Global Workshop on Earth Observation with Julia
Workshop
 JuliaEO workshop (Terceira, Portugal)
Atlantic International Research Centre, Portugal

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2022/12/13 - 2022/12/13 JuliaEO2023 - Intro to using Docker for workshop
Workshop
 JuliaEO - Global Workshop on Earth Observation with Julia (Online)
Atlantic International Research Centre, Portugal

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2022/11/23 - 2022/11/23 Team Saltire Meeting & Awards Ceremony. Masterclasses: 1. How do I improve my research visuals and make them more effective? 2. Constructing policy engagement in praxis, 3. Lend me your ears - a masterclass in the art of communicating
Conference
 MASTS-SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme (Online)
Scottish Funding Council Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme, United Kingdom
2022/08/01 - 2022/09/16 Estimation of biomass and distribution of mesopelagic organims around the Azores
Other
 International-mobility/collaboration scheme (St Andrews, Scotland)
Pelagic Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

MASTS-SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme, United Kingdom
2022/08/17 - 2022/08/17 Team Saltire: Accessing next stage research funding
Meeting
 MASTS-SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme (Online)
Scottish Funding Council Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme, United Kingdom
2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27 Lecture AWARENESS for the general public
Other
 Project AWARENESS (Horta, Portugal)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal

Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2022/04/07 - 2022/04/07 SiPLAB Workshop: Undersea sensing technology with marine life in mind
Workshop
 SiPLAB Workshop (Online)
Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems, University of Algarve, Portugal

MarSensing Lda, Portugal
2021/05/25 - 2021/05/27 MEESO Workshop on vessel-mounted acoustics for the assessment of mesopelagic species
Workshop
 MEESO WP2 Workshop (Online)
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Marine Institute, Ireland
2020/12/04 - 2020/12/04 MEESO WP2 Workshop 1: New methodologies developed under MEESO
Workshop
 MEESO WP2 Workshop (Online)
Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway
2020/10/21 - 2020/10/23 Acoustics 2020/XI Iberian Congress on Acoustics/51st Spanish Congress on Acoustics - TECNIACÚSTICA®2020
Conference
 TECNIACÚSTICA (Online)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Acústica, Portugal

Sociedad Española de Acústica, Spain
2020/10/20 - 2020/10/20 MEESO Annual meeting
Meeting
 Project MEESO (Online)
Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway
2018/01/23 - 2018/02/21 Photoshop and PowerPoint course for researchers to make posters, presentations and other scientific outputs
Workshop
 Science Communication Workshop (Horta, Portugal)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2017/10/22 - 2017/10/29 22nd Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy
Conference
 Society for Marine Mammalogy (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
2015/11/25 - 2015/11/25 Cetacean Workshop
Workshop
 Azores Whale Lab workshop (Horta, Portugal)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2012/03/26 - 2012/03/28 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
Conference
 European Cetacean Society (Galway, Ireland)
2011/02/16 - 2011/02/17 Condor Final Workshop
Workshop
 Project Condor workshop (Horta, Portugal)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2011/01/19 - 2011/01/20 Fórum Científico de Apoio à Decisão 'Conhecer o Mar dos Açores'
Conference
 Direcções Regionais da Ciência Tecnologia e Comunicações e dos Assuntos do Mar (Horta, Portugal)
2010/05/25 - 2010/05/28 Analysing biological and environmental data - Using mixed modelling techniques and extensions
Other
 R-course (Horta, Portugal)
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal

Highland Statistics Ltd., United Kingdom
2009/12/01 - 2009/12/18 Scientific echosounder data: processing and analysis using Movies+
Other
 Short-term internship (Lisbon, Portugal)
Unidade de Recursos Marinhos e Sustentabilidade (U-REMS), IPIMAR, Portugal
2009/12/15 - 2009/12/15 IPIMAR technical collaboration meeting
Meeting
 IPIMAR (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/07/22 - 2009/07/24 Geodatabases construction I
Other
 ArcGIS course (Horta, Portugal)
Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Florestas, Portugal

Cybermap, Portugal

ESRI Portugal, Portugal
2009/07/14 - 2009/07/16 ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
Other
 ArcGIS course (Horta, Portugal)
Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Florestas, Portugal

Cybermap, Portugal

ESRI Portugal, Portugal
2009/06/08 - 2009/06/10 Introduction to R & Statistical modelling of species distributions in R
Other
 R-course (Horta, Portugal)
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal

Wageningen Marine Research, Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands
2009/05/18 - 2009/05/21 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Conference
 Acoustical Society of America (Portland, Oregon, USA)
2008/04/14 - 2008/04/18 Geographic information system applied to marine science
Other
 ArcGIS course (Horta, Portugal)
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal

Laboratório do Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar (L-IPIMAR), Portugal
2007/03/16 - 2007/03/19 35th Annual Conference of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals
Conference
 European Association for Aquatic Mammals (Antibes, France)
2006/06/18 - 2006/06/25 Marine Bioacoustics and Telemetry.
Other
 Marine Bioacoustics and Telemetry (Horta, Portugal)
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal

Department of Zoophysiology, University of Aarhus , Denmark
2006/04/02 - 2006/04/07 20th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
Conference
 European Cetacean Society (Gdynia, Poland)
2004/06/21 - 2004/07/29 Course in Pedagogical Training for Instructors
Other
 Professional training course (Setúbal, Portugal)
ESTMAR - Escola de Formação Profissional, Lda., Portugal
2004/03/28 - 2004/03/31 18th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
Conference
 European Cetacean Society (Kolmarden, Sweden)
2003/03/14 - 2003/03/15 Whale Watching Workshop
Workshop
 17th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)
2003/03/09 - 2003/03/13 17th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
Conference
 European Cetacean Society (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain)
2002/10/11 - 2002/10/13 Introduction to Marine Mammals
Other
 Marine Mammals course (Lisbon, Portugal)
Jardim Zoologico de Lisboa, Portugal
2002/10/03 - 2002/10/04 IV Congresso Nacional de Etologia
Conference
 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (Lisbon, Portugal)
2002/07/23 - 2002/07/23 First Course on Marine Recuperation
Other
 Marine Recuperation course (Lisbon, Portugal)
Jardim Zoologico de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Conservação da Natureza (ICN), Portugal

Projecto Delfim, Portugal
2002/05/22 - 2002/05/24 I Simpósio Ecologia do Estuário do Sado e Perspectivas para a Conservação do Golfinhos-Roazes
Conference
 Projecto Delfim (Lisbon, Portugal)
2002/03/01 - 2002/05/03 First Course on Animal Welfare
Other
 Animal Welfare course (Lisbon, Portugal)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
1998/12/11 - 1998/12/12 III Congresso Nacional de Etologia
Conference
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
1997/05/24 - 1997/06/01 Macro photography Workshop
Workshop
 Centro de Formação de Animadores da APCC (Lisbon, Portugal)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/26 Spatial and temporal patterns of sperm whale sounds in the Azores Archipelago
Supervisor
 Inês Samuel Do Carmo Torres (Master)
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2005 - 2012 Associação Portuguesa de Conservação de Cetáceos (CETUS) Member

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2007/07/03 - 2007/07/05 Marine bioacoustics and analyses on acoustic data. Discipline: ‘Operational Laboratory Methods’. Master course in Integrated Ocean Studies (University of the Azores)

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/06/11 - 2021/06/28 Scientific crew (RV OceanXplorer) - Foraging ecology and acoustic communication of sperm whales. Objectives: tag sperm whales with multi-sensor tags to record their movements and behaviour over time, and collect concurrent active acoustic data, using a scientific echosounder Simrad EK80, and water samples for eDNA sampling to characterize the prey and oceanographic landscape to contextualize sperm whale movements and behaviour. Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal

OceanX, United States
2019 - 2019 Scientific crew (RVs Arquipélago and Águas Vivas) - Installation/recovery of oceanic seismic stations. Project AWARENESS. Objectives: monitor underwater noise and sounds of baleen whales in the Azores. Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2008 - 2011 Chief Research Scientist/Principal Investigator (RV Arquipélago) - Spatial and temporal dynamics of micronektonic organisms in Azorean seamounts and adjacent waters. Project MARMAC II and my PhD. Objective: Characterize the vertical and horizontal distribution of the micronekton in the sound-scattering layer by conducting several active acoustic surveys, using a scientific echosounder Simrad EK500, on diverse seamounts in the Azores and in the surrounding open-waters. Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal
2010/07/25 - 2010/07/29 Scientific crew (RV Noruega) - Characterization of Condor seamount. Project CONDOR. Objectives: characterize the biodiversity/midwater fauna at Condor seamount in the Azores and to better understand the biological and oceanographic patterns and processes that characterize this seamount. Acoustic backscatter data, using a scientific echosounder Simrad EK500, in conjunction with trawling (open 10' IKMT) were collected, as well as, oceanographic data and bottom sediments. Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal