Ana Pereira (CA11-E2A5-5F08)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Pereira

Ana Pereira. Holds a phD in Biosciences, speciallization in Ecology (2022), from the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, and a master's degree in Ecology (2012) and a graduation in Biology and Geology (2008) by the School of Sciences of the University of Minho. Was a researcher in the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE) in the University of Coimbra from 2016 to 2022. Published 10 research articles in indexed journals. Received an award (2nd place) for the best oral presentation at the XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology in 2018. Does research on natural sciences, particularly on Freshwaters Ecology and Biology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Pereira

Citation names

Pereira, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: CA11-E2A5-5F08
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2695-4473
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=sbmSuUwAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT

Websites

Researchgate- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Pereira47 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Freshwater Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/09/01 - 2022/10/14 Concluded	Biociências (Doutoramento) Major in Ecologia Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal "Effects of the Invasion of Native Deciduous Forests by Nitrogen-Fixing Trees (Acacia spp.) on Stream Ecological Integrity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada com Distinção e Louvor por unanimidade
2018 Concluded	Data Analysis in Ecology (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal	17
2018 Concluded	Scientific Writing (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal	20
2018 Concluded	Biodiversity Conservation and Management (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal	15
2017 Concluded	Introduction to Meta-analysis in Ecology (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2012 Concluded	Mestrado em Ecologia (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal "Effects of plant-litter quality on litter decomposition by benthic invertebrates along a gradient of eutrophication" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2011 Concluded	Global change and biodiversity: implications for ecosystem services (Outros) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2011 Concluded	River Restoration: Principals and Practices (Outros) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2010 Concluded	Integrative Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health (Outros) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2009 Concluded	Licenciatura em Biologia e Geologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal "Cartografia geológica (com notícia explicativa) à escala 1/5000, do sector Cabração da região de Ponte de Lima - Composição e Génese do Aplito-Pegmatito" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/10/01 - 2022	phD student in Biosciences - Specialization in Ecology	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

2016/10/01 - 2017/08/31	Research fellow (Work supervised by Dr. Verónica Ferreira) EXSTREAM project - Effects of exotic tree species on stream communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp.	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

2014/09/01 - 2014/12/31	Research fellow (Work supervised by Dr. Verónica Ferreira) PROSTREAM project - Ecological experimentation in island ecosystems: vegetal litter processing in streams (EXPL/AAG-GLO/0189/2013)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

2013/03/01 - 2014/05/31	Research fellow (Work supervised by Dr. Sofia Duarte) FunDiver project - Development of molecular tools for assessing fungal diversity and activity in freshwaters (PTDC/AAC-AMB/113746/2009)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2009/10/09 - 2012/02/24	Master student in Ecology (Work supervised by Dr. Cláudia Pascoal and Dr. Fernanda Cássio) FreshBioFun project - Biodiversity and the functioning of detritus food-webs in freshwaters (PTDC/AAC-AMB/117	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2010/06/01 - 2010/10/31	Biologist (Work supervised by Dr. Cláudia Pascoal and Dr. Fernanda Cássio) Assessing the ecological quality of rivers and streams from the north of Portugal, according to the Water Framework Directive	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2005/09/12 - 2009/07/30	Graduation student in Biology-Geology	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/09/01 - 2021/10/31	Effects of the invasion of native deciduous forests by nitrogen-fixing trees (Acacia spp.) on stream ecological integrity SFRH/BD/118069/2016 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2017	EXSTREAM - Effects of EXotic tree species on STREAM communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp. IF/00129/2014 Research Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016 - 2017	EXSTREAM - Effects of EXotic tree species on STREAM communities and processes: the case of invasion of native forests by Acacia spp. IF/00129/2014	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014 - 2014	PROSTREAM -Ecological experimentation in island ecosystems: vegetal litter processing in streams. EXPL/AAG-GLO/0189/2013Period: 2014-2015 Research Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013 - 2014	FunDiver - Development of molecular tools for assessing fungal diversity and activity in freshwaters PTDC/AAC-AMB/113746/2009Period: 2012-2015 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012 - 2013	FreshBioFun - Biodiversity and the functioning of detritus food-webs in freshwaters PTDC/AAC-AMB/117068/2010Period: 2012-2015 Other Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010/07/01 - 2010/10/31	Assessing the ecological quality of rivers and streams from north of Portugal, according to the Water Framework Directive. www.arhnorte.pt Research Technician Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal	ARH do Norte Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2018 - 2018	Science communication activity Celebrar o Mondego e os ambientes envolventes. MARE/UC (University of Coimbra), Museu da Água de Coimbra	Concluded
2017 - 2017	Science communication activity - Venha conhecer os ribeiros de floresta nas Piscinas Municipais de Coimbra MARE/UC (University of Coimbra), Câmara Municipal de Coimbra
2011/08/01 - 2011/08/31	O que nos contam os organismos que vivem nos rios sobre a saúde desses ecossistemas? Ciência Viva - Biologia no Verão, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Journal article	Ana Pereira; Albano Figueiredo; Nuno Coimbra; Manuel A. S. Graça; Verónica Ferreira. "Effects of Acacia invasion on water quality, litterfall, aquatic decomposers, and leaf litter decomposition in streams". Freshwater Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14240. 10.1111/fwb.14240 Pereira, Ana; Ferreira, Verónica. "Increasing inputs of invasive N-fixing Acacia litter decrease litter decomposition and associated microbial activity in streams". Freshwater Biology 67 2 (2021): 292-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13841. Published • 10.1111/fwb.13841 Ana Pereira; Albano Figueiredo; Verónica Ferreira. "Invasive Acacia Tree Species Affect Instream Litter Decomposition Through Changes in Water Nitrogen Concentration and Litter Characteristics". Microbial Ecology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01749-0. 10.1007/s00248-021-01749-0 Verónica Ferreira; Albano Figueiredo; Manuel A. S. Graça; Elizabete Marchante; Ana Pereira. "Invasion of temperate deciduous broadleaf forests by N-fixing tree species – consequences for stream ecosystems". Biological Reviews (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12682. 10.1111/brv.12682 Ana Pereira; Verónica Ferreira. "Invasion of Native Riparian Forests by Acacia Species Affects In-Stream Litter Decomposition and Associated Microbial Decomposers". Microbial Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01552-3. 10.1007/s00248-020-01552-3 Pereira, Ana; Geraldes, Paulo; Lima-Fernandes, Eva; Fernandes, Isabel; Cássio, Fernanda; Pascoal, Cláudia. "Structural and functional measures of leaf-associated invertebrates and fungi as predictors of stream eutrophication". Ecological Indicators 69 (2016): 648-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.017. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.017 Pereira, Ana; Trabulo, José; Fernandes, Isabel; Pascoal, Cláudia; Cássio, Fernanda; Duarte, Sofia. "Spring stimulates leaf decomposition in moderately eutrophic streams". Aquatic Sciences 79 1 (2016): 197-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00027-016-0490-3. 10.1007/s00027-016-0490-3 Ferreira, Verónica; Raposeiro, Pedro M.; Pereira, Ana; Cruz, Ana M.; Costa, Ana C.; Graça, Manuel A. S.; Gonçalves, Vítor. "Leaf litter decomposition in remote oceanic island streams is driven by microbes and depends on litter quality and environmental conditions". Freshwater Biology 61 5 (2016): 783-799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12749. 10.1111/fwb.12749 Fernandes, Isabel; Pereira, Ana; Trabulo, José; Pascoal, Cláudia; Cássio, Fernanda; Duarte, Sofia. "Microscopy- or DNA-based analyses: Which methodology gives a truer picture of stream-dwelling decomposer fungal diversity?". Fungal Ecology 18 (2015): 130-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2015.08.005. 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.08.005 Lima-Fernandes, Eva; Fernandes, Isabel; Pereira, Ana; Geraldes, Paulo; Cássio, Fernanda; Pascoal, Cláudia. "Eutrophication modulates plant-litter diversity effects on litter decomposition in streams". Freshwater Science 34 1 (2015): 31-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/679223. 10.1086/679223
Online resource	Pereira, Ana. Fernandes I, Pereira A, Trabulo J, Pascoal C, Cássio F and Duarte S. 2015. Microscopy- or DNA- based analyses: which methodology gives a truer picture of stream-dwelling decomposer fungal diversity? Sequence Read Archives accession number: SRR1958879 (31.478 ITS2 454 pyrosequencing reads). 2015. Pereira, Ana. Fernandes I, Batista D, Pereira A, Cássio F, Pascoal C and Duarte S. 2014 GenBank submissions accession numbers: KF952606-KF952741 (136 ITS sequences). 2014.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Effects of the Invasion of Native Deciduous Forests by Nitrogen-Fixing Trees (Acacia spp.) on Stream Ecological Integrity". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/105100. Pereira, Ana Maria Novais. "Effects of plant-litter quality on litter decomposition by benthic invertebrates along a gradient of eutrophication". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/18333.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022	Pereira A, Figueiredo A, Graça MAS and Ferreira V. 2022. Invasion of native riparian forests by Acacia species: implications on litterfall biomass, water N concentration, aquatic decomposers, and litter decomposition in streams.	9th Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters, Braga, Portugal, 16-19 May (Accepted) (Braga, Portugal)
2021/07/26	Pereira A and Ferreira V. 2021. In-stream microbial litter decomposition decrease as forests invasion by Acacia species increases.	12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Virtual Conference, 25-30 July
2019	Pereira A, Figueiredo A, Ferreira V. 2019. Invasive N-fixing Acacia spp. affect litter decomposition and associated fungal decomposers in streams.	15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18th National SPECO Meeting. Lisbon, Portugal, 29/July to 2/August
2018	Calapez AR, Elias CL, Pereira A, Alves A, Almeida SFP and Feio MJ. 2018. Molecular evidences of biofilm responses to multiple-stressors: community shifts induced by flow stagnation, organic loads and grazing.	XIX Conference of the Iberian Society of Limnology. Coimbra, Portugal, 24-29/June
2018	Pereira A and Ferreira V. 2018. Litter decomposition and associated fungal decomposers are affected by forest streams invasion by Acacia spp.	XIX Conference of the Iberian Society of Limnology. Coimbra, Portugal, 24-29/June
2016	Ferreira V, Raposeiro PM, Pereira A, Cruz AM, Costa AC, Graça MAS and Gonçalves V. 2016. Leaf litter decomposition in Atlantic islands is driven by microbes and depends on litter quality and environmental conditions. Pp. 306-307 in: Gabriel R, Elias RB, Amorim IR & Borges PAV (Eds).	2nd International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation: Island Biology. Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal, Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences (Supplement 9), 18-22/July
2016	Fernandes I, Pereira A, Trabulo J, Pascoal C, Cássio F and Duarte S. 2016. Microscopy- or DNA-based analyses: which methodology gives a truer picture of decomposer fungal diversity in streams?	Conference Community Ecology for the 21st century – From Genes to Ecosystems. Évora, Portugal, 17-19/October
2015	Ferreira V, Raposeiro PM, Pereira A, Cruz AM, Costa AC, Graça MAS and Gonçalves V. 2015. Leaf litter decomposition in Atlantic islands is driven by microbes and depends on litter quality and environmental conditions.	4º Iberian Ecological Congress. Coimbra, Portugal, 16-19/June
2014	Pereira A, Trabulo J, Fernandes I, Pascoal C, Cássio F and Duarte S. 2014. Seasonal effects of eutrophication on litter decomposition and associated fungal and invertebrate communities.	XVII Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology. Santander, Spain, 6-11/July
2012	Lima-Fernandes E, Fernandes I, Pereira A, Geraldes P, Cássio F and Pascoal C. 2012. Effects of riparian plant diversity on leaf-litter decomposition along a eutrophication gradient.	XVI Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology. Guimarães, Portugal, 2-6/July
2012	Pereira A, Geraldes P, Lima-Fernandes E, Fernandes I, Cássio F and Pascoal C. 2012. Structural and functional measures of invertebrate and fungal communities as predictors of eutrophication.	XVI Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology. Guimarães, Portugal, 2-6/July
2011	Effects of nutrient enrichment and riparian vegetation on litter decomposition in streams.	Seminários no Departamento de Biologia da Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
2011	Lima-Fernandes E, Fernandes I, Pereira A, Geraldes P, Pascoal C and Cássio F. 2011. Eutrophication alters non-additive effects of plant-litter diversity in streams.	7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences. Girona, Spain, 27/June-1/July

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018	Member of the organizing committee of the XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology held in Coimbra, Portugal (2018/06/24 - 2018/06/29) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/19	9TH PLANT LITTER PROCESSING IN FRESHWATERS CONGRESS Congress	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/07/25 - 2021/07/30	12th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Virtual Conference Conference
2019 - 2019	15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18th National SPECO Meeting Congress	Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018 - 2018	XIX Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology Congress	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017	16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Meeting	Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2014	XVII Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology Congress	Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
2012 - 2012	XVI Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology Congress	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2011 - 2011	7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences Symposium	Universitat de Girona, Spain
2010 - 2010	2nd Conference of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life Congress	Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2016 - Current	Iberian Society of Limnology

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2011 - 2011	Participation in the teaching of practical classes of General Ecology: identification of benthic macroinvertebrates and assessment of the ecological quality of water according to the Water Framework Directive	Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2018	Award (2nd place) for best oral presentation at the XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology for the communication entitled “Litter decomposition and associated fungal decomposers are affected by forest streams invasion by Acacia spp.”.