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I am a coastal and marine benthic ecologist and I hold a PhD in Biology, specialty Ecology (2010) from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, with training at Univ. Murcia (SP), AZTI Foundation (SP) and SCCWRP (USA). I carried out post-doctoral activities at IMAR (Coimbra, PT) from 2009 to 2012, and from 2013 spent three years as Scientific Officer at the European Commission Joint Research Centre JRC (Ispra, IT). Since 2016 that I am an Assistant Researcher at the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and the Department of Biology of the University of Aveiro (PT). My main research focuses four aspects related with environmental assessment and conservation ecology: 1) pressure-response relationships to reverse the negative impacts of anthropogenic disturbances; 2) the use of ecological indicators for assessing quality trends in estuarine, coastal and marine ecosystems; 3) local processes and impacts of biological invasions driven by climate and anthropogenic pressures; and 4) understanding biodiversity links to ecosystem services supply. I have large experience in environmental assessments, e.g. seafloor integrity, eutrophication abatement, marine invasive alien species impacts, and ecological integrity in coastal and marine waters; being interested in the potential of modelling approaches coupled with ecological indicators and in developing assessment tools to facilitate management. More recently, I have also been working on socio-ecological research topics, using ecosystem services together with stakeholder participatory processes in conservation ecology. I participated in more than 20 R&D projects in national and international contexts, co-authoring 58 scientific publications in ISI Journals, among other publications such as books and book chapters, guidances, and technical reports, a result of my interaction with over 200 collaborators. My h-index = 31 in Scopus. Since 2004, I have been involved in several international working groups, providing scientific support to environmental policies on the domains of Water, Marine Strategy, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation, and Invasive Alien Species, with several studies highlighted as relevant Science for Policy (see for example my Sage Policy profile https://policyprofiles.sagepub.com/profile/892/heliana-teixeira). I currently participate as institutional PI of two HEU projects GES4SEAS (2022-26) and B3 (2023-26). I am also team member in the projects A-AAGORA, RESTORE4C's and REDRESS (HEU), SeaGrassRIAwild (LIFE), GoBig and PUFApods (FCT), as well as PORBIOTA (the Portuguese node of LifeWatch ERIC). Since 2016 I am part of the EU Water Directive ECOSTAT WG on physical-chemical elements in support of good ecological status. I collaborate with the LifeWatch ERIC Internal Joint Initiative, since 2019, for developing Virtual Research Environments for Non-indigenous and invasive species (IJI-NIS). I am a member of InvECO the Portuguese network for the study and management of invasive alien species of the Portuguese Ecological Society. I integrate the COST ACTION InsectAI network, for Using Image-based AI for Insect Monitoring & Conservation (2023-2026). Since January 2023, I am Specialty Chief co-Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science in Marine Ecosystems Ecology topics, where I had been associate editor since 2018.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Heliana Teixeira
Date of birth
1978/07/04
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Teixeira, Heliana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DD12-5E29-4B22
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8525-9967
Google Scholar ID
Heliana Teixeira
Researcher Id
O-5082-2014
Scopus Author Id
23020296200

Email addresses

  • heliana.teixeira@ua.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 234370771 Ext.: 22730 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM). Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/09/20
Concluded
 Biology, specialty Ecology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Ecological Indicators for Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems: Assessment and Intercalibration" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada com Distinção e Louvor
2005/04/21
Concluded
 Mestrado em Ecologia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Avaliação comportamento indicadores qualidade ecológica em diferentes cenários impacto ambiental." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2002/07/19
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Ramo científico
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Censo de Cervídeos na Z.C.T. dos Tronqueirões (Ladoeiro, concelho de Idanha-a-Nova); Relações Alométricas das Taxas de Defecação em Cervídeos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/08/16 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2023/08/15 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2018/11/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2013/01/16 - 2016/01/15 Contracted Researcher (Research) European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Italy
2012/03/01 - 2013/01/15 Postdoc (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2012/02/29 Postdoc (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2009/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2004/12/01 - 2005/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2003/05/01 - 2004/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/06/01 - Current PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2030/08/31 SeaGrassRIAwild Mariculture for Ria de Aveiro subtidal seagrass Rewilding
LIFE22-NAT-PT-SeaGrassRIAwild/101114362
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 EC - European Commission
Ongoing
2024/02/01 - 2028/01/31 REDRESS Restoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas
101135492
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2026/08/31 B-CUBED Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy
10.3030/101059592
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 EC - European Commission
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2026/08/31 GES4SEAS - Achieving Good Environmental Status For Maintaining Ecosystem Services, By Assessing Integrated Impacts Of Cumulative Pressures
101059877
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 EC - European Commission
Ongoing
2022/12/06 - 2026/05/31 A-AAGORA Blueprint for Atlantic-Arctic Agora on cross-sectoral cooperation for restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems and increased climate resilience through transformative innovation
101093956
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/12/06 - 2025/12/31 RESTORE4Cs Modelling RESTORation of wEtlands for Carbon pathways, Climate Change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, and biodiversity, Co-benefits
101056782
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 EC - European Commission
2021/02/01 - 2024/01/31 GoBig - GlObal change and BioloGical Invasions: Potamopyrgus antipodarum as a case study
PTDC/CTA-AMB/3702/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/06/01 - 2022/05/31 FITA - FIghting Towards restoration Actions for Zostera marina L.
OHMi Estarreja 2020
n.a.
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 (CNRS-INEE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut Écologie et Environnement

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Concluded
2015/06 - 2018/11 AQUACROSS - Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies
642317
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2012/11 - 2016/10 DEVOTES - DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status
grant agreement n°308392
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2008/09 - 2012/03 RECONNECT - System dynamic response to an ample artificial RE-establishment of the upstream CONNECTion between the two arms of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): Implications for recovery, ecological quality status, and management
Provided by PTCRIS: 64627
PTDC/MAR/64627/2006
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/03 - 2012/02 WISER - Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery
Provided by PTCRIS: 61324
226273
Post-doc Fellow
European Commission
2008 - 2010 EXTREMIS – Effects of extreme freshwater input fluctuations on the ecological status assessment in estuarine ecosystem. The benthic perspective
000000000
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar
Concluded
2003/11 - 2004/05 CROP - Cross-Shore Processes on Contrasting Environments
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/15265/PT
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2003 DYNAMOD - Dynamic model of stress induced changes on benthic communities
POCTI/MGS/37431/2001
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/08/16 - 2029/08/15 MOVIAS - MOdelling and MOnitoring the MOVement of Marine Invasive Alien Species – Advancing Predictability of Spread and Impacts
2022.08095.CEECIND/CP1720/CT0017
10.54499/2022.08095.CEECIND/CP1720/CT0017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/16 - 2026/01/15 Merging blue and green food systems - Using marine gammarid amphipods supplied with plant food processing side streams to produce n-3 LC-PUFA
2022.01620.PTDC
10.54499/2022.01620.PTDC
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies
LA/P/0094/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0094/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/08 - 2024/01 Assess the impact of alien species on marine ecosystems within the 2023 MED QSR non-indigenous species subchapter (EO2)
Consultancy N° 16/2023_SPA/RAC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 UNEP - Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (SPA/RAC)
Concluded
2018/07/15 - 2022/07/14 SALTFREE II - Salinização de regiões costeiras devido a alterações climáticas: validação de valores de segurança para protecção da biodiversidade e serviços de ecossistemas
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31022/2017
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/31 ESTUÁRIOS DO MINHO, MONDEGO E MIRA, observatórios: Variações do estado ecológico a longo prazo originadas por pressões naturais e humanas. implicações na gestão e recuperação - 3M_RECITAL
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 284 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/UI0284/2011
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2011 EEMA – Evaluation of the Ecological Status of Coastal and Transitional Water Bodies and Ecological Potential of Heavily Modified Water Bodies in Portugal
POVT-12-0133-FCOES-00017
Researcher
INAG Instituto Nacional da Água
Concluded
2005 - 2008 EFICAS - Effects of natural stress generated by freshwater discharges in the benthic invertebrate estuarine communities and its influence on the assessment of the benthic ecological status
POCI/MAR/61324/2004
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005 - 2006 RECITAL - Reference Conditions and Intercalibration of Transitional and Coastal Waters in Portugal - Metrics used in Intercalibration. Development of guidelines for the application of the European Union Water Framework Directive
2005/056/INAG
Researcher
INAG Instituto Nacional da Água
Concluded
2005 - 2006 MONITOR - Protocolo Mondego
00000
Researcher
INAG Instituto Nacional da Água
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2019/01/09 - 2021/07/31 Crepidula - Invasion biology and ecology of the alien gastropod Crepidula fornicata in a classified coastal lagoon.
CESAM 2019 CREPIDULA
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar
Concluded
2018/05/01 - 2019/12/15 Assessing and mapping the impact of Marine Alien Species in the European Seas.
n.a.
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Environment Agency
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Marques J C; Salas F; Patrício J; Teixeira H; Neto J. Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment - a user guide. WIT Press. 2009.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Lillebø, Ana I.; Teixeira, Heliana; Ana Isabel Francisco Sousa. Corresponding author: Lillebø, Ana I.. "Challenges in the Operationalization of the Concept of Ecosystem Services in Coastal Areas". In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, 2021.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-821139-7.00218-x
  2. Lillebø, Ana I.; Teixeira, Heliana; Martínez-López, Javier; Genua-Olmedo, Ana; Marhubi, Asya; Delacámara, Gonzalo; Mattheiß, Verena; et al. "Mitigating Negative Unintended Impacts on Biodiversity in the Natura 2000 Vouga Estuary (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)". Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-45843-0_24
  3. McDonald, Hugh; Hoffman, Helene; Ressurreição, Adriana; Röschel, Lina; Gerdes, Holger; Lago, Manuel; Boteler, Ben; McFarland, Keighley; Teixeira, Heliana. "Ecosystem-Based Management for More Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study on the Faial-Pico Channel Marine Protected Area, Azores". In Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity, 499-515. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-45843-0_25
  4. Marques J C; Salas F; Patrício J; Neto J; Teixeira H; Pinto R. "Application of Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health in Estuaries and Coastal Zones". In Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, edited by Sven E. Jørgensen; Liu Xu; Robert Costanza, 211-262. CRC Press, 2010.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Vinagre, Pedro Almeida; Patricio, Joana; Neto, João M.; Teixeira, Heliana; Ceia, Filipe R.; Franco, João; Marques, João Carlos. "The Mondego estuary (Southwestern Europe) Mesohaline and Oligohaline macrozoobenthic communities. A contribution for their Ecological Quality Status assessment". Paper presented in ECSA47 Symposium, Figueira da Foz, 2010.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Santos, Maria Beatriz; Hilário, Ana; Teixeira, Heliana; Rodrigues, Clara F.. "Crepipatella dilatata (Lamarck, 1819): routes of invasion of a new invasive alien gastropod species in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal". Paper presented in 2nd SIBECOL meeting / XXI AIL Conference, 2022.
Edited book
  1. Lillebø, Ana; Teixeira, Heliana; António J.A. Nogueira; Ana Genua-Olmedo; Ferreira, Vanessa; Morgado, Mariana. Implementando uma gestão baseada nos ecossistemas aquáticos da Rede Natura 2000 da Ria de Aveiro: da Pateira até ao mar, passando pelo Baixo Vouga Lagunar. 2018.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Phillips, Geoff; Teixeira, Heliana; Kelly, Martyn G.; Salas Herrero, Fuensanta; Várbíró, Gábor; Lyche Solheim, Anne; Kolada, Agnieszka; Free, Gary; Poikane, Sandra. "Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix". Science of The Total Environment 912 (2024): 168872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168872.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168872
  2. Pernat, Nadja; Canavan, Susan; Golivets, Marina; Hillaert, Jasmijn; Itescu, Yuval; Jaric, Ivan; Mann, Hjalte M. R.; et al. "Overcoming biodiversity blindness: Secondary data in primary citizen science observations". Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12295.
    10.1002/2688-8319.12295
  3. Pocock, Michael J.O.; Adriaens, Tim; Bertolino, Sandro; Eschen, Rene; Essl, Franz; Hulme, Philip E.; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; et al. "Citizen science is a vital partnership for invasive alien species management and research". iScience (2023): 108623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108623.
    10.1016/j.isci.2023.108623
  4. Groom, Quentin; Dillen, Mathias; Addink, Wouter; Ariño, Arturo H.; Bölling, Christian; Bonnet, Pierre; Cecchi, Lorenzo; et al. "Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections". Biodiversity Data Journal 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.11.e109439.
    10.3897/bdj.11.e109439
  5. Katsanevakis, Stelios; Olenin, Sergej; Puntila-Dodd, Riikka; Rilov, Gil; Stæhr, Peter A. U.; Teixeira, Heliana; Tsirintanis, Konstantinos; et al. "Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1271755.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1271755
  6. Caldeira, Mariana; Teixeira, Heliana; Hilário, Ana. "Negotiations to implement area-based management tools beyond national jurisdiction: the scientific community’s view". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1173682.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1173682
  7. Genua-Olmedo, Ana; Verutes, Gregory M.; Teixeira, Heliana; Sousa, Ana I.; Lillebø, Ana I.. "A spatial explicit vulnerability assessment for a coastal socio-ecological Natura 2000 site". Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1086135.
    10.3389/fmars.2023.1086135
  8. Probert, Anna F.; Wegmann, Daniel; Volery, Lara; Adriaens, Tim; Bakiu, Rigers; Bertolino, Sandro; Essl, Franz; et al. "Identifying, reducing, and communicating uncertainty in community science: a focus on alien species". Biological Invasions (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8.
    10.1007/s10530-022-02858-8
  9. Kelly, Martyn G.; Phillips, Geoff ; Teixeira, Heliana; Várbíró, Gábor; Salas-Herrero, Fuensanta; Willby, Nigel J. ; Poikane, Sandra. Corresponding author: Kelly, Martyn G.. "Establishing ecologically-relevant nutrient thresholds: A tool-kit with guidance on its use.". Science of the Total Environment 807 (2022): 150977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150977.
    Accepted • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150977
  10. Borja, Angel; Andersen, Jesper H.; Arvanitidis, Christos D; Basset, Alberto; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Carvalho, Susana; Dafforn, Katherine; et al. "Past and future Grand Challenges in Marine Ecosystem Ecology". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): 362. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00362/full.
    Accepted • 10.3389/fmars.2020.00362
  11. Sandra Poikane; Martyn G. Kelly; Fuensanta Salas Herrero; Jo-Anne Pitt; Helen P. Jarvie; Ulrich Claussen; Wera Leujak; et al. "Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook". Science of The Total Environment 695 (2019): 133888-133888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133888.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133888
  12. Geoff Phillips; Heliana Teixeira; Sandra Poikane; Fuensanta Salas Herrero; Martyn G. Kelly; Teixeira, Heliana; Martyn Kelly. "Establishing nutrient thresholds in the face of uncertainty and multiple stressors: A comparison of approaches using simulated datasets". Science of The Total Environment 684 (2019): 425-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.343.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.343
  13. Fiona Culhane; Heliana Teixeira; Antonio J.A. Nogueira; Florian Borgwardt; Daniel Trauner; Ana Lillebø; GerJan Piet; et al. "Risk to the supply of ecosystem services across aquatic ecosystems". Science of The Total Environment 660 (2019): 611-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.346.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.346
  14. Fuensanta Salas Herrero; Teixeira, Heliana; Sandra Poikane. "A novel approach for deriving nutrient criteria to support good ecological status: Application to coastal and transitional waters and indications for use". Frontiers in Marine Science (2019): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00255/abstract.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.3389/fmars.2019.00255
  15. Heliana Teixeira; Ana I. Lillebø; Fiona Culhane; Leonie Robinson; Daniel Trauner; Florian Borgwardt; Mathias Kummerlen; et al. "Linking biodiversity to ecosystem services supply: Patterns across aquatic ecosystems". Science of The Total Environment 657 (2019): 517-534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.440.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.440
  16. Michiel A. Daam; Heliana Teixeira; Ana I. Lillebø; António J.A. Nogueira. "Establishing causal links between aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Status and research needs". Science of The Total Environment 656 (2019): 1145-1156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.413.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.413
  17. Barbosa, Ana; Martín, Beatriz; Hermoso, Virgilio; Arévalo-Torres, Juan; Barbière, Julian; Martínez-López, Javier; Domisch, Sami; et al. "Cost-effective restoration and conservation planning in Green and Blue Infrastructure designs. A case study on the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean: Andalusia (Spain) – Morocco". Science of The Total Environment 652 (2019): 1463-1473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.416.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.416
  18. Ana I. Lillebø; Heliana Teixeira; Mariana Morgado; Javier Martínez-López; Asya Marhubi; Gonzalo Delacámara; Pierre Strosser; António J.A. Nogueira. "Ecosystem-based management planning across aquatic realms at the Ria de Aveiro Natura 2000 territory". Science of The Total Environment 650 (2019): 1898-1912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.317.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.317
  19. Florian Borgwardt; Leonie Robinson; Daniel Trauner; Heliana Teixeira; Antonio J.A. Nogueira; Ana I. Lillebø; Gerjan Piet; et al. "Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems". Science of The Total Environment 652 (2019): 1396-1408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.339.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.339
  20. Javier Martínez-López; Heliana Teixeira; Mariana Morgado; María Almagro; Ana I. Sousa; Ferdinando Villa; Stefano Balbi; et al. "Participatory coastal management through elicitation of ecosystem service preferences and modelling driven by “coastal squeeze”". Science of The Total Environment 652 (2019): 1113-1128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.309.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.309
  21. Broszeit, Stefanie; Beaumont, Nicola J.; Uyarra, Maria C.; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Frost, Matthew; Somerfield, Paul J.; Rossberg, Axel G.; Teixeira, Heliana; Austen, Melanie C.. "What can indicators of good environmental status tell us about ecosystem services?: Reducing efforts and increasing cost-effectiveness by reapplying biodiversity indicator data". Ecological Indicators 81 (2017): 409-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.057.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.057
  22. Teixeira, Heliana. "A Catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators". Frontiers in Marine Science (2016):
    10.3389/fmars.2016.00207
  23. Lynam, Christopher P.; Uusitalo, Laura; Patrício, Joana; Piroddi, Chiara; Queirós, Ana M.; Teixeira, Heliana; Rossberg, Axel G.; et al. "Uses of Innovative Modeling Tools within the Implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive". Frontiers in Marine Science 3 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00182.
    10.3389/fmars.2016.00182
  24. Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Berg, Torsten; Uusitalo, Laura; Teixeira, Heliana; Bruhn, Annette; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Lynam, Christopher P.; et al. "Biodiversity in Marine Ecosystems—European Developments toward Robust Assessments". Frontiers in Marine Science 3 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00184.
    10.3389/fmars.2016.00184
  25. Patrício, Joana; Little, Sally; Mazik, Krysia; Papadopoulou, Konstantia-Nadia; Smith, Christopher J.; Teixeira, Heliana; Hoffmann, Helene; et al. "European Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Networks: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats". Frontiers in Marine Science 3 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00161.
    10.3389/fmars.2016.00161
  26. Katsanevakis, S.; Tempera, F.; Teixeira, H.. "Mapping the impact of alien species on marine ecosystems: The Mediterranean Sea case study". Diversity and Distributions 22 6 (2016): 694-707. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959440798&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ddi.12429
  27. Torsten Berg; Karin Fürhaupter; Heliana Teixeira; Laura Uusitalo; Nikolaos Zampoukas. "The Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the ecosystem-based approach – pitfalls and solutions". Marine Pollution Bulletin 96 1-2 (2015): 18-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.050.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.050
  28. Gillett, D.J.; Weisberg, S.B.; Grayson, T.; Hamilton, A.; Hansen, V.; Leppo, E.W.; Pelletier, M.C.; et al. "Effect of ecological group classification schemes on performance of the AMBI benthic index in US coastal waters". Ecological Indicators 50 (2015): 99-107. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84910599609&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.005
  29. Piroddi, C.; Teixeira, H.; Lynam, C.P.; Smith, C.; Alvarez, M.C.; Mazik, K.; Andonegi, E.; et al. "Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive". Ecological Indicators 58 (2015): 175-191. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84935856977&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.037
  30. Borja, Angel; Prins, Theo C.; Simboura, Nomiki; Andersen, Jesper H.; Berg, Torsten; Marques, Joao-Carlos; Neto, Joao M.; et al. "Tales from a thousand and one ways to integrate marine ecosystem components when assessing the environmental status". Frontiers in Marine Science 1(72) (2014): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2014.00072.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2014.00072
  31. Neto, J.M.; Feio, M.J.; Teixeira, H.; Patrício, J.; Serra, S.R.Q.; Franco, J.N.; Calapez, A.R.; Constantino, E.. "Transitional and freshwater bioassessments: One site, two perspectives?". Marine Pollution Bulletin 78 1-2 (2014): 153-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892438955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.048
  32. Teixeira, Z.; Teixeira, H.; Marques, J.C.. "Systematic processes of land use/land cover change to identify relevant driving forces: Implications on water quality". Science of the Total Environment 470-471 (2014): 1320-1335. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889638794&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.098
  33. Basset, A.; Barbone, E.; Borja, A.; Elliott, M.; Jona-Lasinio, G.; Marques, J.C.; Mazik, K.; et al. "Natural variability and reference conditions: Setting type-specific classification boundaries for lagoon macroinvertebrates in the Mediterranean and Black Seas". Hydrobiologia 704 1 (2013): 325-345. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873749249&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10750-012-1273-z
  34. Veríssimo, H.; Patrício, J.; Teixeira, H.; Carriço, A.; Marques, J.C.. "Testing different ecological scenarios in a temperate estuary: A contribution towards the implementation of the Ecological Potential assessment". Marine Pollution Bulletin 71 1-2 (2013): 168-178. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878629351&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.019
  35. Borja, Angel; Elliott, Mike; Andersen, Jesper H.; Cardoso, Ana C.; Carstensen, Jacob; Ferreira, Joao G.; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; et al. "Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?". Marine Pollution Bulletin 76 1 (2013): 16-27.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.042
  36. Teixeira, Heliana; Weisberg, Stephen B.; Borja, Angel; Ranasinghe, J. Ananda; Cadien, Donald B.; Velarde, Ronald G.; Lovell, Lawrence L.; et al. "Calibration and validation of the AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) for Southern California marine bays". Ecological Indicators 12 1 (2012): 84-95.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.05.025
  37. Gamito, S.; Patrício, J.; Neto, J.M.; Teixeira, H.; Marques, J.C.. "Feeding diversity index as complementary information in the assessment of ecological quality status". Ecological Indicators 19 (2012): 73-78. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858745500&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.003
  38. Veríssimo, H.; Neto, J.M.; Teixeira, H.; Franco, J.N.; Fath, B.D.; Marques, J.C.; Patrício, J.. "Ability of benthic indicators to assess ecological quality in estuaries following management". Ecological Indicators 19 (2012): 130-143. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858746658&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.014
  39. Gamito, S.; Patrício, J.; Neto, J.M.; Marques, J.C.; Teixeira, H.. "The importance of habitat-type for defining the reference conditions and the ecological quality status based on benthic invertebrates: The Ria Formosa coastal lagoon (Southern Portugal) case study". Ecological Indicators 19 (2012): 61-72. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858747797&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.004
  40. Borja, A.; Barbone, E.; Basset, A.; Borgersen, G.; Brkljacic, M.; Elliott, M.; Garmendia, J.M.; et al. "Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems". Marine Pollution Bulletin 62 3 (2011): 499-513. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952194464&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.009
  41. Teixeira, H.; Borja, T.; Weisberg, S.B.; Ananda Ranasinghe, J.; Cadien, D.B.; Dauer, D.M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; et al. "Assessing coastal benthic macrofauna community condition using best professional judgement - Developing consensus across North America and Europe". Marine Pollution Bulletin 60 4 (2010): 589-600. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951497901&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.005
  42. Neto, J.M.; Teixeira, H.; Patrício, J.; Baeta, A.; Veríssimo, H.; Pinto, R.; Marques, J.C.. "The Response of Estuarine Macrobenthic Communities to Natural- and Human-Induced Changes: Dynamics and Ecological Quality". Estuaries and Coasts 33 6 (2010): 1327-1339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957661677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12237-010-9326-x
  43. Marques, JC; Salas, F; Patricio, J; Teixeira, H; Neto, JM; Marques, J. C.; Salas, F.; et al. "Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: A User Guide". Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: a User Guide (2010): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/11538606/.
    10.3723/UT.29.059
  44. Teixeira, H.; Neto, J.M.; Patrício, J.; Veríssimo, H.; Pinto, R.; Salas, F.; Marques, J.C.. "Quality assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates under the scope of WFD using BAT, the Benthic Assessment Tool". Marine Pollution Bulletin 58 10 (2009): 1477-1486. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349292126&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.006
  45. Dolbeth, M.; Teixeira, H.; Marques, J. C.; Pardal, M. A.. "Feeding guild composition of a macrobenthic subtidal community along a depth gradient". Scientia Marina 73 (2009): 225-237.
    10.3989/scimar.2009.73n2225
  46. Patrício, Joana; Neto, João Magalhães; Teixeira, Heliana; Salas, Fuensanta; Marques, João Carlos. "The robustness of ecological indicators to detect long-term changes in the macrobenthos of estuarine systems". Marine Environmental Research 68 1 (2009): 25-36.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.04.001
  47. Marques, J. C.; Salas, F.; Patrcio, J.; Teixeira, H.; Neto, J. M.. "Decision tree for selecting ecological indicators based on benthic invertebrate fauna data sets". Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: a User Guide (2009): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/11538622/.
  48. Marques, J. C.; Salas, F.; Patrcio, J.; Teixeira, H.; Neto, J. M.. "Combining indicators to characterise a system's ecological quality status". Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: a User Guide (2009): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/11538629/.
  49. Marques, J. C.; Salas, F.; Patrcio, J.; Teixeira, H.; Neto, J. M.. "Review of ecological indicators and their characteristics". Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: a User Guide (2009): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/11538620/.
  50. Marques, J. C.; Salas, F.; Patrcio, J.; Teixeira, H.; Neto, J. M.. "Decision tree for selecting adequate indices or ecological indicators: examples of application". Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: a User Guide (2009): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/11538628/.
  51. Salas, F.; Teixeira, H.; Marcos, C.; Marques, J.C.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.. "Applicability of the trophic index TRIX in two transitional ecosystems: The Mar Menor lagoon (Spain) and the Mondego estuary (Portugal)". ICES Journal of Marine Science 65 8 (2008): 1442-1448. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53849096694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsn123
  52. Teixeira, Heliana; Salas, Fuensanta; Neto, João M.; Patrício, Joana; Pinto, Rute; Veríssimo, Helena; García-Charton, José A.; et al. "Ecological indices tracking distinct impacts along disturbance-recovery gradients in a temperate NE Atlantic Estuary–guidance on reference values". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 80 1 (2008): 130-140.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2008.07.017
  53. Teixeira, H.; Salas, F.; Borja, A.; Neto, J. M.; Marques, J. C.. "A benthic perspective in assessing the ecological status of estuaries: the case of the Mondego estuary (Portugal)". Ecological Indicators 8 4 (2008): 404-416.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.02.008
  54. Teixeira, H.; Salas, F.; Pardal, M.A.; Marques, J.C.. "Applicability of ecological evaluation tools in estuarine ecosystems: The case of the lower Mondego estuary (Portugal)". Hydrobiologia 587 1 (2007): 101-112. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250749121&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10750-007-0697-3
  55. Dolbeth, M.; Ferreira, Ó.; Teixeira, H.; Marques, J.C.; Dias, J.A.; Pardal, M.A.. "Beach morphodynamic impact on a macrobenthic community along a subtidal depth gradient". Marine Ecology Progress Series 352 (2007): 113-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38949100028&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps07040
  56. Lillebø, A.I.; Teixeira, H.; Pardal, M.A.; Marques, J.C.. "Applying quality status criteria to a temperate estuary before and after the mitigation measures to reduce eutrophication symptoms". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 72 1-2 (2007): 177-187. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847053932&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.012
  57. Patrício, J.; Neto, J.M.; Teixeira, H.; Marques, J.C.. "Opportunistic macroalgae metrics for transitional waters. Testing tools to assess ecological quality status in Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 54 12 (2007): 1887-1896. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-36549016596&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.08.003
Manual
  1. Phillips, Geoff ; Kelly, Martyn ; Teixeira, Heliana; Salas, Fuensanta; Free, Gary; Leujak, Wera; Solheim, Anne Lyche; Várbíró, Gábor; Poikane, Sandra. Best practice for establishing nutrient concentrations to support good ecological status. Publications Office of the European Union. 2018.
    Published • 10.2760/84425
  2. Domingos I; Gameiro C; Ferreira A; Amorim A; Brotas V; Cabral H; Chainho P; et al. Ferramentas inovadoras ao serviço da avaliação do estado ambiental (Chapter 10). Lisboa, Portugal: Direcção Geral Recursos Marinhos (DGRM). 2017.
    Published
Online resource
  1. Julien Radoux; Teixeira, Heliana. Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) calculator - webservice. 2021. https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/3f77a953-cc22-461c-9390-941775b2b010.
  2. Nogueira, António José Arsénia; Teixeira, Heliana. Aqualinks Database. 2018. https://zenodo.org/record/1101159.
    10.5281/zenodo.1101161
  3. Gabor Varbiro; Geoff Phillips; Teixeira, Heliana; Martyn Kelly. Nutrient toolkit - Shiny App. 2018. https://varbirog.shinyapps.io/Tkit_nutrient/.
  4. Berg, Torsten; Teixeira, Heliana. DEVOTool - A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators. 2016. http://www.devotes-project.eu/devotool/.
Report
  1. Teixeira, Heliana; Salas-Herrero, Fuensanta; Kelly, Martyn ; Phillips, Geoff; Lyche Solheim, Anne; Poikane, Sandra. Corresponding author: Teixeira, Heliana. 2022. Physico-chemical supporting elements: transitional and coastal waters: a review of national standards to support good ecological status. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC12807.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2760/07826
  2. Teixeira, Heliana; Lillebø, Ana I.; Culhane, Fiona; Robinson, Leonie; Trauner, danie; Borgwardt, Florian; Kummerlen, Mathias; et al. 2018. Assessment of causalities, highlighting results from the application of meta-ecosystem analysis in the case studies - Synthesis report.. https://aquacross.eu/sites/default/files/D5.2_Causalities_23.11.2018.pdf.
  3. Teixeira, Heliana; Zenetos, Argyro; Teixeira, Zara; Korpinen, S; Katsanevakis, Stelios. 2018. Cumulative Impact of Alien Species in European Seas. Report for the EEA - European Environment Agency. (Appendix E, pp 157-163 in Multiple pressures and their combined effects in Europe’s seas. ETC/ICM Technical Report 4/2019: European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters, 164 pp). https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-icm/products/etc-icm-report-4-2019-multiple-pressures-and-their-combined-effects-in-europes-seas.
  4. Teixeira, Heliana; Salas, Fuensanta. 2018. The use of pressure response relationships between nutrients and biological quality elements as a method for establishing nutrient supporting element boundary values for the Water Framework Directive: Coastal and transitional waters.
  5. Teixeira, Heliana. 2017. Modelling approaches for the assessment of projected impacts of drivers of change on biodiversity, ecosystems functions and aquatic ecosystems service delivery. AQUACROSS Deliverable 7.1. https://aquacross.eu/sites/default/files/D7.1_Modelling%20approaches_Final_v2_12062018.pdf.
  6. Teixeira, Heliana. 2016. Guidance on methods and tools for the assessment of causal flow indicators between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services in the aquatic environment. Deliverable 5.1. https://aquacross.eu/sites/default/files/D5.1_Guidance%20on%20Causal%20Flow%20Indicators%20in%20Aquatic%20Environment11012017.pdf.
  7. Palialexis A; L. Avellan, J. Batsleer, B. Campos, D. Connor, S. Greenstreet, L. Guérin, N. Häubner, J. Hawkridge, P. Heslenfeld,; K. Coull, J. Krause, B. Mavri, L. Miossec, M. Orlando-Bonaca, J. Reker, C. Romao, ; Teixeira, H.; K. Tsiamis. 2015. Report of the JRC’s Descriptor 1 workshop to support the review of the Commission Decision 2010/477/EU concerning MSFD criteria for assessing Good Environmental Status.
  8. Teixeira, Heliana. 2015. Report describing spatial ecosystem models. DEVOTES Deliverable 4.2.
  9. Lynam, C; Tempera, F; Teixeira, Heliana; Diesing, M; Stephens D; van Leeuwen S; Strong J; et al. 2015. Linking habitats to functional biodiversity and modelling connectivity between regional seas. Report describing spatial ecosystem models.
  10. Teixeira, Heliana; Torsten B; Fürhaupter K; Uusitalo L; Papadopoulou N; Bizsel KC; Cochrane S; et al. 2014. Existing biodiversity, non-indigenous species, food-web and seafloor integrity GEnS indicators.
  11. Marques JC; Neto JM; Patricio, Joana; Pinto Rute; Teixeira, Heliana; Veríssimo, Helena. 2007. Monitoring the Mondego estuary. Anthropogenic changes and their impact on ecological quality. Preliminary results from the first assessment of the effects of reopening the communication between the North and South arms on the eutrophication state of the system..
  12. Marques JC; Neto JM; Patricio, Joana; Pinto Rute; Teixeira, Heliana; Veríssimo, Helena. 2006. Pilot study of the Mondego estuary as part of the implementation of the Eutrophication Environmental Quality Objectives Program (EcoQOs-Eutro-OSPAR). Harmonization of OSPAR criteria with the European Water Framework Directive. Progress Report.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Teixeira, Heliana. "Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Ecological Indicators for Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems: Assessment and Intercalibration". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2010.
Website
  1. Teixeira, Heliana. FITA. 2021. https://bio-eco.wixsite.com/fita.
  2. Teixeira, Heliana. CREPIDULA. 2020. https://bio-eco.wixsite.com/crepidula.
  3. Teixeira, Heliana. Ferramentas para estabelecer a qualidade de águas costeiras e sua gestão ambiental. 2019. https://advancedcourses.wixsite.com/nutrientesbahia2019.
  4. Teixeira, Heliana. NEAT Nested Environmental Status Assessment Tool training ¿. 2018. https://advancedcourses.wixsite.com/neat.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/12 Secondary Data: an untapped Treasure for Invasion Biology. ECCB 2024 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology “Biodiversity positive by 2030”
https://eccb2024.eu/ (Bologna, Italy)
2024/06/03 Cumulative impacts on biodiversity and new tools to guide marine policy and governance. MSEAS Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Symposium 2024: Marine Socio-Ecological Systems: Navigating global change in the marine environment
(Yokohama, Japan)
2023/11/28 Off the beaten track: pathways of introduction of an invasive alien slipper limpet in Portugal. TiBE 2023 Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - Invaders on the Horizon! Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystem to Society
CIBIO-BIOPOLIS (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2023/10 B-Cubed: Leveraging Analysis-Ready Biodiversity Datasets and Cloud Computing for Timely and Actionable Biodiversity Monitoring. Biodiversity Information Standards TDWG meeting
(Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
2023/07/06 Projetos e Atividades: O que podemos fazer para além da Missão? - The Atlantic-Arctic Agora – A-AAGORA Atlantic-Artic MissionProject Ciência 2023 ANI@CIÊNCIA 2023 | Sessão 1: "Missão Oceano & Águas 2030: Hoje e o Futuro" - Round Table
FCT - ANI - Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/06/18 Establishing supporting element thresholds for the aquatic environment. A revised approach. 13th SYMPOSIUM FOR EUROPEAN FRESHWATER SCIENCES
Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
2023/06/18 The case for ecological and water quality criteria in the 21st century. 13th SYMPOSIUM FOR EUROPEAN FRESHWATER SCIENCES
Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
2023/05/22 LifeWatch ERIC’s Biotope vulnerability workflow – CIMPAL (Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species) version Biodiversity and Ecosystems eScience (BEeS) Conference
LifeWatch ERIC (Seville, Spain)
2020/12/10 Risk assessment of coastal ecosystems at the complex region of the Ria de Aveiro. XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Desafios para a nova década.
SPECO (Online, Portugal)
2020/02 Control of invasive alien species at the Nature 2000 site Ria de Aveiro. 1st Participatory meeting of Regional Stakeholders (ICNF)
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2020/02 Science, policy and stakeholder’s engagement towards the adaptive management of coastal socio-ecological systems: Ria de Aveiro as show case. Triple – C Networking workshop “Nature and Health Promotion to face Climate Change
Triple – C (UTAD) (Vila Real, Portugal)
2019/10/21 A spatial explicit vulnerability assessment for a coastal socio-ecological Natura 2000 site to provide ecosystem services. ESP Ecosystems Services Partnership 10 world conference
(Hannover, Germany)
2019/10/03 Participatory modelling to identify challenges, opportunities and synergies for restoration of coastal and rural areas Digital Summits - Global Landscapes Forum on the event ‘Collaboration from river to coast’
CSIC - Murcia & https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/from-river-to-coast-collaboration-to-restore-coastal-and-rural-areas/
2019/08/02 Ria de Aveiro as a show case for Natura 2000 sites ecosystem-based management. 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/05/03 Evaluation of the vulnerability of the Natura 2000 Network of the Ria de Aveiro to the impacts of marine alien species. CESAM contributions for Environmental Management & Spatial Planning
CESAM (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/02/08 Ecosystem services maps to improve scientific communication. 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/12/07 Invading the European seas: main pathways of introduction of alien species and their cumulative impacts. CESAM workshop "Invasive alien species in a changing world"
Universidade de Aveiro - CESAM (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/10/17 Flow linkages from biodiversity to ecosystem functions and services: evidence from across aquatic ecosystems ESP2018 Ecosystem Services Partnership Regional Conference Europe
AZTI Tecnalia Foundation (San Sebastian, Spain)
2018/10/16 Participatory coastal management through elicitation of ecosystem service preferences and modelling driven by “coastal squeeze” ESP-Ecosystem Services Partnership, Europe 2018 Regional conference
AZTI Tecnalia Foundation (San Sebastian, Spain)
2018/10/16 Ecosystem-based management (EBM) planning process at Natura 2000 sites from catchment to coast: Ria de Aveiro region as showcase. ESP-Ecosystem Services Partnership, Europe 2018 Regional conference
AZTI (San Sebastián, Spain)
2018/10/16 Mapping of ecosystem services: constraints, challenges, and lessons learned. ESP-Ecosystem Services Partnership, Europe 2018 Regional conference
AZTI (San Sebastian, Spain)
2018/06/18 A Novel Approach for Deriving Nutrient Criteria to Support Good Ecological Status: Application to Coastal and Transitional Waters and Indications for Use. 4th International Symposium on Research and Management of Eutrophication in Coastal Ecosystem
(Nyborg, Denmark)
2017 Overview of indicators for the Baltic (based on DEVOTool database). Bio-C3 project annual meeting
Bio-C3 (Talinn, Estonia)
2016/09/14 CIMPAL: Mapping the cumulative impact of alien species on marine ecosystems 9th International Conference on Biological Invasions Biological Invasions: Interactions with Environmental Change
NEOBIOTA (Viandem, Luxembourg)
2015/09/13 Catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators to assess the environmental status – a software and a review of the current indicator set ICES Annual Science Conference
ICES (Copenhaga, Denmark)
2015/09 Catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators to assess the environmental status – a software and a review of the current indicator set. ICES Annual Science Conference
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2014/02/12 Catalogue of Indicators & DEVOTool software application STAGES and DEVOTES Stakeholder Consultation Workshop “Building a Science-Policy Interface to Support MSFD Implementation”
European Commission DG Environment (Bruxelas, Belgium)
2010/09 Assessing Coastal Benthic Macrofauna Community Condition Using Best Professional Judgement - developing consensus across North America and Europe. ECSA 47 Symposium
Instituto do Mar (Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current Avaliação do potencial de tubos de Serpulidae como marcador paleoambiental. (MSc)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/09/01 - Current The use of Earth Observation tools to reconstruct historical distribution of eelgrass Zostera marina in coastal ecosystems. (MSc)
Supervisor
 Biologia Marinha Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/03/12 - Current The influence of Eichhornia crassipes on the environmental integrity of Pateira de Fermentelos and impacts on the aquatic continuum towards the sea. (PhD)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 - Current New tools that support the continuous monitoring of coastal protected marine areas in mainland Portugal. (MSc)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/12/20 Perceção dos impactos negativos de espécies exóticas invasoras através da comunidade piscatória da Ria de Aveiro. (MSc)
Supervisor
 Ecologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2023/12/14 Crepipatella dilatata (Lamarck, 1819): routes of introduction of a new invasive alien gastropod species in Portugal (MSc)
Supervisor
 Ecologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/12/15 Negotiations to implement area-based management tools beyond national jurisdiction: the scientific community’s view. (MSc)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/07/27 Threats to the settlement of seagrass Zostera marina populations in the Ria de Aveiro - a conceptual model. (Sci Initiation)
Supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2020/06/30 Characterising the ecological niche of the invader gastropod Crepidula fornicata in Ria de Aveiro. (Sci Initiation)
Supervisor
 Biology (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/09/20 - 2019/12/16 Assessing the vulnerability of the Natura 2000 Network Site Ria de Aveiro to the impacts of marine invasive alien species. (MSc)
Supervisor of Diana Pinheiro
 Ecologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/02/02 - Current CIMPAL Training Workshop online (HEU GES4SEAS - LifeWatch ERIC) (2024/02/02)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2022/11/21 - Current Hands-on workshop: Launching the LifeWatch ERIC Biotope workflow web service, @SFE2-GfÖ-EEF joint meeting “Ecology & Evolution: New perspectives and societal challenges“ (Metz, France 2024) (2022/11/21)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 LifeWatch ERIC, Spain

Université de Lorraine, France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
2021 - Current Since 2021 co-organizing the monthly webinars "Invasoras às Quartas!" Ciclo de conferências promoted by InvECO the "Rede Portuguesa de Estudo e Gestão de Espécies Invasoras" of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) already in its third cycle: https://www.speco.pt/inveco/invasorasasquartas (2021)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2019/10/06 - Current Organizing and co-running the “Computer says No” Coding Club weekly sessions at CESAM & Dept. Biology, University of Aveiro. https://computersaysno.netlify.com/ & https://twitter.com/computersays_n (2019/10/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2019/05/10 - 2019/05/10 Participatory workshop with local stakeholders at the Ria de Aveiro N2000 site (with citizens, public administration, business, environmental managers, local associations) within the context of SALTFREE II and BioPradaria projects, at ECOMARE, Ilhavo, Portugal. (2019/05/10 - 2019/05/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2018/11/30 - 2018/11/30 Final AQUACROSS local stakeholders' conference of the Ria de Aveiro N2000 site & book presentation (with citizens, public administration, business, environmental managers, local associations) (2018/11/30)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/09/20 - 2018/09/20 2nd Participatory workshop of AQUACROSS project with local stakeholders at the Ria de Aveiro N2000 site (with citizens, public administration, business, environmental managers, local associations). (ECOMARE, Ílhavo, Portugal). (2018/09/20 - 2018/09/20)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2018/04/27 - 2018/04/27 1st Participatory workshop of AQUACROSS project with local stakeholders at the Ria de Aveiro N2000 site (with citizens, public administration, business, environmental managers, local associations). (Estarreja, Portugal). (2018/04/27 - 2018/04/27)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2013/05 - 2013/05 Advanced course on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), lectured by Dr Jarrett Byrnes (UMASS, Boston, USA). Organizers: Heliana Teixeira & Joana Patrício (IMAR-CMA), held at III-UC, University of Coimbra. (2013/05 - 2013/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2010/09/14 - 2010/09/19 ECSA 47 International Symposium “Integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological quality in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide”, organized by IMAR-CMA, UC and IO- FCUL, held in Figueira da Foz, Portugal (2010/09/14 - 2010/09/19)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/02/03 - Current Multistakeholders participatory meeting on the control of invasive species in Ria de Aveiro N2000 classified site, held by the Directorate-General responsible for nature conservation and forests (ICNF). The main goal of the meeting was to prepare and operationalize a control plan of the invasive alien species in Ria de Aveiro Site. Invasions has been identified in the National Strategy for the Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity 2030 as one of the major threats to biodiversity. Several entities of the Central Region of Portugal participated.
Workshop
 “Control of invasive alien species in Natura 2000 Site Ria de Aveiro"
2019/01/25 - Current (invited talk) "Oceans Pollution" Outreach for students in 2nd and 3rd cycles and professional of Escola de Bencanta, Coimbra, Portugal
Seminar
 Aniversário Escola e Parlamento Jovem
Escola de Bencanta, Portugal
2020/02/17 - 2020/02/19 Increasing understanding of invasion dynamics through citizen science. This workshop was part of the COST Action CA17122 "Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science" https://alien-csi.eu and of the "Invasion Dynamics Network" https://indynet.de Organisers: J. Pergl, I. Jaric, F. Essl, A. Novoa, E. Tricarico, P. Pyšek, J.M. Jeschke. 17-19 February, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
Workshop
 Increasing understanding of invasion dynamics through citizen science.
COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/06 (invited expert) Invited participation as expert in the LifeWatch ERIC Internal Joint Initiative (IJI) 2nd Dahlem workshop, to address needs within the biodiversity and ecosystem scientific community. Developing the demonstration case applied to Non-indigenous and invasive species (NIS), specifically in validation case “3. Risk assessment of NIS introduction and establishment, habitat vulnerability to NIS and estimation of the impact on Biotopes” (Rome, Italy)
Workshop
 2nd Dahlem Worshop IJI-NIS: Joint Discussion bewteen ICT and Validation Cases experts
LifeWatch ERIC, Spain
2019/10/14 - 2019/10/18 (invited expert) Invited participation as expert in the LifeWatch ERIC International Joint Initiative (IJI) 1st Dahlem workshop, to address needs within the biodiversity and ecosystem scientific community: discussing "Current and future challenges of NIS in Europe" (Seville - SPAIN)
Workshop
 "Current and future challenges of NIS in Europe"
LifeWatch ERIC, Spain
2015/06/08 - 2015/06/12 (invited plenary speaker) Food Webs: Supporting Monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea towards Good Environmental Status (GES) within the MSFD context @PERSEUS/UNEP-MAP Summer School 2015 for the COR-MON Group of UNEP/MAP, i.e. representing the marine national authorities of the Mediterranean Regional Sea Convention Contracting Parties. Anavissos, Greece
Workshop
 PERSEUS/UNEP-MAP Summer School 2015
Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Greece
2015/06/08 - 2015/06/12 (as trainer) Workshop on the DEVOTool software application to explore the Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators, @PERSEUS/UNEP-MAP Summer School 2015, providing training to researchers and technicians from marine national authorities of the Mediterranean Regional Sea Convention Contracting Parties. HCMR, Anavissos, Greece, 8-12 Jun
Workshop
 PERSEUS/UNEP-MAP Summer School 2015
Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Greece
2014/04/28 - 2014/04/29 (invited expert) Invited participation as expert for the Ecosystem Approach Biodiversity Scientific Expert Workshop to support the selection of MSFD common indicators by the Barcelona Convention. Organized by the PERSEUS project in collaboration with UNEP/MAP. HCMR, Anavissos, Greece
United Nations Environmental Programme Mediterranean Action Plan, Spain
2011/09/27 - 2011/09/29 AMBI Expert Workshop – organized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), held at the Southern California Coastal Workshop Research Project (SCCWRP). Costa Mesa, CA, USA.
Workshop
 US EPA - AMBI Expert Workshop
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/06 Marine Invasions in a warming Macaronesia: understanding diversity and connectivity patterns through field, laboratory and analytical studies
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Gonçalo Figueiredo Castro (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/12/12 DIVERSIDADE FUNCIONAL DA FAUNA BENTÓNICA EM ÁREAS DE NÓDULOS POLIMETÁLICOS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Laura Mateus Gonçalves Trovão (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/04/04 Biological invasions, pollution, and climate warming in Artemia: ecological and evolutionary responses
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Antónia Juliana Pais-Costa (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/12/20 Effects of spatial and temporal scale on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystems health, under the scope of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Inês Sousa Machado (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/06 Assessment of eutrophication in the coastal lagoon, Ria de Aveiro: influence on the benthic macrofauna communities (Graduation Thesis in Marine Sciences, Dept. Physics)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Patrícia Rolo (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/07/26 Predicting the demographic variability and viability of the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) in response to the management program at the Berlenga island
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Eva Pinto (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/11/20 Study of the benthic macrofauna in areas of dredging and deposition, associated with port development (EN) Estudo da macrofauna bentónica em zonas de dragagem e deposição de dragados associadas ao desenvolvimento portuário (PT)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 RÚBEN VALDO LOPES ROCHA (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current InvECO - Rede Portuguesa de Estudo e Gestão de Espécies Invasoras

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/01 - Current Expert in the WFD ECOSTAT working group on physical-chemical standards in support of Good Ecological Status. Developing methods and supporting EU Member States in transitional and coastal waters; coordinated by the EU COM JRC
Member
2023/10/25 - 2027/10/24 COST Action (CA22129) InsectAI - Using Image-based AI for Insect Monitoring & Conservation
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/07/01 - 2023/01/02 Alien CSI EU COST Action CA17122 research network for "Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science" - Management Committee Substitute Member for Portugal
Member
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2016/02 - 2018/12 Expert in the WFD ECOSTAT working group on nutrient standards in support of Good Ecological Status. Developing methods and supporting EU Member States in transitional and coastal waters; coordinated by the EU COM JRC
Member
 European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Italy
2014 - 2016 Regular contribution with technical and scientific contents for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Competence Centre (MCC) website, as part of my activities within the EU JRC.
Member
 European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Italy
2009 - 2012 EU Water Framework Directive 2nd Phase Intercalibration exercise in the North East Atlantic Geographical Intercalibration Group (NEAGIG) for the Biological Quality Element Benthic Invertebrates, as member of the Portuguese committee. Coordinators: Doctor Angel Borja, AZTI –Tecnalia (NEAGIG coordinator for BQE invertebrate fauna); EU-JRC.
Member
 European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Italy
2006 - 2009 EU Water Framework Directive 1st Phase Intercalibration exercise in the North East Atlantic Geographical Intercalibration Group (NEAGIG) for the Biological Quality Element Benthic Invertebrates, as member of the Portuguese delegates. Coordinators: Doctor Angel Borja, AZTI –Tecnalia (NEAGIG coordinator for BQE invertebrate fauna); EU-JRC.
Member
 European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Italy

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/09/03 - 2024/09/06 NEOBIOTA 2024 - 13th International Conference on Biological Invasions (Lisbon, PT)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods | Introdução aos métodos quantitativos de investigação Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica | Advanced Course in Scientific Research (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/10 - Current Computer says no - Coding Club is an informal support group to the development of coding skills for biologists and ecologists run by, with and for students and researchers. Computer says no - Coding Club (Outros) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2019/02/11 - 2019/02/15 Nutrient toolkit - Tools to establish water quality in coastal and tansitional waters: a conribution to environmental management. (Ferramentas para estabelecer a qualidade de águas costeiras e sua gestão ambiental) Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade Federal da Bahia - Campus Ondina, Brazil
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/07 WFD ECOSTAT Nutrient workshop “Developing, understanding and using nutrient boundaries" Training on Nutrient toolkit for EU Member States European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Italy

Ministry of Waters and Forest, Romania
2018/05/08 - 2018/05/09 Nested Environmental Status Assessment Tool NEAT software application (Outros) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2012/02 - 2012/02 Estuarine Ecology Advanced Course (M.Sc. and Ph.D. level) (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Brazil

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/01/01 - Current Editorial Board Member - Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Ecosystems Ecology
Member
2018/02 - 2022/12/31 Editorial Board Member - Associate Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Ecosystems Ecology topics
Member

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/01 - Current Invited external reviewer of Ph.D. Thesis of Sarai Pouso Omaetxebarria "Recovery of ecosystem services after restoration of a highly polluted ecosystem: the Nerbioi estuary", University of Basque Country, Spain (supervisors A. Borja and MC Uyarra) Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2018/09/10 - Current Juri at Ph.D. mid-term evaluation of Vanessa Ferreira, University of Aveiro, Portugal (supervisors: AJA Nogueira, AI Lillebo, Carlos Gómez): "Development and assessment of ecological indicators for the management of an endangered migratory fish species (Anguilla anguilla)" Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2012 Post-Doctoral fellowship (Grant contract no. 50929_1331131900)
2006 Doctoral fellowship (Grant contract no. SFRH/BD/24430/2005)