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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Colaço

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FC1B-88F8-9708
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6462-5670
Researcher Id
H-4572-2019
Scopus Author Id
10440227900

Email addresses

  • maria.aa.colaco@uac.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 292200400 Ext.: 427 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/06/01 - 2020/06/05
Concluded
 4º Curso avançado - Coaching para o desenvolvimento de equipas; (Outros)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2001
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Ecologia e Biossistemática
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Trophic Ecology of Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fields from the Mid Atlantic Ridge" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1994
Concluded
 Recursos Faunisticos e Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Feeding Strategy of three deep-sea macrourid species (Coryphaenoides rupestris, C. guentheri, C. armatus) from Porcupine Seabight.(in portuguese)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Degree 15; Dissertation 18
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/07/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2021/04/15 - 2022/06/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2021/03/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2020/04/30 Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Colaço, Ana; Carreiro e Silva, Marina; Giacomello, Eva; Gordo, Leonel; Viera, Ana; Adão, Helena; Gomes-Pereira, J.N.; Menezes, Gui. Ecossistemas do Mar Profundo. Portugal. 2017.
    Published
  2. Colaço, Ana. Implications of MIDAS results for policy makers with recommendations for future regulations to be adopted by the EU and the ISA. United Kingdom. 2016.
    Published
  3. Tempera, F.; Giacomello, E.; Mitchell, N.C.; Campos, A.S.; Braga Henriques, A.; Bashmachnikov, I.; Martins, A.; et al. Mapping Condor Seamount Seafloor Environment and Associated Biological Assemblages (Azores, Ne Atlantic). 2012.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00059-1
  4. Glover, A.G.; Gooday, A.J.; Bailey, D.M.; Billett, D.S.M.; Chevaldonné, P.; Colaço, A.; Copley, J.; et al. Temporal Change in Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems. A Review of the Evidence From Recent Time-Series Studies. 2010.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-381015-1.00001-0
  5. Colaço, Ana; Ricardo Serrão Santos. Background Document for Oceanic ridges with hydrothermal vents fields. De Gruyter. 2010.
Book chapter
  1. Colaço, Ana; Carreiro Silva, Marina. "Deep sea- from unknown to intended- deep sea observatories, a tool to monitor the human activities"". In Sustainable development of the ocean: a necessity", edited by Bebianno, Maria João. Faro, Portugal: Universidade do Algarve, 2018.
  2. Bettencourt, Raul; Barros, Inês; Martins, Eva; Martins, Inês; Cerqueira, Teresa; Colaço, Ana; Costa, Valentina; et al. "An Insightful Model to Study Innate Immunity and Stress Response in Deep-Sea Vent Animals: Profiling the Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". In Organismal and Molecular Malacology. InTech, 2017.
    10.5772/68034
Conference paper
  1. Colaço, Ana. "Benthic biology time-series in the deep sea: Indicators of change.". Paper presented in OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Guerra, A.; Azevedo, A.; Amorim, F.; Soares, J.; Neuparth, T.; Santos, M.M.; Martins, I.; Colaço, A.. "Using a food web model to predict the effects of Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) accidental spills on deep-sea hydrothermal vents from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) region". Marine Pollution Bulletin 199 (2024): 115974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115974.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115974
  2. Morrison, Katelin M.; Meyer, Heidi Kristina; Roberts, Emyr Martyn; Rapp, Hans Tore; Colaço, Ana; Pham, Christopher Kim; Colaco, Ana. "The First Cut Is the Deepest: Trawl Effects on a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground Are Pronounced Four Years on". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.605281.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.605281
  3. Howell, Kerry L.; Hilário, Ana; Allcock, A. Louise; Bailey, David M.; Baker, Maria; Clark, Malcolm R.; Colaço, Ana; et al. "A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.584861.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.584861
  4. Howell, Kerry L.; Hilário, Ana; Allcock, A. Louise; Bailey, David; Baker, Maria; Clark, Malcolm R.; Colaço, Ana; et al. "A decade to study deep-sea life". Nature Ecology & Evolution (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5.
    10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5
  5. Smith CR; Tunnicliffe V; Colaço A; Drazen JC; Gollner S; Levin LA; Mestre NC; et al. "Environmental Protection Requires Accurate Application of Scientific Evidence.". Trends in ecology & evolution (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33199049.
    10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.021
  6. Lisa A. Levin; Chih-Lin Wei; Daniel C. Dunn; Diva J. Amon; Oliver S. Ashford; William W. L. Cheung; Ana Colaço; et al. "Climate change considerations are fundamental to management of deep-sea resource extraction". Global Change Biology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15223.
    10.1111/gcb.15223
  7. Pham, C. K.; Murillo, F. J.; Lirette, C.; Maldonado, M.; Colaço, A.; Ottaviani, D.; Kenchington, E.. "Author Correction: Removal of deep-sea sponges by bottom trawling in the Flemish Cap area: conservation, ecology and economic assessment". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60908-4.
    10.1038/s41598-020-60908-4
  8. Gauffier, Pauline; Borrell, Asunción; Silva, Mónica A.; Víkingsson, Gísli; López, Alfredo; Giménez, Joan; Colaço, Ana; et al. "Wait your turn, North Atlantic fin whales share a common feeding ground sequentially". Marine Environmental Research (2020): 104884. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104884.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104884
  9. Van Dover, C.L.; Colaço, A.; Collins, P.C.; Croot, P.; Metaxas, A.; Murton, B.J.; Swaddling, A.; et al. "Research is needed to inform environmental management of hydrothermally inactive and extinct polymetallic sulfide (PMS) deposits". Marine Policy (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089559063&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104183
  10. Smith, C.R.; Tunnicliffe, V.; Colaço, A.; Drazen, J.C.; Gollner, S.; Levin, L.A.; Mestre, N.C.; et al. "Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts". Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35 10 (2020): 853-857. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85088986032&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.002
  11. Silva, Mónica A.; Borrell, Asunción; Prieto, Rui; Gauffier, Pauline; Bérubé, Martine; Palsbøl, Per J.; Colaço, Ana. "Stable isotopes reveal winter feeding in different habitats in blue, fin and sei whales migrating through the Azores". Royal Society Open Science 6 8 (2019): 181800. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181800.
    10.1098/rsos.181800
  12. Chapman, Abbie S. A.; Beaulieu, Stace E.; Colaço, Ana; Gebruk, Andrey V.; Hilario, Ana; Kihara, Terue C.; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; et al. "sFDvent: A global trait database for deep-sea hydrothermal-vent fauna". Global Ecology and Biogeography 28 11 (2019): 1538-1551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12975.
    10.1111/geb.12975
  13. Jones, D.O.B.; Durden, J.M.; Murphy, K.; Gjerde, K.M.; Gebicka, A.; Colaço, A.; Morato, T.; Cuvelier, D.; Billett, D.S.M.. "Existing environmental management approaches relevant to deep-sea mining". Marine Policy (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061669612&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2019.01.006
  14. Levin, L.A.; Bett, B.J.; Gates, A.R.; Heimbach, P.; Howe, B.M.; Janssen, F.; McCurdy, A.; et al. "Global observing needs in the deep ocean". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 May (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066802149&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmars.2019.241
  15. Rajasabapathy, Raju; Mohandass, Chellandi; Bettencourt, Raul; Colaço, Ana; Goulart, Joana; Meena, Ram Murti. "Bacterial Diversity at a Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vent (Espalamaca) in Azores Island". Current Science 115 11 (2018): 2110. http://dx.doi.org/10.18520/cs/v115/i11/2110-2121.
    10.18520/cs/v115/i11/2110-2121
  16. Jones, Daniel O.B.; Ardron, Jeff A.; Colaço, Ana; Durden, Jennifer M.. "Environmental considerations for impact and preservation reference zones for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining". Marine Policy (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.10.025.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2018.10.025
  17. Daniel C. Dunn; Cindy L. Van Dover; Ron J. Etter; Craig R. Smith; Lisa A. Levin; Telmo Morato; Ana Colaço; et al. "A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining". Science Advances 4 7 (2018): eaar4313-eaar4313. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar4313.
    10.1126/sciadv.aar4313
  18. Bebianno, Maria João; Cardoso, Cátia; Gomes, Tânia; Blasco, Julian; Santos, Ricardo Serrão; Colaço, Ana. "Metal interactions between the polychaete Branchipolynoe seepensis and the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus from Mid-Atlantic-Ridge hydrothermal vent fields". Marine Environmental Research 135 (2018): 70-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.01.017.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.01.017
  19. Portail, Marie; Brandily, Christophe; Cathalot, Cécile; Colaço, Ana; Gélinas, Yves; Husson, Bérengère; Sarradin, Pierre-Marie; Sarrazin, Jozée. "Food-web complexity across hydrothermal vents on the Azores triple junction". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 131 (2018): 101-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.010.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.010
  20. Bird, C.S.; Veríssimo, A.; Magozzi, S.; Abrantes, K.G.; Aguilar, A.; Al-Reasi, H.; Barnett, A.; et al. "A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks". Nature Ecology and Evolution 2 2 (2018): 299-305. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040841021&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z
  21. Cuvelier, D.; Gollner, S.; Jones, D.O.B.; Kaiser, S.; Arbizu, P.M.; Menzel, L.; Mestre, N.C.; et al. "Potential mitigation and restoration actions in ecosystems impacted by seabed mining". Frontiers in Marine Science 5 DEC (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058954654&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmars.2018.00467
  22. Martins I; Goulart J; Martins E; Morales-Román R; Marín S; Riou V; Colaço A; Bettencourt R. "Physiological impacts of acute Cu exposure on deep-sea vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus under a deep-sea mining activity scenario.". Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29032352.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.10.004
  23. Gomes-Pereira, J.N.; Carmo, V.; Catarino, D.; Jakobsen, J.; Alvarez, H.; Aguilar, R.; Hart, J.; et al. "Cold-water corals and large hydrozoans provide essential fish habitat for Lappanella fasciata and Benthocometes robustus". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 145 (2017): 33-48. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030752882&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.09.015
  24. Gollner, S.; Kaiser, S.; Menzel, L.; Jones, D.O.B.; Brown, A.; Mestre, N.C.; van Oevelen, D.; et al. "Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities". Marine Environmental Research 129 (2017): 76-101. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018418595&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010
  25. Lisa A. Levin; Amy R. Baco; David A. Bowden; Ana Colaco; Erik E. Cordes; Marina R. Cunha; Amanda W. J. Demopoulos; et al. "Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence". Front. Mar. Sci. 3 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00072.
    10.3389/fmars.2016.00072
  26. Adrian Glover; Thomas Dahlgren; Sergio Taboada; Gordon Paterson; Helena Wiklund; Andrea Waeschenbach; Amber Cobley; et al. "The London Workshop on the Biogeography and Connectivity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone". (2016): https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10528.
    10.3897/rio.2.e10528
  27. Rajasabapathy R; Mohandass C; Dastager SG; Liu Q; Li WJ; Colaço A. "Citreicella manganoxidans sp. nov., a novel manganese oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow water hydrothermal vent in Espalamaca (Azores).". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26404429.
    10.1007/s10482-015-0597-x
  28. Rajasabapathy, R.; Mohandass, C.; Yoon, J.-H.; Dastager, S.G.; Liu, Q.; Khieu, T.-N.; Son, C.K.; Li, W.-J.; Colaço, A.. "Vitellibacter nionensis sp. Nov., isolated from a shallow water hydrothermal vent". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 65 2 (2015): 692-697. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922785336&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1099/ijs.0.070805-0
  29. Mestre, N.C.; Cottin, D.; Bettencourt, R.; Colaço, A.; Correia, S.P.C.; Shillito, B.; Thatje, S.; Ravaux, J.. "Is the deep-sea crab Chaceon affinis able to induce a thermal stress response?". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology 181 (2015): 54-61. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84916910552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.11.015
  30. Lino, Sílvia P. P.; Xavier, Joana; Santos, Ricardo S.; Colaço, Ana. "Sponge perforating lace coral with anticancer activity". . Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 32 (2015): 9-14.
    Published
  31. Abecasis, R.C.; Afonso, P.; Colaço, A.; Longnecker, N.; Clifton, J.; Schmidt, L.; Santos, R.S.. "Marine conservation in the Azores: Evaluating marine protected area development in a remote island context". Frontiers in Marine Science 2 DEC (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008600004&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmars.2015.00104
  32. Rajasabapathy, R.; Mohandass, C.; Dastager, S.G.; Liu, Q.; Khieu, T.-N.; Son, C.K.; Li, W.-J.; Colaco, A.. "Roseovarius azorensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater at Espalamaca, Azores". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 105 3 (2014): 571-578. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894228041&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10482-013-0109-9
  33. Rajasabapathy, R.; Mohandass, C.; Colaco, A.; Dastager, S.G.; Santos, R.S.; Meena, R.M.. "Culturable bacterial phylogeny from a shallow water hydrothermal vent of espalamaca (faial, azores) reveals a variety of novel taxa". Current Science 106 1 (2014): 58-69. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892986214&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  34. Rajasabapathy, R.; Mohandass, C.; Yoon, J.-H.; Dastager, S.G.; Liu, Q.; Khieu, T.-N.; Son, C.K.; Li, W.-J.; Colaco, A.. "Nioella nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from Azorean Island". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84917710609&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10482-014-0355-5
  35. Collins, P.C.; Croot, P.; Carlsson, J.; Colaço, A.; Grehan, A.; Hyeong, K.; Kennedy, R.; et al. "A primer for the Environmental Impact Assessment of mining at seafloor massive sulfide deposits". Marine Policy 42 (2013): 198-209. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876327908&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpol.2013.01.020
  36. Colaço, A.; Giacomello, E.; Porteiro, F.; Menezes, G.M.. "Trophodynamic studies on the Condor seamount (Azores, Portugal, North Atlantic)". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 98 PA (2013): 178-189. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84889087692&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.010
  37. Lino, Sílvia P. P.; Solé, Berta; Matos, Valentina; Pereira, Raquel; Xavier, Joana; Santos, Ricardo S.; Colaço, Ana. "Lipid extractions from marine deep-sea invertebrates: modifications to the Bligh & Dyer method to increase lipid yields.". . Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31 (2013): 9-14. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3289.
    Published
  38. Ruhl, H.A.; André, M.; Beranzoli, L.; Çagatay, M.N.; Colaço, A.; Cannat, M.; Dañobeitia, J.J.; et al. "Societal need for improved understanding of climate change, anthropogenic impacts, and geo-hazard warning drive development of ocean observatories in European Seas". Progress in Oceanography 91 1 (2011): 1-33. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051564677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pocean.2011.05.001
  39. Cuvelier, D.; Sarrazin, J.; Colaço, A.; Copley, J.T.; Glover, A.G.; Tyler, P.A.; Santos, R.S.; Desbruyères, D.. "Community dynamics over 14 years at the Eiffel Tower hydrothermal edifice on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Limnology and Oceanography 56 5 (2011): 1624-1640. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960932244&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1624
  40. Cuvelier, D.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Sarrazin, J.; Colaço, A.; Copley, J.T.; Desbruyères, D.; Glover, A.G.; Santos, R.S.; Tyler, P.A.. "Hydrothermal faunal assemblages and habitat characterisation at the Eiffel Tower edifice (Lucky Strike, Mid-Atlantic Ridge)". Marine Ecology 32 2 (2011): 243-255. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955016303&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00431.x
  41. Martins, I.; Cosson, R.P.; Riou, V.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Sarrazin, J.; Santos, R.S.; Colaço, A.. "Relationship between metal levels in the vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and local microhabitat chemical characteristics of Eiffel Tower (Lucky Strike)". Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 58 3 (2011): 306-315. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951812751&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.002
  42. Martins, I.; Bettencourt, R.; Colaço, A.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Santos, R.S.; Cosson, R.. "The influence of nutritional conditions on metal uptake by the mixotrophic dual symbiosis harboring vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology 153 1 (2011): 40-52. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649708332&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.08.004
  43. Colaço, A.; Blandin, J.; Cannat, M.; Carval, T.; Chavagnac, V.; Connelly, D.; Fabian, M.; et al. "MoMAR-D: A technological challenge to monitor the dynamics of the Lucky Strike vent ecosystem". ICES Journal of Marine Science 68 2 (2011): 416-424. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951964571&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsq075
  44. Bettencourt, R.; Costa, V.; Laranjo, M.; Rosa, D.; Pires, L.; Colaço, A.; Lopes, H.; Serrão Santos, R.. "Out of the deep sea into a land-based aquarium environment: Investigating physiological adaptations in the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". ICES Journal of Marine Science 68 2 (2011): 357-364. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951968084&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsq119
  45. Colaço, A.; Bettencourt, R.; Costa, V.; Lino, S.; Lopes, H.; Martins, I.; Pires, L.; Prieto, C.; Serrão Santos, R.. "LabHorta: A controlled aquarium system for monitoring physiological characteristics of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". ICES Journal of Marine Science 68 2 (2011): 349-356. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951996432&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsq120
  46. Colaço, Ana. "Deep-sea biotope diversity: na illustrated catalogue for the Azores (NE Atlantic)". Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 83 1 (2011): 91-92.
    Published
  47. Ricardo Santos; Fernando Tempera; Ana Colaço; Frederico Cardigos; Telmo Morato; Santos, R.S.; Tempera, F.; et al. "Spotlight: Dom João de Castro Seamount". Oceanog. 23 01 (2010): 200-201. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2010.83.
    10.5670/oceanog.2010.83
  48. Riou, V.; Colaço, A.; Bouillon, S.; Khripounoff, A.; Dando, P.; Mangion, P.; Chevalier, E.; et al. "Mixotrophy in the deep sea: A dual endosymbiotic hydrothermal mytilid assimilates dissolved and particulate organic matter". Marine Ecology Progress Series 405 (2010): 187-201. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952332406&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3354/meps08515
  49. MacHado, J.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Damasceno-Oliveira, A.; Colaço, A.; Andrade, J.; Silva, D.; Jiménez-López, C.; Rodríguez-Navarro, A.; Checa, A.. "The influence of hydrostatic pressure on shell mineralization of anodonta cygnea: A comparative study with a hydrothermal vent bivalve bathymodiolus azoricus". Journal of Shellfish Research 28 4 (2009): 899-904. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71649110916&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2983/035.028.0420
  50. Cuvelier, D.; Sarrazin, J.; Colaço, A.; Copley, J.; Desbruyères, D.; Glover, A.G.; Tyler, P.; Serrão Santos, R.. "Distribution and spatial variation of hydrothermal faunal assemblages at Lucky Strike (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) revealed by high-resolution video image analysis". Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 56 11 (2009): 2026-2040. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71749109766&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dsr.2009.06.006
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    10.1016/j.jembe.2009.05.001
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  56. Company, R.; Serafim, A.; Cosson, R.P.; Fiala-Médioni, A.; Camus, L.; Colaço, A.; Serrão-Santos, R.; Bebianno, M.J.. "Antioxidant biochemical responses to long-term copper exposure in Bathymodiolus azoricus from Menez-Gwen hydrothermal vent". Science of the Total Environment 389 2-3 (2008): 407-417. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-36049048937&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.056
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    10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00123.x
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    10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.005
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    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.034
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  62. Dixon, D.R.; Lowe, D.M.; Miller, P.I.; Villemin, G.R.; Colaço, A.; Serrão-Santos, R.; Dixon, L.R.J.. "Evidence of seasonal reproduction in the Atlantic vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus, and an apparent link with the timing of photosynthetic primary production". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86 6 (2006): 1363-1371. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947164652&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  67. Colaço, A.; Dehairs, F.; Desbruyères, D.; Le Bris, N.; Sarradin, P.-M.. "d13C signature of hydrothermal mussels is related with the end-member fluid concentrations of H2S and CH4 at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields". Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43 3-4 (2002): 259-262. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036907708&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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    Published
  71. Colaço, A.; Desbruyères, D.; Comtet, T.; Alayse, A.-M.; Colaco, A; Desbruyeres, D; Comtet, T; Alayse, AM. "Ecology of the Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge/Azores Triple Junction)". Cahiers de Biologie Marine 39 3-4 (1998): 237-240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032463395&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Online resource
  1. Colaço, Ana. SponGES Policy Brief - Threats and impacts on sponge grounds. 2021. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb2739en.
  2. Silvia P P Lino; Marta Machado; Dinora Lopes; Virgilio Do Rosario; Ricardo S. Santos; Ana Colaco; Virgilio do Rosario; Silvia Patricia Pena Lino. Evaluation of antimalarial properties from Azores deep-sea invertebrate extracts: a first contribution. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/030007.
    10.13140/rg.2.1.3344.5206
Report
  1. Colaço, Ana. 2020. ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC). https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7503.
    10.17895/ices.pub.6095
  2. Colaço, Ana. 2019. ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology(WGDEC). http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5567.
    10.17895/ices.pub.6095
  3. Colaço, Ana. 2015. Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC). http://ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Expert%20Group%20Report/acom/2015/WGDEC/WGDEC_2015_FINAL.pdf.
  4. Colaço, Ana. 2014. Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC). http://ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Expert%20Group%20Report/acom/2014/WGDEC/wgdec_2014.pdf.
  5. Colaço, Ana. 2013. Report of the ICES\ NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC). http://ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Expert%20Group%20Report/acom/2013/WGDEC/wgdec_2013.pdf.