Maria João Lima graduated in Marine Sciences in 2016 at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (University of Porto), and concluded a master's degree in Marine and Coastal Systems in 2021 at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (University of Algarve). In the past few years, she has been working as a research grant holder in the Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA-UAlg). She has been developing research in Biological Oceanography, and her major research interests include studying phenological patterns of blooms of toxigenic phytoplankton, and identifying potential environmental drivers and predictors using multiple statistical analysis and modelling approaches (e.g., empirical-statistical, machine learning, mechanistic numerical). She has been involved in 2 research projects as a research fellow. During the fellowships, she has participated in 2 oceanographic campaigns to collect physical and biological data. She has presented 3 communications (2 oral and 1 poster) in international conferences, and participated as a session chair in one of the conferences. She has published 3 peer-reviewed articles in SCI-indexed journals, and received two awards for academic excellence.
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Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
MARIA JOÃO BORLIDO OLIVEIRA LIMA

Nomes de citação

  • Lima, M.J.
  • Lima, Maria João

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
DE10-78F7-6E02
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9401-0661

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • mjlima@ualg.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

  • Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Edifício 7, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente - Oceanografia

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1)
Grau Classificação
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31
Em curso
 Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, Espanha
2018/09 - 2021/07
Concluído
 Sistemas Marinhos e Costeiros (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
 18
2013/09 - 2016/07
Concluído
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 18

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2021/11 - 2022/09 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/07 - 2021/06 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/09 - 2019/08 Investigador (Investigação) Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2020/07 - 2021/06 Contribution for protecting the bivalve species Ruditapes decussatus in the Ria Formosa ecosystem. Environmental diagnosis in areas under the influence of urban wastewater treatment plants - CONPRAR
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0003
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Programa Operacional Mar 2020
Concluído
2016/09 - 2019/08 Oceanic Observatory of Madeira Project
M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001-Observatório Oceânico da Madeira-OOM
Bolseiro de Investigação
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
Em curso

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2023/06/01 - Atual LittleFish-STP - São Tome and Príncipe little fish threatened – a big opportunity to unravel this fishery resource in tropical islands
FCTAGA-KHAN/541718158/2019
Investigador
Em curso

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Ramalhosa, Patrício; Monteiro, João G.; Rech, Sabine; Gestoso, Ignacio; Álvarez, Soledad; Gizzi, Francesca; Parretti, Paola; et al. "The role of marine debris as a vector, dispersal agent, and substrate for non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands (Northeast Atlantic)". Marine Pollution Bulletin 214 (2025): 117732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117732.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117732
  2. Cravo, Alexandra; Barbosa, Ana B.; Lima, Maria João; Ferreira, Cristina; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Jacob, José; Caetano, Sandra. "Water quality for bivalve molluscs and consumer safety: Application of novel and adapted multimetric indices in a coastal lagoon system exposed to wastewater discharges". Marine Pollution Bulletin 214 (2025): 117814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117814.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117814
  3. Lima, M.J.; Carrasco, A. Rita; Ferreira, Óscar. "A walk in wetlands morphology and inundation patterns". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 314 (2025): 109115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.109115.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2024.109115
  4. Lima, Maria João; Barbosa, Ana B.; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Cravo, Alexandra. "Patterns and Predictors of Phytoplankton Assemblage Structure in a Coastal Lagoon: Species-Specific Analysis Needed to Disentangle Anthropogenic Pressures from Ocean Processes". Water 15 24 (2023): 4238. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15244238.
    Publicado • 10.3390/w15244238
  5. Domingues, Rita B.; Lima, Maria João. "Unusual red tide of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra during an upwelling event off the Algarve coast (SW Iberia)". Regional Studies in Marine Science 63 (2023): 102998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102998.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102998
  6. Lima, M.J.; Relvas, P.; Barbosa, A.B.. "Variability patterns and phenology of harmful phytoplankton blooms off southern Portugal: Looking for region-specific environmental drivers and predictors". Harmful Algae 116 (2022): 102254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102254.
    10.1016/j.hal.2022.102254
  7. Cravo, A.; Barbosa, A.B.; Correia, C.; Matos, A.; Caetano, S.; Lima, M.J.; Jacob, J.. "Unravelling the effects of treated wastewater discharges on the water quality in a coastal lagoon system (Ria Formosa, South Portugal): Relevance of hydrodynamic conditions". Marine Pollution Bulletin 174 (2022): 113296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113296.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113296
  8. Lima, Maria João; Sala, Iria; Caldeira, Rui M. A.. "Physical Connectivity Between the NE Atlantic Seamounts". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00238.
    10.3389/fmars.2020.00238
Poster em conferência
  1. Lima, M.J.; Barbosa, Ana B.. "Phytoplankton dynamics and phenology off southwestern Iberia: from chlorophyll-a to specific toxigenic groups". Trabalho apresentado em Trevor Platt Science Foundation Symposium 2023, 2023.
  2. Caetano, Sandra; Cravo, Alexandra; Barbosa, Ana B.; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Lima, Maria João; Jacob, J.; Freitas, Carla S.. "Response of faecal indicators to effluents dispersal of three Wastewater Treatment Plants in Ria Formosa Lagoon - South Portugal". Trabalho apresentado em ECSA 58 & EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene - Structure, functions, services and management, 2021.
Recurso online
  1. Caldeira, Rui; Sala, Iria; Cardoso, Cláudio; Lima, M.J.. Conveyor belts of the Atlantic Ocean: Moving particles, organisms and litter around the globe. 2021. https://researchoutreach.org/articles/conveyor-belts-atlantic-ocean-moving-particles-organisms-litter-around-globe/.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Lima, Maria João; Barbosa, Ana B.; Cravo, Alexandra; Correia, Cátia; Matos, André; Freitas, Carla ; Caetano, Sandra; Jacob, José. "Environmental drivers of phytoplankton in a coastal lagoon: exploring the interface between anthropic pressures and ocean processes". Trabalho apresentado em ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene, 2022.
    Submetido
Tese / Dissertação
  1. "Phytoplankton dynamics off southern Portugal: a physical-biological approach". Mestrado, Universidade do Algarve, 2021.
  2. "Study of the oceanographic phenomena over the Madeira and Azorean seamounts from a Lagrangian perspective (PT)". Licenciatura, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2016.

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2025/02/12 Phytoplankton assemblage structure off southwestern Iberia: combining complementary approaches to assess variability and underlying drivers/predictors BioSpace25 - Biodiversity insight from Space
European Space Agency (Frascati, Itália)
2021/09/08 Environmental drivers of phytoplankton in a coastal lagoon: exploring the interface between anthropic pressures and ocean processes ECSA 58 & EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene - Structure, functions, services and management
2018/06/21 Physical Connectivity between the NE Atlantic Seamounts VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences
Auditorio del Mar

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2025/02/10 - 2025/02/14 BioSpace25 - Biodiversity insight from Space
Conferência
ESA Centre for Earth Observation, Itália
2024/12/05 - 2024/12/06 Statistics and Machine Learning for Life Sciences
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Suiça
2024/10/20 - 2024/10/26 Mallorca Science School (MASS) 2024: Interdisciplinary Science for Marine and Coastal Conservation in a Changing World
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Espanha
2024/09/25 - 2024/10/09 ARSET - Introduction to Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Hyperspectral Observations for Water Quality Monitoring
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training, Estados Unidos
2024/06/06 - 2024/06/07 Python for Life Sciences
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023/04 - 2023/08 Training course on Satellite-based tools for Investigating Aquatic Ecosystems
Outro
 Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Reino Unido
2022/10/31 - 2022/11/25 EUMETSAT Supporting Marine Earth Observation Applications Workshop
Oficina (workshop)
EUMETSAT, Alemanha

Kapodistrian University of Athens, Grécia
2022/10/17 - 2022/10/21 Python and Machine Learning for the Biosciences, 3rd and 4th edition
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2022/05/09 - 2022/06/10 Observational Oceanography and online resources for marine ecosystem analysis
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, França

RTC Portugal, Portugal
2022/03/28 - 2022/05/06 Ocean Data Management
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, França

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Bélgica
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/29 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/09/06 - 2021/09/09 Session chair in the session entitled 'Interference with connectivity across and between systems' at the online conference ECSA 58 & EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene - Structure, functions, services and management
2021/05/24 - 2021/05/28 Advanced Statistics with R for Biological Sciences
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/02/13 - 2021/02/13 ggplot2 in R: An introduction to data visualization (without losing the plot)
Oficina (workshop)
AIMM Portugal - Marine Environment Research Association, Portugal
2020/07/30 - 2020/07/31 Statistical analysis using R software
2020/05/26 - 2020/05/28 Operational Oceanography
Oficina (workshop)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017/09/25 - 2017/09/29 Laboratory Aquatic Animal Sciences Course (CAL-AQUA)
Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Portugal
2017/04/10 - 2017/04/12 Python for modeling and analysis in ocean and atmosphere sciences
Oficina (workshop)
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Portugal

Prémio

2018 Bolsa de Mérito
Direção Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2016 Prémio ICBAS - Ciências do Meio Aquático
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal