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Global Changes and Ecosystems Services

CIIMAR provides basic knowledge and tools to support the protection and management of marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems. Sustainable exploitation of ocean resources with production of valuable goods and services is fostered. Work is done in close collaboration with SMEs, international and local authorities, and stakeholders.

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Proactive marine ecologist with more than 25 years of experience in the research coastal ecosystems. My research primarily involves experimental ecology and modeling tools to understand and predict the effects of global changes on coastal populations and ecosystems, from both structural and functional perspectives.
Keywords:
Marine Ecology, Coastal ecosystems, Climate change, Biodiversity, Ecosystem functioning, Marine Forests, Biological invasions, Phycology.
Head of the Benthic Ecology Team at CIIMAR since 2020.

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PhD in Marine Sciences, researcher of CIIMAR, invited assistant professor at University of Porto and member of the coordination committee of Portuguese Polar Program. Her major research is on understanding how microbial derived nitrogen machineries interact and to identify the mechanisms regulating their operation. She focus her research on the impact of pollutants in marine N-biogeochemical pathways and in identifying the environmental constraints and controls on microbial Nitrogen pathways distribution including in extreme environments (Arctic/Antarctica). In the context of her research the methodologies she use are mainly biogeochemical measurements, microbiome sample processing and genomic and metagenomic work flow analysis.

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Ana Bio is a biologist, graduated at the University of Aveiro, who obtained her PhD at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, with a thesis on statistical species-environment modelling. Since then, her research interests evolved in the fields of species-environment relationships; estuarine and coastal ecosystems and erosion risk assessment; and underwater bioacoustics. Main activities include: coastal and ocean monitoring; empirical data analysis and statistical modelling; morphodynamics and risk assessment; remote sensing data analysis; and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

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Research Groups

Aquatic Ecology and Evolution

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Elsa Maria Branco Froufe Andrade
Elsa Froufe

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Aquatic Ecotoxicology and One Health

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Lúcia Maria das Candeias Guilhermino
Lúcia Guilhermino

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Benthic Ecology and Environmental Solutions

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Francisco Arenas Parra
Francisco Arenas

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Coastal Biodiversity

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Isabel Maria Trigueiros Sousa Pinto Machado
Isabel Sousa Pinto

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Contaminant Pathways in Marine Environment

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Miguel José Martins Caetano
Miguel Caetano

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Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Conservation

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Joana Rita Bogalho Teixeira Xavier
Joana Xavier

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Ecosystem Monitoring and Sustainability

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Laura Maria Simões Coutinho Guimarães
Laura Guimarães

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Endocrine Disruptors and Emerging Contaminants

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Miguel Alberto Fernandes Machado e Santos
Miguel Santos

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Fish Ecology and Sustainability

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Sandra Cristina da Costa e Silva Ramos
Sandra Ramos

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Hydrobiology

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Adriano Agostinho Donas Bôto Bordalo e Sá
Adriano Bordalo e Sá

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Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

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Ana Maria Ferreira Bio
Ana Bio

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Marine Ecosystem Modelling

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Irene Isabel da Cruz Martins
Irene Martins

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Marine Energy and Hydraulic Structures

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Francisco de Almeida Taveira Pinto
Francisco Taveira Pinto

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Microbiome Ecology and Biogeochemistry

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Catarina Maria Pinto Mora Pinto de Magalhães
Catarina Magalhães

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Palaeogenomics and Biodiversity Conservation

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Paula Cristina Fernandes Campos
Paula Campos

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Rivers and Coastal Ecology

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José Carlos Fernandes Antunes
Carlos Antunes

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Social and Educational Innovation

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Clara Maria da Silva de Vasconcelos
Clara Vasconcelos

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Soil/Water Contamination and Interactions

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Maria da Natividade Ribeiro Vieira
Natividade Vieira

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Biology, Aquaculture & Seafood Quality

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Marine Biotechnology

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