Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)
ORCID :
0000-0002-1106-6035
Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Activities
I work as researcher in the CBMA, University of Minho. During the last ten years I have studied many topics of marine biodiversity. I am very interested in the taxonomy and biogeography of marine invertebrates particularly on marine tardigrades. I am also interested in the effect of different anthropogenic disturbances on biodiversity. I have studied the effect of oil spills, metal and organic matter enrichment on meiobenthic and macrobenthic assemblages. I have participated in different projects that studied the effect of global warming on intertidal fucoids and gastropods. Finally, I am interested in the effect of ecosystem engineers (both native and non indigenous) on the biodiversity.
Sea regions of study
Bay of Biscay
North Atlantic Ocean
Skills
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Destructive
sampling techniques of benthic assemblages, including macroalgae, macrofauna
and meiofauna, both in intertidal and subtidal soft and hard bottoms.
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Non-destructive
(visual estimation) sampling techniques of benthic assemblages, both in
intertidal and subtidal habitats.
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Trial
and identification of macroalgae and marine invertebrates to species level.
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Measure
and calculate of environmental variables relevant for the study of benthic
assemblages such as grain size, organic matter and sorting coefficient of
sediment or physical and chemical variables of the water column.
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Evaluation
of macroalgal complexity using Imaging Software (e.g. ImageJ).
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Planning
of sampling and experimental designs, to elucidate the role of environmental
variables and anthropogenic activities (e.g. pollution, invasive species,
global warming) in shaping patterns of benthic assemblages.
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Univariate
(Analysis of Variance, ANOVA) and multivariate (Multivariate Analysis of
Variance based on Permutations, PERMANOVA; Metric- and Non-Metric Multi-Dimensional
Scaling, MDS and nMDS; Principal Coordinates Ordination, PCO) statistical
techniques.
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Non-parametric
multivariate multiple regressions (DISTLM) and distance-based redundancy analysis
(dbRDA).
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Writing
and graphics software (Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Sigma Plot).
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Software
used for management and statistical analysis of data (Excel, Statistica,
WinGMAV5, Primer, PERMANOVA, R programming).
Experience
with relevant laboratory equipment
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Scanning
electron microscopy (SEM).
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Light
microscope Phase Contrast (PCM).
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Differential
Interference Contrast Microscope (DIC).
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Imaging
Software for light microscopy.
Multiparametric proves to determinate
environmental variables in the water and sediment.
Working language(s)
English
Spanish
Portuguese
