DATA AND TOOLS - DEEPbaseline

PhD Theses

Integrating Fishers’ Ecological and Scientific Knowledge to support mapping and conservation of deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystems in Portugal.

Ana Sofia Soares (2022 – ongoing)

PhD programme in Marine Science, Technology and Management (Do*Mar), University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR), Cristina Pita (Univ. Aveiro), Sebastian Villasante (Univ. Santiago Compostela).

Unravelling the ecological drivers of deep-sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems biodiversity, and structure in the temperate Northeast Atlantic.

Alejandra Mejía-Saenz (2021 – ongoing)

PhD programme in Marine Science, Technology and Management (Do*Mar), University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisor: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR)

Biodiversity patterns of deep-sea hexactinellid sponges in the Atlantic.

Celso Domingos (2021- ongoing)

PhD programme in Marine Science, Technology and Management (Do*Mar), University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier and Sandra Ramos (CIIMAR)

Changing seas: unravelling the genomic diversity, connectivity and climate resilience of deep-sea habitat-forming sponges.

Inês Gregório (2020 – ongoing)

PhD programme in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution, University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisor: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR), Rute Fonseca (Univ. Copenhagen), Andrew Davies (Univ. Rhode Island)

MSc Theses

Integrative taxonomy of the genus Thenea (Porifera, Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) of the Portuguese shelf and slope: new records and a new species.

Daniel Despujols (2020-2021)

Master Programme in Marine Sciences – Marine Resources, University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier (CIIMAR), Jorge Arteaga (IPMA)

Fishers Local Ecological Knowledge of deep-sea vulnerable marine species and habitats of the Portuguese continental shelf.

Ana Sofia Soares (2020-2021)

Master Programme in Applied Marine Biology, University of Aveiro (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier and Sandra Ramos (CIIMAR), Cristina Pita (Univ. Aveiro).

BSc Internships

Diversity and distribution of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria) in mainland Portugal’s EEZ: an assembly from data portals

Inês Ramos (2022-2023)

Bachelor degree in Aquatic Science, ICBAS/University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier and Ana Sofia Soares (CIIMAR).

Diversity of corals on the mainland shelf of Portugal: a DNA barcoding approach.

Pedro Silva (2021-2022)

Bachelor degree in Biology, University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier, Inês Gregório and Daniel Despujols (CIIMAR).

Integrative taxonomy of marine sponges collected as bycatch of artisanal fisheries on the mainland shelf of Portugal.

Inês Tavares (2021-2022)

Bachelor degree in Biology, University of Porto (Portugal).
Supervisors: Joana Xavier and Celso Domingos (CIIMAR).

Communications

Exploring Biodiversity: Marine Sponges and Corals as Bycatch in Portugal’s Artisanal Fisheries

Authors: Despujols, D., Figueiredo P., Tavares, I., Domingos C., Gregório I., Soares, A.S., Xavier, J.R, Xavier J.R.
Scientific Meeting: Blue Think Conference 2023
Dates: 13 September 2023
Place: Matosinhos, Portugal

Present-day and future distribution of the glass sponge Pheronema carpenteri in a changing ocean

Authors: Gregório I., Xavier J.R., Davies A.J.
Scientific Meeting: 11th World Sponge Conference
Dates: 10-14 October 2022
Place: Leiden, Netherlands

Local ecological knowledge of vulnerable marine ecosystems of the Portuguese mainland continental shelf and upper slope.

Authors: Soares, A. S., Ramos, S., Pita,C., Xavier J.R.
Scientific Meeting: ECSA 59 Conference “Using the best scientific knowledge for the sustainable management of estuaries and coastal seas.”
Dates: 5-8 Setembro 2022
Place: San Sebastian, Spain

Posters

Diversity and distribution of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria) in mainland Portugal’s EEZ: an assembly from data portals

Authors: Ramos, I., Soares, A.S., Xavier, J.R.
Scientific Meeting: Blue Think Conference 2023
Dates: 13 September 2023
Place: Matosinhos, Portugal

New records of cold-water corals collected as bycatch from the northern continental shelf of Portugal: a DNA barcoding approach.

Authors: Despujols D., Figueiredo P., Soares A.S., Gregório I., Mejia-Saenz A., Domingos C., Ledoux J.B., Carreiro-Silva M., J., Xavier J.R.
Scientific Meeting: 8^th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
Dates: 29 May-2 June 2023
Place: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Integrative taxonomy of the genus Thenea (Porifera, Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) of the deep Portuguese shelf and slope: new records and new species for science.

Authors: Despujols D., Domingos C., Carvalho F.C., Cárdenas P., Chaves C., Lobo-Arteaga J., Xavier J.R.
Scientific Meeting: 11th World Sponge Conference
Dates: 10-14 October 2022
Place: Leiden, Netherlands

Unravelling the composition of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep Eastern Atlantic Ocean through eDNA tools

Authors: Mejia-Saenz, A., Xavier, J.R.
Scientific Meeting: ICES Annual Science Conference 2022
Dates: 19-22 September 2022
Place: Dublin, Ireland (hybrid)

Integrative taxonomy of marine sponges collected as bycatch of artisanal fisheries on the mainland shelf of Portugal

Authors: Tavares, I., Domingos, C., Soares, A. S.; Xavier, J.R.
Scientific Meeting: Blue Think Conference 2022
Dates: 27 September 2022
Place: Matosinhos, Portugal

Diversity of cnidaria on the mainland shelf of Portugal: a DNA barcoding approach Scientific Meeting: Blue Think Conference 2022

Authors: Figueiredo, P., Despujols D., Gregório I., Xavier, J.R.
Scientific Meeting: Blue Think Conference 2022
Dates: 27 September 2022
Place: Matosinhos, Portugal