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Marine Sciences Evaluation Panel - 2012

Evaluation

Audrey Jacheline Geffen
University of Bergen, Norway
Didier Jollivet
Station Biologique Roscoff, France
Francesc Maynou
Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
Mohamed Jebbar
Université de Bretagne Occiidentale, France
Peter Burkill
Plymouth University, United Kingdom
Peter Herman
Nederlands Instutuut Voor Ecologie, Netherlands
Russell Wynn
National Oceanography Center, United Kingdom
Victor de Jonge
Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, Netherlands
Werner Kloas
Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

Projects assigned

PTDC/MAR-PRO/2283/2012

Biodiversity of the Macaronesian region
Kim Richard Larsen
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3287/2012

Deep-sea invertebrates adaptations to environmental stress
Nélia Cristina da Costa Mestre
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3673/2012

Global conservation priorities for seamounts
Telmo Alexandre Fernandes Morato Gomes
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3736/2012

Biodiversity maps, Connectivity and Conservation of Deep-sea Corals in Portugal
Sara Judite Lopes Teixeira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3761/2012

Surface and Mediterranean Outflow Water Dynamics in the Gulf of Cadiz during the Pleistocene
Antje Helga Luise Voelker
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3844/2012

GRACE - Records of hydrocarbon fluids seepage and Gas hydRate dissociation events by methane-derived Authigenic Carbonates, and their correlation with climatic changEs
Vitor Hugo da Silva Magalhães
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3880/2012

Ecology and Conservation of Coastal Sharks in Oceanic Islands
Pedro Afonso Agostinho dos Santos
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/3902/2012

UnknOwn Past GlAcial / Interglacials during the Mid Pleistocene Transition in the Iberian Margin
Teresa Alexandra Ribeiro Rodrigues
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4030/2012

Behavioral response studies of sperm whales to whalewatching activities
Mónica Almeida e Silva
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4045/2012

Plesionika- Phylogeny, phylogeography and taxonomy of the caridean shrimp genus Plesionika in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
Cátia Bartilotti
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4053/2012

The onset of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition on the SW Portuguese Margin: characteristics, timing and potential mechanisms
Maria Emília Carvalho Salgueiro
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4141/2012

HABPro - Harmful algal blooms processes off NW Iberia: integrating models, in situ observations and remote sensing
Paulo Brás de Oliveira
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4328/2012

Developmental energetics of horse mackerel larvae in the context of the Dynamic Energy Budget theory
Carla Susana Ferreira Garrido Coelho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4456/2012

Long-term effects of continued trawling on deep-water muddy grounds
MARIA MARGARIDA MIRANDA DE CASTRO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-PRO/4463/2012

Freak wave analysis and modelling of the nonlinear modulational instability
Zhivelina Ivanova Cherneva
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2141/2012

WarmingWebs - Role of biodiversity, species thermal tolerance and food web structure in the response to climate change: Temperate versus tropical ecosystems.
Catarina Vinagre
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2148/2012

Carbon-storage technologies for climate change mitigation: Can the ecological and economic role of estuarine ecosystems be enhanced?
Joana Mateus Patricio
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2149/2012

Native and exotic Ruditapes species under multistress: bioaccumulation patterns, ecotoxicological effects and biotic interactions dynamics
Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2177/2012

Optical methods for early detection and evaluation of harmful algal blooms
Andrei Borissovitch Utkin
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação (INOV/INESC/IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2276/2012

Packaging Materials of Live Bait as a Vector for the Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in Iberian Waters
João Canning Clode
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2296/2012

Causes and mechanisms explaining fish life history plasticity
Pedro Morais
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2428/2012

How can chloroplasts remain functional within metazoan cells? Cracking up the puzzle using solar powered sea slugs - LightSpan
Sónia Marisa Gonçalves da Cruz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2581/2012

MetallNanoPhyto: Metallic nanoparticles interactions with salt marsh plants - Potentialities for their phytoremediation in estuarine areas
Marisa Almeida
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2582/2012

Modelling of estuarine sediment input to the shelf under normal and extreme conditions in the Douro River estuary
Luís Ivens Ferraz Saavedra Portela
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2788/2012

Fish health indicators for ecological risk assessment in estuarine environments
Pedro Manuel Brôa Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2822/2012

Emergent Marine Toxins in the North Atlantic: Evidences for Coastal Risk Analysis.
Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3015/2012

Physiological adaptations and strategies for toxins elimination by shellfish living with harmful algal blooms
Pedro Reis Costa
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3231/2012

Host-parasite relationships in the life cycles of digenean trematodes off the Portuguese coast
Pedro Nuno Simoes Rodrigues
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3345/2012

ODDmiR - microRNA expression following exposure to aquatic pollutants: improving knowledge and tools for ecotoxicological risk assessment of marine systems
Laura Guimarães
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3372/2012

Sediment fluxes at rock-bound estuaries
Garel Erwan
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3379/2012

The potential of seagrasses to mitigate elevated carbon dioxide levels: the balance between bottom-up and top-down control
Begoña Martínez Crego
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3383/2012

Environmental stress and the ecological services provided by seagrass meadows: impACTs ON Carbon sequestration in Ria de Aveiro
Ana Isabel Lillebö Batista
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3390/2012

PARADOX - Estuarine Quality Paradox: disentangling effects of natural variability from anthropogenic stress in estuaries at various spatial and temporal scales
Vanessa Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3393/2012

Ecological engineers in a changing world: resilience, regime shifts and ecological consequences
Rita Micaela dos Santos Fernandes de Araujo
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3397/2012

FUNCTIDiv - A functional diversity approach to study the drivers of estuarine species coexistence patterns
Marina Dolbeth
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3417/2012

Marine connectivity in syngnathid fishes (seahorses and pipefishes): spatial genetic structure in fragmented seagrass habitat
Onno Everhardus Diekmann
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3418/2012

Bivalve filter feeding behaviours and their impact on the community structure.
Maria Sofia Júdice Gamito Pires
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3419/2012

LAGOONs: hotspots of biodiverIsTY? (LAGOONITY)
Mercedes Gonzalez Wanguemert
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3422/2012

Usability of an Asian invader for biomonitoring estuaries of North-Portuguese rivers
Justyna Kopecka-Pilarczyk
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3425/2012

UPDATE KNOWLEDGE OF ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN EARLY PHASES OF ESTUARINE FISHES FACING GLOBAL CHANGES.
MARIA ALEXANDRA ANICA TEODÓSIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3427/2012

Fish in the deep end. Hypoxia at elevated hydrostatic pressure in tolerant and sensitive species.
Jonathan Mark Wilson
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3466/2012

Mechanoreception in the vocal Lusitanian toadfish: multidimensional integration
Paulo Jorge Quintais Cancela da Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3482/2012

Combining monitoring technologies in environmental quality assessment of coastal systems - COTEC
João M Neto
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3485/2012

Shoreface morphodynamics: an integrated approach
Teresa Drago
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3570/2012

Deciphering the temperate coral holobiont: Assessment of the viability of temperate gorgonians under stress of elevated temperatures and infectious diseases
Rodrigo da Silva Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3659/2012

Risk Assessment in the Project of Submarine Outfalls
Maria Teresa Leal Gonsalves Veloso dos Reis
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3671/2012

POP-UP: PCDD/Fs and PCBs in Portuguese estuarine systems and their transfer up the food web
Fernando Ramos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3687/2012

High-CO2 effects on seagrass photosynthetic ecophysiology
João Miguel Sousa da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3696/2012

BIOGENOTOX - Bioaccumulation and cytogenotoxic effects of mercury on the trophic web of a temperate coastal system.
Patricia Cardoso Teixeira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3717/2012

ENASEFO - Effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors in an estuarine food web
Ana Marta dos Santos Mendes Gonçalves
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3722/2012

CLIMAREG - Effects of climate change on microbial plankton growth and mortality in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoom
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3732/2012

Toxicological effects of plastic nanoparticles in a model marine organism
Rui Miguel Saraiva Company
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3747/2012

SPLATOX - Toxicity of small plastics to aquatic organisms
Marcelino Miguel Guedes de Jesus Oliveira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3750/2012

Real time integrated operational system of shore survey and alert for erosion and overwash risks
Paulo Renato Enes Baganha Baptista
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3763/2012

FISHABITAT - Habitat quality for marine fish in two Portuguese estuaries - a multi-scale approach
Filipe Miguel Duarte Martinho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3779/2012

Safety of coastal dune systems
Filipa Simões de Brito Ferreira de Oliveira
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3781/2012

Acid test for estuaries: use of local stressors to forecast global change impacts
Valter Amaral
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3833/2012

INTEGRATED TOOLS FOR PLANKTON MONITORING AROUND AN MARINE PROTECTED AREA (BERLENGAS BIOSPHERE RESERVE)
Sérgio Miguel Franco Martins Leandro
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4016/2012

Use of Hg isotopes and other geochemical tracers to identify sources of Hg contamination to the Tagus estuary and adjacent shelf areas
Mário Jorge dos Santos Gustavo Mil-Homens
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4110/2012

PHYTOTAX- New tools for marine phytoplankton biodiversity assessment in Portugal: application to HAB species detection
Alexandra Maria Azinheira Duarte Silva
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4190/2012

SuperMullet - Impacts of anthropogenic pollution load on estuarine fish populations - a case study on genetic diversity and ecophysiological adaptations of grey mullets (Mugil cephalus)
Ralph Urbatzka
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4193/2012

REEFIND- Swimming and orientation capabilities of temperate reef fish larvae
Rita Alexandra Duarte Borges
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4200/2012

Bioassay integration under the European Water Framework Directive: A step towards an ecological approach
Mónica Martinez-Haro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4246/2012

ROle of Subterranean Estuary on nutrients and trace metals transfers between land and sea
Cristina Veiga Pires
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4253/2012

Early life stages of fishes as bioindicators of ecological status of the estuarine nursery function: an integrated approach
Sandra Cristina da Costa e Silva Ramos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4262/2012

Fugir aos parasitas: uma abordagem multidisciplinar intercontinental para compreender o papel dos parasitas nas dinâmicas das invasões biológicas
Gerardo Zardi
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4263/2012

Effects of seawater acidification and warming on planktonic processes and implications for the biological carbon pump
Radhouane BEN HAMADOU
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4264/2012

Mercury methylation in water from the Aveiro lagoon: the role of phytoplankton.
Teodor Ludmilov Stoichev
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4286/2012

THE EFFECT OF BIOTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS AT THE RANGE EDGES OF INTERTIDAL INVERTEBRATES
Marcos Rubal García
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4324/2012

BE-HAB- Benthic Harmful Algae: assessing the risk of novel Harmful Algal threats in temperate coastal waters
Ana de Jesus Branco de Melo de Amorim Ferreira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4331/2012

Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to infer adaptive population divergence at different spatial scales in the seagrasses Zostera noltii and Z. marina across Europe, two marine foundation species
Onno Everhardus Diekmann
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4336/2012

Gravel beaches: geo-indicators of change?
Helena Maria Leite Pato Granja
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4346/2012

Halophytes: a precious resource of nutritional elements and bioactive compounds
Luísa Margarida Batista Custódio
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4356/2012

REEFFISH - Identifying the drivers of recruitment success in temperate reef fish
Emanuel João Flores Gonçalves
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4376/2012

MICROEMERG - Bioremediation of emerging pollutants by autochthonous microorganisms in aquatic environment
Ana Paula Mucha
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4400/2012

IODINEMONITOR - Development of automatic methods for iodine monitoring in estuarine and coastal systems
António Osmaro Santos Silva Rangel
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4492/2012

What's the Ecological Relevance of Molecular and Sub-Cellular Alterations Induced by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Sea Bass Juveniles (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)?
Carlos Gravato
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4502/2012

Dynamo-Studies on the population dynamics of decapod crustaceans: population connectivity and larval dispersal off Portuguese coast
ANTÓNIO MIGUEL PIECHO DE ALMEIDA SANTOS
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4506/2012

Neurotoxic potential of the amino acid β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) on coastal waters
ANA MAFALDA SARAIVA BAPTISTA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4542/2012

The Ria de Alvor Coastal Lagoon Integrated Management
Marcos Mateus
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4554/2012

CZH-Minho: Hidro and morphodynamic study of river Minho estuary and adjacent coastal zone
Francisco de Almeida Taveira Pinto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4596/2012

Sea Surface Gas Exchange
Ramiro Joaquim de Jesus Neves
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4627/2012

ACIDLARVAE - Acidification Effects on Temperate Fish Larvae
Ana M Faria
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4653/2012

Production, quality and migration of silver eels assessed by non-invasive techniques and biotelemetry
Isabel Maria Madaleno Domingos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4700/2012

BEhaviour of the Lusitanian Toadfish assessed by state of the art biotelemetry techniques:methodological basis for study other fish species(BELT)
Maria Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2174/2012

Understanding echinoderms outstanding nervous system regeneration capabilities using a phosphoproteomics approach
Catarina Franco
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2244/2012

PROFISH - Screening of native and commercial probiotics in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles: potential for improving disease resistance, gut microbiota modulation and plant feedstuffs utilization
Paula Cristina Enes Oliveira da Silva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2266/2012

Isolation of proteins and ceramics from fish bones for bone repair and regeneration
Joana Catarina Rocha Moreira da Silva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2274/2012

How does a sole broodstock with low stress response influence the quality of the progeny?
Florbela Maria Benjamim Soares
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2363/2012

SHARK-PAL: Biology, population dynamics, management and conservation of pelagic sharks captured in oceanic longline fisheries
Rui Pedro Andrade Coelho
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2479/2012

Cryopreservation as a tool for conservation of genetic resources of two important commercial bivalve species
Sonia Martinez Paramo
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2485/2012

Bioelectronic Tongue System for the Marine Toxins detection in shellfish
Alisa Rudnitskaya
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2578/2012

FISHEARTS: Epidemiological study on the cardiovascular condition of farmed fish in the Mediterranean.
Ana Pombo
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2588/2012

Chronobiological approach of reproduction in teleost fish: towards understanding mechanism of synchronization to environmental cycles
Catarina Cortes Valente de Oliveira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2604/2012

Growing healthy fish: Pathology and nutrition of red porgy
Aurélia Maria de Pinho Marques Saraiva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2663/2012

Study of Ecological tracers and pollutants in octopus and their preys
Sónia Isabel Fernandes Borges Pena Seixas
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2695/2012

Nanoparticles (doped/undoped) toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics assessment in fish - rummaging in a Pandora box?
Iqbal Ahmad
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2908/2012

Studies with glasswort: productivity and potential food/medicinal
Maria Helena Abreu Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3282/2012

Functional proprieties of glutamine in fish intestine.
Maria Helena Tabuaço Rego Martins Peres
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3331/2012

Biotech microbes: the pharmaceutical potential of the microbial community associated with marine sponges
Olga Maria Lage
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3376/2012

Sea cucumbers: a new wave of seafood and nutraceuticals
Luísa Margarida Batista Custódio
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3407/2012

microalgae in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system - PrOduction, valorization, and SimultanEous bIoremeDiatiON
A Catarina Guedes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3416/2012

Detection of adaptive response in two contrasting Atlantic fish species: climate change implications
Leonel Paulo Sul Serrano Gordo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3441/2012

IMUNODEEP- The immune system of the deep-sea vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus: what next generation sequencing and proteomics can do to unravel immune genes and their role in innate immunity
Raul Bettencourt
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3468/2012

Evaluation of probiotic strains for aquaculture use
Rodrigo Ozorio
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3472/2012

Oyster culture Sustainability Through Restoration and Environmental Awareness
Victor Manuel dos Santos Quintino
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3479/2012

Matching fish reproductive strategies and their endocrine profile
Vera Sequeira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3495/2012

FuTuRe - Fucoidan from brown algae as biomaterial for Tissue Regeneration
Tiago José Quinteiros Lopes Henriques da Silva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3519/2012

Reversing the pathophysiology of Perkinsosis in clams through the use of analogues of Artemisinin
Maria de Lurdes dos Santos Cristiano
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3529/2012

Impacts and risk assessment of the non-indigenous jellyfish Blackfordia virginica
Paula Maria Chainho de Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3546/2012

AMPHIfish - Amphidromes, oceanic currents and fish spawning migrations
João Coimbra
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3549/2012

New bacterial enzymes to control marine biofouling
Romana Lopes Almeida dos Santos
Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade de Lisboa (FMD/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3588/2012

Chitin Biorefinery: enzyme systems investigation in Azores hydrothermal vents
Ana Cristina Cais Eusébio do Rosário
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3653/2012

Exploiting the microbiological resources of sea hydrothermal vents in the azores: metagenomic and microorganism banks for the discovery of high-value biomolecules
Nuno Miguel Formiga Borges
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3714/2012

PsoriSea - Inovative phlorotannins-based antipsoriatic cosmeceutic
Carla Sara Ferreira de Sousa
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3808/2012

EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS, GENETIC STRUCTURE AND CYTOTYPE DIVERSITY OF THE PORPHYRA LINEARIS COMPLEX IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Maria Elena Varela Alvarez
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3811/2012

FISH HORMONES AND THE OCEAN CARBON CYCLE
Juan Fuentes
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3812/2012

SeaSeek - Bioactive natural products from marine bacteria
Carla da Conceicao Caramujo Rocha de Carvalho
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3879/2012

Prospecting of marine organisms for DNase and topoisomerase inhibitors with applications in DNA vaccination, microbial infection and cancer
Duarte Miguel de França Teixeira dos Prazeres
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3884/2012

Compounds from Marine Sponges as Pharmacological Tools for Neuromedicine
Pedro Afonso dos Santos Baltazer de Lima
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3890/2012

A novel regulator of puberty in fish?
PATRÍCIA ISABEL SILVESTRE PINTO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3893/2012

Macroalgae-based feed as a natural approach to fortify gilthead seabream with health-promoting nutrients
Jorge Proenca Dias
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3931/2012

Fish resistance to Amyloodinium ocelatum: immune response and potential prophylaxis by endoperoxides
Pedro Miguel Guerreiro da Costa Guerreiro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3948/2012

Skeletal and immune systems in fishes: the interaction of two major bottlenecks in aquaculture.
Ignacio Valentin Fernández Monzón
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3950/2012

Vitamin A and K interaction during bone development in fish.
Ignacio Valentin Fernández Monzón
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3959/2012

Natural substances with anti-fouling properties: a genomics, proteomics and bioassay guided approach
Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3990/2012

Bioprospection of marine cyanobacterial compounds - mechanisms of anti-tumor activity based on a genomics and proteomics approach
Alexandre Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3991/2012

Management Options for Small-Scale Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) Fishery: Environmental Variability, Stakeholder Participation, and Improving Sustainability
Graham John Pierce
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4006/2012

Fish and environment: Exploring ecossystem tools for analisys and predictions of abundance of fishery resources.
Mario Pinho
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4060/2012

ADDING VALUE TO EDIBLE SEAWEEDS OF PORTUGAL: A MOLECULAR, NUTRITIONAL, TOXICOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATED CULTURE APPROACH
Miguel Ângelo Rodrigues Pinto de Faria
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4117/2012

Exploring the nutritional requirements of long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus
Jorge Palma
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4189/2012

Catostylus tagi, interdisciplinary studies
zilda braga morais
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4202/2012

Characterization of toxicological effects on fish energy metabolism after exposure to mercury
Cláudia Leopoldina de Brito e Veiga Rodrigues Mieiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4226/2012

Recreational boat angling and spear fishing in continental Portugal: a scientific basis for sustainable, integrated management
Karim Erzini
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4289/2012

Evaluation of the impacts of trammel net fishery
Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4406/2012

Seaweed-derived sulfated polysaccharides from Brazilian Northeast shore. A “second wave” marine anti-parasitic drugs?
MARIA DE FÁTIMA CARVALHO NOGUEIRA
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4426/2012

CHRONOSTYLE - Chronobiology of coping styles in fish: towards understanding the individual variation in biological rhythms
Catarina Cortes Valente de Oliveira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4515/2012

SEALINKS - How can seabirds and fisheries help us unravel the complex trophic links in the marine ecosystem
Vítor Hugo Rodrigues Paiva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4577/2012

MarineLip: Metagenomic isolation of procaryotic intertidal marine lipases from Berlenga Natural Reserve
Maria Jorge Geraldes Campos
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4633/2012

Molecular determinants of vertebral curvature in osteocytic and anosteocytic teleost bone
Paulo Gavaia
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4644/2012

Processing of microalgae for food supplementation on polyunsaturated fatty acids
MARIA BEATRIZ DA SILVA LIMA
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4688/2012

Identification of the blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo Brünnich, 1768) stocks in the NE Atlantic using otolith elemental and isotopic analyses.
ALBERTO TEODORICO RODRIGUES MOURA CORREIA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4689/2012

The role of germ cells and somatic cells in zebrafish sex determination.
Rute Sofia Tavares Martins
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR-TEC/3281/2012

Coupled dynamic analysis of offshore floating wind turbines
Debabrata Karmakar
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-TEC/3429/2012

Fatigue Assessment of Offshore Fixed Wind Turbine Supporting Structures
Yordan Garbatov
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-TEC/3487/2012

Wave Energy extraction and its COastal impact
Liliana Rusu
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/MAR-TEC/4128/2012

Extraction and purification of electroactive biodegradable polymers from marine sources
Vitor Manuel Correlo da Silva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR-TEC/4162/2012

Microbial fuel cells for biofouling prevention in marine structures
Antonio Guerreiro de Brito
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR-TEC/4341/2012

Thermal Driven Energy Device
JOÃO PEDRO BARATA DA ROCHA FALCÃO CARNEIRO
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

EXPL/MAR-PRO/1106/2012

Metalloproteinases: the enzymatic key for the successful physiological adaptation to extreme environments
Ines Martins
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1189/2012

Particle Size and Compositional Analysis: a new tool for sediment dynamics understanding
João Cascalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1208/2012

Exploring a new chronological marker of marine and estuarine pollution: the Gastropod Statolith
Carlos Miguel Miguez Barroso
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1211/2012

Arsenic bioaccumulation, speciation and trophic transfer in estuarine ecosystems
João Pedro Martins Coelho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1236/2012

Chlorophyll-like pigments in a marine polychaete - evolutionary relevance and biotechnological value
Maria Helena Costa
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1246/2012

Exploring the effects of ocean acidification on chemosynthetic species
Clara Lúcia Ferreira Rodrigues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1375/2012

Where migratory shorebirds winter? Going south with geolocators
Ricardo Jorge Lopes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1389/2012

PyroPhyto: a high-throughput genomic approach to microphytobenthos biodiversity and ecosystem disturbance
Bruno Miguel Freire Boa de Jesus
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1563/2012

Linking metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis in a hypersaline environment
María Asunción Lago-Lestón
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1570/2012

Recruitment of fish larvae in the Tagus estuary: ingress timing, environmental effects on spatial and temporal patterns and survival rates
Filipe Manuel Vidas Ribeiro
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/0877/2012

Rules of attraction: unveiling bacterial behavior in a host-driven chemical sphere
Ana Isabel dos Santos Esteves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1041/2012

Alergenic content decrease in aquaculture fish through nutritional and conditioned farm practices. A proteomic approach.
Pedro Miguel Leal Rodrigues
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1217/2012

Valorization potential of seaweed produced in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture through extraction of high added value bioactive compounds
Maria Isabel da Silva Costa
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1361/2012

Enhancing protein accretion in fish through modulation of protein turnover pathways
Sofia Alexandra Dias Engrola
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1486/2012

New applications of ultrasonography to study reproduction in fishes
José Lino Vieira de Oliveira Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1503/2012

Can water content of food affect growth efficiency of fish larvae?
Maria Laura Braga Ribeiro
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1557/2012

Screening potential neuroprotective properties of Limonium species from the Algave coast
Teresa Paula Martins Tiago
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1566/2012

Extraction of seaweed polysaccharides using alternative technologies
Cristina Maria Ribeiro Rocha Soares Vicente
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/MAR-TEC/0983/2012

Valorization of waste microalgal biomass through the development of biodegradable flocculants
Giuliano Marcelo Dragone
Universidade do Minho (UM)

RECI/MAR-BIO/0485/2012

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC-MS/MS) APPLIED TO SEAFOOD SAFETY AND BIOACTIVITY
Sara Cristina Silva Cunha
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXCL/MAR-PRO/0427/2012

DEEPER - Deep-sea Ecosystem Research - understanding the links between biodiversity, processes and services
Maria Marina Pais Ribeiro da Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2160/2012

Urban Structures: a driver of biodiversity change in coastal ecosystems?
Ana Isabel de Melo Azevedo Neto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-EST/2314/2012

Impact of solar radiation on dissolved organic matter photochemical and microbial processes in the estuarine environment
Maria Adelaide de Pinho Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/3399/2012

NANOAu - Effects of Gold Nanoparticles to Aquatic Organisms
Marcelino Miguel Guedes de Jesus Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-EST/4614/2012

The role of glutatione-S-transferase isoenzymes in bivalve's tolerance to microcystins.
José Carlos de Morais Martins
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/2818/2012

Bioactive compound discovery from marine cyanobacteria
Pedro Nuno da Costa Leão
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3204/2012

Fish antimicrobial peptides: characterization of sea bass hepcidins and their potential therapeutic applications.
Pedro Nuno Simoes Rodrigues
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/3533/2012

Magnetic nanoparticle- and biowaste-based strategies for remediation of salt water under multi-stressor conditions (inorganic and emerging pollutants): evaluation of ecological and human risk
Cláudia Maria Batista Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4107/2012

Effect on lipid metabolism of vegetable lipid interaction with carbohydrate in an important marine aquaculture fish species, European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Aires Oliva Teles
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR-BIO/4458/2012

Structure and movement patterns in populations of the blue shark Prionace glauca
ANA CRISTINA PIMENTA VERÍSSIMO
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/MAR-EST/1540/2012

The Lophotrochozoan Ecdysone Receptor: long-lived disruption pathways?
Raquel Ruivo
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

EXPL/MAR-BIO/1034/2012

PATHOSPILL: using an integrative approach to investigate the consequences of pathogen spill-over between wild and farmed fish species in a key estuarine habitat
Raquel Xavier
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)