Tiago Verdelhos

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Email: 
tverdelhos@ci.uc.pt
URI: 
MARE - UCoimbra
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Environmental Risk
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biotechnology and Resources Valorisation
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4713-3006
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=9274602300

Activity summary

I am a Postdoctoral researcher on Laboratório MAREFOZ (MARE–UCoimbra), focusing on the ecology of marine, estuarine and coastal ecosystems, in particular on bivalve populations and benthic communities: impact assessment of natural and anthropogenic stressors; ecological modelling; ecotoxicology; and aquaculture development. Moreover, I have been involved in education and training programs, science communication and outreaching activities.

Highlights

Behavioral and mortality responses of the bivalves Scrobicularia plana and Cerastoderma edule to temperature, as indicator of climate change's potential impacts The impact of estuarine salinity changes on the bivalves Scrobicularia plana and Cerastoderma edule, illustrated by behavioral and mortality responses on a laboratory assay. Recovery trends of Scrobicularia plana populations after restoration measures, affected by extreme climate events. Latitudinal gradients on Scrobicularia plana reproduction patterns, population dynamics, growth and secondary production. A validated population-dynamics model for Scrobicularia plana (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in a south-western European estuary. The impact of extreme flooding events and anthropogenic stressors on the macrobenthic communities' dynamics. Anthropogenic and natural disturbance effects on a macrobenthic estuarine community over a 10-year period. The effect of eutrophication abatement on the bivalve Scrobicularia plana.