Susana Mendes

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Email: 
susana.mendes@ipleiria.pt
URI: 
MARE - IPLeiria
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biotechnology and Resources Valorisation
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-3169
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=33568138000
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-3986-2015
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susana_Mendes
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=en&user=bL-LhjgAAAAJ

Activity summary

She graduated in Mathematics and obtained her Ph.D. in Multivariate Statistics from the University of Salamanca (Spain). She is currently an Associate Professor and Vice-Director of the ESTM (Polytechnic of Leiria), President of the Ethics Committee of the Polytechnic of Leiria, a full member of MARE, and conducts research in multivariate statistics applied to food consumption sciences and marine ecology.

Highlights

Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) as bioindicators of pollution and health in the Atlantic Ocean: Contamination levels and biochemical stress responses Effects of ocean acidification on the swimming ability, development and biochemical responses of sand smelt larvae 2013, PhD Extraordinary Award for the best thesis, academic year 2011/12 – University of Salamanca (Spain). Sand smelt ability to cope and recover from ocean's elevated CO2 levels. Reproductive cycle of the European clam Ruditapes decussatus from Óbidos Lagoon, Leiria, Portugal Neuroprotective effects of seaweeds against 6-hydroxidopamine-induced cell death on an in vitro human neuroblastoma model CO-tucker: a new method for the simultaneous analysis of a sequence of paired tables Portuguese Commercial Fisheries of Swordfish, Xiphias gladius