Marta Bento

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Email: 
mabento@fc.ul.pt
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9790-0272
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta_Bento4
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Z8G-2rUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Activity summary

Degree in Marine Environmental Biology and MSc in Marine Ecology, both granted by FCUL, focused in the study of marine invertebrates, specifically brachyuran crabs, and of taxonomy and systematics. PhD student in Marine Sciences within the scope of the project COBIO-NET (Coastal biodiversity and food security in peri-urban Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment, capacity building and regional networking in contrasting Indian and Atlantic Oceans), financed by FCT and AGA KHAN Foundation.

Highlights

Keys and bibliography for the identification of zoeal stages of brachyuran crabs from the Western Indian Ocean A Dataset of Marine Macroinvertebrate Diversity from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe Mind the Gaps: Taxonomic, Geographic and Temporal Data of Marine Invertebrate Databases from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe Catching the Drift of Marine Invertebrate Diversity through Digital Repositories—A Case Study of the Mangroves and Seagrasses of Maputo Bay, Mozambique Marine macroinvertebrate ecosystem services under changing conditions of seagrasses and mangroves Linking ecosystem pressures and marine macroinvertebrate ecosystem services in mangroves and seagrasses Marine collections and global digital repositories as source data to assess the effects of habitat condition and biodiversity loss on African Coastal ecosystem functioning and services A picture is worth a thousand words: using digital tools to visualize marine invertebrate diversity data along the coasts of Mozambique and São Tomé & Príncipe