Luisa Costa

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Email: 
luisa.costa@cm-funchal.pt
URI: 
MARE - Madeira
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
Bachelor
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-6200
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luisa_Costa2

Activity summary

Degree in Marine Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon in 2002. Has been working at the Funchal Marine Biology Station since 2003 in the study of diet, histology, fish parasitology and sampling and identification of samples. Took part in scientific missions between 2001 and 2013 in the scope of research projects mainly for the study of deep sea species.

Highlights

Sex-structure, depth distribution, intermoult period and reproductive pattern of the deep-sea red crab Chaceon affinis (Brachyura, Geryonidae) in two populations in the north-eastern Atlantic A Review of the Parasites of Deep-Water Fishes from Macaronesian Islands, North-East Atlantic Ocean Deep-sea sharks as by-catch of an experimental fishing survey for black scabbardfishes (Aphanopus spp.) off the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic) Projeto MARISCOMAC (MAC/2.3d/097): “Desenvolvimento de condições técnico-científicas, formação, transferência de tecnologia e conhecimento, visando fomentar a exploração e comercialização sustentável de mariscos na Macaronésia” Projeto MACAROFOOD (Valorização dos Produtos da Pesca, Gastronomia e Turismo)