Ana Amorim

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Email: 
aaferreira@fc.ul.pt
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-4280
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7006426815
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/AAA-2615-2020
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Amorim2
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=Ngosx5wAAAAJ&hl=en

Activity summary

My research interests are on the ecology of phytoplankton in Portuguese coastal waters, with emphasis on HABs. I am particularly interested in understanding the ecological significance of different life-cycle stages in HAB bloom dynamics and species dispersal. As part of my research, I am building at the University Lisboa-MARE a culture collection (ALISU) of marine microalgae from Portuguese coastal waters.

Highlights

Barbosa, M. et al., 2024. Effect of temperature on growth and yessotoxin production of Protoceratium reticulatum and Lingulodinium polyedra (Dinophyceae) isolates from the Portuguese coast (NE Atlantic). Mar. Environ. Res., 194, 106321 García-Moreiras, I., Amorim, A., & Zonneveld, K. 2024. Transport and preservation of calcareous and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts off Cape Blanc (NW africa) in relation to nepheloid layers. Mar. Environ. Res., 199, 16577 Concórdio-Reis, P., et al., 2023. Novel Exopolysaccharide Produced by the Marine Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa AC210: Production, Characterization, and Biological Properties. Algal Research 70: 103014 García- Moreiras, I., et al. 2023. New physical and biological evidence of lateral transport affecting dinoflagellate cyst distribution in the benthic nepheloid layer along a land-sea transect off Fig. da Foz (...). Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1270343 Fernández-Zabala, J, Tuya, F, Amorim, A, Soler-Onís, E. 2019. Benthic Dinoflagellates: Testing the Reliability of the Artificial Substrate Method in the Macaronesian Region. Harmful Algae 87:101634 Ribeiro, S, Amorim, A, Abrantes, F, Ellegaard, M. 2016. Environmental Change in the Western Iberia Upwelling Ecosystem since the Preindustrial Period Revealed by Dinoflagellate Cyst Records. The Holocene, 26: 874–89 HabWAVE - From benthic resting stages to HAB events: understanding the role of physical-biological coupling off NW Portugal. LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-031265. “PLANKTON*NET - An open-access framework for developing and supporting distributed knowledge centres for taxonomic data – a pilot study targeting EU phytoplankton ”. EU FP6, Research Infrastructures Action, 026071 (RIAM)