Maria Rita Pegado

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Email: 
mrpegado@fc.ul.pt
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Environmental Risk
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0379-7505
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-3257-2014
ResearchGate: 
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Rita_Pegado

Activity summary

Over the last years my research was focused on the impacts of climate change on fish. Particularly the effects of marine heatwaves and ocean acidification on shark's physiology.

Highlights

Pegado MR, Santos CP, Raffoul D, Konieczna M, Sampaio E, Maulvault AL, Diniz M, Rosa R (2020) Impact of a simulated marine heatwave in the hematological profile of a temperate shark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Ecological Indicators, 114, 10 Paula JR, Repolho T, Pegado MR, Thörnqvist PO, Bispo R, Winberg S, Munday P, Rosa R (2019) Neurobiological and behavioural responses of cleaning mutualisms to ocean warming and acidification. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-10 Pegado MR, Santos CP, Pimentel M, Cyrne R, Paulo M, Maulvaut A, Raffoul D, Diniz M, Bispo R, Rosa R (2020) Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on the hematological parameters of a temperate catshark. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. 333(2), 126-132 Rosa R, Baptista M, Lopes VM, Pegado MR, Paula JR, Trübenbach K, Leal MC, Calado R, Repolho T (2014) Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival. Proceedings of Royal Society of London, B 281: 20141738 Lopes AR, Sampaio E, Santos C, Couto A, Pegado MR, Diniz M, Munday P, Rummer J, Rosa R (2018) Absence of cellular damage in tropical newly hatched sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) under ocean acidification conditions. Cell stress and Chap., 23.5: 837-846