Project Outputs

Publications

Articles

• Ayoub Baali, Kenza Mokhtar-Jamaï, Jean-Dominique Durand, Zakariya Nchioua, Luis Machado, Filipe Costa, Iça Barry, Zacharie Sohou, Austin Saye Wehye, N’Guessan Emmanuel Kouamé, Barry Russell (2025) Redescription and resurrection of the lizardfish Saurida parri (Norman, 1935) along Eastern Atlantic coasts of Africa confirmed by DNA Barcoding and first record in Moroccan waters. Submitted to Zootaxa.

• Fontes JT, Mokhtar, Jamaï K, Nchioua Z, Durand JD, Landi M, Meira J, Machado L, Baali A, Sobrino, I,BarriI, Kouamé E, Adepo-Gourène BA, Diop M, Kidé NG, Wehye AS, Sohou Z, Carneiro M, Martins R, Soares P, Costa FO (2025). Phylogeography of the widely distributed John Dory (Zeus faber, Actinopterygii: Zeiformes) reaffirms the prevalence of at least two deeply divergent clades. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70245.

Oral Communications

• Costa FO (2025). Utility of DNA metabarcoding for ichthyoplankton monitoring and potential applications to fisheries management. Invited talk for the Workshop ''Presentation and discussion on a project about the study and monitoring of marine biodiversity in West Africa” – RAFISMER / ATLAFCO, 29th September -1st October, Casablanca, Morrocco. 2025.

• Costa FO (2024). Boosting marine biodiversity discovery and monitoring through environmental DNA metabarcoding. The 5th Annual Meeting International Joint Research Center of Marine Biology CCMAR/ University of Saint Joseph, 27-28 Nov. 2024, Macau, China. 2024.

• Nhanquê, FT Round-table contribution on the relevance of molecular methodologies for fish fauna monitoring and fisheries management: the case of Guinea-Bissau. Final International Workshop of the A-FISH-DNA-SCAN Project, 31st July – 1st August 2024, Universidade Técnica do Atlântico, Mindelo, Cabo Verde. 2024.

• Machado L, Ignacio Ribera, Barri I, Meira J, Fontes JT, Ferreira A, Machado C, Gomes J, Almeida A, Jumpe R, Burgos C, Soares P, Duarte S, Costa FO (2024). FISH-DNA-MONITOR: Gestão dos Recursos Pesqueiros Da Guiné-Bissau através de e(DNA) metabarcoding. Final International Workshop of the project A-FISH-DNA-SCAN, 31st July – 1st August 2024, Universidade Técnica do Altântico, Mindelo, Cabo Verde. 2024.

• Machado L, Ignacio Ribera, Barri I, Meira J, Fontes JT, Ferreira A, Machado C, Gomes J, Almeida A, Jumpe R , Burgos C , Soares P, Duarte S, Costa FO (2024). Management of Fisheries Resources in Guinea—Bissau with DNA-based Approaches: The Development of a Barcode Reference Library and Metabarcoding Assessments. 9th IBOL, Belem do Para, Brazil. 2024.

• Costa FO (2023). Usefulness and potential of (e)DNA (meta)barcoding in marine biodiversity monitoring and management.  Encontro Nacional de Ciência 2023, 7 de Julho, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. 2023.

• Fontes, JT, Katoh, K, Pires, R, Soares, P, Costa, FO, “Comparing the species discriminatory power of commonly used markers and amplicons in marine fish (e)DNA metabarcoding”, IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, October 19-20, 2023 Braga, Portugal. 2023.

• Fontes JT, Landi M, Barradas A, Barri I, Sobrino I, Carneiro M, Martins R, Soares P, Costa FO (2022). Updated phylogeography of the widely distributed John Dory (Zeus faber, Actinopterygii: Zeiformes) reaffirms the prevalence of at least two deeply divergent evolutionary lineages. XVIII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva (ENBE) , December 15-16, Braga, Portugal. Honorable Mention Prize. 

• Costa FO (2022). Update on the project DNA-based approaches for fisheries. Workshop of the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON),  3rd of April 3, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK. 2022.

Poster communications

•  Meira J, Fontes JT, Machado L, Lopes E, Feitas R, Sobrino I, Barri I, Costa FO (2024). Fish Monitoring in Atlantic Africa : Building DNA-Barcode Reference Libraries for Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. Trend in biodiversity and Evolution (TIBE) 2024. Vila do Conde 2024.

• Machado L, Ignacio Ribera, Barri I, Meira J, Fontes JT, Ferreira A, Machado C, Gomes J, Almeida A, Jumpe R , Burgos C , Soares P, Duarte S, Costa FO (2024). Fish-DNA-Monitor: Supporting management of fisheries resources in Guinea-Bissau through eDNA metabarcoding. Fisheries Societiy of the British Isles Annual Symposium. Bilbau 2024.

• Meira J, Fontes JT, Machado L, Lopes E, Feitas R, Sobrino I, Barri I, Costa FO (2024). Fish Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment in the Atlantic: Building DNA-Barcode Reference Libraries for Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau. I CBMA Open Day Braga

• Meira J, Fontes JT, Machado L, Lopes E, Freitas R, Sobrino I, Barri I, Costa FO (2023). Fish Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment in the Atlantic: Building DNA-Barcode Reference Libraries for Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau. IV International Meeting of The Portuguese Society of Genetics. October 19-20, 2023. Braga. Portugal. 2023.

• Machado L, Ignacio Ribera I, Barri I,  Meira J, Fontes JT, Ferreira A, Machado C , Gomes J, Almeida A, Jumpe R , Burgos C , Soares P, Duarte S, Costa FO (2024). Fish-DNA-Monitor: Supporting management of fisheries resources in Guinea-Bissau through eDNA metabarcoding. Fisheries Societiy of the British Isles Annual Symposium. 2024.

Theses

PhD

• André Ferreira. DNA-based monitoring of ichthyoplankton for application to fish biodiversity conservation and fisheries management (DFA/BD/6653/2020). PhD in Environmental and Molecular Biology, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, May, 2025.

• João Tadeu Fontes. Meta-species screening for genetic divergence and phylogeographic reconstruction in Atlantic marine fish species (UI/BD/150910/2021). PhD in Molecular and Environmental Biology, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, June, 2025.

• Filipe Tobana Nhanquê. Exploratory study on the application of ADN tools to enhance the efficacy of monitorization and management of marine resources from Guine-Bissau. PhD in Molecular and Environmental Biology, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, ongoing.

MsC

• João Meira. Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, ongoing.