Sci. Comm.
=Schools=
[2024] Neuroscience and Marine Biology: an unusual relationship. Lecture in a secondary school - Águeda (Portugal). 20/03/2024. Project Univ Coimbra Science Week at schools.
[2024] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Cantanhede (Portugal). 15/02/2024. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2024] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Peniche (Portugal). 05/02/2024. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2024] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Coimbra (Portugal). 17/01/2024. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2024] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Setúbal (Portugal). 09/01/2024. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2023] Neuroscience and Marine Biology: an unusual relationship. Lecture in a secondary school - Águeda (Portugal). 31/03/2023. Project Univ Coimbra Science Week at schools.
[2023] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Cantanhede (Portugal). 24/03/2023. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2022] The birds at your beach. Lecture in two primary schools - Tocha (Portugal). 24/11/2022. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2022] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a primary school - Coimbra (Portugal). 09/06/2022. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2022] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Coimbra (Portugal). 06/06/2022. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2022] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Three Lectures in a secondary school - Leiria (Portugal). 02/05/2022. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2022] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Two Lectures in a secondary school - Santa Comba Dão (Portugal). 11/04/2022. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
[2022] Seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystems' health. Lecture in a secondary school - Cantanhede (Portugal). 23/02/2022. Project LAB FCTUC @ your school.
=Recent International Conferences=
[2023] Paiva, V.H., R. Fernandes, L. Cerveira, J. Pereira, S.N. Veríssimo, M.I. Santos, I. dos Santos, D.M. Matos, F.R. Ceia, P. Rodrigues, N. Oliveira, J.A. Ramos. Spatial and behavioural ecology of natural and urban breeding Yellow- legged Gulls (Larus michahellis) in relation to anthropogenic activities (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Cerveira, L.E., S.N. Veríssimo, J.M. Pereira, J.A. Ramos, V.H. Paiva. Stalking Little Terns (Sternula albifrons): spatial and trophic ecology of an estuarine species and the effect of human disturbance (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Ramos, Jaime A., L. Cerveira, J. Pereira, V.H. Paiva. Prey-mediated effects of environmental change on Little Terns (Sternula albifrons) breeding in an estuarine lagoon system (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Norte, Ana Cláudia, M.S. Núncio, M.T. Luz, J.M. Pereira, M.I. Laranjeiro, S.N. Veríssimo, I. dos Santos, C. Lopes, F.R. Ceia, V.H. Paiva, J.A. Ramos, I. Lopes de Carvalho. Elusive Borrelia circulating in soft ticks infesting coastal birds in Portugal (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Veríssimo, Sara N., J. Coentro, V. Silva, V.H. Paiva, S.C. Cunha, J .O . Fernandes2, J.M. Pereira, L.R. Cerveira1, A .C . Norte, J.A. Ramos. Plastic ingestion and additives assimilation in waterbirds along a gradient of plastic exposure (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Laranjeiro, Maria I., J. Navarro, I. dos Santos, L. Cerveira, J.M. Pereira, A. Bertolero, V.H. Paiva, M.F.L. Lemos, J.A. Ramos, S.C. Novais, F.R. Ceia. Using pelagic and coastal seabirds to compare chemical contamination between the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Western Mediterranean Sea (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Dos Santos, Ivo, J. Pais de Faria, J.M. Pereira, L.R. Cerveira, M.I. Laranjeiro, N. Almeida, S.N. Veríssimo, V.H. Paiva, J.A. Ramos, P. Bustamante. Understand how distinct seabird foraging strategies can influence mercury loads along a gradient of exposure (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Matos, Diana M., J.A. Ramos, F. Bessa, V. Silva, I . Rodrigues, S. Antunes, I. dos Santos, J. Coentro, A.L.C. Brandão, L.A.E.B. de Carvalho, M.P.M. Marques, S. Santos, V.H. Paiva. Anthropogenic debris ingestion in a tropical seabird community: insights from taxonomy and foraging distribution (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Domingues, Adriana S., J.A. Ramos, C. Cascão, D. Rey, F. Veloso, I. dos Santos, J.M. Pereira, V.H. Paiva, A.C. Norte. Impact of nesting site characteristics on heat stress and breeding success of the Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii (Poster communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Laranjeiro, Maria I., T. Simões, I. dos Santos, J.M. Pereira, V.H. Paiva, M.F.L. Lemos, J.A. Ramos, S.C. Novais, J. Navarro, F.R. Ceia. Using two close-related shearwater species as bioindicators of chemical pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Western Mediterranean Sea (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Carreiro, Ana Rita, J.A. Ramos, V.A. Mata, N.M. Almeida, I. Rodrigues, I. dos Santos, D.M. Matos, P.M. Araújo, S. Saldanha, H.A. Dinis, A. Leal, F. Medrano, T. Militão, J. González-Solís, V.H. Paiva, R. J. Lopes. Connecting the dots on the Cabo Verde Seabird community: predator- -prey interactions revealed by DNA Metabarcoding and Network Analysis (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Cerveira, Lara Rodrigues, M.I. Laranjeiro, S,N. Veríssimo, F.R. Ceia, I. dos Santos, J. M. Pereira, J.A. Ramos, V.H. Paiva. Will seagulls thrive without landfills and fishing discards? (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] dos Santos, Ivo, J.E. Ramos, J . Pais de Faria, J.E. Pereira, L.W. Cerveira, M.W. Laranjeiro, N. Almeida, S.N. Veríssimo, M. Louro, M.S. Silva, C. Cordeiro, P. Bustamante, V.H. Paiva. Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) as a bioindicator of trace elements and organic contaminants along a gradient of exposure (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Veríssimo, Sara N., V.H. Paiva, S.C. Cunha, R. Ferreira, L.R. Cerveira, J.O. Fernandes, J.M. Pereira, J.A. Ramos, I. dos Santos, A.C. Norte. Effects of plastic additives on the health of seabirds (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Matos, Diana M., J.A . Ramos, S . Antunes, L .A .E .B . De Carvalho, F. Bessa, A .L .C . Brandão, J. Coentro, S .C . Cunha, J.O. Fernandes, M.P.M . Marques, I. Rodrigues, I. dos Santos, S. Santos, V. Silva, V.H. Paiva. Microplastics ingestion and Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) by breeding seabirds in the tropical Atlantic: associations with trophic and foraging proxies (δ15N and δ13C) (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Ceia, Filipe R., N. C. Silva, V. H. Paiva, L. Morais, E. Serrão, J .A . Ramos. Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis) as indicators of changes in environ- mental conditions: a long-term study at Berlenga Island, western Portugal (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] Jorge M . Pereira, S . Santos, B .S . Martins, J .A . Ramos, A .C . Norte, L . Campioni, A .M .M . Gonçalves, S . Cotrim, F .R . Ceia, I . Santos, D .M . Matos, M .I . Laranjeiro, N . Almeida, I . Rodrigues, P .M . Araújo, V .H . Paiva. Seabirds as indicators of ocean health: parent-offspring behavioural and physiological responses to experimental changes in food supply (Oral communication). XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Portugal, 22-26 Nov. 2023.
[2023] D. Matos, ..., V.H. Paiva. Tropical seabirds as indicators of plastic contamination (Oral communication). II TOXRUN International Congress, Porto, Portugal
[2023] S.N. Veríssimo, S. Cunha, M. Casero, J.A. Ramos, A.C. Norte, V.H. Paiva. Study the dynamics of plastic contaminants’ assimilation in gulls (Oral communication). II TOXRUN International Congress, Porto, Portugal
[2023] Ivo dos Santos, Jaime A. Ramos, Vitor H. Paiva, Paco Bustamante. Understand how distinct foraging strategies can influencemercury loads along a gradient of exposure (Poster communication). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Dublin, Ireland
[2023] Maria I. Laranjeiro, Joan Navarro, Ivo dos Santos, Lara Cerveira, Jorge M. Pereira, Albert Bertolero, Sara Veríssimo, Vítor H. Paiva, Marco F. L. Lemos, Jaime A. Ramos, Sara C. Novais, Filipe R. Ceia. Using pelagic and coastal seabirds to compare chemical contamination between the northeast Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea (Poster communication). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Dublin, Ireland
[2022] Paiva, V.H., ..., Ramos, J.A. Exposure to microplastics by pelagic and coastal seabirds from temperate and tropical environments (Oral communication). Micro 2022 - Plastic pollution from macro to nano, Lanzarote, Spain.
[2022] Norte, A.C., ..., Paiva, V.H., Ramos, J.A. Moving to the city: pros and cons to breed in urban areas for yellow- legged gulls (Larus michahellis). (Oral communication). 13th International gull meeting, Aveiro, Portugal.
[2022] Paiva, V.H., ..., Ramos, J.A. Spatial and behavioural ecology and diel rhythms of natural and urban breeding gulls in relation to anthropogenic activities (Oral communication). 13th International gull meeting, Aveiro, Portugal.
[2022] Pereira, J., ..., Paiva, V.H. An assessment of seabird-fishery interactions and bycatch risk in Southern Portugal (Oral communication). 13th International gull meeting, Aveiro, Portugal.
[2022] Ramos, J.A., ..., Paiva, V.H. How dependent are gulls on fisheries and how they behave when fishery discards are reduced (Oral communication). 13th International gull meeting, Aveiro, Portugal.
[2022] Lopes, C., ..., Paiva, V.H., Ramos, J.A. The use of fatty acids to assess nutritional quality of natural and urban gulls’ diets. (Oral communication). 13th International gull meeting, Aveiro, Portugal.
[2022] Ramos, J.A., ..., Paiva, V.H. Prey-mediated effects of environmental change on Little Terns breeding in an estuarine lagoon system. (Poster communication). 15th European Seabird Group Conference, Cork, Ireland.
[2022] Paiva, V.H., ..., Ramos, J.A. Seabird-fisheries interactions within the EEZ of Cabo Verde: overlap in space, target prey-species and potential bycatch rates. (Oral communication). 15th European Seabird Group Conference, Cork, Ireland.
[2022] Pereira, J., ..., Paiva, V.H. How well is the Portuguese coast protecting seabirds? (Oral communication). 15th European Seabird Group Conference, Cork, Ireland.
[2022] Norte, A.C., ..., Paiva, V.H., Ramos, J.A. Are urban habitats an opportunity or a callenge to breeding yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis)? (Oral communication). 15th European Seabird Group Conference, Cork, Ireland.
[2022] González-Solís, J., Paiva, V.H. Towards a network of marine protected areas: current knowledge and gaps. IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), Kigali, Rwanda.
[2022] Paiva, V.H., ..., Ramos, J.A. Seabird-fisheries interactions within the EEZ of Cabo Verde: overlap in space, target prey-species and potential bycatch rates. (Oral communication). IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), Kigali, Rwanda.
[2022] Almeida, N.,..., Paiva, V.H. Overlap between foraging Cabo Verde seabirds and established Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): proposed addition to the MPA network and their sensitivity to environmental pressures. (Oral communication). IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), Kigali, Rwanda.
[2017] Morera-Pujol, V., Péron, C; Catry, P., Reyes-González, J.M., Granadeiro, J.P., Militão, T., Dias, M.P., Oro, D., Dell’Omo, G., Muller, M., Paiva, V.H., Metzger, B., Neves, V., Navarro, J., Karris, G., Xirouchakis, S., Zamora-López, A., Forero, M.G., De Felipe, F., Zajková, Z., Cruz- Flores, M., Grémillet, D., González-Solís, J., Ramos, R. The big picture for pelagic shearwaters: global distribution of Calonectris shearwaters across the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) annual conference, Warwick, UK.
[2016] Paiva, VH, Ramírez, I, Fagundes, I, Menezes, D, Silva, I, Ceia, FR, Garthe, S, Ramos, JA. Conservation implications of consistent foraging and trophic ecology in a rare Pterodroma sp species, (Oral Communication) 14th Pan African Ornithological Conference, Dakar, Senegal.
[2016] Paiva, VH, Geraldes, P, Rodrigues, I, Melo, T, Ramos, JA The foraging ecology of Cape Verde Shearwaters, a sentinel species for marine conservation off West Africa (Oral Communication) 14th Pan African Ornithological Conference, Dakar, Senegal.
[2016] Paiva, VH, Ceia, FR, Krüger, L, Geraldes, P, Garthe, S, Ramos, JA. Driven by the climate: Cory’s shearwater as a sentinel species for the effects of climate on the marine environment. 6th International Albatross and Petrel Conference, Barcelona (Spain).
[2016] Paiva, VH, Ramirez, I, Fagundes, AI, Ceia, FR, Phillips, R, Garthe, S, Ramos, JA. Consistency on the foraging behaviour of Deserta’s petrel: implications for the species’ conservation. (Poster communication). 6th International Albatross and Petrel Conference, Barcelona (Spain).
[2016] Paiva, VH, Fagundes, AI, Xavier, JC, Ceia, FR, Medeiros, R, Ramos, JA. The climatic influence on the inter-annual changes in the spatial, feeding and trophic ecology of two sub-populations of Micronesian shearwaters. (Poster communication).6th International Albatross and Petrel Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
=General Public=
[2020] Radio Interview related with the Seabird Conservation Project running in Cabo Verde https://www.rtp.pt/play/p2936/e459865/90-segundos-ciencia?fbclid=IwAR2A9BJuoI0Of9Ptb7rF1ipfcB3NT6qc0hCR8WKapd_jUuPzCXcV6jZY2t4
[2020] Radio interview. https://observador.pt/programas/e-mc2/os-albatrozes-conseguem-detectar-navios-de-pesca-ilegal/
[2020] Press releases in over 20 media entities, including paper journals and radio stations. Featuring the start of the LIFE Barrier Islands - Conserving the Barrier Islands in Algarve to protect priority species and habitats. Few examples: https://www.publico.pt/2020/02/04/p3/noticia/querem-preservar-aves-vegetacao-ilhas-ria-formosa-1902865 https://www.sulinformacao.pt/2020/02/aves-das-ilhas-barreira-e-centro-rias-ganham-life/ https://www.barlavento.pt/destaque/life-ilhas-barreira-mais-de-dois-milhoes-para-salvar-a-biodiversidade
[2019] Press releases coming out on over 40 media entities, including paper journals, radio stations and public television. Featuring the developments of the Cabo Verde seabird project conservation project, with relevance to the vast seabird and fisheries tracking data being gathered and jointly analysed to study seabird-fisheries interactions and their consequences for seabird conservation. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ghuqngka7t88toe/AAAruBmlviZJDL0yqHrOpfjVa?dl=0
[2015] Press releases coming out on 30 newspapers related with the publication "Pelagic seabirds under natural conditions rely on olfactory maps for general oceanic navigation" e.g. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150630-birds-navigation-smell-animals-science/
[2013] Press releases coming out on over 42 media entities, including paper journals, radio stations and public television. Featuring the decrease in marine resources (namely commercial fish species) along the Portuguese coast during recent years, and it's relation with climate change and (possible) overfishing
[2008] CD-Rom. Project Marine Important Bird Areas. LIFE04 NAT/PT/000213
[2008] Laymans report. Project Marine Important Bird Areas. LIFE04 NAT/PT/000213
[2007] TV interview for the national Portuguese “Bioesfera” program (RTP1), under the theme: young scientists career
[2007] Brochure-Leaflet on the Importance of marine IBAs for conservation (published in English, Portuguese and Spanish) (http://lifeibasmarinhas.spea.pt/pdfs/Brochura_IBA_Marinha_Portugues_2007.pdf)
[2007] Article on SEACHANGE 2007, The newsletter of the Global Seabird Program (BirdLife International)
=Pedagogic Material=
Desde 2013, mais de 30 palestras e aulas práticas na Universidade de Cabo Verde (Uni-CV cidade do Mindelo, S. Vicente) para capacitação de estudantes de biologia em (1) manuseamento de aves selvagens e recolha de biometrias (para estudos de demografia e sobrevivência de populações), (2) técnicas de amostragem biológica (avaliação de ecologia trófica e saúde ao nível do indivíduo), (3) colocação, recolha e processamento da informação de dispositivos de seguimento individual (e.g. dispositivos GPS). Esta componente teórica foi muitas vezes acompanhada de períodos práticos no terreno. Além de participantes da componente académica, também técnicos da Direcção Nacional do Ambiente de Cabo Verde (técnicos superiores e vigilantes da natureza), polícia marítima e técnicos de Organizações Não Governamentais receberam formação nestes workshops.
A produção de material pedagógico e seu uso nos cursos teórico-práticos anteriormente descritos tem aumentado em anos mais recentes (desde 2017) através de acções no âmbito do projecto ALCYON. No âmbito deste projecto, também os professores universitários da Uni-CV têm recebido formação (formação de formadores) e apoio na produção de materiais didáticos para inclusão nas suas componentes lectivas, nomeadamente nas disciplinas de “Ecologia Marinha” e “Gestão e Conservação da Biodiversidade”.