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André Afonso, Marine Research Lab , is on Reunion Island for the Shark Incident Risk Management Symposium as part of an international group of experts from the Centre Sécurité Requin to share knowledge and discuss strategies to reduce the region's high incident risk since 2011.

Vitor Paiva, researcher from the Marine Research Lab, was in Madeira Island (March 13 to 16) doing fieldwork with the Funchal Biological Park. His visit was part of the European project MAC Puffinus LIFE2030. More info here: arditi.pt/en/projetos-em… Departamento de Ciências da Vida - UC FCTUC

NEW PAPER! Vítor Paiva, researcher from Marine Research Lab, was part of a recently published study: ‘The role of seabird foraging strategies on the uptake of mercury: a case study using gulls and shearwaters from the Portuguese coast’. You can read more at: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New course: Introduction to programming in R for analysing ecological data - 1st edition,taught by Catarina Silva and Teresa Militão (Marine Research Lab) and Sérgio Timóteo (CFE) Registration period: 01/04/2025 to 30/04/2025 Course: 09/06/2025 to 20/06/2025 uc.pt/cursos-nao-con…

New paper! Vitor Paiva, researcher from the Marine Research Lab, took part in a new study: ‘Non-breeding global distribution at-sea and population threats and trends of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater’. Read it at: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ana Lígia Primo, Sara Leston and Filipe Martinho , Marine Research Lab researchers , took part in the ‘FAIR Data for Marine Scientists and Data Managers’ course last week, organised by the EMBRC, in Oostende, Belgium, at the facilities of the VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute

NEW PAPER! The researcher Vitor Paiva from Marine Research Lab recently took part in another study: Calonectris shearwaters reveal a gradient of mercury contamination along the Atlantic and Mediterranean waters of the Iberian Peninsula You can read it at: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

NEW PAPER! Vitor Paiva, Marine Research Lab researcher, took part in another recently published study: ‘From Mudflats and Saltpans to Open Sea: Plastic Ingestion and PBDE/MeO-BDE Accumulation in Waterbirds from Southern Portugal’. You can read more at: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ivan Viegas, researcher from the Marine Research Lab, presented his project ‘ConTribuT - Conversion of dietary tributyrin in rainbow trout’ at the DCV Talks today. This is an activity organised by Departamento de Ciências da Vida - UC

Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April, established by the United Nations to raise awareness of the urgent need to protect the planet and take action on issues such as overpopulation, pollution, climate change and biodiversity conservation.

Manuel Rodrigues, PhD student from the Marine Research Lab, presented his work ‘Influence of ecological and taxonomical traits on the mineral content of commercial marine species’ today at the DCV Talks. This is an activity organised by Departamento de Ciências da Vida - UC

From the 5th to the 7th, Catarina Silva, Marine Research Lab researcher, was part of the organisation of the course ‘AI-Driven Image Recognition Techniques’ - part of the REDUCE project. It also counted with the researcher Teresa Militão and PhD student Vasilis Minasidis

Last week, Sara Leston, Marine Research Lab researcher, took part in the 2nd International Conference BeSafeBeeHoney-BeeForward: Exploring Beekeeping Innovations and Science (part of COST Action 22105) as Scientific Grant Holder and was part of the conference's organising committee

Joana Fragão, PhD student from the Marine Research Lab, presented her work ‘Presence of microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals on subantartic seabirds’ yesterday at the DCV Talks. This is an activity organised by the UC Department of Life Sciences.

Today, on National Scientist Day, we thank all those who dedicate themselves to science, especially our researchers, who study everyday to protect marine ecosystems and guarantee a more sustainable future for all. #NationalScientistDay #ScienceForAll #SustainableOcean

Today we celebrate European Maritime Day! Established by the European Union in 2008, this day aims to highlight the vital importance of the oceans and seas to our daily lives, economy and environmental sustainability. We work every day for a healthier ocean and a bluer future!

Today is International Biodiversity Day! Biodiversity is the variety of life on our planet, from the number of organisms to the genetic variety and their functions in ecosystems. This day was proclaimed by the UN on 1992, aiming to promote the need of conserving Biodiversity

André Afonso, José Xavier and Vitor Paiva from Marine Research Lab co-authored a global study tracking >15,000 marine megafauna across 121 species. Result: 63% of their core areas face major threats & the 30% protection goal (GBF Target 3) isn’t enough. 🔗science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New paper! Vitor Paiva, Marine Research Lab researcher, took part in a recently published study: ‘Mismatches between the current marine Natura 2000 network and seabird distributions call for enhanced protected areas off metropolitan France’. 📖Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper! Sara Leston, Filipa Bessa & Miguel Pardal from Marine Research Lab co-authored a study on pharmaceutical contamination in marine sediments. A new UHPLC-TOF-MS method detects 30 drugs with high precision. Irbesartan was found in 5 estuarine samples. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…