Vítor Manuel da Costa Gonçalves

Researcher

Vítor Gonçalves is graduated in Biology by the University of Porto (1991) and PhD in Biology by the University of Azores (2008), where he is presently Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sciences and Technology. He is coordinator of the Freshwater Ecology Research Group (FRESCO) of CIBIO Açores and the leader of the Azorean Bank of Algae and Cyanobacteria (BACA).

His main research interests are freshwater biodiversity, taxonomy, ecology and conservation of microalgae, and the assessment and evolution of ecological status of aquatic ecosystems. He is also interested in the biotechnological applications of microalgae and cyanobacteria.

He has participated in several research projects and services, in the areas of aquatic biodiversity and ecology, aquatic ecosystems quality assessment, and water resources planning and management. He has authored over 90 publications including books, book chapters, articles in scientific journals, conference papers, and technical reports.

He has participated in numerous congresses and other scientific meetings, both national and international, where he presented more than 50 communications (oral and posters). He has extensive teaching experience in algal and fungal biology and diversity, and aquatic ecology, having supervised numerous undergraduate, MSc and PhD students.

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Publications

Vazquez-Loureiro, D., Saez, A., Hernandez, A., Raposeiro, P.M., Giralt, S., Rubio-Ingles, M.J., et al. (2019). Diatom-inferred ecological responses of an oceanic lake system to volcanism and anthropogenic perturbations since 1290 CE, 534.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109285

Xavier, E.D., Goncalves, V., Reis, A., Azevedo, J.M.N. & Neto, A.I. (2018). Culture collection of freshwater microalgae from the Azores archipelago: resource for taxonomic and phycoprospecting research. Cryptogamie Algologie, 39, 227-237.

https://doi.org/10.7872/crya/v39.iss2.2018.227

Raposeiro, P.M., Saez, A., Giralt, S., Costa, A.C. & Goncalves, V. (2018). Causes of spatial distribution of subfossil diatom and chironomid assemblages in surface sediments of a remote deep island lake. Hydrobiologia, 815, 141-163.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3557-4

Raposeiro, P.M., Ferreira, V., Gea, G. & Goncalves, V. (2018). Contribution of aquatic shredders to leaf litter decomposition in Atlantic island streams depends on shredder density and litter quality. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69, 1432-1439.

https://doi.org/10.1071/mf18020

Balibrea, A., Ferreira, V., Goncalves, V. & Raposeiro, P.M. (2017). Consumption, growth and survival of the endemic stream shredder Limnephilus atlanticus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae) fed with distinct leaf species. Limnologica, 64, 31-37.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.1imno.2017.04.002

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