Ana Cristina Matos Ricardo Costa

Researcher

Ana Cristina Costa is a marine biologist and associate professor at the Department of Biology, University of the Azores, phD in Marine Sciences (Marine Ecology) in 2004, ACC has been developing teaching and research activities in this department since 1990.

She has been responsible for teaching several courses in the Biology undergrad degrees (Biology and Biological Sciences and Health) such as invertebrate zoology, oceanography coastal biology, marine ecology and toxicology as well as in master degrees (eg. Master Course in Biodiversity and Island Ecology, Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Marine Spatial Planning) and phD graduate program in Biology.

She has supervised several ungrad and grad (master and phD) students and young pos doc researchers. Her main interest is marine biodiversity and ecology and, to a lesser extent, taxonomy. She has also interests in marine environmental monitoring (under WFD and MDFD), conservation and planning (CZMP and MSP). Her more recent research has been in marine non indigenous species.

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Oliveira, B., Álvaro, N.V., Asif, F., Botelho, A.Z., Canning-Clode, J., Casimiro, D., et al. (2025). A multi-dimensional approach to improve validation practices for qualitative models of marine social-ecological systems, 9, 100273.

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2024.100273

Larrea, A., Ferreira, D., Costa, A.C. & Torres, P. (2024). Echoes of life: unveiling the cryptic legacy of Megabalanus azoricus dead shells on epibiont assemblages, 86, 55.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-024-01071-0

Amorim, L.M., Costa, J.L., Costa, A.C., Botelho, A.Z. & Torres, P. (2024). Unveiling Microplastic Abundance and Distribution in an Oceanic Island: Offshore Depository or Local Pollution Indicator. Sustainability, 16.

https://doi.org/10.3390/su16104103

Costa, A.C., Freitas, D., Santos, A.I., Botelho, A.Z., Parente, M.I., Behr, A., et al. (2024). Where is ocean literacy in oceanic islands’ schools? The Azores case, 163, 106062.

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106062

Berimbau, L., Larrea, A., Costa, A.C. & Torres, P. (2023). Human–Shark Interactions: Citizen Science Potential in Boosting Shark Research on Madeira Island. Diversity, 15.

https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101062

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