ana.cm.costa

Ana Cristina Matos Ricardo Costa
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Ana Cristina Costa is a marine biologist and assistant 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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Raposeiro, P.M., Hughes, S.J. & Costa, A.C. (2013). Environmental drivers - spatial and temporal variation of macroinvertebrate communities in island streams: the case of the Azores Archipelago. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 182, 337-350.
https://doi.org/10.1127/1863-9135/2013/0384
Raposeiro, P.M., Cruz, A.M., Hughes, S.J. & Costa, A.C. (2012). Azorean freshwater invertebrates: Status, threats and biogeographic notes. Limnetica, 31, 13-22.
Torres, P., Costa, A.C. & Dionisio, M.A. (2012). New alien barnacles in the Azores and some remarks on the invasive potential of Balanidae. Helgoland Marine Research, 66, 513-522.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-011-0287-7
Raposeiro, P.M., Costa, A.C. & Martins, A.F. (2011). On the presence, distribution and habitat of the alien freshwater snail Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the oceanic islands of the Azores. Aquatic Invasions, 6.
https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.S1.003
Raposeiro, P.M., Costa, A.C. & Hughes, S.J. (2011). Environmental factors - spatial and temporal variation of chironomid communities in oceanic island streams (Azores archipelago). Annales De Limnologie-International Journal of Limnology, 47, 325-338.
https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2011048