andrea.zc.botelho

Andrea Zita Costa Botelho
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PhD at the University of the Azores on Marine Sciences (2013): Marine Spatial Planning in Marine Protected Areas.

Master degree in Management and Nature Conservation (2005) and degree in Biology (2000).

Main research interests focus also on biodiversity, management, Ecosystem Based Management, monitoring, marine protected areas, marine spatial planning, Non indigenous species, ocean literacy, aquaculture and tourism.

Currently post-doc research on Environmental Science/Tourism with focus on suitable seascapes planning for touristic purposes.

Principal investigator in the project SCAPETOUR, and researcher in several projects in the fields of marine sciences and social sciences - tourism.

Informação de Contacto
CIÊNCIAVITAE 6C11-C6E6-7044

Publicações

Santos, A.L., Prestes, A., Costa, A.C., Botelho, A.Z., Benyamine, C., Rosas-Guerrero, J., et al. (2026). Spread and Population Dynamics of Rugulopteryx okamurae Across the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 36.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70378
Milla-Figueras, D., Torres, P., Botelho, A.Z., Larrea, A., Parente, M.I. & Afonso, P. (2025). Developing productivity and susceptibility attributes towards a rapid management-risk assessment of seaweed, 90, 104160.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2025.104160
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
Peidro-Devesa, M.J., Faria, J., Costa, A.C., Botelho, A.Z. & Martins, G.M. (2025). Shifts in patterns of shell utilization by the hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus following the arrival of a non-native gastropod, 205, 107004.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107004
Trégarot, E., D'Olivo, J.P., Botelho, A.Z., Cabrito, A., Cardoso, G.O., Casal, G., et al. (2024). Effects of climate change on marine coastal ecosystems – A review to guide research and management, 289, 110394.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110394