Azores Deep-sea Research

Inês Martins

Senior Scientist Oct 2024 — Present

0000-0002-5362-9801

9815-457B-C7CF

Ines-Martins

Inês is currently working with us with the position of Senior Scientist in the team.

Autobiography

Born and raised in Lisbon I arrived at Horta in 1999 to finish my degree in Marine Biology. Since then, I fall in love for the Azores and decided to stay and pursuit my ecotoxicologist career at DOP-UAç. To be able to work with deep-sea organisms having the deep-sea at our backyard is a privilege that is impossible to find elsewhere.

Research interest

I am an ecotoxicologist with a marine biology background. My research interests focus on identifying the molecular mechanism behind the regulation and detoxification of metal ions in deep-sea organisms; monitoring contaminants and evaluate the nutritional potential of commercial seafood items; study the anthropogenic activities impacts on cold-water corals using proteomics, zymology and gene expression as main tools to identify cellular oxidative stress; evaluate the impacts of microplastics as main vectors of contaminants in marine environments. In parallel I communicate science among the young audience and the general public because I believe that is our responsibility as a scientist to inspired people.

Last contributions in ADSR

Publications

Peer-reviewed (publication DOIs only)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Physiological responses of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor to sublethal effects of Cu exposure: A risk assessment to deep-sea mining activities

Jun, 2025

0 team member involved

PANGAEA

Aquarium monitoring during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification on cold-water coral Viminella flagellum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Cellular stress biomarkers result of the cold-water coral Viminella flagellum during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Aquarium monitoring during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification on cold-water coral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Viminella flagellum during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Cellular stress biomarkers result of the cold-water coral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Aquarium monitoring during an ex-situ experiment on the effects of simulated deep-sea mining sediment plumes on the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor in the Azores

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Tissue loss of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment simulating deep-sea mining sediment plumes in the Azores

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Jan, 2024

3 team members involved

PANGAEA

Respiration rates of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment simulating deep-sea mining sediment plumes in the Azores

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Growth rates of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Jan, 2024

3 team members involved

PANGAEA

Aquarium monitoring during an ex-situ experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in the Azores

Jan, 2024

3 team members involved

Marine Pollution Bulletin

A modelling framework to assess multiple metals impacts on marine food webs: Relevance for assessing the ecological implications of deep-sea mining based on a systematic review

Apr, 2023

12 citations

0 team member involved

Scientific Reports

Local-scale feedbacks influencing cold-water coral growth and subsequent reef formation

Nov, 2022

22 citations

0 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Mechanical and toxicological effects of deep-sea mining sediment plumes on a habitat-forming cold-water octocoral

Oct, 2022

28 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Beyond deep-sea mining sublethal effects: Delayed mortality from acute Cu exposure of the cold-water octocoral Viminella flagellum

Sep, 2022

9 citations

0 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Modelling the Dispersion of Seafloor Massive Sulphide Mining Plumes in the Mid Atlantic Ridge Around the Azores

Jul, 2022

23 citations

1 team member involved

PANGAEA

Model outputs: Modelling the dispersion of Seafloor Massive Sulphide mining plumes in the Mid Atlantic Ridge around the Azores

Jan, 2022

3 team members involved

PANGAEA

Cold-water octocoral Viminella flagellum respiration rates during an acute Cu exposure

Oct, 2019

2 team members involved

Aquaculture

The effect of rapid decompression on barotrauma and survival rate in swallowtail seaperch (Anthias anthias): Defining protocols for mitigating surfacing mortality

Aug, 2018

1 citations

1 team member involved

Environmental Pollution

Assessment of Cu sub-lethal toxicity (LC50) in the cold-water gorgonian Dentomuricea meteor under a deep-sea mining activity scenario

May, 2018

19 citations

0 team member involved

PANGAEA

Suspended sediment concentrations of an ex-situ experiment with the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor in the Azores

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Metabolic rates of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Aquarium monitoring of an ex-situ experiment involving the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Metal concentrations in seawater of an ex-situ experiment with the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Metal bioaccumulation by the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment testing the effects of mining-generated sediment plumes

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Stress biomarkers in the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Gene expression by the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment testing the effects of mining-generated sediment plumes

Aug, 2014

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Results of an ex-situ experiment testing the effects of mining-generated sediment plumes on the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor in the Azores

Aug, 2014

1 citations

2 team members involved

Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Element concentrations in cold-water gorgonians and black coral from Azores region

Jan, 2013

19 citations

1 team member involved

Cruise reports

DOIs from your cruises & projects

Zenodo

Cruise report for 64PE488 onboard of R/V Pelagia Terceira Island 2021 - Towed camera video footage

Jun, 2021

3 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2020 Cruise Report: Exploration of Azores deep-sea habitats, summer 2020

Dec, 2020

8 team members involved

Datasets

From your cruises & projects

Scale bar errors of cold-water coral 3D reconstructions from three different setups

Jan, 2025

1 citations

2 team members involved

Aquarium monitoring during an ex-situ experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in the Azores

Jan, 2024

5 team members involved

Growth rates of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Jan, 2024

5 team members involved

Respiration rates of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment simulating deep-sea mining sediment plumes in the Azores

Jan, 2024

3 team members involved

Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Jan, 2024

5 team members involved

Tissue loss of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment simulating deep-sea mining sediment plumes in the Azores

Jan, 2024

3 team members involved

Aquarium monitoring during an ex-situ experiment on the effects of simulated deep-sea mining sediment plumes on the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor in the Azores

Jan, 2024

3 team members involved

Effect of suspended microplastics on larval swimming speed of the cold-water scleractinian coral of Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Cellular stress biomarkers result of the cold-water coral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

4 team members involved

Effect of suspended microplastics on larval survival of the cold-water scleractinian coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling short-term exposure on larval swimming speed of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling long-term exposure on larval survival of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling on embryonic survival of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling short-term exposure on larval survival of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling on embryonic development of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

4 team members involved

Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Viminella flagellum during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

4 team members involved

Effects of ocean acidification on larval survival rates of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

1 team member involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling on embryo size of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Aquarium monitoring during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification on cold-water coral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Jan, 2024

4 team members involved

Cellular stress biomarkers result of the cold-water coral Viminella flagellum during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification

Jan, 2024

4 team members involved

Aquarium monitoring during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification on cold-water coral Viminella flagellum

Jan, 2024

4 team members involved

Combined impacts of ocean acidification and deep-sea mining on larval survival of the deep-sea coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

1 team member involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling short-term exposure on larval development of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

Maps resulting from Spatial Prioritisation carried out for iAtlantic - Systematic Conservation Planning reported in D5.3 and included in MS25

Jan, 2024

2 team members involved

FUN Azores: A trait database for the marine species of the ridges, seamounts, and hydrothermal vents of the Azores, NE Atlantic

Jan, 2023

1 citations

2 team members involved

Deep-sea mining impacts on larval survival of the deep-sea coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Feb, 2023

2 team members involved

Combined effect of ocean acidification and bottom trawling long-term exposure on larval swimming speed of the scleractinian cold-water-coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Mar, 2023

2 team members involved

Counts of live embryos and planula larvae of the antipatharian coral Antipathella wollastoni exposed to different seawater temperatures

Jan, 2023

2 team members involved

EUNIS habitat classification and associated confidence shapefiles for Atlantic regions investigated by the EU H2020 project iAtlantic (Version 3)

Jan, 2023

2 team members involved

Habitat suitability maps for vulnerable and foundation cold-water coral taxa of the Azores (NE Atlantic)

Jan, 2023

1 citations

6 team members involved

Embryo and larval biology of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor from the Azores under two temperature regimes

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

Swimming behaviour of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor from the Azores under two temperature regimes

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

Embryo development of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor from the Azores under two temperature regimes

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

Larval stages of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor from the Azores under two temperature regimes

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

Survival of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor from the Azores under two temperature regimes

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

Effects of ocean acidification on larval swimming behaviour of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum

Feb, 2022

1 team member involved

Model outputs: Modelling the dispersion of Seafloor Massive Sulphide mining plumes in the Mid Atlantic Ridge around the Azores

Jan, 2022

3 team members involved

List of deep-sea benthic video stations collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

Outputs of predictive distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores EEZ (down to 2,000m depth) using Generalized Additive Models

Jan, 2022

3 team members involved

CTD data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

SVP data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

List of stations with data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

ADCP data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

Nutrient data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

Multibeam Raw Data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

5 team members involved

Embryo and larval biology of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Jul, 2021

2 team members involved

Blue Azores Program Expedition 2018, Station 57, Dive 15: annotation of Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862

Apr, 2021

1 citations

6 team members involved

Morphological measures of sclerome of the new octocoral species Swiftia phaeton during the MSM16 Cruise in 2010 at the Mauritanian Slope

Jan, 2020

1 team member involved

Morphological measures of colonies and polyps of the new octocoral species Swiftia phaeton during the MSM16 Cruise in 2010 at the Mauritanian Slope

Jan, 2020

1 team member involved

Video annotation of Swiftia phaeton during the MSM16 Cruise in 2010 at the Mauritanian Slope

Jan, 2020

1 team member involved

Feeding biology of two common habitat-forming octocorals in the Azores Archipelago

Jan, 2020

2 team members involved

Reproductive features of the deep-sea octocorals Dentomuricea aff. meteor and Viminella flagellum in the Azores

Jan, 2020

1 citations

1 team member involved

Cold-water octocoral Viminella flagellum respiration rates during an acute Cu exposure

Oct, 2019

3 team members involved

Ocean climatology in the Azores region (North Atlantic) and seabed characteristics, links to GIS layers in ArcGIS format

Jan, 2017

1 team member involved

GIS layers of seafloor characteristics in the Azores region (North Atlantic), links to files in ArcGIS format

Jan, 2016

1 citations

1 team member involved

Seawater carbonate chemistry and calcification of two mediterranean cold-water coral species in a laboratory experiment

Jan, 2014

0 team member involved

Results of an ex-situ experiment testing the effects of mining-generated sediment plumes on the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor in the Azores

Aug, 2014

1 citations

3 team members involved

Gene expression by the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment testing the effects of mining-generated sediment plumes

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Stress biomarkers in the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Metal bioaccumulation by the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment testing the effects of mining-generated sediment plumes

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Metal concentrations in seawater of an ex-situ experiment with the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Aquarium monitoring of an ex-situ experiment involving the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Metabolic rates of the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor during an ex-situ experiment in the Azores

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Suspended sediment concentrations of an ex-situ experiment with the cold-water octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor in the Azores

Aug, 2014

3 team members involved

Projects

BioProtect

On-going Project

Advancing area-based management tools to accelerate the protection and restoration of marine biodive...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101157341

REDRESS

On-going Project

Restoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101135492

CORHOLOA

Project

The role of the microbiome in sustaining deep-sea coral holobiont’s health and resilience in a chang...

Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

EXPL/CTA-AMB/1294/2021

iAtlantic

Project

Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

818123 (iAtlantic)

MIDAS

Project

Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation

Funded by European Union’s FP7

603418

HERMIONE

Project

Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas

Funded by

Cruises

MIDAS 2016

Investigation of Field Protocols for Deep Sea Mining Monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessment

3 scientific crew · 3 on board · 8 collaborators

Inês Martins's role: Scientific crew