Marina Carreiro-Silva

Principal Investigator

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Marina is currently working with us with the position of Principal Investigator in the team. Is also, one of the team's leaders.

Autobiography

I am a marine ecologist specialized on coral ecosystems working as an senior scientist at OKEANOS, University of the Azores. I hold a PhD degree in Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences at the University of Maryland (USA). After studying tropical coral reefs in my early career, in 2007, I joined a multidisciplinary team at IMAR and OKEANOS engaged in the study of deep-sea ecosystems. To advance the team’s research competencies, I have conceived and installed a laboratory for the experimentation with cold-water corals, DeepSeaLab. I currently co-lead with Telmo Morato the Azores Deep-sea Ecology research group.

Research interest

My current research focuses on the study of the diversity, spatial distribution, and functioning of cold-water corals, linking those with their ecophysiological responses to climate change and human activities under ex-situ experimental conditions. I have also been dedicated in translating these research outputs into policy advice for the protection of deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystems by working closely with the Regional Government of the Azores and through international deep-sea working groups, e.g. DOSI, DOOS, ICES WGDEC. I participated in several national and international research projects (H2020, FCT, PO Açores) on cold-water coral ecosystems as a PI or team member.

Projects

Marine Beacon

ON-GOING PROJECT

Monitoring and elimination of bycatch of endangered and conserved species in th...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101135237

BioProtect

ON-GOING PROJECT

Advancing area-based management tools to accelerate the protection and restorati...

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

MapGES2

ON-GOING PROJECT

Characterization of deep-sea habitats, for its mapping up to the outer limit of...

Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, EU, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001, PO Açores 2020, REACT-EU, ERDF

18/DRPM/2022, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001

MarinePlan

ON-GOING PROJECT

Improved transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatia...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101059407 (MarinePlan)

ROLEX - Azor drift-cam project

PROJECT

ROLEX - Azor drift-cam project

Funded by ROLEX

ROLEX

iAtlantic

PROJECT

Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

818123 (iAtlantic)

DeepWalls

PROJECT

Exploring pristine deep-sea walls to establish baselines for Good Environmental...

Funded by PO Açores 2020, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF / FEDER)

ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000124

iMAR

PROJECT

Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem along t...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

824077 (EUROFLEETS+)

Blue Azores

PROJECT

Blue Paper Cooperation protocol

Funded by Fundação Oceano Azul

ATLAS

PROJECT

A transatlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management pla...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

678760 (ATLAS)

MapGES

PROJECT

Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores: ass...

Funded by PO Açores 2020, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF / FEDER)

ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00056

DeepData

PROJECT

Data Science in the Azores Deep Sea

Funded by FCT

Cruises

L’Atalante 2018

Luso Hydrothermal Vent-field 2018

Total of 2 crew members and 7 collaborators

MapGES 2018

Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores

Total of 2 crew members and 2 collaborators

Publications

Marine Biodiversity From physics to fish: 50 Years of research at Great Meteor Seamount, NE Atlantic
Jan, 2025
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Cold-water octocoral interactions with microplastics under laboratory conditions
Nov, 2024
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Biology First insights into the embryo and larval biology of the antipatharian coral Antipathella wollastoni
Mar, 2024
Science of The Total Environment Predicting the distribution and abundance of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the deep sea of the Azores (North Atlantic)
Nov, 2023
PeerJ Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery
Oct, 2023
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Spatial distributions, environmental drivers and co-existence patterns of key cold-water corals in the deep sea of the Azores (NE Atlantic)
Jul, 2023
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Jul, 2023
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
Jun, 2023
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Progress in Oceanography Tidal to decadal scale hydrodynamics at two contrasting cold-water coral sites in the Northeast Atlantic
Jun, 2023
Communications Earth & Environment A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status
Jan, 2023
ICES Journal of Marine Science Co-designing a multidisciplinary deep-ocean observing programme at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region: a blueprint for synergy in deep ocean research and conservation
Nov, 2022
Marine Pollution Bulletin Beyond deep-sea mining sublethal effects: Delayed mortality from acute Cu exposure of the cold-water octocoral Viminella flagellum
Oct, 2022
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 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
Frontiers in Marine Science Modelling the Dispersion of Seafloor Massive Sulphide Mining Plumes in the Mid Atlantic Ridge Around the Azores
Jul, 2022
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Variability of deep-sea megabenthic assemblages along the western pathway of the Mediterranean outflow water
Jul, 2022
Science Protecting global marine animal forests
May, 2022
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Ecology Progress Series Benthic O2 uptake by coral gardens at the Condor seamount (Azores)
Apr, 2022
M Carreiro-Silva
M Carreiro-Silva
T Morato
T Morato
2 team members involved
Frontiers in Marine Science Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration
Oct, 2021
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Reproductive biology of two deep-sea octocorals in the Azores Archipelago
Sep, 2021
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Frontiers in Marine Science Active Ecological Restoration of Cold-Water Corals: Techniques, Challenges, Costs and Future Directions
Sep, 2021
PeerJ Embryo and larval biology of the deep-sea octocoral Dentomuricea aff. meteor under different temperature regimes
Aug, 2021
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Scientific Reports Contrasting metabolic strategies of two co-occurring deep-sea octocorals
May, 2021
A. Godinho
A. Godinho
M. Carreiro-Silva
M. Carreiro-Silva
2 team members involved
Frontiers in Marine Science North Atlantic Basin-Scale Multi-Criteria Assessment Database to Inform Effective Management and Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
Mar, 2021
Science of The Total Environment Ervilia castanea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) populations adversely affected at CO2 seeps in the North Atlantic
Feb, 2021
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Ecological Indicators Assessing the environmental status of selected North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems
Dec, 2020
Frontiers in Marine Science Multidisciplinary Scientific Cruise to the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Archipelago
Nov, 2020
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Coral Reefs Feeding biology of a habitat-forming antipatharian in the Azores Archipelago
Aug, 2020
A. Godinho
A. Godinho
M. Carreiro-Silva
M. Carreiro-Silva
2 team members involved
Frontiers in Marine Science Habitat Features and Their Influence on the Restoration Potential of Marine Habitats in Europe
Apr, 2020
Frontiers in Marine Science Influence of Water Masses on the Biodiversity and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems in the North Atlantic
Apr, 2020
Frontiers in Marine Science Ocean Circulation Over North Atlantic Underwater Features in the Path of the Mediterranean Outflow Water: The Ormonde and Formigas Seamounts, and the Gazul Mud Volcano
Dec, 2019
PLOS ONE A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses
Dec, 2019
Marine Policy The deep sea: The new frontier for ecological restoration
Oct, 2019
ZooKeys Natural history collections as a basis for sound biodiversity assessments: Plexauridae (Octocorallia, Holaxonia) of the Naturalis CANCAP and Tyro Mauritania II expeditions
Aug, 2019
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Policy Habitat mapping in the European Seas - is it fit for purpose in the marine restoration agenda?
Aug, 2019
Frontiers in Marine Science Characterization and Mapping of a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for Spatial Management in the High Seas
May, 2019
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Frontiers in Marine Science Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean
May, 2019
Zootaxa Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update
Jan, 2019
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Coral Reefs First description of polyp bailout in cold-water octocorals under aquaria maintenance
Jan, 2019
Marine Policy Human activities and resultant pressures on key European marine habitats: An analysis of mapped resources
Dec, 2018
Environmental Pollution Assessment of Cu sub-lethal toxicity (LC50) in the cold-water gorgonian Dentomuricea meteor under a deep-sea mining activity scenario
Sep, 2018
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Global Biogeochemical Cycles Limited Carbonate Dissolution by Boring Microflora at Two Volcanically Acidified Temperate Sites: Ischia (Italy, Mediterranean Sea) and Faial (Azores, NE Atlantic Ocean)
Jan, 2018
0 team member involved
African Journal of Marine Science Terrestrial discharge influences microbioerosion and microbioeroder community structure in coral reefs
Jan, 2018
M Carreiro-Silva
M Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography Reproductive biology of the black coral Antipathella wollastoni (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Azores (NE Atlantic)
Nov, 2017
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
ICES Journal of Marine Science Viewpoints in bioerosion research—are we really disagreeing? A reply to the comment by Silbiger and DeCarlo (2017)
Oct, 2017
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Frontiers in Marine Science Zoantharians (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) Associated with Cold-Water Corals in the Azores Region: New Species and Associations in the Deep Sea
Apr, 2017
ICES Journal of Marine Science Bioerosion: the other ocean acidification problem
Mar, 2017
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Biodiversity An Eguchipsammia (Dendrophylliidae) topping on the cone
Apr, 2014
M. Carreiro-Silva
M. Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Coral Reefs Molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological responses of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus to ocean acidification
Feb, 2014
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography Element concentrations in cold-water gorgonians and black coral from Azores region
Dec, 2013
Marine Ecology Progress Series Variability in growth rates of long-lived black coral Leiopathes sp. from the Azores
Jan, 2013
M Carreiro-Silva
M Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Ecology Progress Series Macrobioerosion of dead branching Porites, 4 and 6 years after coral mass mortality
Jul, 2012
M Carreiro-Silva
M Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Pollution Bulletin Phosphorus and nitrogen effects on microbial euendolithic communities and their bioerosion rates
Mar, 2012
M. Carreiro-Silva
M. Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
Marine Biodiversity Carrying behavior in the deep-sea crab Paromola cuvieri (Northeast Atlantic)
Apr, 2011
Marina Carreiro-Silva
Marina Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
ICES Journal of Marine Science Isozoanthus primnoidus, a new species of zoanthid (Cnidaria: Zoantharia) associated with the gorgonian Callogorgia verticillata (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)
Jun, 2010
M. Carreiro-Silva
M. Carreiro-Silva
1 team member involved
ICES Journal of Marine Science The association between a deep-sea gastropod Pedicularia sicula (Caenogastropoda: Pediculariidae) and its coral host Errina dabneyi (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) in the Azores
Jun, 2010

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Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas — Universidade dos Açores

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9901-862 Horta, Portugal

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