Azores Deep-sea Research

Manuela Ramos

PhD student

0000-0001-9351-9327

9316-9F91-E4F3

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Manuela is currently working with us with the position of PhD student in the team.

Autobiography

Deep-sea benthic Ecologist working at IMAR/Okeanos. Her main focus is the benthic megafauna living under some of the most prominent, isolated and less studied geomorphological features from the large Azores Region. Participates in expeditions involving a sort of in-situ assessments on these areas, using video footage (ROVs, drop-down and drift cameras imagery) and biological sampling, seeking for new species and/or distribution records. Also interested in enviromental (geological and oceanographic) data to find the main drivers of benthic assemblages ecological distribution patterns and their biogeographic affinities. Her work outputs are fundamental contributions towards an integrated ecological conservation and management of the Azores Region threatened or endangered Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (e.g. coral gardens and sponge aggregations communities).

Research interest

Deep Sea Benthic Ecology

Publications

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation

Oct, 2025

4 team members involved

Marine Biodiversity

From physics to fish: 50 Years of research at Great Meteor Seamount, NE Atlantic

Jan, 2025

1 citations

2 team members involved

The 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)

Aug, 2023

19 citations Rising

4 team members involved

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)

Mar, 2023

20 citations

3 team members involved

Zenodo

iMAR 2022: Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region - Cruise Report.

Dec, 2022

3 team members involved

Zenodo

iMAR 2022: Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region - Cruise Report.

Dec, 2022

3 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2022 Cruise Report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores, summer 2022

Sep, 2022

2 team members involved

Ecology and Evolution

Dense cold‐water coral garden of Paragorgia johnsoni suggests the importance of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge for deep‐sea biodiversity

Nov, 2021

21 citations

4 team members involved

Zenodo

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

Jun, 2021

2 team members involved

Zenodo

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

Apr, 2021

1 citations

4 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

12 citations

4 team members involved

Zenodo

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

Dec, 2020

4 team members involved

Zenodo

North Atlantic basin-scale multi-criteria assessment database to inform management recommendations to protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Nov, 2020

4 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2019: Summer 2019 cruise on board of N/I Arquipélago

Mar, 2020

1 citations

4 team members involved

Zenodo

Greenpeace Pole-to-Pole expedition – Azores 2019

Jun, 2019

1 citations

2 team members involved

Zenodo

Cruise Summary Report - Medwaves Survey (Mediterranean Out Flow Water And Vulnerable Ecosystems)

Apr, 2017

11 citations

2 team members involved

Marine Ecology

Patterns in megabenthic assemblages on a seamount summit (Ormonde Peak, Gorringe Bank, Northeast Atlantic)

Aug, 2016

27 citations

1 team member involved

Journal of Marine Systems

Primary production enhancement in a shallow seamount (Gorringe — Northeast Atlantic)

Jul, 2016

17 citations

1 team member involved

Aquatic Biology

Laminaria hyperborea photosynthesis-irradiance relationship measured by oxygen production and pulse-amplitude-modulated chlorophyll fluorometry

Jun, 2013

12 citations

1 team member involved

Projects

DEEP

ON-GOING PROJECT

DEEP: Deep-sea Ecosystem Evaluation for Policy solutions

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

2025.00366.AZO

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

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)

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 Regional Government of the Azores, PO Açores 2020, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF / FEDER)

ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00056

Cruises

MapGES 2018

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

Total of 2 crew members and 2 collaborators