Moreira A., Cruz S., Marques R., Cartaxana, P. (2022) The underexplored potential of green macroalgae in aquaculture.
Reviews In Aquaculture, 14
5-26.
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Marques, R, Moreira, A , Cruz, S, Calado, R, Cartaxana, P. (2022) Controlling Light to Optimize Growth and Added Value of the Green Macroalga Codium tomentosum.
Frontiers In Marine Science, 9
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Moreira A., Henriques B., Leite C., Libralato G., Pereira E., Freitas R. (2020) Potential impacts of lanthanum and yttrium through embryotoxicity assays with Crassostrea gigas.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 108
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Moreira A., Figueira E., Pecora I.L., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R. (2018) Native and exotic oysters in Brazil: Comparative tolerance to hypercapnia.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 161
202-211.
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Moreira A., Figueira E., Libralato G., Soares A.M.V.M., Guida M., Freitas R. (2018) Comparative sensitivity of Crassostrea angulata and Crassostrea gigas embryo-larval development to As under varying salinity and temperature.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 140
135-144.
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Moreira A., Figueira E., Mestre N.C., Schrama D., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R., Bebianno M.J. (2018) Impacts of the combined exposure to seawater acidification and arsenic on the proteome of Crassostrea angulata and Crassostrea gigas.
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, 203
117-129.
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Moreira A., Freitas R., Figueira E., Ghirardini A.V., Soares A.M.V.M., Radaelli M., Guida M., Libralato G. (2018) Combined effects of arsenic, salinity and temperature on Crassostrea gigas embryotoxicity.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 147
251-259.
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Moreira A., Figueira E., Pecora I.L., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R. (2017) Biochemical alterations in native and exotic oyster species in Brazil in response to increasing temperature.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, 191
183-193.
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Freitas R., De Marchi L., Bastos M., Moreira A., Velez C., Chiesa S., Wrona F.J., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M. (2017) Effects of seawater acidification and salinity alterations on metabolic, osmoregulation and oxidative stress markers in Mytilus galloprovincialis.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 79
54-62.
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Freitas R., de Marchi L., Moreira A., Pestana J.L.T., Wrona F.J., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M. (2017) Physiological and biochemical impacts induced bymercury pollution and seawater acidification in Hediste diversicolor.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 595
691-701.
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Freitas R., Pires A., Velez C., Almeida A., Moreira A., Wrona F.J., Soares A.M.V.M., Figueira E. (2016) Effects of seawater acidification on Diopatra neapolitana (Polychaete, Onuphidae): Biochemical and regenerative capacity responses.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 60
152-161.
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Freitas R., Almeida A., Calisto V., Velez C., Moreira A., Schneider R.J., Esteves V.I., Wrona F.J., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M. (2016) The impacts of pharmaceutical drugs under ocean acidification: New data on single and combined long-term effects of carbamazepine on Scrobicularia plana.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 541
977-985.
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Velez C., Pires A., Sampaio L., Cardoso P., Moreira A., Leandro S., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R. (2016) The use of Cerastoderma glaucum as a sentinel and bioindicator species: Take-home message.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 62
228-241.
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Moreira A., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R. (2016) The effects of arsenic and seawater acidification on antioxidant and biomineralization responses in two closely related Crassostrea species.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 545
569-581.
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Freitas R., Pires A., Moreira A., Wrona F.J., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M. (2016) Biochemical alterations induced in Hediste diversicolor under seawater acidification conditions.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 117
75-84.
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Moreira A., Figueira E., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R. (2016) Salinity influences the biochemical response of Crassostrea angulata to Arsenic.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 214
756-766.
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Pires A., Figueira E., Moreira A., Soares A.M.V.M., Freitas R. (2015) The effects of water acidification, temperature and salinity on the regenerative capacity of the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 106
30-41.
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Freitas R., Almeida A., Calisto V., Velez C., Moreira A., Schneider R.J., Esteves V.I., Wrona F.J., Soares A.M.V.M., Figueira E. (2015) How life history influences the responses of the clam Scrobicularia plana to the combined impacts of carbamazepine and pH decrease.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 202
205-214.
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Freitas R., Martins R., Antunes S., Velez C., Moreira A., Cardoso P., Pires A., Soares A.M.V.M., Figueira E. (2014) Venerupis decussata under environmentally relevant lead concentrations: bioconcentration, tolerance, and biochemical alterations.
Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry, 33
, (12), 2786-2794.
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Martins R., Magalhães L., Peter A., San Martín G., Rodrigues A.M., Quintino V. (2013) Diversity, distribution and ecology of the Family Syllidae (Annelida) in the Portuguese coast (Western Iberian Peninsula).
Helgoland Marine Research, 67
, (4), 775-788.
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Anthony Peter Moreira
Junior Researcher
- Author Name : Peter A.
- Researcher ID: K-3968-2014
- ORCID: 0000-0003-0781-5424
- Ciencia ID: 1513-970E-7321
- Department: Department of Biology
- Research Group: Marine Biotechnology & Aquaculture (MBA)
- ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: K-3968-2014, AU= (Moreira A. and Peter A.) and AD= (Aveiro)
Research interests
Marine Biology & Ecology
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Experimental Biology
Ecotoxicology & Ecophysiology
Climate Change
Evolutionary Biology
Blue Biotechnology
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Experimental Biology
Ecotoxicology & Ecophysiology
Climate Change
Evolutionary Biology
Blue Biotechnology
Academic degrees
First Degree in Marine Biology and Biotechnology - Aquaculture and Fisheries - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche (IPL), Portugal (2010)
Msc in Applied Biology - Marine Biology - Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal (2012)
PhD in Biology - Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal (2018)
Msc in Applied Biology - Marine Biology - Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal (2012)
PhD in Biology - Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal (2018)
Scientific activities
April 2014 - April 2018 (48 months): PhD grant holder funded by FCT/MEC(SFRH/BD/93107/2013) and co-funded by FEDER, within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement and Compete 2020
September - October 2017 (2 months) - Short Term Scientific Mission funded by COST Action ES1205 – ENTER (ref: ECOST-STSM-ES1205-110916-080529) at the University of Ca’Foscari Venice (Italy)
May - October 2018 (6 months): Research fellow within the activities of the Associated Laboratory CESAM (AMB/50017); FCT/MCTES and FEDER (POCI-01-0145-FEDER007638), within PT2020 agreement
March - November 2019 (9 months): Postdoctoral research fellow at the UA & CESAM (BPD/CESAM/PTDC/MAR-EST/3726/2014); project Symbiolite - A novel microbial-algal calcification process driven by coral symbiotic algae: Structure, function, ecological role and evolutionary significance (PTDC/MAR-EST/3726/2014)
January 2020 - November 2020 (11 months): Assistant Researcher at UA & CESAM (CDL-CTTRI-135-ARH/2019) project CtLight - Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030979).
December 2020 - present: Junior Researcher at CESAM-UA (Individual Call for Scientific Employment Stimulus FCT, CEECIND/01422/2018, from 1/12/2020 to 30/11/2026)
September - October 2017 (2 months) - Short Term Scientific Mission funded by COST Action ES1205 – ENTER (ref: ECOST-STSM-ES1205-110916-080529) at the University of Ca’Foscari Venice (Italy)
May - October 2018 (6 months): Research fellow within the activities of the Associated Laboratory CESAM (AMB/50017); FCT/MCTES and FEDER (POCI-01-0145-FEDER007638), within PT2020 agreement
March - November 2019 (9 months): Postdoctoral research fellow at the UA & CESAM (BPD/CESAM/PTDC/MAR-EST/3726/2014); project Symbiolite - A novel microbial-algal calcification process driven by coral symbiotic algae: Structure, function, ecological role and evolutionary significance (PTDC/MAR-EST/3726/2014)
January 2020 - November 2020 (11 months): Assistant Researcher at UA & CESAM (CDL-CTTRI-135-ARH/2019) project CtLight - Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030979).
December 2020 - present: Junior Researcher at CESAM-UA (Individual Call for Scientific Employment Stimulus FCT, CEECIND/01422/2018, from 1/12/2020 to 30/11/2026)
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NASCADIA – Natural photonic nanostructures: From implications in diatoms towards next generation nanobiodevices
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