|back to unit homepage| 1. personal data 2. academic degree 3. area of scientific activity 4. research projects 5. membership in scientific societies 6. referee and editor of scientific journals 7. publications 8. supervising theses 9. language skills 10. other information 1. personal data back to main menu   name Maria Helena Soares Martins Adão address University of Évora, Biology Department, Apartado 94 contact data tel. +351 266 7409881 fax. +351 266 711231 email hadao@uevora.pt   2. academic degree back to main menu   year academic degree scientific area institution 1987 Graduation Biology and Geology University of Évora 1991 other Biologia University of Évora 2004 PhD Biology University of Évora   3. area of scientific activity back to main menu   domain of specialization Ecology of subtidal and intertidal meiobenthos communities, focusing in marine free-living nematodes assemblages. The scientific activity is focus on baseline studies of Ecological processes in sediments of estuarine and sandy beaches ecosystems. The studies are been developed on structure and functioning of free-living marine nematodes communities of intertidal and subtidal sediments, including Zostera seagrass beds and sandy beaches. The studies are been integrated in analyzing of a) the response of the communities to natural and human induced physical and chemical changes, namely to the extreme events related with climatic changes; b) biological conservation and habitat restoration strategies. The main objective is to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of meiofauna communities as a response to natural and human disturbance, in intertidal and subtidal sediments and compare with the macrofauna response. Moreover, a field experimental approach was been developed to elucidate the meiofauna and nematodes response to a extreme events.   present investigation interests The functional response of meiofauna and free-living nematodes to environmental changes conditions can be useful in assessing biological quality in coastal marine ecosystems. The present research is focus in the temporal and spatial pattern distribution of the structural characteristics of the intertidal and subtidal meiobenthic communities: 1) to identify the natural and anthropogenic drivers and pressures structuring assemblages; 2) to distinguish the natural from man-induced stressors on the functional features of the communities, 3) Compare the resolution of meiofauna and macrofauna assemblages to the disturbance effects. The response of free-living nematodes to extreme events related with climatic changes. A field manipulation experiment was been carried out at geographically separated European locations to investigate the response of meiofauna communities to increased intensity and frequency of rainfall as predicted by climate change models. The new approach was been develloped based on molecular tecniques to study the response of marine nematodes communities   other skills/activities -ERASMUS MUNDUS EUMAINE- European Master Course of Nematology- Key professor, major "Nematology applied to natural ecosystems", member of the coordination team of the consortium. Professor Coordinator Courses "Management of estuarine ecosystems" and "Ecology of meiobenthos". - Master Course “Management and Conservation of Natural Resources”, University of Évora / Institute of Agronomy of the Technical University of Lisbon. professor coordinator Course- " Gestão e Conservação de Ecossistemas Estuarinos” - University of Évora represent in Mars ( European Network of Marine Institutes and Stations) Directors meetings and Marbef+ (European Institute for study of Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning). - Scientific Commission " Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz " and "Biologia no Verão" activities. -Adpote project, BIOMARES- Monitoring seagrass bed of Mira estuary (SWCost, Portugal) http://www.pradariasmarinhas.com/programa-adopte-uma-pradaria.html   4. coordination/participation of research projects back to main menu   With Portuguese national financial support 2005-2008 POCI/MAR/61324/2004 – Effects of natural stress generated by freshwater discharges in the benthic invertebrate estuarine communities and its influence on the assessment of the benthic ecological status – EFICAS. Financial support- FCT.Coordination: – Prof. João Carlos Marques 2008-2010 PTDC/MAR/64627/2006 - System dynamic response to an ample artificial RE-establishment of the upstream CONNECTion between the two arms of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): Implications for recovery, ecological quality status, and management (RECONNECT). Financial support- FCT.Coordination: – Prof. João Carlos Marques 2008-2013 EEMA"Avaliação do estado ecológico das massas de água costeiras e de transição e do potencial ecológico das masas de água fortemente modificadas. Financial support- Projecto co-financiado pelo QREN - Programa Operacional Valorização do Território Coordination: INAG 2009-2013 PTDC/MAR/100522/2008- The Gloria-SWIM plate boundary Faults connection and its importance on the propagation of tectonic deformation and deep water ecosystems along the Azores-Gibraltar Plate Boundary (SWIMGLO). Financial support FCT. Coordination: Doutor Pedro Terrinha 2009-2013 LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009- MINHO, MONDEGO, AND MIRA ESTUARIES observatory: Long term vaRiation of ECOLOGICAL sTAtus as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. implications for management and restoration – 3M_RECITAL - Financial support- FCT.Coordination: – Prof. João Carlos Marques With international financial support 2004-2005 MA–Millenium Ecosystem Assessement – Portuguese Sub–Global Assessment (ptMA). Financial support- ONU. Coordination: Centro de Biologia Ambiental da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL). (URL: http://www.millenniumassessment.org/; http://ecossistemas.org/index.htm 2006-2008 MANUELA (Meiobenthic and Nematode Biodiversity Unravelling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects) - Responsive Mode Programme (RMP) projects undertaken within the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Funded under the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union.Coordenation: Jan Vanaverbeke(URL: http://www.marbef.org/projects/Manuela/index.php) 2010-2011 NEMACLIM- Effects of climate changes on marine free-living nematodes community structure: survey of community responses on a geographical scale. financial support, Assemble programme, coordenation: Michael Torndyke and Helena Adão Services rendered   5. membership in scientific societies back to main menu   2010- ChEss- Meiofauna from chemosynthetic deep-sea environments. 2009- MarBEF+ - European Institute for study of Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning 2009- MARS Network - The European Network of Marine Research Institutes and Stations University of Évora represent. 2006- Marbef "Network of excellence funded by the European Union" 2004-IMCO- International Association of Meiobenthologists   6. referee and editor of scientific journals back to main menu   Reviewer - FWO- Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium http://www.fwo-eloket.be - ECSS, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Elsevier. - HMRE, Helgoland Marine Research, Springer. - JMBA, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. - MEPS, Marine Ecology Progress Series,Inter-Research. - Ocean & Coastal Management, Elsevier - Nematrópica, International scientific journal of tropical and subtropical Nematology, ONTA - Selection Board- "BES Inovação 2010"- Concurso Nacional BES Inovação: Subject- Ocean Economy Reviewer of Global Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report: Chapter 23 - Inland Water Systems. MA Conditions, Scenarios, and Responses Technical Assessment Reports. Global Assessement Reports. (URL:http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/Reviewers.Round1.aspx)   7. publications back to main menu   |papers (ISI)| |books| |book chapters| |book reviews| |proceedings (int)| |proceedings (nat)| |national journals| |technical reports| |oral presentations| |posters| papers in international scientific periodicals with referee (ISI) back to top Patrício,J., Adão, H., Neto, J.M., Alves, S.A., Traunspurger, W., Marques, J. C., 2012. Do nematode and macrofauna assemblages provide similar ecological assessment information? Ecological Indicators, 14, (1), 124-137. Adão, H, Alves, A., Patrício, J, Neto, J. M., Costa, M.J., Marques, J.C., 2009. Spatial distribution of subtidal Nematoda communities along the salinity gradient in two Southern European estuaries (Portugal). Acta Oecologica, 35, 287-300. Alves, A., Adão, H., Patrício, J., Neto, J. M., Costa, M.J., Marques, J.C., 2009. Spatial distribution of subtidal meiobenthos along estuarine gradients in two Southern European estuaries (Portugal). JMBA, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 89 (8), 1529-1540 Barbosa P., Adão, H., Mota M., 2008. Population dynamics of plant parasitic nematodes and their relationships with soil physico-chemical parameters during the fallow period after sugarbeet and leading into tomato cultivation. Nematologia Mediterranea, 36 ( 2),161-170.   books back to top   book chapters back to top Vieira, P. Mota, M. & Adão, H., 2008. The nematodes (Nematoda) of the Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos. In: Borges, P., Abreu, C., Aguiar, A., Carvalho, P., Jardim, R., Melo, I., Oliveira, P., Sérgio, C., Serrano, A. & Vieira, P. (eds). A list of the terresterial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos. pp 221-225, Direcção Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores, Funchal and angra do Heroismo. T. Domingos, and Luis Vicente (editors), 2004. Portugal Millenium Ecosystem Assessment: State of the Assessment Report. Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Lead Authors: Adão, H., Aguiar C., Andrade, F., Araújo M., Belo, C., Borges, F., Burnay, J., Cabral, H., Freitas, H., Herrero, F. S., Loução, A., Marques, J. C., Marques, T., Mendes, A., Pereira, E., Pereira, S., Pio, S., Rebelo, R., Sequeira, E., Soares, F.   proceedings of international meetings with referee back to top   national journals, from portugal or from abroad, with peer review back to top Adão H., Marques J.C., 1999. Ecology of meiofauna of the sediments of seagrass beds, Zostera noltii, in Mira estuary (southwest coast of Portugal). Eurocoast Conference, Sines, Portugal. “ A Zona Costeira do Alentejo “, Associação Eurocoast – Portugal (Ed):123-130.   proceedings of portuguese national meetings back to top   editorial and book reviews back to top   technical reports back to top   oral presentations back to top Materatski, P., Vafeiadou, A.M., De Troch, M., Moens, Adão H., 2011. Recovery of benthic nematode assemblages after a major collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass. World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB), 26-30 September, Aberdeen, Sctoland, (UK) p.37. Alves, A.S., Adão, H., Patrícia, J., Neto, J.M., Ceia, F.R., Franco, J., Marques, J.C., 2010, Seasonal and Spatial Variability of nematodes and macrofauna assemblages in Mondego estuary: can these communities provide comparable ecological assessment information?. ECSA 47, 14-19 September, Figueira da foz Portugal, pp 43 Alves, A.S., Adão, H., Patrícia, J., Neto, J.M., Marques, J.C., 2010. Role of estuarine nematode assemblages in ecoloical assessment in a southern European estuary (Mondego Estuary, Portugal): temporal and saptial patterns. 14th International Meiofauna Conference, 11-16 July, Ghent, Belgium,pp 15 Ferrero, T.J., Adao, H., Barnes, N., Campinas-Bezerra, T., Drgas, A., Kuhnert, J., Lampadariou, N., Portugal, R., Schratzberger, M., Steyaert, M., Urban-Malinga, B.,Van Gansbeke D.,Veit-Kohler, G., Whomersley, P., Vanaverbeke, J., 2008. Response of meiofauna communities to increased rainfall as predicted by global climate change models. World Conference of Biodiversity, 11-15 November, Valencia, Spain. Alves, A.S.,Adão H., Patrício J., Neto, J.M., Costa M.J., Marques J.C., 2008. Spatial distribution of subtidal meiofauna communities along a salinity gradient in two Southern European estuaries (Portugal), ECSA- 43rd Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association – International Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9 February. pp 57 Ferrero, T.J., Lampadariou, N.,Adão, H. , Ameryk, A. , Barnes,N., Bezerra, T.N.,Deprez,T, Drgas, A., Kalogeropoulou V., Kuhnert, J., MSchratzberger, Sevastou,K., Urban-Malinga, Vanaverbeke, Veit-Köhler J, G., Whomersley, P., Steyaert M, 2007. Response of Meiofauna Communities to Increased Rainfall as Predicted By Global Climate Change Models. Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (Thirimco), Recife, Brazil, July 29 – August 3, pp 38. Adão, H.,Vincx, M., Marques. J.C.,2006. Temporal patterns of meiobenthic assemblages in association with sediments of Zostera noltii (Mira estuary, SW PORTUGAL): Relationship with roots biomass. . XIV Sympsoium Ibérico de estudios de Biologia Marina , Barcelona, 11-15 September pp-49 Adão, H.,Vincx, M., Marques. J.C., 1998. Community structure and temporal variation of meiofauna of the sediments of seagrass beds, Zostera noltii, in Mira Estuary (South West Coast of Portugal). “Tenth International Meiofauna Conference”, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England, 27-31st July, pp 13. Adão, H., Marques, J.C., 1993. Population biology of red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) in Southern Portugal. Premiére Conférence Européene sur Crustacés, Paris (França), 7 a 12 de Setembro. Marques, J.C., Adão, H., Anastacio, P., 1992. Lagostim Vermelho da Louisiana, Procambarus clarkii (Girard), espécie exótica em Portugal. Bioecologia, Impacto e Controlo. 3ª Conferência Nacional Sobre a Qualidade do Ambiente, Aveiro (Portugal), Vol 1: 303-312. Adão, H., Marques, J.C., Anastacio, P., 1991. Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) (Crustacea, Decapoda), Espécie exótica em Portugal: Situação actual e Perspectivas. IV Congresso Sobre o Alentejo, Sines (Portugal:51-55 .   posters back to top Alves, A., Adão, H.,Costa, M. J.,Marques J.C., 2011.On the relevance of freshwater nematodes for ecological assessment in transitional waters. XLIII ONTA Annual meeting, 4-8 September, Coimbra, Portugal, p 104. Adão, H., Medeiros, J., Alves, A., Chainho, P., Costa L., 2010. Spatial patterns of subtidal nematodes and macrofauna assemblages along estuarine gradient to assess benthic condition<. definition of homogeneous sectors along a naturally stressed estuary (Portugal). 14th International Meiofauna Conference, 11-16 July, Ghent, Belgium, pp 83 Adão, H., Patrício J. Neto, J., Alves, A., Teixeira, H. and Marques, J.C, 2009. Nematodes vs Macrofauna assemblages along an estuarine gradient (Mondego estuary, Portugal). ASLO, Nice, 25-30 January, Adão, H., Roque M.,2006. Composition and density variation of the meiofauna communities in Zostera noltii sediments in Mira estuary (SW, Portugal): Effect of Biomass Roots. XIV Sympsoium Ibérico de estudios de Biologia Marina , Barcelona, 11-15 september, pp-93 Adão, H., Vincx M., Marques, J.C., 2004. Seasonal dynamics of free-living nematode communities in association with sediments of the Zostera noltii seagrass beds the sediments of seagrass beds in the Mira estuary (SW PORTUGAL). Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, Ravenna, Italy, pp-122. Adão, H., Vincx M., Marques, J.C., 20043.Seasonal dynamics of meiofauna communities in Zostera noltii hornem sediments in the Mira estuary (SW, Portugal). 38 European Marine Biology Symposium. Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September, pp.97 Rosado, C, Vincx M.,Adão H.,1998.The spatial variability of the meiofauna composition and the nematoda community structure in the intertidal area of the Sado Estuary, Portugal. “Tenth International Meiofauna Conference”, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England, pp-82. Adão, H.,Vincx M., Marques J.C.,1998. Temporal variation of meiofauna of the sediments of seagrass beds, Zostera noltii in the Mira estuary (Southest coast of Portugal). X Simpósio Ibérico de estudos de benthos marinho, Praia do Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal, pp-65. Rosado, C,Vincx M., Adão H.,1998. Spatial variabilility of the intertidal meiobenthic communities of the Sado estuary. X Iberico Marine Benthos Symposium, Praia do Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal, pp-99.   8. supervising theses back to main menu Biology Graduation 2006-Composition and density variation of meiobentic communities of the sediments associated to Zostera noltii (Hornem) in the Mira estuary (SW, Portugal): Effect of biomass root. Miguel Derreado Roque, University of Évora. Master thesis 2007/2008 - Spatial distribution of the subtidal meiofauna communities along a salinity gradient in two southern european estuaries. Ana Sofia Alves, Master course of "Biologia e Ecologia do Litoral Marinho", University of Évora. 2007/2008 - Resposta das comunidades de nemátodes da areia (Sines, Costa Sudoeste de Portugal) ao efeito da perturbação causada pelo aumento da intensidade e frequência de pluviosidade”. Rute Bernardo Portugal, Master course of "Ecologia Marinha, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)". 2010/2011-Helena Adão (Évora University/IMAR) & Tom Moens (University of Ghent). Meiofaunal recovery after a major disturbance event: the collapse of seagrass (zostera noltii) in the mira estuary (SW Portugal). Anna-Maria Vafeiadou, Master Course of "EMBS, Ghent University, Marine Biology Section, Belgium. 2011/2012- Helena Adão (Évora University), Ann Vanreusel and Jeroen Ingels (University of Ghent).Inter--‐annual patterns of meiofaunal assemblages in the middle and lower part of the Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. Sofia Ramalho Master Course of "EUMAINE - Erasmus Master of Nematology”, Évora University and Ghent University. Ph.D Thesis 2010-2014 Helena Adão (Évora University/IMAR & Rui Ribeiro (Coimbra University /IMAR) Collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass beds effects on meiobenthos community structure in the Mira estuary (Southwest Coast of Portugal): Analysis of estuarine nematodes assemblages recovery. Patrick de Queiroz Materatski. Curso de Doutoramento em Biologia, Universidade de Évora.   9. language skills back to main menu   language reading writing conversation portuguese born language born language born language english very good very good very good french very good very good good spanish very good basic basic   10. other information [e.g. patents] back to main menu BES Inovação 2010 selection board - Ocean Economy.