Sofia Henriques

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Email: 
snpires@fc.ul.pt
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Governance and Literacy
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0165-2997
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24597286300
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1690-2012
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sofia_Henriques
Google Scholar: 
http://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=Q80pmCYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Personal page: 
http://henriquessofia.wix.com/research

Activity summary

My research primarily addresses several questions relating to biodiversity and resilience of marine and estuarine ecosystems in order to improve the understanding about their functioning (patterns, processes and threats). Actually, I am studying the resilience of rocky reefs to anthropogenic pressures by assessing their ecological networks (considering the different biological groups´ relationships). This research represents an important step in order to improve marine conservation.

Highlights

Project REEFNETS (PTDC/BIA-ECO/28687/2017): Using ecological networks to predict marine ecosystem responses to human threats. Project FindRayShark: Applying innovative technologies to the conservation of rays and sharks. Project LIFELINE (PTDC/BIA-ECO/29261/2017): Understanding temporal changes in aquatic biodiversity and their consequences for ecosystem functioning and services. Vasconcelos RP, Batista M, Henriques S (2017) Current limitations of global conservation to protect higher vulnerability and lower resilience fish species. Scientific Reports 7:7702. Henriques S, Guilhaumon F, Villéger S, Amoroso S, França S, Pasquaud S, Cabral H, Vasconcelos RP (2017) Biogeographical region and environmental conditions drive functional traits of estuarine fish assemblages worldwide. Fish and Fisheries 18 (4): 752-771 Henriques S, Cardoso I, Laborde M, Cabral HN, Vasconcelos RP (2017) Processes underpinning fish species composition patterns in estuarine ecosystems worldwide. Journal of Biogeography. 44(3): 627-639. Henriques S, Pais MP, Vasconcelos RP, Murta A, Azevedo M, Costa MJ, Cabral H (2014) Structural and functional trends indicate fishing pressure on marine fish assemblages. Journal of Applied Ecology 53:623-63. Henriques S, Pais MP, Batista MI, Teixeira MC, Costa MJ, Cabral H (2014) Can different biological indicators detect similar trends of marine ecosystem degradation? Ecological indicators 37: 105-118.