Ana Raquel Calapez

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Email: 
anacalapez@gmail.com
URI: 
MARE - UCoimbra
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
River Basins
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-0046
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Calapez

Activity summary

Ecology of macroinvertebrates and biofilms in lotic systems. Multiple stressors effects on river communities. Biomonitorization establishing ecological condition of freshwater systems through community assessment. Biosurveys based on collection and identification of aquatic invertebrates. Urban streams rehabilitation and conservation, ecosystem services and anthropogenic perturbations in aquatic systems. River management and restoration. Science communication.

Highlights

The effect of hypoxia and flow decrease in macroinvertebrate functional responses: A trait-based approach to multiple-stressors in mesocosms. Macroinvertebrate short-term responses to flow variation and oxygen depletion: A mesocosm approach Rios de Portugal. Comunidades, processos e alterações. Sewage contamination under water scarcity effects on stream biota: biofilm, grazers, and their interaction