e-mail: fmartinho@gmail.com
Category: Post-Doc Researcher
Department: Department of Life Sciences
Research Line: Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Direct URL for this page: http://cfe.uc.pt/fmartinho
Biogeographical patterns of recruitment of flatfish species (flounder and sole).
Indicators of habitat quality for marine fish that use estuaries as nursery areas.
Impact of extreme weather events in the recruitment and growth of marine fish that use estuaries as nursery areas.
2002 - Degree in Biology - University of Coimbra
2005 - MSc in Ecology - University of Coimbra
2009 - PhD in Biology (Ecology) - University of Coimbra
25. Martinho, F., Cabral, H.N., Azeiteiro, U.M., Pardal, M.A., 2012. Estuarine nurseries for marine fish: connecting recruitment variability with sustainable fisheries management.Management of Environmental Quality - An International Journal. Accepted for publication.
24. Nyitrai, D., Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Baptista, J., Pardal, M.A. 2012. Trends in estuarine fish assemblages facing different environmental conditions: a southern-Europe estuary case study. Aquatic Ecology. Accepted for publication.
23. Martinho, F., Sá, C., Falcão, J., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A., 2012. Comparative feeding ecology of two elasmobranch species, Squalus blainville and Scyliorhinus canicula, off the Portuguese Atlantic coast. Fishery Bulletin 110: 71-84.
22. Viegas, I., Marques, S.C., Bessa, F., Primo, A.L., Martinho, F., Azeiteiro, U.M., Pardal, M.A.2012. Life history strategy of a southern European population of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.): evidence for latitudinal changes in growth phenology and population dynamics.Marine Biology 159: 33-43. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1787-3
21. Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Viegas, I., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A., 2010. Does the flatfish community of the Mondego estuary (Portugal) reflect environmental changes? Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26(6): 843-852. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01486.x
20. Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Freitas, V., Costa-Dias, S., Campos, J., Pardal, M.A. 2010. Multi-year comparisons of fish recruitment, growth and production in two drought-affected Iberian estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research 61:1399-1415.DOI: 10.1071/MF10002
19. Baptista, J., Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Viegas, I., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A., 2010. Effects of freshwater flow on the fish assemblage of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): comparison between drought and non-drought years. Marine and Freshwater Research 61(4): 490-501. DOI: 10.1071/MF09174
18. Bessa, F., Baeta, A., Martinho, F., Marques, S., Pardal, M.A., 2010. Seasonal and temporal variations in population dynamics of the Carcinus maenas (L.): the effect of an extreme drought event in a southern European estuary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 90(5): 867-876. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991421
17. Marques, S.C., Azeiteiro, U.M., Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Pardal, M.A., 2009. Evaluation of estuarine mesozooplankton dynamics at a fine temporal scale: the role of seasonal, lunar and diel cycles Journal of Plankton Research 31: 1249-1263. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp068
16. Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Viegas, I., Teixeira, C.M., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. 2009.Environmental effects on recruitment variability in nursery species. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 83: 460-468. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.024
15. Primo, A.L., Azeiteiro, U.M., Marques, S.C., Martinho, F., Pardal, M.A. 2009. Changes in zooplankton diversity and distribution pattern under varying precipitation regimes in a southern temperate estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 82: 341-347. DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.019
14. Marques, S.C., Azeiteiro, U.M., Leandro, S.M., Queiroga, H., Primo, A.L., Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Pardal, M.A. 2008. Predicting zooplankton response to environmental changes in a temperate estuarine ecosystem. Marine Biology 155: 531-541. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1052-6
13. Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Dolbeth, M., Leitão, R., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. 2008. Assessing estuarine environmental quality using fish-based indices: performance evaluation under climatic instability. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1834-1843. DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.07.020
12. Ribeiro, C., Pardal, M.A., Martinho, F., Margalho, R., Tiritan, M.E., Rocha, E., Rocha, M.J. 2008.Distribution of endocrine disruptors in the Mondego River estuary, Portugal. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0192-y
11. Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Leitão, R., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. 2008 Feeding patterns of the dominant benthic and demersal fish community in a temperate estuary. Journal of Fish Biology 72: 2500–2517. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01856.x
10. Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. 2008. Estuarine production of resident and nursery fish species: conditioning by drought events? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78: 51-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.021
9. Martinho, F., R. Leitão, J.M. Neto, H. Cabral, F. Lagardère, M.A. Pardal. 2008. Estuarine colonization, population structure and nursery functioning for 0-group sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), flounder (Platichthys flesus) and sole (Solea solea) in a mesotidal temperate estuary. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24: 229-237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.01049.x
8. The influence of an extreme drought event in the fish community of a southern Europe temperate estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 75: 537-546. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.040.
7. Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Leitão, R., Cabral, H., Pardal, M.A. 2007. Strategies ofPomatoschistus minutus and Pomatoschistus microps to cope with environmental instability. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74: 263-273. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.016.
6. Marques, S.C., Azeiteiro, U.M., Martinho, F., Pardal, M.A. 2007. Climate variability and planktonic communities: the effect of an extreme event (severe drought) in a southern European estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73: 725-734. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.010.
5. Viegas, I., F. Martinho, J. Neto, M.A. Pardal. 2007. Population dynamics, distribution and secondary production of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) in a southern European estuary – latitudinal variations. Scientia Marina, 71: 451-460. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n3451
4. Martinho, F., R. Leitão, J.M. Neto, H. Cabral, J.C. Marques, M.A. Pardal. 2007. The use of nursery areas by juvenile fish in a temperate estuary, Portugal. Hydrobiologia 587: 281–290. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0689-3.
3. Leitão, R., F. Martinho, H. Cabral, I. Jorge, J.C. Marques, M.A. Pardal. 2007. The fish assemblage of the Mondego estuary: Composition, structure and trends over the past two decades. Hydrobiologia 587: 269–279. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0688-4.
2. Leitão, R., F. Martinho, J.M. Neto, H. Cabral, J.C. Marques, M.A. Pardal. 2006. Feeding ecology, growth and distribution of Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) and Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) in a temperate estuary, Portugal. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66: 231-239. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.08.012
1. Dolbeth M., I. Viegas, F. Martinho, J.C. Marques, M.A. Pardal. 2006. Population structure and species dynamics Spisula solida, Diogenes pugilator and Branchiostoma lanceolatum along a temporal-spatial gradient in the south coast of Portugal. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science66: 168-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.08.006
2011 - 8th International Flatfish Symposium (IFS), 5-11 November 2011, IJmuiden, Netherlands.
2011 - First UCIII - Researcher Forum, 29-30 September 2011, Coimbra, Portugal.
2010 - 45th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), 23-27 August 2010, Edimburgh, Scotland.
2008 - 7th International Flatfish Symposium (IFS), 2–7 Novembro 2008. Sesimbra, Portugal.
2008 - Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) International Symposium – Climate Change Impacts on South-European Coastal Ecosystems, 7–9 Fevereiro 2008. Lisboa, Portugal
2007 - ECI XII - XII European Congress of Ichthyology, 9–13 Setembro 2007. Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croácia
2006 - 41st European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS) – Challenges to Marine Ecosystems. 4-8 Setembro 2006. Cork, Irlanda
2006 - International Congress on Analytical Sciences (ICAS). 24 Junho-1 Julho 2006. Moscovo, Rússia
2005 - American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting – A Pilgrimage through global aquatic sciences. 19-24 Junho 2005. Santiago de Compostela, Espanha
2004 - Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) Local Meeting – Towards an Integrated Knowledge and Management of Estuarine Systems. 9/10 Setembro 2004. Lisboa, Portugal.
(11) Viegas, I., Martinho, F., Leston, S., Carvalho, R.A., Pardal, M.A.. Jones, J.G., 2009. Using deuterated water as tracer for blood glucose synthesis in the European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.). International Meeting on Marine Resources, Peniche, Portugal. 16-18 Novembro 2009.
(10) Martinho, F., Viegas I., Dolbeth, M., Sousa H., Cabral HN., Pardal MA. Climatic effects on recruitment variability in Platichthys flesus and Solea solea: defining perspectives for management. 7th International Flatfish Symposium IFS), 2–7 Novembro 2008. Sesimbra, Portugal.
(9) Baptista, J., Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Viegas, I., Leitão, R., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. Estuarine fish communities’ responses to climatic instability: influence of an extreme drought event. Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) International Symposium – Climate Change Impacts on South-European Coastal Ecosystems 2008. Lisboa, Portugal.
(8) Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. Estuarine production of resident and nursery species: conditioning by drought events? Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) International Symposium – Climate Change Impacts on South-European Coastal Ecosystems 2008. Lisboa, Portugal.
(7) Primo, A.L., Marques, S.C., Martinho, F., Azeiteiro, U.M., Pardal, M.A. Impact of climate variability in zooplankon diversity and distribution pattern in a southern temperate estuary. Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) International Symposium – Climate Change Impacts on South-European Coastal Ecosystems 2008. Lisboa, Portugal.
(6) Martinho, F., Leitão, R., Viegas, I., Neto, J., Dolbeth, M., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. The influence of an extreme drought event in the fish community of a southern Europe temperate estuary. European Congress of Ichthyology 2007, Cavtat, Croácia.
(5) Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Leitão, R., Cabral, H. & Pardal, M.A. 2007. Strategies of Pomatoschistus minutus and Pomatoschistus microps to cope with environmental instability. XII European Congress of Ichthyology 2007, Cavtat, Croácia.
(4) Marques, S.C., Azeiteiro, U.M., Martinho, F. & Pardal, M.A. 2007. Climate variability and planktonic communities: the effect of an extreme (severe drought) in a southern European estuary. Plankton Symposium IV & I Congresso Brasileiro de Plâncton - João Pessoa, Brasil (01-05.04.2007).
(3) Martinho, F., Leitão, R., Cabral, H., Neto, J., Marques J. C. & Pardal, M. A. 2004. Habitat use patterns by juvenile fish in the Mondego estuary nursery areas. ECSA Local Meeting 2004 – Lisboa.
(2) Leitão, R., Martinho, F., Cabral, H., Neto, J., Marques J. C. & Pardal, M. A. 2004. The fish assemblage of the Mondego estuary: composition, structure and trends over the past two decades. ECSA Local Meeting 2004 – Lisboa.
(1) Viegas, I., Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Miguel, A., Marques, J. C. & Pardal, M. A. 2004. Spisula solida, Diogenes pugilator and Brachiostoma lanceolatum, populations struture and dynamics along a temporal- spatial gradient in the south Atlantic coast of Portugal. ECSA Local Meeting 2004 – Lisboa.
(6) Sousa, H., Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Viegas, I., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A. The flatfish community of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): Results from a 4-year field study. 7th International Flatfish Symposium (IFS), 2–7 Novembro 2008. Sesimbra, Portugal.
(5) Carrola, J., Fontaínhas-Fernandes, A., Pardal, M., Matos, P., Martinho, F., Garcia-Santos, S. & Rocha, E. 2007. A preliminary survey about microanatomical liver lesions of grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) and sole (Solea solea) from the Mondego river estuary, Portugal. SETAC Europe 2007, Porto, Portugal.
(4) Ribeiro, C.R., Pardal, M., Martinho, F., Tiritan, M.E., Rocha, E. & Rocha, M.J. 2007. Phytoestrogens in Mondego River Estuary, Portugal. SETAC Europe 2007, Porto, Portugal.
(3) Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Neto, J.M., Cabral, H., Marques, J.C. & Pardal, M.A. 2006. Estuarine fish assemblages as indicators of ecological quality and climatic change: case study from the Mondego estuary, Portugal. 41º EMBS – Cork, Irlanda.
(2) Viegas, I., Martinho, F., Neto, J. & Pardal M.A. 2006. Population dynamics and reproductive biology of Crangon crangon (L. 1758) in a temperate estuary (Mondego, Portugal) under drought conditions. 41º EMBS – Cork, Irlanda.
(1) Martinho, F., Leitão, R., Cabral, H., Neto, J., Marques J. C. & Pardal, M. A. 2004. Growth and feeding ecology of juvenile sea bass, flounder and sole in a temperate estuary, Portugal. ASLO Summer Meeting 2005 – Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Global Change Biology
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Ecological Indicators
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(2) Feio, M., Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., 2009. Monitorização da qualidade ecológica das linhas de água a jusante e montante dos aproveitamentos hidroeléctricos de Gouvães, Alto Tâmega, Padroselos e Daivões. Indicador biológico: Macroinvertebrados. Contrato com o consórcio Procesl / Iberdrola.
(1) Feio, M., Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., 2009. Avaliação de impactes da construção dos aproveitamentos hidroeléctricos do sistema Tâmega (barragens de Gouvães, Padroselos, Alto Tâmega e Daivões). Contrato com o consórcio Procesl / Iberdrola.
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