Lelia Matos

Academics:

April 2011 – present:
PhD Student at MARUM – Bremen University, CESAM and UGM – LNEG, Portugal. Thesis theme: Temporal distribution of cold-water corals on the North Atlantic through the Late Quaternary: footprint of intermediate water mass circulation.

September 2005 – December 2008:
Master in Marine Biology, at University of Lisbon, Portugal. Thesis theme: Internesting behavior of olive ridley sea turte Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) in Sergipe, Brazil

September 1997 – October 2002:
Licenciatura Degree in Animal Biology – Terrestrial Animals Variant (4 years coursework + 1 year research project), at University of Lisbon. Thesis theme: Tartarugas de água doce – Mauremys leprosa e Emys orbicularis: uma abordagem preliminar para um plano de conservação (included collaboration with ICNB on the Red List Book revision)


Expeditions:

June 2011: Cruise M84/5, with RV Meteor (Vigo-Brest, 21 days)

July 2008: Cruise MD 169, with RV Marion Dufresne (Brest-Algeciras, 10 days)


Publications:

Matos, L, AD Silva, JC Castilhos, MI Weber, LS Soares & L Vicente. 2012. Strong site fidelity and longer internesting interval for solitary nesting olive ridley sea turtles in Brazil. Marine Biology (Accepted). doi:10.1007/s00227-012-1881-1

Vinagre, C, T Ferreira, L Matos, MJ Costa & HN Cabral. 2009. Latitudinal gradients in growth and spawning of sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, and their relationship with temperature and photoperiod. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 81 (3): 375–380. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.015

Matos, L. 2008. Internesting Behavior of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) in Sergipe, Brazil. MSc Thesis. Faculty of Science. Lisbon University