Miguel Baptista, PhD Student

Miguel Baptista graduated in Biology by Lusófona University (ULHT) in 2006. In 2008 he concluded a 5-month traineeship in the Conservation Unit of the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Directorate General of the European Commission and upon his return to Portugal, Miguel integrated a marine biodiversity expedition to the Gorringe Ridge (Luso Expedição Olympus 2008). If his fascination for marine life was not sufficiently developed already, these were the experiences that defined Miguel’s future. Accordingly, in 2010 he completed the Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation by Ghent University. As a result of his interest in pelagic megafauna he recently concluded a PhD dealing with the biology, ecology and elemental composition of a giant teleost, the charismatic ocean sunfish Mola mola.

Interests and Expertise: Pelagic megafauna, ​fish, corals, ecophysiology, ecotoxicology, behaviour, conservation

Academic Qualifications
2010. Erasmus Mundus M. Sc. in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC), Ghent University, Belgium.
2006. “Licenciatura” (5-year degree) in Biology. Lusófona University (ULHT), Portugal.

Awards and Grants
2017. Student Travel Award of the 19th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 19).
2012. Doctoral grant supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/88175/2012).
2012. Research fellow in the project “MTE - The application of the Metabolic Theory of Ecology in marine systems: the 3/4-power scaling law and metabolism-based predictions of diversity gradients in cephalopods”. FCT project PTDC/BIA-BEC/103266/2008.
2005. Erasmus Mundus grant supported by the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture of the European Commission.


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Thesis

PhD Dissertation:
Baptista, M. (2019) Bio-ecology and elemental composition of a giant – the ocean sunfish Mola mola. PhD Dissertation. University of Lisbon, faculty of Sciences. Lisboa. 209 pp.

M. Sc. Thesis:
Baptista, M. (2010) Determination of age and growth of Galeus melastomus, Rafinesque, 1810, a deep water shark, using a modified cobalt nitrate technique. MSc Thesis. University of Algarve, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences/Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC): Faro. 44 pp.

Licenciatura Thesis:
Baptista, M. (2006) To eat or to spy? That's the question! - Effect of nutritional stress on motivation to acquire information. Licenciatura Thesis. Lusófona University (ULHT): Lisbon, 15 pp. 
International Publications
Baptista, M., Azevedo, O., Figueiredo, C., Paula, J. R., Santos, M. T., Queiroz, N., Rosa, R., Raimundo, J. (2019) Body size and season influence elemental composition of tissues in ocean sunfish Mola mola juveniles. Chemosphere 223: 714–722.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.061
 
Rosa, R., Santos, C., Lopes, A., Baptista, M., Sampaio, E., Rosa, I. C., Repolho, T. (2019) Stenophagy as a Pathway for the Occurrence of Unique Coral Fatty Acid Biomarkers in Higher Branches of the Marine Tree of Life: the Nudibranch Armina maculata Case. Ocean Science 1-9.
DOI: 10.1007/s12601-019-0004-z
 
Baptista, M., Couto, A., Paula, J. R., Raimundo, J., Queiroz, N., Rosa, R. (2018) Seasonal variations in the abundance and body size distribution of the ocean sunfish Mola mola in coastal waters off southern Portugal. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1–7.
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541800111X
 
Cyrne, R., Rosa, I. C., Faleiro, F., Dionísio, G., Baptista, M., Couto, A., Pola M. & Rosa, R. (2018) Nudibranchs out of water: long‑term temporal variations in the abundance of two Dendrodoris species under emersion. Helgoland Marine Research 72: 14.
DOI: 10.1186/s10152-018-0516-4
 
Anacleto, P., Figueiredo, C., Baptista, M., Maulvault, A.L., Camacho, C., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Valente, L.M.P., Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2018) Fish energy budget under ocean warming and flame retardant exposure. Environmental Research 164: 186-196.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.023.
 
Couto, C., Queiroz, N., Relvas, P., Baptista, M., Furtado, M., Castro, J., Nunes, M., Morikawa, H. & Rosa, R. (2017) Occurrence of basking shark Cetorhinus maximus in southern Portuguese waters: a two-decade survey. Marine Ecology Progress Series 564: 77–86.
DOI: 10.3354/meps12007
 
Baptista, M., Figueiredo, C., Rosa, I., Lopes, A.R., Dionisio, G., Rocha, R.J.M., Cruz, I.G.C., Kikuchi, R.K.P., Simões, N., Leal, M.C., Tojeira, I., Bandarra, N., Calado, R. & Rosa, R. (2017) 3D chemoecology and chemotaxonomy of corals using fatty acid biomarkers: Latitude, longitude and depth. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 70: 35-42.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2016.10.016 
 
Lopes, A.R., Baptista, M. Dionísio, G., Rosa, I., Paula, J.R., Gomes-Pereira, J., Figueiredo, C., Bandarra, N., Calado, R. & Rosa, R. (2016) “Gone with the Wind”: fatty acid biomarkers and chemotaxonomy of stranded pleustonic hydrozoans (Velella velella and Physalia physalis). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 66: 297-306.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2016.03.016
 
Rosa, R., Pimentel, M., Lopes, A.R., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Paula, J.R., Campos, D., Almeida-Val, V.M.F., Calado, R. & Repolho, T. (2016) Neuro-oxidative damage and aerobic potential loss of sharks under climate change. Marine Biology 163 (5): 119.
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-016-2898-7
 
Rosa, R., Pimentel, M., Galan, J.G., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Ana Couto, Miguel Guerreiro, Sampaio, E., Santos, C., Calado, R. & Repolho, T. (2016) Deficit in digestive capabilities of shark early stages under climate change. Marine Biology 163: 60.
DOI: 10.​1007/​s00227-016-2840-z
 
Lopes, V.M., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Paula, J.R., Bandarra, N., Anacleto, P., Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2016) Amino and fatty acid dynamics of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) early life stages under ocean warming. Journal of Thermal Biology 55: 30-38.  
DOI:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.11.006
 
Faleiro, F., Santos, C., Aurélio, M.L., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M., Calado, R., Repolho, T. & Rosa, R. (2015). Seahorses under a changing ocean: the impact of ocean warming and acidification on a poor swimmer bony-armoured fish. Conservation Physiology 3: 1-7.
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cov009
 
Baptista, M., Repolho, T., Maulvault, A.L., Lopes, V.M., Narciso, L., Marques, A., Bandarra, N. & Rosa, R. (2014) Temporal dynamics of amino and fatty acid composition in the razor clam Ensis siliqua. Helgoland Marine Research 68 (4): 465-482.
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-014-0402-7.
 
Rosa, R., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M, Pegado, M.R., Paula, J.R., Trübenbach, K., Leal, M.C., Calado, R. & Repolho, T. (2014) Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival. Proceedings of Royal Society of London – B 281: 20141738.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1738
 
Rosa, R., Lopes, A., Pimentel, M.S., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Trübenbach, K., Narciso, L., Dionísio, G., Pegado, M.R., Repolho, T., Calado, R. & Diniz, M. (2014). Ocean’s cleaning stations under a changing climate: biological responses of tropical and temperate fish-cleaner shrimps to global warming. Global Change Biology 20: 3068-3079.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12621.
 
Rosa, R., Trübenbach, K., Pimentel, M.S., Boavida-Portugal, J., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Calado, R., Pörtner, H.O. & Repolho, T. (2014) Differential impacts of ocean acidification and warming on winter and summer progeny of a coastal squid (Loligo vulgaris). Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 518-525. (Featured article - Inside JEB).
 
Repolho, R., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Dionísio, G., Trübenbach, K., Lopes, V.M., Lopes, A.R., Calado, R., Diniz, M. & Rosa, R. (2014) Developmental and physiological challenges of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) e arly life stages under ocean warming. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 184: 55-64.
 
Lopes, V.M, Repolho, T., Baptista, M., Rosa, R. & Costa, P.R. (2014) Uptake, transfer and elimination kinetics of paralytic shellfish toxins in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Aquatic Toxicology 146: 205-211.
 
Aurélio, M., Faleiro, F., Lopes, V.M., Pires, V., Lopes, A.R., Pimentel, M.S., Repolho, T., Baptista, M., Narciso, L. & Rosa, R. (2013) Physiological and behavioral responses of temperate sea horses (Hippocampus guttulatus) to environmental warming. Marine Biology 160 (10): 2663-2670.
 
Lopes, A.R., Trübenbach, K., Teixeira, T., Lopes, V.M., Pires, P., Baptista, M., Repolho, T., Calado, R., Diniz, M. & Rosa, R. (2013) Oxidative stress in deep scattering layers: heat shock response and antioxidant enzymes activities of myctophid fishes thriving in oxygen minimum zones. Deep-Sea Research Part I 82: 10-16.
 
Rosa, R., Trübenbach, K., Repolho, T., Pimentel, M., Faleiro, F., Boavida-Portugal, J., Baptista M., Dionísio, G., Leal, M., Calado, R. & Pörtner, H.O. (2013) Lower hypoxia thresholds of cuttlefish early life stages living in a warm acidified ocean. Proceedings of Royal Society of London - B 280: 20131695 ; doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1695
 
Baptista, M., Maulvault, A.L., Trübenbach, K., Narciso, L., Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2013) Amino acids in the octocoral Veretillum cynomorium: the effect of seasonality and differences from scleractinian hexacorals.Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93: 913-918.
 
Rosa, R., Pimentel, M.S., Baptista, M., Trü benbach, K., Calado, R., Nunes, M.L., Moreno, A. & Pereira, J. (2013) Trophic and reproductive biochemistry of a deep-sea gelatinous octopus, Opisthoteuthis calypso. Marine Biology 160: 263-275.
 
Rosa, R., Boavida-Portugal, J., Trübenbach, K., Baptista, M., Araújo, R. & Calado, R. (2012) Descending into the abyss: bathymetric patterns of diversity in decapod crustaceans shift with taxonomic level and life strategies. Deep-Sea Research Part I 64: 9-21.
 
Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Narciso, L. & Rosa, R. (2012) Reproduction in Octocorallia: spawning and asynchronous oogenesis in pennatulid Veretillum cynomorium. Marine Biology Research 8: 893-900.
 
Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Pimentel, M.S., Bandarra, N., Narciso, L., Marques, A. & Rosa, R. (2012) Temporal fatty acid dynamics of the octocoral Veretillum cynomorium. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 161: 178-187.
 
Oral presentations
Baptista, M., Figueiredo, C., Queiroz, N., Raimundo, J., Rosa, R. (2017) Elemental organotropy in the world’s heaviest teleost – the cosmopolitan ocean sunfish, Mola mola. PRIMO – 19th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses of Marine Organisms, Matsuyama, Japan
Baptista, M., Lopes, V. M., Paula, J. R., Repolho, T., Rosa, R. (2015) Combined effects of ocean acidification and warming in the early ontogeny of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Cephalopod International Advisory Council Conference 2015, November, Hakodate, Japan
Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Santos, C., Aurélio, M. A., Pimentel, M., Pegado, M.R., Paula, J.R., Calado, R., Repolho, T., Rosa, R. (2015) Seahorses under a changing ocean: the impact of warming and acidification on the behaviour and physiology of a poor-swimming bony-armoured fish. European Congress of Ichthyology XV, September, Porto, Portugal
 
Santos, C., Paula, J.R., Aurélio, M., Baptista, M., Rosa, R. (2015) Eye for an eye: agonistic interactions in a future hot and acidified ocean. Behaviour 2015 34th International Ethological Conference, August, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
 
Cyrne, R., Rosa, I.C., Pires, V., Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Couto, A., Dionísio, G., Rosa, R. (2015) Nudibrânquios fora de água: Alterações na densidade de Dendrodoris sujeitos a períodos de emersão ao longo de 4 anos. Congresso Nacional de Malacologia, 1-2 May, Lisbon, Portugal
 
Rosa, R.; Paula, J.R.; Baptista, M.; Lopes, M.; Trübenbach, K.; Pimentel, M.; Calado, R.; Repolho, R. Ecophysiology of shark early stages under climate change (2015) PICES 2015 3rd Symposium of the Effects Climate Change on the World's Oceans, March 23-27, Santos City, Brazil
 
Rosa, R., Paula, J.R., Trubenbach, K., Pimentel, M., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Coelho, M.M., Almeida-Val, M.V., Calado, R., Repolho, T. (2015) Shark brain loses aerobic potential and neurotransmitter action under climate change – ASLO 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 22-27 February, Granada, Spain
 
Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Lopes, A.R., Pegado, M.R., Repolho, T., Rosa, R. (2014) Developmental and ecophysiological challenges of shark early life stages in a changing tropical ocean. MARES - 1st Mares Conference Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation. November 17-21, Olhão, Portugal
 
Rosa, R., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Lopes, A.R., Lopes, V.M., Pegado, M.R., Trübenbach, K., Campos, D., Almeida-Val, V., Coelho, M.M., Repolho, T., Calado, R. (2014) Tropical climate change impairs shark early ontogeny: developmental and physiological implications. 11th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, August 3-7, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, p.200
 
Faleiro, F., Santos, C., Aurélio, M.L., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Calado, R., Repolho, T., Rosa, R. (2014) Crossing-over the limits of seahorses: the impact of ocean warming and acidification on a bony-armoured poor swimmer fish. International Congress on the Biology of Fish. August 3-7, Edinburgh, Scotland, p.96
 
Pires, V., Pimentel, M.S., Baptista, M., Faleiro, F., Lopes, V.M., Lopes, A.R., Narciso, L., Rosa, R. (2013) Impact of global warming on the spawning success and embryogenesis of a specialized soft coral-feeding nudibranch Armina maculata.  World Congress of Malacology. July 21-28, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. T15.04, p. 297
 
Rosa, R., Trübenbach, K., Repolho, T., Pimentel, M.S., Faleiro, F., Boavida-Portugal, J., Baptista, M., Dionísio, G., Leal, M.C., Calado, R., Pörtner, H.O. (2013) Lower hypoxia thresholds of mollusk early life stages living in a warm acidified ocean. World Congress of Malacology. July 21-28, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. T10.O3, p. 230
 
Lopes, V.M., Repolho, T., Baptista, M., Costa, P.R., Rosa, R. (2013) Uptake, accumulation and depuration of paralytic shellfish toxins in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Simpósio de Ciências Marinhas (Symposium of Marine Science).  June 17-18, Lisbon, Portugal
 
Repolho, T., Pimentel, M.S., Trübenbach, K., Boavida-Portugal, J., Faleiro, F., Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Lopes, A.R., Pires, V., Calado, R., Pörtner, H.O., Rosa, R. (2013) Synergistic effects of ocean acidification and warming in squid early ontogeny: Evidence for severe biological impairments. Simpósio de Ciências Marinhas (Symposium of Marine Science).  June 17-18, Lisbon, Portugal
 
Pires, V.L., Pimentel, M.S., Baptista, M., Faleiro, F., Narciso, L. & Rosa, R. 2012. Impact of global warming on the spawning success and embryogenesis of a specialized soft coral-feeding nudibranch, Armina maculata. VII Simpósio sobre a Margem Ibérica Atlântica - MIA12, Lisboa, Portugal, December 16-20, 2012
 
Poster presentations
Baptista, M., Figueiredo, C., Azevedo, O.M., Rosa, R., Raimundo, J. (2019) Tissue and gender-related differences in the elemental composition of juvenile ocean sunfish Mola mola. 42nd CIESM Congress, October 7-11, Cascais, Portugal.
Paula, J.R., Rosa, R., Lopes, A.R., Pimentel, M., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Trübenbach, K., Narciso, L., Dionísio, G., Pegado, M. R., Repolho, T., Calado, R., Diniz, M. (2014) Cleaning stations in a changing ocean – CeMBE Advanced Course on Marine Evolution under climate change, December 1-6, Kristineberg, Sweden.
 
Rosa, R., Baptista, M., Lopes, V.M., Pegado, M.R., Paula, J.R., Trübenbach, K., Leal, M.C., Calado, R., Repolho, T. (2014) Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival - CeMBE Advanced Course on Marine Evolution under climate change, Kristineberg, December 1-6, Sweden.
 
Lopes, V.M., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Paula, J. R., Bandarra, N., Anacleto, P., Marques, A., Rosa, R. (2014) Amino and fatty acid dynamics of octopus early life stages under ocean warming. CLIMA 2014, December 4-5, Aveiro, Portugal.
 
Rosa, R., Lopes, A.R., Pimentel, M.S., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Trübenbach, K., Narciso, L., Dionísio, G., Pegado, M.R., Repolho, T., Calado, R., Diniz, M. (2014) Ocean cleaning stations under a changing climate: biological responses of tropical and temperate fish-cleaner shrimp to global warming. World Research and Innovation Congress, October 15-16, Lisbon, Portugal.
 
Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Repolho, T., Trübenbach, K., Rosa, R., Costa, PR. (2014) Uptake, transfer and elimination kinetics of paralytic shellfish toxins in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). 7th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, September 7-11, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
 
Rosa, R., Baptista, M., Madeira, V.L., Repolho, T. (2013) Tropical climate change impairs shark early ontogeny. 3rd Conference on Conservation Physiology of Marine Fishes (COST-action FA1004), October 28-30, Olhão, Portugal
 
Pires, V., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Lopes, V.M., Lopes, A.R., Narciso, L., Rosa, R. (2013) Mating aggregations in intertidal nudibranchs (Dendrodoris herytra and D. limbata). World Congress of Malacology. July 21-28, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. T7.P15, p. 199
 
Rosa, R., Repolho, T., Pimentel, M.S., Trübenbach, K., Boavida-Portugal, J., Faleiro, F., Baptista, M., Calado, R., Pörtner, H.O. (2013) Synergistic effects of ocean acidification and warming in squid early ontogeny: Evidence for severe biological impairments. World Congress of Malacology. July 21-28, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. T10.P3, p. 239
 
Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Repolho, T., Rosa, R., Costa P.R. (2013) Uptake, accumulation and depuration of paralytic shellfish toxins in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). World Congress of Malacology. July 21-28, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. T21.P1, p. 361
 
Lopes, V.M., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M.S., Narciso, L., Rosa, R. (2013) Reproduction in Octocorallia: spawning and asynchronous oogenesis in pennatulid Veretillum cynomorium. Simpósio de Ciências Marinhas (Symposium of Marine Science). June 17-18, Lisbon, Portugal.
 
Pires, V.L., Pimentel, M.S., Baptista, M., Faleiro, F., Narciso, L., Rosa, R. (2013) Spawning success and embryogenesis of a specialized soft coral-feeding nudibranch, Armina maculata, under a global warming scenario. Simpósio de Ciências Marinhas 2013. June 17-18, Lisbon, Portugal. p. 79.
 
Pires, V.L., Baptista, M., Pimentel, M., Narciso, L., Rosa, R. (2013) Mating Aggregations in Intertidal Nudibranchs (Dendrodoris herytra and D. limbata). Simpósio de Ciências Marinhas 2013. 17-18 June, Lisbon, Portugal. p. 36
 
Rosa, R., Pimentel, M., Baptista, M., Trübenbach, K., Calado, R., Nunes, M.L., Moreno, A., Pereira, J. (2012) Trophic and reproductive biochemistry of a deep-sea gelatinous octopus, Opisthoteuthis calypso. CIAC (Cephalopod International Advisory Council) Symposium. Oct 27 – Nov 02, Florianopolis, Brazil.
 
Baptista, M., Coelho, R., Figueiredo, I., Erzini, K. (2010) Age and growth of the deep‐water shark (Galeus melastomus) off the south coast of Portugal. ICES Annual Science Conference 2010 – Nantes, France. ICES CM 2010/E:40
 
Baptista, M., Rodrigues, R., Amorim, C., Matos, R. (2006) “Comer ou espiar? – eis a questão”. VII Congresso Nacional de Etologia. 2-3 June, Coimbra, Portugal.