Ana Cristina Costa
Graduated in Faunistic Resources and Environment (1988) at Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University, and PhD in Marine Sciences – Marine Ecology (2004), started her academic career at University of the Azores in 1990, as assistant trainee. Main research interest is in marine and freshwater biodiversity: aquatic invertebrate biology and ecology and, to a lesser extent, invertebrate taxonomy. The work on freshwater systems started with the invasive crayfish in São Miguel (1996), and in 2004 broadened to freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates and water quality monitoring under WFD. She has been involved in Coastal Zone Management Planning for small islands in the Azores, Marine Spatial Planning and Conservation in Marine Protected Areas. Teaches in University of the Azores since 1991 several courses among which Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Oceanography, Coastal Biology, Ecotoxicology, Marine Environment, Aquatic Ecosystems.
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