Complete Curriculum Vitae -> cvbritoweb
Academic
2001-2005 – Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal - 1st degree (Lic.) in Environmental Biology
2005-2009 – Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK – PhD in Environmental Biology with Prof. Teresa Fernandes, Prof. Paul Tett (Edinburgh Napier University) and Dr. Alice Newton (University of the Algarve, Portugal).
2010-2012 – Instituto de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Post-Doc Project in Environmental Biology with Prof. Vanda Brotas (UL), Prof. Trevor Platt and Dr. Shubha Sathyendranath (Plymouth Marine Laboratory).
Grants
- Academic Merit Grant by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), Portugal, 2005.
- PhD Grant by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, 2005.
- Post-Doc Grant by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, 2010.
Publications
Brito, A. (2010). The development of an assimilative capacity model for the sustainable management of nutrients within the Ria Formosa. PhD Thesis. Edinburgh Napier University, 381pp.
Brito, A., Newton, A., Tett, P., Fernandes, T. (2009). Development of an optimal methdology for the extraction of microphytobenthic chlorophyll. Journal of International Environmental Application and Science, 4(1), 42-54.
Brito, A., Newton, A., Tett, P., Fernandes, T. (2009). Understanding the importance of sediments to water quality in coastal shallow lagoons. Journal of Coastal Research, 56, 381-384.
Brito, A., Newton, A., Tett, P., Fernandes, T. (2009). Temporal and spatial variability of microphytobenthos in a shallow lagoon: Ria Formosa (Portugal). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 83, 67-76.
Brito, A., Newton, A., Tett, P., Fernandes, T. (2010). Sediment and water nutrients and microalgae in a coastal shallow lagoon, Ria Formosa (Portugal): Implications for the Water Framework Directive. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, DOI:10.1039/B909429F.
Brito, A., Newton, A., Tett, P., Icely, J., Fernandes, T. (2010). The yield of microphytobenthic chlorophyll from nutrients:enriched experiments in microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, DOI:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.11.010.
Conferences (most important)
Oral presentations:
- A simple Assimilative Capacity model for Ria Formosa (Portugal): an adaptation of the simple CSTT Model. European Conference on Ecoogical Modelling (ECEM), Trieste, Italy, 2007.
- A simple Assimilative Capacity Model for Ria Formosa (Portugal): an adaptation of the simple CSTT Model. Aquatic Sciences Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Nice, France, 2009.
- Physico-chemical and biological elements of Ria Formosa: quality implication in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, 10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009.
Poster presentation:
- A simple Assimilative Capacity Model for Ria Formosa (Portugal): an adaptation of the simple CSTT model, Conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Porto, Portugal, 2007
- Biogeochemical responses of shallow coastal lagoons to Climate Change. European Geosciences Union (EGU) Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2009
