Education Profile

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere & Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Portugal and Spain, 2008-2012
• Ph.D., University of Algarve, Portugal, 2007
• M.Sc., University of Aveiro, Portugal, 2002
• B.Sc., Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 1998

Research Interests

Prof. Carvalho's expertise blends the fields of marine ecology, ecotoxicology, and coastal management. Prof. Carvalho is interested in untangling the role natural and anthropogenic stressors play in shaping marine biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, using field and laboratory-based approaches. Her research advances fundamental knowledge of how marine organisms respond to environmental changes and the intrinsic patterns driving those changes. While her research aims to identify the main threats to the marine environment it has an applied aspect by incorporating the views of stakeholders into management pathways. Her goal is to keep fostering interactions with local stakeholders to improve decision-making in the field of marine science and ultimately contribute to the sustainability of the Red Sea.

Selected Publications

• Gonzalez, Daraghmeh, Lozano-Cortés, Benzoni, Berumen, Carvalho, 2024, Differential spatio-temporal responses of Red Sea coral reef benthic communities to a mass bleaching event: Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 24229.

• Aylagas, Shchepanik, Pearman, Parisi, Curdia, Berumen, Carvalho, 2024, Disentangling eukaryotic biodiversity patterns from man-made environments (port and marina) and nearby coral reefs in the Red Sea: A focus on the surveillance of non-indigenous species: Environmental DNA, 6(4), e583.

• Villalobos, Aylagas, Pearman, Curdia,Coker, Bell, Brown, Rowe, Lozano-Cortés, Rabaoui, Marshell, Qurban, Jones, Berumen, Carvalho, 2024, Biodiversity patterns of the coral reef cryptobiota around the Arabian Peninsula: Scientific Reports, 14, 9532.

• Carreira, Joyce, Morán, Carvalho, Falkenberg, Lønborg, 2024, Too hot to handle? An urgent need to understand climate change impacts on the biogeochemistry of tropical coastal waters: Global Change Biology, 30, e17074.

• Carvalho, Shchepanik, Aylagas, Berumen, Costa, Costello, Duarte, Ferrario, Floerl, Heinle, Katsanevakis, Marchini, Olenin, Pearman, Peixoto, Rabaoui, Ruiz, Srėbalienė, Therriault, Vieira, Zaiko, 2023, Hurdles and opportunities in implementing marine biosecurity systems in data-poor regions: BioScience, 73, 494-512.