ANA ALEXANDRA SOARES ARANDA DA SILVA
Address:
CESAM, University of Aveiro, Departamento de Biologia, 3810-193 Aveiro,
Portugal
UGM, LNEG, Estrada da Portela, Zambujal, Alfragide, Apartado 7586, 2611901 Amadora, Portugal
Tel:
+ 351 214705528 (Portugal)
Mobile:
+ 351 91 9072232 (Portugal)
Webpages:
http://www.cesam.ua.pt/anaaranda
E-mail:
[email protected]
Date of Birth: 19 September 1977
Nationality:
Portuguese and Mozambican
EDUCATION
2006
CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal, UGM, LNEG, Portugal, University of
Geneva, Switzerland, NOCS, UK
Postdoctoral entitled: Benthic foraminiferal communities in relation to past and
present environmental gradients associated with the Nazaré and Setúbal
canyons (Portuguese continental margin).
2001 - 2005
University of Southampton, UK
PhD title: Benthic Protozoa community attributes in relation to environmental
gradients in the Arabian Sea. Supervised by Prof. Andrew Gooday and Prof.
Paul Tyler.
1998 - 1999
Bournemouth University, UK
MSc Coastal Zone Management
Subjects studied: Coastal Processes, Marine Resource Management, Marine
Pollution, Crisis Management, Coastal Law, Environmental Information
Systems, Ecological and Environmental Management, Leisure and Tourism in
the coast and Marine Heritage Science.
Project title: Fish catch monitoring of three municipalities off the coast of
Isabela province (Palanan, Divilacan and Maconacon) and the possible
fisheries management implications for the area – Philippines.
1995 - 1998
University of Plymouth, UK
BSc (Hons) Marine Biology with Ecology - 2.2.
Subjects studied during year 1: Ocean Science: Oceanography and
Chemistry, Mathematics for Marine Studies, Transferable Skills and
Techniques, Aquatic Ecosystems, Evolution and Behavioural Ecology, Life in
the Sea, Ocean Science: Meteorology and Physics, Further Mathematics for
Marine Studies, Data handling and Analysis, Genetics and Evolutionary
Biology, Fundamentals of Ecology and Life on Land.
Subjects studied during year 2: Ecological Methodologies, The Littoral
Environment, Data Analysis and experimental Design in Biology B,
Introductory Field Course, Community Ecology, Ecological Strategies,
Adaptations by Marine Organisms to Life in the Littoral, Diversity of Marine
Invertebrates, Field Biology, Environmental Biology: Molecular Aspects,
Ecological Processes in aquatic communities and Research Methods.
Subjects studied during year 3: Physiological Ecology of Marine Organisms,
Biology of Marine Vertebrates A, Aquatic Pollution A, Conservation, Applied
Concepts in ecology A, Marine Aquaculture, Biology of Marine Vertebrates B,
Aquatic Pollution B, Restoration Ecology, Applied Concepts in ecology B.
Honours project: Spatial variation of meiofauna on a tropical sandy beach.
1995
British Council
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) - score 6.5
1994 - 1995
Escola Secundária São João do Estoril
12th Grade of Portuguese school system (equivalent to A levels in England
and Wales) - Biology (15/20), Chemistry (13/20) and Maths (13/20). Final
course average of 14/20.
1992 - 1994
Escola Secundária São João do Estoril
10th and 11th Grades of Portuguese school system (equivalent to pre-A level
year). Final course average 16/20 (11 subjects).
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
14-03-2011 - 31-03-2011
10-08-2009 - 16-08-2009
10-09-2007 - 14-09-2007
24-03-2007 - 25-03-2007
14-04-2006 - 17-05-2006
26-07-2005 - 17-08-2005
13-07-2005 - 23-07-2005
16-11-2004 - 27-11-2004
20-04-2004 - 18-06-2004
20-01-2004 - 07-02-2004
12-03-2003 - 09-04-2003
24-02-2003 – 28-02-2003
01-12-2002 - 21-12-2002
NIOZ, The Neatherlands
R.V. Pelagia cruise 64PE332 - Pacemaker.
Unidade de geologia Marinha, LNEG
Minho 09 Research coastal cruise onboard R.V. Atlantic Leopard:
Responsible for sampling programme. Geophysical survey and
sediment sampling of the Minho River.
CESAM, University of Aveiro
Course on Molecular Phylogeny: Principles, techniques, and
problem solving, given by Dr. Gonzalo Giribet, Harvard University,
USA and Dr. Ward Wheeler, American Museum of Natural
History, USA.
CESAM, University of Aveiro
HERMES 2nd Workshop: Integrated Sustainable Management of
Marine Resources: Future Trends in Science, Law, Policy and
Management.
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
R.R.S. Charles Darwin cruise 179 as part of HERMES, EU
network project. Hotspot ecosystem research in the Setúbal,
Lisbon, Cascais and Nazaré canyons on the Portuguese
continental margin.
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
R.R.S. Discovery cruise 297 as part of HERMES, EU network
project. The geobiology of the Nazare and Setubal Canyons,
Portuguese Continental Margin.
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
R.R.S. Discovery cruise 296 to Porcupine Abyssal Plain
University of Geneva, Switzerland
2 weeks of intensive training in analysis of molecular data,using
the Neighbour-Joining and Maximum Likelihood methods, using
ClustalX, Seaview and Phylo-Win programmes with Dr Jan
Pawlowski.
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Intensive training in molecular techniques (DNA extraction, PCR,
gel electrophoresis, purification, sequencing, cloning and
alignment of sequences) applied in foraminifera and Gromia
phylogeny. Supervision of Dr. Jan Pawlowski.
Wadsworth Center, Albany, USA
3 weeks intensive training in sectioning and the use of the High
Voltage Electron Microscope (HVEM) with Dr Sam Bowser.
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
R.R.S. Charles Darwin cruise 145. Benthic ecology and
biogeochemistry of the Pakistan Margin.
Biomedical Imaging Unit, Southampton General Hospital, UK
Course on Transmitted Electron Microscopy with Dr. Anton Page.
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
R.R.S. Charles Darwin cruise 143. SCHEHEREZADE II:
Geological and biological surveys of the Arabian Sea and the
continental slope of Oman.
01-04-1999 - 30-06-1999
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Plan International Philippines
Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, Conservation Project (MSc.
three month work placement):
Assessed the fisheries activities of the coastal areas of the
natural park.
 Drafted a fisheries management plan for the area
Focused on environmental impact and socio-economic
assessments in order to identify appropriate sustainable
management objectives.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Over the past years my area of research has focused on protozoan deepsea organisms from
high productivity areas. Currently, the work is focused on foraminiferal community attributes in
relation to environmental gradients in the Portuguese canyon systems:a comparison between
within canyon vs adjacent slopes, between canyons. This is done by studying the abundance,
taxonomic composition, diversity, vertical distribution and live:dead ratios of foraminifera from
multicores. As many species found are undescribed, taxonomical analysis including
morphological, ultrastructural and molecular characterization of species is an essential part of
the work prior to biological and ecological characterization. The second main aim is to relate
how the above parameters relate to environmental settings, in particular oxygen
concentrations and productivity. The third aim is to study xenophyophores that occur in high
abundances in the Nazaré canyon.
OTHER RESEARCH INTERESTS
New areas of interest:
- deepsea benthic foraminifera from seamounts and tectonic faults
- barcoding of benthic foraminifera from the Portuguese Margin
- benthic foraminifera associated to organic enriched environments from shallow waters
- benthic foraminifera from tropical latitudes
- Benthic protists from the Arabian Sea (Aranda da Silva, 2005)
- ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management) (Aranda da Silva, 2002)
- Meiofauna distribution from Sandy beaches (Aranda da Silva, 1998 BSc thesis)
EXPERIENCE AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISER:
April - June2010
August - September 2009
April - June 2009
Experience in supervising three lab technician trainees: Miss
Andreia Pais, Ana Marinheiro and Ricardo Moisés from Escola
Secundária Alfredo dos Reis Silveira, Curso profissional de
técnico de análise laboratorial.
Experience in supervising undergraduate research: Miss Ana
Lúcia visited me from University of Kiel, Germany for two months
work experience.
Experience in supervising a lab technitian trainee: Miss Andreia
Tareja from Escola Secundária Alfredo dos Reis Silveira, Curso
profissional de técnico de análise laboratorial.
PROJECTS
DeepForams - Deepsea foraminifera from the Portuguese Margin
Coordinator - Ana Aranda da Silva
Programme - PTDC/MAR/110082/2009
Execution dates - 2011-04-01 - 2014-03-31 (36 Months)
Funding Entity - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia e Compete
Total Funding - 175460 €
Proponent Institution - Universidade de Aveiro
Participating Institutions - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Molecular Systematics
Group (MSG), University of Geneva, Switzerland, National Oceanography Centre (NOCS),
Southampton, UK
SWIMGLO - The Gloria-SWIM plate boundary Faults connection and its importance on the
propagation of tectonic deformation and deep
Coordinator - Pedro Terrinha
Programme - PTDC/MAR/100522/2008
Execution dates - 2010-01-01 - 2012-12-31 (36 Months)
Funding Entity - FCT
Total Funding - 185000 €
Proponent Institution - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação
Participating Institutions- Universidade de Aveiro Instituto Nacional de Engenharia,
Tecnologia e Inovação, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa ,
Universidade de Évora,
HERMIONE - Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas
Coordinator - Marina R Cunha (UA)
Programme - European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, ENV.2008.2.2.1.2 Deepsea Ecosystems. Contract nº 226354
Execution dates - 2009-04-01 - 2012-03-31 (36 Months)
Funding Entity - União Europeia
Funding for UA - 68 €
Total Funding - 7 €
Proponent Institution - NERC-NOCS, UK
Participating Institutions
Universidade de Aveiro NERC-NOCS, UK; IFREMER, France; NIOZ, The Netherlands; Univ.
Barcelona, Spain; HCMR, Greece; IFM-GEOMAR, Germany; CNR-ISMAR, Italy; AWI,
Germany; Univ. Tromso, Norway; National Univ. Ireland, Ireland; Friedrich-Alexander Univ.
Nurenberg-Erlangen, Germany; Univ Gent, Belgium; CSIC, Spain; CoNISMa-ULR Ancona,
Italy; MPG Germany; CNRS, France; IH, Portugal; Jacobs Univ., Germany; MARUM,
Germany; Cardiff Univ, UK; IMR, Norway; Goeteborgs Univ, Sweden; Univ Southampton, UK;
KNAW-NIOO CEME, The Netherlands; Univ Aberdeen, UK; Univ Liverpool, UK; SAMS, UK;
Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France; IORAS, Russia; UNEP_WCMC, UK; Univ Açores,
Portugal; MEDIAN, Spain; ArchimediX, Germany;
UThessaly, Greece; Univ. College Cork, Ireland; NMAPlymouth, UK; Aquario di Genova, Italy
LusoMarBol -Integrating molecular approaches into marine biodiversity research in Portugal:
implementing DNA barcoding and investigating phylogeographic patterns
Coordinator -Filipe Costa
Programme - PTDC/MAR/69892/2006
Execution dates - 2008-11-01 - 2011-10-31 (36 Months)
Funding Entity - FCT
Funding for UA - 16800 €
Total Funding - 187491 €
Proponent Institution - Univ. Minho
Participating Institutions- Universidade de Aveiro, IMAR, CCMAR, INIAP, IPM
HERMES - Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas
Coordinator - Cunha, M.R.
Programme - 6º Programa-Quadro da União Europeia, FP6-2003-Global-2, Thematic Priority
6.3
Execution dates - 2005-04-01 - 2009-03-31 (48 Months)
Funding Entity - European Commission
Funding for UA - 113 €
Total Funding - 15 €
Proponent Institution - NERC-NOCS, UK
Participating Institutions
Universidade de Aveiro IFREMER, France; NIOZ, The Netherlands; Univ. Barcelona, Spain;
HCMR, Greece; IFM-GEOMAR, Germany; CNR-ISMAR, Italy; AWI, Germany; Univ. Tromso,
Norway; NUIG, Ireland; UERL, Germany; Univ Gent, Belgium; CSIC, Spain; CoNISMA- ULR
Ancona, Italy; MPG, Germany, CNRS, France; IH, Portugal; IUB, Germany; RCOM, Bremen;
Univ Wales, UK; IMR, Norway; Univ Goeteborgs, Sweden; Univ Southampton, UK; OGS, Italy;
Univ. Birmingham, UK; NIOO-CEME, The Netherlands; Univ. Aberdeen, UK; Univ. Liverpool,
UK; IMST, Turkey; SAMS, UK; GeoEcoMar, Romania; IOC; Univ Pierre et Marie Curie,
France; Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, France; Univ. Mohammed V, Morocco; COSS, UK;
VBPR, Norway; Parentesis SL, Spain; MEDIAN SPC, Spain; MMCD, Germany; Olex AS,
Norway; ArchimediX, Germany; Proteus, France; JY SAS, France
PUBLICATIONS
Aranda da Silva, A., Gooday, A.J., Cunha, M.R. and Pearse, R. (2011) A new ‘saccamminid’
genus (Rhizaria: Foraminifera), from 4400-m water depth in the Nazaré Canyon (NE Atlantic).
Zootaxa 2912: 49-58. Link: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02912p058.pdf
Gooday, A.J., Aranda da Silva, A. and Pawlowski, J. (in press) Xenophyophores (Rhizaria,
Foraminifera) from the Nazaré Canyon (Portuguese margin, NEAtlantic), Deep–Sea Research
II. Link: http://dx.doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.005
Pawlowski, J., Fontaine, D., Aranda da Silva, A. and Guiard, J. (in press) Novel lineages of
Southern Ocean deep-sea foraminifera revealed by environmental DNA sequencing. DeepSea Research Part II. Link: http://dx.doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.01.00
Gooday A. J., Aranda da Silva A., Koho K., Lecroq B., Pearce R. (2010) The mica sandwich a
remarkable new genus of Foraminifera (Protista, Rhizaria) from the Nazare Canyon
(Portuguese margin, NE Atlantic). Micropaleontology. 56 (3): 345-359
Duarte et al. (2009) Minho09 Cruise report. UGM/LNEG internal reports xx/2009.
Aranda da Silva A., Gooday A.J. (2009) Large organic-walled Protista (Gromia) in the Arabian
Sea: Density, diversity, distribution and ecology. Deep-Sea Research Part II (2009). 56 (6-7):
422-433. Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.02
Gooday A.J., Levin L.A., Aranda da Silva A., Bett B.J., Cowie G.L., Dissard D., Gage J.D.,
Hughes D.J., Jeffreys R., Lamont P.A., Larkin K.E., Murty S.J., Schumacher S., Whitcraft C.,
Woulds C. (2009) Faunal responses to oxygen gradients on the Pakistan margin: a
comparison of foraminifera, macrofauna and megafauna. Deep-Sea Research Part II. 56 (67): 488-502. see details Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.00
Aranda da Silva A, Pawlowski J, Gooday A (2006) High diversity of deep-sea Gromia from the
Arabian Sea revealed by small subunit rDNA sequence analysis. Marine Biology 148: 769-77.
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0071-9
Aranda da Silva, A., (2002) Community-Based Fisheries Management within the Northern
Sierra Madre Natural Park, Isabela, Philippines. In: E.-P. ASSOCIATION (Editor), Littoral
2002. The changing Coast, Porto, Portugal, pp. 205-210
PRESENTATIONS
Gooday, A. J., Aranda da Silva, A. and Pawlowski, J. Xenophyophores (Rhizaria,
Foraminifera) from the Nazaré canyon (Portuguese margin, NE Atlantic). Poster presentation
at the Forams 2010: International Symposium on Foraminifera. 5-10 September. Bonn,
Germany
Aranda da Silva, A., Pawlowski, J. and Gooday, A. J. Molecular diversity of deepsea Gromia.
Poster presentation at the ECBOL2: 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. 2-4 June. Braga
Portugal
A. Aranda da Silva. Deep sea Protists from Portuguese Canyons. Seminar at the UGM,
LNEG, Portugal. 18 June 2009.
A. Aranda da Silva. Deep sea Protists from Portuguese Canyons. Oral presentation at the
HERMES Portuguese Canyon Workshop, NOCS, Southampton, UK, 20 Janruary 2009.
Gooday, A. J. and Aranda da Silva, A. Xenophyophores (Protista: Foraminifera) from the
Portuguese canyons. Oral presentation at the HERMES Workshop on taxonomy and ecology
of recent foraminifera, Ancona Italy. 07 – 10 April 2008
A. Aranda da Silva and A. J. Gooday. Giant protozoan (Xenophyophores) from the Nazaré
nd
Canyon. Abstract poster for the HERMES 2 Annual Meeting, Algarve, 24 – 30 March 2007.
A. Aranda da Silva. Deep sea Protists: Foraminifera and Gromia. Seminar at the University of
Algarve, Portugal. 05 March 2007.
A. Aranda da Silva. Deep sea Protists: Foraminifera and Gromia. Seminar at the University of
Aveiro, Portugal. 14 December 2007.
A. Aranda da Silva. Deep sea Protists: Foraminifera and Gromia. Seminar at the DGM, INETI,
Portugal. 6 December 2007.
A. Aranda da Silva, Pawlowski, J., Bowser, S.S., and Gooday, A.J. Diversity of deep Sea
Gromiids. Oral Presentation at the Workshop on Allogromiid Foraminifera at the International
Symposium on Foraminifera. Natal, Brazil, 10-15 September 2006.
A. Aranda da Silva, Larkin, K.E., J. Pawlowski, Bowser, S.S. and Gooday, A.J. GROMIIDS: an
important group of large protists on bathyal continental margins in the Arabian and Weddell
th
Seas. Oral presentation at the 11 Deep-SeaBiology Symposium, National Oceanography
Centre, Southampton, 9-14 July 2006.
A. Aranda da Silva, A. J. Gooday, J. Pawlowski, T. Cedhagen and N. Cornelius. Gromiid
protozoans in the deep sea. Abstract poster for the Micropalaeontological Society's
Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups Joint Spring Meeting at the National Oceanography
Centre, Southampton, UK. July 2005.
Ana Aranda da Silva, Andrew J. Gooday, Jan Pawlowski and Samuel S. Bowser. Large
organic-walled Protozoa (Gromia) in the bathyal Arabian Sea. Abstract poster for the
Challenger Conference for Marine Science, Liverpool, UK. September 2004.
Ana Aranda da Silva, Andrew J. Gooday, Jan Pawlowski and Samuel S. Bowser. Large
organic-walled Protozoa (Gromia) in the bathyal Arabian Sea. Abstract poster for Evolution of
Protozoa and other Protists, Linnean Society of London, UK. September 2004.
Ana Aranda da Silva. Giant Protozoa (gromiids) from the Deep Arabian Sea. Seminar given at
the University of Geneva, Switzerland. May 2004
Aranda da Silva, A. and A. J. Gooday. Giant protozoa from the Arabian Sea. Oral presentation
th
for the 38 European Marine Biology Symposium: Marine Biodiversity. Aveiro, Portugal.
September 2003.
Aranda da Silva, A. and A. J. Gooday. Giant protozoa from the Arabian Sea. Abstract poster
for 10th deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. August, 2003.
Cowie, G., A. Anestis, J.H. Andersson, B.J. Bett, D.S.M. Billet, T.D. Brand, E. Breuer, M.
Danish, A. Aranda da Silva, T. Edwards, J.D. Gage, A.J. Gooday, M. Harvey, R.M Jeffreys, H.
Johnstone, P.A. Lamont, K.E. Larkin, L.A. Levin, S. McKinley, A. Miller, O. Peppe, T. Sawyer,
M. Schwatrz, D. Teare, W. Thompson and C. Woulds. Interactions of Benthic Communities
and Sediment Geochemistry across the Pakistan Margin (Arabian Sea) Oxygen Mnimum
Zone. Abstract poster for 10th deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA.
August, 2003.
Aranda da Silva, A. and A. J. Gooday. Giant protozoa from the Arabian Sea. Seminar given at
the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. August, 2003.
Ana Aranda da Silva and Andrew A. Gooday. Giant Protozoa from the Arabian Sea. Abstract
poster for the Allo’2003 – International Workshop on Allogromiid Foraminifera: Biodiversity,
Phylogeny, Ecology, Ancona, Italy. June 2003.
A. J. Gooday, A. Aranda da Silva and K. Larkin. Interactions of benthic communities and
sediment geochemistry across the Pakistan margin OMZ: Monothalamous foraminifera and
oxygen concentrations: some recent observations from the Pakistan margin (NE Indian
Ocean) Oral presentation for the Allo’2003 – International Workshop on Allogromiid
Foraminifera: Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Ecology, Ancona, Italy. June 2003.
Aranda da Silva, A. Community-Based Fisheries Management within the Northern Sierra
Madre Natural Park, Isabela, Philippines. Abstract poster for the Littoral 2002: the changing
coast, Porto, Portugal. September 2002.
Ana Aranda da Silva. Benthic foraminifera community attributes in relation to environmental
gradients in the Arabian Sea. Seminar given, as part of the upgrade examination, at the
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. September 2002.
PAPER REVISION
June 2010
Revised a manuscript for Polar Biology: Rothe, N., Gooday, A.J., Cedhagen,
T. and Hughes, A. Biodiversity and distribution of the genus Gromia (Protista, Rhizaria) in the
deep Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean). Submitted to Polar Biology.
OTHER SKILLS
Language
English
French
Portuguese
Spanish (Castelhano)
Computing
Reading
Excellent
Basic
Excellent
Good
Writing
Excellent
Basic
Excellent
Basic
Conversation
Excellent
Basic
Excellent
Basic
Experienced in the use of the operating systems Windows and Mac.
Experienced in the use of several software including: MS office, CoralDraw,
Paintshop pro, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and Endnote. Some knowledge in
the use of the network program Novell, the GIS package Arcview and the
biological statistical programs PRIMER and Biodiversity Pro. Experienced in
the molecular analysis software: bioedit DNAstar and seaview sequence edit
and aligners. Analysis of molecular data (using the Neighbour-Joining and
Maximum Likelihood methods), using ClustalX, Seaview and Phylo-Win
programmes.
REFERENCES
Prof Andrew Gooday (PhD supervisor)
OBE
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
European Way
Southampton
Hampshire SO14 3ZH
UK
Tel: + 44 (0)23 80596353
Fax: + 44 (0)23 80596247
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr Jan Pawlowski (Molecular biology adviser)
Department of Zoology and Animal Biology
University of Geneva
Sciences III
30 Quai Ernest-Ansement
1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 3793069
E-mail: jan.pawlowski @zoo.unige.ch
Dr Marina Cunha (Postdoc adviser)
CESAM
Departamento de Biologia
Universidade de Aveiro
Campus de Santiago
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal
Tel: + 351 234 370969
Fax: + 352 234 370 309
E-mail: [email protected]