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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Amílcar António Teiga Teixeira

Coordinator Professor
Group: Socio-Ecological Systems
Phone: 273303392
E-mail: amilt@ipb.pt
ORCID: 0000-0001-5336-1174
Scopus Author ID: 7202385393

Career

  • Since 2014: Coordinator Professor without Habilitation, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
  • 1995 - 2013: Auxiliary Professor, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
  • 1991 - 1995: Assistant Professor, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

Roles

  • 2013 - 2017: Subdirector - School of Agriculture, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
  • Since 2013: President of Scientific Committee - Management of Forest Resources (Master degree)

Qualifications

  • 2006 - Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila-Real, Portugal
  • 1995 - M.Sc. in Animal Ecology, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
  • 1991 - First degree in Forest Engineering, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila-Real, Portugal

Interests

  • Ecology and conservation of aquatic systems
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Bioecology and Management of freshwater fish and bivalve populations
  • Biomonitoring and environmental impact assessment
  • Impacts of human activities (eutrophication, river regulation and introduction of exotic species)

Projects:

FRESHCO - Multiple implications of invasive species on Freshwater Mussel coextinction processes
Funding body: PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: PTDC/AGR-FOR/1627/2014
Principal Investigator:Amílcar António Teiga Teixeira
Start: 2016
End: 2019
SOS - Save Our Species: Threatened Fish and Bivalves of Norhtestern Portugal
Funding body: ON2
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Amílcar António Teiga Teixeira
Start: 2014
End: 2017
COMBI - Biodiversity and Conservation of Bivalves - ecogeographic, genetic and physiological information
Funding body: PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: PTDC/AAC-AMB/117688/2010
Principal Investigator:Amílcar António Teiga Teixeira
Start: 2012
End: 2015
- Table olives from the northeast of Potugal: Contribution for their characterization and promotion
Funding body: International Olive Council
Reference:
Principal Investigator:José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Start: 2012
End: 2013
GreenUrbe - Green Spaces Impacts on the Urban Environmental Quality
Funding body:
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Manuel Joaquim Sabença Feliciano
Start: 2005
End: 2009

Total results: 38
1
Meira A.,Lopes-Lima M.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Arenas F.,Sousa R.
Invasive crayfishes as a threat to freshwater bivalves: Interspecific differences and conservation implications
Science of the Total Environment, 649, 938-948, 2019

2
Lopes-Lima M.,Bolotov I.,Do V.,Aldridge D.,Fonseca M.,Gan H.,Gofarov M.,Kondakov A.,Prié V.,Sousa R.,Varandas S.,Vikhrev I.,Teixeira A.,Wu R.,Wu X.,Zieritz A.,Froufe E.,Bogan A.
Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127, 98-118, 2018

3
Hinzmann M.,Bessa L.,Teixeira A.,Da Costa P.,MacHado J.
Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Unionid Mussels from the North of Portugal
Journal of Shellfish Research, 37, 121-129, 2018

4
Sousa R.,Teixeira A.,Santos A.,Benaissa H.,Varandas S.,Ghamizi M.,Prié V.,Froufe E.,Lopes-Lima M.
Oued Bouhlou: A new hope for the Moroccan pearl mussel
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28, 247-251, 2018

5
Antão-Geraldes A.,Hungulo S.,Pereira E.,Teixeira A.,Rodrigues S.
Body composition and sensory quality of wild and farmed brown-trout (Salmo trutta) and of farmed rainbow-trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Ciencia Rural, 48, , 2018

6
Sousa R.,Ferreira A.,Carvalho F.,Lopes-Lima M.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.
Die-offs of the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera during an extreme drought
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, , 2018

7
Froufe E.,Lopes-Lima M.,Riccardi N.,Zaccara S.,Vanetti I.,Lajtner J.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Prié V.,Zieritz A.,Sousa R.,Bogan A.
Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast
Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, 3255-3274, 2017

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Lopes-Lima M.,Fonseca M.,Aldridge D.,Bogan A.,Gan H.,Ghamizi M.,Sousa R.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Zanatta D.,Zieritz A.,Froufe E.
The first Margaritiferidae male (M-Type) mitogenome: Mitochondrial gene order as a potential character for determining higher-order phylogeny within Unionida (Bivalvia)
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 83, 249-252, 2017

9
Lopes-Lima M.,Sousa R.,Geist J.,Aldridge D.,Araujo R.,Bergengren J.,Bespalaya Y.,Bódis E.,Burlakova L.,Van Damme D.,Douda K.,Froufe E.,Georgiev D.,Gumpinger C.,Karatayev A.,Kebapçi Ü.,Killeen I.,Lajtner J.,Larsen B.,Lauceri R.,Legakis A.,Lois S.,Lundberg S.,Moorkens E.,Motte G.,Nagel K.,Ondina P.,Outeiro A.,Paunovic M.,Prié V.,von Proschwitz T.,Riccardi N.,Rudzīte M.,Rudzītis M.,Scheder C.,Seddon M.,Şereflişan H.,Simić V.,Sokolova S.,Stoeckl K.,Taskinen J.,Teixeira A.,Thielen F.,Trichkova T.,Varandas S.,Vicentini H.,Zajac K.,Zajac T.,Zogaris S.
Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges
Biological Reviews, 92, 572-607, 2017

10
Lopes-Lima M.,Froufe E.,Do V.,Ghamizi M.,Mock K.,Kebapçı Ü.,Klishko O.,Kovitvadhi S.,Kovitvadhi U.,Paulo O.,Pfeiffer J.,Raley M.,Riccardi N.,Şereflişan H.,Sousa R.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Wu X.,Zanatta D.,Zieritz A.,Bogan A.
Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 174-191, 2017

11
Froufe E.,Gonçalves D.,Teixeira A.,Sousa R.,Varandas S.,Ghamizi M.,Zieritz A.,Lopes-Lima M.
Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic
Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 16, 597-611, 2016

12
Froufe E.,Gan H.,Lee Y.,Carneiro J.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Zieritz A.,Sousa R.,Lopes-Lima M.
The male and female complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the Endangered freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Mitochondrial DNA, 27, 3571-3572, 2016

13
Froufe E.,Prié V.,Faria J.,Ghamizi M.,Gonçalves D.,Gürlek M.,Karaouzas I.,Kebapçi Ü.,Şereflişan H.,Sobral C.,Sousa R.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Zogaris S.,Lopes-Lima M.
Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: News from a freshwater mussel (Potomida, Unionida)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100, 322-332, 2016

14
Lopes-Lima M.,Sousa R.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Riccardi N.,Aldridge D.,Froufe E.
Newly developed microsatellite markers for the pan-European duck mussel, Anodonta anatina: Revisiting the main mitochondrial lineages
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26, 307-318, 2016

15
Sousa R.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Ghamizi M.,Froufe E.,Lopes-Lima M.
Pearl mussels (Margaritifera marocana) in Morocco: Conservation status of the rarest bivalve in African fresh waters
Science of the Total Environment, 547, 405-412, 2016

16
Lopes-Lima M.,Hinzmann M.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Machado J.,Sousa R.,Froufe E.
The strange case of the tetragenous Anodonta anatina
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 325, 52-56, 2016

17
Froufe E.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Sousa R.,Filipová L.,Petrusek A.,Edsman L.,Lopes-Lima M.
First results on the genetic diversity of the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) in Europe using novel microsatellite loci
Journal of Applied Genetics, 56, 375-380, 2015

18
Karaouzas I.,Zogaris S.,Lopes-Lima M.,Froufe E.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Sousa R.
First record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Greece suggests distinct European invasion events
Limnology, 16, 171-177, 2015

19
Santos R.,Sanches Fernandes L.,Varandas S.,Pereira M.,Sousa R.,Teixeira A.,Lopes-Lima M.,Cortes R.,Pacheco F.
Impacts of climate change and land-use scenarios on Margaritifera margaritifera, an environmental indicator and endangered species
Science of the Total Environment, 511, 477-488, 2015

20
Anastácio P.,Banha F.,Capinha C.,Bernardo J.,Costa A.,Teixeira A.,Bruxelas S.
Indicators of movement and space use for two co-occurring invasive crayfish species
Ecological Indicators, 53, 171-181, 2015

21
Sousa R.,Amorim Â.,Froufe E.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Lopes-Lima M.
Conservation status of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Portugal
Limnologica, 50, 4-10, 2015

22
Froufe E.,Sobral C.,Teixeira A.,Sousa R.,Varandas S.,Aldridge D.,Lopes-Lima M.
Genetic diversity of the pan-European freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina (Bivalvia: Unionoida) based on CO1: New phylogenetic insights and implications for conservation
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24, 561-574, 2014

23
Lopes-Lima M.,Teixeira A.,Froufe E.,Lopes A.,Varandas S.,Sousa R.
Biology and conservation of freshwater bivalves: Past, present and future perspectives
Hydrobiologia, 735, 1-13, 2014

24
Sousa R.,Amorim A.,Sobral C.,Froufe E.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Lopes-Lima M.
Ecological status of a margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) population at the southern edge of its distribution (River Paiva, Portugal)
Environmental Management, 52, 1230-1238, 2013

25
Douda K.,Lopes-Lima M.,Hinzmann M.,Machado J.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Sousa R.
Biotic homogenization as a threat to native affiliate species: Fish introductions dilute freshwater mussel's host resources
Diversity and Distributions, 19, 933-942, 2013

26
Froufe E.,Sobral C.,Teixeira A.,Lopes A.,Sousa R.,Varandas S.,Lopes-Lima M.
Development and multiplexing of microsatellite loci for the near threatened freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) using 454 sequencing
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 23, 619-623, 2013

27
Hinzmann M.,Lopes-Lima M.,Teixeira A.,Varandas S.,Sousa R.,Lopes A.,Froufe E.,Machado J.
Reproductive Cycle and Strategy of Anodonta anatina (L., 1758): Notes on Hermaphroditism
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 319, 378-390, 2013

28
Santos J.,Encina L.,Oliveira J.,Teixeira A.
Feeding ecology of the Ruivaco Achondrostoma oligolepis, a Portuguese endemic cyprinid fish
Limnetica, 32, 27-38, 2013

29
Varandas S.,Lopes-Lima M.,Teixeira A.,Hinzmann M.,Reis J.,Cortes R.,Machado J.,Sousa R.
Ecology of southern European pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): First record of two new populations on the rivers Terva and Beça (Portugal)
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 23, 374-389, 2013

30
Oliveira J.,Segurado P.,Santos J.,Teixeira A.,Ferreira M.,Cortes R.
Modelling Stream-Fish Functional Traits in Reference Conditions: Regional and Local Environmental Correlates
PLoS ONE, 7, , 2012

31
Sousa R.,Varandas S.,Cortes R.,Teixeira A.,Lopes-Lima M.,MacHado J.,Guilhermino L.
Massive die-offs of freshwater bivalves as resource pulses
Annales de Limnologie, 48, 105-112, 2012

32
Bernardo J.,Costa A.,Bruxelas S.,Teixeira A.
Dispersal and coexistence of two non-native crayfish species (Pacifastacus leniusculus and Procambarus clarkii) in NE Portugal over a 10-year period
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, , 2011

33
Cortes R.,Varandas S.,Teixeira A.,Hughes S.,Magalhães M.,Barquín J.,Álvarez-Cabria M.,Fernández D.
Effects of landscape metrics and land-use variables on macroinvertebrate communities and habitat characteristics
Limnetica, 30, 347-362, 2011

34
Oliveira J.,Ferreira M.,Morgado P.,Hughes R.,Teixeira A.,Cortes R.,Bochechas J.
A preliminary fishery quality index for Portuguese streams
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 29, 1466-1478, 2009

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Teixeira A.,Cortes R.,Oliveira D.
Habitat use by native and stocked trout (Salmo trutta L.) in two northeast streams, Portugal
BFPP - Bulletin Francais de la Peche et de la Protection des Milieux Aquatiques, 1-18, 2006

37
Teixeira A.,Cortes R.
Diet of stocked and wild trout, Salmo trutta: Is there competition for resources?
Folia Zoologica, 55, 61-73, 2006

38
Cortes R.,Teixeira A.,Pereira C.
Is supplemental stocking of brown trout (Salmo trutta) worthwhile in low productive streams?
Folia Zoologica, 45, 371-381, 1996