Dr Mariana Do Amaral Camara Lima's Recognition (25)

CIRIA - Greening coastal infrastructure through eco-engineering
2022

Recognition Type	Committee/board/panel member or chair (external)
Description	Steering group member for CIRIA's Greening coastal infrastructure through eco-engineering project, reviewing and providing comments to their first guide. The goal for the project is to explore the opportunities available to implement ‘green’ infrastructure along the coastline, whether that be through replacement, retrofitting or as part of a new build. It would aim to explore the design, materials, asset lifecycle and the provide key information on the development of engaging business cases to increase awareness of this innovative approach to coastal asset management.
Affiliated Organisations	Construction Industry Research and Information Association
URL	https://www.ciria.org/CIRIA/Research/Projects_underway2/Greening_coastal_infrastructure_through_eco-engineering.aspx

Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust
2022

Recognition Type	Committee/board/panel member or chair (external)
Description	Member of the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust's research board, with ongoing research collaborations.
Affiliated Organisations	Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust

Synthesis of ReMEDIES actions and assessment of seagrass beds within the Solent Maritime SAC
2024 - 2025

Recognition Type	Editorial positions and memberships on Editorial Boards
Description	Editorial Review for the report written by JBA Consulting. 2024. Synthesis of ReMEDIES actions and assessment to inform condition of seagrass beds within the Solent Maritime SAC. Natural England Commissioned Report NECR610. Natural England.
URL	https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/4997384604745728?category=10006

SEAGRASS: IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM FOR SHELLFISH HARVESTING?
2024 - 2024

Recognition Type	External examining and assessing
Description	External Examiner for WAGNER LUCENA DE ANDRADE SOUZA's MRes project titled: SEAGRASS: IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM FOR SHELLFISH HARVESTING? for the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Affiliated Organisations	#1 ORGANISATION NOT LISTED

External Examiner - Blackpool and Fylde College
2023

Recognition Type	External examining and assessing
Description	External examiner for the marine biology foundation degree and top up level 6, taught by Blackpool and Fylde College in partnership with the University of Lancaster.

Seagrass biodiversity (traditional and metabarcoding) and carbon stocks assessments
2023 - 2024

Recognition Type	Internal funding award
Description	Pump Priming funds - This project aims to use eDNA to investigate the role of seagrass meadows in supporting seahorse biodiversity. The industry partners, Seahorse Trust and Sealife have expressed interest in introducing seagrass into Sealife aquariums, to improve in-situ habitat quality for seahorse and associated marine species, and as experimental mesocosms for seagrass and seahorse research in face of future climate change threats. Therefore, this project will be a pilot study as part of a wider research that aims to better understand community level interactions between seagrass habitats and related species in the wild, to facilitate successful introduction in situ. Moreover, this project addresses Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 – Life Below water, and more broadly SDG 13 – Climate Action, which direct align with the university’s research priority area.
Affiliated Organisations	- The University of Salford

Herbivory effects on gene expression and long-term adaptation to grazing
2022 - 2023

Recognition Type	Internal funding award
Description	Additional QR fund (£26,800) - In Fennoscandia, the husbandry of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) by the local Sámi people constitutes an important form of land-use. In spring and summer, reindeer feed on willow leaves and shoots, therefore exerting a controlling effect on willow expansion. Reindeer herbivory could therefore constitute a tool to halt the adverse effects of climate change on arctic wetlands. However, several questions arise regarding plant-herbivore interactions in arctic wetlands. In this project, we aim to answer the following questions: -Do willows express genes differentially in wetlands that have been historically grazed by reindeer and those that have experienced no grazing pressure? -Which genes are responsible for defence mechanisms against herbivory? -How do gene expression patterns change in a post-grazing recovery phase? Answering these questions will improve our understanding of the fate of arctic wetlands in the face of climate change.
Affiliated Organisations	University of Eastern Finland
Research Themes	Improving Environment & Sustainability

Seagrass Microbiome
2022 - 2023

Recognition Type	Internal funding award
Description	Genetic profile and adaptations of the seagrass Zostera marina in the UK - using genetic markers to understand connectivity between seagrass meadows and possible adaptations to survival/growth, with the aim of improving our understanding of these populations and consequently the success of restoration projects, especially the ones involving seeds planting.
Affiliated Organisations	- The University of Salford

Journal Peer Review - Ecosystem Services
2025

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Ecosystem Services journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Nature Communications
2025

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Nature Communications journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Ocean Sustainability
2024

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Ocean Sustainability journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Communications Earth & Environment
2024

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Communications Earth & Environment journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Indonesian Journal of Marine Science
2024

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Indonesian Journal of Marine Science journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures
2024

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer review - Communications earth & environment
2024

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Communications earth & environment journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Environmental science and pollution research international
2023

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Environmental science and pollution research international, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Frontiers
2022

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Frontiers journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2021

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Journal Peer Review - Aquatic Ecology
2020

Recognition Type	Peer reviewer for journal/other publication venue
Description	Peer Reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Aquatic Ecology journal, in the areas of seagrass and blue carbon research.

Carbon stocks and microbial communities from a Welsh Zostera noltii meadow – Porthdinllaen, UK
2024 - 2024

Recognition Type	Presentation - external invited/selected conference contribution (talk/poster)
Description	Abstract selected for a talk at the 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th International Seagrass Biology Workshop Seagrasses in the Anthropocene International conference - Studies on the microbial role in carbon cycling within seagrass sediments are still in their infancy. However, following important developments in molecular biology research, the importance of marine microbes to ocean processes has been gaining traction. This study aimed to analyse carbon sources and stocks from a Zostera noltii intertidal meadow in Porthdinllaen, on the north coast of the Llyn Peninsula in north Wales, examining stocks from seagrass sediments and leaf biomass, as well as sediment from points adjacent to the meadow. In addition, microbial communities have also been identified for all three groups, to provide a better understanding of the interaction between microbiome and carbon cycling. Seagrass seeds from this site have been harvested to be used in large seagrass restoration projects in the UK, highlighting the importance of fully understanding the mechanisms that enable these ecosystems to act as important carbon sinks.
Affiliated Organisations	- The University of Salford
URL	https://www.isbw15.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISBW15_book_of_abstract.pdf