ANDRE CHAGAS DA COSTA NEVES

Predoctoral researcher

andre.chagas@unican.es

+34 942 20 16 16

Biography

Andre holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil and has completed the Erasmus Mundus International Masters of Science in Marine Biological Resources. He is currently developing his doctoral thesis focused on the assessment of estuarine biodiversity through spectroradiometry and remote sensing techniques.

He has carried out research stays in Australia (Univeristy of Queensland), Portugal (Universidade do Algarve), Italy (Università Politecnica delle Marche) and Ireland (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology). His main interests are in the area of marine conservation, impact assessment and environmental monitoring.

RESEARCH LINES

Biodiversity assessment.

Remote sensing.

Environmental management.

Marine ecology.

Impact assessment.

PUBLICATIONS

Macusi, E. D., da Costa-Neves, A. C., Tipudan, C. D., & Babaran, R. P. (2023). Closed season and the distribution of small-scale fisheries fishing effort in Davao Gulf, Philippines. World, 4(1), 40-55. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/1/4

da Costa-Neves, A. C., Acúña, J. L., & Macusi, E. (2019). Understanding Spatial Behaviour of Commercial Fishing Boats Foraging Around Fishing Aggregating Devices in The Southern Philippines [Master thesis, University of Ghent]. https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:003003665