# Corrine Almeida

Corrine Almeida is a Cape Verdean biological oceanographer.

## Career

Almeida is recognized as the Director of the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change (WASCAL) and holds workshops on critical areas surrounding the UN Ocean Decade roadmap. WASCAL, under the leadership of Almeida, is a recognized Ocean Decade Project which engages in Challenges 4 (Sustainable Ocean economy) and 9 (Capacity development) within the North Atlantic Ocean. Referenced as an engaging instructor and mentor, Almeida assists Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) in obtaining their master's degree in marine science through a real research expedition.
Beyond directing WASCAL, Almeida engages in Forums internationally, including being a keynote speaker at The Ocean Race Summit Mindelo, Blue Planet's 2024 Ocean Observation and Prediction for Coastal Sustainability in Africa, The Transatlantic Science Conference, and the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance.

## Selected publications

* Castro, N., Gestoso, I., Ramalhosa, P., Lopes, E., Almeida, C., Costa, A., Parente, M., Cacabelos, E., Herrera, R., Costa, J. L. & Canning-Clode, J. (2023). Testing differences of marine non-indigenous species diversity across Macaronesia using a standardised approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 192, 115021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115021
* Hamm, T., Barkhau, J., Gabriel, A. L., Gottschalck, L. L., Greulich, M., Houiller, D., Kawata, U., Novaes Tump, L., Sanchez Leon, A., Vasconcelos, P., Yap, V., Almeida, C., Chase, Z., Hurd, C. L., Lavers, J. L., Nakaoka, M., Rilov, G., Thiel, M., Wright, J. T. & Lenz, M. (2022). Plastic and natural inorganic microparticles do not differ in their effects on adult mussels (Mytilidae) from different geographic regions. Science of the Total Environment, 811, 151740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151740
* Gomes, D. M., Galante-Oliveira, S., Almeida, C., Abreu, F. E., Castro, Í. B., Fillmann, G., & Barroso, C. M. (2021). Temporal evolution of imposex and butyltin contamination in Gemophos viverratus from São Vicente (Cabo Verde)-a countercurrent trend on the world scenario. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 170, 112633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112633
* Silva, E., Marco, A., da Graça, J., Pérez, H., Abella, E., Patino-Martinez, J., Martins, S. & Almeida, C. (2017). Light pollution affects nesting behavior of loggerhead turtles and predation risk of nests and hatchlings. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 173, 240-249.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.06.006
* Quinteiro, J., Manent, P., Pérez-Diéguez, L., González, J. A., Almeida, C., Lopes, E., Araújo, R., Carreira, G. P., Rey-Méndez, M. & González-Henríquez, N. (2015). Phylogeography of a marine insular endemic in the Atlantic Macaronesia: The Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916). PLoS One, 10(4), e0124707.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124707
* Lopes-dos-Santos, R. M., Almeida, C., Pereira, M. D. L., Barroso, C. M., & Galante-Oliveira, S. (2014). Morphological expression and histological analysis of imposex in Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834) (Gastropoda: Buccinidae): a new bioindicator of tributyltin pollution on the West African coast. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80(4), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu037