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Heliana Teixeira

Heliana Teixeira

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
3693
World Ranking
7465
National Ranking
70

Overview

Heliana Teixeira is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Oceanography.

The main topics of Teixeira's work focus on Coastal and Marine Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, International Maritime Law Issues, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Teixeira has published extensively in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to Frontiers in Marine Science. Other notable venues where their work appears include The Science of The Total Environment, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Research Ideas and Outcomes, and iScience.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Teixeira include:

  • "Past and Future Grand Challenges in Marine Ecosystem Ecology" (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Citizen science is a vital partnership for invasive alien species management and research" (2023, iScience)
  • "Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation" (2023, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Addressing the cumulative impacts of multiple human pressures in marine systems, for the sustainable use of the seas" (2024, Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability)

Frequent collaborators include Quentin Groom, Stelios Katsanevakis, Cristina Preda, Ángel Borja, and Tim Adriaens, with whom Teixeira has multiple coauthored publications.

Best Publications

  • Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?

    Angel Borja;Mike Elliott;Jesper H. Andersen;Ana C. Cardoso

  • Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook

    Sandra Poikane;Martyn G. Kelly;Martyn G. Kelly;Fuensanta Salas Herrero;Jo-Anne Pitt

  • Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems.

    Angel Borja;Enrico Barbone;Alberto Basset;Gunhild Borgersen

  • Mapping the impact of alien species on marine ecosystems: the Mediterranean Sea case study

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Fernando Tempera;Heliana Teixeira

  • Systematic processes of land use/land cover change to identify relevant driving forces: Implications on water quality

    Zara Teixeira;Heliana Teixeira;João C. Marques

  • Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems

    Florian Borgwardt;Leonie Robinson;Daniel Trauner;Heliana Teixeira

  • The Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the ecosystem-based approach – pitfalls and solutions.

    Torsten Berg;Karin Fürhaupter;Heliana Teixeira;Laura Uusitalo

  • Tales from a thousand and one ways to integrate marine ecosystem components when assessing the environmental status

    Angel Borja;Theo C. Prins;Nomiki Simboura;Jesper Harbo Andersen

  • The robustness of ecological indicators to detect long-term changes in the macrobenthos of estuarine systems

    Joana Patrício;João Magalhães Neto;Heliana Teixeira;Fuensanta Salas;Fuensanta Salas

  • Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Chiara Piroddi;Heliana Teixeira;Christopher P. Lynam;Chris Smith

  • A benthic perspective in assessing the ecological status of estuaries: The case of the Mondego estuary (Portugal)

    H. Teixeira;F. Salas;Á. Borja;J.M. Neto

  • Assessing coastal benthic macrofauna community condition using best professional judgement--developing consensus across North America and Europe.

    Heliana Teixeira;Ángel Borja;Stephen B. Weisberg;J. Ananda Ranasinghe

  • Quality assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates under the scope of WFD using BAT, the Benthic Assessment Tool.

    Heliana Teixeira;João Magalhães Neto;Joana Patrício;Helena Veríssimo

  • Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: A User Guide

    H. Teixeira;Joao Neto;Joana Patricio

  • The Response of Estuarine Macrobenthic Communities to Natural- and Human-Induced Changes: Dynamics and Ecological Quality

    João Magalhães Neto;Heliana Teixeira;Joana Patrício;Alexandra Baeta

  • Risk to the supply of ecosystem services across aquatic ecosystems.

    Fiona Culhane;Heliana Teixeira;Antonio J.A. Nogueira;Florian Borgwardt

  • Effect of ecological group classification schemes on performance of the AMBI benthic index in US coastal waters.

    David J. Gillett;Stephan B. Weisberg;Treda Grayson;Anna Hamilton

  • A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

    Heliana Teixeira;Torsten Berg;Laura Uusitalo;Karin Fürhaupter

  • Establishing causal links between aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Status and research needs.

    Michiel A. Daam;Heliana Teixeira;Ana I. Lillebø;António J.A. Nogueira

  • Past and Future Grand Challenges in Marine Ecosystem Ecology

    Angel Borja;Jesper H. Andersen;Christos D. Arvanitidis;Alberto Basset

  • Applicability of the trophic index TRIX in two transitional ecosystems: the Mar Menor lagoon (Spain) and the Mondego estuary (Portugal)

    Fuensanta Salas;Heliana Teixeira;Concepción Marcos;João Carlos Marques

  • Ecological indices tracking distinct impacts along disturbance-recovery gradients in a temperate NE Atlantic Estuary – Guidance on reference values

    Heliana Teixeira;Fuensanta Salas;João M. Neto;Joana Patrício

Frequent Co-Authors

João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Joana Patrício
Joana Patrício European Commission
João M. Neto
João M. Neto University of Coimbra
António J.A. Nogueira
António J.A. Nogueira University of Aveiro
Ana I. Lillebø
Ana I. Lillebø University of Aveiro
Anastasija Zaiko
Anastasija Zaiko Sequench Limited
Martyn Kelly
Martyn Kelly Durham University
Anna-Stiina Heiskanen
Anna-Stiina Heiskanen Finnish Environment Institute
Christopher P. Lynam
Christopher P. Lynam Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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