Research / Investigação

At the moment AIMM has two continuously ongoing projects:
- Surveillance and monitoring of marine megafauna in coastal waters off the Algarve, Portugal.
- Characterisation and monitoring of the whale-watching activity along the South coast of Portugal.

De momento a AIMM tem dois projectos a decorrer em permanência:
- Monitorização de megafauna marinha em águas costeiras algarvias, Portugal.
- Caracterização e monitorização da actividade de observação de cetáceos ao longo da costa Sul Portuguesa.


Below some of the work recently presented, in national and international conferences, by AIMM's team members. If you are interested in reading any of those, please contact us by email.

Em baixo, algum do trabalho recentemente apresentado por membros da equipa da AIMM em conferências nacionais e internacionais. Se tiver interesse em algum em particular, por favor contacte-nos por email.


Castro, J., Cid, A., Fonseca, C., Galego, S., Laborde, M. I., 2013. Algarve region as a potential breeding ground for common dolphins in Portugal. 27th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Setúbal, Portugal, April 8th - 10th.

Laborde, M. I., Fonseca, C., Candeias, J., Galego, S., Castro, J., 2012. Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) response to boating pressure in the south coast of Portugal. 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Galway, Ireland, March 26th - 28th.

Castro, J., Fonseca, C., Candeias, J., Galego, S., Laborde, M. I., 2012. Whale watching profitability assessment in mainland Portugal. 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Galway, Ireland, March 26th - 28th.

Fonseca, C., Laborde, M. I., Gonçalves, J. N., Castro, J., 2012. Occurrence of a lone juvenile bottlenose dolphin in the Alvor estuary, Portugal. 26th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Galway, Ireland, March 26th - 28th.

Laborde, M. I., Gonçalves, J. N., Candeias, J., Prista, G., Castro, J., 2011. Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) photo-identification catalogue in Southern Portugal. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Tampa, Florida, USA, November 27th- December 2nd.

Castro, J., Laborde, M. I., Sequeira, M., 2011. Development of a whale watching network in the South of Portugal. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Tampa, Florida, USA, November 27th- December 2nd.

Castro, J., Sequeira, M., 2011. Development and assessment of whale watching in the South of Portugal. National Congress on Tourism and Environment: "Tourism in Coastal Zones". Sesimbra, Portugal, March 30th - April 1st.

Laborde, M. I., Gonçalves, J. N., Verborgh, P., de Stephanis, R., Castro, J., 2011. Cetacean research network in the south of Portugal: establishing a low-cost and long-term monitoring programme. 25th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Cadiz, Spain, March 21st - 23rd.

Castro, J., Gonçalves, J. N., Alexandre, P., de Stephanis, R., Verborgh, P., Laborde, M. I., 2011. Distribution of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the south of Portugal. 25th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Cadiz, Spain, March 21st - 23rd.

Verborgh, P., García-Tiscar, S., de Stephanis, R., Gauffier, P., Esteban, R., Chico, C., Jiménez Torres, C., Gonçalves, J. N., Castro, J., Baltanás, A., Claro, B., Pérez, S., Molina, E., 2011. Ecology of bottlenose dolphins in the South of the Iberian Peninsula. 25th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Cadiz, Spain, March 21st - 23rd.

Stekke, V., Gauffier, P., Verborgh, P., Besugo, A., Prista, G., Gonçalves, J. N., Laborde, M. I., Castro, J., de Stephanis, R, 2011. Abundance and distribution of Risso’s dolphin in the Southwest Iberian Peninsula. 25th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Cadiz, Spain, March 21st - 23rd.

Besugo, A., Prista, G., Gonçalves, J. N., Laborde, M. I., Castro, J., 2010. First catalogue of Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) of Portugal. International Meeting on Marine Resources. Peniche, Portugal, November 16th -17th.

Castro, J., Magalhaes, S., Verborgh, P. and de Stephanis, R., 2010. First survey of cetaceans in the South of Portugal. 24th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Stralsund, Germany, March 22nd - 24th.

Pérez, E., Castro, J., Esteban, R., Magalhães, S., Martin, V., Pérez, M., Tejedor, M., Brito, R., Neves, S., Servidio, A., 2010. Killer whales in the Canary Islands. 24th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Stralsund, Germany, March 22nd - 24th.

Gonçalves, J. N., Claro, B., Verborgh, P., de Stephanis, R., Castro, J., 2010. Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the South Coast of Portugal: First Photo-Id Catalog. 38th Symposium of the European Association of Aquatic mammals. Lisbon, Portugal, March 12th - 15th.

Laborde, M. I., Castro, R., Cabral, H. N., Uriarte, A., 2008. Implications of the Marine Strategy as framework for the conservation of cetaceans: ecological indicators. 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, March 10th – 12th.

Uriarte, A., Castro, R., Hernández, C., Arregi, L., Laborde, M. I., 2008. BIZKAIZET: a survey on Cetacean Offshore Distribution and Abundance (CODA) in the Bay of Biscay. XI International Symposium on Oceanography of the Bay of Biscay. Donostia, Spain, April 2nd – 4th.