Ana Queirós

Senior Benthic Ecologist
Environmental Science
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
United Kingdom

Biography

Dr Ana M Queirós is a Senior Benthic Ecologist at PML, where she is involved in a diverse range of projects aimed at disentangling the impacts of global climate change on benthic biota and ecosystem processes, with a focus on blue carbon.

Research Intrest

Role of coastal sediments, and the fauna within them, as potential sinks for carbon dioxide fixed by coastal seaweeds.

List of Publications
Lyons DA, C Arvanitidis, A J Blight, E Chatzinikolaou, A M Queirós, et al (2014) Macroalgal blooms alter community structure and primary productivity in marine ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 20: 2712–2724.
Papathanasopoulou E, N Beaumont, T Hooper, J Nunes & AM Queirós (2015). Energy systems and their impacts on marine ecosystem services. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 52: 917-926.
Watson SCL, DM Paterson, AM Queirós, AP Rees, N Stephens, et al (2016). A Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Ecosystem Service of Waste Remediation: In the Marine Environment. Ecosystem Services. 20: 69–81.