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Fish Invasions Lab @FishInvasionLab

Group dedicated to study freshwater fish invasions in Iberian rivers @MARE_centre @FC_UL lead by Filipe Ribeiro #impacts #invasives #silurus #percafluviatilis

Joined January 2019
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Our team remove 60kg of the invasive European catfish from the Natural Park of Serra da Malcata! This work is done under the @LIFEprogramme to control the #silurusglanis this detrimental fish to endemic fauna. @MAREscience
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We are measuring the recruitment success of invasive fish in Meimoa reservoir, located within Natural Reserve of Serra Malcata. A phd thesis on #percafluviatilis @MAREscience @cienciasulisboa @CE3CResearch
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It has been an amazing experience being in the schools, teaching our next generation about the wonderfull freshwater fishes in Portugal and the big threat- invasive fish! Thanks to Fish Invasions Lab team!! #silurus #LIFEPREDATOR @cienciasulisboa @MAREscience @LIFEprogramme
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Last week, the #lifepredator was back to school! We were in #Santarém municipality, increasing the number of counties to 30 and 47 schools, 3800 children/students reached, in roughly 15 months of school programme. @cienciasulisboa @MAREscience @LIFEprogramme #Silurus
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Our 4th training course and awareness action directed to Environmental Police Forces. The main goal is to increase inforcement efficiency on angling activities. @cienciasulisboa @LIFEprogramme @MAREscience #LIFEPREDATOR
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Ontem recebemos 52000 folhetos sobre peixes invasores em rios de Portugal, com destaque para a perca-europeia #percafluviatilis um projecto financiado pelo @FundoAmbiental @MAREscience
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50 mil folhetos sobre peixes invasores em Portugal, com particular destaque para a perca-europeia! Prontos a ser distribuídos! Um projecto financiado pelo @FundoAmbiental @MAREscience #percafluviatilis
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Filipa Pinto@filipagpinto
28 Nov 2025
Tão bom 😄
Susana Peralta@speraltalisboa
28 Nov 2025
Lá no @expresso sabem que as mulheres chegam à administração das cotadas pela cota das pernas.
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Another #LIFEPREDATOR action with park rangers from #ICNF and #GNR operationals. We have trained our colleagues to fish Identification and fish sampling. These actions will improve our enforcement on anglers. @MAREscience @LIFEprogramme
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Monday, we did a training course for environmental surveillance forces (#GNR & #ICNF), aiming to improve anglers' enforcement actions preventing the spread of the invasive #silurusglanis in PT. #LIFEPREDATOR @MAREscience @cienciasulisboa @LIFEprogramme
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Invasive Carp Canada@invasivecarpca
14 Nov 2025
Four species. One threat. Invasive carp: Grass, Silver, Bighead, Black. They damage habitat and fisheries, outcompete natives, and degrade wetlands. 🐟 Learn the ID. 🧭 Report photos GPS at EDDMapS.org. Learn more: InvasiveCarp.ca #InvasiveCarp #GreatLakes
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MARE@MAREscience
31 Oct 2025
🌊⚠️ Invasive species spreading in the Tagus basin 🐟 Researchers from MARE have identified a rapid spread of European perch (Perca fluviatilis) in the Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve and throughout the Tagus basin. Find out more 👇 mare-centre.pt/pt/perca_tejo
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It has been a busy week! While some of us are going to Schools for the #LIFEPREDATOR outreach programme @LIFEprogramme @MAREscience! Others are finishing up the annual survey of the Tagus River. It has been 9 years and 12 stations along the 120km of river. GO TEAM!!!
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#MovRioDouro@movriodouro
18 Oct 2025
Diogo Ribeiro, do @MAREscience – Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente – Universidade de Lisboa, fala-nos do Projeto LIFE-PREDATOR
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The #LIFEPREDATOR project was at the IV meeting of the Movimento Douro, held this past weekend in Lousada. The European-catfish has already invaded the entire section of the Douro river & lacks of a monitoring program. @MAREscience @cienciasulisboa @LIFEprogramme
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New paper that updates the distribution of the invasive European perch in Portugal with the integrate use of eDNA and citizen science records. @cienciasulisboa @MAREscience a paper lead by @Diogo_MDias showing a quick spreadsheet by this invasive. neobiota.pensoft.net/article…

Integrating social media and environmental DNA records to enhance surveillance and improve early...

The early detection of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems is particularly challenging with most records of new species made years after their initial invasion, by which time they are already...

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New paper out on @NeobiotaJournal about a new invasive central European Squalius (potential 2) in Portugal, with evidences of hybridization with native Squalius. Raising to 22 non-native fish. neobiota.pensoft.net/article…

Integrative taxonomy reveals non-native Squalius hybrids in the Iberian Peninsula

The introduction of non-native species poses a critical threat to biodiversity in Mediterranean freshwater ecosystems. This study documents the first record of non-native Squalius hybrids in the Ave...

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Invasive Carp Canada@invasivecarpca
17 Oct 2025
🚫 Myth: “Sterile” Grass Carp are no threat ✅Truth: Even sterile carp eat aggressively & damage ecosystems Spawning confirmed in the U.S. Don't wait to act. 📷Report to EDDMapS.org 🛶Clean, Drain, Dry #InvasiveCarp #StopTheSpread #AIS #GreatLakes #GrassCarp
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Voto Político
@PoliticoVoto
15 Oct 2025
Gonçalo Capitão, Deputado do PSD, deixou várias provocações ao Chega. #Autárquicas2025 "Há uma coisa que os senhores falaram a verdade: Foi quando disseram que vieram para pôr o sistema a nu. Por isso elegeram candidatos do Onlyfans e candidatos que fizeram ensaios em revistas."
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