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Classes I teach:
Discover Diving
Recreational Supervised Diver
Recreational Diver 1 - Nitrox
Recreational Diver 2 - Triox
Recreational Diver 3 - Trimix
GUE Fundamentals
Doubles Diver
Drysuit Diver
Navigation Primer
Rescue Primer
Triox Primer
DPV Diver 1
Scientific Diver
Gas Blender
Recreational Dive Leader
Diogo Paulo
Faro, Portugal
worldwide, Portugal
diogo@gue.com
diogosoarespaulo@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/scientificdivingccmar/
http://www.scientificdivecentre.com/
Professional
- Invited Professor at the University of the Algarve for Scientific Diving
- Researcher at the Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) - Habitat restoration
- Manager and DSO at the Scientific Diving Center of CCMAR
Education
- Doctoral Degree (PhD) at the University of the Algarve in Marine Biology and Conservation
Diving Qualifications
- GUE Instructor Trainer (Fundies, Rec1, Scientific Diver)
- GUE examiner (Scientific Diver)
- GUE Technical diver
- Fundamentals Instructor
- REC 1 - Instructor
- REC 2 - Instructor
- REC 3 - Instructor
- Scientific Diving Instructor
- GUE DPV instructor
- GUE Gas Blender Instructor
- CPR & First AID Instructor
- PSCR diver
Diving Experience
- 20+ years diving experience
- 1500+ mixed gas dives
- 700+ scientific dives
Community Involvement
- Co-founder and diver for Deep Reefs Project (www.Deepreefs.com)
- Researcher and Diver on the Global Sub Expedition to implement Project Base Line in the Azores, South Portugal and South France
- Scientific support for Project Base Line Portugal.
Special interests
- Scientific Diving
- Research and Conservation
- Habitat mapping and restoration
Publications
- Correia, M., Paulo, D., Samara, E., Koulouri, P., Mentogiannis, V., & Dounas, C. (2020). Field studies of seahorse population density, structure and habitat use in a semi‐closed north‐eastern Mediterranean marine area (Stratoni, north Aegean Sea). Journal of Fish Biology.
- Paulo, D. P., Dieckmann O., Ramos A. A., Alberto F., Serrao, E. A. (2019) Sexual reproduction vs. clonal propagation in the recovery of a seagrass meadow after an extreme weather event. Scientia Marina, in press.
- Paulo, D. F., Cunha, A., Boavida, J. R., Serrao, E. A., Gonçalves, E. J., & Fonseca, M. S. (2019). Open coast seagrass restoration. Can we do it?. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 52.
- Alexandre, A., Silva, J., Ferreira, R., Paulo, D., Serrão, E. A., & Santos, R. (2017). First description of seagrass distribution and abundance in São Tomé and Príncipe. Aquatic Botany, 142, 48-52.
- Boavida, J., Paulo, D., Aurelle, D., Arnaud-Haond, S., Marschal, C., Reed, J., ... & Serrao, E. A. (2016). A well-kept treasure at depth: Precious red coral rediscovered in Atlantic deep coral gardens (SW Portugal) after 300 years. PloS one, 11(1), e0147228.
- Fernández, C. G., Paulo, D., Serrão, E. A., & Engelen, A. H. (2016). Limited differences in fish and benthic communities and possible cascading effects inside and outside a protected marine area in Sagres (SW Portugal). Marine environmental research, 114, 12-23.
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- Paulo, D., Manent, P., Barrio, J. M., Alvares Serrao, E., & Alberto, F. (2016). Recruit survival of Cymodocea nodosa along a depth gradient. CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE, 57(2), 137-144.
- Gonçalves E. J., Abecasis D., Horta B., Erzini K., Paulo D., Assis J., Boavida J., Serrão E., (2015). Implementação do Parque Marinho Professor Luiz Saldanha (Parque Natural da Arrábida): Ponto de situação realizado no âmbito do Projeto de conservação e gestão BIOMARES. ed. 1, ISBN: 978-989-97260-6-2. Lisboa: Gobius Comunicação e Ciência
- Cunha, A. H., Varela-Alvarez, E., Paulo, D. S., Sousa, I., & Serrão, E. (2013). The rediscovery of Caulerpa prolifera in Ria Formosa, Portugal, 60 years after the previous record. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 54(3), 359-364.
- Runcie, J. W., Paulo, D., Santos, R., Sharon, Y., Beer, S., & Silva, J. (2009).
- Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient. I. In situ energy partitioning of non-photochemical quenching. Aquatic Biology, 7(1-2), 143-152.
- GUE Quest Magazine 12.4, "DeepReefs: GUE Divers Serving Marine Science"
- Planeta d’Água Magazine, “Diving at the Azores”
Additional languages
- Portuguese -Fluente
- English - Fluente
- Spanish - Fluente
- French - Understands, speaks
Additional Info
GUE Instructor since April 2012
110+ classes (200 + students) on GUE Curriculums
Scientific Diver class developer