Biografi Vasco Mota

I work in the Production Biology department within Nofima’s Aquaculture division. My research interest lies primarily in understanding and optimizing the interaction between fish and production systems.

Fish physiology, health, welfare and growth assessment in different production conditions is an important area of my research. Here, I have worked with several aquaculture species including rainbow trout, turbot, Nile tilapia and Atlantic salmon. Recent research includes improvement of Atlantic salmon post-smolt in RAS, within the CtrlAQUA SFI.

Recirculating aquaculture systems are another central part of my research. Here I focus on water quality assessment, including the accumulation of several metabolites (e.g. TAN, CO2, hormones, particles), nutrient mass balances and, system unit (e.g. biofilter, degasser) removal efficiencies.Education: Aquaculture PhD, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Aquaculture and Fisheries MSc, University of Algarve, Portugal; Biology BSc, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Vasco har 11 vitenskapelige publikasjoner i Cristin:

Mota, Vasco C.; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Gerwins, Jascha; Gerwins, Jascha; Gallo, Michele; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Bæverfjord, Grete; Kolarevic, Jelena; Summerfelt, Steven T.; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; 2019: The effects of carbon dioxide on growth performance, welfare, and health of Atlantic salmon post-smolt (Salmo salar) in recirculating aquaculture systems

Gorle, Jagan; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; Mota, Vasco C.; Summerfelt, Steven T.; 2018: Water velocity in commercial RAS culture tanks for Atlantic salmon smolt production

Mota, Vasco C.; Hop, Jochem; Sampaio, Luis A.; Heinsbroek, Leon T.N.; Verdegem, Marc C.J.; Eding, Ep H.; Verreth, Johan A.J.; 2018: The effect of low pH on physiology, stress status and growth performance of turbot (Psetta maxima L.) cultured in recirculating aquaculture systems

Stiller, Kevin Torben; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Mota, Vasco C.; Gerwins, Jascha; Gallo, Michele; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Bæverfjord, Grete; Kolarevic, Jelena; Summerfelt, Steven T.; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; 2018: The effect of carbon dioxide on fish growth performance in recirculating aquaculture systems

Nilsen, Tom Ole; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn; Kolarevic, Jelena; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Ebbesson, Lars; Handeland, Sigurd O; Mota, Vasco C.; 2018: Effects of high environmental CO2 levels on Atlantic salmon post-smolts

Mota, Vasco C.; Martins, Catarina; Eding, Ep H.; Canário, Adelino VM; Verreth, Johan A.J.; 2017: Cortisol and testosterone accumulation in a low pH recirculating aquaculture system for rainbow trout(Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Mota, Vasco C.; Martins, Catarina; Eding, Ep H.; Canário, Adelino VM; Verreth, Johan A.J.; 2017: Water cortisol and testosterone in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) recirculating aquaculture systems

Mota, Vasco C.; 2015: Steroids accumulation in recirculating aquaculture systems

Mota, Vasco C.; Martins, Catarina; Limbu, Peter; Eding, Ep; Verreth, Johan A.J.; 2015: The effect of nearly closed RAS on the feed intake and growth of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Hubbard, Peter; Mota, Vasco C.; Keller-Costa, Tina; Paulo da Silva, Jose; Canário, Adelino VM; 2014: Chemical communication in tilapia: A comparison of Oreochromis mossambicus with O. niloticus

Mota, Vasco C.; Martins, Catarina; Eding, Ep; Canário, Adelino VM; Verreth, Johan A.J.; 2014: Steroids accumulate in the rearing water of commercial recirculating aquaculture systems