Publications

Luisa’s complete list of publications

Theses

PhD thesis: Biogeography of wood boring organisms in European coastal waters and new approaches to controlling borer attack.

Diploma thesis: Alguns aspectos da biologia de Thais haemastoma (Gastropoda: Muricidae), e sua utilização como espécie indicadora de poluição por TBT nas águas do porto e marina de Ponta Delgada. Translation: Some aspects of the biology of Thais haemastoma (Gastropoda: Muricidae), an indicator of tributyltin (TBT) pollution in the waters of the harbour and marina of Ponta Delgada.

Books

• Ávila, S.P., L. Sinigaglia, J. Goud, A.M.F Martins, B. Morton, T. White, L.M.S. Borges, A. Fedosov, L. Hoffman, A. Hipólito, A. Holmes & F. Swinnen. Marine bivalves of the Azores Archipelago. Conchbooks, Hackenheim & Sérgio P. Ávila, CIBIO-Açores/BIOPOLIS, 416 pp. In Press.

• Borges, Luísa (2023) How To Do More For the Environment With a Little Help from Science: A Guide To Lowering Your Carbon Footprint, Improving Your Health, and Saving Money, 193 pp. ISBN 9783000752216. You can get your copy on any of these Amazon marketplaces: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.es, amazon.ca, amazon.com.br, amazon.nl, amazon.fr, amazon.au.

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals

• Treneman, N.C., DeLeon, K., Shipway, J.R., Borges, L.M.S, Hayes, K.A. (2026) Cosmopolitan no more: phylogenetics and reproductive mode reveal a global species complex in a marine mollusk (Teredinidae). PLOS ONE. 21(3): e0345003.

• Dickson, J., Wohl, E., Govers, L., Franken, O., Bouma, T., Olff, H., Eriksson, B.K., Watson, M.S., Borges, L.M.S., van der Heide, T. (2025) A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea. Biological Reviews. Early View.

• El Jamaai, J., Taheri, A., El Ajouri, B., Merini, M.S.A., Borges, L.M.S. (2025) Damage and economic impact of wood-borers (Bivalvia, Teredinidae) on artisanal fishing in Morocco: a case study. Mediterranean Marine Science. 26(1): 120-130.

• Radulovici, Adriana E., Vieira, Pedro E., Duarte, Sofia, Teixeira, Marcos A.L., Borges, Luísa M.S., Deagle, Bruce E., Majaneva, Sanna, Redmond, Niamh, Schultz, Jessica A., Costa, Filipe O. (2021) Revision and annotation of DNA barcode records for marine invertebrates: report of the 8th iBOL conference hackathon. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics. 5: 207–217. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.5.67862.

• Niekerk, P.B., Marais, B.N., Brischke, C., Borges, L.M.S., Kutnik, M., Niklewski, J. Ansard, D., Humar, M., Cragg, S.M., Militz, H. (2021) Mapping the biotic degradation hazard of wood in Europe – biophysical background, engineering applications, and climate change-induced prospects. Holzforschung. International Journal of the Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Wood. https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2021-0147.

• Borges, L.M.S., Pfeifer, B., Pandur, S., Toubarro, D., Tanase, A.-M., Chiciudean, I., Menzel, M.N., Hoppert, M., Daniel, R., Simões, N., Altermark, B. (2021) A picture is worth a thousand words: novel photographic evidence on the anatomy of the digestive system of three shipworm species (Bivalvia, Teredinidae). Zoomorphology. 140: 469–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-021-00540-6.

• Borges, L.M.S., Treneman, N.C., Haga, T., Shipway, J.R., Raupach, M.J., Altermark, B., Carlton, J. (2021) Out of taxonomic crypsis: A new trans-arctic cryptic species pair corroborated by phylogenetics and molecular evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 166: 107312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107312.

• Merckelbach, L.M., Borges, L.M.S. (2020) Make every species count: FastaChar software for rapid determination of molecular diagnostic characters to describe species. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(6): 1761-1768. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13222.

• Leite, B.L., Vieira, P.E., Teixeira, M.A.L., Lobo-Arteaga, J., Hollaz, C., Borges, L.M.S., Duarte, S., Troncoso, J.S., Costa, F.O. (2020) Gap-analysis and annotated reference library for supporting macroinvertebrate metabarcoding in Atlantic Iberia. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 36: 101307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101307.

• Treu, A., Zimmer, K., Brischke, C., Larnøy, E., Gobakken, L.R., Aloui, F., Cragg, S.M., Flæte, P-O., Humar, M., Westin, M., Borges, L., Williams, J. (2019) Durability and protection of timber structures in marine environments in Europe: an overview. BioResources. 14(4): 10161-10184. DOI: 10.15376/biores.14.4.Treu.

• Borges, L.M.S., Merckelbach, L.M. (2018) Lyrodus mersinensis sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) another cryptic species in the Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) complex. Zootaxa. 4442(3): 441-457. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.6.

• Treneman, N.C., Borges, L.M.S, Shipway, J.R., Raupach, M.J., Altermark, B. & Carlton, J.T. (2018) A molecular phylogeny of wood-borers (Teredinidae) from Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris. Aquatic Invasions. 13(1): 101-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.1.08.

• Treneman, N.C., Carlton, J.T., Borges, L.M.S., Shipway, J.R., Raupach, M.J., Altermark, B. (2018) Species diversity and abundance of shipworms (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Teredinidae) in woody marine debris generated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011. Aquatic Invasions. 13(1): 87-100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.1.07.

• Lobo, J., Ferreira, M.S., Antunes, I.C., Teixeira, M.A.L., Borges, L.M.S., Sousa, R., Gomes, P.T., Costa, M.H., Cunha, M.R. & Costa, F.O (2016) Contrasting morphological and DNA barcode suggested species boundaries among shallow-water amphipod fauna from the southern European Atlantic coast. Genome. 60(2): 147-157. DOI: 10.1139/gen-2016-0009.

• Williams, J.R., Sawyer, G.S., Cragg, S.M., Icely, J.D., Simm, J., Meaden, M., Borges, L.M.S. & Malyon, G.P. (2016) Evaluating the potential of lesser used timber species for marine construction. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jcoma.15.00065.

• Sivrikaya, H., Cetin, H., Tumen, I., Borges, L.M.S. (2016) Performance of copper-azole treated softwoods to marine borers. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología. 18(2): 349-360.

• Borges, L.M.S., Hollatz, C., Lobo, J., Cunha, A., Calado, G., Coelho, R., Costa, A.C., Ferreira, M.S.G., Costa, M.H., Costa, F.O. (2016) With a little help from DNA Barcoding: investigating the diversity of Gastropoda from the Portuguese coast. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 20226. DOI: 10.1038/srep20226.

• Weigelt, R., Lippert, H., Borges, L.M.S., Appelqvist, C., Karsten, U., Bastrop, R. (2015) First time DNA barcoding of the common shipworm Teredo navalis Linnaeus 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Teredinidae): molecular-taxonomic investigation and identification of a widespread wood-borer. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 475: 154-162.

• Borges, L.M.S. (2015) The internal structure of the pallets of Nototeredo norvagica and Psiloteredo megotara (Bivalvia, Teredinidae): implications for subfamilial allocations. Zoomorphology. DOI 10.1007/s00435-015-0277-4.

• Lobo, J., Teixeira, M.A.L., Borges, L.M.S., Ferreira, M.S.G., Hollatz, C., Gomes, P.A., Sousa. R., Ravara, A., Costa, M.H., Costa, F.O. (2015) Starting a DNA barcode reference library for shallow water polychaetes from the southern European Atlantic coast. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12441.

• Borges, L.M.S. (2014) Biodegradation of wood exposed in the marine environment: evaluation of the hazard posed by marine wood borers in fifteen European sites. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 96: 97-104.

• Borges, L.M.S, Merckelbach, L.M., Cragg, S.M. (2014) Biogeography of wood boring crustaceans (Isopoda: Limnoriidae) in European coastal waters. PLoS ONE. 9(10): e109593. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109593.

• Borges, L.M.S, Costa, F.O. (2014) New records of marine wood borers (Bivalvia: Teredinidae and Isopoda: Limnoriidae) from São Miguel, Azores, with a discussion of some aspects of their biogeography. Açoreana. Suplemento 10: 109-116.

• Borges, L.M.S, Merckelbach, L., Sampaio, Í, Cragg, S.M. (2014) Diversity, environmental requirements, and biogeography of bivalve wood-borers (Teredinidae) in European coastal waters. Frontiers in Zoology, 11:3.

• Shipway, J.R., Borges, L.M.S., Müller, J., Cragg, S.M. (2014) The broadcast spawning Caribbean shipworm, Teredothyra dominicensis (Bivalvia, Teredinidae), has invaded and become established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 16(10): 2037-2048.

• Borges, L.M.S, Sivrikaya, H., Cragg, S.M. (2014) First records of the warm water shipworm Teredo bartschi (Bivalvia, Teredinidae) in Mersin, southern Turkey and in Olhão, Portugal. Bioinvasions Records, 3(1): 25-28.

• Borges, L.M.S., Sivrikaya, H., Le Roux, A., Shipway, R., Cragg, S.M., Costa, F.O. (2012) Investigating the taxonomy and systematics of marine wood borers (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) combining evidence from morphology, DNA barcodes and nuclear locus sequences. Invertebrate Systematics, 26, 572-582.

• Sivrikaya, H., Hafizoğlu, H., Cragg, S.M., Carillo, A., Militz, H., Mai, C., Borges, L.M.S. (2012) Evaluation of wooden materials deteriorated by marine wood boring organisms in the Black Sea. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología, 14(1), 79-90.

• Borges, L.M.S., Valente, A.A., Palma, P. & Nunes, L. (2010) Changes in the wood boring community in the Tagus Estuary: a case study. Marine Biodiversity Records, 3, e41.

• Sivrikaya, H., Cragg, S.M., Hafizoğlu, H., Borges, L.M.S. (2009) Variation in resistance to marine borers in commercial timbers from Turkey, as assessed by marine trial and laboratory screening. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 33, 569-576.

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Busch, S. (2009) A laboratory assay for measuring feeding and mortality of the marine wood borer Limnoria under forced feeding conditions: a basis for a standard test method. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 63, 289-296.

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M, Bergot, J., Williams, J.R., Shayler, B. & Sawyer, G. (2008) Laboratory screening of tropical hardwoods for natural resistance to the marine borer Limnoria quadripunctata with an investigation of the role of leachable and non-leachable factors. Holzforschung, 62, 99-111.

• Rosenbusch, K., Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Rapp, A.O. & Pitman, A.J. (2006) A laboratory assessment of the natural durability of the lesser-used species Corynanthe pachyceras Welw. and Glyphae brevis (Sprengel) Monachino against the marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 57, 71-74.

Articles in conference proceedings

• Chiciudean, I., Mereuta, I., Lascu, I., Borges, L.M.S., Adrian, F., Stoica, I., Tanase, A-M. (2019) Looking for cellulolytic activity in the Black Sea shipworms gill symbionts. Journal of Biotechnology, 305: S43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.05.153.

• Fais, M., Hollatz, C., Lobo, J., Duarte, S., Borges, L.M.S., Costa, F.O. (2016) Compiling a DNA barcode reference library for benthic molluscs of the Southern European Atlantic coast. Frontiers in Marine Science. Conference Abstracts: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology studies. DOI: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00132.

• Vieira, P.E., Gomes, N., Lobo, J., Borges, L., Queiroga, H., Costa, F.O. (2016) A DNA barcode reference library for the superorder Peracarida (Crustacea) from the Southern European Atlantic coast. Frontiers in Marine Science. Conference Abstracts: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology studies. DOI: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00132.

• Costa, F.O., Borges, L.M.S., Hollatz, C., Lobo, J., Cunha, A., Calado, G., Coelho, R., Costa, A.C. Ferreira, M.S.G., Costa, M.H. (2015) Priming a DNA barcode library for marine Gastropoda of the continental Portuguese coast and Azores Islands. Genome 58 (5): 207-207.

• Lobo, J. Teixeira, M.A.L., Borges, L.M.S., Ferreira M.S.G., Hollatz, C., Gomes, P.A., Sousa. R., Ravara, A., Costa, M.H., Costa, F.O. (2015) DNA barcodes of polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the southern European Atlantic coast underscores the incipient state of the global reference library for this taxon. Genome 58 (5): 247-248.

• Antunes, I., Ferreira, M.S.G., Lobo, J., Teixeira, M.A.L., Borges, L.M.S., Sousa, R., Gomes, P.A. Costa, M.H., Cunha, M.R., Costa, F.O. (2015) Comparison between morphological and DNA barcode–suggests cryptic species among shallow water amphipod fauna from the southern European Atlantic coast. Genome 58 (5): 187-187.

• Borges, L.M.S., Nunes, L., Valente, A.A. & Palma, P. (2008). Wood boring species present in the Tagus Estuary and the severity of their attack to wooden structures exposed in the area: a case study. International Research Group on Wood Protection, Doc. IRG/WP 08-10664. 18p.

• Sivrikaya, H., Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S. (2008). Variation of commercial timbers from Turkey in resistance to marine borers as assessed by marine trials and laboratory screening. International Research Group on Wood Protection, Doc. IRG/WP 08-10668. 11p.

• Valente, A.A., Nunes, L., Borges, L.M.S., Palma, P., Machado, J.S. (2008). Marine biological degradation: rebuilding a wooden pile’s life history. First International Conference Construction Heritage in Coastal and Marine Environments, Damage, Diagnostic, Maintenance and Rehabilitation (MEDACHS), Lisbon, Portugal. 10p.

• Williams, J.R., Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S., Icely, J.D. (2007). Marine exposure assessment in southern Portugal of the natural resistance of a number of lesser known species of tropical hardwoods to teredinid and limnoriid borers. International Research Group on Wood Protection, Doc. IRG/WP 07-10614. 14p.

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., van der Zee, M. (2004). Evaluating the potential of modified wood for use in Marine Environments using a short-term laboratory bioassay. International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Doc. IRG/WP 04-10525. 14p.

• Williams, J.R., Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S., Shayler, B. (2004). Evaluating the natural durability of a number of lesser known species of Ghanaian hardwoods using a short term laboratory assay. International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Doc. IRG/WP 04-10540. 7p.

• Williams, J.R., Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S., Icely, J.D. (2004). Marine exposure assessment of the natural resistance of a number of lesser known species of tropical hardwoods to teredenid borers. International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Doc. IRG/WP 04-10520. 15p.

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Williams, J.R. (2003). Comparing the resistance of a number of lesser known species of tropical hardwoods to the marine borer Limnoria using a short term laboratory assay. International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Doc. IRG/WP03-10500. 12p.

Other Publications

• Shipway, J.R. & Borges, L.M.S. (2026) The International Marine Wood-Borer Network (IMWBN): Launch Edition. Zenodo.

• Shipway, J. R., Borges, L., & Martin, L. (2026). IMWBN Spring Edition Newsletter 2026 (1.0). International Marine Wood-Borer Network (IMWBN). Zenodo.

Participation in scientific meetings

• Borges, L.M.S. (2019) COST ACTION: CA15219. Heckathon on marine invertebrate biodiversity. 16 June, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim, Norway.

• Chiciudean, I., Mereuta, I., Lascu, I., Borges, L.M.S., Adrian, F., Stoica, I., Tanase, A-M. (2019). Looking for cellulolytic activity in the Black Sea shipworms gill symbionts. European Biotechnology Congress. 11-13 April, Valencia, Spain.

• Treneman, N., Davidson, T.M., Carlton, J.T., Shipway, J.R., Borges, L.M.S., Smith, K.R. (2017). Shipworms: cryptic ecological engineers of the sea. Pacific Estuarian Research Society (PERS). 1-4 March, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA.

• Treneman, N., Carlton, J.T., Shipway, J.R., Borges, L.M.S., Raupach, M.J., Altermark, B. (2016). The fate of wood at sea: shipworms (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) in woody debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami. North Pacific Science Organizational (PICES) Annual Meeting. 2-3 November, San Diego, USA.

• Fais, M., Hollatz, C., Lobo, J., Duarte, S., Borges, L.M.S., Costa, F.O. (2016). Compiling a DNA barcode reference library for the benthic molluscs of the Southern European Atlantic coast. XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. 5-9 September, Porto, Portugal.

• Vieira, P., Gomes, N., Lobo, J., Borges, L.M.S., Queiroga, H., Costa, F.O. (2016). A DNA barcode reference library for the superorder Peracarida (Crustacea) from the Southern European Atlantic coast. XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. 5-9 September, Porto, Portugal.

• Treneman, N., Carlton, J.T., Shipway, J.R., Borges, L.M.S., Raupach, M.J. (2015). Shipworms (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) in woody debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference. 8-12 November, Portland, Oregon, USA.

• Borges, L.M.S., Hollatz, C., Lobo, J., Cunha, A., Calado, G., Coelho, R., Costa, A.C. Ferreira, M.S.G., Costa, M.H., Costa, F.O. (2015). Priming a DNA barcode library for marine Gastropoda of the continental Portuguese coast and Azores Islands. 6th International Barcode of Life Conference: Barcodes to Biomes. 18-21 August Guelph, Canada. (Poster).

• Antunes, I., Ferreira, M.S.G., Lobo, J., Teixeira, M.A.L., Borges, L.M.S., Sousa, R., Gomes, P.A. Costa, M.H., Cunha, M.R., Costa, F.O. (2015) Comparison between morphological and DNA barcode–suggests cryptic species among shallow water amphipod fauna from the southern European Atlantic coast. 6th International Barcode of Life Conference: Barcodes to Biomes. 18-21 August, Guelph, Canada. (Oral presentation).

• Lobo, J. Teixeira, M.A.L., Borges, L.M.S., Ferreira M.S.G., Hollatz, C., Gomes, P.A., Sousa. R., Ravara, A., Costa, M.H., Costa, F.O. (2015) A DNA barcode reference library for polychaetes from the southern European Atlantic coast. 6th International Barcode of Life Conference: Barcodes to Biomes. 18-21 August, Guelph, Canada. (Poster).

• Borges, L.M.S. (2014). Biogeogreaphy of marine wood-borers in European coastal waters: a tale of two taxa sharing the same niche. Seminars of GEOMAR. 30 July, Kiel, Germany.

• Tagliapietra, D., Ahrens, M.J., Appelqvist, C., Björdal, C., Borges, L., Cragg, S.M., Carannante, A., Distel, D.L., Dunkley, M., Gregory, D.J., Hoppe, K., Hoppert, M., Hutalle-Schmelzer, K.L.M., Keppel, E., Lana, P., Libralato, G., Paalvast, P., Palanti, S., Palma, P., Shipway, R., Sigovini, M., Sivrikaya, H., Volpi-Ghiardini, A., Weigelt, R. (2013) The boring fraternity: a research network on marine woodborers. VI EUROLAG & VII LAGUNET. 16-19 December, Lecce, Italy.

• Borges, L.M.S. (2013) Integrative systematics and taxonomy: implications for mapping marine species. Seminars of the Helmholtz Centre Geesthaacht. 19 June, Geesthacht, Germany.

• Borges, L.M.S. (2013). State-of-the-art on systematics and biogeography of wood-borers. Exploratory workshop “Marine wood borers: new frontiers for Europe”. 2-4 April, Venice, Italy. (Invited Keynote).

• Borges, L.M.S. (2012). Biogeography of bivalve wood borers in European coastal waters: a tale of the ‘termites of the sea’. Seminars of the Department of Biology, University of Rostock. 12 December, Rostock, Germany.

• Borges, L.M.S. (2012). Marine wood borers the ‘termites of the sea’. Seminars of the Biology Department, University of Minho. 23 May, Braga, Portugal.

• Borges, L.M.S. (2012). LusoMarBol invertebrate projects. Final workshop LusoMarBol. Braga, 1-2 May. (co-organizer of the workshop: Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Sivrikaya, H., Le Roux, A., Costa, F.O. (2011). DNA barcodes uncover hidden diversity in marine wood boring organisms. Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference. 28 Nov-3 Dec, Adelaide, Australia. (Poster).

• Borges, L.M.S., Ferreira, M.S., Arteaga, J.L., Cunha, A.M., Gomes, N., Gomes, P.A., Cunha, M.R., Costa, M.H., Costa, F.O. (2011). Inventorying macrobenthos diversity of the Portuguese coast: use of DNA barcodes as a tool for an integrative taxonomic approach. Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference. 28 Nov-3 Dec, Adelaide, Australia. (Poster).

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Merckelbach, L.M., Sampaio, Í., Costa, F.O. (2011). Biogeography of wood borers in European coastal waters: a tale of two distinct taxa sharing the same niche. Advances in Biogeography: Early Career Conference. 23-25 September, Oxford, United Kingdom. (Oral presentation).

• Shipway, R., Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S., Sivrikaya, H., Müller J. (2011). An invasive species of teredinid, Teredothyra dominicensis (Teredinidae, Bivalvia), in the Mediterranean Sea. Advances in Biogeography: Early Career Conference. 23-25 September, Oxford, United Kingdom. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S. (2010). The analytic process of DNA barcoding. Second Workshop of LusoMarBol. 2-3 December, Braga, Portugal. (co-organizer of the workshop) (Oral presentation).

• Shipway, R., Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S., Sivrikaya, H., Müller, J. (2010). The rapid destruction of a wreck in Turkish waters by a suspected invasive teredinid (Teredinidae: Bivalvia). Molluscan Forum. 30 November, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Ferreira, M.S., Landi, M., Gomes, P.A., Costa, F.O. (2010). Revising the biodiversity of macrobenthos from the Portuguese coast using DNA barcodes. Second Conference of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life. 2-4 June, Braga, Portugal. (member of the conference local organizing committee) (Poster).

• Borges, L.M.S., Sivrikaya, H., Le Roux, A., Costa, F.O. (2010). DNA barcodes for identification of European species of marine wood boring organisms, the ‘termites of the sea’. Second Conference of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life. 2-4 June, Braga, Portugal. (Poster).

• Borges, L.M.S. (2010). Biogeography of Marine wood borers in European coastal waters. Seminars of the Biology Department of University of Minho. 24 March, Braga, Portugal.

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M. (2008). Short-term laboratory trials to test wooden materials for use in the marine environment. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Conference. 6-11 October, S. Alessio Siculo, Messina, Italy. (Oral presentation).

• Cragg, S.M., Borges, L.M.S. (2007). A laboratory test methodology for assessing the resistance of treated, modified and naturally durable wood to the marine wood borer Crustacea Limnoria. COST Action E37 “Sustainability through new technologies for enhanced wood durability”. 18-19 June, Braşov, Romania. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M. (2006). Phylogenetic significance of the internal structure of the pallet of Bivalve borers of the family Teredinidae. Molluscan Forum. 2 November, Natural History Museum of London, London, UK. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Eaton, R. (2006). Wood boring distribution and severity of attack in European Coastal waters. Bivalvia Congress. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, 22-27 July. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., van der Zee, M., Homan, W. (2005). Laboratory and field tests of the potential for use in marine environments of wood modified with dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU) and phosphobutane tricarboxylic acid (PBTC). 6-7 October, Second European Conference on Wood Modification, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. (Poster and oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Eaton, R. (2004). Wood boring distribution and severity of attack in European coastal waters. 4 November, Molluscan forum. Natural History Museum of London, London, UK. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Cragg, S.M., Eaton, R. (2002). An evaluation of the hazard posed by marine wood boring animals in European coastal waters. 12-17 May, Conference of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation. Cardiff, UK. (Poster).

• Borges, L.M.S., Costa, A.C.R., Rodrigues, A. (1999). Food preference of the southern oyster drill Stramonita (Thais) haemastoma (Grey). 34th European Marine Biology Simposium. 13-17 September, Ponta Delgada, Azores. (Oral presentation).

• Borges, L.M.S., Costa, A.C.R., Rodrigues A. (1998). Stramonita haemastoma (Gastropoda: Muricidae) an indicator of tributyltin pollution in the waters of the harbour of Ponta Delgada (Azores). III Simposium of Fauna and Flora of the Atlantic Islands. 21-25 September, Ponta Delgada, Azores. (Oral presentation).