Conference

  1. Varela Z.. "Lichen diversity, citizen science and biomonitoring or how to help botanical dissemination" POSTER PRESENTATION. XX International Botanical Congress. Madrid (Spain) 21-27 July 2024.
  2. Pacín C.,Varela Z., Viana I.G., García-Seoane R.,...Aboal JR. "Mercury concentration declines in brown algae along the North Eastern Atlantic Coast: three decades of observations" POSTER PRESENTATION. XX International Botanical Congress. Madrid (Spain) 21-27 July 2024.
  3. Mira A., Hortal J.,Portela A.P., Albertos B., Estébanez B., Branquinho C., ...Varela Z. and Medina N. "eBryoSoil: a citizen science application to monitor changes in soil ecosystems" POSTER PRESENTATION. XX International Botanical Congress. Madrid (Spain) 21-27 July 2024.
  4. Varela Z.,Aboal JR, Fernández JA. "Mossphere: a new biotechnological passive sampler for environmental air quality management" ORAL PRESENTATION. First conference of International Assocciation of Environmenta Pollution. Trieste (Italy) 11-13 October 2023.
  5. Varela Z., Fernández JA., Aboal JR, Pacín C. "Bioaccumulation, characterisation and biomagnification of microplastics at different intertidal levels" ORAL PRESENTATION. ASLO, Aquatic Science Meeting 2023-Resilience and Recovery in Aquatic Systems. Mallorca (Spain), 4-9 June 2023.
  6. Pacín C.,García-Seoane R.Varela Z., Viana I.G.,...,A.Šípková "Global and Regional decrease in metal concentrations in brown algae" ORAL PRESENTATION. SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting. Dublin (Ireland) 30 April-4 May 2023.
  7. Mira A., Hortal J., Albertos B., Hurtado P., Branquinho C., ...Varela Z., Vieira C., and Medina N. "How smartphones can improve the conservation of soil ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula" ORAL PRESENTATION. SIBECOL, Iberian Ecological Society meeting 2022. Aveiro (Portugal), 2-8 July 2022.
  8. Boquete MT,..., Varela Z. "Patterns of sexual expression and reproductive effort in unisexual bryophytes" ORAL PRESENTATION. XXVII-Spanish Society of Bryology Meeting. Viveiro,Galicia (Spain), 7-10 June 2022.
  9. Varela Z.. "Interaction between the macroalgae Fucus vesiculosus and microplastic pollution" ORAL PRESENTATION. YOUMARES12, Conference for young marine researchers. Hamburg, (Germany), 5-7 October 2021.
  10. Varela Z., Villares R, Fernández JA, Aboal JR. "Mercury biomagnification between trophic levels in coastal environments of Galicia (NW Spain)" POSTER PRESENTATION.Festival of Ecology, (Online) British Ecological Society, 14-18 December 2020.
  11. Varela Z., Lobo Dias S., Monteiro J., Branquinho C. "Shifts in the bryophyte community of the Atlantic coastal dunes of the Iberian Peninsula" POSTER PRESENTATION. 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting, Barcelona (Spain), 4–7 February 2019.
  12. Boquete MT, Aboal JR, Branquinho C, Calleja J, Cronberg N .... & Varela Z. "Size does matter: morphology, sexual expression and sex ratios in P. purum across Europe" POSTER PRESENTATION. 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting, Barcelona (Spain), 4–7 February 2019.
  13. Varela Z., Lobo Dias S, Branquinho C. "Campylopus introflexus colonization in the Atlantic secondary dunes of the Iberian Peninsula" POSTER PRESENTATION. Meeting of IAB (International Association of Bryologists), iMOSS (International Molecular Moss Science Society) and Sociedad Española de Briología); Madrid (Spain), 9-12 July 2019.
  14. Giráldez P., Varela Z., Crujeiras R.M., Aboal J.R., Fernández J.A. "Spatial analysis of qualitative pollution data in moss samples at a regional scale" POSTER PRESENTATION. Meeting of IAB (International Association of Bryologists), iMOSS (International Molecular Moss Science Society) and Sociedad Española de Briología); Madrid (Spain), 9-12 July 2019.
  15. Varela Z., Branquinho C, Cruz de Carvalho R. "Suitable vegetation cover for Mediterranean green roofs under climate change effects" POSTER PRESENTATION. CAPERMED (Comittee on Air Pollution Effects Research on Mediterranean Ecosytems), Pamplona (Spain), 20-21 June 2018.
  16. Munzi S, Varela Z., Paoli L. "Does duration matter? Photosynthesis reactivation in lichens and mosses after droughts of different length" POSTER PRESENTATION. CAPERMED (Comittee on Air Pollution Effects Research on Mediterranean Ecosytems), Pamplona (Spain), 20-21 June 2018.
  17. García-Seoane R , Varela Z., Debén S, Aboal JR, Fernández JA. "Standardization of the technique for biomonitoring metal pollution by using raptor feathers" POSTER PRESENTATION. ISEAC-40 International Conference on Environmental and Food Monitoring, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 19-22 June 2018.
  18. Varela Z., Branquinho C, Garcia C.A. "How do bryophytes functional diversity respond to forest logging: a chronosequence approach?" ORAL PRESENTATION. XXI Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, Aranjuez (Spain), 20-27 July 2017.
  19. García-Seoane R, Fernández JA, Varela Z., Carballeira A, Aboal JR. "Spatial variability and optimisation of sampling, at the sampling station scale, for the monitoring of marine macroalgae contamination" ORAL PRESENTATION. XXI Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, Aranjuez (Spain), 20-27 July 2017.
  20. Varela Z., Roiloa SR, Fernández JA, Retuerto R, Carballeira A, Aboal JR. "Efectos de los contaminantes atmosféricos en la fisiología y crecimiento de trasplantes del musgo Pseudoscleropodium purum" ORAL PRESENTATION. XIX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, La Palma de Gran Canaria (Spain). 24-28 June 2013.
  21. Fernández J.A, Carballeira A, Real C, Carballeira C, Varela Z., Boquete MT, Ares A, Aboal JR. "El proyecto ‘MossClone’: de la biomonitorización a la biotecnología" ORAL PRESENTATION. XIX Cryptogamic Botany Symposium, La Palma de Gran Canaria (Spain). 24-28 June 2013.
  22. Varela Z., López-Ratón M, Aboal JR;Real C, Carballeira A, Fernández JA. "Compositional analysis of pollution sources by means of terrestrial moss Pseudoscleropodium purum" ORAL PRESENTATION. 6th International Workshop on Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Pollution Izmir (Turkey). 15-19 October 2012