A5079374071- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Marine Research Centre
2023
University of Coimbra
2020-2021
Abstract According to the principles of community ecology, sympatric species may suffer a selective pressure decrease their niche overlap through mechanisms partitioning. However, there is still gap in knowledge main drivers influencing differentiation, particularly communities composed by small-sized and inconspicuous species. The coastal epipelagic structure mid-trophic level Northeast Atlantic was examined using stable isotope analysis (1) decipher intrinsic extrinsic factors promoting...
Sardines (Sardina pilchardus) and mackerels (Scomber spp. Trachurus spp.) are amongst the most common fish caught along Iberian coast for human consumption and, as mid-trophic level organisms, they constitute essential prey in diet of several marine predators. Thus, assessment trophic ecology, contamination exposure, stress responses such organisms provides valuable information on environmental health chain potential risks consumers. This study aims to contribute an integrative mercury...