A5006604041- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
- Marine animal studies overview
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Identification and Quantification in Food
Dalhousie University
2024
University of Salento
2020-2023
Universidade dos Açores
2018-2022
Institute of Marine Research
2019
Restoration is considered an effective strategy to accelerate the recovery of biological communities at local scale. However, effects restoration actions in marine ecosystems are still unpredictable. We performed a global analysis published literature identify factors increasing probability success coastal and systems. Our results confirm that majority active initiatives concentrated northern hemisphere most information gathered from efforts derives relatively small subset species. The also...
To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know key processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part EU (Horizon 2020) funded MERCES project, a group European experts compiled assessed current knowledge, from both past ongoing efforts, within Mediterranean Sea, Baltic North-East Atlantic Ocean. The aim was provide an expert judgement how different could impact success enhance marine habitats. A set biological ecological...
Cold-water coral (CWC) habitats dwell on continental shelves, slopes, seamounts, and ridge systems around the world’s oceans from 50 to 4000 m depth, providing heterogeneous which support a myriad of associated fauna. These highly diverse ecosystems are threatened by human stressors such as fishing activities, gas oil exploitation, climate change. Since their life-history traits long lifespan slow growth rates make CWCs very vulnerable potential threats, it is foremost challenge explore...
Abstract The feeding biology of deep-sea octocorals remains poorly understood, as attention is more often directed to reef building corals. present study focused on two common deep-water octocoral species in the Azores Archipelago, Dentomuricea aff . meteor and Viminella flagellum , aiming at determining their ability exploit different food sources. We adopted an experimental approach, with three sources, including live phytoplankton, zooplankton dissolved organic matter (DOM), that were...
Bottom trawling can significantly affect benthic communities, directly through immediate removal of sessile organisms and indirectly sediment resuspension. Submarine canyons, often surrounded by fishing grounds, are important habitats for cold-water corals (CWC). Vulnerability CWCs to increased suspended concentration (SSC) is key understanding the severity bottom effects on those communities. Here we show survival, growth, physiological response six from a Mediterranean submarine canyon...
Large, well-developed and flourishing reefs dominated by the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum have recently been discovered along Angola margin in southeastern Atlantic Ocean living under very low oxygen concentrations (0.6–1.5 mL L−1). This study assessed respiration rates of this a short-term (10 days) aquarium experiment naturally (1.4 ± 0.5 L−1) as well saturated (6.1 0.6 We found no significant difference between two concentrations. Furthermore, D. were same order magnitude those...
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Using the non-invasive aquatic eddy covariance technique, we provide first oxygen (O 2 ) uptake rates from within coral gardens at Condor seamount (Azores). To explore some of key drivers benthic O demand, obtained images, quantified local hydrodynamics, and estimated phototrophic biomass deposition dynamics with a long-term moored sediment trap. The were dominated by octocorals Viminella flagellum Dentomuricea aff. meteor . Daily 3 targeted garden sites (203 to 206 m depth) ranged 10.0 ±...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 578:87-97 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12227 Impact of climate change on ontogenetic development ‘solar-powered’ sea slugs Gisela Dionísio1,2,3,*, Filipa Faleiro1, Meri Bilan1,4,5,6, Inês C. Rosa1,2, Marta Pimentel1, João Serôdio2, Ricardo Calado2, Rui Rosa1 1MARE and Environmental Sciences...
A review of 573 studies on active restoration actions in the marine environment, published last 25 years, was carried out at global scale. We assessed how, where, which spatial and temporal scales under socio-ecological settings have been out, from very shallow to deep sea habitats. Results show that efforts across habitats are increasing, especially seagrasses coral reefs, but never approached ecosystem level. Targets, methods, response variables standards still heterogeneous. Of factors...