A5014748199- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and environmental studies
University of Lisbon
2022-2024
Madeira Tecnopolo
2021-2024
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
2023-2024
Agencia Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigacao Tecnologia e Inovacao
2021-2024
University of Monastir
2019
The brown macroalgae Rugulopteryx okamurae is described as one of the most severe and threatening invasive marine in European waters.This study reports first record R. Madeira archipelago, which represents a new southern distribution limit this species NE Atlantic waters.Morphological molecular characters were used to confirm species' identity, its potential invasion risk Madeiran waters was screened using standard assessment tool AS-ISK.Results show that has medium-high becoming Island...
Introduction Maritime traffic and coastal urbanisation significantly contribute to the introduction proliferation of non-indigenous species (NIS). However, lack information might prevent effective monitoring in data-limited regions, particularly areas experiencing demographic growth, where biofouling communities could offer crucial insights into dynamics NIS invasions. This study represents a baseline characterization northern Saudi Arabian Red Sea (NEOM region) prior extensive urban,...
Studies of non-indigenous species (NIS) often tend to focus on medium and large-sized taxa with potential for remarkable ecological and/or economic impact, whereas the early detection small invertebrates is delayed due taxonomic challenge, lack consistent, standardised monitoring efforts limited funding. This study represents first records marine amphipod Laticorophium baconi (Shoemaker, 1934) in Morocco, Tunisia, Corsica (France), Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia New Caledonia (France)....
Plastic debris is a significant and rapidly developing ecological issue in coastal marine ecosystems, especially areas where it accumulates. This study introduces "plasticlusters", new form of floating agglomeration found the Yasmine Hammamet marina (Tunisia, North-Africa), loosely attached to pontoon ropes around water surface level. The analysis two samples revealed that they were formed primarily by average 2.11 mm polystyrene fragments, 3.43 fibers, 104 polypropylene polyethylene sheets,...
Marinas are a gateway for the introduction and establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS). In these habitats, competition predation crucial determinants NIS invasiveness. However, fish trophic preferences biotic effects inside marinas poorly known. This study proposes novel method that combines deployment settlement plates to recruit different assemblages, followed by their use as bait in remote underwater video systems. combined approach, addressed foraging system (RVFS), can record...
Coastal sprawl is among the main drivers of global degradation shallow marine ecosystems. Among artificial substrates, quarry rock can have faster recruitment benthic organisms compared to traditional concrete, which more versatile for construction. However, factors driving these differences are poorly understood. In this context, study was designed compare intertidal and subtidal epibenthic assemblages on concrete basalt boulders in six locations Madeira Island (northeastern Atlantic,...
The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hotspot under threat. One of the major impacts on its biological resources and services comes from invasiveness non-indigenous species (NIS). Nevertheless, NIS monitoring programs in south basin are an early implementation stage. This study aims to describe cryptogenic distribution Monastir Bay (Tunisia) identify risk areas for introduction spread invasive species, providing baseline future programs. To this end, series Rapid Assessment Surveys...
Marinas are hubs for non-indigenous species (NIS) and constitute the nodes of a network highly modified water bodies (HMWB) connected by recreational maritime traffic. Floating structures, such as pontoons, often surfaces with higher NIS abundance inside marinas lead risk introduction, establishment spread. However, there is still little information on how location within marina substratum type can influence recruitment fouling assemblages depending parameters chemical composition. In this...
Harbours are highly modified habitats that differ from natural areas. They hotspots of non-indigenous species (NIS) and act as stepping-stones in invasive processes. However, local communities can exert biotic resistance against biological invasions through trophic interactions competition. This study assesses the effects predation on recruitment fouling assemblages three marinas NE Atlantic Portugal (Cascais, Setúbal Sines), with particular emphasis NIS, using predator exclusion...
Mapping the distribution and evaluating impacts of marine non-indigenous species (NIS) are two fundamental tasks for management purposes, yet they often time consuming expensive. This case study focuses on NIS gilthead seabream Sparus aurata escaped from offshore farms in Madeira Island order to test an innovative, cost-efficient combined approach risk assessment georeferenced dispersal data collection. Species invasiveness was screened using Aquatic Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK),...
Abstract Climate change can promote shifts in species’ biogeographical distribution, but their monitoring is a challenge the hardly accessible marine environment. In such cases, citizen science allows collecting data on scales unattainable for researchers. This study uses approach through social media platforms to describe high-occurrence event of siphonophore Physalia physalis Tunisia during April 2021, which, addition literature records, add more than 50 colonies recorded 2021 Algeria and...
Monitoring spatiotemporal patterns in marine environments is crucial to ensure a better understanding of ecosystem functioning and, ultimately, for adequate management and conservation policies. The lack resources required surveys data acquisition often hampers the availability long-term datasets, which can be partly mitigated by leveraging citizen science information technologies crowdsource data. There an inherent trade-off between quality obtained using scientific systematic protocols,...
Non-indigenous species (NIS) spread from marinas to natural environments is influenced by niche availability, habitat suitability, and local biotic resistance. This study explores the effect of indigenous fish feeding behaviour on NIS proliferation using fouling communities, pre-grown settlement plates, as two distinct, representative models: one NIS-rich other areas outside with fewer NIS. These plates were mounted a Remote Video Foraging System (RVFS) near three Madeira Island. After 24-h,...
Macroalgal forests play a key role in shallow temperate rocky reefs worldwide, supporting communities with high productivity and providing several ecosystem services. Sea urchin grazing has been increasingly influencing spatial temporal variation algae distributions it become the main cause for loss of these habitats many coastal areas, causing phase shift from macroalgae to barren grounds. The low productive barrens often establish as alternative stable states only major reduction sea...
This Collective Article presents new information about the occurrence of 23 marine taxa that belong to five Phyla: two Chlorophyta, one Annelida, six Mollusca, three Arthropoda, eleven Chordata (one Ascidiacea, Elasmobranchii and nine Teleostei) extending from Western Mediterranean Levantine Sea. All these records were reported countries western eastern Sea, with a broad biogeographical coverage as follows: Spain: first sacoglossans Cyerce graeca Placida tardyi for Alboran Sea nudibranch...
Current trends in the global climate facilitate displacement of numerous marine species from their native distribution ranges to higher latitudes when facing warming conditions. In this work, we analyzed occurrences a circumtropical reef fish, spotfin burrfish, Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1958), Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic) between 1898 and 2021. addition available data sources, performed an online survey assess presence Archipelago, along with other relevant information, such...
Marine and anchialine caves host specialized faunal communities with a variable degree of endemism functional specialization. However, biodiversity assessments on this habitat are scarce, particularly in relation to small-sized cryptic fauna (such as amphipods), which often play key role benthic ecosystems. The present article compiles all records marine brackish-water amphipods inhabiting along the Mediterranean basin, combining information extracted from literature review newly acquired...
Coastal sprawl is among the main drivers of global degradation shallow marine ecosystems. Among artificial substrates, quarry rock can have faster recruitment benthic organisms than traditional concrete, which instead more versatile for construction. However, factors driving these differences are poorly understood. In this context, study was designed to compare intertidal and subtidal epibenthic assemblages on concrete basalt boulders in six locations Madeira Island (northeastern Atlantic,...