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Recursos naturais e o papel da formação no desenvolvimento do ecoturismo nos Aç...
Ventura, Maria A.; Porteiro, J.; Moura, Mónica; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Costa, Ana Cristina; Vieira, Virgilio; Silva, LuísO arquipélago dos Açores é visto no panorama turístico internacional como um destino de turismo sustentável, em parte graças à certificação internacional que lhe foi atribuída em 2019. As suas paisagens terrestres e marinhas, são algo que deslumbra quem nos visita, muito por conta do seu património biológico e geológico. A riqueza em espécies endémicas da flora terrestre e a presença de espécies emblemáticas de...
Será a condição de sem-abrigo uma questão de escolha? Um estudo exploratório re...
Fernandes, Lídia; Fontes, Paulo Vitorino; Costa, Ana Cristina; Pestana Lages, Joana; Fernandes, Hélder RegoUma das questões críticas no debate público em torno da condição de sem-abrigo está associada à perceção, amplamente difundida na Europa, que a maior parte das pessoas que permanecem nesta condição o fazem por fatores de natureza compor tamental, do domínio da livre escolha. Argumenta-se que este facto, imputando a responsabilidade do problema no indivíduo, condiciona o debate, assim como as respostas sociais e...
Canyoning: uma atividade emergente de turismo de natureza com grande potencial ...
Botelho, Andrea Zita; Torres, Paulo; Costa, Ana Cristina; Ventura, Maria Anunciação; Silva, FranciscoA atividade de canyoning iniciou-se nos Açores em 2004, tendo vindo a ganhar cada vez mais expressão, consubstanciada num aumento do número de praticantes ao longo dos anos. As caraterísticas únicas deste território insular, e em particular o seu património natural, justificam a procura crescente da prática do canyoning nos Açores, com maior incidência nas ilhas de São Miguel, Flores e São Jorge. Esta atividade...
Expert knowledge-based co-development of scenarios for maritime spatial plannin...
Calado, Helena; Pegorelli, Camila; Vergílio, Marta H. S.; Hipólito, Cláudia; Campos, Aldino; Moniz, Fabiana; Costa, Ana Cristina; Silva, C. Pereira daScenarios constitute narratives or storylines that reasonably describe how the future is likely to unfold. The usefulness of scenarios in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is now recognised within policy and research, with many institutions urging the development of likely trajectories in the future state of the marine environment and space. However, little progress exists in the actual development and applicatio...
The non indigenous macroalgae’s hide-and-seek play
Parente, Manuela I.; Botelho, A.Z.; Micael, Joana; Torres, Raquel; Milla-Figueras, David; Gabriel, Daniela; Monteiro, João; Ballesteros, EnricABSTRACT: The colonization rate of Atlantic oceanic archipelagos by non-indigenous species of marine macroalgae has been shown to be higher than in continental locations. The NIS macroalgae list in the Azores that started to be compiled since the late eighties has been updated by data collected during the regional monitoring program of marine NIS. Under this program monitoring sites have been mainly located in ...
Barcoding non-indigenous macroalgae in the Azores
Santos, Rodolfo; Ferreira, Anastasija; Micael, Joana; Costa, Ana Cristina; Gil-Rodriguez, Maria; Machin, Maria; Gabriel, Daniela; Parente, Manuela I.ABSTRACT: Algae invasions in marine habitats represent a recognized worldwide threat to the integrity of native communities, to economy and even to human health. The em phasis of the present work is on non-indigenous marine macroalgae species in the Azores.
The ocean sampling day consortium
Kopf, Anna; Bicak, Mesude; Kottmann, Renzo; Schnetzer, Julia; Kostadinov, Ivaylo; Lehmann, Katja; Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio; Jeanthon, ChristianOcean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine microbial biodiversity and function of the world's oceans. It is a simultaneous global mega-sequencing campaign aiming to generate the largest standardized microbial data set in a single day. This will be achievable only through the coordinated effo...
Re-visiting Vila do Porto marina (Santa Maria, Azores archipelago)
Micael, Joana; Parente, Manuela I.; Gabriel, Daniela; Costa, Ana CristinaABSTRACT: Harbours and marinas are important places of introduction and spread of non-native organisms, due to local, regional and international shipping activities, both commercial and recreational. Moreover, marina infrastructures are an increasingly common form of artificial habitat, which is likely to increase the recruitment of organisms relative to natural shores. The association of marine wildlife with a...
The evolution of population distribution on the Iberian Peninsula: A transnatio...
Silveira, Luís Espinha da; Alves, Daniel; Painho, Marco; Costa, Ana Cristina; Alcântara, AnaSurpassing the national perspective usually adopted, the authors confirmed the existence of a pattern of population distri bution common to the whole Iberian Peninsula in the long run. This pattern is clearly associated with geographical factors. These variables seem to have more weight in explaining changes between 1877/78 and 1940 than in the period from 1940 to 2001. The obser vation of the cross-border regi...
The Evolution of Population Distribution on the Iberian Peninsula: A Transnatio...
Silveira, Luís Espinha da; Alves, Daniel; Painho, Marco; Costa, Ana Cristina; Alcântara, AnaSurpassing the national perspective usually adopted, the authors confirmed the existence of a pattern of population distribution common to the whole Iberian Peninsula in the long run. This pattern is clearly associated with geographical factors. These variables seem to have more weight in explaining changes between 1877/78 and 1940 than in the period from 1940 to 2001. The observation of the cross-border region...