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Beyond words: Outreach and science education for Generation Alpha
Gabriel, Daniela; Calado, HelenaIn the last decades, there has been an increase in science education out of the school grounds, as well as growing interactions between researchers and the general public in outreach actions. In this regard, it is important to turn science into something meaningful to the non-academic public, and even involve them in data collection. The communication of science to elementary and middle schoolers is becoming mo...
Octopus’s Garden – teaching to and learning from coastal workers and their fami...
Gabriel, DanielaABSTRACT: In the last decades, there has been an increase in science education outside of the school grounds, as well as growing interactions between researchers and the general public in outreach actions. In this regard, it is essential to turn science into something meaningful to the non-academic public and involve them in data collection. Coastal workers are valuable stakeholders who spend a lot of time obse...
Rhodoliths and their importance for macroalgal ecology and biodiversity in the ...
Fredericq, Suzanne; Krayesky-Self, Sherry; Sauvage, Thomas; Richards, Joseph; Kittle III, Ronald Paul; Gurgel, Carlos Frederico DeluquiUnderstanding the ecology and biodiversity of deep-water communities is a major challenge. In the NW Gulf of Mexico, unique deep bank habitats associated with salt domes occur at ~50-90m on the continental shelf offshore Louisiana and Texas. In these mesophotic rubble habitats rhodoliths are the main hard substrata for the attachment of macroalgae. Metabarcoding of environmental DNA using molecular markers for ...
A Rhapsody of new Red Algal Records in Thailand
Draisma, Stefano; Muangmai, Narongrit; Gabriel, DanielaABSTRACT: Recent explorations in Thai waters have resulted in the discovery of red algae that represents new records for the Thai seaweed flora, including species putatively new to science. Preliminary identifications are primarily based on newly generated DNA-sequence data (COI, rbcL, rDNA LSU, UPA) that were compared to genetic sequences in public databases and unpublished datasets. New genus records for Thai...
Alien Invasions: Quantifying the invasiveness risk of macroalgae in the Azores
Gabriel, Daniela; Martins, Beatriz; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Vilizzi, Lorenzo; Fredericq, SuzanneABSTRACT: The presence of aliens or non-indigenous species (NIS) is a known threat to biodiversity, health, and economy, so it is of high importance that their invasiveness risk be quantified. The mid-northern Atlantic archipelago of the Azores encompasses 30% of the European Union exclusive economic zone and is known to host a high proportion of marine NIS.
What can the Gulf of Mexico and Panama tell us about education and outreach?
Fredericq, Suzanne; Wysor, B.; Freshwater, D.W.; Krayesky-Self, S.; Collin, R.; Sauvage, Thomas; Richards, Joseph; Gabriel, Daniela; Arakaki, NataliaABSTRACT: A series of research grants funded by the National Science Foundation involved a major component about education and outreach as it pertained to marine algal diversity. These included comprehensive studies into 1) the diversity of the deep bank marine algae in the Gulf of Mexico (NSF Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories program) and the discovery of unsuspected eukaryotic life inhabiting rhodolith for...
Divertir-se a aprender : abordagem interativa na divulgação e educação científica
Gabriel, Daniela; Ferreira, A. Isabel; Calado, HelenaO que é um cientista? Como se faz investigação científica? Quais silo as diferenças entre os diferentes organismos? Onde encontramos esses diferentes organismos? Como os podemos ver em detalhe? Que detalhes devemos procurar? Ou ainda, quando falamos de algas. Quantos tipos de algas existem? Qual a importância das macroalgas marinhas? Que diferença faz. para a vida cotidiana, se as algas silo nativas ou introduz...
CRYPTO Project - What we found so far
Gabriel, Daniela; Fredericq, Suzanne; Teixeira, Carlos E. P.; Calado, HelenaABSTRACT: The presence of non-indigenous species (NIS) is one of the greatest threats to marine biodiversity, presenting potential impacts not only on biodiversity, but also on the economy and public health. When a species is not evidently native or introduced, it is referred to as cryptogenic, an occurrence with consequences for understanding biological invasions. The subregion Azores, with 30% of the EU exclu...
A New Crustose Species of Phymatolithon (Hapalidiales, Corallinophycidae) From ...
Kittle III, Ronald Paul; Richards, Joseph; Nguyen, A.; Gabriel, Daniela; Sauvage, Thomas; Schmidt, William E.; Fredericq, SuzannePhymatolithon is one of the most studied and ecologically important crustose coralline algae (CCA) because of their dominance in various marine ecosystems worldwide. The taxonomic history of the genus has been complex, and the genus has been revised multiple times on the basis of morphological and molecular analyses.
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...