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Marine algal flora of Flores and Corvo Islands, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Parente, Manuela I.; Tittley, Ian; Fletcher, Robert L.; Farnham, William F.; Costa, Ana C.; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Monteiro, SandraBACKGROUND The algal flora of the western group of the Azores archipelago (Islands of Flores and Corvo) has attracted the interest of many researchers on numerous past occasions (such as Drouet 1866, Trelease 1897, Gain 1914, Schmidt 1929, Schmidt 1931, Azevedo et al. 1990, Fralick and Hehre 1990, Neto and Azevedo 1990, Neto and Baldwin 1990, Neto 1996, Neto 1997, Neto 1999, Tittley and Neto 1996, Tittley and N...
Marine algal flora of Santa Maria Island, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Parente, Manuela I.; Cacabelos, Eva; Costa, Ana C.; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Ballesteros, Enric; Monteiro, Sandra; Resendes, RobertoBACKGROUND: The algal flora of the Island of Santa Maria (eastern group of the Azores archipelago) has attracted interest of researchers on past occasions (Drouët 1866, Agardh 1870, Trelease 1897, Schmidt 1931, Ardré et al. 1974, Fralick and Hehre 1990, Neto et al. 1991, Morton and Britton 2000, Amen et al. 2005, Wallenstein and Neto 2006, Tittley et al. 2009, Wallenstein et al. 2009a, Wallenstein et al. 2010, ...
Marine algal flora of São Miguel Island, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Moreu, Ignacio; Rosas-Alquicira, Edgar; León-Cisneros, Karla; Cacabelos, Eva; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Micael, Joana; Costa, Ana C.BACKGROUND The macroalgal flora of the Island of São Miguel (eastern group of the Azores Archipelago) has attracted the interest of many researchers in the past, the first publications going back to the nineteenth century. Initial studies were mainly taxonomic, resulting in the publication of a checklist of the Azorean benthic marine algae. Later, the establishment of the University of the Azores on the Island ...
The Azorean edible abalone Haliotis tuberculata, an alternative heavy metal-fre...
Torres, Paulo; Rodrigues, Armindo; Prestes, Afonso L.; Neto, Ana I.; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Martins, Gustavo M.Abalones are considered a delicacy and exploited for food worldwide. In many places, overfishing has led to the decimation of wild stocks and many are now reared in aquaculture systems. In the Azores, there is no tradition of eating abalones and Haliotis tuberculata stocks are still virtually untouched. However, as tourism in the islands grows and the stocks of other shellfish diminish, there is an increasing p...
Marine algal (seaweed) flora of Terceira Island, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Prestes, Afonso L.; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Resendes, Roberto; Neto, Raul M. A.; Moreu, IgnacioBACKGROUND: As for many other Azorean Islands, the macroalgal flora of Terceira (belonging to the central group of the archipelago) is poorly known, the published information reflecting occasional collections of sporadic visitors to the island. In order to overcome this and contribute to improve the knowledge of Azorean macroalgal flora at both local and regional scales, a thorough investigation was conducted. ...
Marine algal flora of Pico Island, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Prestes, Afonso L.; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Resendes, Roberto; Neto, Raul M. A.; Tittley, Ian; Moreu, IgnacioBACKGROUND: The seaweed flora of Pico Island (central group of the Azores archipelago) has attracted interest of researchers on past occasions. Despite this, the macroalgal flora of the island cannot be considered well-known as published information reflects only occasional collections. To overcome this, a thorough investigation encompassing collections and presence data recording was undertaken. Research under...
Marine algal flora of Graciosa Island, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Parente, Manuela I.; Botelho, Andrea Z.; Prestes, Afonso; Resendes, Roberto; Afonso, Pedro; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Milla-Figueras, DavidBACKGROUND: The macroalgal flora of Graciosa (central group of Azores archipelago) is poorly known, with only 116 species recorded so far (authors personal data). The published information reflects occasional collections from sporadic field visits to the Island. To overcome this, a thorough investigation under the Expedition “GRACIOSA/2004”, the Campaigns “PADEL/2006”, “MACROBIOLMOL/2014” and “PIMA-BALA/2017” i...
Marine algal flora of Formigas Islets, Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Prestes, Afonso L.; Azevedo, José M. N.; Resendes, Roberto; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Neto, Raul M. A.; Moreu, IgnacioBACKGROUND: The oldest reference to marine life in Formigas Islets (oriental group of the Azores archipelago) goes back to the 16th century. Nevertheless, their macroalgal flora is poorly known, the published information mainly resulting from occasional collections of sporadic visitors. To overcome this and contribute to the knowledge of Azorean macroalgal flora at both local and regional scales, a thorough inv...
Nowhere safe? Exploring the influence of urbanization across mainland and insul...
Bertocci, Iacopo; Arenas, Francisco; Cacabelos, Eva; Martins, Gustavo M.; Seabra, Maria I.; Álvaro, Nuno V.; Fernandes, Joana N.; Gaião, RaquelDifferences in the structure and functioning of intensively urbanized vs. less human-affected systems are reported, but such evidence is available for amuch larger extent in terrestrial than in marine systems.Weexamined the hypotheses that (i) urbanization was associated to different patterns of variation of intertidal assemblages between urban and extra-urban environments; (ii) such patterns were consistent ac...
Crabs tell the difference : relating trace metal content with land use and land...
Álvaro, Nuno V.; Neto, Ana I.; Couto, Ruben P.; Azevedo, José M. N.; Rodrigues, ArmindoHeavy metal concentration in a given locality depends upon its natural characteristics and level of anthropogenic pressure. Volcanic sites have a different heavy metal footprint from agriculture soils and both differ from urban centres. Different animal species absorb heavy metals differently according to their feeding behaviour and physiology. Depending on the capability to accumulate heavy metals, some specie...