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Marine algal (seaweed) flora of Faial Island, Azores
Milla-Figueras, David; Neto, Ana I.; Tempera, F.; Moreu, Ignacio; Prestes, Afonso L.; Resendes, Roberto; Neto, Raul; Tittley, Ian; Afonso, PedroA comprehensive checklist of the marine flora from Faial Island, mid-north Atlantic, is still unavailable, despite the numerous works that gathered data around its coasts for over 150 years. This study brings together and harmonises all macroalgae collections and taxonomical records from multiple projects and teams over the last thirty years. The result is a list of taxonomic records and georeferenced species o...
New records of marine macroalgae for the Azores
Neto, Ana I.; Cacabelos, Eva; Prestes, Afonso L.; Díaz-Tapia, Pilar; Moreu, IgnacioThe present study adds 19 species (15 Rhodophyta, one Chlorophyta and three Ochrophyta) to the Azorean marine macroalgal flora, increasing the current total of species recorded in this region to 521 (349 Rhodophyta, 76 Chlorophyta and 96 Ochrophyta), and showing that this isolated island group supports a relatively rich marine macroalgal flora. Some species fall within their known overall distributional range, ...
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...
Macroalgae niche modelling : a two-step approach using remote sensing and in si...
Casas, Enrique; Fernandez, Marc; Gil, Artur José Freire; Yesson, Chris; Prestes, Afonso L.; Moreu‐Badia, Ignacio; Neto, Ana I.; Arbelo, ManuelWe are facing a global loss of biodiversity due to climate change. This will lead to unpredictable changes in ecosystems, affecting the goods and services they provide introduction of non-indigenous marine species. This represents one of the major threats to marine biodiversity and therefore, there is a strong need to assess, map and monitor these alien species. The appearance of non-indigenous species is espec...
Gastropods with different development modes respond differently to habitat frag...
Cacabelos, Eva; Neto, Ana I.; Martins, Gustavo M.The role of the human-made structures in coastal ecosystems can determine the spatial distribution or patterns of spatial abundances of marine organisms. To contribute to the understanding of linkages between different components of habitats (i.e. natural and artificial structures), we explored the role of type of larval development (planktotrophic vs. non-planktotrophic) on patterns of spatial variation of gas...
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, ...
Pleistocene coralline algal buildups on a mid-ocean rocky shore : Insights into...
Rebelo, Ana C.; Rasser, Michael; Ramalho, Ricardo S.; Johnson, Markes E.; Melo, Carlos S.; Uchman, Alfred; Quartau, Rui; Berning, Björn; Neto, Ana I.Located on the northern coast of Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, central North Atlantic), the Lagoinhas section preserves a carbonate buildup correlated with Marine Isotope Substage (MIS) 5e, the warmest interval of the Last Interglacial. The buildup is formed mainly by crustose coralline algae (CCA) identified as Spongites sp., and some subordinate crusts of Lithophyllum sp. and Neogoniolithon sp., as ...
Macaronesia as a Fruitful Arena for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Florencio, Margarita; Patiño, Jairo; Nogué, Sandra; Traveset, Anna; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Schaefer, Hanno; Amorim, Isabel R.; Arnedo, Miquel A.Research in Macaronesia has led to substantial advances in ecology, evolution and conservation biology. We review the scientific developments achieved in this region, and outline promising research avenues enhancing conservation. Some of these discoveries indicate that the Macaronesian flora and fauna are composed of rather young lineages, not Tertiary relicts, predominantly of European origin. Macaronesia also...
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 ...
Predicting the ecological impact of a recent range expansion in the structure o...
Martins, Gustavo M.; Prestes, Afonso L.; Faria, Joao; Neto, Ana I.Predicting the consequences of recent changes in species distributional ranges is paramount. The trochid Phorcus sauciatus has recently colonised the Azores and is the only intertidal trochid in these islands. In this study we used experimental mesocosms to examine whether its addition to the remainder of the intertidal assemblage of grazers composed of littorinids and patellids affects the structure of epilith...