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Vindicating the biological and socioeconomic importance of coastal lagoons and ...
Marcos, Concepcion; Gamito, Sofia; Umgiesser, Georg; Perez-Ruzafa, AngelThe European Congress on Coastal Lagoons celebrates this year 2018 its fifteen years of existence. Its first edition, in November 2003 in Ferrara (Italy), under the slogan “The Influence of River Basin-Coastal Zone Interactions”, opened a series of actions and opportunities that have been consolidated in the biannual celebration of this meeting, the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation on Coastal Lagoo...
Phyto- and zooplankton dynamics in two ICOLLs from Southern Portugal
Gamito, Sofia; Coelho, Susana; Perez-Ruzafa, AngelFoz do Almargem and Salgados are two small, intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons (ICOLLs) located in the Portuguese southern coast, both remaining isolated from the sea throughout great part of the year. Based on environmental and biotic parameters, the first lagoon was classified as mesotrophic, with a greater marine influence, while the second one was classified as hypereutrophic. The plankton rel...
Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons
Newton, Alice; Brito, Ana C.; Icely, John; Derolez, Valerie; Clara, Ines; Angus, Stewart; Schernewski, Gerald; Inacio, Miguel; Lillebo, Ana I.The natural conservation of coastal lagoons is important not only for their ecological importance, but also because of the valuable ecosystem services they provide for human welfare and wellbeing. Coastal lagoons are shallow semi-enclosed systems that support important habitats such as wetlands, mangroves, salt-marshes and seagrass meadows, as well as a rich biodiversity. Coastal lagoons are also complex social...
A novel in situ system to evaluate the effect of high CO2 on photosynthesis and...
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Conservation physiology of marine fishes: state of the art and prospects for po...
McKenzie, David J.; Axelsson, Michael; Chabot, Denis; Claireaux, Guy; Cooke, Steven J.; Corner, Richard A.; De Boeck, Gudrun; Domenici, PaoloThe state of the art of research on the environmental physiology of marine fishes is reviewed from the perspective of how it can contribute to conservation of biodiversity and fishery resources. A major constraint to application of physiological knowledge for conservation of marine fishes is the limited knowledge base; international collaboration is needed to study the environmental physiology of a wider range ...
Small-scale genetic structure of Cerastoderma glaucum in a lagoonal environment...
Vergara-Chen, Carlos; Gonzalez-Wangueemert, Mercedes; Marcos, Concepcion; Perez-Ruzafa, AngelEnvironmental heterogeneity in coastal lagoons is expected to facilitate local adaptation in response to different ecological conditions, causing significant genetic structuring within lagoon populations at a small scale and also differentiation between lagoons. However, these patterns and processes of genetic structuring are still poorly understood. The aims of our study were (1) to seek genetic structure at a...
In two waters: contemporary evolution of lagoonal and marine white seabream (Di...
Gonzalez-Wangueemert, Mercedes; Perez-Ruzafa, AngelBrackish water ecosystems are often exposed to wide variations in environmental variables, including temperature and salinity, which may cause strong selective pressures on organisms modifying the genetic patterns of species. The aim of this work was to test whether there is a ‘divergence-with-gene flow’ in coastal lagoon populations of white seabream (Diplodus sargus) (Ria Formosa, S Portugal and Mar Menor, SE...
Genetic considerations on the introduction of farmed fish in marine protected a...
Gonzalez-Wangueemert, Mercedes; Fernandez, Tomas Vega; Perez-Ruzafa, Angel; Giacalone, Maximilian; D'Anna, Giovanni; Badalamenti, FabioHuman exploitation has drastically reduced the abundance and distribution of several marine fish and invertebrate populations through overfishing and habitat destruction. Restocking can potentially mitigate these impacts and help to reconstitute depleted stocks but genetic repercussions must be considered. In the present study, the degree of genetic similarity between white seabream (Diplodus sargus Linnaeus 17...
Phylogeographical history of the white seabream Diplodus sargus (Sparidae): Imp...
Gonzalez-Wangueemert, Mercedes; Froufe, Elsa; Perez-Ruzafa, Angel; Alexandrino, PauloPartial sequences of the mitochondrial control region and its comparison with previously published cytochrome b (cyt-b) and microsatellite data were used to investigate the influence of island isolation and connectivity on white seabream genetic structure. To achieve this, a total of 188 individuals from four island localities (Castellamare and Mallorca, Mediterranean Sea; Azores and Canary Islands, Atlantic Oc...
Genetic diversity and connectivity remain high in Holothuria polii (Delle Chiaj...
Vergara-Chen, Carlos; Gonzalez-Wangueemert, Mercedes; Marcos, Concepcion; Perez-Ruzafa, AngelCoastal lagoons represent habitats with widely heterogeneous environmental conditions, particularly as regards salinity and temperature,which fluctuate in both space and time. These characteristics suggest that physical and ecological factors could contribute to the genetic divergence among populations occurring in coastal lagoon and opencoast environments. This study investigates the genetic structure of Holot...