The difficulty of detecting non-indigenous species (NIS) in marine environments is an “invisible problem” in areas where plankton monitoring does not occur. In this study, we investigated the dominance of the NIS Temora turbinata and copepod community structure in two tropical marine habitats: inside an offshore port, which had turbid and calm waters, and outside the port, which was more hydrodynamic. Our study...
The Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) has just started, and multiple stakeholders, including scientists, policymakers, civil society, funders, and the private sector will join transnational efforts to reverse the severe cycle of ocean biodiversity decline. This viewpoint article emphasizes goal number 14 that refers to the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, and w...
In early September 2019, dense crude oil began to wash the beaches of Brazil's tropical coast. Four months after the first report, the oil has already been found along >3000 km of the Brazilian coastline on >980 beaches and was recently observed along the Amazon coast, making this oil spill the most extensive and severe environmental disaster ever recorded in Brazilian history, in the South Atlantic basin, and ...
Most hard substrata, such as corals, are colonized by burrowing or encrusting organisms. Sipunculid worms are commonly observed burrowing in calcareous substrata, especially in coral skeletons or dead sections of living corals. The objective of the present study was to identify and quantify species of sipunculid worms associated with beds of branching fire coral (Millepora alcicornis) in a marine protected area...
The genus Millepora occurs worldwide throughout tropical seas as a regular component of coral reefs. Millepores are found in depths of less than 1m to about 40m. By providing substratum for sedentary organisms and food or shelter for mobile ones, living corals create a rich series of habitats for a large number of species. The objective of this work was to identify and quantify all the macrofauna found in Mille...
GARCIA, T. M. et al. A brief scenario of the estuarine mesozooplankton in Northeastern Brazil: a tool for conservation. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, Fortaleza, v. 47, n. 2, p. 94-103, dez. 2014.; The Brazilian coast stretches itself along the western Atlantic Ocean, covering 7,367 km, being sorted out into five sectors, three of which are located in the northeastern region. In these sectors, estuaries can be cl...
MOTA, E. M. T. et al. Distribuição e abundância do ictioplâncton na região do porto do Pecém, Estado do Ceará. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, Fortaleza, v. 47, n. 1, p. 38-44, jul. 2014.; The research on ichthyoplankton is of utmost relevance to fully understand the functioning of marine ecosystems. Although such studies are frequent in many regions of the planet, there is no information about the ichthyoplankton...
CAMPOS, C. C.; GARCIA, T. M.; FORTALEZA, M. T. V. Densidade larval de Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) e Goniopsis cruentata (Latreille, 1803) em um estuário semiárido, Estado do Ceará. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, Fortaleza, v. 49, n. 2, p. 77-83, ago./dez. 2016.; The estuarine zooplankton community is potentially limited by the currents, which can export these organisms to the marine environment. Brachyuran s...
GARCIA, T. M. Ecologia do mesozooplâncton de um estuário semiárido tropical. 2012. 107 f. Tese (doutorado em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais) - Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2012.; Estuary is a semi-closed coastal region, whose main characteristics are the constant mixing of fresh and salt water and the dominance of fine sediment that forms the mud banks. Among the organism...
GARCIA, Tatiane Martins. Macrofauna asssociada a MILLEPORA ALCICORNIS LINNAEUS, 1758 (CNIDARIA: HYDROZOA) em áreas sob diferentes níveis de influência do turismo subaquático na área de proteção ambiental estadual dos Recifes de Coral (RN). 2006. 110 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais) - Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2006.; Associated macrofauna in M...