annual report 2011 - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

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C E N T RO D E IN VE S T I GA Ç ÃO M ARI N H A E A MB I EN T A L
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGA RVE
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INDEX
G E N E R A L I N F OR M A T I ON
HO ST IN S TI TU TI ON S , 4
OB JE CT I VE S & A C HI EV E M EN TS , 4
Unit Description, 4
General Objectives, 5
Main Achievements during the year 2011, 6
ACT I V IT I ES, 7
Integrative/multidisciplinary activities during the year 2011, 8
Outreach activities during the year 2011, 8
FUN D IN G, 9
G EN E RAL I N D IC ATOR S, 9
RE S E ARCH E RS H IR ED, 9
T EC HN IC AL P E RS ON N EL H IR E D, 9
RE S E ARC H GROUP S
STRATEGIC PROJECT AD JUSTMENTS, 10
G RO U P D ES C RI PT IO N: R E S E A RC H OB J E C T I V E I - M A R I N E P RO C E S S E S , 11
RE S E ARCH T E A M, 12
FUN D IN G, SO URC E, DAT ES, 13
Funding, source, dates, 13
OBJ EC T I V ES & AC H I E V E M EN TS, 14
Objectives, 13
Main Achievements, 14
GRO UP P RO D UC T I VI T Y, 15
Publications in peer reviewed journals, 15
Other international publications, 16
International Congress Abstract, 16
Organization of Conferences, 17
Industry contact research, 17
Internationalization, 17
Other national publications, 18
Government/Organization contract research, 18
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G RO U P D E S C R I P T I O N : R E S E A RC H OB J E C T I V E I I - M A R I N E
M O R P H O S E D I M E N TA RY P R O C E S S E S
Objectives, 21
GRO UP P RO DUC T I VI T Y,
Ph.D. theses completed, 26
G RO U P D E S C R I P T I O N : R E S E A RC H OB J E C T I V E I I I - L A R G E S C A L E
GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES
Objectives, 30
GRO UP P RO DUC T I VI T Y, 33
G RO U P D E S C R I P T I O N : R E S E A RC H OB J E C T I V E I V - I M PA C T O F
E N V I RO N M E N TA L P R O C E S S E S
Objectives, 40
GRO UP P RO DUC T I VI T Y, 42
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Organization of conferences, 45
Industry contract research, 45
Government/Organization contract research, 45
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G E N E R A L I N F OR M A T I ON
Name of Research Unit: (MAR-Algarve-350),
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA)
Coordinator: Tomasz Boski
Main Scientific Domain: Ciências do Mar
H O S T I N S T I T U T I ON S
Leading Host Institution: Universidade do Algarve
OBJECTIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS
Unit Description
CIMA continues to be hosted and legally represented by the Universidade do Algarve and
operates mostly within the structure of the Faculty of Science and Technology. CIMA can be
seen as a long-term multidisciplinary initiative embracing several aspects of the Marine and
Environmental science, financed by the Portuguese Science Foundation within the framework of
the 2-year strategic project OE/MAR/UI0350/2011. The management of the Centre's current
affairs is handled by the general coordinator and the secretary who work in close collaboration
with the Coordination Commission, which meets once a month. Coordination involved a
multitasking approach, whose most important aspects were: financial administration, laboratory
space and common equipment administration, competitions for projects and grants, design of a
new web page, organization of scientific and open audience events and the relations of CIMA
with the media and society in general . For broader discussions of strategic planning, admission
of new members and evaluation of research productivity, 4 quarterly meetings of the Scientific
Commission, involving all PhD members, were organized.
Internal scientific discussion and information exchange were promoted during 17 CIMA
Advanced Seminars that were organized throughout the past year.
The CIMA Coordinator represented the Centre in regular meetings of the University Research
Council (UAIC), which was created to set the institutional strategy for R&D activities.
CIMA’s facilities consist of ca 1100 m2 of laboratory space at the Universidade do Algarve
Campus de Gambelas. The facilities of the centre include: toxicology, geochemistry,
sedimentology, mineralogy, microbiology, environmental technology and computer laboratories
and storage facilities situated in the main Campus in Faro – Gambelas. CIMA owns a remotely
operated multisensor buoy in Guadiana Estuary, providing real time physico-chemical
characterization of estuarine water which is available through the open web service. A wide range
of equipment for field and on-board acquisition of samples and data is available and readily
deployable.
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General Objectives
CIMA general objectives are typically set for a 5-6 year period and include 4 key areas : I research , II – advanced training , III - production of digital applications, and IV - expert
services.
I. RESEARCH
Research associated with academic training and capacity building is our principal aim. It is
organized around 4 broad Research Objectives (RO’s) briefly described below:
1) MARINE PROCESSES
Physical description of the dynamics of coastal waters off Southern Iberia, combined with their
chemical characterization, is fundamental to the accurate assessment of primary productivity and
transfer phenomena in this study area. CIMA’s approach to these phenomena is based on
modelling, analyses and observations, both in situ and remote.
2) MARINE MORPHOSEDIMENTARY PROCESSES
The study of Marine Morphosedimentary Processes focuses on identification and quantitative
analyses of the processes shaping the forms and/or position of continental shelves and coasts
along the S. Iberian margin. For the purpose of ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management),
data from various disciplines are brought together in an integrative, model-based approach. As
of the next year of activity, this Integrative Research area will be constitute the 5th RO of the
Centre
3) INTERPRETATION OF LARGE SCALE GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND THEIR
LOCAL RECORD
This thematic objective embraces geophysical, geochemical and geological approach to the
processes acting within the lithosphere, climatic system and marine sedimentary environment.
Our approach is based on modelling and the interpretation of sedimentary records/proxies. The
time-scale of the modelled/interpreted processes is very broad.
4) IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Physical and chemical drivers of natural and anthropogenically induced change have profound
effects on the quality of human life. Measurement of the extent of different pressures, their
indexation, their effects and remediation are pivotal for assessing these effects.
II. ADVANCED TRAINING
A hands-on policy in academic training is actively implemented by CIMA. Consequently a
substantial part of our research was carried out by young researchers enrolled in several 2nd- and
3rd-level academic level programs, both international and local.
The post-doctoral fellow hosting programme at CIMA completes our educational offer,
providing assistance to already independent researchers whose interests coincide with CIMA's
research objectives.
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III. PRODUCTION OF DIGITAL APPLICATIONS AND BOOKS AVAILABLE AT NO
COST TO A GENERAL AUDIENCE
CIMA is committed to delivering the results of published research to a general audience in
several forms, including educational applications, decision support tools and web services
IV. EXPERT SERVICES
It is our policy to offer survey experience, methodological development and quality analyses in
the form of expert services, model predictions, field surveys and analytical services to the public
and private sectors. This is done via service exchange or on fully financial terms.
Main Achievements during the year of 2011
The year 2011 brought further improvement in terms of overall of scientific productivity, with 66
SCI-listed papers and start-up of 8 newly approved R&D projects. Our research was carried out
at the European level through the FP7 MICORE project, while the FP6 SPICOSA project was
very successfully concluded with the delivery of web-based Storm Early Warning System (EWS)
and GUADEX digital decision-support tool. FP7 MARINA project continued and European
Space Agency (ESA) Contract Nº 21464/08/I-OL “Technical Assistance for the Validation of
MERIS- Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Marine Products at Portuguese Oceanic and
Coastal Sites” was extended. In terms of internationally published articles, CIMA Objective IV
(Impacts of Environmental Change) and Objective II (Marine Morphosedimentary Processes)
had the highest productivity. More specific achievements are described with the reports of the 4
Research Objectives.
Academic research collaboration on an international level was strengthened by launching the
International Campus of Excellence in Marine Science (CEIMAR) with the Spanish universities
and led by Cadiz University. The collaboration with other Andalusian universities yielded very
promising results in ecotoxicology, sea-level change, coastal dynamics and geochemistry. The
intensive collaboration with Brazilian universities in Santa Catarina (UFSC), Paraná (UFPR) São
Paulo (USP), Ceará (UFC) and Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) was continued. Dr. Alice Newton
continued as chairperson of the LOICZ initiative. The ERASMUS MUNDUS, PhD MACOMA
program, in which CIMA participates as a core member, recruited the first group of 10
individuals of which 2-3 will carry out their research at CIMA. A new ERASMUS MUNDUS,
MSc program, WACOMA – Water and Coastal Management – was approved for the next 4-year
period.
CIMA’s young researchers performed very well on the international scene. Rita Branco
Domingues won the Fluviário de Mora award for young researcher of the year for her
publication "Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in the freshwater tidal zone of a turbid,
Mediterranean estuary", published Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Helena Guimarães was
distinguished for the best presentation relating a systemic approach to ICZM (Guadiana Estuary)
during the International Symposium on ICZM in Arendal, Norway.
Collaboration with other R&D centres within the University of the Algarve – CIEO and CIAC –
was extended and the 2nd joint research colloquium "Portuguese Southern Margin - Processes
and Equilibria" was organized in November 2011 and attended by the majority of CIMA’s
members and associates. These 3 Centres launched jointly an independent NGO - "only4search"
with the aim of facilitating financial administration of events, consultancy contracts and other
activities, which cannot be efficiently handled by the University administration.
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CIMA acquired an independent server and designed, with its own means, a new CIMA-net,
which is now hosting a completely new website and project databases accessible through the ftp
channel. Due to the size and complexity these services, designed for the research community and
the general public, the system is undergoing re-design and improvements after its launch in
December 2011.
ACTIVITIES
Integrative/multidisciplinary activities during the year of 2011
The year 2011 brought continuation to the successful initiatives which, contributed in previous
years to raising the public and scientific profile of the Centre. The following are our research and
development highlights in Marine and Coastal Sciences:
a) It was realized that in order to be a genuine process and not only a promotional/declarative
exercise, the integration of scientific domains must be implemented through a common language
for describing the studied objects and processes that is understood by the intervening research
groups and stakeholders. High-level system description, through conceptual modelling based on
observation, followed by completely formalized process-oriented and behavioural-object oriented
modelling, was the approach pursued. This sequential approach was followed explicitly in several
of our research projects. The most emblematic examples were EU FP6 "SPICOSA", FP7
"MICORE" and FCT "EVEDUS" projects.
b) Fostering a multidisciplinary approach was carried out, as in previous years, through the CIMA
Advanced Seminars programme. The seminars were instigated by the Post-doc fellows of CIMA
and included presentations by CIMA staff members and visiting scientists. During 2011, 17
sessions were organized, attracting audiences of 20-30 persons and frequently provoking a lively
debate.
c) CIMA has been active in opening pathways for effective collaboration, by encouraging the
interchange of technical know-how and sharing the Centre’s resources, laboratories, library,
equipment and secretarial support. CIMA’s successful project proposals all integrate researchers
and technicians from at least two of the ROs, promoting interdisciplinary communication.
Researchers from various groups make regular use of CIMA’s X-Ray Diffractometer,
SIMPATICO multisensory buoy, freeze-drying facility, microscopes, GPS and instruments
available through the external consortia agreement, e.g. Ground Penetrating Radar (Oporto
University), Lidar Scanner (UFRN – Brasil) and Electron Scanning Microscope (UHU – Spain).
d) Three research centres of the Universidade do Algarve – CIMA, CIAC (Centro de
Investigação em Artes e Comunicações) and CIEO (Centro de Investigação Sobre o Espaço e as
Organizações) organized, for the second time, in November 2011, a colloquium "Portuguese
Southern Margin - Processes and Equilibria", which focused on interdisciplinary approaches to
common territorial targets. The colloquium was attended by more than 100 participants and
widely publicised in the media.
e) Several of CIMA’s projects which started effectively in 2011 actively involve archaeologists
and historians, namely researchers from the Nucleo de Arqueologia e Paleoecologia (UALG) and
CEPESE (Centre for the Study of Population, Economy and Society) in Oporto. These
initiatives demonstrate that CIMA is keeping pace with current scientific recognition that human
activities had a significant environment impact on a much longer time-scale that was previously
thought, i.e. throughout millennia before the present.
f) The study and application of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) was approached in
many ways by the 4 Research Objectives. It has progressively become an activity that best shows
the capacity of CIMA’s members to collaborate on a common ground. ICZM found its best
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expression in the final deliverables 2 EU projects which concluded in 2011: MICORE and
SPICOSA.
Outreach activities during the year 2011
Our policy of maintaining close links with society and with the educational sector in particular
was reinforced during 2011. We made CIMA’s achievements, know how and facilities accessible
to a wider audience through several major initiatives:
a) CIMA laboratories received, on a regular basis, students from secondary schools for a handson initiation to research. Several fieldwork sessions/open-air classes in the Ria Formosa and
around the Miocene cliffs of the Central Algarve were organized in spring and autumn in close
collaboration with the teachers. Students from Loulé Secondary School developed a number of
experiments and observations within “Sands for Students” and “Biomorfologia” – joint projects
with CIMA led by Dr. Delminda Moura. The centre promoted another, V Meeting of
Geoscience Teachers in Albufeira. 3 keynote speeches were delivered during this 2-day
conference.
b) For the sake of better perception of the context and aims of the research activities carried out
in the framework of CIMA’s four RO’s – Research Objectives, all groups declared their scientific
challenges in form of “emblems”. Each emblem consists of a challenging question, the answers
obtained through research and questions that remain to be answered. The 15 emblems were
presented in form of posters for the first time, during the Portuguese Sea Symposium in
December 2011 at the Universidade do Algarve. Subsequently they were displayed at the Life
Science Centre in Tavira and also incorporated into the new CIMA website. The latter was
completely re-designed with the new functionalities enabling a fast retrieval of information about
four types of CIMA activities and more importantly, about the territorial targets which are
studied within our projects.
c) Participation in regional events promoting marine and environmental activities. Every year
CIMA has a stand at annual fairs like EXPOMAR (Olhão). Leading researchers presented their
speeches on a number of topics like Algarve Offshore Hydrocarbon Potential, Regional Coastal
Risks, etc. Once more CIMA’s displays were very successful and attracted wide public interest,
esspecially the miniature models of physical phenomena and geological features like internal
waves, coastal aquifers, luminescent sands, coastal barriers and live microscope identification of
microfauna and minerals in marine sediments.
d) New versions of multimedia applications for education. GUADID 2.0, CIMA’s educational
Macromedia-Flash application designed to support natural science teaching at secondary-school
level and ecology teaching at undergraduate level, was expanded by the inclusion of the
GUADEX module. Thus, besides its educational function, GUADID became an important
support tool for decision-making in the coastal zone of the Guadiana Estuary. The application,
which was officially launched during the public Guadiana Forum in June 2010, was further
improved in 2011 and includes a new sedimentary dynamics module.
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FUNDING
Units FCT
Projects FCT
Other (National)
Other
(International)
National Industry
International
Industry
2007
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
2008
209.361,07
191.158,51
16.467,00
431.686,53
2009
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
2010
101.818,24
354.151,50
238.363,09
193.341,28
2011
40.259,68
269.954,84
47.054,25
42.570,00
Total
311.179,31
545.310,01
254.830,09
625.027,81
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
87.800,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
87.800,00
0,00
0,00
848.673,11
0,00
975.474,11
0,00
1.824.147,22
G E N E R A L I N D I C A TO R S
No. of Researchers Hired (Ciência Programme)
No. of Researchers integrated with PhD
Training PhDs (PhD thesis completed)
2011
3
33
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R E S E A RC H E R S H I R E D
Name
Maria Angela Pereira Serafim
Natasa Atanasova
Simon Edward Connor
Start Date
End Date
01-10-2011
01-10-2011
01-11-2011
30-09-2012
30-09-2012
31-10-2012
TECHNICAL PERSONNEL HIRED
Name
Margarida da Conceição Pereira Ramires
Zélia Maria Rodrigues Coelho
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Start Date
End Date
31-12-2011
31-12-2011
31-12-2012
31-12-2012
R E S E A RC H G RO U P S
Reference
Title / Principal Investigator
RG-Algarve-350-2320
Research Objective
I - Marine Processes
Alexandra Maria Francisco Cravo
RG-Algarve-350-2321
Research Objective
II - Marine Morphosedimentary Processes
Oscar Manuel Fernandes Cerveira Ferreira
RG-Algarve-350-2324
Research objective
III - Large Scale Geological Processes
Paulo Manuel Carvalho Fernandes
RG-Algarve-350-2325
Research Objective
IV - Impact of Environmental Processes
Maria Joao Anunciação Franco Bebianno
ST R AT EG I C PROJ E C T A D JU ST M ENT S
The scientific productivity of the Centre was superior to that foreseen in the 2011 plan in terms
of the principal indicator, which is the number of peer-reviewed international articles. CIMA
actually produced 66 papers instead of the 40 that were planned. Several PhD theses were slightly
delayed, so, instead of being presented in 2011 (2), they will be presented in 2012. Therefore at
the present moment there is no need to change/adapt the execution details of the project.
However, delays in the transfer of funds oblige us to adjust the original proposal during 2012.
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G ROU P D E S C R I P T I ON
Title of Research Group: (RG-Algarve-350-2320)
Principal Investigator: Alexandra Maria Francisco Cravo
Main Scientific Domain: Ciências do Mar Group
Host Institution: Universidade do Algarve
Research Objective I - Marine Processes
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R E S E A RC H T E A M
Equipa de Investigação (Membros Integrados)
- Ana Maria Branco Barbosa
- Anna Zacharioudaki
- Cátia Carina de Almeida Guerra
- Cátia Sofa da Conceição Luís
- Flavio Augusto Bastos da Cruz Martins
- Helena Maria Leitão Demigné Galvão
- João Miguel Leitão Janeiro
- Joao Vicente Madeira Lopes
- John David Icely
- José Inácio Jesus Rodrigues
- José Luís Almaguer Argaín
- José Manuel Quintela de Brito Jacob
- Lilian Anne Krug
- Luis Manuel Zambujal Chicharo
- Maria Filomena Pedragosa Simoes Rita
- Mauro Jorge Guerreiro Figueiredo
- Miguel Jorge Nascimento de Almeida Fernandes Madureira
- Mónica Sofia Soares Rosa
- Natasa Atanasova
- Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues
- Sara Isabel Fernandes Cardeira
- Sergei Danchenko
- Tânia Sofia Coelho Andrade Dias Damião
- Telma Cristina Teixeira Valente
- Zélia Maria Rodrigues Coelho
Equipa de Investigação (Membros Colaboradores)
- Manuel Seixas Afonso Dias
- Paulo José Relvas Almeida
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F U N D I N G , S OU RC E , DA T E S
Funding, source, dates
(ECOTOX). FCT Ref. PTDC/AAC-AMB/103547/2008. Duration: 3 years, starting date 1 June
2010. Total amount: 199.000,00.
PHYTOCLIMA. FCT Ref. PTDC/AAC-CLI/114512/2009. Duration: 3 years, starting date 1
April 2011. Total amount : 134.800,00
PHYTORIA. FCT Ref.: PTDC/MAR/114380/2009. Duration: 3 years, starting date 1 March
2011. Total amount: 136.336 €.
Whole-system metabolism and CO2 fluxes in a coastal lagoon. FCT Ref. PTDC/AACCLI/103348/2008. Duration: 3 years, starting date 1 March 2010. Total amount: 199.256 €/
CIMA: 48.644 €.
COALA . F.C.T., Ref. PTDC/MAR/114217/2009. (2011-2014) Budget (Total/UALG-CIMA):
103.868€/89.029€
EU FP7-2008-RTD-1 ARGOMARINE) Start date: 01/09/2009. End date: 31/08/2012
(Total/UALG-CIMA): 217.720,00 €.
EDWARD - FCT Ref. PTDC/CTE-ATM/122501/2010. Start data March 2012. Total funding
of the project: 14000 Eur
Objectives
Within the 3 currently implemented tasks, RO I objectives may be defined as follows:
a) Models and measurements of transfer phenomena in the ocean and atmosphere
• To develop different techniques in operational modeling of the ocean and the coastal
zone and to integrate those techniques into a completely functional system.
• To develop a new method for estimating of friction velocity in the convective boundary
layer (CBL)
• To explore in detail a drag enhancement mechanism in which the mountain waves are
amplified by the presence of an atmospheric Scorer parameter that oscillates with height
• To develop techniques that improve the physical modeling of estuaries and coastal
lagoons.
b) Chemical dynamics in the ocean
• To reach the quantitative balance in mass exchanges of nutrients, chlorophyll a and
suspended solids across the main inlets of the Ria Formosa
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• To characterise oceanographic processes in upwelling zones and in particular seatruthing of ocean colour remote-sensing data
c) Marine microbial dynamics and foodwebs
• To analyse the effects of climatic and local anthropogenic alterations in planktonic
microbial communities, ecosystem functioning and connectivity (Ria Formosa Lagoon and
Algarve coast).
• To assess phytoplankton variability patterns off South-Western Iberia during a 15-year
period (1998-2012) using satellite imagery, to identify relevant environmental drivers
underlying phytoplankton variability at different time scales (event-scale, seasonal, and
interannual), and biogeochemical sub-regions, and to investigate if phytoplankton variability
patterns can be used to predict climate change in the study area. This area shows a high level
of mesoscale variability, including open ocean areas, submarine seamounts, and coastal areas
influenced by estuarine and coastal lagoon outflow, by the Canary Current upwelling system,
and by local weaker upwelling. This spatial heterogeneity will allow the investigation of
phytoplankton regulation under different environmental forcings.
• To assess the impact of the construction of the Alqueva dam and freshwater water flow
on phytoplankton and bacterial dynamics (standing stock, productivity and diversity), in the
Guadiana estuary based on long-term data series (1997-2010).
• To determine changes in trophic state and eutrophication trends in the Guadiana River
using microbial processes (e.g. primary and secondary production, bacterial respiration) as
well as other ecological indicators (e.g. chlorophyll, dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved
oxygen, suspended particulate material).
• To assess the risk of toxic cyanobacterial blooms and associated cyanotoxins
(microcystins) in the upper Guadiana estuary within the perspective of freshwater flow
management and biodegradation pathways.
• To define physical and chemical optima for the reproduction and life of diatoms in
estuaries in order to produce sea-level transfer functions.
Main Achievements
a) Models and measurements of transfer phenomena in the ocean and atmosphere
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A new operational modeling system was developed integrating the simulation of ocean
currents, waves and the fate of oil spills, with successive downscales to allow its application in
coastal regions. In 2011 the several components of the system were merged and are working
together for the first time. Also user friendly tools have been developed to allow the use of the
system by accident managers and by the general public.
• A new method for the estimation of friction velocity (u*) in the convective boundary
layer (CBL) has been developed, based on the Monin Obukhov similarity theory and on the
concept of minimum friction velocity in the free convection limit. Comparisons between the
theoretical, the numerical and experimental results show a considerable improvement in the
behaviour of the theoretical model when friction velocity is calculated using the method
proposed. This work was presented at “XIV Congreso Latino-Americano e Ibérico de
Meteorologia” and very soon will be submitted to the Bound. Layer Met. Journal.
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b) Chemical dynamics in the ocean
• Multiparametric measurements during full tidal cycles were achieved in Summer 2011 at
Faro bridge in Ancão channel and at Faro West and in Autumn at the 3 most import inlets of the
Ria Formosa. Several parameters, along with current velocity, were measured every hour. The
inlets proved to be very dynamic pathways supplying the coastal area with nutrients.
• Validation of the MERIS sensor on the ESA ENVISAT satellite at sites off Sagres: this
project has now been extended until the end of 2012.
c) Marine microbial dynamics and foodwebs
• During 2011, the marine microbiology group published three papers in international
peer-reviewed journals, a book chapter, and presented one oral and three poster communications
in international conferences. Additionally, Rita Domingues received the Young Scientist Award
by Fluviário de Mora.
• A series of new diatom species were discovered in the surfacial sediments of Guadiana
Estuary and are currently being described in phylogenetic and molecular terms.
G ROU P P ROD U C T I V I T Y
Publications in peer review Journals
Domingues RB, AB Barbosa, U Sommer, HM Galvão (2011) Ammonium, nitrate and
phytoplankton interactions in a freshwater tidal estuarine zone: potential effects of cultural
eutrophication. Aquatic Sciences 73: 331-343 (doi: 10.1007/s00027-011-0180-0).
Domingues RB, TP Anselmo, AB Barbosa, U Sommer, HM Galvão (2011) Light as a driver of
phytoplankton growth and production in the freshwater tidal zone of a turbid estuary. Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science 91: 526-535 (doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.008).
Domingues RB, TP Anselmo, AB Barbosa, U Sommer, HM Galvão (2011) Nutrient limitation of
phytoplankton in the freshwater tidal zone of a turbid, Mediterranean estuary. Estuarine, Coastal
and Shelf Science 91: 282-297 (doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.033).
Weissbach, A., Rudström, A.M., Olofsson, M., Béchemin, C., Icely,J., Newton,A., Tillmann, U.,
Legrand,C. 2011. Microbial food web interactions in the presence of allelochemicals from the
dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense. Limnology and Oceanography 56, 899-909. doi:
10.4319/lo.56.3-0899
Brito,A.C., Brotas,W., Caetano,M., Coutinho,T.P., Bordalo,A.A., Icely,J., Neto, J.M., Serôdio,J.,
Moita,T. 2011. Defining phytoplankton class boundaries in Portuguese transitional waters: An
evalutation of the ecological quality status according to the water Framework Directive.
Ecological Indicators. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.025
Newton, A., Carruthers, T., Icely, J. 2011. The coastal syndromes and hotspots on the coast.
Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.012
Volf, G., Atanasova, N., Kompare, B., Precali, R., and Ožanic, N. 2011. Descriptive and
prediction models of phytoplankton in the northern Adriatic, Ecological Modelling, Volume 222,
Issue 14, 24 July 2011, Pages 2502-2511.
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Other international publications
Book chapters
Galvão, H, M Reis, R Domingues, S Caetano, A Barbosa, S Mesquita, C Costa, C Vilchez, M
Ribau-Teixeira, 2011. Ecological tools for the management of cyanobacteria blooms in the
Guadiana River watershed, Southwest Iberia. In: Studies on Water Management Issues, Eds.: M.
Kumarasamy, InTech Publishers, 159-192 pp. (ISBN 978-953-307-961-5)
International congress abstracts
Barbosa AB, RB Domingues, CC Guerra, HM Galvão. “Seasonal and interannual dynamics of
phytoplankton in a mesotidal coastal lagoon: unravelling the effects of climate change and localhuman influences”, 12th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Rostock, Germany, 28
August – 2 September 2011 (poster).
Domingues RB, AB Barbosa, U Sommer, HM Galvão. “Environmental drivers of phytoplankton
in a turbid estuary: nutrient vs. light limitation”, 5th European Phycological Congress, Rhodes,
Greece, 4-9 September 2011 (poster).
Galvão HM, RB Domingues, AB Barbosa, CC Guerra. Ecological tools for the management of
cyanobacteria blooms in the Guadiana River watershed, Southwest Iberia. 12th Symposium on
Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Rostock–Warnemünde, Germany, 28th August – 2nd September
2011 (oral communication).
Guerra CC, RB Domingues, AB Barbosa, HM Galvão. “Effects of temperature, light and
nutrients on phytoplankton composition and growth in a mesotidal coastal lagoon”. 12th
Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Rostock, Germany, 28 August – 2 September 2011
(poster).
Janeiro, J., Martins, F., Zacharioudaki, A., 2011, Oil Spill forecasting tools integrated in an early
detection and monitoring system for the Tuscany Archipelago. Poster Session presented at
European Geosciences Union 2011 Assembly, Vienna 4 - 8 April 2011.
Škerjanec, M. and Atanasova N., 2011. Development of knowledge library for integrated
watershed modelling. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 03 – 08 April 2011.
Vienna,
Austria.
Geophys.
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(Online),
2011.
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http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/EGU2011-6043-3.pdf.
Volf, G. Atanasova, N., Kompare, B., Ožanić, N. Modelling Nutrient Loads to Northern Adriatic
Sea. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 03 – 08 April 2011. Vienna, Austria.
Geophys. res. abstr. (Online), 2011. 13.
Čerepnalkoski, D., Taškova, K., Todorovski, L., Atanasova, N., Džeroski, S. Influence of
parameter fitting methods on model structure selection in automated modeling of aquatic
ecosystems. V: JORDÁN, Ferenc (ur.), SCOTTI, Marco (ur.), LENCIONI, Valeria (ur.). ECEM
2011, 7th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, 30 May - 2 June 2011, Trento, Italy.
Ecological hierarchy from the genes to the biosphere : book of abstracts.
Taškova, K., Šilc, J., Atanasova, N., Džeroski, S. Parameter identification in a nonlinear dynamic
model of an aquatic ecosystem with a metaheuristic optimization approach. In: JORDÁN,
Ferenc (ur.), SCOTTI, Marco (ur.), LENCIONI, Valeria (ur.). ECEM 2011, 7th European
Conference on Ecological Modelling, 30 May - 2 June 2011, Trento, Italy. Ecological hierarchy
from the genes to the biosphere : book of abstracts.
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Skerjanec, M., Gal, G., and Atanasova, N. Studying physical forcing of food web interactions
using WEKA software. In: JORDÁN, Ferenc (ur.), SCOTTI, Marco (ur.), LENCIONI, Valeria
(ur.). ECEM 2011, 7th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, 30 May - 2 June 2011,
Trento, Italy. Ecological hierarchy from the genes to the biosphere : book of abstracts.
Ben-Hamadou, R., Skerjanec, M., Cerepnalkoski, D., Atanasova, N., Leitão, F., Chicharo, M. A.,
Morales, J., Sempere, F., Kompare, B., Dzeroski, S., Chicharo, L. Spatial integrated modelling for
assessing EQS of transitional ecosystems. In: JORDÁN, Ferenc (ur.), SCOTTI, Marco (ur.),
LENCIONI, Valeria (ur.). ECEM 2011, 7th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, 30
May - 2 June 2011, Trento, Italy. Ecological hierarchy from the genes to the biosphere : book of
abstracts.
Organization of conferences
KnowSeas Workshop, IMAR, Sagres, Portugal, 16th-22nd June 2011 (Organised by Icely,J. &
Newton,A.)
“Final design of methodology and tools for scaling marine ecosystems, assessing past and
current trends, and estimating future trends.”
University of Ulster, Northern ireland, Marine Science Field School at Sagres, 8th-9th April 2011
(Organized by J. Icely)
Industry contract research
2009-onging: European Space Agency (ESA) for Contract Nº 21464/08/I-OL “Technical
Assistance for the Validation of MERIS- Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Marine
Products at Portuguese Oceanic and Coastal Sites”
John Icely 2008-Ongoing: Consultant and partner with Finistera Lda on “long-line” aquaculture
for bivalves at Sagres. 10 long-lines currently installed with initial production expected in 2012 .
2011 Collaboration with Longline Ltd for development of a model for bivalve aquaculture off
Sagres.
Internationalization
Collaboration with different international partners in the framework of EU funded project
“Marine Renewable Integrated Application Platform” (MARINA).
Collaboration with Prof Ulli Sommer (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the ChristianAlbrechts Universität zu Kiel, Germany) in the framework of FCT (Portugal) funded project
“Environmental regulation of phytoplankton in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon” (PHYTORIA).
Collaboration with Profs Trevor Platt and Shubha Sathyendranath (Plymouth Marine Laboratory,
United Kingdon) in the framework of FCT (Portugal) funded project “Remote sensing of
phytoplankton variability patterns off South-Western Iberia: a sentinel for climate change?”
(PHYTOCLIMA).
Collaborative publication with international partners (Domingues et al 2011a, b, c).
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Participation in international thematic networks: ICES Working Group on Phytoplankton and
Microbial Ecology (WGPME).
Other National Publications
Alves, M. , Cravo, A., Jacob, J. (2011). Variabilidade temporal de parâmetros físico-químicos
medidos no estuário do Guadiana por uma bóia instrumentada. Conferência sobre Morfologia
Estuarina e Costeira, LNEC, Lisboa, 3 e 4 de Fevereiro de 2011
Government/Organization contract research
John Icely
2006-Ongoing: Consultant on the management of the stalk barnacle fishery along the Cape Saint
Vincent to the Junta de Freguesia de Vila do Bispo and the Associação de Marisqueiros de Vila
do Bispo, Algarve, Portugal.
2010 Ongoing: Consultant to Administração de Região Hidrográfico (ARH) on the
Implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
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G RO U P D E S C R I P T I O N
Principal Investigator: Oscar Manuel Fernandes Cerveira Ferreira
Research Objective II - Marine Morphosedimentary Processes
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Ana Margarida de Almeida Matias
Ana Rita Zarcos Carrasco
Anabela Rodrigues Oliveira da Costa
André Miguel Duarte Pacheco
Carlos Manuel Silva Loureiro Alves Ferreira
Erwan GAREL
Francisca Manuel Prudêncio Rosa
Isabel Maria de Paiva Pinto Mendes
João Manuel Alveirinho Dias
João Pedro Salvé-Rainha Horta
Mara Lúcia Duarte Nunes
Margarida da Conceição Pereira Ramires
Maria Margarida Tarrio Agreiro Bezerra
Oscar Manuel Fernandes Cerveira Ferreira
Selma Maria Henriques Gabriel
Maria Sofia Júdice Gamito Pires
FCT Grants
Ana M. A. Matias: Post-doc
Carlos M. S. L.A. Ferreira: PhD
Francisca M. P. Rosa: PhD
Isabel Mendes: Post-doc
Mara L. D. Nunes: PhD
Selma Gabriel: PhD
Funded Projects
BARDEX II: 7th FP I (RII3-CT-2006-022441); Start: Nov. 2011; End: July 2013; Budget
345.000 €;
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OBJECTIVES & ACHIEVEMENT S
Objectives
a) Shelf sedimentary dynamics
Understand the relationship between living benthic foraminiferal species distribution and their
related environmental parameters (e.g. water depth, sediment type, river outflow) on the northern
Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf.
To access the regional impact of climate change, sea-level oscillations and the more recent
anthropogenic activities in the Guadiana River basin by determining the Holocene evolution of
the Guadiana middle-shelf mud-body in relation to river flow and sediment supply variations.
b) Coastal dynamics
Develop early-warning systems for storm-induced coastal hazards and to define thresholds for
coastal hazards (e.g., overwash, shoreline retreat). To accurately predict overwash occurrence and
in-depth knowledge of overwash hydraulics and sediment transport on gravel and sandy barriers.
Understand the short- to long-term consequences of engineering works on the behaviour of tidal
inlet systems. To understand the morphodynamic evolution of fetch-limited coastal backbarriers
and its relationship with the main forcing mechanisms.
Quantify the role of shore platforms and sandy beaches on coastal cliff protection and to
understand the relationships between beaches and cliffs and the erosive-constructive processes
involved.
Identify and characterize morphodynamic processes that drive spatial and temporally nonhomogenous morphological response of embayed beaches.
To define the tide propagation, energy dissipation, the main circulation and sediment transport
patterns in coastal lagoons and estuaries.
Understand the role of Spartina maritima and Sarcocornia fruticosa on trace metals retention,
and characterize the bacteriobenthos diversity in the surface of different sediment environments
in coastal lagoon systems.
c) Science and policy integration for ICZM
Develop standardized protocols for environmental monitoring at Marine Renewable Energy
projects.
Determine storminess changes and storm impacts at European level and to contribute to future
coastal management improvement by establishing new methodological approaches on coastal
management related with storm impacts.
Establish a formal framework for systematic description and simulation of coastal natural
landscape units in order to create decision-support tools.
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Main Achievements
a) Shelf sedimentary dynamics
The distribution of living benthic foraminifera and their relationship with physical and chemical
parameters was defined for the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. The Holocene
distribution and evolution of benthic foraminifera assemblages, and of oxygen and carbon
isotopes, was determined along the Guadiana middle shelf mud body.
b) Coastal dynamics
Storminess changes have been analysed at European level and no general tendency for
storminess change was found for the last 50 years, based on more than 50 different indicators in
12 different countries. Along the Portuguese southern coast, although a 7-8 year cyclicity was
found (alternation of higher and lower energy winters), there was no evidence of storminess
change for the last six decades.
Storm thresholds for coastal erosion and overwash have been defined for Praia de Faro as well as
a generic approach that can be applied elsewhere. The X-Beach model was intensively tested and
used to reproduce storm erosion at Praia de Faro. An Early Warning System for storm erosion
and overwash was developed, tested and demonstrated at Praia de Faro.
A methodological framework to access the long-term stability of single- and multiple-inlet
systems was created and successfully applied to the Ria Formosa case study. Factors that can
contribute to the equilibrium and stability of multiple inlet systems were defined based on both
historical and present-day hydrodynamic data.
In order to define overwash threshold condition, Overwash Potential was defined as the
difference between the wave run-up and the barrier crest elevation. Following laboratory tests
using 12 run-up equations, the best predictor of run-up was identified, based in quantified criteria
of accuracy and precision.
Wave-energy propagation (increasing or decreasing) along the intertidal shore platform was
observed and characterised for different wave conditions. The complex behavior of wave
travelling along a shore platform was described as a function of wave energy, direction and tide.
The impact of extreme events in the erosion of cliffed coastlines was analysed for both
magnitude and frequency, and the enhancement by coastal development was demonstrated,
based on high-frequency field monitoring.
The morphodynamic evolution of very fetch-limited coastal environments was set for different
timescales, ranging from days to decades. A generic framework was developed for flood hazard
assessment and management of fetch-limited coastal environments.
Numerical models (e.g. SWAN) and statistical techniques (e.g. EOF) were implemented to
characterize and explore nearshore wave forcing and morphological response of embayed
beaches under energetic and moderate conditions. The conditions for development and
enhanced action of megarips in high-energy embayed beaches were defined.
The exchanges of sediment (as bed and suspended loads) between the Guadiana Estuary and the
ocean were evaluated at tidal to annual time-scales. Hydrodynamic and tidal data from several
places within the Ria Formosa have been acquired and analysed to improve knowledge of water
circulation in these systems.
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Spartina maritima and Sarcocornia fruticosa trace-metal retention was studied and characterized,
both in space and time. The bacteriobenthic biodiversity in the surface of different sediment
environments in Ria Formosa was characterised.
c) Science and policy integration for ICZM
An inventory of the potential environmental impacts produced by marine renewable energy
platforms (wave converters, wind farms, tidal turbines) was produced.
Guidelines have been prepared in order to use surface floating-based stations for environmental
long-term continuous monitoring of current and water quality in estuaries.
Policies to minimize storm impacts on European coastlines have been established as a
consequence of the results of the MICORE project. The early-warning system developed
includes Coastal Storm Indicators, action measures and monitoring that help in the prevention of
coastal damage. Civil protection measurements have also been developed for storm action.
The methodology of systemic analysis developed within the SPICOSA project was successfully
applied in a new location, Terceira Island in the Azores
Almeida L. P.; Ferreira O.; Pacheco A., 2011. Thresholds for morphological changes on an
exposed sandy beach as a function of wave height, EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND
LANDFORMS, 36 (4), 523-532.
Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó., Taborda, R., 2011. Geoprocessing tool to model beach erosion due
to storms: application to Faro beach (Portugal). JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI64,
1830-1834.
Almeida L. P.; Ferreira O.; Vousdoukas M. I.; Dodet, G., 2011. Historical variation and trends in
storminess along the Portuguese South Coast, NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM
SCIENCES, 11 (9), 2407Baptista P.; Cunha T.; Bernardes C.; Gama, C., Ferreira, Ó., Dias, J.A., 2011. A Precise and
Efficient Methodology to Analyse the Shoreline Displacement Rate, JOURNAL OF COASTAL
RESEARCH, 27 (2), 223-232
Baptista Paulo; Cunha Telmo R.; Matias Ana; Gama Cristina; Bernardes Cristina; Ferreira Óscar,
2011. New land-based method for surveying sandy shores and extracting DEMs: the INSHORE
system, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, 182 (1-4), 243-257
Bezerra, M., Ferreira, Ó., Pacheco, A., Freitas. M.C., Pires, R., Andrade, C., Taborda, R., 2011.
Stages in the evolution of an ephemeral tidal inlet immediately after artificial opening. JOURNAL
OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI64, 1453-1456.
Bezerra Maria M.; Moura Delminda; Ferreira Oscar, Taborda Rui, 2011. Influence of Wave
Action and Lithology on Sea Cliff Mass Movements in Central Algarve Coast, Portugal.
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 27 (6A), 162-171
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Carrasco, A.R., Ferreira, Ó., Matias, A., Freire, P., Dias, J.A., 2011. Backbarrier evolution at a
medium-term scale. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI64, 175-179.
Carrasco A. R.; Ferreira O.; Matias A.; Pacheco, A., Freire, P., 2011. Short-Term Sediment
Transport at a Backbarrier Beach, JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 27 (6), 1076-1084
Ciavola Paolo; Ferreira Oscar; Haerens Piet; Van Koningsveld, Mark, 2011. Storm impacts along
European coastlines. Part 1: The joint effort of the MICORE and ConHaz Projects,
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 14 (7), 912-923
Ciavola Paolo; Ferreira Oscar; Haerens Piet; Van Koningsveld, Mark; Armaroli, Clara, 2011.
Storm impacts along European coastlines. Part 2: lessons learned from the MICORE project,
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 14 (7), 924-933
Garel, E., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Monitoring estuaries using non-permanent stations: practical aspects
and data examples, OCEAN DYNAMICS, 61 (7), 891-902.
Garel, E., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Effects of the Alqueva Dam on Sediment Fluxes at the Mouth of
the Guadiana Estuary. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI 64, 1505-1509.
Gómez-Pujol, L., Jackson, D.W.T., Cooper, J.A.G., Malvarez, G., Navas, F., Loureiro, C., Smyth,
T.A., 2011. Spatial and temporal patterns of sediment activation depth on a high-energy
mesotidal beach. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI 64, 85-89.
Guimarães, M., Sousa C. , Garcia T. , Dentinho T., Boski T., 2011. The value of improved water
quality in Guadiana estuary—a transborder application of contingent valuation methodology.
LETTERS IN SPATIAL AND RESOURCE SCIENCES, 4, 31-48.
Matias, A., Masselink, G., Turner, I.L., Williams, J.J., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Detailed analysis of
overwash on a gravel barrier. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI64, 10-14.
Moura, D., Gabriel, S., Jacob, J., 2011. Coastal Morphology along the Central Algarve rocky
Coast: Driver Mechanisms. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 790-794.
Moura D.; Gabriel S.; Ramos-Pereira A.; Neves, M; Trindade, J; Viegas, J; Veiga-Pires, C,
Ferreira, O; Matias, A; Jacob, J; Boski, T; Santana, P., 2011. Downwearing rates on shore
platforms of different calcareous lithotypes, MARINE GEOLOGY, 286 (1-4), 112-116.
Nunes M.; Ferreira O.; Loureiro C.; Baily B., 2011. Beach and cliff retreat induced by storm
groups at Forte Novo, Algarve (Portugal). JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI64, 795799.
Pacheco A.; Ferreira O.; Williams J. J., 2011. Long-term morphological impacts of the opening
of a new inlet on a multiple inlet system, EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND
LANDFORMS, 36 (13), 1726-1735
Pacheco A.; Williams J. J.; Ferreira O.; Garel, E, Reynolds, S., 2011. Applicability of sediment
transport models to evaluate medium term evolution of tidal inlet systems. ESTUARINE
COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 95 (1), 119-134
Pires, A.R., Freitas, M.C., Andrade, C., Taborda, R., Ramos, R., Pacheco, A., Ferreira, Ó.,
Bezerra, M., Cruces, A., 2011. Morphodynamics of an ephemeral tidal inlet during a life cycle
(Santo André Lagoon, SW Portugal). JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, SI64, 1565-1569.
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Rosa, F.; Dias J. A.; Mendes I.; Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Mid to late Holocene constraints for
continental shelf mud deposition in association with river input: the Guadiana Mud Patch (SW
Iberia), GEO-MARINE LETTERS , 31 (2), 109-121
Vousdoukas, M.I., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Modelling storm-induced beach
morphological change in a meso-tidal, reflective beach using Xbeach. JOURNAL OF COASTAL
RESEARCH, SI64, 1916-1920.
Vousdoukas M.; Ferreira P.; Almeida L.; Dodet, G; Psaros, F; Andriolo, U; Taborda, R; Silva,
AN; Ruano, A; Ferreira, O., 2011. Performance of intertidal topography video monitoring of a
meso-tidal reflective beach in South Portugal, OCEAN DYNAMICS, 61 (10), 1521-1540.
Zacarias, D. A.; Williams, A. T.; Newton, A.(2011). Recreation carrying capacity estimations to
support beach management at Praia de Faro, Portugal. Applied Geography 3, 1075-1081.
Books and book chapters
João Pais, Pedro Cunha, Diamantino Pereira, Paulo Legoinha, Rúben Dias, Delminda Moura,
José Carlos Kullberg, António Brum da Silveira, J. A. González-Delgado (2011). The Paleogene
and Neogene in Western Iberia (Portugal). A relevant Cenozoic record of the eastern north
Atlantic margin, In: J. Pais (Ed.), Springer-Verlag (Publs), 164 p.
Gil, F.S. and Guimarães, H. M., 2011. Avaliação de atitudes e valores de agentes de
desenvolvimento regional. Metodologia Q. Compêndio de Economia Regional, vol II: Métodos e
técnicas de análise regional. . D. T. Silva Costa J, Nijkamp P (Eds.) Coimbra, Principia, II: 643662.
Papers in conference proceedings
Achab, M., Dias, J.A., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Impact des opérations de rechargement en sables
marins sur la dynamique des côtes sableuses du système lagunaire de Ria Formosa (Sud –
Portugal). In Bayed A. (ed.). Sandy beaches and coastal zone management – Proceedings of the
Fifth International Symposium on Sandy Beaches, Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Rabat, série
générale, 2011, n°6, 99-100.
Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Morphodynamic impact of inlet relocation to The updrift coast: Ancão
peninsula (Ria Formosa, Portugal). Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011. J.D. Rosati, P. Wang,
T.M. Roberts (Eds.). World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, vol. 1, 497-504.
Fontán, A., Alcántara-Carrió, J., Barranco Ojeda, A., Rey Díaz de Rada, J., Pacheco, A., Montoya,
I., Rey Salgado, J. and Peña, M. A. Análisis Morfológico Integrado de las Dunas, Playas y
Plataforma Submarina (Maspalomas, Gran Canaria). Actas de las VI Jornadas de Geomorfología
Litoral, Tarragona 2011.
Infantini, L., Moura, D., Bicho, N., 2011. SIG tools on the submerged landscapes study, Baía de
Armação de Pêra (Algarve). Conference. Environmental Change and Human Interaction in the
Western Atlantic Facade. Coimbra, 28-29.
Loureiro, C., Ferreira, Ó., Cooper, J.A.G., Morphological change and morphodynamics at highenergy embayed beaches in southwestern Portugal. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011. J.D.
Rosati, P. Wang, T.M. Roberts (Eds.). World Scientific Publishing, Singapore. Vol. 2, 1375-1389.
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Moura, D., Gabriel, S., Gomes, A., 2011. Mean sea level vs. coastline. IV Jornadas do
Quaternário-1st International Conference. Environmental Change and Human Interaction in the
Western Atlantic Facade. Coimbra, 31.
Paula, D.,Dias, J.A., Ferreira, Ó., Morais, J.O., Guerra, R., 2011. Impacto de ressacas do mar ao
longo do litoral de Fortaleza-Ceará (Brasil). Simpósio Internacional de Climatologia.
Paula, D., Dias, J.A., Ferreira, Ó., Almeida, L., Morais, J., 2011. Determinação dos limiares para
impactos socioambientais em função das ressacas do mar em Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
COLACMAR.
Moreira da Silva, P.N., Duarte, D.N.R., Caetano, M., Vasconcelos, M.T. (2011) Metals
Distribution and Availability at Ria Formosa Lagoon. The Role of Halophytes.5thEurolag –
European Coastal Lagoons Symposium. Coastal Lagoons in a Changing Environment:
Understanding, Evaluating and Responding. University of Aveiro, p152.
Moreira da Silva, M., Carvalho, P.N., Chícharo, L., Duarte, D.N.R., Caetano, M., Vasconcelos,
M.T. (2011) Priority substances in a SW European coastal lagoon - Ria Formosa, Portugal.
Twenty years of temporal evolution of metals and butyltins.5thEurolag – European Coastal
Lagoons Symposium. Coastal Lagoons in a Changing Environment: Understanding, Evaluating
and Responding. University of Aveiro, p156.
Duarte, D.N.R.; Blanton, J.O.; Moreira da Silva, M.; Ferreira, Ó.; Reis, M.P.; Leitão, F.; Neves,
P.A.; Fernandes, F.; Santana, P. and Metelo, N.R. (2011) MaréFormosa Project - Tidal
propagation and energy dissipation in the Ria Formosa Coastal Lagoon system
(Portugal).5thEurolag – European Coastal Lagoons Symposium. Coastal Lagoons in a Changing
Environment: Understanding, Evaluating and Responding. University of Aveiro, p95.
Jose Jacob, A Cravo, J. Luis, DNR Duarte, M. Madureira, F. Rita, M. Rodrigues, A. Fortunato, A.
Oliveira, S. Cardeira, M. Rosa. (2011) The COALA Project: nutrients and particulate matter
exchanges between Ria Formosa Coastal Lagoon and the ocean through a multiple inlet system.
5thEurolag – European Coastal Lagoons Symposium. Coastal Lagoons in a Changing
Environment: Understanding, Evaluating and Responding. University of Aveiro, p99.
Ph.D. thesis completed
André Duarte Pacheco. " Hydrodynamic and Sediment Fluxes through the Inlets of the Ria
Formosa", PhD in Marine Sciences (Physical Oceanography), University of Algarve, January
2011.
The team is closely working with several other European teams, namely trough FP7 research
projects, such as MARINA (19 teams from Europe) and MICORE (16 teams from Europe) on
the analysis of coastal storm impacts and development of early warning systems.
Formal networking : Red CYTED: Desarrollo de metodologías, indicadores ambientales y
programas para la evaluación ambiental integral y la restauración de ecosistemas degradados
(2010-2013); SPLASHCOS- COST Action TD0902- Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and
Landscapes of the Continental Shelf. European Science Foundation (2009-2012).
PhD theses are prepared with increased mobility and inter-university exchange, e.g. with the
University of Szczecin (Poland), Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) and Ulster (N. Ireland) for the
study of cliff stability and sediment dynamics in pocket beaches.
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The above links are reflected in the scientific production - one third of the papers in peer review
journals being jointly produced with researchers from international institutions.
Collaboration with Northern Arizona University, for the purpose of dating by amino acid
racemisation.
Collaboration was established with the project Barcoding Molecular database of Foraminifera
coordinated by University of Geneva,
Collaboration with the Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir (Spain), in the
project Sediment Dynamics of Maspalomas Beach and El Inglés Beach, Gran Canaria (Spain)
Collaboration with the University of Plymouth (U.K.), the University of New South Wales
(Australia), the University of Ferrara (Italy) in the analysis of overwash data.
Collaboration with the Centre for Coastal and Marine Research of the University of Ulster (UK),
focused on beach morphodynamics, and extended to detailed field studies on depth of
disturbance and 3D airflow over dune blowouts.
Collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and University of Fortaleza (Brazil) on
the analysis of coastal and marine processes and management approaches.
Other National Publications
Didier, E., Ferreira, Ó., Matias, A., Neves, M.G., Reis, M.T., Pacheco, A. (2011).
Desenvolvimento e validação de um modelo smoothed particle hydrodinamics para aplicação a
estruturas costeiras. 7as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia Costeira e Portuária, Porto,
Portugal.
Fortes, C.J., Ferreira, Ó., Silva, P., Sancho, F.,Neves, D., Rocha, M., Moura, T., Pinheiro, L.,
Capitão, R., Didier, E., Neves, M.G., Okamoto, T., Bezerra, M., Abreu, T. (2011). Rebentação
das ondas e o transporte de sedimentos. O projecto BRISA. 7as Jornadas Portuguesas de
Engenharia Costeira e Portuária, Porto, Portugal.
Loureiro, C., Ferreira, Ó., Cooper, J.A.G., 2011. Variation in morphodynamic behaviour modes
of embayed beaches.Abstractsof Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Costeira e Estuarina. LNEC,
Lisboa, 3p. (in CD-ROM)
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G RO U P D E S C R I P T I O N
Principal Investigator: Paulo Manuel Carvalho Fernandes
Research objective III - Large Scale Geological Processes
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Ana Isabel de Sousa Horta Dias Gomes
Anabela Rodrigues Oliveira da Costa
Bruno Miguel Gregório Rodrigues
Carlos Alexandre Mendes da Silva de Sousa
Cristina Carvalho Veiga-Pires
Delminda Maria Jesus Moura
Deonilde Sarita Graça Camacho Encarnação
Duarte Nuno Ramos Duarte
Gilda Maria Rodrigues Lopes
Hélder Filipe Trindade Madeira
Hélder José Rodrigues Pereira
Inês Burnay Alves do Rio
Isabel Maria de Paiva Pinto Mendes
Jaime Miguel Costa Aníbal
João Manuel Alveirinho Dias
João Pedro Guerreiro Araújo
João Pedro Salvé-Rainha Horta
José Inácio Jesus Rodrigues
Laura de Fátima da Cruz Pereira
Liliana Faia Carvalho
Manuela Maria Cavaco Viegas
Maria Helena Marques Enes Guimarães
Marisa Eugénia Nogueira Borges
Nuno André Ramos Simões
Patricio Serendero
Paulo Jorge Gonçalves Santana
Paulo Manuel Carvalho Fernandes
Pedro Miguel Gonçalves Lima Cascada
Renato Filipe Vidal Santos
Ruwan Sampath Dissanayake Mudiyanselage
Sandra Domingues Gomes
Selma Maria Henriques Gabriel
Simon Edward Connor
Tomasz Boski
Vasco Gonçalo Alves Esteves de Matos
- Ana Alexandra Guerreiro dos Santos
- Cristina Maria Almeida Bernardes
- Fung Dia Kin
- João Eduardo Brandão de Azevedo Pereira Pinto
- Joaquim Manuel Freire Luis
- Lopo António Ferreira Trigoso de Sousa e Vasconcelos
- Maria da Conceicao Lopes Videira Louro Neves
- Pawel Terefenko
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PhD Grants
Gilda Lopes: FCT Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD/48534/2008,
Marisa Eugénia Nogueira Borges: FCT Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD/40428/2007
Bruno Rodrigues: FCT Ph.D grant SFRH/BD/62213/2009
Ana Isabel de Sousa Horta Dias Gomes, FCT Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD/62405/2009
Ruwan Sampath Dissanayake: FCT Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD / 70747 / 2010
Post-Doc grants
Isabel Maria de Paiva Mendes: FCT Post-Doc grant SFRH/BPD/72869/2010
Reserch projects
Hydrocarbon Source Rock Potential of the Algarve Basin; PTDC/CTE-GEX/72694/2006,
from January 2009 to December 2011t: 75.000,00 €.
CIRCO: FCT PTDC/CLI/66393/2006; From June 2008 to November 2011; 155.225,00 €.
“NITROLINKS – FCT PTDC/MAR/70247/2006, 2009–2012. 193 099 €
"SIPCLIP FCT(PTDC/AAC-CLI/100916/2008), 2010-2013 ~183804 €
EU POCTEP – RISE- “GUADHOL2008-2010 110,000 €
FCT (PTDC/AAC-CLI/108518/2008) project SWIRL 15-02-2010 – 14-02-2013. 93,494€
FCT PTDC/CLI/68488/2006 project “EVEDUS” - 2008-2011; 154,000 €
FCT PTDC/CTE-GIX/112236/2009 project "SIHER" - 2011 -2013: 100,000 €
CAPES (Brasil) – FCT bilateral project “AMEFEL” _2010 – 2011. 15,000 €
Objectives
The principal aims of RO III can be divided into 3 associated tasks:
a) Sea-level and climate change
- Reconstruction of the post-glacial evolution of SW Iberia regional climate, including the forest
fire history from the analysis of pollen records in lagoonal/wetland sediments
- Reconstruction of the South Western Iberia regional palaeoclimatic conditions from the last 20
to 120 kyrs based on speleothem records from the region’s karst caves
- Quantification of pollen production in Mediterranean ecosystems of Southern Portugal.
- Comparison of interglacial deposits with modern analogues using palynological techniques.
- Definition of a curve for sea-level rise for the S. Iberian continental margin encompassing the
last 14000 yrs, as recorded in estuarine sedimentary records, and modelling of the process of sealevel rise.
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-Definition of a curve for sea-level rise for the Brazilian continental margin, prior to Holocene
stabilization, as recorded in estuarine sedimentary records
-Development of paleoecological interpretations of the Late Quaternary transitional land-sea
sedimentary environments through the parallel study of diatom and foraminifera assemblages
- Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental changes in the northern Gulf of Cadiz and northern
Alboran Sea, at different temporal scales, resulting from climatic changes, sea-level variations,
and anthropogenic impact in the context of the North Atlantic
- Investigation of Early Paleozoic global climate changes indicated by the carbon isotope record
and palynomorphs - its causes and mechanisms.
b) Origins and long-term transformation of organic matter in sedimentary basins
- Dinoflagellate cyst studies and palynofacies analysis to characterize palynomorph types present
in non-oxidized palynological residues, in order to characterise the palaeoenvironments of both
the sedimentary realms and the provenance areas of sedimentary organic matter.
- Carbon and oxygen isotope stratigraphy (high resolution δ13C and δ18O values) of
undolomitized micrites
- Improvement of the Ordovician and Silurian stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Iberian
Massif in the surroundings of Gondwana by means of acritarchs and other fossil groups
- Reconstruction of the burial and exhumation history of the South Portuguese Zone and the
Algarve Basin using vitrinite reflectance and low temperature thermochronometers such as
Apatite fission tracks and U-Th/He.
c) Biogeochemical processes in sediment water exchange and the fate of organic matter
- Characterisation of continental groundwater discharge through the coastal sea-bed and their
contribution to nutrient fluxes into the Ria Formosa, based on the use of actinides, namely
Radium and Radon.
Main Achievements
a) Sea-level and climate change
- Pollen analysis of interglacial deposits in the Santo André area, Alentejo region, showing the
presence of deciduous and evergreen woodlands of probable Eemian age (120,000 years).
- Production of the first global database of pollen-based palaeoclimate estimates for use in
climate modelling.
- First quantitative analysis of fossilized microscopic charcoal in Holocene sediments from
Portugal, indicating a strong link between fire and vegetation changes.
- Enrichment of the University of the Algarve’s pollen reference collection to more than 200
species.
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- Development of a Holocene vegetation history for the Santo André area, Alentejo region,
highlighting the role of sea-level change on coastal vegetation development.
- Collection of a full year of pollen monitoring data at monthly resolution from 13 sites in the
Algarve and Alentejo regions.
- Retrieval of sediment cores from lakes in the Serra da Estrela, Beira Littoral and Setubal
Peninsula for use in developing quantitative pollen-climate transfer functions
- Conclusion of microfaunal and geochronological description of the deepest borehole (CM6)
drilled in the Guadiana Estuary sediments, which places spatial and temporal constraints on the
sea-level rise model for the area
- First public presentation of sea level reconstruction in NE Brazilian Margin based on Potengo
Estuary drillings and multiproxy interpretation of the sediment cores
- Quantitative determination of coastal progradation rates in Santa Catarina, S. Brazil, based on
dating of podzol sequences developed in coastal barriers.
- A regional sea-level curve for the last 14 kyr in Gulf of Cadiz, together with Holocene
reconstruction of the Guadiana Shelf and model-based reconstruction of infilling of Guadiana
Estuary, were accomplished
- Natural and human-induced Holocene paleoenvironmental changes, on the northern Gulf of
Cadiz continental shelf were defined and benthic foraminifera were validated as Holocene
paleoenvironmental indicators in the continental shelf off the Guadiana River
- Several new species of diatoms were discovered in the sediments of the Guadiana Estuary (see
also RO I) and will further improve the robustness of sea-level change reconstructions
b) Origins and long-term transformation of organic matter in sedimentary basins
- First chemostratigraphic curve of δ13Corg from the Silurian rocks of the Ossa Morena Zone
in the Barrancos region, showing three main isotopic excursions related to Silurian climatic
events (Lau, Mulde and Ireviken), of which one, indicate by δ13Corg, matches the Lundgreni
event of graptolites extinction;
- The Formation Ribeira located in the Buçaco Syncline was dated by acritarchs as Hirnancian,
Upper Ordovician;
- Identification of well preserved, reworked palynomorphs, ranging in age from Upper
Cambrian to Upper Devonian, in the Mississippian marine sediments of the Toca da Moura
Complex in the Ossa Morena Zone.
- Assessment of the palaeogeography and palaeooceanography of the Algarve Basin during
Middle Jurassic times by dinoflagellate cysts.
c) Biogeochemical processes in sediment water exchange and the fate of organic matter
- The third year of field campaigns of NITROLINKS project allowed the contribution of
submarine groundwater to Ria Formosa’s nutrient fluxes to be substantiated, linking the passage
of inorganic nutrients to the food web.
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Bartlein, P.J., Harrison, S.P., Brewer, S., Connor, S., Gajewski, K., Harrison-Prentice, T.I.,
Henderson, A., Peyron, O., Prentice, I.C., Seppa, H., Scholze, M., Shuman, B., Sugita, S.,
Thompson, R.S., Viau, A., Williams, J., Wu, H. 2011. Pollen-based continental climate
reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: a global synthesis. Climate Dynamics 37: 775-802.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0904-1
Borges, Marisa E. N., Riding, J. B., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z., (2011). The Jurassic (Pliensbachian
to Oxfordian) palynology of the Algarve Basin and the Carrapateira outlier, southern Portugal.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 163 (3-4): 190-204.
Delgado, J., Barba-Brioso C., Nieto J., M., Boski T., (2011). Speciation and ecological risk of
toxic elements in estuarine sediments affected by multiple anthropogenic contributions
(Guadiana saltmarshes, SW Iberian Peninsula): I. Surficial sediments. Science of the Total
Environment 409, 3666-3679.
Dissanayake, Sampath, Boski, Tomasz., Flavio Martins, Carlos Sousa, Francisco Pinheiro Lima
Filho, Francisco H. Bezerra, 2011. Forecasting and hindcasting long-term morphological
evolution of the estuaries and lagoons in response to the sea-level rise, Journal of Coastal
Research, SI 64, 691-695
Gomes, S.D. 2011. Contributions to the European Pollen Database 13: Lake Saloio (Nazaré,
western Portugal). Grana, 50: 228-231.
Rosa, F., Dias, J.A., Mendes, I., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Continental shelf evolution in association with
river inputs: Tracing Holocene environmental changes offshore Guadiana River (SW Iberia).
Geo-Marine Letters 31, 109-121.
Sampath, D.M.R., Boski , T., Silva P.L., Martins F.A., 2011. Morphological evolution of the lower
Guadiana estuary and its intertidal zone in response to the projected sea level rise and sediment
supply reduction scenarios. Journal of Quaternary Science 26(2), 156-170. . DOI:
10.1002/jqs.1434.
Araújo, J., Gomes, S. and Connor, S. 2011. Pollen trapping in thermo-Mediterranean vegetation:
preliminary results from Southern Portugal. In: A. Poska, I. Pidek and K. Kihno (eds.) Pollen
Monitoring Programme 8th International Meeting (20-22 May 2011) Volume of Abstracts, Tartu
University, Tartu, p. 8.
Araújo, J., Gomes, S. and Connor, S. 2011. Pollen–vegetation relationships in SW Iberia:
preliminary results and implications for Quaternary research. Abstract 3356, Session 42,
International Quaternary Association Congress, University of Bern, Switzerland, 21-27 July 2011.
Borges, M.; Goodhue, R.; Fernandes, P.; Pereira, Z.; Matos, V.; Rodrigues, B., (2011).
δ13Ccarbonate chemostratigraphy of the Carrapateira Outlier (Lower Kimmeridgian), Southern
Portugal. Abstracts of Goldschmidt Conference – Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 75 (3), p. 554.
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Borges, M.; Riding, J. B.; Fernandes, P.; Pereira, Z., (2011). Jurassic palynostratigraphy of the
Algarve Basin and the Carrapateira Outlier, Southern Portugal. Abstracts of the 44th AASP
Meeting, Southampton.
Borges, M.; Riding, J. B.; Fernandes, P.; Pereira, Z.; Matos, V., (2011). New palynological data
from the Ruivo-1 and Corvina wells, offshore Algarve Basin, Portugal – implications for future
hydrocarbon exploration. Abstracts of the 44th AASP Meeting, Southampton.
Boski T, Delgado J., Nieto J.M , Perreira, L. Moura, D., Santana, P. (2011). SW Iberia Sea-level
Rise and Anthropogenic activities inferred from the postglacial sedimentary infill of Guadiana
Estuary. Book of Abstracts The second joint IGCP 588/INQUA 1001 meeting in Bangkok 28th
November 2011 3rd December 2011 , p1.
Boski T, Angulo, R.., Souza, M.C., , Knicker H.,. Gonzalez Vila, F., J.. (2011). Holocene
Progradation rates along the N. Santa Catarina Coast. Book of Abstracts The second joint IGCP
588/INQUA 1001 meeting in Bangkok 28th November 2011 3rd December 2011 , p1.
Connor, S., Ross, S., Sobotkova, A. and Iliev, I. 2011. Vegetation of the Thracian Plain before,
during and after the adoption of agriculture. Abstract 2780, Session 101, International
Quaternary Association Congress, University of Bern, Switzerland, 21-27 July 2011.
Connor, S., Sjögren, P. and van der Knaap, W.O. 2011. How can absolute pollen productivity
estimates help reconstruct past vegetation? In: A. Poska, I. Pidek and K. Kihno (eds.) Pollen
Monitoring Programme 8th International Meeting (20-22 May 2011) Volume of Abstracts, Tartu
University, Tartu, p. 10.
Connor, S.E. 2011. A Promethean Legacy: Late Quaternary Vegetation History of Southern
Georgia, the Caucasus. Peeters Publishers, Louvain. ISBN: 978-90-429-2350-8
Kvavadze, E., Connor, S., van der Knaap, W.O., Chichinadze, M., Martkoplishvili, I. and
Mchedlishvili, N. 2011. The big drought of 2010 reflected in pollen-trap material from
Lagodekhi, Georgia. In: A. Poska, I. Pidek and K. Kihno (eds.) Pollen Monitoring Programme
8th International Meeting (20-22 May 2011) Volume of Abstracts, Tartu University, Tartu, pp.
36-39.
Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., Pereira, Z., Piçarra, J. (2011). Preliminary account of the
Silurian carbon isotope record (δ13C ) from the Barrancos region, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal.
Goldschmidt Abstract Book, Mineralogical Magazine, 75(3), p. 1355.
Lopes, G., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, T. (2011). The geodynamic
importance of the Late Cambrian to Late Devonian reworked palynomorphs from the borehole
SDJ1, Santa Susana region, Ossa Morena Zone (OMZ), Portugal. Abstracts book do 44th Annual
Meeting 2011 of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. p.22.
Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. (2011). New insights
on the palynostratigraphy of the Hirantian of the Rio Ceira section, Buçaco, Portugal. In:
Gutiérrez-Marco, J.C., Rábano, I. & García-Bellido, D. (Eds.), Ordovician of the World,
Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, 14, pp.313-319.
Mendes, I., Dias, J.A., Schönfeld, J., Ferreira, Ó., Rosa, F., Gonzalez, R., Lobo, F. J., 2011.
Holocene paleoenvironmental changes from contrasting depositional systems on the continental
shelf off the Guadiana River. XVIII INQUA Congress, Quaternary sciences – the view from the
mountains, 21-27 July, Bern, Switzerland (Digital).
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Mentzingen, L., Laut, L., Clemente, I., Silva, F., Laut, V., Boski, T., Gomes, A., Rodrigues, M.,
(2011). Ostracodes do estuário do rio Guadiana, Sul da Península Ibérica. Edt: Carvalho, I.,
Srivastava, N., Strohschoen Jr., O., Lana, C., Paleontologia: Cenários de vida, Volume 3, , pp. 325
- 331
Moura, D. Veiga-Pires, C. & Gabriel, S. (2011). Shore platforms as a proxy for sea level changes.
EGU 2011 Copernicus Meetings, Bern, Switzerland, ID: 2860.
Pereira, Z., Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Matos, J., Rosa, D., Oliveira, T. (2011). Carboniferous
palynostratigraphy of the borehole SDJ1 from the Santa Susana region, Ossa Morena Zone,
Portugal. Abstracts book do 44th Annual Meeting 2011 of the American Association of
Stratigraphic Palynologists. p.32.
Rocha, C.; Veiga-Pires, C.; Wilson, J.; Aníbal, J.; Monteiro, J-P. & J. Scholten (2011). Ecosystemlevel impact signals of groundwater borne continental nitrate transfer to the Ria Formosa lagoon
by Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) traced along the mixing gradient by a multiindicator approach. Goldschmidt 2011 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, Mineralogical
Magazine 75(3): 1738 p.
Rodrigues, B., Chew, D., Fernandes, P. & Jorge, R. C. G. S, 2010. Integrated thermochronology
and organic maturation studies in lhe South Portuguese Zone and Algarve Basin (South
Portugal). Thermo2010, 10 Intemational Conference on Thermochronology, Glasgow.
Rodrigues, B., Dias, P., Jorge, R.C.G.S., Fernandes, P. (2011) Geochemical Signatures in Detrital
Tourmalines as Indicators for Sediment Provenance: The Baixo Alentejo Flysch Group, South
Portuguese Zone.Goldschmidt2011, Praga, p. 1740.
Rosa, F., Dias, J.A., Mendes, I., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Postglacial palaeoenvironmental evolution and
sedimentation in the continental shelf off the Guadiana River (SW Iberia). XVIII INQUA
Congress, Quaternary sciences – the view from the mountains, 21-27 July, Bern, Switzerland
(Digital).
Sampath Dissanayake, Boski, Tomasz., Flavio Martins, Carlos Sousa, Francisco Pinheiro Lima
Filho, Francisco H. Bezerra, 2011. Forecasting and hindcasting long-term morphological
evolution of the estuaries and lagoons in response to the sea-level rise, 11th International Coastal
Symposium, Szczecin, Poland, 9-14 May 2011.
Veiga-Pires, C., Ghaleb, B., Hélie, J-F, Moura, D., Luis, J. & Hillaire-Marcel, C. (2011). A first
Last Glacial Maximum to Younger Dryas stalagmite record from southern Portugal. EGU 2011
Copernicus Meetings, Vienna, Austria, EGU2011-3905.
Veiga-Pires, C., Ghaleb, B., Hélie, J-F, Moura, D., Luis, J. & Hillaire-Marcel, C. (2011). A first
Last Glacial Maximum stalagmite record from southern Portugal. INQUA 2011, Bern,
Switzerland, ID: 2965.
Veiga-Pires, Moura, D. & Luis, J. (2011). Detection of speleothem growth bands with an open
source geophysical software, 6Th Karst Record Congress, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ID: 75.
Trinity College Dublin: stable isotope laboratory (Gilda Lopes and Marisa Borges) and the fission
track laboratory (Bruno Rodrigues).
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Bruno Rodrigues: Short-term training at "Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre"
(SUERC) with the objective of learning U-Th/He dating techniques in minerals of apatite and
zircons.
Isabel Mendes established a collaboration protocol with the Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga
from the Instituto Español de Oceanografia, to analyze samples from sediment cores collected in
north Alboran Sea, with Grant Institute - University of Edinburgh for molecular analyzes of
benthic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf and contributed with
Francisca Rosa to the Word Register of Marine Species -World Modern Foraminifera Database.
Cristina Veiga-Pires: GEOTOP research center (Canada) and Université du Québec à Rismouski
(Canada) through the stalagmite project.
Crisrina Veiga-Pires: Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) through the Project on Submarine
groudwater discharges.
S. Connor and J. Araújo participated in the Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project – TRAP,
Bulgaria (directors: Dr Shawn Ross, University of New South Wales, and Prof. Ilia Iliev, Yambol
Museum), supported by the Australian Research Council, America for Bulgaria Foundation and
the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. www.tundzha.org
S. Connor collaborated with scientists from the University of Bern, Switzerland, Utah State
University, USA, and Lund University, Sweden, on the palaeoecology of the Azores archipelago
S. Connor acted as proof reader for the book The History of the Flora and Vegetation of
Georgia (South Caucasus) by I. Shatilova, N. Mchedlishvili, L. Rukhadze and E. Kvavadze,
Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, 2011. ISBN 978-9941-9105-3-1
S. Connor was appointed to the editorial board of Cave Research, a new journal of speleology
T.Boski - collaboration on sea level change with Brazilian Universities of Parana, Rio de Janeiro
and Rio Grande do Norte
T. Boski - collaboration with a group of Spanish universities in Salamanca, Seville, Huelva and
MuseoNacional de Historia Natural on sea level change and geochemistry of coastal sediments.
From that collaboration resulted the European PhD Thesis by Joaquín Delgado Rodríguez,
ESTUDIO DE LA CONTAMINACIÓN POR METALES PESADOS EN LA CUENCA
BAJA DEL RÍO GUADIANA" which was submitted at University of Huelva in 2011 and will
be presented in 2012.
Other national publications
Borges, M.; Goodhue, R.; Fernandes, P.; Pereira, Z.; Matos, V.; Rodrigues, B., (2011). Variação
isotópicas δ13Ccarbonatos na sucessão da baía de Três Angras - Afloramento Mesozóico da
Carrapateira (Kimeridgiano inferior). Abstracts of the VIII Congresso Ibérico de Geoquímica/
XVII Semana de Geoquímica, Castelo Branco.
Araújo, J. and Connor, S. 2011. Holocene fire and vegetation interactions in the Serra da Estrela
(Portugal). 1st International Conference, Portuguese Association for Quaternary Studies
(APEQ), Book of Abstracts, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 9-10 December 2011, p. 23.
Lopes, G., Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., Piçarra, J.M., Pereira, Z. (2011). Resultados preliminares
do registo isotópico de carbono orgânico (δ13Corg) do Silúrico da região de Barrancos, Zona de
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Ossa Morena, Portugal. In: Antunes, I.M.H.R., Almeida, J.P.F., Albuquerque, M.T.D. (Eds.)
Livro de Actas VIII Congresso Ibérico de Geoquímica / XVII Semana de Geoquímica. Instituto
Politécnico de Castelo Branco. Vol. 2, pp. 475-479.
Sampath, D.M.R., Boski, T., Silva P.L., Martins F.A., 2011. Decadal time-scale morphological
evolution of the Guadiana estuary in response to the updated A1FI sea-level rise projection for
the 21st century, Conferência sobre Morfodinâmica Estuarina e Costeira - MEC2011,
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Lisbon, Portugal, 3-4 February 2011.
Gomes, S., Connor, S., Freitas, M.C., Andrade, C., Naughton, F. and Cruces, A. 2011. A análise
polínica do Poço do Pinheirinho: um registo interglacial ou interestadial na costa alentejana? 1st
International Conference, Portuguese Association for Quaternary Studies (APEQ), Book of
Abstracts, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 9-10 December 2011, pp. 21-22.
Gomes, A., Boski, T., Moura, D., 2011. Diatomáceas como potencial ferramenta para
reconstituições paleoecológicas. Edt: Almeida, A., Bettencourt, A., Rodrigues, S., Alves, M.,
Moura, D., Alterações Ambientais e Interacção Humana na Fachada Atlântica Ocidental, IV
Jornadas do Quaternário, Universidade de Coimbra, p. 32.
Moura, D., Gabriel, S., Gomes, A., 2011. Nível médio relativo do mar vs linha de costa. Edt:
Almeida, A., Bettencourt, A., Rodrigues, S., Alves, M., Moura, D., Alterações Ambientais e
Interacção Humana na Fachada Atlântica Ocidental, IV Jornadas do Quaternário, Universidade
de Coimbra, p. 30.
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GROUP DESCRIPTION
Principal Investigator: Maria João Anunciação Franco Bebianno
Main Scientific Domain: Ciências do Mar
Group Host Institution: Universidade do Algarve
Research Objective IV - Impact of Environmental Processes
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RESEARCH TEAM
- Alexandra Maria Francisco Cravo
- Alice Newton
- Ana Flor Torres Vidal
- André Jerónimo Guerra
- António Manuel Coelho Oliveira e Sousa
- Belisandra Maria Martins Lopes
- Brígida Gonçalves Rodrigues
- Carla Leocádia de Sousa Sacramento de Freitas
- Carla Maria Batista dos Ramos Graça
- Catarina Alexandra Guerreiro Pereira
- Denise Robina Teixeira Fernandes
- Filipa Alexandra Oleiros Esteves Ribeiros
- Filomena Maria Coelho Guerra da Fonseca
- Luis Miguel Ventura de Almeida Marques
- Maria Angela Pereira Serafim
- Maria Antónia Afonso Rodrigues
- Maria Cristina Pires Costa
- Maria Emilia Lima Costa
- Maria João Anunciação Franco Bebianno
- Maria Margarida dos Prazeres Reis
- Maria Margarida Ramos Gonzalez Rey
- Natasa Atanasova
- Patrícia Alexandra Dias Brito Palma
- Paulo Miguel da Costa Zaragoza de Oliveira Pedro
- Priscila Raquel Fernandes Costa Goela
- Rui Miguel Saraiva Company
- Sandra Maria da Cruz Caetano
- Sara Isabel Cacheira Raposo
- Sónia Cláudia Vitorino Cristina
- Tânia Cristina Martins Gomes
- Telma Cristina Teixeira Valente
- Vera Lúcia de Almeida Maria
- Zélia Maria Rodrigues Coelho
- Inês do Carmo Alves Martins
- João Miguel Sequeira Silva Dias
RISE INTEREG – (2009-2011) - 11000€
GENERA FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES – 247559 MARIE CURIE ACTIONS (2010-2012)–
54000€.
PORTO NOVO: - Atlantic Area Programme (2010-2012) – 142188€.
DEEPFUN – (PTDC/MAR/111749/2009). Total budget: 199.992.00€.
NF-NANOPARTICLE – (PTDC/ECM/102244/2008) - 136351€.
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FISHEST - PTDC/MAR/64982/2006 - FCL (2008-2010), FCT, 185.950€.
PORTONOVO - - Atlantic Area (2010-2012) – 142188€.
ALFAETÍLICO (Nº 2009/3379 QREN - 2009 – 2012) - 664.491,00 €
VIRVITIS PTDC/AGR-ALI/109859/2009): 132.277,00€
LAGOA 52 (2009-2012) –. Private contracts for a total funding of 87800 Euros.
CIANOTOOLS (2009 -2011). 5554 euros.
ECOCRITERIO, 2007-2013, started in 2011. funding for Portugal was 7.300,00 euros..
ECOTOXTOOLS (2010-2013)-. Funding for CIMA of 102 610euros .
(LOICZ) , IGBP-IHDP Programmes (ICSU). Member of LOICZ - ~ 450 000
2006- 2011: SPICOSA6FP/ (F6-2005-GLOBAL-0369922. ~200 000 EUR
2008- ongoing. ESAGRES. ESA-European Space Agency.Partner in the project. ~ 200 000€
2008- ongoing: 7th FP. WISER -. ~ 3 500 000€.
2009- ongoing: 7th Framework Programme KnowSeas.Partner in the project. ~ 6 500 000€.
2010-ongoing OSPAR-CAMP 20 000€ per annum.
2011- ongoing COMET LA 7th FP. ~3 000 000€
Objectives
The following tasks are identified in RO IV:
a) Evaluation of contaminants in human health
Understand the degree of individual prenatal exposures to environmental polluting agents and
assess the internal doses of these polluting agents during gestation to birth, in both mothers and
newborn babies. This aims to study the effects of metals and organic contaminants in newborn
children, whose mothers live in areas with distinct environmental susceptibilities in the Algarve.
b) Evaluation of pharmaceutical toxicity
Assessment of active pharmaceutical ingredients (ibuprofen, fluoxetine and diclofenac) single and
mixture exposures effects in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Biomarker analyses were
performed in mussel tissues to appraise potential oxidative stress, endocrine disruption and
induction of neurotoxic effects.
c) Effect of nanoparticles
Understand the bioavailability, uptake mechanisms, transport and potential toxic effects of
copper and silver nanoparticles (NPs) in mussels’ tissues using as end-point biomarkers of
oxidative stress, metal exposure and neurotoxicity. Additionally, a proteomic approach was
applied to detect new biomarkers for NPs exposure.
d) Development of new bioassays for environment monitoring
Following the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), two different methodological approaches
to the development and use of new bioassays (in vitro systems – fish cell lines) and biomarkers
(action mechanisms of AhR and PPARs/RXR agonists) were considered to understand the
biological effects of different types of effluents and sources of contamination in aquatic fauna, in
order to assess the environmental health of freshwater and estuarine systems.
e) Management of water quality in port areas.
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The explicit recognition of the importance of port activities justifies the definition of a specific
approach to fulfil high ecological potential in the port areas of the Atlantic, generating a
transnational and multidisciplinary cooperation. Portimão Port in the Arade River was selected as
case study and pollutant sources were identified together with the river-borne discharges.
f)
Multi-biomarker approach to study environmental contamination
Environmental quality assessment requires the evaluation of integrated biological effects
particularly in environments where complex mixtures of contaminants are present. A multibiomarker approach allows assessing the impact of several environmental stressors and aims to
apply a large range of biomarkers to understand the temporal and spatial contamination trends
within the local lagoons and estuaries and its potential adverse effects on worms and bivalve
species (mussels and clams).
g) Resistance of organisms to extreme environments
Investigate the genes involved in the resistance of mussels in extreme environments, including
the mussels Bathymodillus azoricus from hydrothermal vents and Bathymodiolus boomerang
from cold seeps. Moreover, it was aimed to identify and characterize the protein expression and
metalloproteins in different tissues of long term experimental acclimatized mussels and
investigate the cellular defense mechanisms of the vent mussel and the effect of metal exposure
in their innate immune system.
h) Environmental biotechnology and engineering
The goal is to develop renewable biofuels from and agro-industrial and marine wastes, using
engineering tools for optimizing and modelling bioprocesses. For this purpose a pilot plant
reactor to scale-up bioethanol production and microalgae biomass accumulation for biodiesel
industry have been extensively used and the operational conditions are being designed. Advanced
bioreactor technology is in use for mass transfer and rheological studies to improve ethanol, lipid
and biomass accumulation.
i)
Harmful algal blooms and ecological water quality assessment
This area includes two types of approaches to the aim of understanding and controlling harmful
algal blooms, namely (i) the development of rehabilitation strategies and technologies for artificial
coastal lakes and (ii) the use of standard assessment of ecological water quality of freshwater
reservoirs in southern Portugal including the assessment of the risks of pesticides and trace
metals.
j)
Eutrophication and Rehabilitation Techniques
Effects of climatic and local anthropogenic alterations in planktonic microbial communities,
ecosystem functioning and connectivity to socioeconomics are under scrutiny in confined coastal
areas. Moreover, we evaluate submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrient fluxes
into the Ria Formosa, based on the use of Radium and Radon, as well as of stable H and O
isotopes. To establish a link between Food Engineering and Marine Sciences through the study
of climate influence on seafood quality.
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Main Achievements
The above described tasks produced the following achievements:
a) The levels of important non-essential metals with recognized toxicity (Cd and Pb) and
essential metals (Cu, Ni, Cr and Zn) were assessed in the umbilical cord blood, maternal blood
and placenta of mothers living in southern Portugal. Biomarkers MT and LPO were positively
correlated to metal levels, while with ALAD the opposite occurred, showing the selected battery
of biomarkers are suitable to study the effects in mothers and newborns, and the transference of
metals via the placenta.
b) A dozen pharmaceuticals were detected in Arade River water, including NSAIDs and
antidepressants. The toxicity of pharmaceuticals in mussels was established, through the
antioxidant system breakdown and lipid peroxidation. Pharmaceuticals selectively induce
impairments/alterations of mussels’ reproductive fitness. The cDNA microarray (1.7K) was
applied for the first time in M. galloprovincialis exposed to a relevant concentration of ibuprofen.
Differently expressed genes were identified, mostly for immunoglobulin, myosin, glycoproteins,
peptidases, transcription factors and antibacterial enzymes
c) Exposure of mussels to nanocopper and nanosilver resulted in oxidative stress and lipid
peroxidation in the gills and digestive gland and DNA damage in haemolymph cells. These
findings reinforce the idea that nanoparticles have adverse effects in filter-feeding species. The
Protein Expression Signatures can be used in the future as specific biomarkers of copper and
silver exposure, after identification and validation.
d) Optimization of different in-vitro bioassay protocols by assessing the environmental health
of the studied estuarine sediments. About 50% of the sediment extracts indicated cytotoxicity at
60mgEQSed/ml (maximum concentration achieved with extraction procedures). The
harbour/marina areas indicated significant induction of CYP1A (biomarker for dioxins).
e) Sediments in the Portimão harbour revealed high metal and organic contaminant levels.
Index of biological responses in organisms (such as IBR) confirmed this. Upstream of the
harbour a significant impact of nutrients, phaeopigments and some abiotic parameters, reflected
sewage discharge and oxidative stress. About 20 compounds characteristic of pesticides,
including antifoulants, were detected in water. About a dozen pharmaceuticals were also detected.
f) DNA damage as a biomarker of genotoxic contamination and ALP as a biomarker of
endocrine disruption was successfully assessed in M. galloprovincialis, clams R. decussatus and
Scrobicularia plana and the worm Nereis diversicolor. Mebalomic approach was developed to
identify metal binding in the clam, S. plana
g) Preliminary tests on B. azoricus and B. boomerang show that expression of antioxidant genes
are significantly different among the different hydrothermal vent sites or cold seep sites.
Electrophoresis and zymography techniques were tested and adapted for the hemolymph serum
of hydrothermal mussels. The hemolymph was proven to have proteolytic activity, and samples
of this tissue were prepared for proteomic studies.
h) High ethanol yields, from carob wastes was achieved in batch and fed-batch modes, using a
robust autochthonous yeast strain isolated by our group. A favourable economical setting for
ethanol biorefinery has been designed in terms of carbon, nitrogen raw-materials and energy
consumption for sugar extraction mild process. Oleaginous yeasts and microalgae culture
conditions were set for biodiesel synthesis. The finding relating oxygen mass transfer to broth
rheological characteristics led to improved efficiency and production.
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i) The ecological indicators adopted by EU for classification of the ecological status of
freshwater reservoirs in Southern Europe was critically reviewed in Studies on Water
Management. It was proved that regional freshwater reservoirs are dominated by cyanobacteria,
in spite of evident oligotrophy. New water management strategies are being tested as a result of
this project. Assessment of the Alqueva Reservoir’s water quality, based on chemical and
ecological parameters, as well as ecotoxicological acute and chronic endpoints.
j) A novel LC/MS-based protocol was implemented to identify and quantify specific
microcystins in cyanobacteria cultures. Specific antibodies were developed for identification of
two grapevine viruses under mandatory quarantine in the EU. Host plants were identified for
genomic analysis.
k) Assessment of seasonality on the nutritional quality of bivalves for human consumption, and
evaluation of temperature changes and packaging on fish spoilage was successfully accomplished.
Almeida, C., Pereira, C., Gomes, T., Bebianno, M.J., Cravo, A. 2011. DNA Damage as a
biomarker of genotoxic contamination in Mytilus galloprovincialis from the South coast of
Portugal. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13, 2559-2567
Aníbal, J.; Esteves, E. & C. Rocha (2011). Seasonal variations in gross biochemical composition,
percentage edibility, and condition index of the clam Ruditapes decussatus cultivated in Ria
Formosa (South Portugal). Journal of Shellfish Research 30(1): 17-23
Brito, A.C.; Newton, A.; Fernandes, T.F., Tett, P.The role of microphytobenthos on shallow
coastal lagoons: A modeling approach. Biogeochemistry. OI information: 10.1007/s10533-0109539-x
Cañedo-Argüelles, M.; Farres, R.; Rieradevall, M.; Newton, A. Characterization of four
Mediterranean coastal lagoons subjected to intense human activity. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2
Colaço, A., Bettencourt, R., Costa, V., Lino, S., Lopes, H., Martins, I., Pires, L., Prieto, P., Serrão
Santos, R. 2011.LabHorta: A controlled aquarium system for monitoring physiological
characteristics of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus. ICES Journal of Marine
Science
Company, R., Antúnez, O., Bebianno, M.J., Cajaraville, M.P., Torreblanca, A. 2011. 2-D
difference gel electrophoresis approach to assess protein expression profiles in Bathymodiolus
azoricus from Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents. Journal of Proteomics, 74(12): 2909-2919.
Company, R., Serafim, A., Lopes, B., Cravo, A., Kalman, J., Riba, I., DelValls, T.A., Blasco, J.,
Delgado, J., Sarmiento, A.M., Nieto, J.M., Shepherd, T.J., Nowell, M.J. &Bebianno, M.J. 2011.
Source and impact of lead contamination on δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity in several
marine bivalve species along the Gulf of Cadiz.Aquatic Toxicology, 101(1): 146-154.
Cravo, A., Pereira, C, Gomes, T., Cardoso, C., Serafim, A., Almeida, T., Rocha, B., Lopes, B.,
Company, R., Medeiros, R., Norberto, R., Pereira, R., Araújo, O., Bebianno, M.J. A
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multibiomarker approach in the clam Ruditapes decussatus to assess the impact of pollution in
the Ria Formosa lagoon, South Coast of Portugal. Marine Environmental Research. (In press)
Fernandes, D., Loi, B., Porte, C. 2011. Biosynthesis and metabolism of steroids in
molluscs.Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 127, 189-195.
Fernandes, D., Schnell, S., Porte, C. 2011.Can pharmaceuticals interfere with the synthesis of
active androgens in male fish? An in-vitro study. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62, 2250-2253.
Fonseca, V.F., França, S., Serafim, A., Company, R., Lopes, B., Bebianno, M.J. & Cabral., H.N.
2011. Multi-biomarker responses to estuarine habitat contamination in three fish species:
Dicentrarchus labrax, Solea senegalensis and Pomatos chistusmicrops. AquaticToxicology, 102(34): 216-227. (doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.01.018) (Impact Factor: 3.333; Citations: 2).
Fonseca, V.F., França, S., Vasconcelos, R.P., Serafim, A., Lopes, B., Company, R., Bebianno,
M.J., Cabral, H.N. 2011. Short-term variability of multiple biomarker response in fish from
estuaries: Influence of environmental dynamics. Marine Environmental Research, 72(4): 172-178.
Gomes, T., Pinheiro, J.P., Cancio, I., Pereira, C.G., Cardoso, C., Bebianno, M.J. 2011. Effects of
copper nanoparticles exposure in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Environmental Science
and Technology. 45, 9356–9362. Gonzalez-Rey, M., Bebianno, M.J. 2011. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) ibuprofen distresses antioxidant defense system in mussel Mytilus
galloprovincialis gills. Aquatic toxicology
Gonzalez-Rey, M., Bebianno, M.J. 2011. Does non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID)
ibuprofen induce antioxidant stress and endocrine disruption in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis?
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology (in Press) (doi:10.1016/j.etap.2011.12.017)
(Impact Factor: 1.378; Citations: 0).
Gonzalez-Rey, M., Lau, T. C., Gomes, T., Maria, V. L., Bebianno, M. J., Wu, R. 2011.
Comparison of metal accumulation between 'artificial mussel' and natural mussels (Mytilus
galloprovincialis) in marine environments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 63(5-12), 149-153.
Lima-Costa, M.E., Tavares, C., Raposo, S., Rodrigues, B., Peinado, J. (2011). Kinetics of sugars
consumption and ethanol inhibition in carob pulp fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in
batch and fed-batch cultures. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
Lopes, B., Ferreira, A.M., Bebianno, M.J. 2011. Responses of CYP450 dependent system to
aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons body burden in transplanted mussels from South coast of
Portugal. Ecotoxicology, 1-20.
Maria, V. L., Bebianno, M. J. 2011. Antioxidant and lipid peroxidation responses in Mytilus
galloprovincialis exposed to mixtures of benzo(a)pyrene and copper. Comparative Biochemistry
and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology, 154(1), 56-63.
Martins, I., Bettencourt, R., Colaço, A., Sarradin, P.-M., Santos, R.S., Cosson, R. 2011.The
influence of nutritional conditions on metal uptake by the mixotrophic dual symbiosis harboring
vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus .Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology
and Pharmacology
Martins, I., Cosson, R.P., Riou, V., Sarradin, P.M., Sarrazin, J., Santos, R.S., Colaço, A. 2011
Relationship between metal levels in the vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and local
microhabitat chemical characteristics of Eiffel Tower (Lucky Strike). Deep-Sea Research, 58, 306315.
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Palma, P., Barbosa, I.R. (2011). Embryo-toxic effects of atrazine environmental concentrations
on the crustacean Daphnia magna. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
1:12.
Sekovski, I.; Newton, A.; Dennison, W.C. Megacities in the coastal zone: Using a driver-pressurestate-impact-response framework to address complex environmental problems. Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.011.
Serafim, A., Company, R., Lopes, B., Fonseca, V.F., França, S., Vasconcelos, R.P., Bebianno,
M.J., Cabral, H.N., 2011. Application of an integrated biomarker response index (IBR) to assess
seasonal variations of environmental quality in two aquatic systems. Ecological Indicators.(In
press) (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.009)
Serafim, M.A., Lopes, B., Company, R., Cravo, A., Gomes, T., Sousa, V., Bebianno, M.J. 2011. A
multi-biomarker approach in cross-transplanted mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Ecotoxicology,
20(8): 1959-1974.
Books and book chapters
Aníbal, J. & R. Cruz (2011). Enzymes (Part I: Fruits and Vegetables). In: Cruz, R. (ed.) Practical
Food and Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 51-65.
Aníbal, J. & R. Cruz (2011). Enzymes (Part II: Meat and Fish). In: Cruz, R. (ed.) Practical Food
and Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, pp. 181-193.
Atanasova N., Kompare B. 2011. Data Mining and EDSS. In: Environmental Decision Support
Systems: A Tool for Wastewater Management in the XXI Century, Editors: M. Garrido and M.
Poch. ISBN: 978-84-8458-360-8.
Ben-Hamadou, R., Atanasova, N., Wolanski, E. 2012. Ecohydrology Modelling: Tools for
Management. Vol. 10: Ecohydrology and restoration, Ed. Chicharo, L. and Zalewski, M. In:
Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. Editors: Wolanski, E., McLusky, D.
Roose, P; Albaiges, J; Bebianno, M. J.; Camphuysen, K.; Cronin, M.; de Leeuw, J.; Gabrielsen, G.
W.;Huchinson, T.; Hylland, K.; Jansson, B.; Jenssen, M. B.; Schulz-Bull, D.; Szefer, P.; Webster,
L.;Bakke, T.; Janssen, C. Chemical Pollution in Europe s Seas: Programmes, Practices and
Priorities for Research Marine Board Position Paper. 16. ed. Ostend, Belgium: Calewaert, J.B.
and McDonough N. (Eds.). Marine Board, ESF, 2011.108 p.
St-Onge, G., Veiga-Pires, C, Solignac S. Ocean and climate changes in polar and sub-polar
environments: proceedings from the 2010 IODP-Canada/ECORD summer school (2011) IOP
Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 14 011001.
Organization of conferences
Sixteenth International Symposium Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 16).
Universidade da California. Long Beach. M. J. Bebianno (Scientific Committee).
2nd International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Arendal, Norway, 2011.
A Newton (Science Steering Committee)
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5th EuroLag – European Coastal Lagoons Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, 25-30th July 2011. A
Newton (Science Steering Committee, )
LOICZ - Land-Ocean Interactions the Coastal Zone Open Science Conference Yantai, China,
2011. A Newton (Chairperson of the conference, Session co-convener: B5 Eutrophication,
Hypoxia and Algal Blooms)
Industry contract research
Project ALFAETÌLICO 3397 -“Technical and economical evaluation of bioethanol production,
using agri-food residuals as carbon source”. Project developed for implementation of an
Industrial Bioethanol Biorefinery in a partnership with Carob Industries from Algarve (AGRUPA
Association) Financial support Program QREN. (M.E. Costa, Sara Raposo)
Cooperation with Nestlé (Portugal) through the supervision of a Master Thesis that optimized
their wastewater treatment plant in the Azores Islands, and created a management job for the
student.
Cooperation with golf managers in assessing remediation measures for eutrophication problems
in lakes
Team leader of lake reconstruction and rehabilitation project in Lagos, already screened and
approved by local and central government entities such as Câmara Municipal de Lagos, Instituto
Portuário e dos Transportes Marítimos (IPTM) Refer, Administração da Região Hidrográfica do
Algarve (ARH Algarve), as well as by the private contractors SDTL and Rockbuilding.
Collaboration with 3 SME’s, Sagremarisco, Finnisterra and Longline (A. Newton)
Bebianno M.J. was invited lecturer in the PRIMO’s Next – Advanced Student’s Workshop on the
Fundamentals of Science, Environment and Health 20th to 30th October, Búzios, Brazil
Bebianno, was invited lecturer in the 5th International Post- graduate Course entitled "Research
in M. J. Marine Environment and Resources (RiMER11) (4.5 ECTS) - Master of Science in
Marine Environment and Resources organized by MER Consortium Universities of Bordeaux,
Southampton and Basque Country
Fonseca F. and Reis, M.P. has an ongoing collaboration with Dr. Carlos Vilchez (International
Centre for Environmental Research (CIECEM), University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain), on the
physiological characterization of photosynthetic eukaryotes isolated from AMD extreme acidic
environments, and biochemical identification of metabolites of biotechnological interest.
Fonseca F. has an ongoing collaboration with Dr. Navas-Castillo (Instituto de Hortofruticultura
Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Málaga, Spain) member of the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) and consultant to the PDC/AGRALI/109859/2009 research project.
A. Newton is the current chairperson of LOICZ, working with projects and networks such as the
IGBP and IHDP.
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A. Newton was awarded 3 fellowships in 2011, an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to China, a
SCOR (Science Council for Ocean Research) scholarship and the prestigious Advanced Studies
Institute Fellowship from the University of Bologna.
A. Newton coordinated a LOICZ conference in China, the funding of the WACOMA Erasmus
Mundus Masters Course, the COMET LA research project and several other smaller projects.
M. E. Lima-Costa collaborates also with Dr Rosa León-Bañares of the Laboratory of Microalgal
Biotechnology (LMB) of University of Huelva (UHU) and Laboratory of Engineering and
Environmental Biotechnology for studies on biodiesel production from marine resources.
M E. Lima-Costa has intensive collaboration with Prof José Peinado from the Microbiology
Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. An 8-month long-term project was developed
together for modeling kinetic bioethanol production.
M.P. Reis has an ongoing strong cooperation with Prof. Rachel Noble of the Institute of Marine
Sciences of the University of North Carolina (USA) in the isolation and characterization of
cyanophages from environmental samples and their characterization.
Government/Organization contract research
KLIF- Norwegian Environment Agency consultant for the North Sea management plan. (A.
Newton)
OSPAR commission Principal Investigator for the Comprehensive Atmospheric Monitoring
Programme (A. Newton)
Chemical Pollution in Europe’s Seas: Programmes, Practices and Priorities for Research. Marine
Board Position Paper by Roose, P; Albaiges, J; Bebianno, M. J.; Camphuysen, K.; Cronin, M.;
de Leeuw, J.; Gabrielsen, G. W.;Huchinson, T.; Hylland, K.; Jansson, B.; Jenssen, M. B.; SchulzBull, D.; Szefer, P.; Webster, L.;Bakke, T.; Janssen, C. . 16. ed. Ostend, Belgium: Calewaert, J.B.
and McDonough N. (Eds.). Marine Board-ESF, 2011. 108 pp.
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