Past climate changes provide important clues for advancement of studies on current global
change biology. We have tested large-scale biogeographic patterns through four marine …

The first ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) in Portugal dates from 2008 when 11 people
reported CFP symptoms after consuming a 30 kg amberjack caught around the Selvagens …

The Selvagens Islands, which are a marine protected area located at the southernmost point
of the Portuguese maritime zone, have been associated with fish harboring ciguatoxins …

Ciguatoxins (CTXs), endemic from tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific and Indian
Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, have caused several human poisonings during the last …

The islands of Madeira and Selvagens are less than 300 km apart but offer a clear contrast
between a densely populated and highly developed island (Madeira), and a largely …

Transboundary conservation has an important, yet often undervalued, role in the
international conservation regime. When applied to the legally ambiguous and …

The distribution of many marine organisms is still poorly understood, particularly in oceanic
regions. Seabirds, as aerial predators which cover extensive areas across the oceans, can …

As part of an annotated checklist of fishes of the archipelago of Madeira, a list with all
cartilaginous fishes recorded from the archipelago is presented. The list contains 67 species …

In recent decades, numerous marine species have changed their distribution ranges due to
ocean warming. The Spotfin burrfish, Chilomycterus reticulatus, is a reef fish with a global …

Understanding ecological structures and the dynamics of reef fish assemblages is a
fundamental step in current conservation biology. Patterns of abundance and biomass of …