Biogeographic change in response to climate is a ratchet-like process, with gradual long
term change punctuated by advances and retreats caused by extreme events. The winter of …

Intertidal organisms are often assumed to live close to their thermal limits, and have
emerged as potential early indicators of the effects of climate change. We compared our …

This study presents a comprehensive assessment of the diversity and spatial distribution of
the soft-bottom benthic macrofauna communities along the Portuguese continental shelf and …

This study fulfills a gap in the knowledge of the annelid polychaete fauna from most of the
Western Iberian coast, a particular biogeographic area where boreal, cold temperate, warm …

Mediterranean coastal areas are subject to significant pressures caused by human activity.
Sewage effluent is considered one of the most common anthropogenic disturbances of …

Soft-bottom macrobenthic communities on the continental shelf of central Chile were
characterised, in number, by polychaetes, followed by amphipods, bivalves and cumaceans …

The present study reports metal and arsenic contamination in sediments, as well as element
accumulation and partitioning in the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana in the Ria de Aveiro …

This paper reports the presence of Diopatra marocensis in European waters, for which
Diopatra neapolitana was the only species recognized until recently. Both species coexist in …

Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts are present on seamount summits throughout the
northwestern Pacific at water depths of approximately 1000 to 2500 m, where they are often …

The present study aimed to assess short-term effects of intertidal bait digging on
macrobenthic assemblages of two south Iberian Atlantic coastal systems: the Ria Formosa …