[HTML][HTML] Using CHEMTAX to evaluate seasonal and interannual dynamics of the phytoplankton community off the South-west coast of Portugal

PC Goela, S Danchenko, JD Icely, LM Lubián… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2014 - Elsevier
CHEMTAX was used to assess the relative contribution of the main phytoplankton classes to
the total concentration of Chlorophyll a (Chl a) from the waters off SW coast of Portugal …

Marine Macroalgae Assessment Tool (MarMAT) for intertidal rocky shores. Quality assessment under the scope of the European Water Framework Directive

JM Neto, R Gaspar, L Pereira, JC Marques - Ecological Indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires European Member States to assess the
Ecological Quality Status (EQS) of their water bodies based on Biological Quality Elements …

Automated computational delimitation of SST upwelling areas using fuzzy clustering

S Nascimento, P Franco, F Sousa, J Dias… - Computers & …, 2012 - Elsevier
In our previous work we applied fuzzy clustering to the problem of identification of upwelling
areas from Sea Surface Temperature (SST) images, and showed that the approach was …

Ecological reference conditions and quality states of marine macroalgae sensu Water Framework Directive: An example from the intertidal rocky shores of the …

R Gaspar, L Pereira, JM Neto - Ecological indicators, 2012 - Elsevier
Under the scope of the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC), ecological reference
conditions and quality states were established for the biological quality element of …

A perfect storm: An anomalous offshore phytoplankton bloom event in the NE Atlantic (March 2009)

A Ferreira, J Dias, V Brotas, AC Brito - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
While primary productivity is more stable in oceanic regions, it may vary to a great extent
with the proximity to coasts, where mesoscale processes may intertwine and shape …

A demographic model to forecast Dinophysis acuminata harmful algal blooms

VMNCS Vieira, TL Rosa… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in marine environments have significant adverse effects on
public health, aquaculture and recreational activities. Surges of certain phytoplanktonic toxin …

Variability of Iberian upwelling implied by ERA-40 and ERA-Interim reanalyses

JMR Alves, PMA Miranda - Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The Regional Ocean Modeling System ocean model is used to simulate the decadal
evolution of the regional waters in offshore Iberia in response to atmospheric fields given by …

Specific absorption coefficient of phytoplankton off the Southwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula: A contribution to algorithm development for ocean colour remote …

PC Goela, J Icely, S Cristina, A Newton, G Moore… - Continental Shelf …, 2013 - Elsevier
The variability in coefficients of absorption for phytoplankton was assessed for an area off
the Southwest coast of Portugal. This area included three sites at 2, 10 and 18km …

Flight morphology and foraging behavior of male and female Cory's shearwaters

JA Ramos, JP Granadeiro, RA Phillips, P Catry - The Condor, 2009 - academic.oup.com
In some seabirds sexually dimorphic in size, males and females segregate at sea or diverge
in other aspects of foraging behavior. We examined factors influencing foraging strategies of …

An improved method for accurate computation of coastal upwelling index using sea surface temperature images

A El Aouni, K Minaoui, A Tamim… - 2018 9th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we aim to present a new methodology to derive rigorous SST-based coastal
upwelling index for the purpose of conducting a saisonal variablity of upwelling area along …