annual report 2010 - CIMA

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A N N UA L RE P O RT 2 0 1 0
CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇ ÃO MARINHA E
AMBIENTAL - UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGA RVE
W W W. C I M A . U A L G . P T
C A M P U S
U N I V E R S I T Á R I O
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G A M B E L A S,
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INDÍCE
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 , 5
OB JE CT I VE S & A C HI EV E M EN TS , 5
Unit Description, 5
General Objectives, 5
Main Achievements during the year 2010, 7
ACT I V IT I ES, 9
Integrative/multidisciplinary activities during the year 2010, 8
Outreach activities during the year 2010, 9
FUN D IN G, 9
G EN E RAL I N D IC ATOR S, 1 0
RE S E ARCH E RS H IR ED, 10
T EC HN IC AL P E RS ON N EL H IR E D, 10
RE S E ARCH GROUP S
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 , 12
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, 13
Objectives, 13
Main Achievements, 15
GRO UP P RO DUC T I VI T Y, 16
Publications in peer reviewed journals, 16
Other international publications, 16
Other national publications, 18
Ph.D. theses completed, 18
Master‟s theses completed, 19
Organization of conferences, 19
Industry contract research, 19
Internationalization, 19
Government/Organization contract research, 20
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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 , 2 1
Objectives, 22
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 , 29
Objectives, 30
Patents/prototypes, 35
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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 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 , 3 8
Objectives, 39
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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
The Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) is, by nature, a multi-disciplinary
unit that explores the connections between environments, processes and human populations
using scientific methods coupled with state-of-the-art modelling techniques. Apart from
research, CIMA places a strong emphasis on training and education, as well as providing
consultation services, digital applications and scientific information to the scientific and public
domains.
During 2010, day-to-day management and collective decision-making in CIMA was implemented
through regular (8) meetings of the executive commission, which is composed of the General
Coordinator and the leaders of the 4 Research Objectives. In addition, 4 plenary meetings of the
Scientific Commission, composed of all PhD-level researchers active in CIMA, were organized
every three months, with the aim of discussing more general strategic planning of activities and
initiatives. Minutes of all these meetings were made available through the CIMA website. More
specific subjects were discussed and decisions made within the 4 main Research Objectives
(RO's).
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. Internal
scientific discussion and information exchange were promoted during 21 CIMA Advanced
Seminars that were organized throughout the past year.
The daily management of subjects like: contracting, assistance to grant holders, project
submission, assistance to accounting department, administration of collective equipment and
software library, webpage maintenance and collaboration with UALG Technical Services was
assured by the CIMA coordination and secretariat.
A closer collaboration with 2 R&D centres within the University of the Algarve – CIEO and
CIAC – was initiated through a joint research colloquium organized in September 2010 and
attended by the majority of CIMA‟s members and associates.
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General Objectives
CIMA activity is focused on 4 general aims: I - research , II - training , III - production of digital
applications, and IV - expert services
I. RESEARCH
Four research objectives (RO‟s) are defined, together with 14 associated tasks/lines:
1) MARINE PROCESSES
Description of the dynamics of coastal waters off Southern Iberia, combined with chemical
characterization, is fundamental to the accurate assessment of primary productivity in shelf
waters. CIMA‟s approach to these phenomena is based on modelling, analyses and observations
both in situ and remote. The major topics covered are:
a) Models and measurements of transfer phenomena in the ocean,
b) Chemical dynamics in the ocean,
c) Marine microbial dynamics and foodwebs.
2) MARINE MORPHOSEDIMENTARY PROCESSES
The Marine Morphosedimentary Processes objective focuses on quantitative approaches to the
processes shaping the forms and/or position of continental shelves and coasts along the S.
Iberian margin. These geological processes are controlled by natural phenomena, as well as
human activities responsible for changes in sea level and sediment supply from the continent.
The multi-scale approach to the analysis bridges across geological, biological, physical and
socioeconomic processes. For the purpose of ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management),
data from various disciplines are brought together in a unified, model-based approach. This
research objective focuses on:
a) Shelf sedimentary dynamics,
b) Coastal dynamics,
c) Science and policy integration for ICZM.
3) 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. This objective includes:
a) Sea-level and climate change,
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b) Numerical modelling of long-term geological processes,
c) Marine & coastal geochemical processes and the fate of organic matter.
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. The research
objective has 6 key areas:
a) Impacts on human health,
b) Eutrophication and rehabilitation methods,
c) Impacts of emerging contaminants,
d) Development of new biomarkers and indexes for risk management,
e) Harmful algal blooms,
f) Environmental biotechnology and engineering.
II. ADVANCED TRAINING - mostly at II and III academic level:
- The EU Erasmus Mundus MSc course on Coast and Water Management
- EMAC MSc in Marine and Coastal Studies
- Training activities at MSc level in other research units/countries
III. PRODUCTION OF DIGITAL APPLICATIONS AND BOOKS
- improving and expanding the GUADID-GUADEX application
- New applications for a tropical coastal ecosystem: MANDID, and the Ria Formosa: FORDID.
- 6th volume on the Flora of the Ria Formosa, the last of the series of popular books on the Ria
Formosa‟s ecology
IV. EXPERT SERVICES
- environmental monitoring of coastal and reservoir water
- transfer of R&D results to the governance and coastal stakeholder groups
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- analytical services : bacteriology, XRD analyses, erosion assessment
Main Achievements during the year of 2010
The year 2010 was very positive in terms of overall of scientific productivity, with 43 SCI-listed
papers, start-up of 6 newly approved R&D projects, and the submission of 3 PhD theses and 23
MSc dissertations. The internationalization of research also progressed substantially at European
level through our participation in the FP7 MICORE project, FP6 SPICOSA project 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”.
A very fruitful collaboration was formed with Brazilian universities, thanks to the efforts of Drs.
Bebianno, Dias and Boski, who participated as invited lecturers and researchers in collaborative
programs. Dr. Alice Newton continued as chairperson of the LOICZ initiative. PhD research
training was reinforced via the approval of a new ERASMUS MUNDUS program in which
CIMA participates as a core member along with 4 other European academic institutions. CIMA
took on 9 BII scholarship holders, who received training within RO I and RO IV.
The new laboratory facilities of the Biotechnology Group (RO IV) substantially reinforced our
analytical and technological development capacities in respect to the emerging field of biofuels.
Another facility that became fully operational was the Molecular Microbiology unit, which will
allow the CIMA team to profit from microbiological tools in their research and science
dissemination projects.
CIMA‟s team on 6FP project SPICOSA produced some highly prized work and the integrated
model for the Guadiana study site was presented to the European Commission as the
emblematic case of System Framework Approach methodology. The multi-sensor buoy
SIMPATICO remained operational for 2 months, providing a vast range of data, until it was
damaged during a Guadiana River flood.
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.
ACTIVITIES
Integrative/multidisciplinary activities during the year of 2010
CIMA‟s activities during 2010, based on the crossdisciplinary effort of more than 100 individuals,
took several forms that contributed to raising the public and scientific profile of the Centre. The
following are our research and development highlights in Marine and Coastal Sciences:
a) From a purely scientific point of view, integration may be achieved solely when there is a
common language dealing with objects and processes studied within traditionally established
disciplines. That role is presently played by modelling, which assumed a growing importance
during 2010. Our shining examples are the EU FP6 SPICOSA project and FP7 MICORE
project.
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b) Fostering a multidisciplinary approach was carried out, as in the previous years, through the
CIMA Advanced Seminars programme (http://cima.ualg.pt/eventos/semi_avancados.htm).
Speakers ranged from CIMA staff members and visiting scientists to local stakeholders. During
2010, 21 sessions were organized, attracting audiences of 20-30 persons and generating energetic
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 other instruments.
d) CIMA and CIEO (Centro de Investigação Sobre o Espaço e as Organizações) decided to
forge stronger links in order to better associate environmental and socioeconomic research. To
promote this relationship, a colloquium involving 15 oral presentations and a poster session was
organized in September 2010.
e) Several of CIMA‟s approved projects actively involve archaeologists and historians, namely
researchers from CEPESE (Centre for the Study of Population, Economy and Society) in Porto.
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 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
expression in 2 EU projects: MICORE and SPICOSA, which are managed by RO II.
Outreach activities during the year of 2010
Our policy of maintaining close links with society and with the educational sector in particular
was reinforced during 2010. We made CIMA‟s achievements accessible to a wider audience
through several major initiatives:
a) Promotion of Marine & Environmental Science in secondary schools and through open
learning: CIMA maintains close links with several regional schools and has signed cooperation
agreements with them. These allow pupils from these schools to initiate their research in CIMA
labs and CIMA researchers to deliver thematic seminars in the schools. Several seminars were
also organized at the Ciência Viva Centre in Tavira. CIMA co-organized a very successful
BIOBLITZ event in the Arade Estuary that led to the very complete census of a protected
coastal ecosystem. CIMA‟s contribution to the event received attention in the national media.
b) Participation in regional events promoting marine and environmental activities: Every year
CIMA has a stand at annual fairs like EXPOMAR (Olhão). CIMA‟s displays were very successful
and attracted wide public interest, especially 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.
c) On national level, CIMA researchers contributed a full program of BIOSPHERE, produced
by Channel 2 of national television, which was dedicated to the Guadiana Estuary
d) Development of multimedia applications for education: GUADID, CIMA‟s educational
Macromedia - Flash applications designed to support natural science teaching at school level and
ecology teaching at undergraduate level, was expanded by the inclusion of the GUADEX
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module. This became an important support tool for decision-making in the coastal zone of the
Guadiana Estuary. It was officially launched during the public Guadiana Forum in June 2010.
FUNDING
LA FCT
Units FCT
Projects FCT
Other (National)
Other (International)
National Industry
International Industry
2006
0,00
209.361,07
191.158,51
16.467,00
431.686,53
0,00
0,00
0,00
2007
0,00
101.818,24
354.151,50
238.363,09
193.341,28
87.800,00
0,00
0,00
2008
0,00
2009
2010
101818,24
354151,50
238363,09
193341,28
848.673,11
0,00
975.474,11
G E N E R A L I N D I C A TO R S
2006
0
0
0
0
24
3
3
No. of Researchers Proposed
No. of Researchers Hired (LA)
Balance
No. of Researchers Hired (Ciência Programme)
No. of Researchers integrated with PhD
Training Masters (Master‟s theses completed)
Training PhDs (PhD theses completed)
2007
0
0
0
0
30
26
5
2008
0
0
0
3
30
9
2
2009
0
0
0
4
33
17
5
2010
0
0
0
4
35
0
3
Total
0
0
0
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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
Parli Venkateswaran Bhaskar
Simon Edward Connor
Start Date
01-10-2008
01-11-2009
01-11-2009
01-10-2008
End Date
01-08-2013
01-11-2012
29-11-2010
01-08-2013
TECHNICAL PERSONNEL HIRED
Name
Margarida da Conceição Pereira Ramires
Zélia Maria Rodrigues Coelho
Start Date
01-01-2009
31-03-2009
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
(Helena Maria Leitão Demigné Galvão)
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End Date
31-12-2010
31-03-2011
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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
(Tomasz Boski)
RG-Algarve-350-2325
Research Objective IV - Impact of Environmental Processes
(Maria Joao Anunciação Franco Bebianno)
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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)
Research Objective I - Marine Processes
Principal Investigator: Helena Maria Leitão Demigné Galvão
Main Scientific Domain: Ciências do Mar Group
Host Institution: Universidade do Algarve
R E S E A RC H T E A M
Alexandra Maria Francisco Cravo
Alice Newton
Ana Maria Branco Barbosa
Anna Zacharioudaki
Bruno Dias Duarte Fragoso
Carlos Miguel Guimarães Pinto Coelho Afonso
Catarina Alexandra Guerreiro Pereira
Cátia Sofa da Conceição Luís
Flavio Augusto Bastos da Cruz Martins
Hélder Filipe Trindade Madeira
João Miguel Leitão Janeiro
Joao Vicente Madeira Lopes
John David Icely
José Luís Almaguer Argaín
José Manuel Quintela de Brito Jacob
Maria Filomena Pedragosa Simoes Rita
Miguel Jorge Nascimento de Almeida Fernandes Madureira
Natasa Atanasova
Pedro Miguel Gonçalves Lima Cascada
Priscila Raquel Fernandes Costa Goela
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues
Sadat Nurudeher Xa Muzavor
Sergei Danchenko
Sónia Cláudia Vitorino Cristina
Tânia Sofia Coelho Andrade Dias Damião
João Eduardo Brandão de Azevedo Pereira Pinto
Joaquim Manuel Freire Luis
Luis Manuel Zambujal Chicharo
Manuel Seixas Afonso Dias
Maria da Conceicao Lopes Videira Louro Neves
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
199,256 € / 48,644 € (total/CIMA); FCT project PTDC/AAC-CLI/103348/2008; starting date:
1 March 2010; Duration: 36 months
~8,000,000 €; EU contract number (F6-2005-GLOBAL-0369922). Partner in the project and
Work Task leader.
386,000 €; European Space Agency “Technical Assistance for the Validation of MERIS Marine
Products at Portuguese and Oceanic and Coastal Sites” for the year 2010
7th Framework Programme project. WISER - Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to
assess Ecological status and Recovery. http://www.wiser.eu/
~6,500,000 €; 7th Framework Programme KnowSeas - Postdoctoral grant for work with
IMAR_Coimbra; 2009-ongoing.
108,214 €.; FCT project PTDC/AMB/64747/2007: Dynamics of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins
in the Guadiana estuary (DYNCYANO). Duration: 3 years (2008-2010). Final report submitted
March 2011.
199,000 €; FCT project PTDC/AAC-AMB/103547/2008: Ecotoxicological tools for assessing
agriculture associated environmental risks in Southern Europe big man-made freshwater
reservoirs (ECOTOX); Duration: 3 years, starting date 1 June 2010.
Objectives
This Research Objective (RO) is implemented across 3 tasks with following aims:
1) Models and measurements of transfer phenomena in the oceans:
To set up of the main structure of an operational Hydrodynamic Wave and Oil Spill model for
the Algarve Coast and Tuscan Archipelago
2) Chemical dynamics in the ocean:
To characterize and assess the chemical behaviour of nutrients, dissolved oxygen and
chlorophyll-a in SW Iberia including: i) Subsurface processes: upwelling, coastal counter currents,
and ii) deep processes, the influence of the Mediterranean.
Estimation of along- and cross-shore exchanges (transport and fluxes) of nutrients and
chlorophyll-a in SW Iberia
Mass exchange of nutrients, chlorophyll-a and suspended solids across the main inlets of the Ria
Formosa
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3) Marine microbial dynamics and foodwebs:
To analyze the effects of climatic and local anthropogenic alterations in planktonic microbial
communities, ecosystem functioning and connectivity (Ria Formosa Lagoon and Algarve coast)
To assess the impact of the Alqueva dam‟s construction and freshwater 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 (eg. primary and secondary production, bacterial respiration) as well as other
ecological indicators (eg. chlorophyll, dissolved inorganic nutrients, dissolved oxygen, suspended
particulate material).
To assess the risk of toxic cyanobacteria blooms and associated cyanotoxins (microcystins) in the
upper Guadiana Estuary within the perspective of freshwater flow management and
biodegradation pathways.
Collectively the research team involved in this RO set the following goals for the near future:
• To analyze the effects of climatic and local anthropogenic alterations on ecosystem functioning
and connectivity
• To assess spatial and seasonal variability patterns of primary production, respiration, net
community production and DOC fluxes in the planktonic community of the Ria Formosa coastal
lagoon, and evaluate the role of plankton whole-system metabolism and CO2 fluxes.)
• To characterize phytoplankton abundance, biomass, activity and specific composition over an
annual cycle, evaluate the role of abiotic and biotic environmental determinants, and understand
the overall impact of climate changes, particularly increases in water temperature and light, on
phytoplankton dynamics in a coastal lagoon
• To assess phytoplankton variability patterns off southwestern Iberia during a 15-year period
(1998-2012) using satellite imagery, and to investigate whether phytoplankton variability patterns
can be used to predict climate change over the study area. High spatial heterogeneity within this
area (e.g. open ocean, submarine seamounts, coastal areas impacted by estuarine and coastal
lagoon outflow, and upwelling system events) will allow the investigation of phytoplankton
regulation under different environmental forcings.
• To assess the sustainability of national resources in the coastal zone, in particular human
activities and their effects, including the socio-economic consequences, to gain a better
understanding of ecosystem function at a global scale
• Management of European resources in the coastal zone for sustainable use under changing
environmental conditions, with an emphasis on the Algarve coast of Portugal.
• Implementation of offshore aquaculture at Sagres including setting up environmental
monitoring activities related to current work and providing technical assistance to the validation
of MERIS products.
• Collaboration with Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico together with European partners from
Spain, UK and Norway on managing environmental problems
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• To deepen knowledge of the global productivity of the Ria Formosa system through an
understanding of nutrient dynamics, chlorophyll-a (as a proxy of phytoplankton) and particulates.
Main Achievements
The main research achievements of 3 tasks defined above are following
1) Models and measurements of transfer phenomena in the oceans
The application of existing tools and skills in modelling in this and 3 other ROs was certainly an
important achievement. Moreover, the initiation of a successful implementation of the
operational Hydrodynamic Wave and Oil Spill model for the Algarve Coast and Tuscan
Archipelago Coast within the European initiative is a very positive outcome.
2) Chemical dynamics in the ocean
With respect to the deep and subsurface oceanic circulation off the SW Iberia, the following
findings were transferred to the public domain:
- Ocean filaments off SW Iberia play a key role in the seaward export of matter (nutrients, gases
and phytoplankton) with an important impact on the regional oceanography of this region. In
this area there is a strong influence of wind forcing, affecting the waters‟ chemical characteristics.
With predominance of N and W winds, there is upwelling up until the Guadiana, while under
calm conditions there is a westward counter current. SW Iberian water properties are similar to
those of NW Iberia, showing the continuity of the Canary Upwelling System along the Iberian
continental shelf. At levels deeper than 400 m, the influence of Mediterranean water is also
detected, with distinct chemical characteristics.
-On the South Portuguese Coast several water masses below the mixed layer have been
identified, with distinct chemical fingerprints: SAW, NACW and MW. The current flow is a key
parameter for the magnitude of mass fluxes and transport, even when low concentrations are
found at surface levels. Transport was mainly alongshore and eastward.
- Results show that the Ria Formosa is a well mixed, dynamic inlet where the tidal signal is
evident, particularly for the nutrients and chlorophyll-a concentrations at spring tide. The
nutrient concentrations in late Spring/early Summer are almost depleted, while chlorophyll-a was
high. Transport through the Ancão Inlet was estimated and revealed that the data is quite
variable, primarily controlled by the chemical and biological characteristics of the boundary water
masses and by meteorological conditions.
3) Marine microbial dynamics and foodwebs.
This task has obtained a robust data base on primary production and the trophic chain in the
Guadiana Estuary. Several international articles were published or are approved for publication in
peer reviewed journals. There is great potential to use these data in modelling of shelf-sea
productivity off the Guadiana Estuary, coupled to fisheries performance and socio-economic
impacts, using the systemic approach tested in the EU 6FP SPICOSA project.
G ROU P P ROD U C T I V I T Y
Publications in peer review Journals
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Barbosa, AB, RB Domingues and HM Galvão, 2010. Environmental forcing of phytoplankton in
a Mediterranean estuary (Guadiana Estuary, southwestern Iberia): a decadal of anthropogenic and
climatic influences. Estuaries and Coasts 33: 324-341.
Brito, A. Newton, A. The yield of microphytobenthic chlorophyll from nutrients: enriched
experiments in microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 384 (2010)
30–43
Brito, A., Newton, A., Tett, P and T. F. Fernandes. Sediment and water nutrients and microalgae
in a coastal shallow lagoon, Ria Formosa (Portugal): Implications for the Water Framework
Directive. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 12, 318 DOI: 10.1039/b909429f
Brito, A.C., Newton, A. , Fernandes, T. F. , Tett, P. The role of microphytobenthos on shallow
coastal lagoons: A modelling approach. Biogeochemistry. DOI 10.1007/s10533-010-9539-x
Brito,A, Newton,A, Tett,P, Icely,J., Fernandes,TF. (2010) The yield of microphytobenthic
chlorophyll from nutrients: enriched experiments in microcosms. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology 384, 30-43.
Cravo A., Relvas P., Cardeira S., Rita F., l Madureira M., Sánchez R. (2010). An upwelling
filament off Southwest Iberia: Effect on the chlorophyll a and nutrients exportation. Continental
Shelf Research, 30: 1601-1613.
Domingues, RB, TP Anselmo, AB Barbosa, U Sommer, and HM Galvão, 2010. Tidal variability
of phytoplankton and their environmental drivers in the freshwater reaches of the Guadiana
estuary (SW Iberia). International Review of Hydrobiology 95 (4-5): 352-369.
Morais, P., Martins, F., Chícharo, M. A., Lopes, J. and Chícharo, L. , 2010, Merging anchovy eggs
abundance into a hydrodynamic model as an assessment tool for estuarine ecohydrological
management. River Research and Applications, doi: 10.1002/rra.1443
Other international publications
Book Chapters:
Barbosa, AB, 2010. Seasonal and interannual variability of planktonic microbes in a mesotidal
coastal lagoon (Ria Formosa, SE Portugal): impact of climatic changes and local-human
influences. In: Coastal Lagoons: critical habitats of environmental change, Eds.: H. Paerl and M.
Kennish, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Marine Science Book Series, Boca Raton, 335-366
pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8830-4.
Goela, P. Icely, J , Cristina, S., Newton,.A. (2010) Absorption coefficient of particulate matter on
the south-west coast of Europe: A contribution to the validation of the MERIS sensor. Ed. H.
Lacoste-Francis Proceedings of ESA Living Planet Symposium SP-686 nº144 European Space
Agency 7pp.
Cristina, S., Icely, J, Goela, P., Newton A. (2010) Validation of MERIS satellite products in
oceanic waters off Cape Sagres on the south-west coast of Portugal. Ed. H. Lacoste-Francis
Proceedings of ESA Living Planet Symposium SP-686 nº144 European Space Agency 5pp.
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Moore, G., Icely, J., Kratzer, S. (2010) Field inter-comparison and validation of in water
radiometers and sun photometers for MERIS validation. Ed. H. Lacoste-Francis Proceedings of
ESA Living Planet Symposium SP-686 nº144 European Space Agency 5pp.
Communications in International Meetings with reviewed abstracts:
Anselmo T., R. Domingues, V. Sousa, T. Cecílio, M.J. Rosa, M.R. Teixeira, A. Barbosa & H.
Galvão. “Dinâmica de cianobactérias tóxicas no Guadiana (2002 a 2008)”. Forum Guadiana, Vila
Real de Santo António, 30 June 2010.
Anselmo T.P., Domingues R.B., Sousa V., Teixeira M., Barbosa A. & Galvão, H. "Cyanobacteria
and microcystin distribution on Guadiana Estuary". Iberian congress of microcystin, Porto,
Portugal, June 2009.
Carlos Monteiro; Sara Cardeira; Alexandra Cravo; Paulo Relvas and Maria João Bebianno (2010).
Fluxes of nutrients and dissolved metals (Zn, Cd and Pb) across an upwelling filament at Cape
São Vicente, SW Iberia. XV Seminário de Quimica Marinha, 22-24 Fevereiro 2010, Vigo
Espanha.
Cristina,S., Goela,P., Icely, J., Newton, A., Fragoso,B., “Assessment of the optical properties of
the ocean and coastal waters using MERIS satellite products in Sagres off the south west coast of
Portugal.” ICS 2009 10th International Coastal Symposium Lisbon, Portugal 13-18th April 2009
Domingues R.B., Anselmo T.P., Barbosa A.B, Sommer U. & Galvão H.M. “Nutrient enrichment
promotes the development of the harmful dinoflagellate Kryptoperidinium foliaceum in the
Guadiana estuary”.Encontro Ibérico de Fitoplâncton Tóxico e Biotoxinas, Lisbon, 12-15 May
2009
Fragoso, B., Icely, J., “Upwelling events and recruitment patterns of the major fouling species on
coastal aquaculture (Sagres, Portugal).” ICS 2009 10th International Coastal Symposium Lisbon,
Portugal 13-18th April 2009
Gabriel, S., Martins, F., Venâncio, A., Lopes, J. e Neves, R. 2009. Monitorização da qualidade da
água na Ria Formosa usando uma metodologia combinada de amostragem clássica e modelação.
2.º Seminário sobre Sistemas Lagunares Costeiros, Stº André, Portugal.
Garel, E, AB Barbosa, P. Bhaskar, A. Chícharo, A. Cravo and Ó. Ferreira, 2010. “Multiparametric signature of the lower Guadiana Estuary from 2-year long continuous monitoring”.
Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) 47th International Symposium, Integrative Tools
and Methods in Assessing Ecological Quality in Estuarine and Coastal Systems Worldwide,
Figueira da Foz, Portugal, 14 – 19 September 2010.
Goela, P.C; Cristina, S., Icely, J., Newton, A. (2010). Light absorption by particulate and
dissolved organic matter in coastal and oceanic sites off the Southwest Coast of Europe: A
contribution to MERIS sensor validation. Proceedings of Ocean Optics XX Conference.
Anchorage, Alaska 27th September – 1st October 2010.
Icely,J. ; Luis,C.; Fragoso,B. “WP4.1. Field sampling at the transitional waters of the Rio
Mondego, Portugal . WISER WP 4.1 meeting Faro, Portugal. 16-17 March 2010
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Martins, F., Janeiro, J., Suruj, B., Verelst, N. and Cocco, M., 2010, Argomarine: A New Oil Spill
Early Warning System Integrating Modeling, In-Situ and Remote Sensing, 9th. International
Conference on Hydroinformatics, Tianjin, China.
Pedro Alcântara, Alexandra Cravo, José Jacob. Variability of nutrients and chlorophyll a in Ancão
inlet during a spring tidal cycle in April 2009. XV Seminário de Quimica Marinha, 22-24
Fevereiro 2010, Vigo
Sampath, R., Boski , T., Silva P., Martins F., 2010. Numerical study of the morphological
evolution of the Guadiana estuary in response to the projected sea level rise and sediment supply
reductions, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU General Assembly 2010, 02-07 May
2010. Vienna, Austria
Sara Cardeira, Alexandra Cravo, and Paulo Relvas. Chlorophyll a and nutrients fluxes and
transports in the South Portuguese Coast. XV Seminário de Quimica Marinha, 22-24 Fevereiro
2010, Vigo.
Silva, P.L., Martins, F., Boski, T., Sampath, R., 2010, Basin infilling of a schematic 1D estuary
using two different approaches: a diffusion model and a processed based model, Geophysical
Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU General Assembly 2010, 02-07 May 2010. Vienna, Austria.
Stewart, A; Fragoso, B, Clímaco, R, Icely, J. Evaluation of stakeholder perspectives on the
management of the stalked barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) resource in Parque Natural do
Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, SW Portugal. International Conference on Coastal
Conservation and Management, Estoril, Portugal April 11-17 2010
Other national publications
M. Rosa, A. Cravo & P. Relvas. A Coastal countercurrent in the South Coast of PortugalSummer 2006. Comunicação oral apresentada nas 1ªs Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica,
Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisboa, 21-22 de Junho de 2010, 4 pp.
E. C. Vasco, A. Cravo & P. Relvas. Caracterização hidrográfica e química de longo termo na
região costeira de Benguela. Comunicação oral apresentada nas 1ªs Jornadas de Engenharia
Hidrográfica, Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisboa, 21-22 de Junho de 2010, 4 pp.
A. Cravo, T. & Damião , T. Programa de Monitorização do Aeroporto de Faro –Fase de
construção (2010-2013). Componente Águas Superficiais. 1º Relatório de Progresso – Novembro
De 2010, 25 pp + Anexos.
Ph.D. thesis completed
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues. PhD in Marine Science, specialization in
Marine Ecology. Thesis: “Bottom-up regulation of phytoplankton in the Guadiana estuary”. PhD
defence on 15 November 2010. Co-Supervisors: A. Barbosa. H. Galvão & U. Sommer
(University of Kiel).
Master thesis completed
MSc Water and Coastal Management, University of Algarve 2010
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• Sirak Robele Gari Eutrophication Assessment of transitional waters. (A. Newton co-supervisor)
• Jing Feng Comparison of methods of Eutrophication assessment in a coastal lagoon. (A.
Newton co-supervisor)
• Aikayo Ndui Assessment of Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs), seasonal upwelling and rainfall.
(A. Newton & J. Icely co-supervisors)
• Qingchuan Qiu Priority substances in coastal and transitional waters. (A. Newton cosupervisor)
• Christina Alzira Rumilda de Souza Biogeochemical cycles in coastal and shelf. (A Newton cosupervisor)
• Teferi Fikadu Application of DPSIR framework Integrated with multiple regression model to
simulate Guadiana Catchment- Estuary Continuum, South-Eastern Iberia.( J. Icely co-supervisor)
• Akilah Stewart Problems and potential solutions to management of the stalked barnacle
(Pollicipes pollicipes) resource along the SW Coast of Portugal. (J. Icely supervisor)
• Baravi Thaman Comparison between the management of a conservation area in Fiji and the
Costa Vicentina, Portugal. (J. Icely supervisor)
Organization of conferences
WISER WP 4.1 meeting Faro, Portugal 16-17 March 2010 (Organiser, oral presentation)
Icely,J.; Luis,C.; Fragoso,B. “WP4.1. Field sampling at the transitional waters of the Rio
Mondego, Portugal 18-19th September 2009.”
Industry contract research
Protocolo de Colaboração entre o Aeroporto de Faro (AFR) e a Universidade do Algarve (20102013). PROGRAMA DE MONITORIZAÇÃO DO AEROPORTO DE FARO – FASE DE
CONSTRUÇÃO. Coordenação da componente Águas Superficiais: A. Cravo. 113880 €
Installation and environmental monitoring of bivalve aquaculture at Sagres for Finistera Lda.
Internationalization
Collaborative publication within thematic networks
Anselmo T., R. Domingues, V. Sousa, T. Cecílio, M.J. Rosa, M.R. Teixeira, A. Barbosa & H.
Galvão. “Dinâmica de cianobactérias tóxicas no Guadiana (2002 a 2008)”. Forum Guadiana, Vila
Real de Santo António, 30 June 2010.
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pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8830-4.
Cristina, S., Icely, J, Goela, P., Newton A. (2010) Validation of MERIS satellite products in
oceanic waters off Cape Sagres on the south-west coast of Portugal. Ed. H. Lacoste-Francis
Proceedings of ESA Living Planet Symposium SP-686 nº144 European Space Agency 5pp.
Galvão, H. & T. Anselmo. Workshop and annual meeting of national representatives of the
Working Group in Harmful Algae Bloom Dynamics (ICES-WGHABD), Punta Umbria, Spain 30
March – 3 April 2010.
Garel, E, AB Barbosa, P. Bhaskar, A. Chícharo, A. Cravo and Ó. Ferreira, 2010. “Multiparametric signature of the lower Guadiana Estuary from 2-year long continuous monitoring”.
Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) 47th International Symposium, Integrative Tools
and Methods in Assessing Ecological Quality in Estuarine and Coastal Systems Worldwide,
Figueira da Foz, Portugal, 14 – 19 September 2010.
Goela, P. Icely, J , Cristina, S., Newton,.A. (2010) Absorption coefficient of particulate matter on
the south-west coast of Europe: A contribution to the validation of the MERIS sensor. Ed. H.
Lacoste-Francis Proceedings of ESA Living Planet Symposium SP-686 nº144 European Space
Agency 7pp.
Goela, P.C; Cristina, S., Icely, J., Newton, A. (2010). Light absorption by particulate and
dissolved organic matter in coastal and oceanic sites off the Southwest Coast of Europe: A
contribution to MERIS sensor validation. Proceedings of Ocean Optics XX Conference.
Anchorage, Alaska 27th September – 1st October 2010.
Icely,J. ; Luis,C.; Fragoso,B. “WP4.1. Field sampling at the transitional waters of the Rio
Mondego, Portugal . WISER WP 4.1 meeting Faro, Portugal. 16-17 March 2010 .
Graduate Training Networks:
Erasmus Mundus MSc Course in coastal and water management - coordinator A. Newton
Government/Organization contract research
RECONNECT- Reference conditions for Portuguese Transitional Waters for FCT Fundação
Ciência e Tecnologia. Senior scientists: A. Newton & J. Icely
EMAA- European Management and Aquatic Assessment for INAG-National institute of Water.
Senior Scientists: A. Newton & J. Icely
“Technology Management & Integrated Modeling in Natural Resources: A University-Enterprise
Win-Win Partnership”. Senior scientist: F. Martins. (144627-TEMPUS-2008-EG-JPCR)
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Research Objective II - Marine Morfosedimentary Processes
Principal Investigator: Oscar Manuel Fernandes Cerveira Ferreira
Ana Isabel de Sousa Horta Dias Gomes
Ana Margarida de Almeida Matias
Ana Rita Zarcos Carrasco
André Miguel Duarte Pacheco
Carlos Manuel Silva Loureiro Alves Ferreira
Delminda Maria Jesus Moura
Duarte Nuno Ramos Duarte
Erwan Garel
Francisca Manuel Prudêncio Rosa
Isabel Maria de Paiva Pinto Mendes
João Manuel Alveirinho Dias
José Manuel Quintela de Brito Jacob
Laura de Fátima da Cruz Pereira
Luís Pedro Melo de Almeida
Mara Lúcia Duarte Nunes
Margarida da Conceição Pereira Ramires
Maria Margarida Tarrio Agreiro Bezerra
Michalis I. Vousdoukas
Oscar Manuel Fernandes Cerveira Ferreira
Ruwan Sampath Dissanayake Mudiyanselage
Selma Maria Henriques Gabriel
Tomasz Boski
FCT BAYBEACH: Evolution and Management of Embayed Beaches in Contrasting
Environments; PTDC/CTE-GEX/66893/2006; Budget: 120.000,00 € (97.944,00 € UALG)
FCT MORFEA: Morphological features in the Algarve rocky coast: first order factors on their
genesis); PTDC/CTE-GEX/71357/2006; Budget: 80.000,00 €
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FCT BRISA: Breaking waves interaction with sand transport; PTDC/ECM/67411/2006;
Budget: 155.000,00 € (47.317,00 € UAlg)
FCT INSHORE: Integrated system for high operational resolution in shore monitorization;
PTDC/AMB/73169/2006; Budget: 109.909,00 € (39.528,00 € UAlg)
FCT CIRCO: Climate changes from isotopic records during the Holocene in South-western
Iberia; PTDC/CLI/66393/2006; Budget: 155.225,00
FCT DETI: Dynamics of ephemeral tidal inlets; PTDC/MAR/65585/2006; Budget 176.846,00 €
(32.107,00 € UAlg)
EU 6 FP 6: SPICOSA: Science and Policy Integration for Coastal Zone Assessment; Budget 12
000 000,00 (213 000€ UAlg)
EU 7 FP MICORE: Morphological impacts and coastal risks induced by extreme storm events;
FP7 Environment Project 202798; Budget: 3.499.954,00 € (300.914,00 € UAlg)
EU 7 FP - MARINA: Marine Renewable Integrated Application Platform (MARINA Platform);
FP7 Energy Project 241402; Budget: 12.761.220€ (239.995 € UAlg)
Objectives
To improve knowledge about hydrodynamics and sediment transport in coastal areas and
estuaries: field studies; mathematical and numerical modelling of flows, suspended sediment, bedload transport, bed-form dynamics, storm erosion and morphodynamics;
To advance the knowledge on wave dynamics and climate in coastal areas, including the influence
of bottom roughness in wave energy dissipation.
To improve the knowledge of the complex interactions between variables controlling the
evolution of rocky coasts, including wave energy, lithology, freshwater discharge, morphological
inheritance and bioerosion.
To determine the different rates of cliff erosion and its contribution as sediment source to nearby
beaches under different wave conditions and lithologies.
To determine the best methods for coastal hazard definition, including storm erosion and retreat,
overwashes and inundation.
To analyze shelf sediment transport and accumulation, taking into consideration the potential for
sand exploitation and associated impacts.
To define paleoenvironmental (Holocene) evolution by analyzing shelf sedimentary dynamics.
To determine how embayed beaches evolve before and after storms, namely under the action of
mega-rips.
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To define equilibrium conditions for multiple inlet systems based on their morpho- and hydrodynamic evolution.
To understand propagation and energy dissipation in the Ria Formosa tidal lagoon
To assess the sustainability of national resources in the coastal zone, in particular human activities
and their effects, including the socio-economic consequences, to gain a better understanding of
ecosystem function at a global scale
To produce European methodology, based on scientific and science-governance integration in
the coastal zone, for sustainable use under changing environmental conditions, with an emphasis
on the Algarve coast of Portugal.
Main Achievements
Successful use of the SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore) model to study and characterize the
wave climate in the nearshore region of the Tróia-Sines embayed coast (southwest Portugal)
during and between storm events. The SWAN model was also applied to study the influence of
the waves in the erosion of the rocky coast of the Algarve (southern Portugal).
Testing and use of morphodynamic models (XBEACH and Convolution model) to study beach
erosion during storms, after validation with field data.
The discovery that layer structure, vertical variation in lithological facies, and fractures are the
main drivers of the coastal cliff height, the degree of the coastline crenulation, the intensity of the
karst affecting the face of the cliff and its profile on the carbonate coast of the centre Algarve.
We determined that the downwearing rates of shore platforms are inversely related to both
mechanical strength and calcium carbonate content, while porosity is positively correlated with
downwearing rates.
The highest correlation between shore platforms occurrence and dimensions and wave
conditions was obtained when considering the combined effect of the waves approaching the
shore both from SW and SE, with Hs=2 m and Tp=9 s.
Three new overwash vulnerability indices were defined and applied to the Ria Formosa, which
can be easily applied in coastal management and planning.
The relationship between headland development and beach morphodynamics and configuration
was demonstrated for Santa Catarina (Brazil).
The Holocene evolution of the inner shelf off the Guadiana River was defined an related with
natural and human-induced changes.
The existing equilibrium concepts of multiple inlets systems were analyzed for the Ria Formosa
and new concepts arose, which can be further tested and applied in other systems.
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Briere, C., Roos, P., Garel, E., Hulsher, S.J.M.H. (2010). Modelling the morphodynamics of the
Kwinte Bank, subject to sand extraction. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 51, 117-126.
Ceia, F.R., Patrício, J., Marques, J.C., Dias, J.A. (2010). Coastal vulnerability in barrier islands: the
high risk areas of the Ria Formosa (Portugal) system. Ocean and Coastal Management, 53, 478486.
Garcia, T., Ferreira, Ó., Matias, A., Dias, J.A. (2010). Overwash vulnerability assessment based in
long-term washover evolution. Natural Hazards, 54, 225-244.
Garel, E. (2010). Tidally-averaged currents and bedload transport over the Kwinte Bank,
southern North Sea. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 51, 87-94.
Garel, E., Lefebvre, A. (2010). Wave-induced sand re-suspension at dredged gravel pits based
upon hydrodynamics measurements (Tromper Wiek, Baltic Sea). Journal of Coastal Research, SI
51, 195-204.
Klein, A.H.F., Ferreira, Ó., Dias, J.A., Tessler, M.G., Silveira, L., Benedet, L., Menezes, J.T.,
Abreu, J.G.N. (2010). Morphodynamics of structurally controlled headland-bay beaches in
southeastern Brazil: A review. Coastal Engineering, 57, 98-111.
Martins, C.C., Mahiques, M.M., Dias, J.A. (2010). Daily morphological changes determined by
high-energy events on an embayed beach: a qualitative model. Earth Surface Processes and
Landforms, 35, 487-495.
Mascarenhas A, Coelho p, Subtil E, Ramos TB, 2010. The role of common local indicators in
regional sustainability assessment. Ecological Indicators, 10(3): 646-656.
Matias, A., Ferreira, Ó., Vila-Concejo, A., Morris, B., Dias, J.A. (2010). Short-term
morphodynamics of non-storm overwash. Marine Geology, 274, 69-84.
Pacheco, A., Ferreira, Ó., Williams, J.J., Garel, E., Vila-Concejo, A., Dias, J.A. (2010).
Hydrodynamics and Equilibrium of a Multiple Inlet System. Marine Geology, 274, 32-42.
Radzeviĉius, R., Velegrakis, A., Bonne, W., Kortekaas, S., Garel, E., Blažauskas, N., Asariotis, R.
(2010). Marine aggregates extraction: regulation and management in EU member States. Journal
of Coastal Research, SI 51, 15-38.
Van Lancker V, Bonne W, Garel E, Degrendele K, Roche M, Van den Eynde D, Bellec V, Briere
C, Collins MB, Velegrakis, A. (2010). Recommendations for the sustainable exploitation of tidal
sandbanks. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 51, 151-164.
Araújo, M. F., Corredeira, A., Santos, M., Dias, J. A. (2010). Avaliação de impactes antrópicos em
sedimentos recentes. Workshop Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper 1508.
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Bastos, M. R., Dias, J. A. (2010). História do povoamento do cordão arenoso da laguna de Aveiro
ou do território do vazio à crónica de uma morte anunciada. Workshop Antropicosta
Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper 15022.
Boski, T., Dias, J. A. (2010). Abordagem sistémica da zona costeira: exemplo do estuário do
Guadiana e da Ilha Terceira. Workshop Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper
15033.
Carrasco, A.R., Ferreira, Ó., Matias, A., Freire, P., Dias, J.A. (2010). Evaluation of sediment
transport at a fetch-limited beach from spring to neap tide. Geophysical Research Abstracts,
Vol.12, EGU2010-4662.
Dias, J. A. (2010). Evolução dos tipos e dos níveis de antropização na zona costeira de Aveiro,
Portugal. Workshop Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper 1501.
Dias, J. A., Boski, T. (2010). Antropização do estuário do Guadiana (sul da Península Ibérica) ou
de como o homem conseguiu “vencer” um sistema com elevada resiliência . Workshop
Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper 15034.
Freitas, J., Dias, J. A. (2010). Praia da Rocha: um paradigma da antropização do litoral algarvio.
Workshop Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper 15028.
Fortes, C.J., Capitão, R., Moura, T., Ferreira, Ó., Silva, P., Amante, L., Vousdoukas, M., Bezerra.
(2010). Joint use of numerical models and wave data to characterize wave transformation and
assist coastal management. ICCCM 2010, Estoril, Portugal.
Gabriel, S., D. Moura, Ó. Ferreira, A. Pacheco, A. Matias, C. Veiga-Pires, J. Jacob, 2010. Role of
shore platforms on coastal cliffs protection in Algarve (South Portugal): First approach.
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Dynamics of Rocky Coastlines‟ session, Vol.
12, EGU2010, Vienna, Austria.
Gabriel, S., D. Moura, Ó. Ferreira, A. Matias, J. Jacob, C. Veiga-Pires, J. Viegas, A. Pacheco, M.
Bezerra, T. Boski, 2010. Self-adjustment on rocky coasts- study case in central Algarve (Portugal).
International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and
Mediterranean, Estoril-Cascais.
Garel, E., Barbosa, A., Chícharo, A., Cravo, A., Cruz, J., Ferreira, Ó. 2010. Multi-parametric
signature of the Guadiana lower Estuary from 2 year-long continuous monitoring. ECSA 47
Symposium, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
Garel, E., Pais, V., Ferreira Ó. (2010). Practical aspects and data analysis of 2 years-long water
quality and current monitoring in an estuary. 42nd International Colloquium on Ocean
Dynamics, Liege (Belgium).
Garel, E., Barbosa, A., Chícharo, A., Cravo, A., Cruz, J., Ferreira, Ó. 2010. Multi-parametric
signature of the Guadiana lower Estuary from 2 year-long continuous monitoring. ECSA 47
Symposium, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
Italiani, D., Alves, D., Figueira, R., Dias, J. A., Mahiques, M. M. (2010). Evolução da linha de
costa e morfologia atual do delta do Valo Grande, litoral sudeste do Brasil. Workshop
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Martins, M. V., Dias, J. A., Mahiques, M. M., Figueira, R. (2010). Prediction of sediments toxicity
using consensus-based sediment quality guidelines and benthic foraminifera in the Ria de Aveiro
(Portugal). Workshop Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM, paper 15026.
Matias, A., Williams, J., Bradbury, A., Masselink, G., Ferreira, Ó. (2010). Overwash threshold
experiment for gravel barriers. Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2010,
Vienne (Austria).
Mascarenhas A, Ramos TB, Nunes L. Developing an Approach for Monitoring Regional Land
Use Plans. 16th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010.
Hong Kong. 30 Maio -1 Junho de 2010.
Guimarães H, Mascarenhas A, Sousa C, Garcia T, Dentinho T, Boski T. Systems Approach
Framework in the Guadiana estuary. International Conference on Coastal Conservation and
Management. Estoril. 11 - 14 Abril de 2010
Mendes, I., Dias, J.A., Schönfeld, J., Ferreira, Ó., 2010. Live benthic foraminifera in the northern
Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf. Abstract Volume of the International Symposium on
Foraminifera (FORAMS 2010), September 5-10, Bonn, Germany, 141-142.
Moura, D., S. Gabriel, A. Ramos Pereira, M. Neves, J. Trindade, S. Gamito, R. Santos, A.M.
Tavares, E. Berecibar, M.F. Gusmão, A.L. Martins, 2010. Downwearing rates on shore platforms
and rocky coast evolution- bioerosion contribute. European Geosciences Union General
Assembly, Dynamics of Rocky Coastlines‟ session, Vol. 12, EGU2010, Vienna, Austria.
Moura, D., A. Ramos Pereira, M. Neves, J. Trindade, S. Gamito, A.M. Tavares, E. Berecibar,
M.F. Gusmão, R. Santos, 2010. The role of bioerosion on carbonate rocky shores. International
Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean,
Estoril-Cascais.
Mota, P., Jacob, J., Gama, C. and Salgado, R. Evolution of the Beach Profile in Response to
Storm Incidence: Santo André Beach, Portuguese Southwest Coast. International Conference on
Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM2010), Cascais
(Portugal).
Neves, M., Ana Ramos-Pereira, Delminda Moura, Jorge Trindade, Francisca Gusmão, José
Viegas, Paulo Santana, 2010. Evaluation of the biological role in the shore platform evolution.
Development of specific methodology and first results. European Geosciences Union General
Assembly, Dynamics of Rocky Coastlines‟ session, 10759, Vol. 12, Vienna, Austria.
Neves, M., Ana Ramos-Pereira, Delminda Moura, Jorge Trindade, Francisca Gusmão, José
Viegas, Paulo Santana, 2010. Influência biológica na evolução actual das plataformas rochosas de
sopé. Desenvolvimento de metodologia específica e primeiros resultados. VI Seminário LatinoAmericano de Geografia Física, Coimbra.
Paula, D., Dias, J.A., Morais, J., Ferreira, Ó. (2010) - Antropização da costa do Ceará: uma breve
revisão dos eventos físicos e humanos que impulsionaram a evolução do litoral. Workshop
Paula, D., Dias, J.A., Morais, J., Ferreira, Ó. (2010). Verticalização da beira-mar de Fortaleza:
valoração, consequência e projeção. Workshop Antropicosta Iberoamerica 2010, CD-ROM,
paper 15039.
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Silva, M., Paquete, R., Chicharo, L., Duarte, D., Caetano, M. and Vasconcelos, M. The Role of
Spartinamaritima and Sarcocorniafruticosa on Trace Metals Retention in Ria Formosa, Portugal.
ECSA Symposium 47. Integrative Tools and Methods in Assessing Ecological Quality in
Estuarine and Coastal Systems Worldwide.Figueira da Foz. Outubro 2010.
Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira, P.M., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira O., Psaros, F. (2010). Coastal video
monitoring system optimization using computational intelligence methods. Maritime Rapid
Environmental Assessment conference, Lerici (Italy).
Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira, Ó., Almeida, L.P., Taborda, R., Silva, A.N., Andriolo, U. (2010).
Automated video system for storm impact evaluation at Praia de Faro (South Portugal). 42nd
International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. Liege (Belgium).
Almeida, L.P., Vousdoukas, M.V., Ferreira, P.M., Ruano, A.E., Dodet, G., Loureiro, C., Ferreira,
Ó., Taborda, R. (2010). Correlating wave hindcast and buoy data with Artificial Neural Networks.
Proceedings of 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica, Instituto Hidrográfico Português,
Lisboa, Portugal.
Bezerra, M., Ferreira, Ó., Vousdoukas, M. (2010). Variações morfológicas de face de praia em
condições de baixa energia. Proceedings of 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica, Instituto
Hidrográfico Português, Lisboa, Portugal.
Bezerra, M., D. Moura, Ó. Ferreira (2010). A influência da agitação marítima na evolução da
costa rochosa do Algarve central (Galé a Olhos de Água). Congresso nacional de Geologia,
Braga, e-Terra (http://e-Terra.geopor.pt), Vol. 12, nº8, 4p.
Gabriel, S., Moura, D., Ferreira, Ó., Pacheco, A., Matias, A., Jacob, J., Pereira, H. (2010).
Plataformas litorais: papel na protecção das arribas da costa sul Algarvia (primeira abordagem).
VIII Congresso Nacional de Geologia 2010, Braga (Portugal).
Ferreira, Ó., Almeida, L.P., Rodrigues, B., Matias, A. (2010). Determination of thresholds for
storm impacts. XI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología, Solsona (Espanha), CD-ROM.
Matias, A., Williams, J., Masselink, G., Ferreira, Ó., Bradbury, A. (2010). Estudo experimental de
galgamento em barreiras de cascalho. VIII Congresso Nacional de Geologia 2010, Braga
(Portugal).
Mota, P., Jacob, J., Gama, C., Salgado, R., 2010. Characterization of the wave field along the
Tróia-Sines embayed coast during a storm event. 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica, 4 pp.
Moura, D., S. Gabriel, A.Ramos-Pereira , M. Neves, J. Trindade, J. Viegas, S. Gamito (2010).
Morfogénese dos litorais rochosos: Contributo da bioerosão. Congresso nacional de Geologia,
Braga, e-Terra (http://e-Terra.geopor.pt), Vol. 12, nº18, 4p.
Neves, M., Ramos-Pereira, A., Trindade, J., Moura, F., Gusmão, F., 2010. Acreção da superfície
das plataformas rochosas de sopé. Ribeira de Ilhas, Estremadura, Portugal. V Congresso
Nacional de Geomorfologia, Porto, 283-285.
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PTDC/CTE-GEX/64966/2006, 2010. O inventário nacional do património geológico:
abordagem metodológica e resultados (2010). Congresso nacional de Geologia, Braga, e-Terra
(http://e-Terra.geopor.pt), Vol. 18, nº1, 4p.
Guimarães, H.; Mascarenhas, A.; Sousa, C.; Dentinho, T.; Boski, T. (2010). System Approach for
Coastal Zone Management: Application in Southeast Coast of Terceira Island and Guadiana
Estuary – special issue on "Geographic Technologies applied to Marine Spatial Planning and
Integrated Coastal Zone Management". CIGPT - Centro de Informação Geográfica e
Planeamento Territorial. University of the Azores. Ponta Delgada, Portugal. 68-77. ISBN: 978972-8612-64-1.
Guimarães, H., 2010 The use of Q-methodology to obtain stakeholder discourses on the future
development of Ria Formosa Coastal zone, south of Portugal. . Revista Portuguesa de Estudos
Regionais 23, 5-19.
Ph.D. thesis completed
Mendes, Isabel Maria de Paiva Pinto – "Estudo de indicadores (Paleo-) ambientais no Norte do
Golfo de Cádiz, utilizando foraminíferos bentónicos." Orientação: Prof. Dr. Alveirinho Dias e
Prof. Dr. Joachim Schönfeld.
Participation at 2 FP7 research projects involving more than 20 European institutions from
around 15 countries. Joint PhDs with University of Ulster at Coleraine (Northern Ireland),
University of Plymouth (UK), Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (Germany) and University of
Portsmouth (UK). Cooperation with the University of Cádiz (Spain) at the Master on Coastal
Management. Cooperation with the University Agostinho Neto (Angola) at the Master on Marine
and Coastal Sciences. Cooperation with Universidade Federal do Ceará (Brazil) and Instituto
Oceanográfico from Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil).
Participation at the Cost Action TD0902: SPLASHCOS. Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and
Landscape of the Continental Shelf, involving 11 European countries.
Participation at Red CYTED: Desarrollo de metodologías, indicadores ambientales y programas
para la evaluación ambiental integral y la restauración de ecosistemas degradados, involving 9
Ibero-American countries.
Portonovo project (nº2009-1/119) Programa Operacional de Cooperação Territorial - Espaço
Atlântico – IFDR. UAlg.
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Research objective III - Large Scale Geological Processes
Principal Investigator: Tomasz Boski
Ana Isabel de Sousa Horta Dias Gomes
Anabela Rodrigues Oliveira da Costa
André Pedro Moreira Mascarenhas
Bruno Miguel Gregório Rodrigues
Carlos Alexandre Mendes da Silva de Sousa
Cristina Carvalho Veiga-Pires
Delminda Maria Jesus Moura
Deonilde Sarita Graça Camacho Encarnação
Gilda Maria Rodrigues Lopes
Hélder José Rodrigues Pereira
Inês Burnay Alves do Rio
Jaime Miguel Costa Aníbal
João Pedro Guerreiro Araújo
Jorge Filipe Rodrigues Viana
José Inácio Jesus Rodrigues
Laura de Fátima da Cruz Pereira
Liliana Faia Carvalho
Manuela Maria Cavaco Viegas
Maria Emilia Lima Costa
Maria Helena Marques Enes Guimarães
Maria João Sacadura Serrano Ferreira de Carvalho
Marisa Eugénia Nogueira Borges
Patricio Serendero
Paulo Manuel Carvalho Fernandes
Ruwan Sampath Dissanayake Mudiyanselage
Sandra Domingues Gomes
Selma Maria Henriques Gabriel
Simon Edward Connor
Sónia Cristina dos Santos Almeida
Tomasz Boski
Vasco Gonçalo Alves Esteves de Matos
Ana Alexandra Guerreiro dos Santos
Cristina Maria Almeida Bernardes
Fung Dai Kin
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Lopo António Ferreira Trigoso de Sousa e Vasconcelos
Luis Manuel Zambujal Chicharo
Marcial Felgueiras
Maria Sofia Júdice Gamito Pires
Pawel Terefenko
FCT (PTDC/CTE-GEX/72694/2006) Project Hydrocarbon Source Rock Potential of the
Algarve Basin – Southern Portugal. 01-01-2009 – 31-12-2011. 75.000,00€
FCT (PTDC/AAC-CLI/108518/2008) project SWIRL 15-02-2010 – 14-02-2013. 93,494€
FCT PTDC/MAR/70249/2006) "NITROLINKS – NITROgen loading into the Ria Formosa
through Coastal Groundwater Discharge (CGD) – Pathways, turnover and LINKS between land
and sea in the Coastal Zone", 2009 – 2012. 160,000€
FCT (PTDC/AAC-CLI/100916/2008) - “SIPCLIP - Temperature, precipitation regime and soil
conditions in Southwestern Iberian Peninsula under a warmer climate - Insight from the past”,
2010 – 2013. 180,000€
Project PTDC/CLI/68488/2006 (EVEDUS) “EVEDUS” - Estuarine valley evolution during
the eustatic sea-level rise – assessment of climate change impacts through the confrontation of
palaeo-environmental data with two types of models; 2008-2011; 154,000 €
EU POCTEP – RISE- “MEGASIG –IDT” Monitorização e Gestão Ambiental dos Sapais do
Estuário do Guadiana – Integração e Desenvolvimento Transfronteiriço (2008-2010) 110,000 €
CNPQ (Brasil) – FCT (Portugal) bilateral project “AMEFEL” _- Análise dos mecanismos
forçadores da evolucão do litoral do Nordestre Brasileiro e Algarve (Portugal) durante o
Quaternário - AMEFEL2010 – 2012. 15,000 €
Objectives
Assessment of the thermal maturation of the organic matter and hydrocarbon source-rock
potential of the Mesozoic Algarve Basin.
Establishment of a dinoflagellate-based biozonation of the Mesozoic stratigraphic succession of
the Algarve Basin.
Development of an acritarch- and cryptospores-based biozonation of the Ordovician and
Silurian sedimentary rocks of Portugal.
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Interpretation of stable isotope variations (in terms of δ13C and δ18O) through Ordovician,
Silurian and Mesozoic sedimentary successions in Portugal and their relationships with regional
and global palaeoclimatic events.
Reconstruction of subsidence and tectonic uplift paths for the Algarve Basin using low
temperature thermochronology (apatite and zircon fission-track).
Reconstruction of the Algarve‟s regional palaeoclimatic conditions from the last 20 to 120 kyrs
based on speleothem records from the region‟s karst caves.
Characterisation of continental groundwater discharge through the coastal sea-bed and their
contribution through nutrient fluxes into the Ria Formosa, based on the use of actinides, namely
Radium and Radon.
Reconstruction of the post-glacial evolution of regional climate from the analysis of pollen
records in lagoonal/wetland sediments.
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 sea-level
rise.
Development of paleoecological interpretations of transitional
environments through diatom and foraminifera assemblages
land-sea
sedimentary
Correlation of the patterns of post-glacial sea-level rise along the Brazilian and S. Iberian coasts
in order to define local and regional components of the process
Main Achievements
• Establishment of a Palynology Laboratory and Organic Petrology Laboratory in CIMA,
• Development of a pollen reference collection in collaboration with the UAlg Herbarium and
the Portuguese FloraOn programme,
• Establishment of 13 pollen monitoring stations in the Algarve and Alentejo as part of the
international Pollen Monitoring Programme (www.pollentrapping.net),
• Palaeoecological analysis of Holocene and Pleistocene sediments collected from the Santo
André region, Alentejo, with preliminary results indicating dramatic changes in the region‟s
vegetation cover during the Quaternary period,
• Development of a new method of quantitative vegetation reconstruction based on pollen
productivity, in collaboration with scientists from Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Georgia,
• Assessment of the organic maturation levels for the stratigraphic succession of the Mesozoic
Algarve Basin and its relation with the hydrocarbon production zones,
• Re-assessment of the stratigraphy and organic maturation levels of the wells Ruivo-1 and
Corvina-1 in the offshore of the Algarve Basin and its implications for hydrocarbon exploration,
• First comprehensive study of the Jurassic dinoflagellate biostratigraphy of the Algarve Basin
with implications for the palaeogeography of the Algarve Basin during this period of time,
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• First account of the δ13C variation across the Middle and Upper Jurassic boundary in the
Algarve Basin, suggesting regional perturbations in the carbon cycle,
• First record of acritarchs and cryptospores from the Silurian rocks of the Buçaco Syncline.
• A first stalagmite has been analyzed giving ages from the last glacial maximum and allowing,
therefore, a first attempt at palaeoclimatic reconstruction.
• 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
• Closing of the first phase of research in NE Brazilian estuaries, which greatly expanded
knowledge of the last post-glacial marine transgression into S. American estuaries, with the time
record extended to ca 9000 yrs cal BP
• Definition of the coastal progradation rates of in Santa Catarina and Paraná States, S. Brazil,
during the last 7000 years, based on dating of podzol sequences developed in coastal barriers.
Borges, M.E.N., Fernandes, P., Rodrigues, B. & Goodhue, R. 2010. Carbon Isotope Record
(δ13Ccarbonate) of the Middle to Late Jurassic (Callovian – Oxfordian) from the Algarve Basin,
Portugal. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 74(12), supplement 1, pp. A105.
Borges, M.E.N., Riding, J.B., Fernandes, P. & Pereira, Z. 2011. The Jurassic (Plienbachian to
Kimmeridgian) palynology of the Algarve Basin and the Carrapateira outlier, southern Portugal.
Review
of
Palaeobotany
and
Palynology,
vol.
163(3-4),
pp.
190-204.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.09.006
Boski T., Long A.J. (2010) Quaternary land-ocean interactions: Driving mechanisms and coastal
responses . Quaternary International 221, 1- 3 doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.02.014
Delgado, J., Nieto, J.M., Boski, T. (2010) Analysis Of The Spatial Variation Of Heavy Metals In
The Guadiana Estuary Sediments (SW Iberian Peninsula) Based On GIS-Mapping Techniques..
Estuatrine Coastal and Shelf Science 88, 71 – 83. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.03.011
Marinova-Filipova, M.V., Kvavadze, E.V., Connor, S.E. and Sjögren, P. 2010. Estimating
absolute pollen productivity for some European Tertiary-relict taxa. Vegetation History and
Archaeobotany 19: 351-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-010-0257-z
Mendes, I., Rosa, F., Dias, J. A., Schönfeld, J., Ferreira, Ó., Pinheiro, J. (2010). Inner shelf
paleoenvironmental evolution as a function of land-ocean interactions in the vicinity of the
Guadiana River, SW Iberia. Quaternary International 221, 58-67.
Sjögren, P., Connor, S.E., van der Knaap, W.O., van Leeuwen, J.F.N. 2010. The development of
composite pollen-dispersal functions for estimating absolute pollen productivity in the Swiss
Alps. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 19: 341-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-0100247-1
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Borges, M.E.N., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. & Riding, J.B. 2010. Jurassic playnostratigraphy of the
Sagres region (Algarve Basin) and the Carrapateira outlier. Preliminary results. 3rd International
Paleontological Congress, London, Book of Abstracts, pp. 94.
Borges, M.E.N., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. & Riding, J.B. 2010. The Middle Jurassic palynology of
the Sagres region, southern Portugal. V Congreso del Jurásico de España, J.I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L.
Piñuela & J.C. García-Ramos (eds.), Museo del Jurásico de Astúrias, 8-11 Septiembre, pp. 46-47.
Boski, T., Delgado, J., Nieto, J. M., Pereira, L. (2010) Geoquímica de metais vestigiais em
sedimentos dopreenchimento Holocénico do Estuário do Rio Guadiana. X Congresso de
Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Universidade do Porto. Book of abstracts ,p.12728.
Boski, T., Kumar, M., Knicker, H, Vila, F. J. G., Angulo, R., Souza, M. C..(2010) Datação,
características geoquímicas e evolução temporal das piçarras do Litoral de Santa Catarina. X
Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa.. Universidade do Porto. Book of
abstracts ,p.160-161
Clayton, G., Fernandes, P., Goodhue, R., McCormack, N., Musgrave, J.A. & O‟Donoghue, E.P.
2010. The thermal history and hydrocarbon source rock potential of the mid Catboniferous
Quebradas Formation in SW Portugal and its correlatives in western Atlantic offshore basins.
2nd Central & North Conjugate Margins Conference – Lisbon. Book of abstracts, pp. 25.
Connor, S.E. 2010. Grazing pressure in the Black Sea region during the Holocene – insights from
fungal spore records. Abstracts - 4th Workshop on Non Pollen Palynomorphs, University of
Franche-Comté, Besançon, 16-19 June 2010, p. 13.
D..Sampath, T. Boski, F. Martins, S. D. Pereira, F. P. Lima Filho, F. H. Bezerra. (2010)
Forecasting and hindcasting MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE GUADIANA
ESTUARY IN RESPONSE TO THE SEA LEVEL RISE . First international conference IGCP
588, "Preparing for coastal change: A detailed process-response framework for coastal change at
different timescales. Book of abstracts, p 16-17.
D.M.R. Sampath, C. Loureiro, T. Boski (2010). Long-term morphological evolution of the lower
Guadiana estuary in response to the projected sea level rise and sediment supply reduction during
the 21st century. International conference Sea Level Changes: the Science of a Changing World.
Durham University, UK. Book of abstracts p.61-62
Fernandes, P., Borges, M., Matos, V. & Rodrigues, B. 2010. Organic maturation and source-rock
potential of the Mesozoic Algarve Basin – Southern Portugal. 2nd Central & North Conjugate
Margins Conference – Lisbon. Book of Abstracts, pp. 40.
Fernandes, P., Borges, M., Rodrigues, B. & Matos, V. 2010. A re-assessment of the organic
maturation and palynostratigraphy of the wells Ruivo-1 and Corvina, offshore Algarve Basin,
Portugal. 2nd Central & North Conjugate Margins Conference – Lisbon. Book of Abstracts, pp.
41.
Fernandes, P., Jorge, R.C.G.S., Rodrigues, B., Pereira, Z & Oliveira, J.T. 2010. Caracterização
geoquímica da Formação Brejeira (Grupo do Flysch do Baixo Alentejo): resultados preliminaries.
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Memórias nº14, X Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, XVI Semana da
Geoquímica, Universidade do Porto. Flores, D. & Marques, M. (eds), pp. 103.
Fernandes, P., Luis, L., Rodrigues, S., Marques., Valentim, B. & Flores, D. 2010. The
measurement of vitrinite reflectance with MatLab. CIMP Poland, Warsaw, Book of abstracts,
Oliwkiewicz-Miklasinska, M., Stempien-Salek, M. & Laptas, A (eds.), pp. 11-13.
Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J.M., Fernandes, P. & Pereira, Z. 2010.
Palynomorphs from the Gorstian (Silurian) of the Sazes Formation (Buçaco Syncline), Central
Iberian Zone, Portugal, Preliminary Results. CIMP Poland, Warsaw, Book of abstracts,
Oliwkiewicz-Miklasinska, M., Stempien-Salek, M. & Laptas, A (eds.), pp. 31-33.
Pereira, Z., Matos, J.X., Fernandes, P. & Oliveira, J.T. 2010. Palynostratigraphy study of the
Caveira Mine (SW sector of the Oberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal). CIMP Poland, Warsaw, Book of
abstracts, Oliwkiewicz-Miklasinska, M., Stempien-Salek, M. & Laptas, A (eds.), pp. 57-59.
Rodrigues, B., Chew, D., Fernandes, P & Jorge, R.C.G.S. 2010. Integrated thermochronology and
organic maturation studies in the South Portuguese Zone and Algarve Basin (South Portugal).
Thermo2010, 12th International Conference on Thermochronology, Glasgow August 16-20.
Rodrigues, B., Fernandes, P., Veiga-Pires, C. & Machado, N. 2010. Proveniência da Titanite no
Algarve (Sul de Portugal). Provenance of Titanite in Algarve (South Portugal). Memórias nº14, X
Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, XVI Semana da Geoquímica
Universidade do Porto. Flores, D. & Marques, M. (eds), pp. 113.
Ross, S., Sobotkova, A., Connor, S. and Iliyev, I. 2010. An interdisciplinary pilot project in the
environs of the ancient city of Kabyle, Bulgaria. Archaeologia Bulgarica XIV: 69-85
T. Boski, M. Kumar, H. Knicker, F.J. González-Vila, R. Angulo, M.C. Souza, T. Verdejo, J.A.
González-Pérez (2010) . Organo- geochemical characteristics of Podzols from the Santa Catarina
Littoral. 15th IHSS MEETING "Humic Substances and the Maintenance of Ecosystem
Services". Book of abstracts V.2 , 232-233
T. Boski, M. Kumar, H. Knicker, F.J. González-Vila, R. Angulo, M.C. Souza, T. Verdejo, J.A.
González-Pérez (2010) . Organo- geochemical characteristics of Podzols from the Santa Catarina
Littoral. 15th IHSS MEETING "Humic Substances and the Maintenance of Ecosystem
Services". Book of abstracts V.2 , 232-233
Veiga-Pires, C., Ghaleb, B., Héllie, J.F., Moura, D., Luís, J. & Hillaire-Marcel, C. 2010. A nearlycontinuous Last Glacial Maximum stalagmite record from southern Portugal. Geophysical
Research Abstracts, 12, EGU2010-10759, EGU General Assembly, 2010.
Veiga-Pires, C., Moura, D., Luís, J., Varela, J., Ghaleb, B., Héllie, J.F. & Hillaire-Marcel, C. 2010.
Primeiros registos isotópicos em stalagmites no Algarve (Sul de Portugal). First isotopic records
from stalagmites in Algarve (South Portugal). Memórias nº14, X Congresso de Geoquímica dos
Países de Língua Portuguesa, XVI Semana da Geoquímica.
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Fernandes, P., Rodrigues, B., Borges M. & Matos V. 2010. Maturação orgânica da Bacia Algarvia.
Resultados preliminares e implicações para a prospecção de hidrocarbonetos. CNG, Braga.
http://metododirecto.pt/CNG2010/index.php/vol/article/viewFile/80/383
Borges, M., Fernandes, P., Rodrigues & Matos, V. 2010. Maturação orgânica e palinoestratigrafia
da Sondagem RUIVO-1, região imersa da Bacia Algarvia. Implicações para a prospecção de
hidrocarbonetos. CNG, Braga.
Fernandes, P., Jorge, R.C.G.S., Oliveira, J.T., Pereira, Z. & Rodrigues, B. 2010. Análise de
proveniência dos sedimentos siliciclásticos do Grupo do Flysch do Baixo Alentejo, Zona Sul
Portuguesa. CNG, Braga.
Pereira, Z., Matos, J.X., Fernandes, P., Jorge, R.C.G.S. & Oliveira, J.T. 2010. Qual a idade mais
antiga da Faixa Piritosa? Nova idade Givetiano inferior para o Grupo Filito-Quartzítico
(Anticlinal de S. Francisco da Serra – Faixa Piritosa. CNG, Braga.
Lopes, G., Vaz, N., Sequeira, A.J.D., Piçarra, J.M., Fernandes, P. & Pereira, Z. 2010. Dados
palinoestratigraficos do Gorstiano (Silúrico) da Formação Sazes (Sinclinal do Buçaco). CNG,
Braga.
Matos, J.X., Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Rosas, D. & Oliveira, J.T. 2010. Contribuição para o
estudo da estrutura da mina de Aljustrel (Faixa Piritosa Ibérica) com base em novos dados do
Complexo Volcano-Sedimentar e da Formação Mértola. CNG. Braga
Borges, M., Fernandes, P., Pereira, Z. & Riding, J.B. 2010. Palinoestratigrafia da região de Sagres
(Bacia Algarvia) e da Carrapateira: resultados preliminares. CNG, Braga.
Sacadura, M. J., Boski, T., Estudo da estrutura tridimensional Holocénica do sistema lagunar da
Ria Formosa. Congresso Nacional de Geologia. Braga. Julho de 2010
Patents/prototypes
National Patent nº 103359 - Physical preservations techniques for an enzyme as a plant milkclotting agent
National Patent nº 103444 - Establishment a new citrus cell line adapted to moderate salt
exposure
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Transboundary Guadiana Forum, Vila Real de Santo Antonio, 27.06.2010
X Congress of Geochemistry of Portuguese Speaking Countries, Porto: Tomasz Boski was a
member of the scientific committee
European Space Agency (ESA) for Contract Nº 21464/08/I-OL “Technical Assistance for the
Oceanic and Coastal Sites”
Project ALFAETÌLICO 3397,2009 -“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.
Contract between BIOVEGETAL, SA Company and LAb Engineering and Environmental
Biotechnology for Oleaginous Microbial Production for Biodiesel synthesis, Icely, J.,Cristina,S.,
Goela,P., Newton, A. (January 2010) Report 4 to ESA. Icely, J.,Cristina,S., Goela,P., Newton, A.
(August 2010) Report 5: Section I Final to ESA.
S. Connor 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 participated in IGCP project 521 - Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea and Caspian
Biomes (director: Prof. Sandy Harrison, Macquarie University).
http://www.bridge.bris.ac.uk/projects/EMBSECBIO.
S. Connor participated in the 34th International Moor Excursion to Sicily and Pantelleria, Italy,
September 2010, organised by the University of Bern, Switzerland.
C. Veiga-Pires - Université de Bordeaux (France) and EPOCH research Center (France) through
the Luso-French project on metal contaminants.
C. Veiga-Pires - GEOTOP research center (Canada) and Université du Québec à Rismouski
(Canada) through the stalagmite project.
C. Veiga-Pires – Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) through the project NitroLinks (submarine
groundwater discharges).
M. Borges and G. Lopes – Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Department of Geology – Stable
Isotope Geochemical Laboratory.
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M. Borges and P. Fernandes, collaboration with Dr. Jim Riding from the British Geological
Survey in the project on dinoflagellate biostratigraphy of the Algarve Basin.
P. Fernandes and V. Matos, collaboration with Prof. João Graciano Mendonça Filho from the
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro through the project “Hydrocarbon source rock potential
of the Algarve Basin”.
Tomasz Boski - continued joint research on post-glacial sea level change with the Brazilian
Federal Universities in Curitiba and Natal.
Tomasz Boski - collaborative research with the Spanish Universities in Huelva and Seville on
geochemical paleoenvironmental proxies obtained from the analyses of Estuarine sediments
Tomasz Boski - collaborative research with universities of Keele (UK), Szczecin (PL), UERJ(BR),
Durham (UK) on micropaleontological proxies of sea-level change
Tomasz Boski - UNESCO IGCP 588 Annual conference 30.11.2010-5.12.2010, Hong Kong
University
Tomasz Boski was invited to give keynote lecture on "Holocene evolution of S. Portuguese
Coasts" during The Sepetiba Symposium at UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, 25.06.2010
International PhD level academic networks
CIMA entred into the new successful Erasmus Mundus PhD courese proposal MACOMA with
the Universities of Cadiz, St. Petersburg, Bologna and Aveiro
Ciência e Tecnologia.
EMAA- European Management and Aquatic Assessment for INAG-National institute of Water.
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Research Objective IV - Impact of Environmental Processes
Principal Investigator: Maria Joao Anunciação Franco Bebianno
Main Scientific Domain: Ciências do Mar
Group Host Institution: Universidade do Algarve
Alexandra Maria Francisco Cravo
Alice Newton
Ana Catarina Godinho de Almeida
Ana Maria Branco Barbosa
António Manuel Coelho Oliveira e Sousa
Belisandra Maria Martins Lopes
Brígida Gonçalves Rodrigues
Catarina Alexandra Guerreiro Pereira
Catarina de Pina Folgado Alves de Sousa
Cristina Carvalho Veiga-Pires
Denise Robina Teixeira Fernandes
Fabrício Flores Nunes
Filipa Alexandra Oleiros Esteves Ribeiros
Filomena Maria Coelho Guerra da Fonseca
Inês do Carmo Alves Martins
Jaime Miguel Costa Aníbal
Maria Angela Pereira Serafim
Maria Emilia Lima Costa
Maria Joao Anunciacao Franco Bebianno
Maria Margarida dos Prazeres Reis
Maria Margarida Ramos Gonzalez Rey
Marisa Andreia Viegas dos Santos
Paulo Miguel da Costa Zaragoza de Oliveira Pedro
Priscila Raquel Fernandes Costa Goela
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues
Rui Miguel Saraiva Company
Sandra Maria da Cruz Caetano
Sandra Maria Sengo Mesquita
Sara Isabel Cacheira Raposo
Sónia Cláudia Vitorino Cristina
Tânia Cristina Martins Gomes
Tânia Sofia Coelho Andrade Dias Damião
Vera Lúcia de Almeida Maria
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INTERREG III A CIANOALERTA III (2006 –2010) – Cyanobacteria Harmful algal blooms
and ecological criteria of water quality. Total funding of 280000 Euros.
PTDC/AGR-ALI/109859/2009 - Molecular probing for effective strategies to control fanleaf
and leafroll in grapevine. 145 537,00 €/ 132 277,00 €
PTDC/MAR/114380/2009; PHYTORIA Starting date: 1 March 2011; Duration: 36 months;
136.336,00€ /112.155,00€;
PTDC/AAC-CLI/114512/2009; PHYTOCLIMA Remote sensing of phytoplankt on variability
patterns of fSouth-Western Iberia: a sentinel for climatechange?Starting date: 1 April
2011;134.800,00€ / 132.880,00 €;
LAGOA 52 (2009-2011) – Restoration of the artificial coastal lagoon in the Baía da Meia Praia
Resort . Successive private contracts for a total funding of 87800 Euros.
CIANOTOOLS (2009 -2010) Ecological tools for the management of cyanobacteria dominated
reservoirs. (Sub-project coordinated by Margarida P. Reis, integrated in RISE funded by
INTERREG III A total funding of 835682.67 euros) Subproject funding was 5554 euros.
ECOTOXTOOLS (2010-2012). Ecotoxicological tools for assessing agriculture associated
environmental risks in Southern Europe big man-made freshwater reservoirs. .199370/ 37750
euros
PTDC/SAU-SAP/111908/2009. Project IN-HEALTH – Maternal-infant health related to
environmental factors . 93.108.00€.
Objectives
The aims of the 6 research tasks in RO IV are defined as follows:
a) Impacts on human health,
This task aims to describe the degree of individual prenatal exposure to environmental polluting
agents and the internal doses of these polluting agents during gestation to birth. A pilot survey
will be established to assess the effects in newborn children, whose mothers live in areas with
distinct environmental susceptibilities in the Algarve. Health-impact evaluation includes the
assessment of different metals and organic contaminants in samples of umbilical cord blood that
were collected during birth.
b) Eutrophication and rehabilitation methods,
One of the aims of this research is focused on regions of restricted exchange, such as coastal
lagoons, fjords, enclosed bays and seas. These coastal zones are particularly vulnerable to impacts
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from human activities that may be quite distant from the coastal zone in the case of large
watersheds or airsheds. Climate change may have large impacts on the fragile environment and
the livelihood of the people depending on them. It is crucial to analyse the effects of climatic and
local anthropogenic alterations in planktonic microbial communities, ecosystem functioning and
connectivity. Moreover, the characterization of submarine groundwater and their contribution
through nutrient fluxes into the Ria Formosa, based on the use of actinides, namely Radium and
Rádon, as well as on stable isotopes from oxygen and hydrogen will be made.
c) Impacts of emerging contaminants,
This research area aims to determine the toxic effects of copper and silver nanoparticles (NP) on
the mussel M. galloprovincialis using as end points biomarkers of oxidative stress (antioxidant
enzymes SOD, CAT and GPX and lipid peroxidation), metal exposure (MT) and neurotoxicity
(AChE). Also the effects of a mixture of pharmaceutical products (aspirin, ibuprofen, diclofenac,
paracetamol, metformin, naproxen and atenolol) are assessed in marine (M. galloprovincialis) and
freshwater (Corbiculafluminea) bivalves through the application of several oxidative stress,
neurotoxic and endocrine disruption biomarkers and a proteomic approach both in laboratory
experiments and field studies, using other bivalve species as biological models namelyM.
galloprovincialis, Scrobiculariaplana and Nereisdiversicolor from the Ria Formosa lagoon and
Guadiana Estuary.
d) Development of new biomarkers and indexes in risk management
A multi-biomarker (antioxidant enzymes, metallothioneins, acethylcholinesterase, lipid
peroxidation, Citochrome P450 ALP and DNA damage) approach is used as end points in
aquatic species. This study is crucial for the establishment of environmental and biological indices
for the management of estuaries and coastal areas including harbours and ports.
e) Harmful algal blooms
Our main target has been to understand conditions triggering toxic cyanobacteria blooms
(CYANOHABS) in reservoirs, focusing on biological interactions and using molecular tools to
elucidate them. Relationships between bacteria and phytoplankton, isolation and molecular
characterization of cyanobacteria and the role of these viruses in cyanotoxin production/release
were the principal focus.
f) Environmental biotechnology and engineering.
- development of 2nd-Generation sustainable BioEthanol production from agri-industrial waste
material and implementation of a pilot-plant
- gene expression profiling, identification and isolation of monoclonal strains of oleaginous
microorganisms for BioDiesel Industry
- Characterization and bioreactor production of BCAs against fruit post-harvest diseases on a
large scale, in parallel with the development of molecular markers for identification of plant
pathogens
Main Achievements
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- The monitoring of contaminants along the Portuguese coast was crucial to identify and evaluate
spatial and seasonal differences in anthropogenic inputs to the marine and estuarine
environments and to identify the hotspots of contamination in southern Portugal.
- Extensive field and lab measurements allowed the acquisition of a large amount of data that are
being compiled for mass balance budgets of nutrient inputs from submarine groundwater
discharges in the Ria Formosa.
- Assessment of water quality in harbours helped establish guidelines for monitoring harbour
areas through a process of methodological standardization in the management of water quality
- Passive samplers deployed to assess contaminant load in aquatic environments revealed the
presence of different active pharmaceutical ingredients in Portuguese rivers, clearly indicating
that water treatment plants in the area are unable to remove these compounds from the water
- We proved that 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 obtained can be used in the future as specific
biomarkers of copper and silver exposure, after identification and validation. Pharmaceutical
compounds (Ibuprofen and antidepressant Fluoxetine) in the digestive gland of M. galloprovincialis
induced antioxidant system responses (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione reductase and
glutathione s-transferase), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and damage (Lipid peroxidation) in
tissues.
- Eight years of environmental monitoring elucidated phytoplankton dynamics in four reservoirs
in the Algarve, where more than 80% of monthly water samples are dominated by cyanobacteria,
showing the need for biological variables in order to understand CYANOHABS triggering
factors. Eight new cyanophages infecting Microcystis spp. have been isolated and characterized.
This viral pool is capable of infecting multiple hosts and represents an important source of
relevant genomic information that has never been gathered before, since the only sequenced
Microcystis cyanophage (Ma-LMM01) is only capable of infecting a single host strain.
- Several molecular markers, based on differential gene expression patterns, were confirmed as
indicators of resistance or susceptibility to iron-chlorosis in different species.
- An isolate yeast strain tolerant to high concentrations of ethanol was obtained, with high yields
suitable for bioethanol production.
- Development of assays (RT-PCR; RT-PCR-RFLP; ISIA; Tissue-printing) for the molecular
detection and tipification of quarantine viruses of the grapevine.
- Establishment a new citrus cell line adapted to moderate salt exposure (National Patent nº
103444)
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Blasco, J., Gomes, T., Garcia-Barrera, T., Rodriguez-Romero, A., Gonzalez-Rey, M., MoranRoldan, F., Tromibini, C., Miotk, M., Gomez-Ariza, J. L., Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Metal
occurrence in recent sediments from the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Scientia Marina
74S1, 1: 99-106. doi:10.3989/scimar.2010.74s1099 (Impact Factor:1.174; Citations: 0).
Company, R, Felicia, H., Serafim, A., Almeida, A.J., Biscoito, M. &Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Metal
concentrations and metallothionein-like protein levels in deep-sea fishes captured near
hydrothermal vents in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge off Azores. Deep Sea Research, Part I, 57(7): 893903. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2010.02.005. (Impact Factor: 2.593; Citations: 0).
Company, R., Serafim, A., Cosson, R.P., Fiala-Médioni, A., Camus, Serrão-Santos, R. &Bebianno,
M.J. (2010). Sub-lethal effects of cadmium on the antioxidant defence system of the
hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,
73(5): 788-795. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.01.003 (Impact Factor: 2.133; Citations: 2).
Géret, F., Gomes, T., Marty, P., Bebianno, M. J. (2010). Differential protein expression in
Corbicula fluminea exposed to a mixture of pharmaceutical products. Comparative Biochemistry
and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 157, S1: 46 - 47. (Impact Factor:
2.196; Citations: 0).
Gomes, T., Cancio, I., Pinheiro, J. P., Bebianno, M. J. (2010). "Integration of conventional
biomarkers and proteomic analysis to assess the effects of copper nanoparticles in Mytilus
galloprovincialis ", Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative
Physiology 157, S1: 54 - 54. (Impact Factor: 2.196; Citations: 0).
Gonzalez-Rey M., T.C. Lau T.C., Gomes T., Maria V.L., Bebianno M.J., Wu, R.. Comparison of
metal accumulation between „Artificial Mussel‟ and natural mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in
marine environments.Marine Pollution Bulletin doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.007.
Lima-Costa, M.E., Ferreira, S., Duarte, A. & Ferreira, A.L. (2010). Alleviation of Salt Stress Using
Exogenous Proline on a Citrus Cell Line.Acta Hort. (ISHS) 868:109-112
Manso T., Nunes C., Raposo S., Lima-Costa M. E. (2010). Carob pulp as raw material to produce
the biocontrol agent P. agglomerans PBC-1.Journal of Industrial Microbiology and
Biotechnology. 37 (11): 1145-1155. DOI: 10.1007/s10295-010-0762-1 IF 1.082cit 2
Maria, V. L., Gomes T., Bebianno, M. J.(2010). Protein expression profiles in
Mytilusgalloprovincialis exposed to a combination of contaminants. Comparative Biochemistry
and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology,157, Supplement 1,S46. (Impact
Factor: 2.196; Citations: 0).
Maria, V.L., Ahmad, I., Oliveira, M., Pacheco, M., Santos, M.A. (2010). Dicentrarchuslabrax L.
Kidney Antioxidant Responses, Lipid and DNA Damage at five different sites within the Aveiro
Lagoon.Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 19, 5, 790-797. (Impact Factor: 0.43; Citations: 0).
Maria, V.L., Ahmad, I., Teles, M., Serafim, A., Bebianno, M.J., Pacheco, M., Santos, M.A (2010).
Golden grey mullet and sea bass oxidative DNA damage and clastogenic/aneugenic responses in
a contaminated coastal lagoon.Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73(8):1907-13. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.07.003. (Impact Factor: 2.133; Citations: 0).
Manso T, Nunes C., Raposo S., Lima-Costa, M. E. (2010) Production of the biocontrol agent
Pantoeaagglomerans PBC-1 in a stirred tank reactor by batch and fed-batch cultures.World
Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 26 (4): 725 – 735. DOI 10.1007/s11274-009-02296.(Impact Factor: 2.086 Citations: 2).
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Massart, S., Brostaux, Y., Barbarossa, L., Battle, A. , Cesar, V., Dutrecq, O. , Fonseca, F.,
Guillem, R., Komorowska, B. , Olmos A., Steyer, S., Wetzel, T., Kummert, J. , and Jijakli, M.H.
Interlaboratory evaluation of two RT-PCR based methods for detection of four fruit tree viruses.
Annals of Applied Biology: 154: 133-141 (DOI 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00281.x).
Newton, A., Oliveira, P. S., Icely J.D. and Foster, P.A. (2010). Monitoring of oxygen condition in
the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon, Portugal.Journal of Environmental Monitoring 12, 355 DOI:
10.1039/b914015h.
Oliveira M., Ahmad I., Maria V. L., Pacheco M., Santos M. A. (2010). Antioxidant responses
versus DNA damage and lipid peroxidation in golden grey mullet liver: a field study at Ria de
Aveiro (Portugal). ArchEnviron Contam Toxicol. 59(3):454-63. DOI 10.1007/s00244-010-94918. (Impact Factor: 1.743; Citations: 0).
Serafim, A., Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Effect of a polymetallic mixture on metal accumulation and
metallothionein response in the clam Ruditapes decussatus. Aquatic Toxicology, 99(3):370-378.
doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.05.016 (Impact Factor: 3.124; Citations: 1).
Book Chapters
pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8830-4.
Other publications
Almeida A. C., Cravo A., Bebianno M. J., 2010.. Comparison of DNA damage in two bivalve
species from the Fia Formosa lagoon (South Coast of Portugal).XV Seminário de Quimica
Marinha, 22-24 Fevereiro 2010, Vigo Espanha
Blasco, j., Gomes, T., García-Barrera, T., Rodríguez- Romero, A., Gonzalez-Rey, M., MoránRoldán, F., Trombini, C., Miotk, M., Gómez-Ariza, J.L., Bebianno, M.J. 2010. Trace metal
concentrations in sediments from Southwest Iberian Peninsula. 20th SETAC Europe Meeting,
Sevilla (Spain).
Pereira C., Cravo A., Bebianno M. J.,, 2010. ALP as na endocrine disruption biomarker in
mussels from the South Coast of PortugalXV Seminário de Quimica Marinha, 22-24 Fevereiro
2010, Vigo Espanha.
Pereira C., Cravo A., Bebianno M. J., 2010. Interspecific variability of alp in two bivalve species
from the Ria Formosa Lagoon (South coast of Portugal).XV Seminário de Quimica Marinha, 2224 Fevereiro 2010, Vigo Espanha.
Company, R., Antúnez, O., Torreblanca, A., Cajaraville, M. and Bebianno, M.J. 2010. A
proteomic approach to study the influence of climate change in marine organisms –
hydrothermal vents as a model of unstable environments. 24th ESCPB Congress - Biological
Effects of Climate Change and Pollution: From Biomarkers to System Biology. 5-9 September.
Alessandria (Italy).
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Cristina, S., Icely, J.D., Goela, P., NewtonA., 2010 Validation of MERIS- Medium Resolution
Imaging Spectrometer satellite products in oceanic waters off Cape Sagres on the south-west
coast of Portugal.Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium.SP 686.
Cristina, S.;Goela, P.; Icely, J.; Moore, G.; Newton, A., 2010.Evaluation of the MERIS marine
products in coastal and oceanic waters off Cape Sagres on the south-west coast of
Portugal.Proceedings of the Ocean Optics XX 2010. Anchorage, Alaska, 27th September – 1st
October 2010.
Géret, F., Gomes, T., Marty, P., Bebianno, M.J. 2010.Differential protein expression in
Corbiculafluminea exposed to a mixture of pharmaceutical products. 27th New European Society
for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Congress. Alessandria (Italy).
Goela, P.,Icely, J. D., Cristina, S., Newton, A.2010 Absorption coefficient of particulate matter
on the south-west coast of Europe: A contribution to the validation of the MERIS- Medium
Resolution Imaging Spectrometer sensor. Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, SP686.
Goela, P.C; Cristina, S.; Icely, J.; Newton, A. 2010.Light absorption by particulate and dissolved
organic matter in coastal and oceanic sites off the Southwest Coast of Europe: A contribution to
MERIS sensor validation. Proceedings of Ocean Optics XX Conference.
Gomes, T., Cancio, I., Bebianno, M.J. 2010. Are copper nanoparticles more toxic than bulk
copper in Mytilus galloprovincialis? 6th International conference on marine pollution and
ecotoxicology, Hong Kong (China).
Gomes, T., Cancio, I., Bebianno, M.J. 2010. Copper nanoparticles toxicity in the mussel Mytilus
galloprovincialis. 20th SETAC Europe Meeting. Sevilla (Spain).
Gomes, T., Cancio, I., Pinheiro, J.P., Bebianno, M.J.2010. Effects of silver nanoparticles in
Mytilusgalloprovincialis.8th Iberian Congress, 5thIbero-American Congress on Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology (CICTA-2010), Heredia (Costa Rica).
Gomes, T., Chora, S., Cancio, I., Bebianno, M.J., 2010. “Toxicity of copper nanoparticles in
Mytilus galloprovincialis”.XV SeminarioIberico de Quimica Marina, Vigo (Spain).
Gonzalez-Rey, M. &Bebianno, M.J., 2010. Effects of Ibuprofen in mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis. XV Seminário Ibérico de Química Marina, Vigo, Spain.
Gonzalez-Rey, M. & Bebianno, M.J., 2010. Comparison between „artificial mussel‟ and
Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis on metal biomonitoring in aquatic environment:
Portuguese preliminary case study. 6th International Conference on Marine Pollution and
Ecotoxicology, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Gonzalez-Rey, M. & Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Oxidative stress and endocrine disruption in mussel
Mytilusgalloprovincialis associated to NSAID ibuprofen exposure. 6th International Conference
on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Gonzalez-Rey, M. & Bebianno, M.J. (May 2010). Effects of active pharmaceutical ingredient
Ibuprofen in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis.SETAC Europe, Seville, Spain.
Lima-Costa, M.E.; Ferreira, S.; Duarte, A. & Ferreira, A.L. 2010. Alleviation of Salt Stress Using
Exogenous Proline on a Citrus Cell Line.Acta Hort. (ISHS) 868:109-112
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Maria V.L., Bebianno M.J. (2010). The Effects of two Model Contaminants (BaP and Cu)
individually and In Combination In Antioxidant Mechanism of the Common Mussel. XV
Seminário Ibérico de Química Marinha, Vigo, Espanha, 22-24 February 2010.
Maria, V. L., Gomes T., Bebianno, M. J.(2010). Protein expression profiles in
Mytilusgalloprovincialisexposed to a combination of contaminants. 27th ESCPBnew Congress
“New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry- Biological Effects of
Climatic Changes and Pollution: from Biomarkers to System Biology” Alessandria, Italy - 5-9
September 2010.
Maria, V.L., Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Organs Specificity and the Combined Effects of
Environmental Contaminants Binary Mixtures in Mytilusgalloprovincialis. SETAC Europe 20th
Annual Meeting to be held in Seville, Spain from 23-27 May 2010.
Pereira, C., Gomes, T., Cardoso, C., Cravo, A., Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Interspecific variability of
ALP in two bivalve species from the Ria Formosa lagoon (south coast of Portugal). XV
SeminarioIbérico de Quimica Marina, 22 – 24 February, Vigo (Spain).
Pereira., P., Cravo, A., Bebianno, M.J. (2010). ALP as an endocrine disruption biomarker in
mussels from the south coast of Portugal.XV SeminarioIberico de Quimica Marina, 22 – 24
February, Vigo (Spain).
Serafim, M.A., Company, R., Lopes, B., Fonseca, V.F., França, S., Bebianno, M. J., Cabral, H.N.,
2010. Integrated biomarker response index as a useful tool for environmental assessment in two
anthropogenic impacted estuaries. 20th Annual Meeting of Science and Technology for
Environmental Protection, SETAC Europe, Sevilha, 23 – 27 Maio.
Sousa, V., Gomes, T., Serafim, A., Company, R., Cancio, I. &Bebianno, M.J. (2010). Strategies to
remove nanoparticles from seawater – membrane technology. VIII Congreso Ibérico, V
Iberoamericano de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental (CICTA-2010). 29 November - 4
December 2010. Heredia (Costa Rica).
Bebianno, M. J. 2010. Poluição do Meio Marinho. In Políticas Públicas do Mar, ed. Matias, N.
V..,Soromelho-Marques, V., Falcato, J., Leitão, A. G.,, 96 - 106. . Lisboa: Esfera do Caos
Editores.
Cravo A., Menaia J., Napier V., 2010. A qualidade da água da ribeira de Aljezur, SW Portugal:
seus efeitos nas águas balneares. 14º ENaSB /SILUBESA Encontro Nacional de Saneamento
Básico / Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental. Porto, Outubro 26-29
Out, 11pp.
Bebianno M.J., A. Cravo, T. Gomes, C. Pereira, C. Almeida, C. Cardoso, A. Serafim, R.
Company, 2010. Acordo Específico de Colaboração entre a Câmara Municipal de Olhão e a
Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente. 1º Relatório Final – Julho 2007a Dezembro de
2008.
Company R., Serafim A., B. Lopes, T. Gomes, C. Pereira, C. Almeida, M. Gonzalez Rey, A.
Cravo, M. J. Bebianno, 2010. Estudos Ecotoxicológicos no Rio Guadiana. “Fórum Guadiana”,
Vila Real de Santo António (Portugal).
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Gomes, T., Gonzalez-Rey, M., Rodríguez-Romero, A., Trombini, C., Riba, I., Blasco, J.,
Bebianno, M.J. 2010. Biomarkers and protein expression profiles in Scrobicularia plana from the
Southwest Iberian Peninsula.8th Iberian Congress, 5thIbero-American Congress on
Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (CICTA-2010), Heredia (Costa Rica).
Icely, J., Cristina, S.; Goela, P.C., Newton, A.,Fragoso, B. (2010).Tecnhical Assistance for the
validation of Meris marine products at Portuguese oceanic and coastal sites. Report 5.Contract
Nº 21464/08/I-OL.
Menaia J., Cravo A., Napier V., 2010.Evolution of Enterobacterial Populations along the Aljezur
Costal Stream as Correlated to the Occurring Physical-Chemical Characteristics of the Water.The
Water Research Conference, 11 – 14 April 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ph.D. theses completed
Lucia Mora Machado . A radiação UV-B na Ria Formosa: Incidência e impactes biológicos ,
2010. PhD. Thesis in Environmental Science and Technology, especiality Aquatic Environment University of Algarve. (M. J. Bebianno supervisor).
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues, 2010. “Bottom-up regulation of
phytoplankton in the Guadiana estuary”PhD thesis in Marine Aciences, Especiality Marine
Ecology. (H. Galvão, A. Barbosa & Ulli Sommer (Kiel) supervisors).
Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association-ESCA Figueira da Foz, Portugal 14 to 19 of September
2010 Science steering committee (Alice Newton)
Littoral conference London 21-23 Sept. 2010 Science Steering Committee (Alice Newton)
Biological Effects of Climatic Changes and Pollution: from Biomarkers to System Biology, 2010.
27th European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry; University of Piedmont
Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro"; Alessandria (Italy), 5-9 September 2010 (M. J. BebiannoInternational Advisory Board).
XV Seminário Ibérico de Química Marinha, 2010. Universidade de Vigo; Cidade do evento: Vigo
/ Museu de Ciencias del Mar (M. J. Bebianno- Scientific Committee).
European Space Agency (ESA) for Contract Nº 21464/08/I-OL “Technical Assistance for the
Oceanic and Coastal Sites”
Project ALFAETÌLICO 3397,2009 -“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.
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Contract between BIOVEGETAL, SA Company and LAb Engineering and Environmental
Biotechnology for Oleaginous Microbial Production for Biodiesel synthesis
M. J. Bebianno was under ERASMUS Staff Exchange at the EA 4228 “ECOMERS” –
Ecosystèmes Côtier sMarins et Réponses aux Stress of the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis
(France) to work on proteomics and genomics using the clam Ruditapes decussatus as a model
organism with the aim to identify new biomarkers of environmental contamination.
M.J. Bebianno was visiting lecturer at the Oceanographic Institute of the University of S. Paulo
(Brasil) and to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
M. J. Bebianno joined the “MERIT”- Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative
Technology – of the City University de Hong Kong .
A. Newton is the current chairperson of LOICZ working with projects and networks such as
IGBP, IHDP, and LOICZ to further consolidate the links between policy, research, teaching,
training and society.
A joint team integrated by Universidad Complutense/Dept Microbiology and M. Emília Costa
group CIMA/ UAlg is established to develop ethanol production research from marine and agroindustrial residues. M. Emília Costa stayed 4 months at Microbiology Department/Universidad
Complutense- developing biofuels cooperative research. Students mobility is planned fot this and
the next year
A Newton serves as a national and EU expert on the Water Framework Directive, the Marine
Strategy Directive, Eutrophication and DPSIR and also OSPAR expert on Long Distance
Transport of contaminants, evaluator for UK-NERC, the Irish Research Council, Portuguese
FCT, EU DG Research and European Science Foundation.
Ciência e Tecnologia.
EMAA- European Management and Aquatic Assessment for INAG-National Institute of Water.
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