Publications - MARE-Madeira

@article{TRIAYPORTELLA201869,

title = {Sex with the lights off: Can a morphological structure reveal the sex and functional sexual maturity in the genus Plesionika?},

author = {Raül Triay-Portella and José A. González and Manuel Biscoito and Raquel Ruiz-Diaz and José G. Pajuelo},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096706371730362X},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.10.005},

issn = {0967-0637},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers},

volume = {142},

pages = {69-76},

abstract = {The present work describes a taxonomic trait able to determine sex in pandalid shrimps of the genus Plesionika and an indicator of functional maturity in females. This structure is described as formed by two teeth with abundant setae present in all males of the nine Plesionika species examined. This morphological trait has been ignored across the taxonomy in pandalids. Thoracic teeth were located on the 7th thoracic sternite. Each species presents a characteristic trait of this structure, although P. williamsi has a particular pair of thoracic teeth compared with their congeners. This structure could be used as a tool in the systematics of this genus. Sex determination through thoracic teeth shall represent a faster alternative to the classical appendix masculina sexing method. Functional maturity of females is linked to the fading of immature thoracic teeth. The observation of living specimens in tanks has allowed for the finding that males of P. narval and P. edwardsii actively seek (search for) females and use their third pair of multi-articulate legs to locate the teeth of the thoracic region, which implicates these structures in the activity of “pure searchers” to locate mature females. Thoracic teeth open a new window to different fields of research, such as taxonomy, systematics, and sexual behaviour, and are a tool to determine the first maturity of the Plesionika species.},

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Sangil, Carlos; Martins, Gustavo M.; Hernández, José Carlos; Alves, Filipe; Neto, Ana I.; Ribeiro, Cláudia; León-Cisneros, Karla; Canning-Clode, João; Rosas-Alquicira, Edgar; Mendoza, José Carlos; Titley, Ian; Wallenstein, Francisco; Couto, Ruben P.; Kaufmann, Manfred

Shallow subtidal macroalgae in the North-eastern Atlantic archipelagos (Macaronesian region): a spatial approach to community structure Journal Article

In: European Journal of Phycology, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 83-98, 2018.

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35.

Riera, Léa; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Canning-Clode, João; Gestoso, Ignacio

Variability in the settlement of non-indigenous species in benthic communities from an oceanic island Journal Article

In: Helgoland Marine Research, vol. 72, pp. 15, 2018.

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34.

Pestana, Rosa; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Boury-Esnault, Nicole; Biscoito, Manuel

Systematic account of new Porifera (Demospongiae) records from the oceanic Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic) Journal Article

In: Zootaxa, vol. 4402, pp. 395, 2018.

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33.

Pauli, Nora-Charlotte; Paiva, Filipa; Briski, Elizabeta

Are Ponto-Caspian species able to cross salinity barriers? A case study of the gammarid Pontogammarus maeoticus Journal Article

In: Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 19, pp. 9817-9826, 2018.

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@article{https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4461,

title = {Are Ponto-Caspian species able to cross salinity barriers? A case study of the gammarid Pontogammarus maeoticus},

author = {Nora-Charlotte Pauli and Filipa Paiva and Elizabeta Briski},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ece3.4461},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4461},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Ecology and Evolution},

volume = {8},

number = {19},

pages = {9817-9826},

abstract = {Abstract Recently, Ponto-Caspian species (i.e., area of Azov, Black, and Caspian Seas) have invaded brackish and freshwater habitats of the North and Baltic Seas and the Laurentian Great Lakes in much higher numbers than expected based on shipping frequency and environmental conditions among these regions. Therefore, it has been suggested that Ponto-Caspian species may have inherent advantages over other species in colonizing new habitats, or that they are of freshwater origin. Artificial selection offers the possibility to investigate phenotypic plasticity, shifts in environmental tolerance, and heritability of environmentally sensitive traits; therefore, in this study, we conducted artificial selection experiments on Ponto-Caspian amphipod Pontogammarus maeoticus collected from 10 PSU to evaluate adaptation capacity of this species to different salinities, and to shed additional light on a possible freshwater origin of Ponto-Caspian invaders. Our results indicated that selection to lower salinity than that of the population's ambient salinity is possible within few generations due to a likely existence of standing polymorphic variation for selection to act on. In contrast, selection to higher salinity was unsuccessful because the phenotypic variation was mainly caused by environmental variance and therefore might depend on new mutations. Consequently, the results of our study suggest that the tested species might be of freshwater origin and lacks necessary genetic background for adaptation to fully marine conditions. Further selection studies using more species and populations, as well as molecular techniques, should be conducted to elucidate if other Ponto-Caspian invaders are of freshwater origin as well.},

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Pansch, Christian; Scotti, Marco; Barboza, Francisco R.; Al-Janabi, Balsam; Brakel, Janina; Briski, Elizabeta; Bucholz, Björn; Franz, Markus; Ito, Maysa; Paiva, Filipa; Saha, Mahasweta; Sawall, Yvonne; Weinberger, Florian; Wahl, Martin

Heat waves and their significance for a temperate benthic community: A near-natural experimental approach Journal Article

In: Global Change Biology, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 4357-4367, 2018.

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@article{https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14282,

title = {Heat waves and their significance for a temperate benthic community: A near-natural experimental approach},

author = {Christian Pansch and Marco Scotti and Francisco R. Barboza and Balsam Al-Janabi and Janina Brakel and Elizabeta Briski and Björn Bucholz and Markus Franz and Maysa Ito and Filipa Paiva and Mahasweta Saha and Yvonne Sawall and Florian Weinberger and Martin Wahl},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.14282},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14282},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Global Change Biology},

volume = {24},

number = {9},

pages = {4357-4367},

abstract = {Abstract Climate change will not only shift environmental means but will also increase the intensity of extreme events, exerting additional stress on ecosystems. While field observations on the ecological consequences of heat waves are emerging, experimental evidence is rare, and lacking at the community level. Using a novel “near-natural” outdoor mesocosms approach, this study tested whether marine summer heat waves have detrimental consequences for macrofauna of a temperate coastal community, and whether sequential heat waves provoke an increase or decrease of sensitivity to thermal stress. Three treatments were applied, defined and characterized through a statistical analysis of 15 years of temperature records from the experimental site: (1) no heat wave, (2) two heat waves in June and July followed by a summer heat wave in August and (3) the summer heat wave only. Overall, 50% of the species showed positive, negative or positive/negative responses in either abundance and/or biomass. We highlight four possible ways in which single species responded to either three subsequent heat waves or one summer heat wave: (1) absence of a response (tolerance, 50% of species), (2) negative accumulative effects by three subsequent heat waves (tellinid bivalve), (3) buffering by proceeding heat waves due to acclimation and/or shifts in phenology (spionid polychaete) and (4) an accumulative positive effect by subsequent heat waves (amphipod). The differential responses to single or sequential heat waves at the species level entailed shifts at the community level. Community-level differences between single and triple heat waves were more pronounced than those between regimes with vs. without heat waves. Detritivory was reduced by the single heat wave while suspension feeding was less common in the triple heat wave regime. Critical extreme events occur already today and will occur more frequently in a changing climate, thus, leading to detrimental impacts on coastal marine systems.},

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Abstract Climate change will not only shift environmental means but will also increase the intensity of extreme events, exerting additional stress on ecosystems. While field observations on the ecological consequences of heat waves are emerging, experimental evidence is rare, and lacking at the community level. Using a novel “near-natural” outdoor mesocosms approach, this study tested whether marine summer heat waves have detrimental consequences for macrofauna of a temperate coastal community, and whether sequential heat waves provoke an increase or decrease of sensitivity to thermal stress. Three treatments were applied, defined and characterized through a statistical analysis of 15 years of temperature records from the experimental site: (1) no heat wave, (2) two heat waves in June and July followed by a summer heat wave in August and (3) the summer heat wave only. Overall, 50% of the species showed positive, negative or positive/negative responses in either abundance and/or biomass. We highlight four possible ways in which single species responded to either three subsequent heat waves or one summer heat wave: (1) absence of a response (tolerance, 50% of species), (2) negative accumulative effects by three subsequent heat waves (tellinid bivalve), (3) buffering by proceeding heat waves due to acclimation and/or shifts in phenology (spionid polychaete) and (4) an accumulative positive effect by subsequent heat waves (amphipod). The differential responses to single or sequential heat waves at the species level entailed shifts at the community level. Community-level differences between single and triple heat waves were more pronounced than those between regimes with vs. without heat waves. Detritivory was reduced by the single heat wave while suspension feeding was less common in the triple heat wave regime. Critical extreme events occur already today and will occur more frequently in a changing climate, thus, leading to detrimental impacts on coastal marine systems.

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Paiva, Filipa; Barco, Andrea; Chen, Yiyong; Mirzajani, Alireza; Chan, Farrah T.; Lauringson, Velda; Baltazar-Soares, Miguel; Zhan, Aibin; Bailey, Sarah A.; Javidpour, Jamileh; Briski, Elizabeta

Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions? Journal Article

In: Global Change Biology, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 2708-2720, 2018.

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@article{https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14049,

title = {Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions?},

author = {Filipa Paiva and Andrea Barco and Yiyong Chen and Alireza Mirzajani and Farrah T. Chan and Velda Lauringson and Miguel Baltazar-Soares and Aibin Zhan and Sarah A. Bailey and Jamileh Javidpour and Elizabeta Briski},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.14049},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14049},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Global Change Biology},

volume = {24},

number = {6},

pages = {2708-2720},

abstract = {Abstract Invasions of freshwater habitats by marine and brackish species have become more frequent in recent years with many of those species originating from the Ponto-Caspian region. Populations of Ponto-Caspian species have successfully established in the North and Baltic Seas and their adjoining rivers, as well as in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River region. To determine if Ponto-Caspian taxa more readily acclimatize to and colonize diverse salinity habitats than taxa from other regions, we conducted laboratory experiments on 22 populations of eight gammarid species native to the Ponto-Caspian, Northern European and Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River regions. In addition, we conducted a literature search to survey salinity ranges of these species worldwide. Finally, to explore evolutionary relationships among examined species and their populations, we sequenced the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI) from individuals used for our experiments. Our study revealed that all tested populations tolerate wide ranges of salinity, however, different patterns arose among species from different regions. Ponto-Caspian taxa showed lower mortality in fresh water, while Northern European taxa showed lower mortality in fully marine conditions. Genetic analyses showed evolutionary divergence among species from different regions. Due to the geological history of the two regions, as well as high tolerance of Ponto-Caspian species to fresh water, whereas Northern European species are more tolerant of fully marine conditions, we suggest that species originating from the Ponto-Caspian and Northern European regions may be adapted to freshwater and marine environments, respectively. Consequently, the perception that Ponto-Caspian species are more successful colonizers might be biased by the fact that areas with highest introduction frequency of NIS (i.e., shipping ports) are environmentally variable habitats which often include freshwater conditions that cannot be tolerated by euryhaline taxa of marine origin.},

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Abstract Invasions of freshwater habitats by marine and brackish species have become more frequent in recent years with many of those species originating from the Ponto-Caspian region. Populations of Ponto-Caspian species have successfully established in the North and Baltic Seas and their adjoining rivers, as well as in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River region. To determine if Ponto-Caspian taxa more readily acclimatize to and colonize diverse salinity habitats than taxa from other regions, we conducted laboratory experiments on 22 populations of eight gammarid species native to the Ponto-Caspian, Northern European and Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River regions. In addition, we conducted a literature search to survey salinity ranges of these species worldwide. Finally, to explore evolutionary relationships among examined species and their populations, we sequenced the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI) from individuals used for our experiments. Our study revealed that all tested populations tolerate wide ranges of salinity, however, different patterns arose among species from different regions. Ponto-Caspian taxa showed lower mortality in fresh water, while Northern European taxa showed lower mortality in fully marine conditions. Genetic analyses showed evolutionary divergence among species from different regions. Due to the geological history of the two regions, as well as high tolerance of Ponto-Caspian species to fresh water, whereas Northern European species are more tolerant of fully marine conditions, we suggest that species originating from the Ponto-Caspian and Northern European regions may be adapted to freshwater and marine environments, respectively. Consequently, the perception that Ponto-Caspian species are more successful colonizers might be biased by the fact that areas with highest introduction frequency of NIS (i.e., shipping ports) are environmentally variable habitats which often include freshwater conditions that cannot be tolerated by euryhaline taxa of marine origin.

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Mendonça, Vanessa; Madeira, Carolina; Dias, Marta; Vermandele, Fanny; Archambault, Philippe; Dissanayake, Awantha; Canning-Clode, João; Flores, Augusto A. V.; Silva, Ana; Vinagre, Catarina

What's in a tide pool? Just as much food web network complexity as in large open ecosystems Journal Article

In: PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1-17, 2018.

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@article{plosone2,

title = {What's in a tide pool? Just as much food web network complexity as in large open ecosystems},

author = {Vanessa Mendonça and Carolina Madeira and Marta Dias and Fanny Vermandele and Philippe Archambault and Awantha Dissanayake and João Canning-Clode and Augusto A. V. Flores and Ana Silva and Catarina Vinagre},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200066},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0200066},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

journal = {PLOS ONE},

volume = {13},

number = {7},

pages = {1-17},

publisher = {Public Library of Science},

abstract = {Understanding the fundamental laws that govern complex food web networks over large ecosystems presents high costs and oftentimes unsurmountable logistical challenges. This way, it is crucial to find smaller systems that can be used as proxy food webs. Intertidal rock pool environments harbour particularly high biodiversity over small areas. This study aimed to analyse their food web networks to investigate their potential as proxies of larger ecosystems for food web networks research. Highly resolved food webs were compiled for 116 intertidal rock pools from cold, temperate, subtropical and tropical regions, to ensure a wide representation of environmental variability. The network properties of these food webs were compared to that of estuaries, lakes and rivers, as well as marine and terrestrial ecosystems (46 previously published complex food webs). The intertidal rock pool food webs analysed presented properties that were in the same range as the previously published food webs. The niche model predictive success was remarkably high (73–88%) and similar to that previously found for much larger marine and terrestrial food webs. By using a large-scale sampling effort covering 116 intertidal rock pools in several biogeographic regions, this study showed, for the first time, that intertidal rock pools encompass food webs that share fundamental organizational characteristics with food webs from markedly different, larger, open and abiotically stable ecosystems. As small, self-contained habitats, intertidal rock pools are particularly tractable systems and therefore a large number of food webs can be examined with relatively low sampling effort. This study shows, for the first time that they can be useful models for the understanding of universal processes that regulate the complex network organization of food webs, which are harder or impossible to investigate in larger, open ecosystems, due to high costs and logistical difficulties.},

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Freitas, Mafalda; Costa, Luísa; Delgado, João; Jiménez, Sebastián; Timóteo, Viriato; Vasconcelos, Joana; González, José

Deep-sea sharks as by-catch of an experimental fishing survey for black scabbardfishes (Aphanopus spp.) off the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic) Journal Article

In: Scientia Marina, vol. 82, 2018.

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Carla, Freitas; Caldeira, Rui; Reis, Jesus; Dellinger, Thomas

Foraging behavior of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the open ocean: from Lévy exploration to area-restricted search Journal Article

In: Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 595, 2018.

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27.

Cavaleiro, Bárbara; Hermida, Margarida; Saraiva, Aurélia

Parasites of amberjacks from the archipelago of Madeira, Eastern Atlantic Journal Article

In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 131, pp. 133-142, 2018.

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26.

Cacabelos, Eva; Cordeiro, Ricardo; Sánchez, R.; Busquier, L.; Mosquera, R.; Neto, Ana Isabel; Ávila, Sérgio

First record of Eatonina fulgida (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic Ocean). Journal Article

In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 59, 2018.

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25.

Biscoito, Manuel; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Freitas, Mafalda

Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I—Chondrichthyes Journal Article

In: Zootaxa, vol. 4429, pp. 459, 2018.

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24.

Biscoito, Manuel; Saldanha, Luiz

Gaidropsarus mauli a new species of three-bearded rockling (Gadiformes, Gadidae) from the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and the Biscay Slope (Northeastern Atlantic) Journal Article

In: Zootaxa, vol. 4459, pp. 301, 2018.

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23.

Babarro, Jose; Abad, M.; Gestoso, Ignacio; Silva, Elsa; Olabarria, Celia

Susceptibility of two co-existing mytilid species to simulated predation under projected climate change conditions Journal Article

In: Hydrobiologia, vol. 807, 2018.

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Alves, Filipe; Ferreira, Rita; Fernandes, Miguel; Halicka, Zofia; Dias, Luís; Dinis, Ana

Analysis of occurrence patterns and biological factors of cetaceans based on long-term and fine-scale data from platforms of opportunity: Madeira Island as a case study Journal Article

In: Marine Ecology, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. e12499, 2018.

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21.

Alves, Filipe; Ferreira, Rita; Fernandes, Miguel; Halicka, Zofia; Dias, Luís; Dinis, Ana

Analysis of occurrence patterns and biological factors of cetaceans based on long-term and fine-scale data from platforms of opportunity: Madeira Island as a case study Journal Article

In: Marine Ecology, vol. 39, pp. e12499, 2018.

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20.

Alves, Filipe; Alessandrini, Anita; Fernandez, Marc; Hartman, Karin; Dinis, Ana

Home Sweet Home? Wide-Ranging Movements of Socially Stable Resident Delphinids (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Journal Article

In: vol. 1, pp. 37-49, 2018.

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2017

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Biscoito, Manuel; Araujo, Gonçalo; Henriques, Paulo; Martins, Flavio; Sousa, Ricardo; Freitas, Mafalda; Delgado, João

Biodiversity in seamounts: The Madeira-Tore and Great Meteor. BIOMETORE 5 cruise report Journal Article

In: Bocagiana, vol. 244, pp. 1-9, 2017, ISSN: 2183-3141.

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Pereira, Tadeu José; Silva, Ana Filipa; de Almeida, Pedro Raposo; Belo, Ana Filipa; Costa, José Lino; Castro, Nuno; Quintella, Bernardo Ruivo

Assessing the size adequacy of a small no-take marine protected area (MPA) for Mediterranean moray and European conger Journal Article

In: Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 584, pp. 213-227, 2017.

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Vasconcelos, Joana; Hermida, Margarida; Saraiva, Aurélia; González, José A.; Gordo, Leonel Serrano

The use of parasites as biological tags for stock identification of blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus, in the North-eastern Atlantic Journal Article

In: Fisheries Research, vol. 193, pp. 1-6, 2017, ISSN: 0165-7836.

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Vasconcelos, Joana; Faria, Graça; Freitas, Rita; Gordo, Leonel Serrano

Fecundity regulation strategy of the blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825), off Madeira Island (NE Atlantic) Journal Article

In: Fisheries Research, vol. 190, pp. 150-156, 2017, ISSN: 0165-7836.

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@article{VASCONCELOS2017150,

title = {Fecundity regulation strategy of the blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825), off Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)},

author = {Joana Vasconcelos and Graça Faria and Rita Freitas and Leonel Serrano Gordo},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783617300462},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.02.009},

issn = {0165-7836},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Fisheries Research},

volume = {190},

pages = {150-156},

abstract = {This contribution intends to verify the type of fecundity regulation of the blue jack mackerel. For this purpose, the oocyte development process was analysed. A total of 158 ovaries were sampled between January 2009 and April 2010 from purse-seiners operating in the Madeira Island waters, NE Atlantic Ocean. Histological analysis and visual image analysis system were used to study the four main criteria applied for fecundity type determination: (1) presence of a hiatus between pre-vitellogenic and vitellogenic oocytes; (2) number of standing stock of advanced vitellogenic oocytes over the spawning season; (3) mean size of standing stock of advanced vitellogenic oocytes over the spawning season; and (4) the incidence of atresia over the spawning season. The analysis of the oocytes size frequency distribution showed that no distinct hiatus could be observed between pre-vitellogenic and vitellogenic oocytes during the spawning season. Considering the whole spawning period but the last month that was poorly sampled, the number of standing stock of advanced vitellogenic oocytes showed no decrease trend along the spawning season, the mean diameter of cortical alveoli oocytes and of the advanced stock of vitellogenic oocytes did not increase over the spawning season and the relative intensity of atresia was always high throughout this period. These findings suggest the blue jack mackerel displays an indeterminate fecundity.},

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Biscoito, Manuel; González, José

Northernmost record of Gadella imberbis (Pisces, Gadiformes, Moridae) in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with comments on the species Journal Article

In: Vieraea, vol. 45, pp. 119-126, 2017.

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Sousa, Ricardo; Pinho, M R; Delgado, J; Biscoito, Manuel; Pinto, A R; Dellinger, T; Gouveia, L; Carvalho, D; Henriques, Paulo

Prospective study of the fishery of the shrimp Plesionika narval (Fabricius, 1787) in the Northeastern Atlantic Journal Article

In: Braz J Biol, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 585–593, 2017, ISSN: 1678-4375.

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Sá, Erica; Costa, Pedro Fidalgo; Fonseca, Luís Cancela; Alves, Ana Sofia; Castro, Nuno; Cabral, Sara Santos; Chainho, Paula; Canning-Clode, João; Melo, Pedro; Pombo, Ana Margarida; Costa, José Lino

Trade of live bait in Portugal and risks of introduction of non-indigenous species associated to importation Journal Article

In: Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 146, pp. 121-128, 2017, ISSN: 0964-5691.

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@article{SA2017121,

title = {Trade of live bait in Portugal and risks of introduction of non-indigenous species associated to importation},

author = {Erica Sá and Pedro Fidalgo Costa and Luís Cancela Fonseca and Ana Sofia Alves and Nuno Castro and Sara Santos Cabral and Paula Chainho and João Canning-Clode and Pedro Melo and Ana Margarida Pombo and José Lino Costa},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096456911630326X},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.06.016},

issn = {0964-5691},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Ocean & Coastal Management},

volume = {146},

pages = {121-128},

abstract = {Different invertebrate groups are often exploited on sediment shores and mudflats, including polychaetes, sipunculids, bivalves and crustaceans. The commercial importance of polychaetes and sipunculids, that has increased in the early 2000's because of its use as a food source for the aquaculture sector and a growing demand of worms for use as sea angling bait, seems to be declining nowadays. In Portugal bait harvesting from natural populations became insufficient to meet market demands and as a result, polychaetes and sipunculids have been imported in recent years. Due to this it was important to know the ways of the live bait import to Portugal, and to assess the risk of introduction of non-indigenous species associated to that live bait trade. The origin and quantities of imported live bait were determined by examining the landing's records at Lisbon airport, from two periods: 2002–2003 and 2012–2015. Live worms imported to Portugal arrived almost exclusively from China, USA and Vietnam. Monthly import data and bait registers at fish auction landings were significantly correlated, showing that bait captures and imports are directly related to higher bait demand. In addition, the risk of live bait's importation as an introduction vector for non-indigenous species was evaluated by examining the bait boxes content. Five worm species were identified in bait boxes with foreign species: Glycera dibranchiata, Namalycastis rhodochorde, Perinereis cultrifera, Perinereis linea, and Sipunculus (Sipunculus) nudus. The examination of bait boxes in Portugal suggested that there is a low risk of associated hitchhiker species introduction and dissemination, mostly because of packaging procedures, which should be advised. The same is not true to the non-indigenous live bait species.},

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Ramos, Raül; Carlile, Nicholas; Madeiros, Jeremy; Ramírez, Iván; Paiva, Vitor H.; Dinis, Herculano A.; Zino, Francis; Biscoito, Manuel; Leal, Gustavo R.; Bugoni, Leandro; Jodice, Patrick G. R.; Ryan, Peter G.; González-Solís, Jacob

It is the time for oceanic seabirds: Tracking year-round distribution of gadfly petrels across the Atlantic Ocean Journal Article

In: Diversity and Distributions, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 794-805, 2017.

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@article{https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12569,

title = {It is the time for oceanic seabirds: Tracking year-round distribution of gadfly petrels across the Atlantic Ocean},

author = {Raül Ramos and Nicholas Carlile and Jeremy Madeiros and Iván Ramírez and Vitor H. Paiva and Herculano A. Dinis and Francis Zino and Manuel Biscoito and Gustavo R. Leal and Leandro Bugoni and Patrick G. R. Jodice and Peter G. Ryan and Jacob González-Solís},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ddi.12569},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12569},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Diversity and Distributions},

volume = {23},

number = {7},

pages = {794-805},

abstract = {Abstract Aim Anthropogenic activities alter and constrain the structure of marine ecosystems with implications for wide-ranging marine vertebrates. In spite of the environmental importance of vast oceanic ecosystems, most conservation efforts mainly focus on neritic areas. To identify relevant oceanic areas for conservation, we assessed the year-round spatial distribution and spatio-temporal overlap of eight truly oceanic seabird species of gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp.) inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. Location Atlantic Ocean. Methods Using tracking data (mostly from geolocators), we examined year-round distributions, the timing of life-cycle events, and marine habitat overlap of eight gadfly petrel species that breed in the Atlantic Ocean. Results We compiled 125 year-round tracks. Movement strategies ranged from non-migratory to long-distance migrant species and from species sharing a common non-breeding area to species dispersing among multiple non-breeding sites. Gadfly petrels occurred throughout the Atlantic Ocean but tended to concentrate in subtropical regions. During the boreal summer, up to three species overlapped spatio-temporally over a large area around the Azores archipelago. During the austral summer, up to four species coincided in a core area in subtropical waters around Cape Verde, and three species shared habitat over two distinct areas off Brazil. The petrels used many national Exclusive Economic Zones, although they also exploited offshore international waters. Main conclusions Tracking movements of highly mobile vertebrates such as gadfly petrels can provide a powerful tool to evaluate and assess the potential need for and location of protected oceanic areas. As more multispecies, year-round data sets are collected from wide-ranging vertebrates, researchers and managers will have greater insight into the location of biodiversity hotspots. These can subsequently inform and guide marine spatial planning efforts that account for both conservation and sustainable use of resources such as commercial fisheries.},

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Abstract Aim Anthropogenic activities alter and constrain the structure of marine ecosystems with implications for wide-ranging marine vertebrates. In spite of the environmental importance of vast oceanic ecosystems, most conservation efforts mainly focus on neritic areas. To identify relevant oceanic areas for conservation, we assessed the year-round spatial distribution and spatio-temporal overlap of eight truly oceanic seabird species of gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp.) inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. Location Atlantic Ocean. Methods Using tracking data (mostly from geolocators), we examined year-round distributions, the timing of life-cycle events, and marine habitat overlap of eight gadfly petrel species that breed in the Atlantic Ocean. Results We compiled 125 year-round tracks. Movement strategies ranged from non-migratory to long-distance migrant species and from species sharing a common non-breeding area to species dispersing among multiple non-breeding sites. Gadfly petrels occurred throughout the Atlantic Ocean but tended to concentrate in subtropical regions. During the boreal summer, up to three species overlapped spatio-temporally over a large area around the Azores archipelago. During the austral summer, up to four species coincided in a core area in subtropical waters around Cape Verde, and three species shared habitat over two distinct areas off Brazil. The petrels used many national Exclusive Economic Zones, although they also exploited offshore international waters. Main conclusions Tracking movements of highly mobile vertebrates such as gadfly petrels can provide a powerful tool to evaluate and assess the potential need for and location of protected oceanic areas. As more multispecies, year-round data sets are collected from wide-ranging vertebrates, researchers and managers will have greater insight into the location of biodiversity hotspots. These can subsequently inform and guide marine spatial planning efforts that account for both conservation and sustainable use of resources such as commercial fisheries.

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Ramalhosa, Patrício; Nebra, Alfonso; Gestoso, Ignacio; Canning-Clode, João

First record of the non-indigenous isopods Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904) and Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing, 1905 (Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) for the Madeira Island Journal Article

In: Crustaceana, vol. 90, 2017.

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Fernandes, Paul; Ralph, Gina; Nieto, Ana; Criado, Mariana García; Vasilakopoulos, Paris; Maravelias, Christos; Cook, Robin; Pollom, Riley; Kovačić, Marcelo; Ebert, David; Farrell, Edward; Florin, Ann-Britt; Polidoro, Beth; Lawson, Julia; Lorance, Pascal; Uiblein, Franz; Craig, Matthew; Allen, David; Fowler, Sarah; Carpenter, Kent

Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss Journal Article

In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 1, 2017.

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Otero-Ferrer, Francisco; González, José; Freitas, Mafalda; Araújo, Ricardo; Azevedo, José; Holt, William; Tuya, Fernando; Haroun, Ricardo

When natural history collections reveal secrets on data deficient threatened species: Atlantic seahorses as a case study Journal Article

In: Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 26, pp. 2791-2802, 2017.

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Gestoso, Ignacio; Ramalhosa, Patrício; Oliveira, Paulo; Canning-Clode, João

Marine protected communities against biological invasions: A case study from an offshore island Journal Article

In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 119, no. 1, pp. 72-80, 2017, ISSN: 0025-326X.

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Freitas, Mafalda; Vieira, Sofia; Costa, Luisa; Delgado, Jo; Biscoito, Manuel; Pérez, Jóse Antonio González

First records of Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Madeira and north-west African coast Journal Article

In: Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, vol. 47, pp. 81-84, 2017.

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Delgado, João; Carvalho, Delcia; Freitas, Mafalda; Biscoito, Manuel; Gouveia, Elisabete

Records of some rare deep-sea fishes caught in the Lion, Susan, and Unicorn seamounts, off the archipelago of Madeira (East-central Atlantic) Journal Article

In: ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA, vol. 47, pp. 91-96, 2017.

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Canning-Clode, João; Carlton, James T.

Refining and expanding global climate change scenarios in the sea: Poleward creep complexities, range termini, and setbacks and surges Journal Article

In: Diversity and Distributions, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 463-473, 2017.

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title = {Refining and expanding global climate change scenarios in the sea: Poleward creep complexities, range termini, and setbacks and surges},

author = {João Canning-Clode and James T. Carlton},

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abstract = {Abstract Aim Invasion dynamics are sensitive to global-scale changes. New marine invasions have been recorded in dramatically increasing numbers along the world's coasts, due, in part, to the global warming of the oceans and the ability of many successful invasive marine species to tolerate a broader thermal range than native species. As a response to ocean warming, a poleward movement of numerous species has been observed in many biogeographic regions. Our aim was to explore several poorly recognized and thus rarely studied aspects of ocean climate change scenarios in order to advance our understanding of finer-grained aspects of poleward movements. Location Global. Methods Three scenarios are investigated in our framework: (1) the existence of networks of complex intraregional origins, routes and destinations of poleward-moving species, (2) the existence of impenetrable termini where no further expansion is possible, linked to potential outflow corridors, and (3) the interplay of a warming ocean with aperiodic cold episodes. Results Poleward advances consist of distinct regional networks of origins, routes and destinations, largely undefined in most areas, linked in turn to the potential existence of endpoints where no further expansion may be possible without escape routes and/or human-mediated assistance. The interaction of aperiodic cooling periods may result in temporary setbacks or rate reductions in range expansions. Main conclusions The recognition of potentially complex origin-route-destination networks may significantly advance our predictive capacity of both future invasions and range expansions and potential impacts. Thus, specific focus on high-profile donor region species pools linked to established vector routes may yield far more robust management scenarios than currently in place. While it is probable that the frequency of climate-mediated surges (inevitable warming) and setbacks (cooling periods) of species invasions will increase over time, the net outcome is likely to be positive, resulting in an inexorable poleward expansion of thousands of species.},

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Abstract Aim Invasion dynamics are sensitive to global-scale changes. New marine invasions have been recorded in dramatically increasing numbers along the world's coasts, due, in part, to the global warming of the oceans and the ability of many successful invasive marine species to tolerate a broader thermal range than native species. As a response to ocean warming, a poleward movement of numerous species has been observed in many biogeographic regions. Our aim was to explore several poorly recognized and thus rarely studied aspects of ocean climate change scenarios in order to advance our understanding of finer-grained aspects of poleward movements. Location Global. Methods Three scenarios are investigated in our framework: (1) the existence of networks of complex intraregional origins, routes and destinations of poleward-moving species, (2) the existence of impenetrable termini where no further expansion is possible, linked to potential outflow corridors, and (3) the interplay of a warming ocean with aperiodic cold episodes. Results Poleward advances consist of distinct regional networks of origins, routes and destinations, largely undefined in most areas, linked in turn to the potential existence of endpoints where no further expansion may be possible without escape routes and/or human-mediated assistance. The interaction of aperiodic cooling periods may result in temporary setbacks or rate reductions in range expansions. Main conclusions The recognition of potentially complex origin-route-destination networks may significantly advance our predictive capacity of both future invasions and range expansions and potential impacts. Thus, specific focus on high-profile donor region species pools linked to established vector routes may yield far more robust management scenarios than currently in place. While it is probable that the frequency of climate-mediated surges (inevitable warming) and setbacks (cooling periods) of species invasions will increase over time, the net outcome is likely to be positive, resulting in an inexorable poleward expansion of thousands of species.