Contribuição para o estudo das comunidades zooplanctónicas das lagoas dos Açores

Dissertação de Mestrado, Biodiversidade e Ecologia Insular, 4 de Abril de 2014, Universidade dos Açores.

Deep-Sea ecosystem model of the Condor seamount

Dissertação de Mestrado, Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos, 25 de Julho 2013, Universidade dos Açores.

O complexo Myosotella 'myosotis/denticulata': uma perspetiva morfológica, molecular e ecológica

Dissertação de Mestrado, Biodiversidade e Ecologia Insular, 29 de Maio de 2013, Universidade dos Açores.

Preliminary observations on the benthic marine algae of the Gorringe seabank (northeast Atlantic Ocean)

Copyright © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and AWI 2014.

Towards systematic conservation planning in the Azores

Several field methodologies, analytical measures and theoretical patterns have been explored for conservation planning for arthropods in native forests of the Azores archipelago. Here, the outcomes are assembled to make recommendations on practical strategies to assess arthropod diversity and to select and manage protected native forests in the Azores. Suggestions are made on how to apply similar plans for conservation of other plant and animal groups in these forests. Potential threats to the Azorean native forest are described and measures to minimize them are proposed. Future studies are also suggested that would improve the present knowledge of arthropod diversity and distribution in Azorean native forests and could assist in the identification of suitable conservation strategies.

Potential distribution and cost estimation of the damage caused by Cryptotermes brevis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) in the Azores

Copyright © 2014 Entomological Society of America.

Contribuição para a valorização de produtos lácteos dos Açores : qualificação e caracterização da manteiga açoriana

Dissertação de Mestrado em Tecnologia e Segurança Alimentar

Contribuição para o conhecimento das sequências eruptivas dos vulcões do Fogo e das Furnas, entre Ribeirinha e Lomba da Maia, São Miguel (Açores)

Dissertação de Mestrado em Vulcanologia e Riscos Geológicos

Mapping multi-species habitat use for marine conservation planning

Tese de Doutoramento, Ciências do Mar (Biologia Marinha)

Feeding strategy and trophic ontogeny in Scorpaena maderensis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the Azores, NE Atlantic

Copyright © 2014 Société Française d'Ichtyologie.

Contribuição para o desenvolvimento e a implementação do sistema de planeamento de emergência na Região Autónoma dos Açores

Dissertação de Mestrado em Vulcanologia e Riscos Geológicos

Desenvolvimento de tecnologias de extração e de quantificação dos principais componentes nutricionais de macroalgas do litoral dos Açores tendo em vista o seu aproveitamento como suplemento alimentar

Dissertação de Mestrado em Tecnologia e Segurança Alimentar

Species composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differ in semi-natural and intensively managed pastures in an isolated oceanic island (Terceira, Azores)

Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014.

Emissão de CO2 em lagos vulcânicos dos açores : quantificação e implicações hidrogeoquímicas

Dissertação de Mestrado em Geologia do Ambiente e Sociedade.

Efficiency of sampling methods and effort to assess arthropod diversity in Azorean native forests

The BALA project (Biodiversity of Arthropods of Laurisilva of the Azores) is a research initiative to quantify the spatial distribution of arthropod biodiversity in native forests of the Azores archipelago. Arthropods were collected using a combination of two techniques, targeting epigean (ground dwelling) and canopy (arboreal) arthropods: pitfall traps (with Turquin and Ethylene solutions) and beating samples (using the three most dominant plant species). A total of 109 transects distributed amongst 18 forest fragments in seven of the nine Azorean islands were used in this study. The performance of alternative sampling methods and effort were tested. No significant differences were found in the accumulated number of species captured whether an alternative method was used or whether another transect with similar effort was established in another location within the same fragment. A combination of Ethylene and Turquin traps captured more species per individual, Turquin and beating captured more species per sample, and Turquin captured more species per unit time. An optimization exercise was performed and we found that the protocol applied during recent years is very close to optimal, allowing its future replication with confidence. The minimum combinations of sampling effort and methods, in order to monitor or to inventory diversity, taking into account different proportions of sample completeness are discussed.