Prefácio

Prefácio/Foreword do Livro de Atas do Simpósio Internacional sobre Direitos Humanos e Qualidade de Vida nas Comunidades Falantes do Português nos EUA e Canadá, realizado nos dias 9 e 10 de novembro de 2011.

Envelhecimento bem sucedido : que percepções?

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gerontologia Social

Presentation

Nesta breve apresentação, a autora, à época Diretora Regional das Comunidades do Governo dos Açores, justifica a razão de ser do estudo que comporta o livro em apreço.

A educação e a identidade cultural no feminino

Comunicação apresentada no «Encontro A Mulher nos Açores e nas Comunidades», realizado na Universidade dos Açores no dia 17 de junho de 2001. Este texto está publicado no livro Atas do encontro (2003).

16ª Conferência Internacional Metropolis nos Açores : as ilhas na centralidade da discussão

No presente editorial, a autora faz o enquadramento da Conferência Internacional Metropolis, que decorreu nos Açores, enaltecendo o facto de este evento ter decorrido, pela primeira vez, nas ilhas atlânticas.

O financiamento da economia dos Açores

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Económicas e Empresariais.

Modelo de gestão de uma associação empresarial

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Económicas e Empresariais.

Métricas de avaliação de websites : uma aplicação aos transportes aéreos

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão de Empresas/MBA.

Invasion success and development of benthic assemblages: effect of timing, duration of submersion and substrate type

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Early patterns of recovery from disturbance in intertidal algal assemblages: consistency across regions within a marine province

The importance of disturbance and the subsequent rate and pattern of recovery has been long recognised as an important driver of community structure. Community recovery is affected by processes operating at local and regional scales yet the examination of community level responses to a standardised disturbance at regional scales (i.e. among regions under different environmental conditions) has seldom been attempted. Here, we mechanically disturbed rocky intertidal lower shore algal dominated assemblages at three locations within each of three different regions within the Lusitanian biogeographical province (Azores, northern Portugal and the Canary Islands). All organisms were cleared from experimental plots and succession followed over a period of 12 months at which time we formally compared the assemblage structure to that of unmanipulated controls. Early patterns of recovery of disturbed communities varied among regions and was positively influenced by temperature, but not by regional species richness. Different components of the assemblage responded differently to disturbance. Regional differences in the relative abundance and identity of species had a key influence on the overall assemblage recovery. This study highlights how regional-scales differences in environmental conditions and species pool are important determinants of recovery of disturbed communities.

Funding sources and fostering of educational projects

This paper is part of the results from the project "Implementation Strategies and Development of an Open and Distance Education System for the University of the Azores" funded by the European Social Fund. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2327

New data on hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Azorean island Pico (Portugal)

The hoverfly fauna of the Azores currently comprises 23 species (Smit 2010), but the current state of knowledge concerning these species differs for each island. In the year 1938, R. Frey and R. Storå recorded the first seven hoverfly species on Pico Island (Frey 1945), and these very same ones were still mentioned by Rojo et al. (1997). Smit (2010) added one more species to this list (Table 1). In the summer of 2014, the author of this article sampled hoverflies on Pico Island in several habitats. In this paper, the results will be presented.

A molecular perspective of the Laurencia complex (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Macaronesia region

IV Congress of Marine Sciences. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 11th to 13th 2014.

Cobble beaches in oceanic islands : how they react to hydrodynamics and location in the island?

1st Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation. Olhão, Portugal 17-21 November 2014.

Projeto raízes : um olhar sobre. Mediação cultural e educação patrimonial na ilha de S. Miguel, Açores

II Congreso Internacional de Educación y Accesibilidad en Museos y Patrimonio: En y con todos los sentidos, hacia la integración social en igualdad. Huesca, 2, 3 y 4 de mayo de 2014.