SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION

MARINE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION AND MONITORING SYSTEMS OF THE CLASSIFIED AREAS SW ALENTEJANO AND COSTA VICENTINA (WebSIG)

Parque Natural Marinho Recife do Algarve - Pedra do Valado (Video - Public outreach)

A photographic guide of the species of the Gorringe Bank (book)

Biodiversidade do estuário do Arade – Peixes e Invertebrados (book)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

FISHERIES BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
 

• Abecasis, D., L. Bentes, R. Coelho, C. Correia, P.G. Lino, P. Monteiro, J.M.S. Gonçalves, J. Ribeiro, Erzini, K. 2008. Ageing seabreams: A comparative study between scales and otoliths. Fisheries Research, 89: 37-48. 
  DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.08.013 
• Goldenberg, S., Erzini, K. 2014. Seagrass feeding choices and digestive strategies of the herbivorous fish Sarpa salpa. Journal of Fish Biology 84:1474-1489.
  DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12371
• Moura, A., Muniz, A.A., Mullis, E., Wilson, J.M., Vieira, R.P., Almeida, A.A., Pinto, E., Brummer, G.J.A., Gaever, P.V., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Correia, A.T. 2020. Population structure and dynamics of the Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the North Atlantic inferred from otolith chemical and shape signatures, Fisheries Research, 230, ISSN 0165-7836, 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105621
• Ribeiro J., Carvalho G.M., Gonçalves J.M.S., Erzini K. 2012. Fish assemblages of shallow intertidal habitats of the Ria Formosa lagoon (South Portugal): influence of habitat and season. Marine Ecology Progress Series 446:259-273.
  DOI: 10.3354/meps09455
• Ribeiro, J., C.C. Monteiro, P. Monteiro, L. Bentes, R. Coelho, J.M.S. Gonçalves, P.G. Lino and K. Erzini. 2008. Long-term changes in fish communities of the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon (southern Portugal) based on two studies made 20 years apart. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76: 57-68.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.06.001

MARINE BIODIVERSITY
 

• Abecasis, D.; Cardigos, F.; Almada, F., Gonçalves, J.M.S. 2009. New records of the ichthyofauna of the Gorringe seamount (Northeastern Atlantic). Marine Biology Research, 5: 605-611.
  DOI: 10.1080/17451000902729696 
• Gamito, S. 2010. Caution is needed when applying Margalef diversity index. Ecological Modelling, 10:550-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.006
• Gil, J. & M. Machado, 2014. A new species of Onuphis (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from Southern Portugal, with comments on the validity of O. pancerii Claparède, 1868. Zootaxa,  3860 (4): 343–360. 
  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3860.4.3
• Monteiro, P., Ribeiro, D., Silva, J.A., Bispo, J., Gonçalves, J.M.S. 2008. Ichthyofauna assemblages from two unexplored Atlantic seamounts: Northwest and João Valente Banks (Cape Verde archipelago). Scientia Marina 72(1): 133-143. ISSN 0214-8358
• Oliveira, F., Monteiro, P., Afonso, C., Veiga, P., Bentes, L., Calado, R., Gonçalves, J.M.S. (2011). First record of Calcinus tubularis on the southern coast of Portugal (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae). Marine Biodiversity Records, 4: e21
  DOI:10.1017/S1755267211000236.
• Vieira, R. P., Coelho, R., Denda, A., Martin, B., Gonçalves, J. M., Christiansen, B. 2018. Deep-sea fishes from Senghor Seamount and the adjacent abyssal plain (Eastern Central Atlantic). Marine Biodiversity, 48(2), 963-975.

• Vieira, RP, Thiel, R, Christiansen, B, Coelho, R, Denda, A, Gonçalves, JMS. 2013. The deep sea fish Kali macrodon:  a new record for the tropical eastern Atlantic off Cape Verde. Marine Biodiversity Records
  doi:10.1017/S1755267212001248; Vol. 6; e4; 2013.

   

HABITAT MAPPING AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING

• Jay, S., Alves, F.L., O'Mahony, C., Gomez, M., Rooney, A., Almodovar, M., Gee, K., Vivero, J.L.S., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Fernandes, M.L., Tello, O., Twomey, S., Prado, I., Fonseca, C., Bentes, L., Henriques, G., Campos, A. 2016. Transboundary dimensions of marine spatial planning: Fostering inter-jurisdictional relations and governance. Marine Policy, 65, 85-96,
  doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.025.
• Monteiro, P., Bentes, L., Oliveira, F., Afonso, C.M.L., Rangel, M.O., Gonçalves,J.M.S. 2015. EUNIS habitat's thresholds for the Western coast of the Iberian Peninsula — A Portuguese case study. Journal of Sea Research 100: 22-31,
  doi:10.1016/j.seares.2014.11.007.
• Nestorowicz I-M, Oliveira F, Monteiro P, Bentes L, Henriques NS, Aguilar R, Horta e Costa B and Gonçalves JMS. 2021. Identifying Habitats of Conservation Priority in the São Vicente Submarine Canyon in Southwestern Portugal. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:672850.
  doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.672850.
• Populus, J., Rodrigues, A. M, McGrath, F., Tempera, F., Galparsoro, I. Gonçalves,J.M.S. Alonso, J. L. S., Freitas, R. & Quintino. 2015. Preface to "MeshAtlantic: Mapping Atlantic area seabed habitats for better marine management". Journal of Sea Research, 100, 1-1.
  doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2015.06.007

• Vasquez, M., Mata Chacon, D., Tempera, F., O’Keeffe, E. Galparsoro, I., Sanz Alonso, J.L., Gonçalves,J.M.S., Bentes, L., Amorim, P., Henriques, V., McGrath, F., Monteiro, P., Mendes, B., Freitas, R., Martins, R., Populus, J. 2015. Broad-scale mapping of seafloor habitats in the north-east Atlantic using existing environmental data. Journal of Sea Research, 100:120-132
  doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.09.011

   

GEAR SELECTIVITY
 

• Campos, A., Fonseca P. and K. Erzini. 2003. Size selectivity of diamond and square mesh cod ends for four by-catch species in the crustacean fishery off the Portuguese south coast. Fisheries Research 60:79-97.
  DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00061-9
• Erzini, K., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Bentes, L., Moutopoulos, D.K., Hernando Casal, J.A.,  Soriguer, M.C., Puente, E. ,  Errazkin, L.A. and  K. I. Stergiou. 2006. Size selectivity of trammel nets in southern European small-scale fisheries. Fisheries Research 79: 183-201.
  DOI:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.03.004
• Erzini, K., J. Gonçalves, L. Bentes, P.G. Lino, and J. Cruz. 1996. Species and size selectivity in a multispecies Portuguese artisanal longline fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53: 811-819.
  DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0102 
• Queirolo, D., Hurtado, C.F., Ahumada, M., Gaete, E., Soriguer, M.C., Erzini, K. 2012. Alternative codends to improve the size selectivity for nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus reedi) and yellow squat lobster (Cervimunida johni) off the Chilean coast. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28:537-544.
  DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01949.x

• Santos, M., M. Gaspar, C.C. Monteiro and K. Erzini. 2003. Gillnet selectivity for European hake (Merluccius merluccius, L. 1758) from southern Portugal: implications for fishery management. Fisheries Science 69: 873-882.
  DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00702.x

   

NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF FISHING (HABITAT, BY-CATCH, DISCARDS, GHOST FISHING)

• Adão, A.C., Breen, M., Eichert, M. & Borges, T.C. 2018. By-catch species susceptibilities and potential for survival in Algarve (southern Portugal) deep-water crustacean trawl fishery. SCI. MAR. 82S1: 141-149. ISSN-L 0214-8358.
  https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04740.02A
• Borges, T.C., K. Erzini, L. Bentes, M.E. Costa, J.M.S. Gonçalves, P.G. Lino, C. Pais & J. Ribeiro 2001. By-catch and discarding practices in five Algarve (southern Portugal) métiers. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 17: 104-114.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2001.00283.x
• Erzini, K., C.C. Monteiro, J. Ribeiro, M.N. Santos, M. Gaspar, P. Monteiro, and T.C. Borges. 1997. An experimental study of gill net and trammel net “ghost fishing” in the Algarve (southern Portugal). Marine Ecology Progress Series 158: 257-265.
  DOI: 10.3354/meps158257
• Morais P., Borges T.C., Carnall V., Terrinha P., Cooper C., Cooper R. 2007. Trawl-induced bottom disturbances off the south coast of Portugal: direct observations of the “Delta” manned-submersible on the Submarine Canyon of Portimão. Marine Ecology, 28 (Suppl. 1): 112-122.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.672850

• Mustika, P. L. K., Wonneberger, E., Erzini, K., & Pasisingi, N. 2021. Marine megafauna bycatch in artisanal fisheries in Gorontalo, northern Sulawesi (Indonesia): An assessment based on fisher interviews. Ocean & Coastal Management, 208, 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105606

   

  GEAR TECHNOLOGY AND MITIGATION
   

• Fonseca, P., Campos, A., Larsen, R., Borges, T., Erzini, K. 2005. Using a modified Nordmøre grid for by-catch reduction in the Portuguese crustacean trawl fishery. Fisheries Research 71: 223-239.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.08.018
• Gamaza M.A., Sobrino I., Erzini K., Campos A., Fonseca, P. 2018. One device does not fit all: limited results of using a Sort-X grid in the multispecies trawl fishery in the Gulf of Cádiz. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 25:409-416. 
  DOI: 10.1111/fme.12310
• Gonçalves, J.M.S., L. Bentes, P. Monteiro, R. Coelho, M. Corado, Erzini, K. 2008. Reducing discards in a demersal purse-seine fishery. Aquatic Living Resources 21: 135-144. 
  DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008023
• Marçalo, A., Guerreiro, P.M., Bentes, L., Rangel, M., Monteiro, P., Oliveira, F., Afonso, C.M., et al. 2018. Effects of different slipping methods on the mortality of sardine, Sardina pilchardus, after purse-seine capture off the Portuguese Southern coast (Algarve). PLOS ONE (2018): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195433

• Szynaka, M.J., L. Bentes, P. Monteiro, M. Rangel and K. Erzini.  2018. Reduction of by-catch and discards in the Algarve small-scale coastal fishery using a monofilament trammel net rigged with a guarding net. Scientia Marina. 82:121-129.
  Doi: 10.3989/scimar.04734.16B

   

BEHAVIOUR
 

• de Benito-Abelló, C., Bentes, L., Sousa, I., Pedaccini, M., Villegas-Ríos, D., Olsen, E. M., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Horta e Costa, B. 2022. Among-individual variation in white seabream (Diplodus sargus) spatial behaviour and protection in a coastal no-take area. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac157
• Lino, P.G., L. Bentes, D. Abecasis, M.N. Santos and K. Erzini. 2009. Comparative behavior of wild and hatchery reared white seabream (Diplodus sargus) released on artificial reefs off the Algarve (southern Portugal). Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries 9: 23 – 34.
  DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9640-2_2
• Marçalo, A., Araújo, J., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Pierce, G. J., Stratoudakis, Y., and K. Erzini. 2013. Behavioural responses of sardines Sardina pilchardus to simulated purse seine capture and slipping. Journal of Fish Biology 83: 480-500.
  DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12184
• Marcalo A., Pousao-Ferreira P., Erzini K., Stratoudakis Y. 2007. Physiological, physical and behavioural responses of sardine to purse seine fishing: Implications for the survival of escapees. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 146: S80-S80. 
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.099

• Queirolo, D., Gaete, E., Montenegro, I., Soriguer, M.C. and K. Erzini. 2012. Behaviour of fish by-catch in the mouth of a crustacean trawl: implications for by-catch reduction. Journal of Fish Biology 80:2517-2527.
  DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03305.x

   

RECREATIONAL FISHING
 

• Diogo, H., Veiga, P., Pita, C., Sousa, A., Lima, D., Pereira, J.G., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Erzini, K. & Rangel, M. 2020. Marine Recreational Fishing in Portugal: Current Knowledge, Challenges, and Future Perspectives, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture,
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2020.1777083.
• Hyder, K., Weltersbach, M.S., Armstrong, M., Ferter, K., Townhill, B., Ahvonen, A., Arlinghaus, R., Baikov, A., Bellanger, M., Birzaks, J., Borch, T., Cambie, G., de Graaf, M., Diogo, H.M.C., Dziemian, Ł., Gordoa, A., Grzebielec, R., Hartill, B., Kagervall, A., Kapiris, K., Karlsson, M., Kleiven, A.R., Lejk, A.M., Levrel, H., Lovell, S., Lyle, J., Moilanen, P., Monkman, G., Morales-Nin, B., Mugerza, E., Martinez, R., O'Reilly, P., Olesen, H.J., Papadopoulos, A., Pita, P., Radford, Z., Radtke, K., Roche, W., Rocklin, D., Ruiz, J., Scougal, C., Silvestri, R., Skov, C., Steinback, S., Sundelöf, A., Svagzdys, A., Turnbull, D., van der Hammen, T., van Voorhees, D., van Winsen, F., Verleye, T., Veiga, P., Vølstad, J.-H., Zarauz, L., Zolubas, T.and Strehlow, H.V. 2018. Recreational sea fishing in Europe in a global context—Participation rates, fishing effort, expenditure, and implications for monitoring and assessment. Fish and Fisheries, 19: 225–243. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12251
• Ferter, K., Weltersbach, M.S., Strehlow, H.V., Vølstad, J.H., Alós, J., Arlinghaus, R., Armstrong, M., Dorow, M., de Graaf, M., van der Hammen, T., Hyder, K., Levrel, H., Paulrud, A., Radtke, K., Rocklin, D., Sparrevohn, C.R. and Veiga, P. 2013. Unexpectedly high catch-and-release rates in European marine recreational fisheries: implications for science and management. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70(7): 1319–1329. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst104
• Pita, P. Hyder, K., Gomes, P., Pita, C., Rangel, M., Veiga, P., Vingada, J., Villasante, S. 2018. Economic, social and ecological attributes of marine recreational fisheries in Galicia, Spain. Fisheries Research 208:58-69.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.07.014
• Pita, P., Artetxe, I., Diogo, H., Gomes, P., Gordoa, A., Hyder, K., Pereira, J., Pita, C., Rangel, M., Rodrigues, J.G., Sagué, O., Veiga, P. Vingada, J., Villasante, S. 2017. Research and management priorities for Atlantic marine recreational fisheries in Southern Europe. Marine Policy 86: 1-8 (doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.08.030)
• Rangel, M., Erzini, K. 2007. An assessment of catches and harvest of recreational shore angling in the north of Portugal. Fisheries Management and Ecology (14):343–352
  (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00560.x)
• Skov, C., Hyder, K., Gundelund, C., Ahvonen, A., Baudrier, J., Borch, T., Carvalho, S., Erzini, K., Ferter, K.,   Grati, F., van derHammen, T., Hinriksson, J., Houtman, J., Kagervall, A., Kapiris, K., Karlsson, M., Lejk, A.M., Lyle, J.M., Martinez-Escauriaza, R., Moilanen, P., Mugerza, E., Olesen, H.J., Papadopoulos, A., Pita, P., Pontes, J., Radford, Z., Radtke, K., Rangel, M., Sagué, O., Sande, H.A., Strehlow, H.V., Tutiņš, R., Veiga, P., Verleye, T., Vølstad, J.H., Watson, J.W., Weltersbach, M.S., Ustups, D., & Venturelli, P. A. (2021). Expert opinion on using angler Smartphone apps to inform marine fisheries management: status, prospects, and needs. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
  DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fsaa243.
• Valerio, S, Arlinghaus, R, Blumstein, DR, Coll, M, Dedeu, AL, Diogo, H, Giglio, VJ, Gordoa, A, Januchowski-Hartley, FA, Laporta, M, Lindfield, SJ, Lloret, J, Mann, B, McPhee, D, Nunes, JA, Pita, P, Rangel, M, Rhoades, OK, Venerus, LA, Villasante, S. 2023. A global review of marine recreational spearfishing. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33(4), 1199-1222.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09790-7

• Veiga, P., Ribeiro, J., Gonçalves, J.M.S.and Erzini, K. 2010. Quantifying recreational shore angling catch and harvest in the south of Portugal (Northeast Atlantic): implications for conservation and integrated fisheries management. Journal of Fish Biology, 76:2216–2237.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02665.x

   

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
 

• Belackova, A., Willenbring, N.T., Gonçalves, J.M.S, Horta e Costa, B. 2023. Potential protection effects in a small marine reserve: a demersal community analysis from stereo-BRUV. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 708: 79-100.
  Doi: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14259.
• Gissi, E., Maes, F., Kyriazi, Z., Ruiz-Frau, A., Santos, C., Neumann, B., Quintela, A., Alves, F., Borg, S., Cheng, W., Fernandes, M., Hadjimichael, M., Manea, E., Marques, M., Platjouw, F., Portman, M., Sousa, L., Bolognini, L., Flannery, W., Grati, F., Pita., C. Văidianu, N., Stojanov, R., van Tatenhove, J., Micheli, F., Hornidge, A., Unger, S. 2022. Contributions of marine area-based management tools to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Cleaner Production 330: 129910.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129910
• Grorud-Colvert, K., Jenna Sullivan-Stack J., Roberts, C., Constant, V., Horta e Costa, B., Pike, E.P., Kingston, N., Laffoley, D., Sala, E., Claudet, J., Friedlander, A.M., Gill, D.A., Lester, S.E., Day, J.C., Gonçalves, E.J., Ahmadia, G.N., Rand, M., Villagomez, A., Ban, N.C., Gurney, G.G., Spalding, A.K., Bennett, N.J., Briggs, J., Morgan, L.E., Moffitt, R., Deguignet, M., Pikitch, E.K., Darling, E.S., Jessen, S., Hameed, S.O., Di Carlo, G., Guidetti, P., Harris, J.M., Torre, J., Kizilkaya, Z., Agardy, T., Cury, P., Shah N.J., Sack K., Cao, L., Fernandez, M., Lubchenco, J. (2021). A Framework to Achieve Global Goals for the Ocean: The MPA Guide. Science, 373: 6560.
  doi: 10.1126/science.abf0861.
• Horta e Costa, B., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Gonçalves, E.J. 2022. UN Ocean Conference needs transparent and science-based leadership on ocean conservation. Marine Policy, 143: 105197.
  Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105197.
• Horta e Costa, B., Guimarães, M.H., Rangel, M., Ressurreição, A., Monteiro, P., Oliveira, F., Bentes, L., Henriques, N.S., Sousa, I., Alexandre, S., Pontes, J., Afonso, C.M.L., Belackova, A., Marçalo, A., Cardoso-Andrade, M., Correia, A.J., Lobo, V., Gonçalves, E.J., Pitta e Cunha, T., Gonçalves, J.M.S. 2022. Co-design of a marine protected area zoning and the lessons learned from it. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:969234.
  doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.969234.
• Horta e Costa, B., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Franco, G., Erzini, K., Gonçalves, E.J. 2019. Categorizing ocean conservation targets to avoid a potential false sense of protection to society: Portugal as a case-study. Marine Policy, 108: 103553.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103553.
• Horta e Costa, B., Claudet, J., Franco, G., Erzini, K., Caro, A., Gonçalves, E. J. 2016. A regulation-based classification system for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Marine Policy, 72: 192-198.
  Doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.06.021
• Katsanevakis, S., Coll, M., Fraschetti, S., Giakoumi, S., Goldsborough, D., Mačić, V., Mackelworth, P., Rilov, G., Stelzenmüller, V., Albano, P., Bates, A., Bevilacqua, S., Gissi, E., Hermoso, V., Mazaris, A., Pita, C., Rossi, V., Teff-Seker, Y., Yates, K. 2020. Twelve recommendations for advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas. Frontiers in Marine Science.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.565968
• Mackelworth, P., Teff Seker, Y., Vega-Fernandez, T., Marques, M., Alves, F., D'Anna, G., Fa, D., Goldsborough, D., Kyriazi, Z., Pita, C., Portman, M., Rumes, B., Warr, S., Holcer, D. 2019. Geopolitics and Marine Conservation: Synergies and Conflicts. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 759. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00759

• Zupan, M., E. Fragkopoulou, J. Claudet, K. Erzini, B. Horta e Costa and E.J. Gonçalves. 2018. Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 16: 381–387,
  doi:10.1002/fee.1934

   

SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS - TELEMETRY
 

• Abecasis D, Steckenreuter A, Reubens J, Aarestrup K, Alós J, Badalamenti F, Bajona L, Boylan P, Deneudt K, Greenberg L, Brevé N, Hernández F, Humphries N, Meyer C, Sims D, Thorstad EB, Walker AM, Whoriskey F, Afonso P (2018) A review of acoustic telemetry in Europe and the need for a regional aquatic telemetry network. Animal Biotelemetry 6 (1):12.
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-018-0156-0
• Gandra, M., K. Erzini and D. Abecasis. 2018. Diel and seasonal changes in the spatial behaviour of a soft-sediment fish (Solea senegalensis) inside a marine reserve. Marine Environmental Research 135:82-92.
  doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.01.015.
  Abecasis D, Bentes L, Erzini K (2009) Home range, residency and movements of Diplodus sargus and Diplodus vulgaris in a coastal lagoon: Connectivity between nursery and adult habitats. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 85 (4):525-529.
  doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.09.001
• Pedaccini, M., Sousa, I., Bentes, L., DeBenito-Abelló, C., Lino, P.G., Moland, E., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Horta e Costa, B. (2023). Spawning-related fish movement synchrony of white seabream Diplodus sargus in a no-take zone. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 707:99-113. 
  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14266
• Silva, A.F.; Horta e Costa, B.; Costa, J.L.; Pereira, E.; Marques, J.P.; Castro, J.J.; Lino, P.G.; Candeias-Mendes, A.; Pousão- Ferreira, P.; Sousa, I.; (2022). Movements of Hatchery-Reared Dusky Groupers Released in a Northeast Atlantic Coastal Marine Protected Area. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 10, 904.
  https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10070904

• Winkler AC, Bovim L, Macena BCL, Gandra M, Erzini K, Afonso P, Abecasis, D.. 2023. Depth and temperature preferences of meagre, Argyrosomus regius, as revealed by satellite telemetry. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0288706.
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288706

   

MODELLING
 

• Abecasis D, Fragkopoulou E, Claro B, Assis J. 2023.  Biophysical modelling and graph theory identify key connectivity hubs in the Mediterranean marine reserve network. Frontiers in Marine Science 9.
  doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1000687
• Abecasis D, Afonso P, Erzini K. 2014. Combining multispecies home range and distribution models aids assessment of MPA effectiveness. Marine Ecology Progress Series 513:155-169.
  doi:10.3354/meps10987
• Aubin, J; Baizeau, V; Jaeger, C; Roucaute, M.; Gamito, S. 2021. Modeling trophic webs in freshwater fishpond systems using Ecopath: towards better polyculture management. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 13:.311-322.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00406
• Cunha, ME; Quental-Ferreira, H; Parejo, A; Gamito, S; Ribeiro, L; Moreira, M; Monteiro, I; Soares, F; Pousão-Ferreira, P. 2019. Understanding the individual role of fish, oyster, phytoplankton and macroalgae in the ecology of integrated production in earthen ponds. Aquaculture 512:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734297
• Erzini, K. 2005. Trends in NE Atlantic landings (southern Portugal): identifying the relative importance of fisheries and environmental variables. Fisheries Oceanography 14: 195-209.
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• Gamito, S; Quental-Ferreira, H; Parejo, A, Aubin, J, Christensen, V, Cunha, ME. 2020 Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems: energy transfers and food web organization in coastal earthen ponds. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 12: 457-470. 
  https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00375
• Gamito, S. and K. Erzini. 2005. Trophic food web and ecosystem attributes of a water reservoir of the Ria Formosa (south Portugal). Ecological Modelling 181: 509-520.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.02.024

• Henriques, N.S., Monteiro, P., Bentes, L., Oliveira, F., Afonso, C.M.L., Gonçalves, J.M.S. 2017. Marxan as a zoning tool for development and economic purposed areas - Aquaculture Management Areas (AMAs). Ocean & Coastal Management, 141:90-97.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.03.016.

   

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
 

• Cardoso-Andrade, M., Queiroga, H., Rangel, M., Sousa, I., Belackova, A., Bentes, L., Oliveira, F., Monteiro, P., Henriques, N.S., Afonso, C.M.L., Silva, A.F., Quintella, B.R., Costa, J.L., Pais, M.P., Henriques, S., Batista, M.I., Franco, G., Gonçalves, E.J., Henriques, M., Leonardo, T., Coelho, P., Comas-González, R., Fernández, L.P., Quiles-Pons, C., Costa, A., Espírito-Santo, C., Castro, J.J., Arenas, F., Ramos, S., Ferreira, V., Gonçalves, J.M.S, Horta e Costa, B. 2022). Setting performance indicators for coastal marine protected areas: a participatory approach towards a national network. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 848039. 10.3389/fmars.2022.848039.
• Gallucci, V.F., Taylor, I. and K. Erzini. 2006. Conservation and management of exploited shark populations based on reproductive value. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 63: 931-942.
  DOI:10.1139/F05-267
• Guimarães, MH, Rangel, M, Horta e Costa, B, Ressurreição, A, Oliveira, F, Gonçalves, JMS. 2023. Creating a common ground for the implementation of a community-based Marine Protected Area: a case study in Algarve, Portugal. Ocean & Coastal Management.
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• Nielsen, K., Aschan, M., Agnarsson, S., Ballesteros, M., Baudron, A.,  Borges, M.,  Campos, A., Chapela, R., Danielsdottir, A.  Erzini , K., Gregersen, O.,  Holm, P.,  Lucchetti, A.,  Margeirsson, S.,  Mendes, H., Olsen, P.,  Vidarsson , J. Virgili, M. Rangel, M.,  Sala, A., Santiago, J.,  Sigurdsdottir, S.,  Silva, C., Sykes, D., Wise, L.,  Fernandes, P. 2018. A framework for results-based management in fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. 19: 363–376.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12257
• Rangel, M, Pita, C, Oliveira, MM, Guimarães, MH, Ballesteros, M, Rainha, R, Sonderblohm, C, Monteiro, P, Oliveira, F, Gonçalves, JMS Pierce, GJ, K Erzini. 2019. Do fishery representatives really stand for their members’ needs and opinions? The case study of the octopus fishery in the Algarve (south Portugal). Marine Policy 101:276-284. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.011
• Sonderblohm, C.P., M.H. Guimarães, C. Pita, M. Rangel, J. Pereira, J.M.S. Gonçalves and K. Erzini. 2017. Participatory assessment of management measures for Octopus vulgaris pot and trap fishery from southern Portugal. Marine Policy 75: 133–142.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.11.004

• Stergiou, K.I, Moutopoulos, D.K., Hernando Casal, J.A. and K. Erzini. 2007. Trophic signatures of small-scale fishing gears and their implications for conservation and management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333: 117-128.
  DOI: 10.3354/meps333117

   

LARGE PELAGICS
 

• Coelho, R., Macías, D., Ortiz Urbina, J., Martins, A., Monteiro, C., Bach, P., Murua, H., Lino, P., Rosa, D., Santos, C., Santos, M.N., Abaunza, P. 2020. Local indicators for global species: pelagic sharks in the tropical northeast Atlantic, Cabo Verde islands region. Ecological Indicators, 110: 105942.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105942
• Coelho, R., Infante, P., Santos, M.N. 2020. Comparing GLM, GLMM and GEE modeling approaches for catch rates of bycatch species: a case study of blue shark fisheries in the south Atlantic. Fisheries Oceanography, 29: 169–184.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12462
• Druon, J-N., Campana, S., Vandeperre, F., Hazin, F.V., Bowlby, H., Coelho, R., Queiroz, N., Serena, F., Abascal, F., Damalas, D., Musyl, M.K., Lopez, J., Block, B.A., Afonso, P., Dewar, H., Sabarros, P.S., Finucci, B., Zanzi, A., Bach, P., Senina, I., Forney, E., Garibaldi, F., Sims, D.W., Navarro, J., Cermeño, P., Leone, A., Diez, G., Teresa, M., Deflorio, M., Romanov, E.V., Jung, A., Lapinski, M., Francis, M., Hazin H.G., Travassos, P. 2022. Global-scale environmental niche and habitat of blue shark (Prionace glauca) by size and sex: a pivotal step to improving stock management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 828412.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.828412
• Santos, C.C., Rosa, D., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Coelho, R., 2023. A review of reported effects of pelagic longline fishing gear configurations on target, bycatch and vulnerable species. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,1–17.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4027

• Santos, C.C., Domingo, A., Carlson, J., Natanson, L., Travassos, P., Macias, D., Cortés, E., Miller, P., Hazin, F., Mas, Urbina, J.O., Lino, P.G., Coelho, R., 2021. Movements, habitat use, and diving behavior of shortfin mako in the Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8: 686343.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.686343

   

SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES
 

• Lloret, J., Cowx, I. G., Cabral, H., Castro, M., Font, T., Gonçalves, J. M. S., Gordoa, A., Hoefnagel, E., Matić-Skoko, S., Mikkelsen, E., Morales-Nin, B., Moutopoulos, D. K., Muñoz, M., Santos, M.N., Pintassilgo, P., Pita, C., Stergiou, K., Ünal, V., Veiga, P. and K. Erzini. 2018. Coastal fisheries in European Seas are not what they were: ecological, social and economic changes. Marine Policy, 98: 176-186.
  Doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.11.007
• Ourens, R., Melnychuk, M., Crowder, L., Gutierrez, N., Hilborn, R., Pita, C., Defeo, O. 2022. Linking small-scale fisheries performance to governance attributes: A quantitative assessment from stakeholders' perceptions in the Americas and Europe. Marine Policy: 104876.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104876
• Pascual-Fernandez, J.; Pita, C. & Bavinck, M. (Eds.). Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe: Status, resilience and governance. Springer, MARE Publication Series 23. 
  https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030373702
• Pita, C., Roumbedakis, K., Fonseca, T., Matos. F., Pereira, J., Villasante, S., Pita., P., Bellido, J., Gonzalez, A., García-Tasende, M., Lefkaditou, E., Adamidou, A., Cuccu, D., Belcari, P., Moreno, A., Pierce, G. J. 2021. Fisheries for common octopus in Europe: socioeconomic importance and management. Fisheries Research 235. 105820.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105820
• Pita, C., Villasante, S., Pascual-Fernandez, J. 2019. Managing small-scale fisheries under data poor scenarios: lessons from around the world. Marine Policy 101: 154-157. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.008
• Said, A., Pascual-Fernandez, J., Amorim, V., Autzen, M., Hegland, T., Pita, C. Ferretti, J., Penca, J., 2020. Small-scale fisheries access to fishing opportunities in the European Union: Is the Common Fisheries Policy the right step to SDG14b?. Marine Policy 118: 104009.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104009

• Veiga, P.., Pita, C., Rangel, M., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Campos, A., Fernandes, P.G., Sala, A., Virgili, M., Lucchetti, A., Brčić, J., Villasante, S., Ballesteros, M., Chapela, R., Santiago, J.L., Agnarsson, S., Ögmundarson, O., and K. Erzini. 2016. The EU landing obligation and European small-scale fisheries: what are the odds for success? Marine Policy 64:64-71. 
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.11.008

   

MARINE MAMMALS AND FISHERIES
 

• Alexandre, S., Marçalo, A., Marques, T. A., Pires, A., Rangel, M., Ressurreição, A., Monteiro, P., Erzini, K., Gonçalves, J.M.S. 2022.  Interactions between air-breathing marine megafauna and artisanal fisheries in Southern Iberian Atlantic waters: Results from an interview survey to fishers. Fisheries Research, 254: 106430.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106430.10.1016/j.fishres.2022.1064303
• Dias, I., Marçalo, A., Feijó, D., Domingos, I., Silva, A. 2022.  Interactions between the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, and the Portuguese purse seine fishery over 15 years (2003-2018). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2022):
  https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3828
• Marçalo, A., Giménez, J., Nicolau, L., Frois, J., Ferreira, M., Sequeira, M., Eira, C., Pierce, G. J., Vingada, J. 2021. Stranding patterns and feeding ecology of striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, in Western Iberia (1981–2014). Journal of Sea Research 169: 101996.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2021.101996

• Marçalo A., Nicolau L., Giménez J., Ferreira M., Silva, A., Vingada J., Pierce G.J. (2018). Feeding ecology of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Western Iberian waters: has the decline in sardine (Sardina pilchardus) affected dolphin diet? Marine Biology, 165:44,
  DOI10.1007/s00227-018-3285-3.

   

FISHING EFFORT AND MANAGEMENT
 

• Campos, A., Leitão, P., Sousa, L., Gaspar, P., Henriques, V., 2023. Spatial patterns of fishing activity inside the Gorringe bank MPA based on VMS, AIS and e-logbooks data. Mar. Pol. 147, 1-13.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105356
• Campos, A., Henriques, V., Erzini, K., Castro, M., 2021. Deep-sea trawling off the Portuguese continental coast – spatial patterns, target species and impact of a prospective EU-level ban. Mar. Pol. 128, 1-8).
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104466
• Campos, A., Lopes, P., Fonseca, P., Figueiredo, I., Henriques, V., Gouveia, N., Delgado, J., Gouveia, L., Amorim, A., Araujo, G., Drago, T., dos Santos, A., 2019. Portuguese fisheries in seamounts of Madeira-Tore (NE Atlantic). Mar. Pol. 99, 50–57. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.10.005
• Eichert, M., Campos, A., Fonseca, P., Lopes, P., Marques, L., Castro, M., 2018. Effects of reallocating fishing effort from trawling to creels in a Norway lobster fishery. Mar. Pol. 93, 142-149. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.03.026
• Henriques, N.S., T. Russo, L. Bentes, P. Monteiro, A. Parisi, R. Magno, F. Oliveira, K. Erzini, J.M.S. Gonçalves, 2023. An approach to map and quantify the fishing effort of polyvalent passive gear fishing fleets using geospatial data, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 80:1658–1669.
  https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad092
• Leitão, P., Sousa, L., Castro, M., Campos, A., 2022. Time and spatial trends in landing per unit of effort as support to fisheries management in a multi-gear coastal fishery. PLOS ONE, 17, e0258630.
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258630
• Szynaka, M.J., Fernandes, M., Anjos, M., Erzini, K., Gonçalves, J.M. and Campos, A., 2022. Fishers, Let Us Talk: Validating Métiers in a Multi-Gear Coastal Fishing Fleet. Fishes, 7(4), p.174.

• Szynaka, M.J., Erzini, K., Gonçalves, J.M. and Campos, A., 2021. Identifying métiers using landings profiles: an octopus-driven multi-gear coastal fleet. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(9), p.1022.

   

SEAFOOD SYSTEMS, VALUE CHAINS AND MARKETS

• Ainsworth, G., Pita, P., Pita, C., Roumbedakis, K., Pierce, G., Longo, C., Verutes, G., Fonseca, T., Castelo, D., Montero-Castaño, C., Valeiras, J., Rocha, F., García-de-la-Fuente, L., Acuña, J., Fernández-Rueda, M., Garazo-Fabregat, A., Martín-Aristín, A., Villasante, S. 2023. Identifying sustainability priorities among value chain actors in artisanal common octopus fisheries. Review in Fish Biology and Fisheries.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09768-5
• Ainsworth, G., Pita, P., Rodrigues, J., Pita, C., Roumbedakis, K., Fonseca, T., Castelo, D., Longo, C., Power, A., Pierce, G., Villasante, S. 2023. Disentangling global market drivers for cephalopods to foster transformations towards sustainable seafood systems. People and Nature 00: 1-21. 
  http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10442
• Anderson, C., Himes-Cornell, A., Pita, C., Arton, A., Favret, M., Averill, D., Stohs, S., Longo, C. 2021. Social and economic outcomes of fisheries certification: Characterizing pathways of change in canned fish markets. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 791085.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.791085
• Blanco-Fernandez, C., Erzini, K., Rodriguez-Diego, S., Alba-Gonzalez, P., Thiam, N., Sow, F. N., . . . Machado-Schiaffino, G. 2022. Two fish in a pod. mislabelling on board threatens sustainability in mixed fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9
  doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.841667
• Gleadall, I.G., MoustahfId, H., Sauer, W.H.H., Ababouch, L., Arkhipkin, A.I., Bensbai, J., Elegbede, I., Faraj, A., Ferreiro‐Velasco, P., González‐Gómez, R., González‐Vallés, C., Markaida, U., Morillo‐Velarde, P.S., Pierce, G.J., Pirro, S., Pita, C., Roumbedakis, K., Sakurai, Y., Scheel, D., Shaw, P.W., Veiga, P., Willette, D.A., Winter, A. and Yamaguchi, T. (In press). Towards global traceability for sustainable cephalopod seafood. Marine Biology. 46 pp.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04300-6
• Graziano, M., Fox, C., Alexander, K., Pita, C., Heymans, S., Crumlish, M., Hughes, A., Ghanawi, J., Cannella, L.  2018. Environmental and socio-political shocks to the seafood sector: what does this mean for resilience? Lessons from two UK case studies, 1945-2016. Marine Policy 87: 301-313.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.014
• Mangano, M., Berlino, M., Corbari, L., Milisenda, G., Lucchese, M., Terzo, S., Bosch-Belmar, M., Azaza. M., Babarro, J., Bakiu, R., Broitman, B., Buschmann, A., Christofoletti, R., Dong, Y., Glamuzina, B., Luthman, O., Makridis, P., Nogueira, A., Palomo, M., Dineshram, R., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Sevgili, H., Troell, M., AbouelFadl, K., Azra, M., Britz, P., Carrington, E., Celic, I., Choi, F., Qin, C., Dionísio, M., Dobroslavic, T., Galli, P., Giannetto. D., Grabowski, J., Helmuth, B., Lebata-Ramos, M., Lim, P., Liu, Y., Llorens, S., Mirto, S., Pecarevic, M., Pita, C., Ragg, N., Ravagnan, N., Saidi, D., Schultz, K., Shaltout, M., Tan, S., Thiyagarajan, V., Sara, G. 2022. The aquaculture supply chain in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: vulnerability, resilience, solutions and priorities at the global scale. Environmental Science and Policy 127: 98-110. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.014
• Ospina-Alvarez, A., de Juan, S., Pita, P., Ainsworth, G., Matos, F., Pita, C., Villasante, S. 2022. A network analysis of the global cephalopod trade. Nature Scientific Reports 12:322. 
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03777-9

• Penca, J., Said, A., Cavallé, M., Pita, C., Libralato, S. 2021. Sustainable small-scale fisheries markets in the Mediterranean: weaknesses and opportunities. Maritime Studies.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-021-00222-5  

   

FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY, HABITAT MAPPING AND CONSERVATION

• Machado, M. & J. Sala, 2013. Tanymastigites lusitanica sp. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Portugal, first representative of the genus in Europe. Zootaxa, 3681 (5): 501–523.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3681.5.1
• Machado, M., L. Cancela Da Fonseca & M. Cristo, 2017. Freshwater large branchiopods in Portugal: an update of their distribution. Limnetica, 36 (2): 565-582.
  DOI: 10.23818/limn.36.22
• Lopes da Cunha, R., Sala, J.,  Machado, M., Boix, D., Madeira, C., Madeira, P., Cristo, M., Cancela da Fonseca, L., Castilho, R., 2021. Distinctive genetic signatures of two fairy shrimp species with overlapping ranges in Iberian temporary ponds. Freshwater Biology, 66: 1680–1697.
  DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13782

• García-de-Lomas, J., Sala, J., Barrios, V., Prunier, F., Camacho, A., Machado, M., Alonso, M., Korn, M., Boix, D., Hortas, F., García, C.M., Serrano, L., Muñoz, G.2017. How threatened are large branchiopods (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in the Iberian Peninsula?. Hydrobiologia, 801: 99–116. 
  (DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3322-0)

   

BLUE ECONOMY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
 

• Borges, T.C., Veitayaki, J., Moreno-Báez, M., Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., Santos, J. 2022. Coastal Fisheries. In: Blue Economy: An Ocean Science Perspective. Urban Jr., E.R. & Ittekkot, V. (eds): 87-121 
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5065-0_4
• Erzini, K., Parreira, F., Sadat, Z., Castro, M., Bentes, L., Coelho, R., . . . Santos, R. 2022. Influence of seagrass meadows on nursery and fish provisioning ecosystem services delivered by Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in Portugal. Ecosystem Services, 58
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• Lillebø,A.I, Somma, F., Norén, K., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Alves, MF, Ballarini, E.,  Bentes, L., Bielecka, M., Chubarenko, BV, Heise, S., Khokhlov, V, Klaoudatos, D., Lloret, J., Margonski, P., Marín, A., Matczak, M., Oen, AMP,  Palmier, MG, Przedrzymirska, J. Różyński, G., Sousa, AI,  Sousa, LP, Tuchkovenko, Y, Zaucha, J. 2016. Assessment of Marine Ecosystem Services Indicators: Experiences and Lessons Learned from 14 European case studies. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 12 (4): 726–734,
  DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1782.
• Rangel, M.O.; Pita, C.B.; Gonçalves, J.M.S.; Oliveira, F.; Costa, C.; Erzini, K. (2013). Developing self-guided scuba dive routes in the Algarve (Portugal) and analysing visitors' perceptions. Marine Policy 45: 194-203.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.10.011
• Rangel, M.O., Pita, C. Gonçalves, J.M.S; Leite, L.; Erzini, K.; Costa, Carlos; Erzini, K. 2011. Ecotourism snorkelling routes at Marinha Beach (Algarve). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 61 - Management of Recreational Resources: 274-281. 
  DOI: org/10.2112/SI61-001.26

• Ressurreição, A., Cardigos, F., Giacomello, E., Leite, N., Oliveira, F., Kaiser, M. J., ... & Santos, R. S. 2022. The value of marine ecotourism for a European outermost region. Ocean & Coastal Management, 222, 106129.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106129

   

POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY AND ECOLOGICAL STATUS

• Cabral, H.N., Fonseca, V.F., Gamito, R., Gonc¸ alves, C.I., Costa, J.L., Erzini, K., Gonc¸alves,J., Martins, J., Leite, L., Andrade, J.P., Ramos, S., Bordalo, A., Amorim, E., Neto, J., Marques, J.C., Rebelo, J.E., Silva, C., Castro, N., Almeida, P.R., Domingos, I., Gordo, L.S., Costa, M.J. 2012.  Ecological quality assessment of transitional waters based on fish assemblages: The Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI). Ecological Indicators 19: 144–153.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.005
• Gamito, S and Furtado, R. 2009 Feeding diversity in macroinvertebrate communities: A contribution to estimate the ecological status in shallow waters. Ecological Indicators, 9: 1009-1019.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.11.012
• Gamito, S; Patrício, J; Neto, JM; Marques, JC; Teixeira, H. 2012. The importance of habitat-type for defining the reference conditions and the ecological quality status based on benthic invertebrates: The Ria Formosa coastal lagoon (Southern Portugal) case study. Ecological Indicators, 19:61-72.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.004
• Gonçalves, C.I.,  S. Pasquaud, R. Gamito, V.F. Fonseca, J.L. Costa, K. Erzini, J.M.S. Gonçalves, J. Martins, L. Leite, N. Castro, J.P. Andrade, S. Ramos, A. Bordalo, E. Amorim, J.M. Neto, J.C. Marques, M.J. Costa, H. Cabral. 2012. Robustness of the Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI) regarding water body definition criteria. Ecological Indicators 20:1-8.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.02.001
• Masiá, P., Mateo, J. L., Arias, A., Bartolomé, M., Blanco, C., Erzini, K., ... & Garcia-Vazquez, E. 2021. Potential microplastics impacts on African fishing resources. Science of The Total Environment, 806, 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150671
• Müller, C., K.  Erzini, · T. Dudeck, J. Cruz, L.S. Corona,  F. E. Abrunhosa, C.M.L. Afonso, M. Â. F. Mateus, C. Orro, · P. Monteiro,  W. Ekau. 2023. Variability of prey preferences and uptake of anthropogenic particles by juvenile white seabream in a coastal lagoon nursery ground. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106(10):1-22.
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• Oliveira, F., Monteiro, M., Bentes, L., Henriques, N.S., Aguilar, R., Gonçalves, J.M.S. 2015. Marine litter in the upper São Vicente submarine canyon (SW Portugal): Abundance, distribution, composition and fauna interactions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 97(1-2): 401-407,
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.060

• Vieira, R.P., Raposo, I.P., Sobral, P., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Bell, K.L.C., Cunha, M.R. 2015. Lost fishing gear and litter at Gorringe Bank (NE Atlantic), Journal of Sea Research, 100: 91-98,
  doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.005.

   

MARINE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
 

• Azzopardi, E., Kenter, J., Young, J., Leakey, C., O'Connor, S., Martino, S., Flannery, W., Sousa, L., Mylona, D., Frangoudes, K., Béguier, I., Pafi, M., Rey da Silva, A., Ainscough, J., Koutrakis, M., Ferreira da Silva, M., Pita, C. 2022. What are heritage values? Integrating natural and cultural heritage into environmental valuation.  People and Nature 00: 1-16. 
  http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10386
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