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Seagrass meadow at low tide in the Ria formosa

Project Activities

 

Publications

Raquel Vieira, Airam Martin, Aschwin H Engelen, Mads S Thomsen, Arenas (2020) Interactive effects of co-occurring anthropogenic stressors on the seagrass Zostera noltei. Ecological Indicators 109: 105780

Aires T, Muyzer G, Serrão EA, Engelen AH (2018) Seaweed loads cause stronger Bacterial community shifts in coastal lagoon sediments than nutrient loads. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 3283 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03283

Cacabelos Eva, Aschwin H. Engelen, Astrid Mejia, Francisco Arenas (2012) Comparison of the assemblage functioning of estuary systems dominated by the seagrass Zostera noltii versus the invasive drift alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla. Journal of Sea Research 72:99-105 (IF 2.444) doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.02.003

Thomsen, Mads, Thomas Wernberg, Aschwin Engelen, Fernando Tuya, Mat Vanderklift, Marianne Holmer, Karen McGlathery, Fransisco Arenas, Jonne Kotta, Brian Silliman (2012) Impacts of seaweeds on seagrasses: generalities and knowledge gaps. PLoS ONE 7(1): e285 95. doi:10.1 371/journal.pone. 0028595.

Akkermans G, M. Thomsen, F. Arenas, M. Machado, R. Santos, J. Vermaat, A.H. Engelen (2012) The interactive effects of variable nutrient and macroalgal load on the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltii and associated fauna in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal. ECSA 50 3-7 June, Venice, Italy.

Aschwin H. Engelen, Francisco Arenas, Mads Thomsen (2014) Experimental assessments of seaweed proliferation and eutrophication effects on intertidal estuarine seagrass ecosystems across hemispheres. Cost conference ‘Seagrasses in Europe: Threats, responses and management.’ March 4-6, 2014, Olhão, Portugal.

CCMAR Coordinators

Funding agencies

FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia