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Phytoplankton dynamics in relation to seasonal variability and upwelling and relaxation patterns at the mouth of Ria de Aveiro (West Iberian Margin) over a four-year period by Vidal, Tânia, Calado, António José, Moita, Maria Teresa, Cunha, Marina R

“…From June 2004 to December 2007, samples were weekly collected at a fixed station located at the mouth of Ria de Aveiro (West Iberian Margin). We examined the…”
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Systematic and evolutionary insights derived from mtDNA COI barcode diversity in the Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) by Matzen da Silva, Joana, Creer, Simon, dos Santos, Antonina, Costa, Ana C, Cunha, Marina R, Costa, Filipe O, Carvalho, Gary R

“…Decapods are the most recognizable of all crustaceans and comprise a dominant group of benthic invertebrates of the continental shelf and slope, including many…”
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Multigene molecular systematics confirm species status of morphologically convergent Pagurus hermit crabs by Matzen da Silva, J., dos Santos, A., Cunha, M. R., Costa, Filipe O., Creer, S., Carvalho, G.R.

“…Introduction In spite of contemporary morphological taxonomy appraisals, apparent high morphological similarity raises uncertainty about the species status of…”
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Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence by Levin, Lisa A., Baco, Amy R., Bowden, David A., Colaco, Ana, Cordes, Erik E., Cunha, Marina R., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J., Gobin, Judith, Grupe, Benjamin M., Le, Jennifer, Metaxas, Anna, Netburn, Amanda N., Rouse, Greg W., Thurber, Andrew R., Tunnicliffe, Verena, Van Dover, Cindy Lee, Vanreusel, Ann, Watling, Les

“…Although initially viewed as oases within a barren deep ocean, hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities are now recognized to interact with surrounding…”
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Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world’s largest marine minerals exploration frontier by Stewart, Eva C. D., Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe, Taboada, Sergi, Wiklund, Helena, Ravara, Ascensão, Pape, Ellen, De Smet, Bart, Neal, Lenka, Cunha, Marina R., Jones, Daniel O. B., Smith, Craig R., Glover, Adrian G., Dahlgren, Thomas G.

“…Aim The abyssal Clarion‐Clipperton Zone (CCZ), Pacific Ocean, is an area of commercial importance owing to the growing interest in mining high‐grade…”
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Deep-sea crustacean trawling fisheries in Portugal: quantification of effort and assessment of landings per unit effort using a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) by Bueno-Pardo, Juan, Ramalho, Sofia P., García-Alegre, Ana, Morgado, Mariana, Vieira, Rui P., Cunha, Marina R., Queiroga, Henrique

“…Mapping and quantifying bottom trawling fishing pressure on the seafloor is pivotal to understand its effects on deep-sea benthic habitats. Using data from the…”
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Are organic falls bridging reduced environments in the deep sea? - results from colonization experiments in the Gulf of Cádiz by Cunha, Marina R, Matos, Fábio L, Génio, Luciana, Hilário, Ana, Moura, Carlos J, Ravara, Ascensão, Rodrigues, Clara F

“…Organic falls create localised patches of organic enrichment and disturbance where enhanced degradation is mediated by diversified microbial assemblages and…”
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The influence of geological, geochemical, and biogenic habitat heterogeneity on seep biodiversity by Cordes, Erik E., Cunha, Marina R., Galéron, Joëlle, Mora, Camilo, Olu-Le Roy, Karine, Sibuet, Myriam, Van Gaever, Saskia, Vanreusel, Ann, Levin, Lisa A.

“…Cold seeps are among the most heterogeneous of all continental margin habitats. Abiotic sources of heterogeneity in these systems include local variability in…”
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Canyon conditions impact carbon flows in food webs of three sections of the Nazaré canyon by van Oevelen, Dick, Soetaert, Karline, Garcia, R., de Stigter, Henko C., Cunha, Marina R., Pusceddu, Antonio, Danovaro, Roberto

“…Submarine canyons transport large amounts of sediment and organic matter (OM) from the continental shelf to the abyssal plain. Three carbon-based food web…”
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Interglacial occurrence of cold-water corals off Cape Lookout (NW Atlantic): First evidence of the Gulf Stream influence by Matos, Lélia, Mienis, Furu, Wienberg, Claudia, Frank, Norbert, Kwiatkowski, Cornelia, Groeneveld, Jeroen, Thil, François, Abrantes, Fatima, Cunha, Marina R., Hebbeln, Dierk

“…Climatic and oceanographic changes, as occurring at a glacial–interglacial scale, may alter the environmental conditions needed for the development of prolific…”
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Effects of sample storage and shell orientation on LA-ICPMS trace element measurements on deep-sea mussels by Génio, Luciana, Simon, Klaus, Kiel, Steffen, Cunha, Marina R.

“…Geochemical markers are being increasingly applied to fundamental questions in population and community ecology in marine habitats because they allow…”
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Ecosystem Functioning Under the Influence of Bottom-Trawling Disturbance: An Experimental Approach and Field Observations From a Continental Slope Area in the West Iberian Margin by Ramalho, Sofia P., Lins, Lidia, Soetaert, Karline, Lampadariou, Nikolaos, Cunha, Marina R., Vanreusel, Ann, Pape, Ellen

“…Understanding the effects of bottom-trawling induced changes in benthic community structure, diversity and ecosystem functioning across different benthic-size…”
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The use of the DNA barcode gene 16S mRNA for the clarification of taxonomic problems within the family Sertulariidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) by Moura, Carlos J., Cunha, Marina R., Porteiro, Filipe M., Rogers, Alex D.

“…Moura, C. J., Cunha, M. R., Porteiro, F. M. & Rogers, A. D. (2011). The use of the DNA barcode gene 16S mRNA for the clarification of taxonomic problems within…”
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Fickle or Faithful: The Roles of Host and Environmental Context in Determining Symbiont Composition in Two Bathymodioline Mussels by Laming, Sven R, Szafranski, Kamil M, Rodrigues, Clara F, Gaudron, Sylvie M, Cunha, Marina R, Hilário, Ana, Le Bris, Nadine, Duperron, Sébastien

“…The Mediterranean Sea and adjoining East Atlantic Ocean host a diverse array of small-sized mussels that predominantly live on sunken, decomposing organic…”
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Coupling large-spatial scale larval dispersal modelling with barcoding to refine the amphi-Atlantic connectivity hypothesis in deep-sea seep mussels by Portanier, Elodie, Nicolle, Amandine, Rath, Willi, Monnet, Lorraine, Le Goff, Gregoire, Le Port, Anne-Sophie, Daguin-Thiébaut, Claire, Morrison, Cheryl L., Cunha, Marina R., Betters, Melissa, Young, Craig M., Van Dover, Cindy L., Biastoch, Arne, Thiébaut, Eric, Jollivet, Didier

“…In highly fragmented and relatively stable cold-seep ecosystems, species are expected to exhibit high migration rates and long-distance dispersal of long-lived…”
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DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in marine hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from coastal and deep-sea environments by Moura, Carlos J., Harris, David J., Cunha, Marina R., Rogers, Alex D.

“…Fifty‐six sequences of the mitochondrial 16S RNA gene were generated for hydroids, belonging to six nominal families — Eudendriidae, Lafoeidae, Haleciidae,…”
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New Prionospio and Aurospio Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta) by Paterson, Gordon L J, Neal, Lenka, Altamira, Iris, Soto, Eulogio H, Smith, Craig R, Menot, Lenaick, Billett, David S M, Cunha, Marina R, Marchais-Laguionie, Claire, Glover, Adrian G

“…The number of records of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, 1867, from the deep sea (>2000 m) are relatively few and do not reflect the actual occurrence of…”
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Chemosymbiotic bivalves from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz, NE Atlantic, with descriptions of new species of Solemyidae, Lucinidae and Vesicomyidae by Olive, Graham, Rodrigues, Clara F, Cunha, Marina R

“…The chemosymbiotic bivalves collected from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz are reviewed. Of the thirteen species closely associated with chemosynthetic…”
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First clues on the ecology of whale falls in the deep Atlantic Ocean: results from an experiment using cow carcasses by Hilario, Ana, Cunha, Marina R., Génio, Luciana, Marçal, Ana Raquel, Ravara, Ascensão, Rodrigues, Clara F., Wiklund, Helena

“…Sunken whale carcasses, known as ‘whale falls’, deliver large pulses of organic material to the seafloor and serve as habitat islands for unique assemblages of…”
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Deep-sea bacterial communities in sediments and guts of deposit-feeding holothurians in Portuguese canyons (NE Atlantic) by Amaro, Teresa, Witte, Harry, Herndl, Gerhard J., Cunha, Marina R., Billett, David S.M.

“…Deposit-feeding holothurians often dominate the megafauna in bathyal deep-sea settings, in terms of both abundance and biomass. Molpadia musculus is…”
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