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Tell a Story to Save a River: Assessing the Impact of Using a Children’s Book in the Classroom as a Tool to Promote Environmental Awareness by Aurélio, Luísa, França, Susana, Sequeira, Vera, Boaventura, Diana, Correia, Maria João, Pinto, Bruno, Amoroso, Sandra, Feio, Maria João, Brito, Cristina, Chainho, Paula, Chaves, Luísa

“…Listening to a story stimulates children to understand concepts and vocabulary, while developing their background knowledge. Previous research indicates that…”
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Spatial Variation in Mercury Bioaccumulation and Magnification in a Temperate Estuarine Food Web by Fonseca, Vanessa F., França, Susana, Duarte, Bernardo, Caçador, Isabel, Cabral, Henrique N., Mieiro, Cláudia L, Coelho, João P., Pereira, Eduarda, Reis-Santos, Patrick

“…Estuaries are renown sinks or repositories of contaminants and reflect historical pollution of persistent compounds. In particular, mercury (Hg) contamination…”
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Historical Data in the CoastNet Geoportal: Documenting Fish Assemblages in Portuguese Estuaries by França, Susana, Fonseca, Vanessa F., Tanner, Susanne E., Vasconcelos, Rita P., Reis-Santos, Patrick, Maia, Anabela, Ruano, Miguel, Cardoso, Inês, Henriques, Sofia, Pais, Miguel Pessanha, Brandão, Pedro, Brito, Ana C., Castellanos, Paola, Chainho, Paula, Quintella, Bernardo, da Costa, Luís, Costa, Maria José, Costa, José Lino, Cabral, Henrique N.

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Relative importance of estuarine flatfish nurseries along the Portuguese coast by Cabral, Henrique N., Vasconcelos, Rita, Vinagre, Catarina, França, Susana, Fonseca, Vanessa, Maia, Anabela, Reis-Santos, Patrick, Lopes, Marta, Ruano, Miguel, Campos, Joana, Freitas, Vânia, Santos, Paulo T., Costa, Maria José

“…The relative importance of nursery areas and their relationships with several environmental variables were evaluated in nine estuarine systems along the…”
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Changes in the Functional Role of the Tejo Estuary (Portugal, Europe) According to Fish Ecological Guilds by França, Susana

“…Estuaries are extremely productive ecosystems, providing habitats for numerous aquatic species and crucial ecological services. The Tejo estuary, one of the…”
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Global patterns and predictors of fish species richness in estuaries by Vasconcelos, Rita P, Henriques, Sofia, França, Susana, Pasquaud, Stéphanie, Cardoso, Inês, Laborde, Marina, Cabral, Henrique N, Genner, Martin

“…Knowledge of global patterns of biodiversity and regulating variables is indispensable to develop predictive models. The present study used predictive…”
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Tracing Poly(Vinyl Acetate) Emulsions by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies: Identification of Spectral Markers by França De Sá, Susana, Viana, Carolina, Ferreira, Joana Lia

“…Vinyl emulsions started to be used by artists in paintings at least since the early 1960s, being now present in several artworks worldwide. However, different…”
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Organization of the genome and gene expression in a nuclear environment lacking histones and nucleosomes: the amazing dinoflagellates by Moreno Díaz de la Espina, Susana, Alverca, Elsa, Cuadrado, Angeles, Franca, Susana

“…Dinoflagellates are fascinating protists that have attracted researchers from different fields. The free-living species are major primary producers and the…”
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Predicting fish species richness in estuaries: Which modelling technique to use? by França, Susana, Cabral, Henrique N.

“…Four different modelling techniques were compared and evaluated: generalized linear models (GLM), generalized additive models (GAM), classification and…”
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Distribution models of estuarine fish species: The effect of sampling bias, species ecology and threshold selection on models' accuracy by França, Susana, Cabral, Henrique N.

“…Species distribution models (SDMs) relate presence/absence data to environmental variables, allowing to predict species environmental requirements and…”
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Shedding new light on polyurethane degradation: Assessing foams condition in design objects by França de Sá, Susana, Ferreira, Joana Lia, Pombo Cardoso, Isabel, Macedo, Rita, Ramos, Ana Maria

“…A new insight into the degradation of polyurethane (PUR) slabstock foams is suggested by studying historical design objects and PUR references submitted to…”
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Paralytic shellfish toxins in the freshwater cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, isolated from Montargil reservoir, Portugal by Pereira, Paulo, Onodera, Hideyuki, Andrinolo, Darı́o, Franca, Susana, Araújo, Filomena, Lagos, Néstor, Oshima, Yasukatsu

“…Montargil reservoir, located in a dry flat area in the centre of Portugal, was filled in 1958 to fulfil agricultural, electric and industrial requirements. In…”
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Applicability of single-shot and double-shot Py-GC/MS for the detection of components in vinyl acetate-based emulsions used in modern-contemporary art by Pintus, Valentina, Viana, Carolina, Angelin, Eva Mariasole, De Sá, Susana França, Wienland, Karin, Sterflinger, Katja, Ferreira, Joana Lia

“…This research explores the use of different pyrolysis-based techniques for studying the chemical composition of vinyl acetate (VAc) based emulsions widely used…”
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The Role of Formulations in the Ageing Process of Vinyl Acetate Based Emulsion Films: A Multivariate Approach by Viana, Carolina, Wieland, Karin, França de Sá, Susana, Angelin, Eva Mariasole, Pintus, Valentina, Ferreira, Joana Lia

“…Vinyl acetate (VAc)-based emulsions represent one of the main media used by modern and contemporary artists. Their long-term behaviour is still not completely…”
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Biomarker responses to environmental contamination in estuaries: A comparative multi-taxa approach by Duarte, Irina A., Reis-Santos, Patrick, França, Susana, Cabral, Henrique, Fonseca, Vanessa F.

“…•Multi-biomarker responses varied among fish and invertebrate species.•Differently impacted areas influenced biomarker response patterns.•Species specific…”
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Worldwide patterns of fish biodiversity in estuaries: Effect of global vs. local factors by Pasquaud, Stéphanie, Vasconcelos, Rita P., França, Susana, Henriques, Sofia, Costa, Maria José, Cabral, Henrique

“…The main ecological patterns and the functioning of estuarine ecosystems are difficult to evaluate due to natural and human induced complexity and variability…”
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Predicting fish species distribution in estuaries: Influence of species’ ecology in model accuracy by França, Susana, Cabral, Henrique N.

“…Current threats to biodiversity, combined with limited data availability, have made for species distribution models (SDMs) to be increasingly used due to their…”
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Application of Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy on Plastics in Cultural Heritage Collections: A Comparative Assessment of Two Portable Mid-Fourier Transform Infrared Reflection Devices by Angelin, Eva Mariasole, de Sá, Susana França, Soares, Inês, Callapez, Maria Elvira, Ferreira, Joana Lia, Melo, Maria João, Bacci, Mauro, Picollo, Marcello

“…Plastics have been increasingly used to create modern and contemporary art and design, and nowadays, museum collections hold numerous objects completely or…”
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The identification of synthetic organic red pigments in historical plastics: Developing an in situ analytical protocol based on Raman microscopy by Angelin, Eva Mariasole, França de Sá, Susana, Picollo, Marcello, Nevin, Austin, Callapez, Maria Elvira, Melo, Maria João

“…The identification of colorants in historic plastics is a methodological and analytical challenge. Although deformulation is performed by the plastics…”
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Biogeographical region and environmental conditions drive functional traits of estuarine fish assemblages worldwide by Henriques, Sofia, Guilhaumon, François, Villéger, Sébastien, Amoroso, Sandra, França, Susana, Pasquaud, Stéphanie, Cabral, Henrique N, Vasconcelos, Rita P

“…Assessing trait–environment relationships is crucial for predicting effects of natural and human‐induced environmental change on biota. We compiled a global…”
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