Search Results - "Pardal, M. A."

Influence of age, sex and breeding status on mercury accumulation patterns in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans by Tavares, S., Xavier, J.C., Phillips, R.A., Pereira, M.E., Pardal, M.A.

“…Although mercury bio-amplifies through the food chain and accumulates in top predators, mercury concentrations in tissues of the wandering albatross are…”
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Mercury biomagnification in a contaminated estuary food web: Effects of age and trophic position using stable isotope analyses by Coelho, J.P., Mieiro, C.L., Pereira, E., Duarte, A.C., Pardal, M.A.

“…► High trophic magnification potential of mercury in a temperate contaminated estuary. ► The use of age adjusted data provided better fitting to linear…”
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Long-term functional changes in an estuarine fish assemblage by Baptista, J., Martinho, F., Nyitrai, D., Pardal, M.A., Dolbeth, M.

“…•Three critical periods from a 30-year period were selected to study the impact of hydrology changes.•Functional traits reflected the hydrological disturbance…”
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Effects of extreme climate events on the macrobenthic communities’ structure and functioning of a temperate estuary by Grilo, T.F., Cardoso, P.G., Dolbeth, M., Bordalo, M.D., Pardal, M.A.

“…► Floods and heat waves led to a stronger total abundance decline than droughts. ► Biomass was not so affected by any specific extreme climate episode, being…”
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Effects of sewage pollution on the structure of rocky shore macroinvertebrate assemblages by Cabral-Oliveira, J, Mendes, S, Maranhão, P, Pardal, M. A

“…The urgency to find efficient indices and indicators to prevent further deterioration of coastal areas is one of the hot topics in today’s scientific…”
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Mercury pollution in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): a review of the system assessment by Pereira, M. E, Lillebø, A. I, Pato, P, Válega, M, Coelho, J. P, Lopes, C. B, Rodrigues, S, Cachada, A, Otero, M, Pardal, M. A, Duarte, A. C

“…The Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) is a coast al lagoon adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and it has an inner bay (Laranjo bay) that received a highly contaminated…”
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Anthropogenic and natural disturbance effects on a macrobenthic estuarine community over a 10-year period by Dolbeth, M., Cardoso, P.G., Ferreira, S.M., Verdelhos, T., Raffaelli, D., Pardal, M.A.

“…For some decades, the Mondego estuary has been under severe ecological stress, mainly caused by eutrophication. The most visible effect was the occurrence of…”
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Influence of oceanic and climate conditions on the early life history of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax by Pinto, M., Monteiro, J.N., Crespo, D., Costa, F., Rosa, J., Primo, A.L., Pardal, M.A., Martinho, F.

“…Understanding how marine fish early-life history is affected in the long-term by environmental and oceanographic factors is fundamental given its importance to…”
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Recovery trends of Scrobicularia plana populations after restoration measures, affected by extreme climate events by Verdelhos, T., Cardoso, P.G., Dolbeth, M., Pardal, M.A.

“…The Mondego estuary (Portugal) went through different ecological scenarios over the last decades. An eutrophication process led to a decline in the ecosystem…”
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use of nursery areas by juvenile fish in a temperate estuary, Portugal by Martinho, Filipe, Leitão, R, Neto, J. M, Cabral, H. N, Marques, J. C, Pardal, M. A

“…The nursery role of the Mondego estuary for marine fish species was studied between June 2003 and May 2004. The spatial and temporal distribution and abundance…”
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The impact of extreme weather events on the seagrass Zostera noltii and related Hydrobia ulvae population by Cardoso, P.G., Raffaelli, D., Pardal, M.A.

“…Coastal areas are typically subjected to a range of stressors, but they now face the additional stressor of climate change, manifested in part by an increased…”
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Structural and Functional Responses of Macrobenthic Communities to Mercury Contamination by Matos, P, Sousa, E, Pardal, M. A, Pereira, E, Cardoso, P. G

“…This study focuses on the impact of mercury contamination on the structure and functioning of the macrobenthic communities of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal), using…”
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Implications of nutrient decline in the seagrass ecosystem success by Cardoso, P.G., Leston, S., Grilo, T.F., Bordalo, M.D., Crespo, D., Raffaelli, D., Pardal, M.A.

“…The Mondego estuary (Portugal) suffered major changes in environmental quality due to eutrophication, however, in the late 1990s a restoration project was…”
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Environmental effects on the recruitment variability of nursery species by Martinho, F., Dolbeth, M., Viegas, I., Teixeira, C.M., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A.

“…The recruitment variability of the marine fish species Dicentrarchus labrax, Platichthys flesus and Solea solea was evaluated in the Mondego estuary (Portugal)…”
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Size-Dependent Arsenic Accumulation in Scrobicularia plana in a Temperate Coastal Lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) by Ereira, T., Coelho, J. P., Duarte, A. C., Pardal, M. A., Pereira, M. E.

“…Sediment, suspended particulate matter (SPM), water and clam Scrobicularia plana samples were collected in a temperate coastal lagoon with anthropogenic…”
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Impact of mercury contamination on the population dynamics of Peringia ulvae (Gastropoda): Implications on metal transfer through the trophic web by Cardoso, P.G., Sousa, E., Matos, P., Henriques, B., Pereira, E., Duarte, A.C., Pardal, M.A.

“…The effects of mercury contamination on the population structure and dynamics of the gastropod Peringia ulvae (also known as Hydrobia ulvae) and its impact on…”
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Estuarine production of resident and nursery fish species: Conditioning by drought events? by Dolbeth, M., Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Cabral, H., Pardal, M.A.

“…The production of resident ( Pomatoschistus minutus and Pomatoschistus microps) and marine juvenile fish species using the Mondego estuary (central Portugal)…”
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The macrobenthic community along a mercury contamination in a temperate estuarine system (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) by Nunes, M., Coelho, J.P., Cardoso, P.G., Pereira, M.E., Duarte, A.C., Pardal, M.A.

“…Mercury is a widely distributed environmental pollutant and a toxic element to all living organisms. This study represents an attempt to evaluate its…”
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Mercury bioaccumulation and decontamination kinetics in the edible cockle Cerastoderma edule by Cardoso, P.G., Grilo, T.F., Pereira, E., Duarte, A.C., Pardal, M.A.

“…► Cerastoderma edule presented distinct bioaccumulation kinetics according to the different tissues. ► Gills showed linear model of accumulation while the…”
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Assessing estuarine environmental quality using fish-based indices: Performance evaluation under climatic instability by Martinho, F., Viegas, I., Dolbeth, M., Leitão, R., Cabral, H.N., Pardal, M.A.

“…The seasonal variation of five selected multimetric indices for the determination of the Ecological Quality Status (EQS) of transitional waters was evaluated,…”
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