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Haploid females in the isomorphic biphasic life-cycle of Gracilaria chilensis excel in survival by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Engelen, Aschwin H, Huanel, Oscar R, Guillemin, Marie-Laure

“…Conditional differentiation is one of the most fundamental drivers of biodiversity. Competitive entities (usually species) differ in environmental or…”
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Differentiation of haploid and diploid fertilities in Gracilaria chilensis affect ploidy ratio by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Engelen, Aschwin H, Huanel, Oscar R, Guillemin, Marie-Laure

“…Algal isomorphic biphasic life cycles alternate between free-living diploid (tetrasporophytes) and haploid (dioicious gametophytes) phases and the hypotheses…”
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Transplantation of Human Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Non-Immunosuppressed GRMD Dogs is a Safe Procedure by Pelatti, M. V., Gomes, J. P. A., Vieira, N. M. S., Cangussu, E., Landini, V., Andrade, T., Sartori, M., Petrus, L., Zatz, Mayana

“…The possibility to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a lethal X-linked disorder, through cell therapy with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been…”
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A meta-analysis shows that seaweeds surpass plants, setting life-on-Earth's limit for biomass packing by Creed, Joel C, Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Norton, Trevor A, Caetano, Debora

“…As plants, algae and some sessile invertebrates may grow in nearly monospecific assemblies, their collective biomass increases and if they compete hard enough…”
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A model for the biomass-density dynamics of seagrasses developed and calibrated on global data by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Lopes, Inês E, Creed, Joel C

“…Seagrasses are foundation species in estuarine and lagoon systems, providing a wide array of services for the ecosystem and the human population. Understanding…”
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Climate change vulnerability assessment of the main marine commercial fish and invertebrates of Portugal by Bueno-Pardo, Juan, Nobre, Daniela, Monteiro, João N., Sousa, Pedro M., Costa, Eudriano F. S., Baptista, Vânia, Ovelheiro, Andreia, Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Chícharo, Luís, Gaspar, Miguel, Erzini, Karim, Kay, Susan, Queiroga, Henrique, Teodósio, Maria A., Leitão, Francisco

“…This is the first attempt to apply an expert-based ecological vulnerability assessment of the effects of climate change on the main marine resources of…”
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Tailor-Made Fluorinated Ionic Liquids for Protein Delivery by Vieira, N. S. M., Castro, P. J., Marques, D. F., Araújo, J. M. M., Pereiro, A. B.

“…Nowadays, pharmaceutical companies are facing several challenges with the development and approval of new biological products. The unique properties of several…”
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Linear-In-The-Parameters Oblique Least Squares (LOLS) Provides More Accurate Estimates of Density-Dependent Survival by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Engelen, Aschwin H, Huanel, Oscar R, Guillemin, Marie-Laure

“…Survival is a fundamental demographic component and the importance of its accurate estimation goes beyond the traditional estimation of life expectancy. The…”
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The biomass-density relationship in seagrasses and its use as an ecological indicator by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Lopes, Inês E, Creed, Joel C

“…Biomass-density relations have been at the centre of a search for an index which describes the health of seagrass meadows. However, this search has been…”
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Correction: Linear-In-The-Parameters Oblique Least Squares (LOLS) Provides More Accurate Estimates of Density-Dependent Survival by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Engelen, Aschwin H, Huanel, Oscar R, Guillemin, Marie-Laure

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167418.]…”
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A new method to quantify and compare the multiple components of fitness--a study case with kelp niche partition by divergent microstage adaptations to temperature by Vieira, Vasco M N C S, Oppliger, Luz Valeria, Engelen, Aschwin H, Correa, Juan A

“…Management of crops, commercialized or protected species, plagues or life-cycle evolution are subjects requiring comparisons among different demographic…”
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Numerical tools to estimate the flux of a gas across the air–water interface and assess the heterogeneity of its forcing functions by Vieira, V. M. N. C. S, Martins, F, Silva, J, Santos, R

“…A numerical tool was developed for the estimation of gas fluxes across the air–water interface. The primary objective is to use it to estimate CO2 fluxes…”
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Seagrass space occupation efficiency is key for their role as ecosystem engineers and ecological indicators by Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Santos, Rafael, Leitão-Silva, David, Veronez, Arthur, Neves, Joana M., Nogueira, Marta, Brito, Ana, Cereja, Rui, Creed, Joel C., Bertelli, Chiara M., Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Bartilotti, Cátia, Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge

“…Studies for the preservation of seagrass beds biotopes have met difficulties in establishing appropriate methods assessing their health. We tested the…”
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An Individual-Based Model of the Red Alga Agarophyton chilense Unravels the Complex Demography of Its Intertidal Stands by Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Engelen, Aschwin H., Huanel, Oscar R., Guillemin, Marie-Laure

“…Algal demographic models have been developed mainly to study their life cycle evolution or optimize their commercial exploitation. Most commonly,…”
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The FuGas 2.3 Framework for Atmosphere–Ocean Coupling: Comparing Algorithms for the Estimation of Solubilities and Gas Fluxes by Vieira, Vasco, Jurus, Pavel, Clementi, Emanuela, Mateus, Marcos

“…Accurate estimates of the atmosphere–ocean fluxes of greenhouse gases and dimethyl sulphide (DMS) have great importance in climate change models. A significant…”
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Fluorination effects on the thermodynamic, thermophysical and surface properties of ionic liquids by Vieira, N.S.M., Luís, A., Reis, P.M., Carvalho, P.J., Lopes-da-Silva, J.A., Esperança, J.M.S.S., Araújo, J.M.M., Rebelo, L.P.N., Freire, M.G., Pereiro, A.B.

“…•Surface tension of fluorinated ionic liquids.•Thermophysical properties of fluorinated ionic liquids.•Thermal properties and thermodynamic functions. This…”
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Estimating significances of differences between slopes: A new methodology and software by Vieira, Vasco M.N.C.S, Creed, Joel

“…Determining the significance of slope differences is a common requirement in studies of self-thinning, ontogeny and sexual dimorphism, among others. This has…”
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Resource-limited Gracilaria dura partitions resources between growth and survival: Knowledge base for optimizing production by Dawange, Pankaj S., Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Sardinha, Jose P., Jaiswar, Santlal, Mantri, Vaibhav A.

“…Gracilaria dura is commercially important due to its agarose quality. Thus, production in aquaculture is increasing. Maximizing its yield requires mastering…”
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Adaptation of functional traits in Gracilaria dura with the local environment: implications for resource management and exploitation by Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S., Dawange, Pankaj S., Jaiswar, Santlal, Sardinha, José P., Mantri, Vaibhav A.

“…Seaweed functional traits provide insights on natural populations, their adaptations to the local environment, which can be utilized for commercial…”
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Differential Frond Growth in the Isomorphic Haploid–diploid Red Seaweed Agarophyton chilense by Long‐term In Situ Monitoring by Vieira, Vasco M.N.C.S., Engelen, Aschwin H., Huanel, Oscar R., Guillemin, Marie‐Laure, Krueger‐Hadfield, S.

“…Conditional differentiation between haploids and diploids has been proposed to drive the evolutionary stability of isomorphic biphasic life cycles. The cost of…”
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