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Currently working to deploy a long term moored ocean water column observation system in SW Iberia:
http://www.emso-pt.pt
Also developing management support tools for science and policy integration, using Ria Formosa barrier island system as a proxy environmental setting.
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June 2019 - present
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This article presents an Eulerian physical and biogeochemical dataset from the Iberian Margin Cape St. Vincent Ocean observatory (IbMa-CSV), a facility of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EMSO-ERIC), located 10 nautical miles south of Cape St. Vincent (Portugal), the s...
This article presents an Eulerian physical and biogeochemical data set from the Iberian Margin Cape São Vicente Ocean Observatory (IbMa-CSV), a facility of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EMSO-ERIC) located 10 nautical miles south of Cape São Vicente (Portugal), the...
Holocene evolution of the Ria Formosa barrier island system was studied through the examination of a large subsurface dataset acquired from 191 boreholes and five seismic refraction profiles. Two boreholes with total depths of 26 and 16.5 m were selected for a multi-proxy detailed laboratory analysis, including mean grain size distribution, organic...
Project AQUA&AMBI aims to support the decision making process related to the management of southwest Iberia coastal wetlands. This support is envisioned in a first phase as result of the development of a large spatial database, available through a Geographical Information System (GIS), contributing to a better natural resource management. This tool...
The coastal zone of southwest Iberia shares a common background in terms of culture and historical use of wetlands, where sea salt harvesting in man‐made ponds and mollusc natural banks extraction are two of the major economic activities. These intertidal areas also constitute as strategic zones for biodiversity conservation, including different na...
Long-term coastal evolution of the Ludo sub-basin of the Ria Formosa Lagoon was simulated using a hybrid modelling approach. The spatial and temporal response of the basin to eustatic sea-level rise (SLR) varies significantly. The inner basin accretes due to sea-level rise (SLR) while the initial response of intertidal zone to SLR is the erosion of...
The undisturbed (pre-jetty) morphology of the Guadiana ebb-delta (Southern Portugal-Spain border) was characterised by a large sandbank (the O’Bril bank) located off the mouth and growing eastward over a broad swash platform (Garel et al., 2014). A pair of parallel jetties was built across this bank in 1974-76 to stabilise the inlet and facilitate...
This paper focuses on simulations of the morphological evolution of an estuary during sedimentary infilling that accompanied Holocene sea-level rise. The simulations were conducted using the Estuarine Sedimentation Model, which uses a behaviour-oriented approach, supported by the chronostratigraphy of the estuary’s sedimentary sequence. Behaviour c...
A Choice Modeling (CM) study was chosen to assess specific management actions related to bird-watching on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The usual willingness-to-pay measure was replaced by the willingness-to-stay (WTS) longer on the island for bird-watching, given changes in the site attributes. Results of the valuation study wer...
Due to the constant need of improving educational tools by means of fast evolving e-technologies, the Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) assumed the responsibility of creating effective means of communication between the general public and research community, using interactive multimédia platforms (educational applications). Followi...
O rápido desenvolvimento das técnicas de edição integrada de textos, imagens e sons, criou um vasto campo para produção de aplicações didáticas destinadas a todos os tipos de ensino. Durante a última década, o Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA) da Universidade do Algarve assumiu a responsabilidade de criar novos meios de comunicação...
The morphodynamic response of a mixed-energy ebb-tidal delta (Guadiana estuary, southern Portugal) and its down-drift barrier island (Canela Island) to channel relocation and stabilisation by jetties is examined using a series of sequential bathymetric maps and vertical aerial photographs spanning five decades. Morphological analysis indicates that...
Na atualidade torna-se inquestionável a necessidade de integrar a aprendizagem com as novas tecnologias de modo a cativar e facilitar a compreensão dos temas abordados através de aplicações didáticas. Durante a última década o Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA) assumiu a responsabilidade de criar meios eficazes de comunicação entre o...
A digital paleosurface model of Ria Formosa based on two borehole campaigns, five seismic refraction profiles and data from other researchers is presented. It reveals the existence of a complex network of fluvial paleovalleys cutting through the underlying pre-Holocene topography. Two major sedimentary units could be distinguished. Borehole sedimen...
Due to the constant need to improve educational tools by means of fast evolving e-technologies, the Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) assumed the responsibility of creating efective means of communication between the general public and research community, through interactive multimedia platforms (educational applications). Followin...
A paleotopographic model of Ria Formosa is presented based on two borehole campaigns and a systematic comparison with previous works, revealing the existence of a complex network of fluvial valleys. Vertical sediment profiles showed a mosaic of changing depositional environments, resulting from local hydrodynamics, sedimentary sources and, to an ex...
The multiproxy information data set obtained from borehole sequences permitted to establish a robust chronology of events, which led to the post glacial infilling of the terminal stretches of regional river palleovaleys. The paleoecological reconstructions combined with 14C age model of Guadiana Estuary sedimentary record revealed the fast sea leve...
The fossil foraminifera assemblages of the Ria Formosa Lagoon has been studied in two sediment cores
collected in the system. Four distinct assemblages were identified along the analyzed cores, each one of them
characteristic of a different Foraminiferal Indicator of Marine Influence (FIMI). The variation of FIMI indicates the
presence marine envir...
No presente resumo e na comunicação apresentamos os resultados de investigação, efetuada na última década, de que resultou a reconstrução do nível médio do mar (nmm) na margem atlântica sul ibérica, durante os últimos 13.5 ka. O registo mais extenso dos processos que acompanharam a subida do nmm após a última glaciação foi conseguido, no estuário d...
Tourism related to bathing has a growing economic importance in the Guadiana Estuary in southern Spain and Portugal. Polls of local public opinion showed an awareness of potential and current threats to the aquatic environment posed by regulation of river flow and untreated/poorly-treated urban sewage discharge. Because of this strong concern for w...
This study reviews data on sea-level rise during the last 13000 yr cal. BP (13 kyr) as recorded in the estuarine sediments of the Guadiana River (SE Portugal, SW Spain). We combined new data from a 63 m-long borehole, drilled through the entire postglacial sedimentary sequence, with information on five previously studied cores. By integrating sedim...
A comparison of model results with the chronostratigraphy of the Guadiana estuary’s post-glacial sedimentary infill enabled us to validate and complement a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of estuarine evolution. Although it was approximate, the millennial/centennial timescale simulation also permitted us to establish a trustworthy base for decad...
Estuaries belong to the most biologically productive ecosystems of our planet, and do offer countless ecosystem services which
are relying on the scenic beauty and on overall environmental quality. Their multipurpose attractiveness explains the ever
evolving process of occupation by humans. In Guadiana estuary which is the terminal segment of a 730...
System Approach Framework (SAF) includes a sequence of steps with the overall purpose to develop a self- evolving, holistic research approach for integrated appraisal of Coastal Systems so that the existing scientific knowledge can be available to support deliberative and decision-making processes aimed at improving the sustainability of Coastal Sy...
