Corrine Almeida

Technical University of Atlantic

Organotin (OT) based Antifouling Systems (AFS) were globally banned by the AFS Convention since 2008, but the Republic of Cabo Verde did not ratify this Convention, nor did it develop a national legislation to control OT-AFS. Gemophos viverratus imposex and butyltin tissue contamination were assessed around the São Vicente Island (Cabo Verde) in 20...

Understanding ecological structures and the dynamics of reef fish assemblages is a fundamental step in current conservation biology. Patterns of abundance and biomass of reef fish communities of the tropical Cabo Verde Archipelago (eastern central Atlantic Ocean) have not been assessed previously. We studied general patterns of reef fish trophic gr...

The introduction of artificial light into wildlife habitats is a rapidly expanding aspect of global change, which has many negative impacts on a wide range of taxa. In this experimental study, which took place on a beach located on the island of Boa Vista (Cabo Verde), three types of artificial light were tested on nesting loggerhead sea turtles as...

Cephalopholis taeniops is a marine fish with high commercial value in Cape Verde, and its population has to be reduced. The identification of stocks is essential for its correct management this fisheries in this archipelago. Thus, we did the DNA extraction and amplified the control region (CR), COI and Cytb of the mitochondrial DNA by 197 samples....

Many species have experienced recent range expansions due to human-mediated processes, such as the unintentional transport on ships or plastic waste and ocean warming, which facilitates many tropical species to tolerate living beyond their normal limit of distribution, with a potential impact on autochthonous assemblages. In September 2008, three c...

Many species have experienced recent range expansions due to human-mediated processes, such as the unintentional transport on ships or plastic waste and ocean warming, which facilitates many tropical species to tolerate living beyond their normal limit of distribution, with a potential impact on autochthonous assemblages. In September 2008, three c...

The Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916), is a Macaronesian endemic whose obscure taxonomy and the unknown relationships among forms inhabiting isolated Northern Atlantic oceanic islands is investigated by means of molecular analysis herein. Mitochondrial data from the 16S rRNA and COX1 genes support its current species status, tr...

We describe the reproductive system and morphological expression of imposex in the marine gastropod Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834) for the first time. This species can be used as a bioindicator of tributyltin (TBT) pollution on the west coast of Africa, a region for which there is a lack of information regarding levels and impacts of TBT pollut...

This work constitutes the first assessment of tributyltin (TBT) pollution levels in the Republic of Cabo Verde (Africa) and proposes the marine gastropod Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834) as a new bioindicator of TBT pollution in the Macaronesia and west coast of Africa. Specimens were collected between August and October 2012 along a gradient of...

Este trabalho visa divulgar uma parte da biodiversidade marinha de Cabo Verde, resultado da colaboração e cooperação entre o Instituto Canário de Ciências Marinhas (ICCM) e a Universidade de Cabo Verde (Uni-CV), parceiros estratégicos dentro da região geográfica e países da Macaronésia. A intenção é fazer possivel um conhecimento global do patrimón...

A preliminary ecological assessment of coral communities was conducted in Cabo Verde (North Atlantic). Two fieldtrips recorded underwater transects with DAFOR semi-quantitative scale to estimate relative abundance of coral species. This effort, together with a review of historical records, allowed a preliminary identification and description of thr...