Citation: Baltar F and Arístegui J (2017) Fronts at the Surface Ocean Can Shape Distinct Regions of Microbial Activity and Community Assemblages Down to the Bathypelagic Zone: The Azores Front as a Case Study. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:252. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00252 Fronts at the Surface Ocean Can Shape Distinct Regions of Microbial Activity and Community Assemblages Down to the Bathypelagic Zone:...

Citation: Carreiro-Silva M, Ocaña O, Stanković D, Sampaio Í, Porteiro FM, Fabri M-C and Stefanni S (2017) Zoantharians (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) Associated with Cold-Water Corals in the Azores Region: New Species and Associations in the Deep Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:88. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00088 Zoantharians (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) Associated with Cold-Water Corals in the Azores Region: ...

1 IMARDepartment of Oceanography and Fisheries University of the Azores, Cais de Sta. Cruz, PT9901-862 Horta (Azores), Portugal 2 Laboratoire de Biologie et Environnement Marins, FRE 2727 du CNRS, Université de La Rochelle, 22, Avenue Michel Crépeau, F-17042 La Rochelle, France 3 Département Géosciences Marines, Centre de Brest de l’IFREMER, BP 70, 29280 Plouzane Cedex France 4 Departement Envi...

Diversity patterns of cave and epigean Trechinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Azores (Portugal) are reported based on recently standardized sampling protocols in different habitats of this geologically young and isolated volcanic archipelago. A total of 10 species are studied, including Trechus isabelae n. sp., collected in a volcanic pit on São Jorge, one of the nine islands of the Azores....

The phylogeography of thornback rays (Raja clavata) was assessed from European waters, using five nuclear microsatellite loci and mitochondrial cytochome b sequences. Strong regional differentiation was found between the Mediterranean basin, the Azores and the European continental shelf. Allelic and haplotype diversities were high in Portuguese populations, consistent with the existence of a re...

The present work reports on the presence and distribution of an alien and invasive gastropod, Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863), in freshwater systems of the oceanic islands of the Azores archipelago. First registered in 2007, F. fragilis was found in S. Miguel, Santa Maria, and Graciosa. This study increases to 6 the number of freshwater species of mollusks occurring in the Azores. Remarks are ...

a School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK b Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Comer Geochemistry Building, 61 Route 9W/PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, USA c Divisão de Geologia e Georecursos Marinhos, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera I.P., Rua C do Aeroporto, 1749-077 Lisboa, Portugal d In...

Thirteen species of benthic marine algae are reported new for the isolated mid-Atlantic Azores archipelago and five older records are confirmed. Seven (Bangia atropurpurea, Codium fragile spp. tomentosoides, Ectocarpus fasciculatus, E. siliculosus, Porphyrostromium ciliare, Ulothrix flacca and Ulvaria oxysperma) are widespread amphi-Atlantic species some of which extend in distributional range ...

The Regional Department of Education and Culture of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in the 20032004 school year implemented an innovative project for adult learning. The school EB 3/S Vitorino Nemésio, a public school, on Terceira Island, became the first Portuguese school offering adult education mediated through the Internet, serving elementary level (5th grade) to the secondary level (12...

The dynamics associated with drought in the Sahel have attracted considerable attention in the recent literature. This paper evaluates Sahel precipitation using the paradigm of the atmospheric centers of action, that is, the extended semipermanent highs and lows that dominate regional circulations and are evident in sea level pressure patterns. We find that Sahel precipitation is significantly ...