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[1] A high‐resolution numerical model study of the Canary Basin in the northeast subtropical Atlantic Ocean is presented. A long‐term climatological solution from the Regional Oceanic Modeling System (ROMS) reveals mesoscale variability associated with the Azores and Canary Current systems, the northwest African coastal upwelling, and the Canary Island archipelago. The primary result concerns t...

How plants arrived to originally sterile oceanic islands has puzzled naturalists for centuries. Dispersal syndromes (i.e., diaspore traits that promote dispersal by long-distance dispersal vectors), are generally considered to play a determinant role in assisting island colonization. However, the association between diaspore traits and the potential vectors by which diaspores are dispersed is n...

Between 8th July 2002 and 18th June 2004, aerosol samples were collected in Azores. Their inorganic composition was obtained by neutron activation analysis in order to study the differences of aerosols in two atmospheric altitudes of the central north Atlantic: (1) PICONARE observatory (Lower Free Troposphere-LFT) at Pico mountain summit (38,4708N, 28,4048W, 2,225 m a.s.l.) in Pico Island, Azor...

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) originating from the Western Atlantic carry out one of the largest marine migrations, reaching the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. It has been proposed that this transatlantic journey is simply a consequence of drifting, with the lack of a target destination and a passive dispersal with oceanic currents. This predicts that the size of the source ...

0308-8146/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.06.065 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 922318036; fax: E-mail address: [email protected] (J.P. Pérez Trujillo). This study determines for the first time Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Sr, Li and Rb contents in wines from the archipelagos of Madeira and Azores (Portugal). The greater part of the mean content for the diff...

[1] We investigate the interannual variability of Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic by using the TOMS/ Nimbus-7 and TOMS/Earth Probe daily aerosol data. We focus on the winter season, and on the area off the NorthWest African coast (15–30 N, 30–5 W). Previous studies have suggested that the variability of the Saharan dust can be partially explained by the North Atlantic Oscillation. In a...

Wheat or rye straw embroideries, typical of the island Faial (Azores), are ultimate representatives a European craft very popular in XIX century. Our investigation into cultural use plants Azores presents some examples embroideries and information on raw materials plant origin used by last embroideresses who keep this tradition alive.

Objectives: to dimension abuse against vulnerable adults within the family and community environment in the Azores Islands, identify risk factors for abuse and describe the profile of an abused elder. Method: descriptive cross-sectional study. Random sampling. The instruments used were: clinical histories of the users, Mini-Mental State Examination, Index of Independence in Basic Activities of ...