During summer 2008 and spring 2009, surface oceanographic surveys were carried out around three islands of the Azores archipelago (Terceira, São Miguel and Santa Maria) to assess the phytoplankton distribution and associated physico-chemical processes. The Azores archipelago is a major feature in the biogeochemical North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre (NAST) province although its influence on the pr...

Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Group, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK, Azorean Biodiversity Group (ABG CITA-A) and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability (PEERS), Departamento de Cîencias Agr arias, University of the Azores, Rua Capit~ao Jo~ao d0 Avila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra ...

Savigniorrhipis topographicus new species is described from the Azores. The synapomorphies of Savigniorrhipis are discussed along with the affinities of the genus within the Savignia-group. Given the extremely restricted and increasingly disturbed habitat, S. topographicus new species should be classified as Critically Endangered and its single forest habitat at Topo (São Jorge Island) should i...

The Azores holds the largest population of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) (Aves, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae) in world. One major threats this species is predation by invasive mammals, which were introduced during European colonisation islands. present study provides a dataset from camera-trapping survey performed colonies Cory’s shearwater. sampling was conducted bet...