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R&D Projects

Call for Funding of Research and Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2009

Painel de Avaliação da área das Ciências e Tecnologia do Mar - 2009

Coordination

Peter H. Burkill
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, United Kingdom

Evaluation

Gwyn Griffiths
National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom
Martin White
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Michael Thorndyke
Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Peter H. Burkill
Richard Nash
Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Stephen Feist
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, United Kingdom
Stephen John Hawkins
School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
Tjeerd van Weering
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

Projects assigned

PTDC/MAR/109809/2009

BIOMAN: The use of BIOoindicator species for ecosystem MANagment
Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/109824/2009

Development of volcanic island shelves: insights from the Faial Island (PLATAF)
Rui Manuel do Amaral Branco de Oliveira Quartau
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/109838/2009

Nutritional and functional importance of arginine and glutamine in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)
Maria Helena Tabuaço Rego Martins Peres
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/109915/2009

THRESHER: Integrating biology, genetics and tagging studies for the management and conservation of the highly vulnerable big eye thresher shark in the Atlantic Ocean.
Rui Pedro Andrade Coelho
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110020/2009

Find symbiont: a molecular-driven approach to discover, localize and explore the bacterial partners of marine Bryozoa
Rodrigo da Silva Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110027/2009

Geological controls on methane biogeochemistry at cold seeps: a multidisciplinary approach
Marianne Nuzzo
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR/110057/2009

ANTARCTIC - Understanding marine food web dynamics of the Southern Ocean
Jose Xavier
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110065/2009

Meta-population patterns of connectivity in a tropical marine system, from nursery habitat-formers to nursery-using reef fishes in the Lesser Netherlands Antilles.
Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110251/2009

Adaptive potential at range edges: testing relationships between fitness-related traits and population structure near ecophysiological limits
Katy Nicastro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110264/2009

IDENTIFICATION OF STANNIOCALCIN TARGET GENES IN MARINE FISH INTESTINE.
Juan Fuentes
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110319/2009

Populational structure and migratory routes of the jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus, between Portuguese mainland and the Macaronesian archipelagos (JACMAC).
Alberto Jorge Caroço Guerreiro Murta
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/110361/2009

TauSole: The importance of taurine for fish - sole as a case study
Cláudia Raquel Cêa de Aragão Teixeira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110412/2009

BIOTOX - Interactive Effects of Climate Change and Pollution on Marine Biota
Catarina Vinagre
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/110432/2009

BIOWEB - Fragility of coastal and estuarine ecological networks to climate change.
Catarina Vinagre
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/110508/2009

Phylogeography of the Macaronesia-NE Atlantic-Mediterranean slipper lobsters: a multilocus approach
Elsa Froufe
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110509/2009

Last but not least: uncovering the hidden biodiversity within subtidal Tanaidacea, using molecular and morphological data
Elsa Froufe
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110533/2009

SEPIABREED - Improving the reproduction of the European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) in captivity: a multidisciplinary approach
ANTÓNIO DE VILHENA ANDRADE FERREIRA SYKES
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110574/2009

Novel methodologies for the assessment of Dusky grouper growth potential: integrating molecular and metabolic approaches - DUSK
Sofia Alexandra Dias Engrola
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/110576/2009

TRANSCRIVENT- The transcriptome of the deep sea hidrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus: unraveling the genes involved in adaptation to extreme environments.
Raul Bettencourt
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110715/2009

PROMETHEUS: PROduction, via Microalgae after Engineering and Technological optimization, of Hydrocarbons and triglycerides for Engine USes
Francisco Xavier Delgado Domingos Antunes Malcata
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110782/2009

Bacteriophages - a natural and environmentally innoffensive alternative to antibiotics in aquaculture
José Américo Pereira de Sousa
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110796/2009

IMPROVE- Inner shelf hydrographic and biological processes controlling invertebrate population in the Portuguese coast, using decapods as models
Antonina Maria de Melo dos Santos
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR/110852/2009

CHRONO-REPRODUCTION IN TELEOST FISH: MECHANISMS OF SYNCHRONIZATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLES
Catarina Cortes Valente de Oliveira
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/110890/2009

Development of non-invasive techniques for the detection of reef fishes illegally collected using cyanide (CYASTOP)
Ricardo Jorge Guerra Calado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/111010/2009

Rapid assessment of the biotoxicity of trace metals in seawater using an array of potentiometric chemical sensors
Alisa Rudnitskaya
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/111016/2009

Elemental and isotopic composition of Pecten maximus (Bivalvia) shells: High-resolution multiproxy archives of past seawater temperature and salinity (PalPec)
Pedro Seabra Freitas
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR/111021/2009

DIPSURVEY - Dioxins and PCBs survey in Portuguese estuaries
Fernando Ramos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR/111044/2009

PATHAB - Pathways and biogeochemical cycling of marine toxins produced by harmful algal blooms
Pedro Reis Costa
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/111088/2009

Fish Recruitment over seamounts in the North Atlantic, Azores a case study
Sérgio Stefanni
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111134/2009

Dynamics of phytoplankton communities around seamounts
Manfred Josef Kaufmann
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111166/2009

PROBIO-FISH:Selection and evaluation of probiotic strains for aquaculture use
Rodrigo Ozorio
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111190/2009

BIOMEASURE- Biodiversity as a measure of habitat health: Identifying bio-indicator organisms for revealing impact of humanly induced eutrophication
Kim Richard Larsen
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111261/2009

Bio-optical properties of Portuguese coastal waters for ocean colour validation and monitoring applications
Vanda Costa Brotas Gonçalves
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/111271/2009

Assessment of the viability of gorgonians under stress of elevated temperatures and infectious diseases (Gorgoneous)
Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/111282/2009

Dynamics of diurnal thermoclines in the wake of islands
Isabel Gonçalves de Barbosa Araújo
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111304/2009

Vital rates of pelagic fish larvae (VITAL)
Carla Susana Ferreira Garrido Coelho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/111306/2009

TerRiftic - Unraveling melting processes and volcanism on the Terceira Rift, Azores: a melt inclusion and vesicle study
Ana Filipa Alfaia Marques Abraham-james
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/111334/2009

Stock structure and assessment of bluemouth in Portuguese waters
Leonel Paulo Sul Serrano Gordo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/111370/2009

Spawning strategies and population structure in deep water fish associated with seamounts: conservation measures
Leonel Paulo Sul Serrano Gordo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/111399/2009

Variations in stable isotope signatures of North Atlantic water masses and planktonic foraminifer shells and in plankton shell weights: Tracing seasonal to interannual variability and potential signs of ocean acidification (ISO-TRACES)
Antje Helga Luise Voelker
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR/111507/2009

ZOSTERA MEADOWS COLAPSE EVENTS IN PORTUGUESE ESTUARIES. CAUSES, FREQUENCY, ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AND MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES (SWEEP).
João M Neto
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111515/2009

Social Stress and Fish Welfare
Rui Oliveira
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR/111574/2009

FishNet - Modeling and stability analysis of the marine food-web off the portuguese coast
Alberto Jorge Caroço Guerreiro Murta
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/111597/2009

Temperature effect on defence strategies against ammonia toxicity in Lipophrys pholis and Gobius paganellus
Joana Catarina Rocha Moreira da Silva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111598/2009

Mercury induced immunomodulation in aquatic animals- assessment of unconventional toxicity pathways (Acronym: MERCUNTOX)
Iqbal Ahmad
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/111640/2009

The role of dietary fatty acids on stress coping mechanisms in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles
Dulce Isabel Assis Alves Martins
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/111641/2009

Molecular indicators of chronic stress in cultured fish
Nadège RICHARD
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/111667/2009

How does a sole broodstock with low stress response influence the quality of the progeny -SOSTRESS
Florbela Maria Benjamim Soares
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/111714/2009

FROMBLUETOGLUE: Purification and expression survey of sea urchin adhesive proteins - screening for potential biomedical applications
Romana Lopes Almeida dos Santos
Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade de Lisboa (FMD/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/111716/2009

Mitigation of bivalve contamination with marine biotoxins
Paulo João Vieira Vale
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/111750/2009

HPBIOM - Effect of high hydrostatic pressure and pollutants on selected biomarkers in fish
Justyna Kopecka-Pilarczyk
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111758/2009

Towards ecosystem-based management of the Azores marine resources, biodiversity and habitats
Telmo Alexandre Fernandes Morato Gomes
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111777/2009

New advances in the morphofunctional comprehension of the digestive system of carnivorous and herbivorous opisthobranch molluscs
Alexandre Manuel Silva Lobo Cunha
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/MAR/111898/2009

Effect of antinutrients in Sea bream (Sparus aurata) and Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles and on-growing fish.
Aires Oliva Teles
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/MAR/111932/2009

Interdisciplinary studies on Catostylus tagi: toxins, biological aspects and utilization in aquaculture
zilda braga morais
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/MAR/111947/2009

Physiological performance and invasive potential of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in southern European waters
Joana Ferreira Marques Ferreira Cardoso
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111995/2009

BioArsWeb - Arsenic bioacumulation, biomagnification and pools in estuarine trophic webs
João Pedro Martins Coelho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/112079/2009

Plant feedstuffs in diets for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and Diplodus sp. juveniles: potential and challenges for sustainable development of aquaculture
Maria Helena Tabuaço Rego Martins Peres
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/112113/2009

Wastewater effects on the clams from the Ria Formosa - EARRia
Alexandra Maria Francisco Cravo
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/112115/2009

[NEDIF-PRO] Neuroendocrine disruption in fish induced by human psychopharmaceuticals and potential impact of salinity
Ralph Urbatzka
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/112205/2009

Role of extreme halophylic bacteria in the microbial ecology and pathogenic potential in Ria Formosa saltponds, Southern Portugal (PATHALEX)
Helena Maria Galvão
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/112231/2009

Estuarine trophic structure at the biogeographic limits of flounder Platichthys flesus
Joana Costa Vilhena de Bessa Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/112275/2009

CyanoNano - Cyanobacteria response to nanomaterials in aquatic ecosystems
ANA MAFALDA SARAIVA BAPTISTA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/112311/2009

Mechanisms of action of estrogens on calcium metabolism in fish scales and impact of temperature in its endocrine regulation
PATRÍCIA ISABEL SILVESTRE PINTO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/112339/2009

Microbial diversity of the deep Mediterranean sea brine basins.
Milton Simões da Costa
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/MAR/112365/2009

Green-algae as phytase factories for aquaculture applications
Isaura Isabel Gonçalves Simões
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/MAR/112382/2009

UPDATE KNOWLEDGE OF ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN EARLY PHASES OF ESTUARINE FISHES TO FACE CLIMATE CHANGES
MARIA ALEXANDRA ANICA TEODÓSIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/112496/2009

ConnectTools - Development and validation of tools to assess connectivity in populations of marine animals
Henrique José de Barros Brito Queiroga
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/112545/2009

Eddy-Island interactions: a Madeira Island case study
Xavier Couvelard
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/MAR/112567/2009

Investigating larval retention and dispersal in the rocky intertidal using population genetics tools: Patella depressa in the northeast Atlantic
Madalena Simas Branco
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR/112583/2009

SE Pacific production during the last two climatic cycles: A study throuh diatoms and their organic markers (SEPADIOR)
Fatima Abrantes
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR/112628/2009

Impacts of ocean acidification CO2-induced in marine organisms: an ecotoxicological and proteomic based approach
Mário Diniz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/MAR/112692/2009

Origins and phylogenetic relationships of the north eastern Atlantic sea anemones, with emphasis on the genus Actinia
Joana Isabel Espírito Robalo
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR/112708/2009

Characterization and Antitumor Activity Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds from Marine-Derived Fungi
ANAKE KIJJOA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/112744/2009

Temperature-dependent sex-determination in tropical sea turtles under climate change - the green turtle Chelonia mydas in the Bijagós archipelago (Guinea-Bissau) as a case study
Rui Miguel Borges Sampaio e Rebelo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/112782/2009

IDASMyx - Infection dynamic of Aquaculture Seabass by Myxozoa
MARIA JOÃO FARIA LEITE DIAS DOS SANTOS
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/112792/2009

Waterborne seaweed metabolites as a green solution for antimicrobial therapy in aquaculture
Leonardo Mata
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/112797/2009

Can Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) induce genes and protein profiling alterations and potential antioxidant imbalance in mussel, Mytilus provinciallis?
Vera Lúcia de Almeida Maria
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/112992/2009

AQUATOX - Assessment of mineralogenic toxicity of aquatic pollutants
Vincent Laizé
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113031/2009

Development of survival predictors for decapod crustaceans escaping or discarded in trawl fisheries
MARIA MARGARIDA MIRANDA DE CASTRO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113065/2009

DEEPTEC - Development of technologies for the study of deep sea organisms
Alfredo Nuno Damasceno Pinto de Oliveira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/113089/2009

The gastropods statoliths: new biological achives of marine pollution (STARPOL)
Carlos Miguel Miguez Barroso
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/113134/2009

EcoEarlFish- Early life stages of fishes as indicator of the ecological status of estuarine nursery function
Sandra Cristina da Costa e Silva Ramos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/113190/2009

IMPACT OF THE SEAWATER CO2 SYSTEM ON THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALCAREOUS BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA: A CULTURE-BASED APPROACH (SeaCalCul)
PAULA DIZ FERREIRO
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR/113230/2009

Studies on cellular immunity and histopathology of freshwater bivalves: Immunocompetence and disease susceptibility under the influence of pollutants and pathogens
Jorge Machado
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/113254/2009

The seaweed Ulva rigida and the plant Portulaca oleracea as natural sources for ω3 fatty acids; studies on enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of ω3 fatty acids.
Isabel Maria Marques Saraiva de Carvalho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/113304/2009

A population genomics approach for investigating population divergence and speciation in a highly mobile and widely distributed marine mammal species
Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/113342/2009

Octopus trophic relations and behaviour of pollutants within the ecosystem
Sónia Isabel Fernandes Borges Pena Seixas
Universidade Aberta (Uab)

PTDC/MAR/113353/2009

Phosphate absorption and excretion in fish: transport mechanisms and endocrine control (FosFix)
Pedro Miguel Guerreiro da Costa Guerreiro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113379/2009

GRASSLIGHT- Seagrass photosynthesis responses to shifts in light availability and spectral composition: what sets the depth distribution limits?
João Miguel Sousa da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113412/2009

Effect of an increased temperature on reproduction, egg and larvar development of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) and white sea bream (Diplouds sargus)- WARMEDFISH
Maria Margarida Saavedra Amaro
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/113479/2009

CBOL - Characterisation of Bivalves from the Óbidos Lagoon
Susana Margarida de Freitas Ferreira
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/113482/2009

Macroalgae in Berlengas: an ocean challenge
Patrícia Carla Ribeiro Valentão
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR/113558/2009

Recreational boat angling: scientific basis for management
Karim Erzini
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113592/2009

Understanding meagre larval (Argyrosomus regius, Asso 1801) digestive physiology through dietary modulation of some digestive enzymes and metabolic processes during development: Tools for diet formulation - DRUM
Maria Laura Braga Ribeiro
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/113608/2009

Characterization of olfactory plasticity in the European eel.
Maria del Mar Huertas Pau
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113739/2009

PPFISH - Aquatic species under psicopharmaceuticals neuroendocrine effects
Maria Armanda Reis Henriques
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/113752/2009

Ecosystems services provided by hyper-saline wetlands: socio-economics implications (HyperService)
Ana Isabel Lillebö Batista
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/113759/2009

Tore Oceanic Reservoir Environment (TORE)
SÍLVIA OSÓRIO MARTINS DA FONSECA DA NAVE
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/MAR/113786/2009

Diversifying live feed diets for rearing marine fish larvae in semi-intensive systems - DIVERSE
Pedro Marques Pousão Ferreira
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR/113822/2009

Breeding long snout seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus): a tool for conservation and knowledge
Jorge Palma
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/113888/2009

TAGUSDELTA - 3D high-resolution seismic stratigraphy of the Tagus Delta - imaging and modeling of tsunami evidence for geological hazards assessment
Pedro Terrinha
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/MAR/113978/2009

The impact of Global Cliate Change on tropical marine seaweed forest: a study of the diversity, distribution and seascape genetics of Sargassum in the Indo-Pacific.
Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/114010/2009

Evolution of host-parasite associations in coastal fish: processes of speciation and adaptation and the emergence of infections in a scenario of rapid climate change (EvHoP)
Joana Isabel Ferreira Marques
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/114114/2009

Mechanisms of neurotoxicity of mercury in fish and association with structuro-functional brain alterations and behaviour shifts (Acronym: NEUTOXMER)
Mário Guilherme Garcês Pacheco
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/114151/2009

ANTHROPOGENIC AND CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE SW IBERIAN PENINSULA
Maria de Fátima Duarte de Araújo
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/MAR/114217/2009

Nutrients and particulate matter dynamics - exchanges between a COAstal LAgoon and the adjacent ocean through a multiple inlet system: the case of Ria Formosa, south of Portugal - COALA
José Manuel Quintela de Brito Jacob
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/114245/2009

EcoShad-Ecological status and declining-based factors of Minho River A. alosa (Linnaeus,1758) and Iberian Alosa spp. populations
Carlos Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/114296/2009

WESSEA - What's the Ecological Relevance of Molecular and Sub-Cellular Alterations Induced by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Sea Bass Juveniles (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)?
Carlos Gravato
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/114347/2009

BICS - Bivalve filter feeding behaviours and their impact on the community structure.
Maria Sofia Júdice Gamito Pires
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/114379/2009

Study of effects of endocrine disrupting compounds in the clam Scrobicularia plana
Maria João da Anunciação Franco Bebianno
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/114380/2009

PHYTORIA - Environmental regulation of phytoplankton in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon
Helena Maria Galvão
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/114437/2009

CASYS - Carbon cycling in intertidal areas of an estuarine system
Marta Cristina Silva Nunes Nogueira
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/114444/2009

Prospecting host-parasite native marine biodiversity through a transcriptomic approach: implications for identification of new molecules with potential biotechnological applications
Leonor Cancela
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/114445/2009

Biogeochemical Processes induced by Natural and Anthropogenic Change in Cirulation: The Case Study of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) (BioChangeR)
Nuno Alexandre Firmino Vaz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/114518/2009

Gas hydrate dissociation events recorded by methane-derived authigenic carbonates and their correlation with climatic changes
Luis Fiipe Fuentefria de Menezes Pinheiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/114524/2009

ANTIBIOTIC-WEB - Bioaccumulation of antibiotics in the estuarine food web
Miguel Ângelo Carmo Pardal
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/114548/2009

ROCKYREEF - Fish-habitat associations in a temperate rocky reef at the Arrábida Marine Park (Portugal)
Emanuel João Flores Gonçalves
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR/114555/2009

ConTag- Population connectivity and recruitment mechanisms of decapod larvae off Portuguese coast, using geochemical tags
Antonina Maria de Melo dos Santos
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/114577/2009

Stress in estuarine glass eel (Anguilla anguilla)
João Coimbra
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/114593/2009

ZooMap - Zooplankton, composition, biomass and size spectra; mapping and spatial modelling for S and W Iberian Atlantic waters
Maria Manuel Pimenta Angélico
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/114594/2009

COASTAL DYNAMICS CHANGES: FROM SANDY TO GRAVEL BEACHES - CODYGRAVEL
Helena Maria Leite Pato Granja
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/MAR/114641/2009

Role of the thin-lipped grey mullets (Actinopterygii, Mugilidae) in metal cycling on estuaries (IRONFISH)
Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/MAR/114674/2009

Beach to Canyon Head Sedimentary Processes
Rui Taborda
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/114676/2009

GreenTissue - Unleashing the biomedical potential of green algae' polysaccharides
Rui Sousa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR/114726/2009

Hydrodynamics and sediment transport at rock-bound estuaries: Implications for management (ROCKEST)
Garel Erwan
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/114736/2009

Cryopreservation of germ cells: new strategies for fish reproduction- CRYOGERM
Sonia Martinez Paramo
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/114776/2009

PPCPs in the Sado estuary. Potential risk for environment and human health (SCREEN)
Maria Helena Costa
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/114844/2009

Biological effects in aquatic target species to the intermittent metal exposure under eutrophic conditions
Patrícia Alexandra Oliveira Pereira Kowalski
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/114898/2009

Endocrine control of social communication in the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus
Teresa Isabel Mendonca Modesto
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/114980/2009

REEFFISH - Larval supply, recruitment and mortality patterns in temperate reef fish
Emanuel João Flores Gonçalves
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR/114986/2009

REPRESS - The role of hydrostatic pressure in the physiology of fish
Alfredo Nuno Damasceno Pinto de Oliveira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/115005/2009

Mapping gene networks in asymmetric head development during flatfish metamorphosis.
Deborah Mary Power
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115100/2009

SPEEDO- Swimming and sensorial abilities of temperate reef fish larvae
Rita Alexandra Duarte Borges
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115115/2009

From abundance to disappearance. Identifying causes for Hippocampus guttulatus population decrease in the Ria Formosa lagoon.
Jorge Palma
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115202/2009

Ecology of sea urchins' natural stocks in the western-central coast of Portugal
Susana Margarida de Freitas Ferreira
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/115226/2009

MATRIX: Understanding temperate reef fish connectivity
Rita Alexandra Duarte Borges
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115242/2009

Sedimentary dynamics influence on mariculture areas offshore Ria Formosa - SEDYMAR
Teresa Drago
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/115380/2009

Genetic regulation of sexual plasticity by steroid hormones: alternative reproductive tactics in the teleost fish Salaria pavo as a case study
David Goncalves
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR/115381/2009

Bioremediation in the Ria de Aveiro
Maria Teresa Seabra dos Reis Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/115384/2009

Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to infer adaptive population divergence in the seagrass Z. noltii across europe
Onno Everhardus Diekmann
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115483/2009

OCEAN-CONNECT: Fine-scaled determination of global connectivity in true oceanic shark species using emerging molecular approaches
António Múrias dos Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR/115487/2009

EQAFish - Marine fish assemblages as indicators for the assessment of environmental quality and decision support
Henrique Cabral
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/115526/2009

BERLENBIO - Biodiversity and Biomass export from the Berlengas Natural Reserve (a marine protected area) and its impacts on fisheries
Paulo Jorge de Sousa Maranhão
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/115529/2009

RASTEROIDS: The accumulation of steroids in the water of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
Catarina Isabel de Matos Martins
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115543/2009

COGNIFISH: Individuality of cognitive abilities in fish
Catarina Isabel de Matos Martins
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115571/2009

Vocal behaviour and reproductive success of the Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus) in two social-ecological contexts with
Maria Clara Correia de Freitas Pessoa de Amorim
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/MAR/115581/2009

IADUIT - Integrated Approach for Detection of Underwater Intruders and Tracking
António João Freitas Gomes da Silva
Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve (CINTAL/UAlg)

PTDC/MAR/115584/2009

New tools for bivalve stock assessment. Can we predict recruitment failure? (BIVRECRUIT)
Miguel José Baptista Gaspar
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/MAR/115594/2009

BlueAct: Bioactive compounds analysis on marine organisms from the Berlengas Nature Reserve and Peniche coast
RUI FILIPE PINTO PEDROSA
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/MAR/115605/2009

Genetic and Isotopic variation, in Space & Time, of a migratory shorebird, The Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - Integrative Sentinels of Global & Local Environmental Changes
Ricardo Jorge Lopes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR/115681/2009

BEhaviour of the Lusitanian Toadfish assessed by state of the art biotelemetry techniques (BELT)
José Lino Vieira de Oliveira Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/115718/2009

Production and Escapement of Silver Eels from Continental Waters - ProEscape
Isabel Maria Madaleno Domingos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/115789/2009

Mäerl calcification, photosynthesis and metabolism in an acidified ocean
João Miguel Sousa da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115795/2009

The effects of Ocean Acidification on two calanoid copepod species: multi-generational experiments - OA-Copepod
Luis Manuel Zambujal Chicharo
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115819/2009

Adaptive hearing in the vocal Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus): hormonal modulation and encoding properties of the auditory sense
Paulo Jorge Quintais Cancela da Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/MAR/115907/2009

ANNSWatER - Bathing Water Quality Prediction Using Neural Networks
Henrique Manuel da Mota dos Santos Coelho
COFAC, Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (COFAC)

PTDC/MAR/115925/2009

REEFMAP - Mapping marine priority reef habitats: biodiversity and fisheries
Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/115994/2009

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GENETIC SELECTION OF THE AQUACULTURE SPECIES SEA BASS (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Deborah Mary Power
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/116092/2009

FISHIMPACT - Trammel net fishery impacts on marine ecosystems
Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/MAR/116118/2009

Ce4Bone - Marine biopolymers isolated from selected cephalopods and its further use in tissue engineering
Rui L Reis
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR/116267/2009

Marine aerosols as a source of health relevant viruses
Maria Adelaide de Pinho Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/109954/2009

Effects of ocean climate on the macroecology and resilience to disturbances of kelp beds -OCEANKELP
Iacopo Bertocci
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/110082/2009

Deepsea foraminifera from the Portuguese Margin - DeepForams
Ana Aranda da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/110547/2009

Epigenetic regulation of development and growth in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)- EPISOLE
Luísa Maria Pinheiro Valente
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111011/2009

Seamount benthic primary production: a new hypothesis to explain abundance and biodiversity over shallow seamounts (GreenMount)
Pedro Manuel Silva Duarte
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111223/2009

RAP - Responses to Anthropogenic Perturbations: climatic and nutrient effects on rock pool assemblages
Iacopo Bertocci
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111537/2009

INPACTAR- Long-term effects of intersexuality and other impacts on populations of Echinogammarus marinus
IRENE ISABEL DA CRUZ MARTINS
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR/111749/2009

DEEPFUN- Biodiversity and functioning of the deep-sea hydrothermal field Menez Gwen- a contribution to management policies
Ana Colaço
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/MAR/111901/2009

BIOCHANGED - Impact of biodiversity evenness changes in the ecosystem functioning of estuaries
Marina Dolbeth
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/MAR/112446/2009

COGNAT - Cooperative Gliger Navigation and Acoustic Tomography
Aníbal Castilho Coimbra de Matos
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)

PTDC/MAR/112473/2009

MigROS - The ‘behavioural photoprotection' hypothesis revisited: coupling between vertical migration and photooxidative stress in estuarine microphytobenthos biofilms
João Serôdio
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/112723/2009

AMOX - Relative importance of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers in estuarine ecosystem function: role of environmental controls
Catarina Maria Pinto Mora Pinto de Magalhães
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/113435/2009

Benthic Estuarine Barcode(BEstBarcode): Development and application of massively paralelized sequencing for monitoring of estuarine macrobenthic communities
Filipe José Oliveira Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/MAR/113962/2009

SeReZoox - Sexual reproduction of zooxanthellae: an overlooked aspect of coral bleaching?
João Serôdio
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/MAR/114613/2009

Macroalgal biodiversity under a molecular lens - towards a better understanding of North Atlantic biogeography (BIOMACROMOL)
Manuela Isabel Parente Cardoso
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/MAR/115199/2009

The modulation of retinoid and thyroid signalling pathways by endocrine disrupting chemicals: invertebrate insights
Miguel Santos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/MAR/115347/2009

Characterization of the enzyme repertoire involved in the metabolism of toxins and pollutants in marine invertebrates
Rute Andreia Rodrigues da Fonseca
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)