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All Scientific Domains 2001

This was a SAPIENS Call.

    Evaluation Panel
    • Fred Wrona (Coordinator)
    • Joseph Culp
    • Edward McCauley
    • Donald Baird
    • Malcolm Beveridge
    • Amadeu Soares
    • Harold Koopowitz
    • Peter deRuiter

Biological Sciences - Systems Biology, Marine Biology and Ecology

POCTI/BSE/37385/2001

Breeding and Foraging ecology of Little Terns to provide ecological indicators in estuarine environments, Jaime Albino Ramos. IMAR - CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINAR DE COIMBRA. €74,000.

POCTI/BSE/37421/2001

Molecular evolution of behavioural genes in the virilis group of Drosophila, Jorge Manuel de Sousa Basto Vieira. INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR E CELULAR - IBMC. €55,000.

POCTI/BSE/37978/2001

The underlying mechanisms of the effect of microalgae on the early life stages of fishes, Maria Teresa Coelho Pais Vieira Dinis. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €67,000.

POCTI/BSE/38059/2001

Study of the mecanisms regulating the interactions between ectomycorrhizal fungi and roots of Castanea sativa Mill. (European chestnut), Maria Salomé Soares Pais Telles Antunes. Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal. €60,400.

POCTI/BSE/38203/2001

ACOBIOS ­ Acoustic and biological methods in the assessment of subtidal benthic biotopes in coastal ecosystems, Ana Maria de Jesus Rodrigues. CENTRO DAS ZONAS COSTEIRAS E DO MAR - CZCM. €39,000.

POCTI/BSE/38257/2001

Origem da flora de S.Tomé e Príncipe: uma abordagem sistemática e molecular, Estrela Paula das Neves Figueiredo. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA E TROPICAL - IICT. €55,000.

POCTI/BSE/38350/2001

Monitoring of rocky shore fish communities using non-destructive methods, Emanuel João Flores Gonçalves. UNIDADE DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ECO-ETOLOGIA. €77,000.

POCTI/BSE/38395/2001

Hormones and life-history trade-offs and plasticity: a study on alternative reproductive tactics in blenniid fish, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de Oliveira. UNIDADE DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ECO-ETOLOGIA. €103,080.

POCTI/BSE/38484/2001

Efeitos mediados por androgénios do contexto social na comunicação e cognição animal: uma análise integrada, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de Oliveira. UNIDADE DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ECO-ETOLOGIA. €50,000.

POCTI/BSE/38601/2001

Agricultural changes and avian nest predation in Mediterranean arable farmland: the role of habitat edges and corridors, Pedro Rui Correia de Oliveira Beja. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €160,000.

POCTI/BSE/38615/2001

Study of Archaea populations in the lower River Douro, Adriano Agostinho Donas Bôto Bordalo e Sá. CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO MARINHA E AMBIENTAL - CIMAR. €30,000.

POCTI/BSE/38781/2001

Probiotics and immunemodulation in marine fish larvae and juveniles, Pavlos Makridis. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €71,500.

POCTI/BSE/38815/2001

Chemical Identification and Functional Roles of Reproductive Pheromones in the Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus., Peter Colin Hubbard. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €83,000.

POCTI/BSE/38863/2001

Chloroplast Gene Expression in Intertidal Brown Macroalgae, Gareth Anthony Pearson. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €61,632.

POCTI/BSE/38991/2001

CETAMARH - Ecology and population structure of bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales in the Azores: assessing the relationship with habitat features., Ricardo da Piedade Abreu Serrão Santos. CENTRO DO IMAR (INSTITUTO DO MAR) DA UNIVERSIDADE DOS AÇORES. €105,000.

POCTI/BSE/39164/2001

Protection of wood by two selected Bacilli strains with complementary properties: antifungal and chitinolytic activities., Sonia Murta Savluchinske Feio. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA E TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL - INETI. €15,000.

POCTI/BSE/39230/2001

Soil nitrogen availability over plant succession in Mediterranean ecosystems - temporal dynamics and spatial heterogeneity., Cristina Maria Nobre Sobral de Vilhena da Cruz Houghton. CENTRO DE ECOLOGIA E BIOLOGIA VEGETAL. €82,560.

POCTI/BSE/39431/2001

Signals for gamete release by intertidal species with external fertilization, Maria Ester Tavares Álvares Serrão. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €45,000.

POCTI/BSE/39604/2001

Towards a conservation strategie for Microtus cabrerae, the most endangered rodent of Portugal, Maria da Luz Mathias. CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA AMBIENTAL. €58,000.

POCTI/BSE/39756/2001

FUN - Functional Tools to Assess Ecological Status of Freshwater Ecosystems, Amadeu Mortágua Velho da Maia Soares. Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Biologia. €150,000.

POCTI/BSE/39917/2001

Bioavailability of lead in small mammals at a mine-contaminated area in Alentejo (Central Portugal), Maria da Luz Mathias. CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA AMBIENTAL. €120,000.

POCTI/BSE/40280/2001

Combining nuclear autosomal and Y chromosome phylogeographic information to study male mediated gene flow in the European rabbit, Madalena Simas Branco. CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE CIÊNCIA ANIMAL. €65,016.

POCTI/BSE/40736/2001

Responses of a dune community to changes in ground water levels, Cristina Maria Filipe Máguas da Silva Hanson. CENTRO DE ECOLOGIA E BIOLOGIA VEGETAL. €107,832.

POCTI/BSE/40788/2001

Non-invasive monitoring of Iberian carnivores: using molecular scatology towards conservation (NIMIC), Maria Margarida de Mello dos Santos Reis Guterres da Fonseca. CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA AMBIENTAL. €114,648.

POCTI/BSE/40868/2001

Genetic structure, dynamics and evolutionary potential of the hybridogenetic Iberian fish Leuciscus alburnoides complex: a study with molecular markers, Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso. CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA AMBIENTAL. €90,000.

POCTI/BSE/40987/2001

A phylogeographic analysis of Iberian herpetofauna: patterns and processes of genetic subdivision, range expansion, hybridization and speciation, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Ferrand de Almeida. CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE CIÊNCIA ANIMAL. €84,600.

POCTI/BSE/41025/2001

Flatfish spawning migrations: physiological aspects., João José Oliveira Dias Coimbra. CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO MARINHA E AMBIENTAL - CIMAR. €70,000.

POCTI/BSE/41067/2001

Geographical variation in Turtle Dove [Streptopelia turtur (L.)] abundance and breeding biology. Implications for game management, Francisco Manuel Cardoso de Castro Rego. CENTRO DE ECOLOGIA APLICADA PROF. BAETA NEVES. €160,000.

POCTI/BSE/41207/2001

MAREFISH - Benefits of marine protected areas : testing the theory with field experiments, Ricardo da Piedade Abreu Serrão Santos. CENTRO DO IMAR (INSTITUTO DO MAR) DA UNIVERSIDADE DOS AÇORES. €80,000.

POCTI/BSE/41395/2001

Using recombinant haplotype as diagnostic markers in the temporal evaluation of introgression in vertebrates in the Iberian Peninsula., Nuno Miguel dos Santos Ferrand de Almeida. CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE CIÊNCIA ANIMAL. €125,170.

POCTI/BSE/41457/2001

Assessing phylogeographic patterns and levels of introgression in the Iberian hare, Lepus granatensis, Paulo Célio Pereira Martins Alves. CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE CIÊNCIA ANIMAL. €53,016.

POCTI/BSE/41527/2001

Analysis of micro and macroevolutionary processes in european species of the Alosa genus., Paulo Jorge de Barros Alexandrino. CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE CIÊNCIA ANIMAL. €85,000.

POCTI/BSE/41630/2001

Tripartite Action of Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Associated Bacteria and Insect Host, Nelson José de Oliveira Simões. CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO DE RECURSOS NATURAIS. €50,000.

POCTI/BSE/41812/2001

Ecological Corridors in the Southeast of Alentejo, Maria da Luz Mathias. CEAI - Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica. €81,120.

POCTI/BSE/41906/2001

Diversity of reptiles in the São Tomé island group: a comparison of colonization events by nonvolant vertebrates in other Atlantic Islands, David James Harris. INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS AGRÁRIAS E AGRO-ALIMENTARES. €45,000.

POCTI/BSE/41912/2001

Phylogeographic analysis of herpetofauna across the Strait of Gibraltar, David James Harris. INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS AGRÁRIAS E AGRO-ALIMENTARES. €70,000.

POCTI/BSE/41967/2001

Integration of molecular and physiological responses to contamination. Applicability to coastal environment«s biomonitoring., Maria Helena Ferrão Ribeiro da Costa. CENTRO DE MODELAÇÃO ECOLÓGICA - IMAR. €79,000.

POCTI/BSE/42003/2001

Species from the genus Patella as a model for the study of evolutionary patterns and dynamics of marine organisms., Paulo Jorge de Barros Alexandrino. CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE CIÊNCIA ANIMAL. €122,000.

POCTI/BSE/42039/2001

Wolf and free-grazing livestock in Northwest Portugal. A study of ecological relations, Francisco José Petrucci Guterres da Fonseca. CENTRO DE BIOLOGIA AMBIENTAL. €124,000.

POCTI/BSE/42335/2001

Recovery potential of ecosystems invaded by Acacia. Methodologies to control invasion. (INVADER ), Helena Maria de Oliveira Freitas. IMAR - CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINAR DE COIMBRA. €104,948.

POCTI/BSE/42395/2001

Soil microorganisms associated with Ammophila arenaria and their importance for dune ecosystems stability, Helena Maria de Oliveira Freitas. IMAR - CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINAR DE COIMBRA. €21,948.

POCTI/BSE/42414/2001

Indigenous bacteria adapted to metal polluted environments as safety tools in monitorization and bioremediation, Paula Maria de Melim e Vasconcellos de Vitorino Morais. INSTITUTO DO AMBIENTE E VIDA. €60,000.

POCTI/BSE/42558/2001

Impact of the introduced red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in rice field ecosystems, Pedro Manuel Silva Gentil Anastácio. IMAR - CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINAR DE COIMBRA. €60,000.

POCTI/BSE/42732/2001

Microbial diversity in a rare alkaline ground water environment, António Manuel Veríssimo Pires. INSTITUTO DO AMBIENTE E VIDA. €45,000.

POCTI/BSE/43097/2001

Inferences about speciation process in subobscura group of Drosophila- A population genetic approach, Mahnaz Khadem. Centro de Investigação em Ciências Agrárias. €95,924.

POCTI/BSE/43113/2001

Experimental By-catch Reducing Devices (BRD) in the demersal purse-seine fishery and evaluation of survivorship, Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €73,000.

POCTI/BSE/43340/2001

Evaluation of the rearing potential of ornamental shrimps from the Portuguese Coast and Madeira Archipelago, Luís Filipe Castanheira Narciso. LABORATÓRIO MARÍTIMO DA GUIA - IMAR. €50,000.

POCTI/BSE/43352/2001

Demographic assessment and genetic diversity of Chamaerops humilis in theSouth of Portugal. Relationship with Spanish and Moroccan populations, Filomena Maria Coelho Guerra da Fonseca. CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS DO MAR DO ALGARVE. €71,832.