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Ion and iron regulatory physiology in the marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). A parasitic feeder. Jonathan Mark Wilson, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €154,367.
SYNERG - Predicting the synergistic impact of ocean acidification, warming and expanding hypoxia in coastal marine biota. Rui Rosa, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €196,841.
Shifts from seagrass to seaweed dominated systems (INVASEA). Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €170,362.
MODELA - Modelling larval fish dynamics and related ocean processes. António Miguel Piecho de Almeida Santos, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA). €185,589.
The role of ABC transporter proteins in chemically induced hepatic cancer in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Marta Sofia Sá Ferreira, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €166,875.
NITROSUL - Novel interaction between marine biogeochemical nitrogen and sulfur cycles: characterization and ecological implications. Catarina Maria Pinto Mora Pinto de Magalhães, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €123,706.
PHYTOBIO - Phytoremediation and bioremediation of contaminants in salt marshes: plant - microorganisms interactions. Ana Paula Mucha, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €137,256.
ALBATROZ - Learning from the flight of the albatross: causes and consequences of individual foraging strategies, with links to demography, oceanography and fisheries. Paulo Catry, ISPA,CRL (ISPA). €146,340.
HINT - Impacts of climate change on European rocky intertidal ecosystems: coupling ecological, physiological and genetic approaches. Fernando Pádua Silva e Lima, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €164,404.
Phylogeny and chemodiversity of marine sponge symbiotic Cyanobacteria. Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €135,746.
CARCACE - Colonization of mAmmal caRCasses in the deep Atlantic ocEan. Ana Margarida Medrôa de Matos Hilário, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €181,790.
MOLECULAR TAXONOMY, POPULATION GENETICS AND PHYLOGENOMICS OF THE RED ALGAL GENUS PORPHYRA SPP. FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. Maria Elena Varela Alvarez, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €199,810.
Landscape genetics of a coastal lagoon; an empirical and modeling approach using the seagrass Zostera noltii in Ria Formosa. Filipe Alexandre Oliveira dos Santos Alberto, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €173,073.
Behaviour, critical habitat and fisheries interactions of pelagic sharks in the North Atlantic Ocean. Nuno Miguel Cabral Queiroz, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €116,050.
HAB-SPOT: Harmful algal blooms dynamics: Shelf processes of transport and retention offshore Aveiro. Maria Teresa Calisto de Jesus Moita Garnel, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA). €172,110.
Bioactive products in marine algae of Azores (AzoAlg). ANAKE KIJJOA, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €148,346.
The Gloria-SWIM plate boundary Faults connection and its importance on the propagation of tectonic deformation and deep water ecosystems along the Azores-Gibraltar Plate Boundary (SWIMGLO). Pedro Terrinha, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA). €185,535.
SymbioSlug - Mollusc/algal chloroplast symbiosis: how efficient are chloroplasts kept in the cytosol of sea slugs in the absence of algal nuclei? Gonçalo Calado, Instituto Português de Malacologia (IPM). €50,028.
The Mediterranean Outflow influence on the Eastern North Atlantic Central Water: Sflux. Álvaro Peliz, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €180,701.
Rational design of an AIP56-based anti-pasteurellosis vaccine. Nuno Miguel Simões dos Santos, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP). €108,919.
SEAPhoB: Ecology of Sediment Estuarine Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria. Bruno Miguel Freire Boa de Jesus, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €178,632.
Unlocking the bacterial diversity encrypted in the metagenomes of marine sponges. Rodrigo da Silva Costa, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €179,732.
Phylogeny, Biogeography and Character Evolution in Blennioidei and Gobiesocoidei. Andre Levy Martins Coelho, ISPA,CRL (ISPA). €42,095.
METAFISHCODE: Fish genetic diversity and meta-species phylogeography at global and regional scales: implications for fisheries management. Filipe José Oliveira Costa, Universidade do Minho (UM). €109,854.
MERCOAST - Impact of mercury on the dynamics of estuarine communities in a coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal). Their socio-economics implications. Patricia Cardoso Teixeira, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €145,373.
FREEZE - Submarine FREshwater dischargEs: characteriZation and Evaluation study on their impact on the Algarve coastal ecosystem. Gabriela Carrara, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA). €185,540.
Multi-proxy Calibration along the NW Iberian margin: Improving paleoceanographic reconstructions (CALIBERIA). Maria Emília Carvalho Salgueiro, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €183,691.
Secondary metabolites and nitrogen fixation of benthic marine Cyanobacteria: how different from freshwater relatives? Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €173,449.
SEPIAMETA - On the metabolism of the European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758). António de Vilhena Andrade Ferreira Sykes, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €189,702.
Marine cyanobacteria isolated from the Portuguese coast as a source of bioactive compounds: cytotoxicity against human tumor cells and normal human cells. Maria do Rosário Fidalgo Martins, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €124,570.
Microplastics and persistent pollutants - a double threat to marine life (POIZON). Paula Sobral, NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT). €175,894.
PROFLUX - Processes and Fluxes of Mercury and Methylmercury in a Contaminated Coastal Ecosystem (Tagus Estuary, Portugal). JOÃO ALFREDO VIEIRA CANÁRIO, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA). €117,297.
Cadmium induced toxicity/tolerance/productivity on neritic Coccolithophores (Cd-ToxCoN). Mário Cachão, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €156,577.
Genetic variation of the carpet shell-clam Ruditapes decussatus in North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Frederico Miguel Mota Batista, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD). €187,492.
Marine photosynthetic organisms of the Algarve coast with biomedical applications. Luísa Margarida Batista Custódio, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €189,620.
Biomineralisation in seawater fish intestine: endocrine perspective. Juan Fuentes, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €165,224.
Molecular characterization of organ regeneration in starfish - a proteomic approach toward the discovery of new regeneration factors. Ana Varela Coelho, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €64,800.
MED-HIST: A slow motion perspective of the Biogeographic History of the Mediterranean Sea. Madalena Simas Branco, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €53,332.
Polyandry levels in Fucus vesiculosus. Sara Judite Lopes Teixeira, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €185,410.
PHYSIOGRAPHY- Physiological stress of intertidal fucoids related to their biogeography: implications under new climate scenarios. Francisco Arenas Parra, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €117,537.
Effects of dietary vitamin K supplementation on growth and skeletal development of teleost fish. Paulo Gavaia, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €195,107.
The invertebrate repertoire of nuclear receptors: evolutionary and endocrine disruption insights. Filipe Castro, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €129,856.
Benefits of the production of Seaweeds in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture. Isabel Sousa PInto, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €170,948.
The marine cleaning mutualism between the Indo-Pacific cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) and its client reef fish: the physiological bases of cooperative and deceptive behaviour. Marta Soares, ISPA,CRL (ISPA). €145,162.
Development and characterization of zebrafish stem cells: implications for transgenesis - FishCell. Vijayakumar Parameswaran, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €170,267.
Microbial biodiversity and functional role in benthic food webs of the Condor seamount (NE Atlantic). Ricardo da Piedade Abreu Serrao Santos, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €192,880.
DyEPlume: Estuarine Dynamics and Plume Propagation in the Portuguese Coast - Impacts of Climate Change. João Miguel Sequeira Silva Dias, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €133,298.
The sexual and asexual balance of a marine clonal plant: the case of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in the Canary Islands. Filipe Alexandre Oliveira dos Santos Alberto, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €157,834.
TBTRESENSE - TBT bioremediation and development of biosensor for in situ detection of tributyltin (TBT) in the environment. Sónia Alexandra Leite Velho Mendo Barroso, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €176,000.
Drivers of coexistence of sympatric species with incomplete reproductive isolation: testing roles of hybridization barriers in marine broadcast spawners. Gareth Anthony Pearson, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar). €198,240.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Evolution in the last 20 Ma between Kurchatov and Hayes (MAREKH). Jorge Miguel Alberto de Miranda, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €180,936.
The Azores and St. Helena currents from satellite altimetry: assessing their congeneracy and role in the subtropical Atlantic (ASH). Clara Lázaro, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €54,260.
Seamount fishes: movements, habitat use and connectivity (SEAMOV). Gui Manuel Machado Menezes, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €179,416.
Chemical wars: the role of chemically mediated interactions in the invasiveness potential of non-native Artemia. Maria da Natividade Ribeiro Vieira, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €119,068.
HotMetal- Exploiting marine hydrothermal spots for diversity of metal resistance-strategies together with antibiotic resistance dissemination. Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €172,924.