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The significance of cephalopod beaks as a research tool: an update
One of our researchers José Nuno Gomes-Pereira is one of the few that still use these techniques that range from classic taxonomy to modern
Nov 25, 20221 min read
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The heaviest bony fish in the world: a 2744 kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839)
We came across the heaviest fish in the world during our works with stranded large animals in the Azores. Have a look at this magestic...
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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Megafauna community assessment of polymetallic-nodule fields with cameras: platform and methodology
A paper from one of our staff assessing metodologies for deep sea monitoring made on mining area experiments. Schoening, T., Purser, A.,...
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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"Gone with the wind”: Fatty acid biomarkers and chemotaxonomy of stranded pleustonic hydrozoans
One of the outputs of project MONIJELLY with jellyfish chemotaxonomy in the North Atlantic area. Lopes, A. R., Baptista, M., Rosa, I. C.,...
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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Impact of climate change on the ontogenetic development of ‘solar-powered’sea slugs
G. Dionisio described lower reproductive output of adults and adverse impacts on early life stages recorded under future ocean...
Feb 15, 20221 min read
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Anomalously white Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis, Cuvier, 1892) off the Azores. 2016
Review of rare sightings of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Azores with white coloration patterns. Santos, R. P., Simião, S., Madruga,...
Feb 14, 20221 min read
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2016. The little-known Fraser’s dolpin Lagenodelphis hosei in the North Atlantic.
The little-known Fraser’s dolpin Lagenodelphis hosei in the North Atlantic: new records and a review of distribution. Gomes-Pereira, J....
Aug 7, 20191 min read
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