Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 83; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.seares.2013.05.013

1873-1414

José C. Xavier, Andrés Barbosa, Susana Agustı́, Laura Alonso‐Sáez, Pedro Miguel Oliveira Soromenho de Alvito, Julia Ameneiro, Conxita Àvila, Alexandra Baeta, João Canário, Raquel Carmona, Paulo Catry, Filipe R. Ceia, Melody S. Clark, Francisco Javier Cristobo, Bruno de Oliveira Cruz, Carlos M. Duarte, Blanca Figuerola, Josep María Gili, Ana R.G. Gonçalves, Francisco J. L. Gordillo, José P. Granadeiro, Miguel Guerreiro, Enrique Isla, Carlos Jiménez, Pablo J. López‐González, Sílvia Lourenço, João Carlos Marques, Elena Moreira, A.M. Mota, Marta Nogueira, Laura Núñez‐Pons, Covadonga Orejas, Vítor H. Paiva, Albert Palanqués, Gareth A. Pearson, Carlos Pedrós‐Alió, Álvaro L. Peña Cantero, Deborah M. Power, Jaime A. Ramos, Sergio Rossi, José Seco, Elisabet Sañé Schepisi, Ester Á. Serrão, Sergi Taboada, Sílvia Tavares, Núria Teixidó, Dolors Vaqué, Tiago Valente, Elsa Vázquez, Rui P. Vieira, Benjamı́n Viñegla,

Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Polar marine ecosystems have global ecological and economic importance because of their unique biodiversity and their major role in climate processes and commercial fisheries, among others.Portugal and Spain have been highly active in a wide range of disciplines in marine biology of the Antarctic and the Arctic.The main aim of this paper is to provide a synopsis of some of the results and initiatives undertaken by Portuguese and Spanish polar teams within the field of marine sciences, particularly on benthic and pelagic biodiversity (species diversity and abundance, including microbial, molecular, physiological and chemical mechanisms