Use of light and inorganic carbon acquisition by two morphotypes of Zostera noltii Hornem

Mercado, Jesús M.; Niell, F.X.; J Silva; Rui Santos; Barrón, Cristina; Duarte, Carlos M.; Huovinen, Pirjo; Schuenhoff, Andreas; J Silva; Brunet, C.; Buapet, P.; Champenois, W.; Costa, M. M.; D’Esposito, D.; Gullström, M.; Lejeune, P.; Lepoint, G.; Irene Olivé; Rasmusson, L. M.; Richir, J.; Ruocco, M.; Serra, I. A.; Spadafora, A.; Rui Santos; Teichberg, Mirta; Hall-Spencer, Jason M

Rui Santos

Position

Senior Researcher

Academic Degree

Agregação

Group Leader

Marine Plant Ecology Research Group

Group

Marine Plant Ecology Research Group

Professor Category

Associate

Institution

University of Algarve, Faro

Based at

Faro, Gambelas Campus, UAlg

Office Nr

00351 289 800 973

Phone Nr

+351 965352842

Extension

7973

rosantos@ualg.pt

Keywords

- Drivers of marine plant productivity - Role of marine vegetation in the structure and functioning of coastal systems - Coastal ecosystem services - Effects of disturbances, including climate change, on coastal ecosystem services

Organiza

Projects

Projects Coordination

	Title	Coordinator	Start	End	Financiamento	Budget CCMAR	Budget Total
Vertical Algas	PRR: Pacto Bioeconomia Azul - Vertical Algas (WP 5)	João Varela, Ester Serrão, Rui Santos	07/2022	12/2025	IAPMEI
Blue Forests Education	Boosting Blue Forests Education and Capacity Building	Rui Santos	10/2021	05/2023	EEA Grants - Programa Crescimento Azul
SEAGHORSE	Restoration of seagrass habitat and seahorse populations of ria formosa lagoon	Rui Santos	06/2021	07/2023	FBA- Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo	144101k€
RIAVALUE	Valuation of the ecosystem services delivered by Ria Formosa lagoon	Rui Santos	06/2016	05/2019	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	184k€	200k€
COST ES0906 - 2.º ANO	Seagrass productivity: from genes to ecosystem management	Rui Santos	07/2011	06/2012	Comissão Europeia	144k€
DiverseShores	Teste da associação entre diversidade genética e diversidade da comunidade em costas rochosas Europeias	Rui Santos	03/2011	09/2014	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	54k€
COST ES0906	Seagrass productivity: from genes to ecosystem management	Rui Santos	07/2010	06/2011	Comissão Europeia	144k€
METABOLISMO	Metabolismo global e fluxos de CO2 numa lagoa costeira dominada por sapais e ervas marinhas	Rui Santos	03/2010	08/2013	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	151k€
ECOLAGUNES	Gestão ambiental dos meios aquáticos lagunares	Rui Santos	04/2009	08/2011	Comissão Europeia	101k€
FALKY II	Cultivo e produção de compostos halogenados de algas vermelhas Bonnemaisoniaceae.	Rui Santos	01/2007	04/2009	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	29k€

Projects Membership

	Title	Coordinator	Start	End	Budget CCMAR	Budget Total
Blue Forests Education	Boosting Blue Forests Education and Capacity Building	Rui Santos	10/2021	05/2023
Greener Grazing	A seaweed solution to reduce methane emissions from livestock	Leonardo Mata	03/2018	03/2020	139920k€	287540k€
InforBiomares	InforBiomares	Ester Serrão	02/2018	02/2020	66444k€	132813k€
GRASSMET	Climate change effects on seagrass secondary metabolism: ecological implications.	João Silva	07/2016	06/2019	200k€

Activities

Type of Event

Other Events

Formação Contínua de Professores - Serviços Ecossistémicos prestados pelos Sistemas Costeiros

A finalidade geral do Curso de Formação proposto é assegurar a capacitação dos formandos em matéria dos serviços que os ecossistemas fornecem à humanidade e simultaneamente a sua integração em...

Group

Marine Plant Ecology Research Group

November 8, 2017 to November 25, 2017

Centro de Formação Ria Formosa Associação de Escolas Faro-Olhão

Type of Event

Scientific Gathering

Curso de formação - Serviços Ecossistémicos prestados pelos sistemas costeiros

Inscrições abertas

Group

Marine Plant Ecology Research Group

November 29, 2017 to December 16, 2017

Escola Secundária de VRSA / Sapal de castro Marim (Bacia do Guadiana)

Type of Event

Other Events

MSc Thesis Presentations

This week we have 4 thesis defenses. Don't miss it!

November 16, 2021 to November 19, 2021

Online | Zoom platform

Type of Event

Other Events

Café Diálogo: O que precisamos para a Ria Formosa que queremos

Objetivos: Auscultar e aproximar vários agentes ligados à Ria formosa (decisores e media). Avaliar a perceção dos decisores e media sobre os problemas mais importantes da Ria Formosa. Avaliar a...

July 18, 2022

Doca de Faro

Type of Event

Other Events

Nas pradarias de ervas marinhas todos os cavalos são marinhos

A Ria Formosa está a sofrer distúrbios antropogénicos que levam ao declínio das pradarias de ervas marinhas e de alguns organismos associados a elas, como os cavalos-marinhos. Em 2001 a Ria Formosa...

June 3, 2022

Type of Event

Other Events

Nas pradarias de ervas marinhas todos os cavalos são marinhos (2ª edição)

November 23, 2022

News

CCMAR acolhe novamente alunos no Mitose: Ciência ao Sul

O concurso "Mitose: Ciência ao Sul" trouxe em 2017 mais uma vez alunos até ao CCMAR. Durante três dias, alunos do ensino secundário, de todo o país, são recebidos nos laboratórios para desenvolver pequenos projetos.

"Numa operação inédita na Madeira, cientistas do Laboratório de biologia, ecologia e conservação marinha da Madeira (MBe Lab), em colaboração com o Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMar) levaram a cabo uma campanha de mergulho científico com o objectivo de determinar as taxas de fotossíntese, respiração e calcificação de algas vermelhas calcárias no seu ambiente natural".

O Centro de Mergulho Científico do CCMAR promove esta sexta-feira, 28 de abril, um dia de palestras e atividades no decorrer da 7ª Semana Subaquática, do Núcleo de Atividades Subaquáticas.

Investigadores do CCMAR levaram a cabo uma expedição a São Tomé e Príncipe com o objetivo de efetuar o primeiro levantamento de ervas marinhas neste arquipélago, no âmbito de um projeto financiado pela PADI Foundation.

Um grupo de investigadores do Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) acaba de publicar na revista Scientific Reports, do grupo Nature, um estudo sobre o efeito da acidificação dos oceanos causado pelo aumento global de CO2 numa erva marinha muito abundante na Ria Formosa, a Cymodocea nodosa.

Chama-se REASE e é a nova Rede de Educação Ambiental para os serviços dos Ecossistemas. O objetivo é juntar vários parceiros e instituições do Algarve, tendo como meta o planeamento e desenvolvimento de projetos de educação ambiental, na área dos serviços ecossistémicos. O CCMAR é um dos parceiros do projeto que termina no final do ano.

Mais de uma dúzia de docentes de escolas de ensino básico recebem formação sobre protocolos de amostragem para a avaliação dos serviços prestados pelos sistemas costeiros na Ria Formosa. Uma iniciativa levada a cabo por investigadores do CCMAR, no âmbito do projeto REASE.

Numa competição pelos nutrientes disponíveis em ecossistemas costeiros, como é o caso da Ria Formosa, os investigadores do Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) concluíram que as ervas marinhas ganham às algas.

Our researchers participated in the European Knowledge Hub about Food and Nutrition, where CCMAR is the only institution with experience in production and nutrition of micro and macroalgae.

CCMAR researchers led a study that revealed that Europe has lost one third of its seagrass meadows in the past 150 years. But they also have good news...

During the past week, our researchers Rui Santos, Fátima Abrantes and Francisco Leitão attended the National Meeting on Climate Change Research, where they were speakers in the presentation sessions.

The LIFE Ilhas-Barreira project was recently presented and the Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) is one of the project partners and has the task of working with fishermen to reduce conflicts between this activity and some protected marine species.

Aspeto das pradarias de Zostera marina em Portugal durante a maré baixa no verão (Créditos: Ana Alexandre – CCMAR)

In a recently published study (Functional Ecology) the researchers concluded that the effects of global change, particularly ocean warming, could benefit marine plants.

The Minister of the Sea dived into the Sado estuary this week and our researchers joined in a debate to warn about the importance of seagrasses meadows.

Based on the ecological function and services of seagrass meadows ecosystems provide, our researchers have studied how these ecosystems improve water quality in aquaculture systems.

The genus Caulerpa has attracted a lot of attention because many of its species became notoriously invasive. This is the case of the green algae Caulerpa prolifera that has been rapidly expanding in the Ria Formosa lagoon.

Blue Forest Education, a new project of CCMAR, will educate and train different audiences on the importance of macroalgae, seagrass and saltmarshes.

New study brought together over 30 world experts in the carbon captured by the ocean and coastal ecossystems.

The day was implemented in order to alert governments to the enhancement and conservation of seagrass meadows worldwide.

For the second year, researchers from CCMAR at the University of the Algarve are appealing to citizens to help them identify large accumulations of algae appearing in the ocean or on beaches along the Portuguese coast.

During the conference week, our researchers participated in several events that highlighted the importance of preserving and conserving the oceans and marine life.

The action included theoretical and practical sessions and a field trip to Ria Formosa, including a visit to the seahorse’s sanctuary and the Ramalhete Aquaculture Station.

Those interested have until 28 October to buy one of the 154 panels and contribute, in this way, to the conservation of these important habitats.

Researchers from CCMAR have quantified the fish hatchery service that the Ria Formosa provides, valuing it at several tens of millions of euros per year.

Publications

Year of Publication
2022	Schubert N. Rhodolith Physiology Across the Atlantic: Towards a Better Mechanistic Understanding of Intra- and Interspecific Differences. Pena V, Salazar VW, Horta PA, et al., eds. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2022;9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.921639 Read more about Rhodolith Physiology Across the Atlantic: Towards a Better Mechanistic Understanding of Intra- and Interspecific Differences. Google Scholar DOI
2021	Parreira F, Martínez-Crego B, Afonso CManuel Lou, et al. Biodiversity consequences of Caulerpa prolifera takeover of a coastal lagoon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2021;255:107344. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107344 Read more about Biodiversity consequences of Caulerpa prolifera takeover of a coastal lagoon Google Scholar PT DOI
2018	Alexandre A, Silva J, Santos R. Light Is More Important Than Nutrient Ratios of Fertilization for Cymodocea nodosa Seedling Development. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2018;9. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00768 Read more about Light Is More Important Than Nutrient Ratios of Fertilization for Cymodocea nodosa Seedling Development Google Scholar DOI
2018	Alexandre A, Silva J, Santos R. Light is more important than nutrient ratios of fertilization for Cymodocea nodosa seedling development. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2018;9:768. Read more about Light is more important than nutrient ratios of fertilization for Cymodocea nodosa seedling development Google Scholar
2017	Olivé I, Silva J, Lauritano C, et al. Linking gene expression to productivity to unravel long- and short-term responses of seagrasses exposed to CO2 in volcanic vents. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:42278. doi:10.1038/srep42278 Read more about Linking gene expression to productivity to unravel long- and short-term responses of seagrasses exposed to CO2 in volcanic vents Google Scholar DOI
2017	Alexandre A, Silva J, Ferreira R, Paulo D, Serrão EA, Santos R. First description of seagrass distribution and abundance in São Tomé and Príncipe. Aquatic Botany. 2017;142:48 - 52. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.06.008 Read more about First description of seagrass distribution and abundance in São Tomé and Príncipe Google Scholar DOI
2017	Alexandre A, Baeta A, Engelen AH, Santos R. Interactions between seagrasses and seaweeds during surge nitrogen acquisition determine interspecific competition. Scientific Reports. 2017;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13962-4 Read more about Interactions between seagrasses and seaweeds during surge nitrogen acquisition determine interspecific competition Google Scholar DOI
2017	Procaccini G, Ruocco M, Marín-Guirao L, et al. Depth-specific fluctuations of gene expression and protein abundance modulate the photophysiology in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:42890. doi:10.1038/srep42890 Read more about Depth-specific fluctuations of gene expression and protein abundance modulate the photophysiology in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica Google Scholar DOI
2017	Nogueira P, Gambi MCristina, Vizzini S, et al. Altered epiphyte community and sea urchin diet in Posidonia oceanica meadows in the vicinity of volcanic CO2 vents. Marine Environmental Research. 2017;127:102 - 111. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.002 Read more about Altered epiphyte community and sea urchin diet in Posidonia oceanica meadows in the vicinity of volcanic CO2 vents Google Scholar DOI
2016	KHAN F, Alexandre A, ULLAH H, Santos R. Effects of elevated CO2 and nutrients on the community metabolismof a Cymodocea nodosa bed. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 2016;40:250 - 257. doi:10.3906/bot-1404-119 Read more about Effects of elevated CO2 and nutrients on the community metabolismof a Cymodocea nodosa bed Google Scholar DOI
2016	Martínez-Crego B, Arteaga P, Tomas F, Santos R. The Role of Seagrass Traits in Mediating Zostera noltei Vulnerability to Mesograzers. PLoS One. 2016;11(6):e0156848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156848 Read more about The Role of Seagrass Traits in Mediating Zostera noltei Vulnerability to Mesograzers. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2016	Olivé I, Silva J, Costa MM, Santos R. Estimating Seagrass Community Metabolism Using Benthic Chambers: The Effect of Incubation Time. Estuaries and Coasts. 2016;39(1):138 - 144. doi:10.1007/s12237-015-9973-z Read more about Estimating Seagrass Community Metabolism Using Benthic Chambers: The Effect of Incubation Time Google Scholar DOI
2016	Sordo L, Santos R, Reis J, Shulika A, Silva J. A direct CO2 control system for ocean acidification experiments: testing effects on the coralline red algae Phymatolithon lusitanicum. PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.2503. In: Mares 2016. MARES 2016. ; 2016. Read more about A direct CO2 control system for ocean acidification experiments: testing effects on the coralline red algae Phymatolithon lusitanicum. PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.2503. Google Scholar
2016	Sandoval-Gil J, Alexandre A, Santos R, Camacho-Ibar VF. Nitrogen Uptake and Internal Recycling in Zostera marina Exposed to Oyster Farming: Eelgrass Potential as a Natural Biofilter. Estuaries and Coasts. 2016;39(6):1694 - 1708. doi:10.1007/s12237-016-0102-4 Read more about Nitrogen Uptake and Internal Recycling in Zostera marina Exposed to Oyster Farming: Eelgrass Potential as a Natural Biofilter Google Scholar DOI
2016	Georgiou D, Alexandre A, Luis J, Santos R. Temperature is not a limiting factor for the expansion of Halophila stipulacea throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2016;544:159 - 167. doi:10.3354/meps11582 Read more about Temperature is not a limiting factor for the expansion of Halophila stipulacea throughout the Mediterranean Sea Google Scholar DOI
2016	Alexandre A, Silva J, Santos R. Nitrogen uptake in light versus darkness of the seagrass Zostera noltei : integration with carbon metabolism. Marine Ecology. 2016;37(5):1050 - 1056. doi:10.1111/maec.12351 Read more about Nitrogen uptake in light versus darkness of the seagrass Zostera noltei : integration with carbon metabolism Google Scholar DOI
2015	Costa MM, Barrote I, Silva J, et al. Epiphytes Modulate Posidonia oceanica Photosynthetic Production, Energetic Balance, Antioxidant Mechanisms, and Oxidative Damage. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2015;2. doi:10.3389/fmars.2015.00111 Read more about Epiphytes Modulate Posidonia oceanica Photosynthetic Production, Energetic Balance, Antioxidant Mechanisms, and Oxidative Damage Google Scholar DOI
2015	Alexandre A, Hill PW, Jones DL, Santos R. Dissolved organic nitrogen: A relevant, complementary source of nitrogen for the seagrass Zostera marina. Limnology and Oceanography. 2015;60(5):1477 - 1483. doi:10.1002/lno.10084 Read more about Dissolved organic nitrogen: A relevant, complementary source of nitrogen for the seagrass Zostera marina Google Scholar DOI
2015	Martínez-Crego B, Arteaga P, Ueber A, Engelen AH, Santos R, Molis M. Specificity in Mesograzer-Induced Defences in Seagrasses. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0141219. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141219 Read more about Specificity in Mesograzer-Induced Defences in Seagrasses. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	Quintã R, Santos R, Thomas DN, Le Vay L. Growth and nitrogen uptake by Salicornia europaea and Aster tripolium in nutrient conditions typical of aquaculture wastewater. Chemosphere. 2015;120:414-21. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.017 Read more about Growth and nitrogen uptake by Salicornia europaea and Aster tripolium in nutrient conditions typical of aquaculture wastewater. Google Scholar PT PubMed DOI
2015	Tomas F, Martínez-Crego B, Hernán G, Santos R. Responses of seagrass to anthropogenic and natural disturbances do not equally translate to its consumers. Glob Chang Biol. 2015;21(11):4021-30. doi:10.1111/gcb.13024 Read more about Responses of seagrass to anthropogenic and natural disturbances do not equally translate to its consumers. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	Piro A, Serra IAnna, Spadafora A, et al. Purification of intact chloroplasts from marine plant Posidonia oceanica suitable for organelle proteomics. Proteomics. 2015;15(23-24):4159-74. doi:10.1002/pmic.201500246 Read more about Purification of intact chloroplasts from marine plant Posidonia oceanica suitable for organelle proteomics. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	Felisberto P, Jesus SM, Zabel F, et al. Acoustic monitoring of O2 production of a seagrass meadow. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2015;464:75 - 87. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2014.12.013 Read more about Acoustic monitoring of O2 production of a seagrass meadow Google Scholar DOI
2015	Tomas F, Martínez-Crego B, Hernán G, Santos R. Responses of seagrass to anthropogenic and natural disturbances do not equally translate to its consumers. Global Change Biology. 2015;21(11):4021 - 4030. doi:10.1111/gcb.13024 Read more about Responses of seagrass to anthropogenic and natural disturbances do not equally translate to its consumers Google Scholar DOI
2015	Lauritano C, Ruocco M, Dattolo E, et al. Response of key stress-related genes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the vicinity of submarine volcanic vents. Biogeosciences Discussions. 2015;12(6):4947 - 4971. doi:10.5194/bgd-12-4947-201510.5194/bgd-12-4947-2015-supplement Read more about Response of key stress-related genes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the vicinity of submarine volcanic vents Google Scholar DOI
2015	Lauritano C, Ruocco M, Dattolo E, et al. Response of key stress-related genes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the vicinity of submarine volcanic vents. Biogeosciences. 2015;12(13):4185 - 4194. doi:10.5194/bg-12-4185-201510.5194/bg-12-4185-2015-supplement Read more about Response of key stress-related genes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the vicinity of submarine volcanic vents Google Scholar DOI
2015	Sandoval-Gil JM, Barrote I, Silva J, et al. Plant-water relations of intertidal and subtidal seagrasses. Marine Ecology. 2015;36(4):1294 - 1310. doi:10.1111/maec.12230 Read more about Plant-water relations of intertidal and subtidal seagrasses Google Scholar DOI
2014	Alexandre A, Georgiou D, Santos R. Inorganic nitrogen acquisition by the tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Marine Ecology. 2014;35(3):387 - 394. doi:10.1111/maec.12128 Read more about Inorganic nitrogen acquisition by the tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea Google Scholar DOI
2014	Brodie J, Williamson CJ, Smale DA, et al. The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world. Ecol Evol. 2014;4(13):2787-98. doi:10.1002/ece3.1105 Read more about The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2014	Martínez-Crego B, Olivé I, Santos R. CO₂ and nutrient-driven changes across multiple levels of organization in Zostera noltii ecosystems. Biogeosciences. 2014;11(24):7237 - 7249. doi:10.5194/bg-11-7237-201410.5194/bg-11-7237-2014-supplement Read more about CO2 and nutrient-driven changes across multiple levels of organization in Zostera noltii ecosystems Google Scholar DOI
2013	García-Marín P, Cabaço S, Hernández I, Vergara JJ, Silva J, Santos R. Multi-metric index based on the seagrass Zostera noltii (ZoNI) for ecological quality assessment of coastal and estuarine systems in SW Iberian Peninsula. Mar Pollut Bull. 2013;68(1-2):46-54. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.025 Read more about Multi-metric index based on the seagrass Zostera noltii (ZoNI) for ecological quality assessment of coastal and estuarine systems in SW Iberian Peninsula. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2013	Silva J, Barrote I, Costa MM, Albano S, Santos R. Physiological responses of Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa to light-limitation stress. PLoS One. 2013;8(11):e81058. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081058 Read more about Physiological responses of Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa to light-limitation stress. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2013	Cabaço S, Apostolaki ET, García-Marín P, et al. Effects of nutrient enrichment on seagrass population dynamics: evidence and synthesis from the biomass-density relationships. Lee J, ed. Journal of Ecology. 2013;101(6):1552 - 1562. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12134 Read more about Effects of nutrient enrichment on seagrass population dynamics: evidence and synthesis from the biomass-density relationships Google Scholar DOI
2013	Engelen AH, Primo AL, Cruz T, Santos R. Faunal differences between the invasive brown macroalga Sargassum muticum and competing native macroalgae. Biological Invasions. 2013;15(1):171 - 183. doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0276-z Read more about Faunal differences between the invasive brown macroalga Sargassum muticum and competing native macroalgae Google Scholar DOI
2013	Rotini A, Belmonte A, Barrote I, et al. Effectiveness and consistency of a suite of descriptors for assessing the ecological status of seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica L. Delile). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2013;130:252 - 259. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2013.06.015 Read more about Effectiveness and consistency of a suite of descriptors for assessing the ecological status of seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica L. Delile) Google Scholar DOI
2013	Vieira VMNCS, Martins F, Silva J, Santos R. Numerical tools to estimate the flux of a gas across the air–water interface and assess the heterogeneity of its forcing functions. Ocean Science. 2013;9(2):355 - 375. doi:10.5194/os-9-355-201310.5194/os-9-355-2013-supplement Read more about Numerical tools to estimate the flux of a gas across the air–water interface and assess the heterogeneity of its forcing functions Google Scholar DOI
2013	García-Marín P, Cabaço S, Hernández I, Vergara JJ, Silva J, Santos R. Multi-metric index based on the seagrass Zostera noltii (ZoNI) for ecological quality assessment of coastal and estuarine systems in SW Iberian Peninsula. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2013;68(1-2):46 - 54. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.025 Read more about Multi-metric index based on the seagrass Zostera noltii (ZoNI) for ecological quality assessment of coastal and estuarine systems in SW Iberian Peninsula Google Scholar DOI
2013	Mazzuca S, Björk M, Beer S, et al. Establishing Research Strategies, Methodologies and Technologies to Link Genomics and Proteomics to Seagrass Productivity, Community Metabolism, and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2013;4. doi:10.3389/fpls.2013.00038 Read more about Establishing Research Strategies, Methodologies and Technologies to Link Genomics and Proteomics to Seagrass Productivity, Community Metabolism, and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes Google Scholar DOI
2012	Vieira V, Santos R. Responses of the haploid-to-diploid ratio of isomorphic biphasic life cycles to time instability. J Biol Dyn. 2012;6:1067-87. doi:10.1080/17513758.2012.721901 Read more about Responses of the haploid-to-diploid ratio of isomorphic biphasic life cycles to time instability. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2012	Monteiro CA, Engelen AH, Santos R. Habitat-related differences in recruitment and survival of early recruits of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) in northern Portugal. Hydrobiologia. 2012;683(1):287 - 296. doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0966-z Read more about Habitat-related differences in recruitment and survival of early recruits of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) in northern Portugal Google Scholar DOI
2012	Monteiro CA, Engelen A, Santos R. Habitat-related differences in recruitment and survival of early recruits of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) in northern Portugal. Hydrobiologia. 2012;683(1):287 - 296. doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0966-z Read more about Habitat-related differences in recruitment and survival of early recruits of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) in northern Portugal Google Scholar DOI
2012	Vieira V, Santos R. REGULATION OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY IN HAPLOID:DIPLOD RATIOS OF BIPHASIC SEAWEED LIFE CYCLES(1). J Phycol. 2012;48(4):1012-9. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01192.x Read more about REGULATION OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY IN HAPLOID:DIPLOD RATIOS OF BIPHASIC SEAWEED LIFE CYCLES(1). Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2012	Yun HYoung, Engelen AH, Santos R, Molis M. Water-Borne Cues of a Non-Indigenous Seaweed Mediate Grazer-Deterrent Responses in Native Seaweeds, but Not Vice Versa. Heil M, ed. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6):e38804. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.003880410.1371/journal.pone.0038804.g00110.1371/journal.pone.0038804.g00210.1371/journal.pone.0038804.g00310.1371/journal.pone.0038804.t00110.1371/journal.pone.0038804.t002 Read more about Water-Borne Cues of a Non-Indigenous Seaweed Mediate Grazer-Deterrent Responses in Native Seaweeds, but Not Vice Versa Google Scholar DOI
2012	Alexandre A, Silva J, Buapet P, Björk M, Santos R. Effects of CO ₂ enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Ecology and Evolution. 2012;2(10):2625 - 2635. doi:10.1002/ece3.333 Read more about Effects of CO 2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii Google Scholar DOI
2011	Engelen AH, Henriques N, Monteiro C, Santos R. Mesograzers prefer mostly native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum. Hydrobiologia. 2011;669(1):157 - 165. doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0680-x Read more about Mesograzers prefer mostly native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum Google Scholar DOI
2011	Alexandre A, Silva J, Bouma TJ, Santos R. Inorganic nitrogen uptake kinetics and whole-plant nitrogen budget in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2011;401(1-2):7 - 12. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.008 Read more about Inorganic nitrogen uptake kinetics and whole-plant nitrogen budget in the seagrass Zostera noltii Google Scholar DOI
2010	Alexandre A, Silva J, Santos R. Inorganic nitrogen uptake and related enzymatic activity in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology. 2010;31(4):539 - 545. doi:10.1111/mae.2010.31.issue-410.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00378.x Read more about Inorganic nitrogen uptake and related enzymatic activity in the seagrass Zostera noltii Google Scholar DOI
2009	Silva J, Sharon Y, Santos R, Beer S. Measuring seagrass photosynthesis: methods and applications. Aquatic Biology. 2009;7:127 - 141. doi:10.3354/ab00173 Read more about Measuring seagrass photosynthesis: methods and applications Google Scholar DOI
2009	Runcie JW, Paulo D, Santos R, Sharon Y, Beer S, Silva J. Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient. I. In situ energy partitioning of non-photochemical quenching. Aquatic Biology. 2009;7:143 - 152. doi:10.3354/ab00164 Read more about Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient. I. In situ energy partitioning of non-photochemical quenching Google Scholar DOI
2009	Sharon Y, Silva J, Santos R, Runcie JW, Chernihovsky M, Beer S. Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient. II. Acclimations following transplantation. Aquatic Biology. 2009;7:153 - 157. doi:10.3354/ab00148 Read more about Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient. II. Acclimations following transplantation Google Scholar DOI
2009	Silva J, Santos R. Reply to comments of G. Abril on “Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: A new method” by J. Silva and R. Santos [Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78(2008) 827–830]. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2009;82(2):361 - 362. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.012 Read more about Reply to comments of G. Abril on “Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: A new method” by J. Silva and R. Santos [Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78(2008) 827–830] Google Scholar DOI
2009	Monteiro CA, Engelen AH, Serrão EA, Santos R. HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF REPRODUCTION OF THE INVASIVE ALGA SARGASSUM MUTICUM (PHAEOPHYTA, SARGASSACEAE) OVER TIDAL AND LUNAR CYCLES(1). J Phycol. 2009;45(1):1-7. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00619.x Read more about HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF REPRODUCTION OF THE INVASIVE ALGA SARGASSUM MUTICUM (PHAEOPHYTA, SARGASSACEAE) OVER TIDAL AND LUNAR CYCLES(1). Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2009	Engelen A, Santos R. Which demographic traits determine population growth in the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum?. Journal of Ecology. 2009;97(4):675 - 684. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01501.x Read more about Which demographic traits determine population growth in the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum? Google Scholar DOI
2009	Monteiro C, Engelen AH, Serrão EA, Santos R. HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF REPRODUCTION OF THE INVASIVE ALGA SARGASSUM MUTICUM (PHAEOPHYTA, SARGASSACEAE) OVER TIDAL AND LUNAR CYCLES. Journal of Phycology. 2009;45(1):1 - 7. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00619.x Read more about HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF REPRODUCTION OF THE INVASIVE ALGA SARGASSUM MUTICUM (PHAEOPHYTA, SARGASSACEAE) OVER TIDAL AND LUNAR CYCLES Google Scholar DOI
2009	Monteiro CA, Engelen AH, Santos R. Macro- and mesoherbivores prefer native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum: a potential regulating role on invasions. Marine Biology. 2009;156(12):2505 - 2515. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1275-1 Read more about Macro- and mesoherbivores prefer native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum: a potential regulating role on invasions Google Scholar DOI
2009	Monteiro CA, Engelen AH, Santos R. Macro- and mesoherbivores prefer native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum: a potential regulating role on invasions. Marine Biology. 2009;156(12):2505 - 2515. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1275-1 Read more about Macro- and mesoherbivores prefer native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum: a potential regulating role on invasions Google Scholar DOI
2008	Engelen AH, Espirito-Santo C, Simões T, et al. Periodicity of propagule expulsion and settlement in the competing native and invasive brown seaweeds, *Cystoseira humilis* and *Sargassum muticum* (Phaeophyta). European Journal of Phycology. 2008;43(3):275 - 282. doi:10.1080/09670260801979279 Read more about Periodicity of propagule expulsion and settlement in the competing native and invasive brown seaweeds, Cystoseira humilis and Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta) Google Scholar DOI
2008	Silva J, Feijóo P, Santos R. Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: A new method. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2008;78(4):827 - 830. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.02.019 Read more about Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: A new method Google Scholar DOI
2007	Mata L, Silva J, Schuenhoff A, Santos R. Is the tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata (Bonnemaisoniales) limited by inorganic carbon in integrated aquaculture? ¹. Journal of Phycology. 2007;43(6):1252 - 1258. doi:10.1111/jpy.2007.43.issue-610.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00421.x Read more about Is the tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata (Bonnemaisoniales) limited by inorganic carbon in integrated aquaculture? 1 Google Scholar DOI
2006	Alexandre A, Cabaço S, Santos R, Serrão EA. Timing and success of reproductive stages in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Aquatic Botany. 2006;85(3):219 - 223. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.05.002 Read more about Timing and success of reproductive stages in the seagrass Zostera noltii Google Scholar DOI
2006	Figueroa FL, Santos R, Conde-Álvarez R, et al. The use of chlorophyll fluorescence for monitoring photosynthetic condition of two tank-cultivated red macroalgae using fishpond effluents. Botanica Marina. 2006;49(4). doi:10.1515/BOT.2006.035 Read more about The use of chlorophyll fluorescence for monitoring photosynthetic condition of two tank-cultivated red macroalgae using fishpond effluents Google Scholar DOI
2006	Mata L, Silva J, Schuenhoff A, Santos R. The effects of light and temperature on the photosynthesis of the Asparagopsis armata tetrasporophyte (Falkenbergia rufolanosa), cultivated in tanks. Aquaculture. 2006;252(1):12 - 19. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.045 Read more about The effects of light and temperature on the photosynthesis of the Asparagopsis armata tetrasporophyte (Falkenbergia rufolanosa), cultivated in tanks Google Scholar DOI
2005	Alexandre A, Santos R, Serrão EA. Effects of clam harvesting on sexual reproduction of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2005;298:115 - 122. doi:10.3354/meps298115 Read more about Effects of clam harvesting on sexual reproduction of the seagrass Zostera noltii Google Scholar DOI
2005	Cabaço S, Alexandre A, Santos R. Population-level effects of clam harvesting on the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2005;298:123 - 129. doi:10.3354/meps298123 Read more about Population-level effects of clam harvesting on the seagrass Zostera noltii Google Scholar DOI
2005	Silva J, Santos R, Calleja MLl., Duarte CM. Submerged versus air-exposed intertidal macrophyte productivity: from physiological to community-level assessments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2005;317(1):87 - 95. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2004.11.010 Read more about Submerged versus air-exposed intertidal macrophyte productivity: from physiological to community-level assessments Google Scholar DOI
2004	Santos R, Silva J, Alexandre A, Navarro N, Barrón C, Duarte CM. Ecosystem metabolism and carbon fluxes of a tidally-dominated coastal lagoon. Estuaries. 2004;27(6):977 - 985. doi:10.1007/BF02803424 Read more about Ecosystem metabolism and carbon fluxes of a tidally-dominated coastal lagoon Google Scholar DOI
2004	Alexandre A, Silva J, Santos R. The maximum nitrate reductase activity of the seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornem.) varies along its vertical distribution. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2004;307(1):127 - 135. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2004.02.002 Read more about The maximum nitrate reductase activity of the seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornem.) varies along its vertical distribution Google Scholar DOI
2004	Silva J, Santos R. Can chlorophyll fluorescence be used to estimate photosynthetic production in the seagrass Zostera noltii?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2004;307(2):207 - 216. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2004.02.009 Read more about Can chlorophyll fluorescence be used to estimate photosynthetic production in the seagrass Zostera noltii? Google Scholar DOI
2003	Mercado JM, Niell FX, Silva J, Santos R. Use of light and inorganic carbon acquisition by two morphotypes of Zostera noltii Hornem. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2003;297(1):71 - 84. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00368-X Read more about Use of light and inorganic carbon acquisition by two morphotypes of Zostera noltii Hornem Google Scholar DOI