Harmful algal blooms are one of the leading causes of mortality in salmon aquaculture, with
significant economic consequences. From 15 to 31 October 1996, a bloom of the …

Upwelling conditions have been simultaneously analyzed along the western and northern
coast of the Iberian Peninsula in terms of wind forcing and water temperature response. The …

Currently, thermal sensors on satellites and other orbital platforms with high spatial
resolution designed to monitor the oceans are often insufficient to assess the surface …

Identifying the mechanisms controlling the temporal dynamics of ecological communities is
key to understand their vulnerability to natural and anthropogenic impacts and to identify …

Coastal low-level jets (CLLJ) are a low-tropospheric wind feature driven by the pressure
gradient produced by a sharp contrast between high temperatures over land and lower …

This study focused on mapping the general transport pathways of the northeast Atlantic
Ocean by using the Regional Oceanic Modeling System to calculate ocean current velocity …

The classical paradigm about marine N2 fixation establishes that this process is mainly
constrained to nitrogen-poor tropical and subtropical regions, and sustained by the colonial …

Coccolithophore communities collected during late winter (9–19 March of 2010) over the
central Portuguese margin showed a major change in species abundance and composition …

Abstract The Douro and Minho Rivers are the most important freshwater contributors on the
northwestern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Although their interaction is poorly understood …

Background Factors promoting the emergence of sharp phylogeographic breaks include
restricted dispersal, habitat discontinuity, physical barriers, disruptive selection, mating …