Monitoring water quality parameters and their ecological effects in transitional waters is
usually performed through in situ sampling programs. These are expensive and time …

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. However, this may come with
a cost, as increasing aquatic production is likely to impose changes in the environment. To …

To establish effective water quality monitoring strategies in estuaries, it is imperative to
identify and understand the main drivers for the variation of water quality parameters. The …

Estuaries are among the most sensitive systems to climate change. Previous studies have
suggested that the Sado Estuary (Portugal) has decreasing trends for water temperature …

The circulation in estuaries promotes the transport of organisms, nutrients, oxygen and
sediments. Simultaneously, the mixture of fresh and salt water leads to variations of the …

Os sistemas estuarinos desde sempre captaram a atenção do ser humano. Os estuários
estão entre os ecossistemas mais produtivos do mundo, têm uma elevada biodiversidade …

Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus 1768) and Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière 1799) are two
sibling species of cockles that can occur in sympatry. They are ecologically and …

The circulation in estuaries promotes the transport of organisms, nutrients, oxygen and
sediments. Simultaneously, the mixture of fresh and salt water leads to variations of the …

Methods A multidisciplinary approach have been systematically used, involving sedimentary
(texture, pH, organic matter, CaCO3 content, morphoscopy, mineral composition, XRay …