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Tourism activities and companies in a sustainable adventure tourism destination: the Azores [PDF]

open access: yesTourism & Management Studies, 2018
The Azores is one of the most sustainable nature-based island destinations in the world. Local tourism activities companies are vital to tourists’ adventure experiences. These businesses’ portfolios were analysed using various editions of the official
João Ponte   +3 more
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Macrobenthic mollusc fauna inhabiting Halopteris spp. subtidal fronds in Sao Miguel Island, Azores

open access: diamondScientia Marina, 2001
The molluscan community structure (species composition, abundance, density and diversity) associated with common brown algae Halopteris spp. at seven subtidal sites on São Miguel island (Azores) wase studied and checked for differences between sites.
Ana Cristina Costa, Sergio Paulo Avila
doaj   +3 more sources

Long-term changes in the diversity, abundance and size composition of deep sea demersal teleosts from the Azores assessed through surveys and commercial landings

open access: yesAquatic Living Resources, 2019
To obtain important baseline information about population dynamics and to provide valuable insights about the possible effects of artisanal fishing on the demersal fish community, this study had three specific objectives: (1) to update the annotated list
Santos Régis V.S.   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues: Vida, obra e alguns problemas [PDF]

open access: yesPessoa Plural, 2020
ALMEIDA, Anabela (2019). Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues. Vida e Obra do Poeta Açoriano do Orpheu. Prefácio de Teresa Rita Lopes. Vila Franca do Campo: Editorial Ilha Nova, 424 pp., il. [ISBN: 978-972-99565-1-5].
Saraiva, Arnaldo
doaj   +1 more source

Winter sighting of a known western North Atlantic right whale in the Azores

open access: yesJ. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2023
A right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) from the western North Atlantic population, sighted in the Azores, was subsequently found to have moved back to the northwest Atlantic.
M. Silva   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Forgotten Azores Current: A Long-Term Perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its surface limb, the Gulf Stream, are in their weakest state since the last millennium. The consequences of this weakening in the Northeast Atlantic are not yet known.
H. C. Frazão   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Significance We use a diverse set of lake and landscape proxy indicators to characterize initial human occupation and its impacts on the Azores Archipelago. The occupation of these islands began between 700 and 850 CE, 700 years earlier than suggested by
P. Raposeiro   +31 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

SLAM Project - Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores: I - the spiders from native forests of Terceira and Pico Islands (2012-2019)

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2021
Background Long-term monitoring of invertebrate communities is needed to understand the impact of key biodiversity erosion drivers (e.g. habitat fragmentation and degradation, invasive species, pollution, climatic changes) on the biodiversity of these ...
R. Costa, P. Borges
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relationship between Azores High and Indian summer monsoon

open access: yesnpj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2021
A dominant mode of interannual variability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall shows west-east dipole pattern with above normal rainfall towards west and central India and subdued rainfall towards the east and northeast India, and is related to the ...
R. Yadav
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysing the Public Administration and Decision-Makers Perceptions Regarding the Potential of Rural Tourism Development in the Azores Region

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 2021
1 School of Business and Economics, University of Azores and CEEAplA, Ponta Delgada 9500-321, Portugal 2 Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza 41-300, Poland 3 CITUR Madeira Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation,
R. Castanho   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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