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Environmental Impact of Cadmium in a Volcanic Archipelago: Research Challenges Related to a Natural Pollution Source

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal particularly susceptible to mobilization by anthropogenic and natural processes. The volcanic nature of oceanic islands in the Macaronesia geographical region such as the Azores archipelago, located near the Mid-
Paulo Torres   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Highly Mobile Seabirds Reveal Areas of Conservation Importance Across the Atlantic Ocean

open access: yesConservation Letters, Volume 19, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT Countries have committed to expanding the marine protected area (MPA) network to 30% of the world's ocean by 2030, more than tripling current coverage, and focusing on areas important for biodiversity. For such expansion to translate into effective conservation of marine biodiversity, it must rely on the best available knowledge.
Marie‐Morgane Rouyer   +176 more
wiley   +1 more source

El género Drouetius Méquignon, 1942 stat. prom., de las islas Azores (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2009
Drouetius Méquignon, 1942, establecido originalmente como subgénero monotípico de Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834, se eleva aquí a la categoría de género (stat. prom.) en base a datos morfológicos y moleculares. Se aporta una redescripción del género y de D.
A. Machado
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the Exposure of the Macaronesia Islands (NE Atlantic) to Marine Plastic Pollution

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The constant increase of marine plastic pollution poses an unprecedented risk to oceanic islands, which become increasingly exposed to a hazard of which they have very little control.
C. Cardoso, R. Caldeira
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Whole Genome Assembly and Annotation of Two Invasive Sitona Species

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 8, Page 1025-1034, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Weevils are a highly diversified taxon, comprising about 70,000 described species, including many of high economic importance. Here, we present whole genome assemblies and annotations of two Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae).
Mandira Katuwal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 nuevos de Canarias y claves de las especies de la isla de Tenerife (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2016
En esta contribución al conocimiento del género Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 se describen diez especies y seis subespecies nuevas como paso previo a la próxima presentación del filograma del clado canario-africano en el que están incluidas.
Antonio Machado
doaj   +1 more source

Management of non-indigenous species in Macaronesia: Misconceptions and alerts to decision-makers.

open access: yesMarine Pollution Bulletin
Human-induced pressures have led to substantial changes in marine ecosystems worldwide, with the introduction of non-indigenous species (NIS) emerging as a significant threat to ecological, economic, and social aspects.
Nuno Castro   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

DNA Barcoding of Moon Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Ulmaridae, Aurelia): Two Cryptic Species from the Azores (NE Atlantic, Macaronesia), and Evaluation of the Non-Indigenous Species (NIS)

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
Moon jellies are some of the most popular, widely distributed, and best-studied marine jellyfish. By the end of the past century only two or three Aurelia species were recognized, but with the rise of DNA barcoding studies, around thirty Aurelia species ...
Carlos J. Moura   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Two new Tarphius species from Macaronesia (Coleoptera, Zopheridae)

open access: yes, 2012
Machado, Antonio (2012): Two new Tarphius species from Macaronesia (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Journal of Natural History 46 (9-10): 637-643, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.654477, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012 ...
Machado, Antonio
core   +1 more source

Nuevos taxones de Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 de El Hierro y La Gomera, islas Canarias (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2011
Se describe el subgénero Fortunotrox n. subg. (especie tipo: Laparocerus gracilis Wollaston, 1865) del género Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834, al que se atribuyen doce especies endémicas de las Canarias occidentales (El Hierro, La Palma y La Gomera).
A. Machado
doaj   +1 more source

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