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Book coverA revolta da natureza em brimsa 

Vanda's second book deals with key concepts, natural capital and ecosystem services. The characters are school friends who are caught up in a growing web of unprecedented and frightening phenomena. It all starts with a strange message "I trade time and assets for the well-being of the town and the environment". Can Nature be bought? at what price? And how is it paid for? The story mixes fantasy with concern for our planet, where climate change is certainly a reality. It introduces the concepts of ecosystem services and natural capital and makes the reader think about the difference between science and pseudoscience, and the need to distinguish between observations and fake news.
Portuguese version (pdf)
 
 

Book coverA menina que via o mar de várias cores

A children's book about a girl who could see the sea with different colours by Vanda Brotas.
Portuguese version (in print)
 
 
Front cover of book with a girl and a sea bird with a colourful coastal landscape

The girl who could see different colours in the sea

English version 
(download, PDF, 6MB)
 




 


 

Ocean colour video

Watch Vanda Brotas, PORTWIMS Project Coordinator, speaking at the Climate from Space Conference about the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) project and the importance of measuring ocean colour and its role as an essential climate variable.


 
   

PORTWIMS brochure

A new brochure has been created for the project to help raise awareness of its aims and objectives to external groups and colleagues. The brochure can be downloaded here or copies can be requested from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory communication team by emailing portwims@pml.ac.uk.

The brochure includes a new graphic to demonstrate the focus of the project.

 

Training materials from the Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence summer school, 11-15 July 2022

The training course included:
  • Introduction to Earth Observation
  • Hyperspectral Sensors and Data
  • Drone Earth Observation
  • Artificial Intelligence for EO
  • EO project day
Background material and links to the presentations from the event are available from the summer school website. 

 

Training materials from the Ecosystems Services workshop, January 2020

 

Training materials from the marine phytoplankton diversity summer school, 2019

PORTWIMS Newsletter

Download past issues of the PORTWIMS Newsletter.

Issue 12: September 2022
Issue 11: May 2022
Issue 10: December 2021
Issue 9: July 2021
Issue 8: April 2021
Issue 7: December 2020
Issue 6: July 2020
Issue 5: March 2020
Issue 4: November 2019
Issue 3: July 2019
Issue 2: March 2019
Issue 1: December 2018
 


PORTWIMS Publications

2022

Biguino, B., Olmedo, E., Ferreira, A., Zacarias, N., Lamas, L., Favareto, L. et al. 2022. Evaluation of SMOS L4 Sea Surface Salinity Product in the Western Iberian Coast. Remote Sensing 14(2), 423, doi:10.3390/rs14020423

Brotas, V., Tarran, G.A., Veloso, V., Brewin, R.J.W., Woodward, E.M.S., Airs, R., Beltran, C., Ferreira, A., Groom, S.B. 2022. Complementary Approaches to Assess Phytoplankton Groups and Size Classes on a Long Transect in the Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.682621

Cereja, R., Brotas, V., Nunes, S., Rodrigues, M., Cruz, J.P.C., Brito, A.C. 2022. Tidal influence on water quality indicators in a temperate mesotidal estuary (Tagus Estuary, Portugal). Ecological Indicators, 136, 108715, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108715

Ferreira, A., Brito, A.C., Mendes, C.R.B., Brotas, Coasta, R.R., Guerreiro, C.V., Sa, C., Jackson, T. 2022. OC4-SO: A New Chlorophyll-a Algorithm for the Western Antarctic Peninsula Using Multi-Sensor Satellite Data. Remote Sensing, 14(5), 1052, doi:10.3390/rs14051052

Ienna, F., Bachmachnikov, I., Dias, J. 2022. Meddies and Their Sea Surface Expressions: Observations and Theory. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(11), 2643-2656. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-22-0081.1

Madeira, C., Dias, M., Ferreira, A., Gouveia, R., Cabral, H., Diniz, M.S. 2022. Does Predation Exacerbate the Risk of Endosymbiont Loss in Heat Stressed Hermatypic Corals? Molecular Cues Provide Insights Into Species-Specific Health Outcomes in a Multi-Stressor Ocean. Frontiers in Physiology, doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.801672

Machava-Antonio, V., Fernando, A., Cravo, M., Massingue, M., Lima, H., Macamo, C., Bandeira, S., Paula, J. 2022. A Comparison of Mangrove Forest Structure and Ecosystem Services in Maputo Bay (Eastern Africa) and Príncipe Island (Western Africa). Forests, 13(9), 1466, doi:10.3390/f13091466

Marques, I.S., Santos, C., Guerreiro, J., 2022. Comparative analysis of National Ocean Strategies of the Atlantic Basin countries. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1001181

Paula, J.R., Repolho, T., Grutter, A.S., Rosa, R. 2022. Access to Cleaning Services Alters Fish Physiology Under Parasite Infection and Ocean Acidification. Frontiers in Physiology, doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.859556

Santos, M., Amorim, A., Brotas, V., Cruz, J.P.C., Palma, C., Borges, C. et al. 2022. Spatio-temporal dynamics of phytoplankton community in a well-mixed temperate estuary (Sado Estuary, Portugal). Scientific Reports, 12, 16423, doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20792-6

Santos, C., Cabral, S., Carvalho, F., Sousa, A., Goulding, T., Ramajal, J., Medeiros, J.P. et al. 2022. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Cockle (Cerastoderma spp.) Populations in Two Portuguese Estuarine Systems With Low Directed Fishing Pressure. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.699622
 

2021

Afonso, F., Félix, P.M., Chainho, P., Heumüller, J.A., de Lima, R., Ribeiro, F., Brito, A.C. 2021. Assessing Ecosystem Services in Mangroves: Insights from São Tomé Island (Central Africa). Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, doi:10.3389/fenvs.2021.501673

Boaventura, D., Neves, A.T., Santos, J., Pereira, P.C., Luis, C., Monteiro, A. et al. 2021. Promoting Ocean Literacy in Elementary School Students Through Investigation Activities and Citizen Science. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.675278

Castellanos, P., Brito, A.C., Chainho, P., Quintella, B.R., da Costa, L., França, S., Cabral, H., Costa, J.L. 2021. CoastNet Dataset From Mondego, Tejo and Mira Estuaries: Multiparametric Measurements During 2020. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.707089

Cereja, R., Brotas, V., Cruz, J.P.C., Rodrigues, M., Brito, A.C. 2021. Tidal and physicochemical effects on phytoplankton community variability at Tagus Estuary (Portugal). Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.675699

Coelho, P., Carvalho, F., Goulding, T., Chainho, P., Guerreiro, J. 2021. Management Models of the Manila Clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) Fisheries in Invaded European Coastal Systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.685307

Concepcion, R., Dadios, E., Bandala, A., Caçador, I., Fonseca, V.F., Duarte, B. 2021. Applying Limnological Feature-Based Machine Learning Techniques to Chemical State Classification in Marine Transitional Systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.658434

Costa, R.R., Mendes, C.R.B., Ferreira, A., Tayano, W.M., Dotto, T.S., Secchi, E.R. 2021. Large diatom bloom off the Antarctic Peninsula during cool conditions associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 2, art:252, doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00322-4

Cravo, M., Almeida, A.J., Lima, H., Azevedo e Silva, J., Bandeira, S., MAchava-Antonio, V., Paula, J. 2021. Fish Assemblages in a Small Mangrove System on Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.721692

Ferreira, A., Brotas, V., Palma, C., Borges, C., Brito, A.C. 2021. Assessing Phytoplankton Bloom Phenology in Upwelling-Influenced Regions Using Ocean Color Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing, 13(4), art:675. doi:10.3390/rs13040675

Félix, P.M., Pombo, A., Azevedo e Silva, F., Simões, T., Marques, A., Meloa, R. et al. 2021. Modelling the Distribution of a Commercial NE-Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Holothuria mammata: Demographic and Abundance Spatio-Temporal Patterns. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.675330

García-Moreiras, I., Oliveira, A., Santos, A.I., Oliveira, P.B., Amorim, A. 2021. Environmental Factors Affecting Spatial Dinoflagellate Cyst Distribution in Surface Sediments Off Aveiro-Figueira da Foz (Atlantic Iberian Margin). Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.699483

França, S., Fonseca, V.F., Tanner, S.E., Vasconceilos, R.P., Reis-Santos, P., Maia, A. et al. 2021. Historical Data in the CoastNet Geoportal: Documenting Fish Assemblages in Portuguese Estuaries. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.685294

Goulding, T., Sousa, P.M., Silva, G., Medeiros, J.P., Carvalho, F., Metelo, I. et al. 2021. Shifts in Estuarine Macroinvertebrate Communities Associated With Water Quality and Climate Change. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.698576

Guerreiro, J. 2021. The Blue Growth Challenge to Maritime Governance. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.681546

Guerreiro, C.V., Baumann, K.-H., Brummer, G.-J.A., Valente, A., Fischer, G., Ziveri, P., Brotas, V., Stuut, J.-B.W. 2021. Carbonate fluxes by coccolithophore species between NW Africa and the Caribbean: Implications for the biological carbon pump. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.11872

Lavigne, H., Van der Zande, D., Ruddick, K., Cardoso Dos Santos, J.F., Gohin, F., Brotas, V., Kratzer, S. 2021. Quality-control tests for OC4, OC5 and NIR-red satellite chlorophyll-a algorithms applied to coastal waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 255, art:112237, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112237

Luis, O., Gago, J.M. 2021. Perception of Dissolved Food-Related Compounds by the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.719670

Machado, I., Costa, J.L., Cabral, H. 2021. Response of Food-Webs Indicators to Human Pressures, in the Scope of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.699566

Nascimento, A., Biguino, B., Borges, C., Cereja, R., Cruz, J.P.C., Sousa, F., Dias, J., Brotas, V., Palma, C., Brito, A.C. 2021. Tidal variability of water quality parameters in a mesotidal estuary (Sado Estuary, Portugal). Scientific Reports, 11, art:23112, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02603-6

Neves, J., Giacomello, E., Menezes, G.M., Fontes, J., Tanner, S.E. 2021.Temperature-Driven Growth Variation in a Deep-Sea Fish: The Case of Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) in the Azores Archipelago. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.703820

Niza, H., Bento, M., Lopes, L.F., Cartaxana, A., Correia, A.M. 2021. A picture is worth a thousand words: using digital tools to visualise marine invertebrate diversity data along the coasts of Mozambique and São Tomé & Príncipe. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, e68817, doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e68817

Sent, G., Biguino, B., Favareto, L., Cruz, J., Sá, C., Dogliotti, A.I., Palma, C., Brotas, V., Brito, A.C. 2021. Deriving Water Quality Parameters Using Sentinel-2 Imagery: A Case Study in the Sado Estuary, Portugal. Remote Sensing, 13(5), art:1043, doi:10.3390/rs13051043

Santos, M., Moita, M.T., Oliveira, P.B., Amorim, A. 2021. Phytoplankton communities in two wide-open bays in the Iberian upwelling system. Journal of Sea Research. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2020.101982

Szalaj, D., Silva, A., Ré, P., Cabral, H. 2021. Detecting Regime Shifts in the Portuguese Continental Shelf Ecosystem Within the Last Three Decades. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.629130

Valente, A., da Silva, J.C.B., Brotas, V. 2021. Linking ocean colour features in the Western Iberian margin to wave-induced sediment resuspension and coccolithophore patches. Continental Shelf Research, 225, art:104482, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2021.104482

Vilhena, J.C.E., Amorim, A., Ribeiro, L., Duarte, B., Pombo, B., 2021. Baseline study of trace element concentrations in sediments of the intertidal zone of Amazonian oceanic beaches. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.671390

2020

Ferreira, A., Costa, R.R., Dotto, T.S., Kerr, R., Tavano, V.M., Brito, A.C., Brotas, V., Secchi, E.R., Mendes, C.R.B. 2020. Changes in phytoplankton communities along the northern Antarctic Peninsula: causes, impacts and research priorities. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.576254

Lisboa, F., Brotas, V., Santas, F.D., Kuikka, S., Kaikkonen, L., Maeda, E. 2020. Spatial variability and detection levels for chlorophyll-a estimates in high latitude lakes using Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing, 12(18), 2898. doi: 10.3390/rs12182898

Martinez-Vicente, V., Kurekin, A., Sa, C., Brotas, V., Amorim, A., Veloso, V., Lin, J., Miller, P. 2020 Sensitivity of a satellite algorithm for harmful algal bloom discrimination to the use of laboratory bio-optical data for training learning algorithm with bio-optical laboratory data. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.582960

Santos, M., Mouriño, H., Moita, M.T., Silva, A., Amorim, A., Oliveira, P.B. 2020. Characterizing pytoplankton biomass seasonal cycles in two NE Atlantic coastal bays. Coastal Shelf Research. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2020.104200

Simão, M., Moço, M., Marques, L., Santos, R. 2020. Characterization of the glycans involved in sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus reversible adhesion. Marine Biology, 167, art:125. doi:10.1007/s00227-020-03707-9

 

2019

Groom, S., Sathyendranath, S., Ban, Y., Bernard, S., Brewin, R., Brotas, V. et al. 2019. Satellite ocean colour: current status and future perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00485

Sathyendranath, S., Brewin, R.J.W., Brockmann, C., Brotas, V., Calton, B., Chuprin, A. et al. 2019. An Ocean-Colour Time Series for Use in Climate Studies: The Experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). Sensors 19(9) art:4285. doi:10.3390/s19194285

Valente, A., Sathyendranath, S., Brotas, V., Groom, S., Grant, M., Taberner, M. et al. 2019. A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications – version two. Earth System Science Data 11: 1037-1068. doi:10.5194/essd-11-1037-2019