32 research outputs found
Valorizar a paisagem : ver o mar com outros olhos
A secção UAciência é coordenada pelo Professor Universitário Armindo Rodrigues.O objetivo principal do projeto SCAPETOUR — Promoção das paisagens costeiras e marinhas para a diversificação de produtos turísticos e o de promover o turismo de natureza nos Açores, proporcionando informação com base científica em geo e biodiversidade, bem como avaliar e conceber percursos ecoturísticos para atividades como por exemplo coasteering, canyoning e mergulho. Pretendemos assim, valorizar a paisagem costeira e marinha com base em vários critérios que combinam naturalidade, perceção dos turistas/operadores e importância da vida marinha (fauna e flora).
O Arquipélago dos Açores apresenta um elevado potencial para o turismo, devido às suas características diferenciadoras e a sua beleza natural, tendo sido recentemente distinguido com a atribuição do certificado de destino turístico sustentável, pelo Global Sustainable Tourism Council. O sector do turismo é considerado como uma prioridade estratégica para o desenvolvimento da economia regional.
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Sistema de informação geográfica das zonas balneares da ilha do Pico (Açores)
XII Expedição Científica do Departamento de Biologia - Pico 2005.Os trabalhos promovidos pela Secção de Geografia, no decorrer da “Expedição
Cientifica – Pico 2005”, incidiram na recolha e sistematização de dados para a implementação de um Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG) das Zonas Balneares (ZB) da ilha do Pico. O estudo enquadra-se numa linha de investigação em curso que visa a gestão integrada da orla costeira dos Açores. Os levantamentos de campo foram realizados por uma equipa composta por nove elementos com formações multidisciplinares. Os dados coligidos, concluídos que estão os procedimentos de integração em ambiente SIG, não se destinam apenas à comunidade científica, mas sobretudo aos agentes e instituições com competências na promoção do turismo, conservação da natureza e gestão da orla costeira, incluindo os diferentes níveis de administração (local e regional).
A metodologia de recolha de informação baseia-se na adaptação da proposta
desenvolvida por Rita Norberto (Zonas Balneares Costeiras da Ilha de São Miguel. Contributos para o seu conhecimento, 2004). Os resultados obtidos permitem, desde logo, constatar o enorme potencial lúdico e conservacionista da costa do Pico, atendendo à quantidade ediversidade das zonas balneares inventariadas (44) e à presença de elementos naturais singulares. Por sua vez, o SIG revelou-se uma ferramenta de análise espacial extremamente eficaz na visualização dos elementos registados na base de dados geográfica
Sistema de Informação Geográfica da orla costeira da Ilha Graciosa
XI Expedição Científica do Departamento de Biologia - Graciosa 2004.Na continuidade da linha de investigação em curso que visa a gestão integrada das zonas
costeiras dos Açores, a Secção de Geografia do Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores deslocou uma equipa pluridisciplinar, composta por 9 elementos, para participar na “Expedição Científica
Graciosa 2004”, evento que decorreu entre 07 e 15 de Junho. O objectivo central consistiu na recolha, registo e validação de dados georeferenciados, passíveis de integração num Sistema de Informação Geográfica desenhado especificamente para o efeito. A área de estudo corresponde à orla costeira
da Graciosa, definida pela linha dos 500 m de distância contados para o interior da ilha a partir da linha de costa. Os critérios de delimitação decorrem da correspondência aproximada com a área de
intervenção dos Planos de Ordenamento da Orla Costeira. Nos termos propostos, o Sistema de Informação Geográfica da Orla Costeira da Graciosa poderá constituir uma ferramenta de apoio à elaboração deste instrumento de planeamento territorial, assim como responder às orientações da União Europeia relativas à Gestão Integrada das Zonas Costeiras, respectivamente
Contributo para a inventariação da biodiversidade marinha da ilha de Santa Maria
XIV Expedição Científica do Departamento de Biologia - Santa Maria 2009.Na XIV Expedição Cientifica à ilha de Santa Maria 2009, organizada pelo Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores, foram realizados vários trabalhos em diversos locais do litoral da ilha, tendo como objectivo o registo, recolha e identificação de espécies marinhas, tendo sido feita amostragem de fauna e flora intertidal e subtidal (em mergulho com escafandro autónomo). Em cada um dos locais de amostragem procedeu-se a identificação dos exemplares in loco e quando esta não era possível, os indivíduos foram colectados para posterior identificação em laboratório. Em paralelo, colectaram-se algas e crustáceos decápodes para análise genética (sequenciação de DNA; COI). Foram ainda
efectuados dois arrastos para recolha de plâncton. Toda a informação obtida irá ser incluída na base de dados Atlantis. Os trabalhos efectuados inserem-se no âmbito de vários projectos em curso no Departamento de Biologia da UAç (e.g. LusoMarBol, Inspect). A inventariação de espécies resultou no acréscimo de 18 registos à lista de espécies costeiras e marinhas anteriormente referenciadas para Santa Maria, contribuindo deste modo para um melhor conhecimento da biodiversidade costeira e marinha da ilha de Santa Maria
Marine algal flora of Graciosa Island, Azores
BACKGROUND: The macroalgal flora of Graciosa (central group of Azores archipelago) is poorly known, with only 116 species recorded so far (authors personal data). The published information reflects occasional collections from sporadic field visits to the Island. To overcome this, a thorough investigation under the Expedition “GRACIOSA/2004”, the Campaigns “PADEL/2006”, “MACROBIOLMOL/2014” and “PIMA-BALA/2017” involving sample collecting and presence data recording, was undertaken over an area of 19 km2 encompassing littoral and sublittoral levels down to about 40 m around the Island. This paper lists the taxonomic records and provides information on species ecology and occurrence around the Island improving the knowledge of the Azorean macroalgal flora at both local and regional scales.
NEW INFORMATION: A total of 1692 specimens belonging to 250 taxa of macroalgae (and including 55 taxa identified only at the genus level) are registered, comprising 166 Rhodophyta, 36 Chlorophyta and 48 Ochrophyta (Phaeophyceae). From these, 195 are identified to the species level (126 Rhodophyta, 31 Chlorophyta and 38 Ochrophyta) and comprise 156 native, 20 of uncertain origin and 14 introductions to the Island. Predaea feldmannii subsp. azorica Gabriel is an Azorean endemic, whereas Codium elisabethiae O.C. Schmidt, Botryocladia macaronesica Afonso-Carrillo, Sobrino, Tittley & Neto, Phyllophora gelidioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Karsakoff and Laurencia viridis Gil-Rodríguez & Haroun represent Macaronesian endemics. Seventy-nine species are newly recorded to the algal flora of the Island.This research was supported by the projects “PADEL: Património natural e desenvolvimento sustentável do litoral dos Açores: a Ilha Graciosa como caso de estudo”, “MACROBIOMOL: Macroalgal biodiversity under molecular lens - towards a better understanding of North Atlantic biogeography”, “PIMA: Elaboração do programa de implementação da Diretiva-Quadro Estratégia Marinha - Programa invasoras marinhas nos Açores”, “BALA: Elaboração do programa de implementação da diretiva-quadro estratégia marinha - biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores” and, most recently, by the project “ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072”, funded by the Operational Programme Azores 2020 (85% ERDF and 15% regional funds). Afonso Prestes was supported by a PhD grant (M3.1.a/F/083/2015) awarded by Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Marine algal flora of Santa Maria Island, Azores
Este artículo contiene 41 páginas, 4 tablas, 15 figuras.Background
The algal flora of the Island of Santa Maria (eastern group of the Azores archipelago) has
attracted interest of researchers on past occasions (Drouët 1866, Agardh 1870, Trelease
1897, Schmidt 1931, Ardré et al. 1974, Fralick and Hehre 1990, Neto et al. 1991, Morton
and Britton 2000, Amen et al. 2005, Wallenstein and Neto 2006, Tittley et al. 2009,Wallenstein et al. 2009a, Wallenstein et al. 2010, Botelho et al. 2010, Torres et al. 2010,
León-Cisneros et al. 2011, Martins et al. 2014, Micael et al. 2014, Rebelo et al. 2014, Ávila
et al. 2015, Ávila et al. 2016, Machín-Sánchez et al. 2016, Uchman et al. 2016, Johnson et
al. 2017, Parente et al. 2018). Nevertheless, the Island macroalgal flora is not well-known
as published information reflects limited collections obtained in short-term visits by
scientists. To overcome this, a thorough investigation, encompassing collections and
presence data recording, was undertaken at both the littoral and sublittoral levels down to a
depth of approximately 40 m, covering an area of approximately 64 km . The resultant
taxonomic records are listed in the present paper which also provides information on
species ecology and occurrence around the Island, improving, thereby, the knowledge of
the Azorean macroalgal flora at both local and regional scales.
New information
A total of 2329 specimens (including some taxa identified only to genus level) belonging to
261 taxa of macroalgae are registered, comprising 152 Rhodophyta, 43 Chlorophyta and
66 Ochrophyta (Phaeophyceae). Of these, 174 were identified to species level (102
Rhodophyta, 29 Chlorophyta and 43 Ochrophyta), encompassing 52 new records for the
Island (30 Rhodophyta, 9 Chlorophyta and 13 Ochrophyta), 2 Macaronesian endemics
(Laurencia viridis Gil-Rodríguez & Haroun; and Millerella tinerfensis (Seoane-Camba)
S.M.Boo & J.M.Rico), 10 introduced (the Rhodophyta Acrothamnion preissii (Sonder)
E.M.Wollaston, Antithamnion hubbsii E.Y.Dawson, Asparagopsis armata Harvey,
Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot, Melanothamnus harveyi (Bailey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs,
Scinaia acuta M.J.Wynne and Symphyocladia marchantioides (Harvey) Falkenberg; the
Chlorophyta Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot; and the Ochrophyta
Hydroclathrus tilesii (Endlicher) Santiañez & M.J.Wynne, and Papenfussiella kuromo
(Yendo) Inagaki) and 18 species of uncertain status (11 Rhodophyta, 3 Chlorophyta and 4
Ochrophyta).This research was supported by several projects, expeditions and campaigns (see Funding
above) and lately by the project “ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072” funded the
Operational Programme Azores 2020 (85% ERDF and 15% regional funds).Manuela
I. Parente was supported by a postdoctoral grant (SFRH/BPD/34246/2006) awarded by
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Eva Cacabelos was supported by a
postdoctoral grant (Project M1420-09-5369-FSE-000001) from ARDITI (Regional Agency
for Development of Research, Technology and Innovation of Madeira). Afonso C.L. Prestes
was supported by a PhD grant (M3.1.a/F/083/2015) awarded by Fundo Regional da
Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT). Rita F. Patarra was supported by a Science and Technology
Management Fellowship grant (SFRH/BGCT/135478/2018) awarded by Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP.Peer reviewe
Marine algal flora of São Miguel Island, Azores
Este artículo contiene 52 páginas, 4 tablas, 15 figuras.Background
The macroalgal flora of the Island of São Miguel (eastern group of the Azores Archipelago)
has attracted the interest of many researchers in the past, the first publications going back
to the nineteenth century. Initial studies were mainly taxonomic, resulting in the publication
of a checklist of the Azorean benthic marine algae. Later, the establishment of the
University of the Azores on the Island permitted the logistic conditions to develop both
temporal studies and long-term research and this resulted in a significant increase on
research directed at the benthic marine algae and littoral communities of the Island and
consequent publications.
Prior to the present paper, the known macroalgal flora of São Miguel Island comprised
around 260 species. Despite this richness, a significant amount of the research was never
made public, notably Masters and PhD theses encompassing information regarding
presence data recorded at littoral and sublittoral levels down to a depth of approximately
40 m around the Island and the many collections made, which resulted in vouchers
deposited in the AZB Herbarium Ruy Telles Palhinha and the LSM- Molecular Systematics
Laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of the Azores.
The present publication lists the macroalgal taxonomic records, together with information
on their ecology and occurrence around São Miguel Island, improving the knowledge of the
Azorean macroalgal flora at local and regional scales.
New information
A total of 12,781 specimens (including some identified only to genus) belonging to 431 taxa
of macroalgae are registered, comprising 284 Rhodophyta, 59 Chlorophyta and 88
Ochrophyta (Phaeophyceae). Of these, 323 were identified to species level (212
Rhodophyta, 48 Chlorophyta and 63 Ochrophyta), of which 61 are new records for the
Island (42 Rhodophyta, 9 Chlorophyta and 10 Ochrophyta), one an Azorean endemic
(Predaea feldmannii subsp. azorica Gabriel), five are Macaronesian endemisms (the red
algae Botryocladia macaronesica Afonso-Carrillo, Sobrino, Tittley & Neto, Laurencia viridis
Gil-Rodríguez & Haroun, Millerella tinerfensis (Seoane-Camba) S.M.Boo & J.M.Rico,
Phyllophora gelidioides P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Karsakoff and the green alga Codium
elisabethiae O.C.Schmidt), 19 are introduced species (15 Rhodophyta, two Chlorophyta
and two Ochrophyta) and 32 are of uncertain status (21 Rhodophyta, five Chlorophyta and
six Ochrophyta).This research was supported by several projects, expeditions and campaigns (see Funding
above) and lately by the project “ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072” funded the
Operational Programme Azores 2020 (85% ERDF and 15% regional funds). Thanks are
due to the campaign teams for their critical involvement in this project (Abel Sentíes, Aina
del Alcázar, Ana Alfaya, Ana Belén Villalba Lapeña, Ana Santos, Ana Sofia Carreiro, André
Amaral, Andrea Tracana, Ane Laborda, Anna Lloveras Armengol, António Brigos Plafon,
Berta Solé Nadal, Camille Fontaine, Carlos Rius, Carles Mir, Caroline Terral, Catarina
Santos, Cláudia Hipólito, Daniela Gabriel, Edward Hehre, Emanuel Xavier, Eduardo
García, Enrique Almira, Esteban Belles, Eunice Nogueira, Fátima Vaz Pinto, Francisco
Wallenstein, Gustavo M Martins, Heather Baldwin, Isadora Moniz, Jana Verdura, Joana
Pombo, João Brum, João Faria Santos, João Ferreira, Laura Busquier, Marco Enoch,
Maria Ana Dionísio, Maria Machín-Sánchez, Maria Vale, Marlene Terra, Mónica Martínez,
Mutue Toyota Fujii, Patrícia Madeira, Pedro Raposeiro, Richard Fralick, Richard
Thompson, Rocío Sánchez, Ruben Couto, Rubén Mosquera, Rui Sousa, Sara Peres,
Tarso Costa, Tito Silva, Valeria Cassano, Virginie Leyendecker). Edgar Rosas Alquicira
and Karla León Cisneros were supported by the Programme AlBan, the European Union
Programme of High Level Scholarships for Latin America (through scholarships
E05D060221MX and E05D060520MX), “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología”
(doctoral scholarships 176162 and 157904) and the UNAMUNO Programme of PhD
Scholarships for Europe. Eva Cacabelos was supported by a postdoctoral grant (Project
M1420-09-5369-FSE-000002) from ARDITI (Regional Agency for Development of
Research, Technology and Innovation of Madeira). Andrea Z. Botelho was supported by a
PhD grant (M3.1.a/F/083/2015), awarded by Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia
(FRCT). Afonso C.L. Prestes was supported by a PhD grant (M3.1.a/F/083/2015), awarded
by Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT). Rita F. Patarra was supported by a
Science and Technology Management Fellowship grant (SFRH/BGCT/135478/2018),
awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT I.P.). Manuela I. Parente was
supported by a Postdoc grant (SFRH/BPD/34246/2006), awarded by Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).Peer reviewe
Non-indigenous species refined national baseline inventories : A synthesis in the context of the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Refined baseline inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) are set per European Union Member State (MS), in the context of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The inventories are based on the initial assessment of the MSFD (2012) and the updated data of the European Alien Species Information Network, in collaboration with NIS experts appointed by the MSs. The analysis revealed that a large number of NIS was not reported from the initial assessments. Moreover, several NIS initially listed are currently considered as native in Europe or were proven to be historical misreportings. The refined baseline inventories constitute a milestone for the MSFD Descriptor 2 implementation, providing an improved basis for reporting new NIS introductions, facilitating the MSFD D2 assessment. In addition, the inventories can help MSs in the establishment of monitoring systems of targeted NIS, and foster cooperation on monitoring of NIS across or within shared marine subregions.
Highlights
• Refined MSFD baseline inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) are set in EU.
• The inventories are given per EU Member State (MS) and MSFD subregion up to 2012.
• The NIS lists provide a basis for reporting new NIS introductions in EU after 2012.
• Our work constitutes a milestone for the MSFD Descriptor 2 implementation
Non-indigenous species refined national baseline inventories: A synthesis in the context of the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Refined baseline inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) are set per European Union Member State (MS), in the context of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The inventories are based on the initial assessment of the MSFD (2012) and the updated data of the European Alien Species Information Network, in collaboration with NIS experts appointed by the MSs. The analysis revealed that a large number of NIS was not reported from the initial assessments. Moreover, several NIS initially listed are currently considered as native in Europe or were proven to be historical misreportings. The refined baseline inventories constitute a milestone for the MSFD Descriptor 2 implementation, providing an improved basis for reporting new NIS introductions, facilitating the MSFD D2 assessment. In addition, the inventories can help MSs in the establishment of monitoring systems of targeted NIS, and foster cooperation on monitoring of NIS across or within shared marine subregions.Henn Ojaveer and Maiju Lehtiniemi wish to acknowledge the project COMPLETE (Completing management options in the Baltic Sea region to reduce risk of invasive species introduction by shipping), co-financed by the European Union's funding Programme Interreg Baltic Sea Region (European Regional Development Fund). João Canning-Clode was supported by a starting grant in the framework of the 2014 FCT Investigator Programme (IF/01606/2014/CP1230/CT0001) and wish to acknowledge the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), through the strategic project UID/MAR/04292/2019 granted to MARE
Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
Abstract
Background
Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres.
Methods
This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries.
Results
In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia.
Conclusion
This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries