Assis, J., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Veiga, P., Pita, C. (2012). Spearfishing profiles, habits and perceptions towards management measures: a spatial analysis. Ocean & Coastal Management (submitted).

Cabral, H.N., Fonseca, V.F., Gamito, R., Gonçalves, C.I., Costa, J.L., Erzini, K., Gonçalves,J., Martins, J., Leite, L., Andrade, J.P., Ramos, S., Bordalo, A., Amorim, E., Neto, J., Marques, J.C., Rebelo, J.E., Silva, C., Castro, N., Almeida, P.R., 2

Coelho, R, Alpizar-Jara, R, Erzini, K. 2012. Demography of a deepsea lantern shark caught in trawl fisheries of the NE Atlantic: Application of Leslie matrices with incorporated uncertainties. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. (Submitted)

Coelho, R, Monteiro, P, Abecasis, D, Blot, JY, Gonçalves, JMS. 2012. Macrofauna assemblages in a XVIIth century shipwreck: comparison with those on natural reefs and sandy bottoms. Brazilian Journal Oceanography. (In Press) [abstract]

Coelho, R, Fernandez-Carvalho, J, Lino PG, Santos, MN. 2012. An overview of the hooking mortality of elasmobranchs caught in a swordfish pelagic longline fishery in the Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Living Resources, 25: 311-319.

Coelho, R, Santos, MN, Amorim, S. 2012. Effects of hook and bait on targeted and bycatch fishes in an equatorial Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science, 88 (3): 449–467.

Correia, A.T., Gomes, P., Goncalves, J.M.S., Erzini, K. and P.A. Hamer. 2012. Population structure of the black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus along the south-west Portuguese coast inferred from otolith chemistry. Journal of Fish Biology 80: 427-443.

Cunha A H, Assis, J., Serrão, E. 2012. Seagrasses in Portugal: a most endangered marine habitat. Aquatic Botany 104:193-203.

Cunha A H, Marbá, N, van Katwijk, M, Pickerell, C, Henriques, M, Bernard, G, Ferreira, A, Garcia, S, Garmendia, J M, Manent, P. 2012. Changing paradigms in seagrass restoration. Restoration Ecology 20: 427-430.

Cunha A H, Varela-Álvarez E., Paulo D. S. , Sousa I., Serrão E. A. 2012. The rediscovery of Caulerpa prolifera in Ria Formosa, Portugal, 7 decades after theprevious record. Cahiers de Biologie (accepted).

Cunha A H, Erzini K., Serrão, E., Gonçalves E., Gonçalves V., Henriques M., Guerra M., Duarte, C. M., Marba, N. 2012. BIOMARES A LIFE Project to Restore and Manage the Biodiversity of the Marine Park Site Arrábida-Espichel (PTCON0010) LIFE06 NAT/P/000192. Journal of Coastal Conservation (accepted). 3

Cúrdia, J., Monteiro, P., Afonso, M.L., Santos, M.N., Cunha, M.R., Gonçalves, J.M.S. (2012). Spatial and depth-associated distribution patterns of shallow gorgonians in the Algarve coast (Portugal, NE Atlantic). Helgoland Marine Research DOI10.1007/s10152-012-0340-1.

Hardoim C.C.P., Esteves A.I.S., Pires F.R., Gonçalves J.M.S., Cox C.J., Xavier JR, Costa R. (2012) Phylogenetically and Spatially Close Marine Sponges Harbour Divergent Bacterial Communities. PLoS ONE 7(12): e53029. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053029.

Horta e Costa, B., Erzini, K., Caselle, J., Folhas, H., Gonçalves, E.J. (2012). The reserve effect within a temperate marine protected area in the north-eastern Atlantic (the Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal). Marine Ecology Progress Series (accepted for publication, November 21, 2012)

Maia, C., Erzini, K., Serra-Pereira, B., Figueiredo, I. 2012. Reproductive biology of cuckoo ray Lecoraja naevus, Journal of Fish Biology 81: 1285-1295.

Marçalo, A., Araújo, J., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Pierce, G., Stratoudakis, Y., Erzini, K. 2012. Behavioural responses of sardines Sardina pilchardus to simulated purse-seine capture and slipping. Journal of Fish Biology (submitted)

Queirolo, D., Hurtado, C.F., Ahumada, M., Gaete, E., Soriguer, M.C. & Erzini, K. 2012. Alternative codends to improve the size selectivity for nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus reedi) and yellow squat lobster (Cervimunida johni) off the Chilean coast. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28:537-544.   [abstract]

Queirolo, D., Gaete, E., Montenegro, I., Soriguer, M.C. & Erzini, K., 2012. Behaviour of fish by-catch in the mouth of a crustacean trawl: implications for by-catch reduction. Journal of Fish Biology 80:2517-2527.   [abstract]

Queirolo, D., Hurtado, C.F., Gaete, E., Soriguer, M.C., Erzini, K. & Guitiérrez-Estrada, J.C., 2012. Effects of environmental conditions and fishing operations on the performance of a bottom trawl. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69: 293-302.  [abstract]

Cabral, H.N., Fonseca, V.F., Gamito, R., Gonc¸ alves, C.I., Costa, J.L., Erzini, K., Gonc¸alves,J., Martins, J., Leite, L., Andrade, J.P., Ramos, S., Bordalo, A., Amorim, E., Neto, J., Marques, J.C., Rebelo, J.E., Silva, C., Castro, N., Almeida, P.R., Domingos, I., Gordo, L.S. & Costa, M.J., 2012.  Ecological quality assessment of transitional waters based on fish assemblages: the Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI). Ecological  Indicators 19: 144–153.  [abstract]

Xavier, J.C., Vieira, C., Assis, C., Cherel, Y., Hill, S., Costa, E., Borges, T.C. & Coelho, R., 2012. Feeding ecology of the deep-sea lanternshark Etmopterus pusillus (Elasmobranchii: Etmopteridae) in the northeast Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 76, 2: 301-310.  [abstract]

Santos, M.N., Coelho, R., Fernandez-Carvalho, J. & Amorim, S., 2012. Effects of Hook and Bait on Sea Turtle Catches in an Equatorial Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science, 88, 3: 683-701.  [abstract]

Coelho, R., Santos, M.N. & Amorim, S., 2012. Effects of Hook and Bait on Targeted and Bycatch Fishes in an Equatorial Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science, 88, 3: 449-467. [abstract]

Vieira, R.P., Christiansen, B., Christiansen, S. & Gonçalves, J.M.S., 2012. First record of the deep-water whalefish Cetichthys indagator (Actinopterygii: Cetomimidae) in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology. Article first published online: 16 JUL 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03378.x [abstract]

Vieira, R.P., Bentes, L., Monteiro, P., Ribeiro, J., Erzini, K., Gonçalves, J.M.S., 2012 Weight-length relationships for five fish species from a temperate coastal lagoon of southern Europe. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 1-2 doi:10.1111/jai.12041  [abstract] 

Philippart,  C. J. M., Amaral A., Asmus R., van Bleijswijk J., Bremner J., Buchholz F., Cabanellas-Reboredo M., Catarino D., Cattrijsse A., Charles F., Comtet T., Cunha A., Deudero S., Duchêne J-C., Simonetta F., Gentil F., Gittenberger A., Guizien K., Gonçalves, J. M., Guarnier G., Hendriks I., Hussel B.,Vieira R.P., Bastian T. R., Sampaio I., Serrao E., Pinto I. S., Thiebaut E., Viard F. & Zuur A. F., 2012. Spatial synchronies in the seasonal occurrence of larvae of oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and mussels (Mytilus edulis/galloprovincialis) in European coastal waters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 108:52-63. [abstract]

Guimarães, M. Helena M. E., Cunha, Alexandra H., Nzinga, Rosemarie L. & Marques, João F., 2012. The distribution of seagrass (Zostera noltii) in the Ria Formosa lagoon system and the implications of clam farming on its conservation. Journal for Nature Conservation, 20, 1: 30-40. [abstract]

Gonçalves, C.I., Pasquaud, S., Gamito, R., Fonseca, V.F., Costa, J.L., Erzini, K., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Martins, J., Leite, L., Castro, N., Andrade, J.P., Ramos, S., Bordalo, A., Amorim, E., Neto, J.M., Marques, J.C., Costa, M.J. and Cabral, H. 2012. Robustness of the Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI) regarding water body definition criteria. Ecological Indicators, 20:1-8.  [abstract]

Ribeiro, J, Carvalho, G.M., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Erzini, K. 2012. Fish assemblages of shallow intertidal habitats of the Ria Formosa lagoon (South Portugal): influence of habitat and season. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 446:259-273.  [abstract]

Correia, A. T. , Gomes, P. , Gonçalves, J.M.S., Erzini, K. and Hamer, P. A. 2012. Population structure of the black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus along the south-west Portuguese coast inferred from otolith chemistry. Journal of Fish Biology, 80: 427–443. [abstract]

Abecasis, D.; Bentes, L.; Erzini, K. 2012. Movements of Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sparidae) in a coastal lagoon (Ria Formosa, Portugal). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28:126-129. [no abstract]