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2016

Alexandre A, Baeta A, Engelen AH, Santos R (submitted). Nitrogen surge uptake competition between seagrasses and seaweeds. Ecology.

 

Mejia A, Rotini A, Alexandre A, Santos R, Di Nezio F, Di Lallo G, Thaller MC, Migliore L (submitted) Above vs below environmental conditions, rather than high CO2 and nutrients, affect the microbiome associated with the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa.

 

de los Santos CB, Sigurdardottir R, Cunha A, Cook K, Wiktor J, Tatarek A and Santos R (submitted). A survey-based assessment of seagrass status, management and legislation in Europe.

 

Alexandre A, Silva J, Santos R (accepted) Nitrogen uptake in light versus darkness of the seagrass Zostera noltei: integration with carbon metabolism. Marine Ecology.

 

Roca G, Alcoverro T, Krause-Jensen D, Balsby TJS, van KatwiJk M, Marbà N, Santos R, Arthur R, Mascaró O, Fernández-Torquemada Y, Pérez M, Duarte CM, Romero J (2016). Response of seagrass indicators to shifts in environmental stressors: A global review and management synthesis. Ecological Indicators 63, 310–323

 

Khan F, Alexandre A, Ullah Md. Hadayet, Santos R (2016) Effects of elevated CO2 and nutrients on the community metabolism of a Cymodocea nodosa bed. Turkish Journal of Botany 40. doi:10.3906/bot-1404-119

 

 

2015

Costa MM, Barrote I, Silva J, Olivé I, Alexandre A, Albano S, Santos R (2015) Epiphytes modulate Posidonia oceanica photosynthetic production, energetic balance, antioxidant mechanisms and oxidative damage. Frontiers in Marine Science 2:111. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00111

 

Georgiou D, Alexandre A, Luis J, Santos R (2015) Temperature is not a limiting factor for the expansion of Halophila stipulacea throughout the whole Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi 10.3354/meps11582

 

Piro A, Serra IL, Spadafora A, Cardilio M, Bianco L, Perrotta G, Santos R, Mazzuca S (2015) Purification of intact chloroplasts from marine plant Posidonia oceanica suitable for organelle proteomics. Proteomics 15, 4159-4174.

 

Martínez-Crego B, Arteaga P, Ueber A. Engelen A, Santos R, Molis M (2015) Specificity in mesograzer-induced defences in seagrasses. PLoSONE 10(10): e0141219. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141219.

 

Tomas F^, Martínez-Crego B^, Hernan-Martinez G, Santos R (2015). Responses of seagrass to anthropogenic and natural stressors do not equally translate to its consumers. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13024 (^equally contributing authors).

 

Olivé I, Silva J, Costa MM, Santos R (2015). Estimating seagrass community metabolism using benthic chambers: the effect of incubation time. Estuaries and Coasts 1-7. doi:10.1007/s12237-015-9973-z

 

Roca G, Alcoverro T, de Torres M, Manzanera M, Martínez-Crego B, Bennett S, Farina S, Pérez M, Romero J (2015) Detecting water quality improvement along the Catalan Coast (Spain) using stress-specific biochemical seagrass indicators, Ecological Indicators 54, 161-170.

 

Lauritano C, Ruocco M, Dattolo E, Buia MC, Silva J, Santos R, Olivé I, Costa MM, Procaccini G (2015). Response of key stress-related genes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the vicinity of submarine volcanic vents. Biogeosciences. 12:4185-4194. doi:10.5194/bg-12-4185-2015

 

Alexandre A, Hill PW, Jones DL, Santos R (2015). Dissolved organic nitrogen: a relevant, complementary source of nitrogen for e seagrass Zostera marina. Limnology and Oceanography, 60:1477-1483. doi: 10.1002/lno.10084

 

Engelen AH, Serebryakova A, Ang P, Britton-Simmons K, Mineur F, Pedersen MF, Arenas F, Fernández C, Steen H, Svenson R, Pavia H, Toth G, Viard F, Santos R (2015). Circumglobal invasion by the brown seaweed Sargassum muticum. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review.

 

Quintã R, Santos R, Thomas DN, Le Vay L (2015) Growth and nitrogen uptake by Salicornia europaea and Aster tripolium in nutrient conditions typical of aquaculture wastewater. Chemosphere, 120:414-421.

 

Quintã R, Hill PW, Jones DL, Santos R, Thomas DN and Vay LLe (2015). Uptake of an amino acid (alanine) and its peptide (trialanine) by the saltmarsh halophytes Salicornia europaea and Aster tripolium and its potential role in ecosystem N cycling and marine aquaculture wastewater treatment Ecological Engineering, 75: 145–154

 

Felisberto P, Jesus SM, Zabel F, Santos R, Silva J, Gobert S, Beer S, Björk M, Mazzuca S, Procaccini G, Runcie JW, Champenois W, Borges AV (2015) Acoustic monitoring of O2 production of a seagrass meadow. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 464:75-87.

 

 

2014

Martínez-Crego B, Olivé I, Santos R (2014) CO2 and nutrient-driven changes across multiple levels of organization in Zostera noltii ecosystems. Biogeosciences 11:7237–7249.

 

Sandoval‐Gil JM, Barrote I, Silva J, Olivé I, Costa MM, Ruiz JM, Marín‐Guirao L, Sánchez‐Lizaso JL, Santos R (2014) Plant–water relations of intertidal and subtidal seagrasses. Marine Ecology, doi: 10.1111/maec.12230.

 

Alexandre A, Georgiou D, Santos R (2014) Inorganic nitrogen acquisition by the tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea. Marine Ecology, 35: 387-394.

 

Bahlmann E, Weinberg I, Lavric JV, Eckhard T, Michaelis W, Santos R, Seifert R (2014) Tidal controls on trace gas dynamics in a seagrass meadow of the Ria Formosa lagoon (southern Portugal). Biogeosciences Discussions 11:10571-10603.

 

Brodie J, Williamson CJ, Smale DA, Kamenos NA, Mieszkowska N, Santos R, Cunliffe M, Steinke M, Yesson C, Anderson KM, Asnaghi V, Brownlee C, Burdett HL, Burrows MT, Collins S, Donohue PJC, Harvey B, Foggo A, Noisette F, Nunes J, Ragazzola F, Raven JA, Schmidt DN, Suggett D, Teichberg M, Hall-Spencer JM (2014) The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world. Ecology and Evolution, 4:2787–2798.

 

Berković B, Cabaço S, Barrio JM, Santos R, Serrão EA, Alberto A (2014). Extending the life history of a clonal aquatic plant: dispersal potential of sexual and asexual propagules of Zostera noltii. Aquatic Botany, 113: 123-129.

 

Cabaço S, Santos R (2014) Human-induced changes of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in Ria Formosa lagoon (Southern Portugal) after a decade. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 55:101-108.

 

 

2013

Mazzuca S, Björk M, Beer S, Felisberto P, Gobert S, Procaccini G, Runcie J, Silva J, Borges A V, Brunet C, Buapet P, Champenois W, Costa MM, D’Esposito D, Gullström M, Lejeune P, Lepoint G, Olivé I, Rasmusson L M, Richir J, Ruocco M, Serra I A, Spadafora A, Santos R (2013) Establishing research strategies, methodologies and technologies to link genomics and proteomics to seagrass productivity, community metabolism, and ecosystem carbon fluxes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4: 1-19, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00038.

 

Silva J, Barrote I, Costa MM, Albano S, Santos R (2013) Physiological Responses of Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa to Light-Limitation Stress. PLoS ONE 8(11): e81058. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081058.

 

Cabaço S, Apostolaki ET, García-Marín P, Gruber R, Hernández I, Martínez-Crego B, Mascaró O, Pérez M, Prathep A, Robinson C, Romero J, Schmidt AL, Short FT, van Tussenbroek BI, Santos R (2013) Effects of nutrient enrichment on seagrass population dynamics: evidence and synthesis from the biomass-density relationships. Journal of Ecology, 101:1552-1562.

 

Rotini A, Belmonte A, Barrote I, Micheli C, Peirano A, Santos R, Silva J, Migliore L (2013) Effectiveness and consistency of a suite of descriptors for assessing the ecological status of seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica L. Delile). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 130:252–259.

 

García-Marín P, Cabaço S, Hernández I, Vergara JJ, Silva J, Santos R (2013) Multi-metric index based on the seagrass Zostera noltii (ZoNI) for ecological quality assessment of coastal and estuarine systems in SW Iberian Peninsula. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 68:46-54.

 

Engelen AH, Primo AL, Cruz T, Santos R (2013) Faunal differences between the invasive brown macroalga Sargassum muticum and competing native macroalgae. Biological Invasions, 15:171-183.

 

Berković B, Cabaço S, Barrio JM, Santos R, Serrão EA., Alberto F (2013) Extending the life history of a clonal aquatic plant: dispersal potential of sexual and asexual propagules of Zostera noltii. Aquatic Botany, 113:123-129.

 

Vieira V, Martins F, Silva J, Santos R (2013) Numerical tools to estimate the flux of a gas across the air–water interface and assess the heterogeneity of its forcing functions. Ocean Science, 9:355-375.

 

 

2012

Yun HY, Engelen AH, Santos R and Molis M (2012) Water-borne cues of a non-indigenous seaweed mediate grazer-deterrent responses in native seaweeds but not vice versa. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38804. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038804

 

Procaccini G, Beer S, Björk M, Olsen J, Mazzuca S and Santos R (2012) Seagrass ecophysiology meets ecological genomics: Are we ready? Marine Ecology, doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2012.00518.x

 

Alexandre A, Silva J, Buapet P, Björk M and Santos R (2012) Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Ecology and Evolution, 2: 2620–2630.

 

Moura D, Gabriel S, Gamito S, Santos R, Berecibar E, Naylor L, Gomes A, Tavares AM, Afonso C, Martins AL (2012) Integrated assessment of bioerosion, biocover and down wearing rates of carbonate rock shore platforms in southern Portugal. Continental Shelf Research, 38:79-88.

 

Vieira V and Santos R (2012) Responses of the haploid-to-diploid ratio of isomorphic biphasic life cycles to time instability, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 6:1067-1087.

 

Cabaço S and Santos R (2012) Seagrass reproductive effort as an ecological indicator of disturbance. Ecological Indicators, 23:116-122.

 

Monteiro C, Engelen AH and Santos R (2012) Habitat related differences in recruitment and survival of micro-recruits of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) in northern Portugal. Hydrobiologia, 683:287–296.

 

Vieira V and Santos R (2012) Regulation of geographic variability in haploid:diplod ratios of biphasic seaweed life cycles. Journal of Phycology, 48:1012–1019.

 

Mata L, Gaspar H and Santos R (2012) Carbon/nutrient balance in relation to biomass production and halogenated compounds content in the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis (Bonnemaisoniaceae). Journal of Phycology, 48:248-253.

 

Cabaço S, Santos R, Sprung M (2012). Population dynamics and production of the seagrass Zostera noltii in colonizing versus established meadows. Marine Ecology, doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00494.x.

 

Vergara JJ, García-Sánchez MP, Olivé I, García-Marín P, Brun FG, Pérez-Lloréns JL, Hernández I (2012) Seasonal functioning and dynamics of Caulerpa prolifera meadows in shallow areas: An integrated approach in Cadiz Bay Natural Park. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 112:255-264. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2012.07.031

 

Flecha S., Pérez F.F., Navarro G., Ruiz J., Olivé I., Rodríguez-Gálvez S., Costas E., Huertas I.E. (2012) Anthropogenic carbon inventory in the Gulf of Cádiz, Journal of Marine Systems, 92 (1): 67-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.10.010.

 

 

2011

Ventura Y, Wuddineha W, Shpigel M, Samocha TM, Klimc BC, Cohend S, Shemer Z, Santos R, Sagi M (2011) Effects of day length on flowering and yield production of Salicornia and Sarcocornia species. Scientia Horticulturae, 130: 510-516.

 

Engelen AH, Henriques N, Monteiro C and Santos R (2011) Mesograzers prefer mostly native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum. Hydrobiologia, 669:157-165.

 

Alexandre A, Silva J, Bouma TJ, Santos R (2011) Inorganic nitrogen uptake kinetics and whole-plant nitrogen budget in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 401: 7-12.

 

Mata L, Helena G, Justino F, Santos R (2011) Effects of hydrogen peroxide on the content of major volatile halogenated compounds in the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis (Bonnemaisoniaceae). Journal of Applied Phycology, 23: 827-832.

 

Malta E-j, Morales J, Jimenez C, Santos R (2011) Assessing the quality of coastal waters using opportunistic macroalgae, experiences from Southwest Europe. European Journal of Phycology, 46: 71.

 

 

 

2010

Mata L, Schuenhoff A and Santos R (2010) A direct comparison of the performance of the seaweed biofilters, Asparagopsis armata and Ulva rigida, Journal of Applied Phycology, 22:639–644.

 

Vieira V and Santos R (2010) Demographic mechanisms determining the dynamics of the relative abundance of phases in biphasic life cycles. Journal of Phycology, 46:1128-1137.

 

Alexandre A, Silva S and Santos R (2010). Inorganic nitrogen uptake and related enzymatic activity in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology, 31:539–545.

 

Cabaço S and Santos R (2010) Reproduction of Zostera marina at the species southern distributional limit in the eastern Atlantic. Marine Ecology, 31:300-308.

 

Cabaço S, Ferreira O and Santos R (2010) Population dynamics of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in Ria Formosa lagoon following inlet artificial relocation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 87: 510-516.

 

 

2009

Cunha A and Santos R (2009) The use of fractal geometry to determine the impact of inlet migration on the dynamics of a seagrass landscape. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 84: 584-590.

 

Monteiro C, Engelen AH and Santos R (2009) Macro- and mesoherbivores prefer native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum: a potential regulating role on invasions. Marine Biology, 156:2505–2515.

 

Engelen A and Santos R (2009) Which demographic traits determine population growth in the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum? Journal of Ecology, 87: 675-684.

 

Runcie JW, Paulo D, Santos R SharonY, Beer Sand Silva J (2009) Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient: I – In situ Energy Partitioning of Non-photochemical Quenching. Aquatic Biology 7: 143–152.

 

Sharon Y, Silva J, Santos R, Runcie J, Chernihovsky M and Beer S (2009) Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient: II – Plastic Acclimations Following Transplantations. Aquatic Biology 7: 153–157.

 

Silva J, Sharon Y, Santos R, Beer S (2009) Measuring seagrass photosynthesis: Methods and applications. Aquatic Biology 7: 127–141.

 

Berecibar E, Wynne MJ Bárbara I and Santos R (2009). New records of Rhodophyta to the flora of the coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Botanica Marina, 52:217-228.

 

Cabaço S, Machás R, Santos R (2009) Individual and population plasticity of the seagrass Zostera noltii along a vertical intertidal gradient. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 82:301-308.

 

Silva J and Santos R (2009) Reply to comments on “Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: a new method” by GwenaëlAbril. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 82: 361-362.

 

Berecibar E, Wynne MJ and Santos R (2009) Contarinia squamariae (Rhizophyllidaceae, Rhodophyta): first report from Portugal. Botanica Marina, 52: 15-23.

 

Díaz P, Berecibar E, Bárbara I, Cremades J and Santos R. (2009). Biology and taxonomic identity of Erythroglossum lusitanicum (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the Iberian Peninsula. Botanica Marina, 52: 207-216.

 

Araújo R, Bárbara I, Tibaldo M, Berecibar E, Díaz Tapia P, Pereira R, Santos R and Sousa Pinto I (2009) Checklist of benthic marine algae of Northern Portugal. Botanica Marina, 52: 24-46.

 

Monteiro C, Engelen AH, Serrão EA and Santos R (2009) Habitat differences in the timing and reproduction of the invasive alga Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sragassaceae) over tidal and lunar cycles. Journal of Phycology, 45: 1-7.

 

Berecibar E, Wynne MJ, Cremades J and Santos R (2009) Report of the brown alga Zosterocarpus oedogonium (Ectocarpales) from Portugal, its first recorded occurrence outside of the Mediterranean Sea. Nova Hedwigia, 89:237-244.

 

Berecibar E, Wynne MJ and Santos R (2009) Report of the red alga Gulsonia nodulosa (Ceramiales) from Portugal, its first recorded occurrence outside of the Mediterranean Sea. NowaHedvigia, 88:23-31.

 

Figueroa FL, Martínez B, Israel A, Neori N, Malta E-j, Ang Jr. P, Inken S, Marquardt R, Rachamim T, Arazi U, Frenk S, Korbee N (2009). Acclimation of Red Sea macroalgae to solar radiation: photosynthesis and thallusabsorptance. Aquatic Biology 7: 159-172.

 

Figueroa FL, Martínez B, Israel A, Neori N, Malta E-j, Ang Jr. P, Inken S, Marquardt R, Korbee N (2009). Effects of nutrient supply on photosynthesis and pigmentation in Ulvalactuca (Chlorophyta): responses to short-term stress. Aquatic Biology 7: 172-183.

 

Leliaert F, Zhang XW, Ye NH, Malta E, Engelen AH, Mineur F, Verbruggen H, De Clerck O (2009) Research note: Identity of the Qingdao algal bloom. Phycological Research 57:147-151.

 

Engelen AH and Santos R (2009). Invasion ecology of Sargassum muticum, the invader by excellence. Phycologia, 48: 29.

 

 

2008

Cabaço S, Santos R, Duarte CM (2008). The impact of sediment burial and erosion on seagrasses: a review. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 79: 354-366.

 

Leliaert F, Malta E-j, Engelen AH, Mineur F and De Clerck O (2008). Quindao algal bloom culprit identified. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56: 1516.

 

Silva J, Feijóo P, Santos R (2008). Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: A new method. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 78: 827-830.

 

Figueroa F, Bueno A, Korbee N, Santos R, Mata L and Schuenhoff A (2008). Accumulation of mycosporine-like amino acids in Asparagopsis armata grown in tanks with fishpond effluents of gilthead sea bream, Sparusaurata. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 39: 692-699.

 

Cabaço C, Machás, R, Vieira V and Santos R (2008). Impacts of urban wastewater discharge on seagrass meadows (Zostera noltii). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 78:1-13.

 

Engelen A, Espirito-Santo C, Simões T, Monteiro C, Serrão E, Pearson G and Santos R (2008). Periodicity of propagule expulsion and settlement in the competing native and invasive brown seaweeds, Cystoseira humilis and Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta). European Journal of Phycology, 43: 275-282.

 

 

2007

Mata L, Silva J, Schuenhoff A and Santos R (2007). Is the tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata limited by inorganic carbon in integrated aquaculture? Journal of Phycology, 43:1252–1258

 

Naranjo EM, Redondo-Gómez S, Silva J, Santos R, Figueroa ME (2007). Effect of prolonged flooding on the invader Spartina densiflora Brong. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management, 45: 121-123.

 

Cabaço S, Machás R, Santos R (2007). Biomass-density relationships of the seagrass Zostera noltii: a tool for monitoring anthropogenic nutrient disturbance. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 74: 557-564.

 

Cabaço S and Santos R (2007). Effects of burial and erosion on the seagrass Zostera noltii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 340: 204-212.

 

Figueroa FL, Santos R, Conde-Álvarez R, Mata L, Pinchetti J, Matos J, Huovinen P, Schuenhoff A and Silva J. (2006). The use of chlorophyll fluorescence for monitoring photosynthetic conditions of two tank cultivated red macroalgae using fishpond effluents. Botanica Marina, 49: 275-282.

 

Malta, E-j, Tavares D, Santos R (2007). Ulva blooms along the algarve beaches: inferring bloom potential from photosynthetic production. European Journal of Phycology, 42, sup1: 60.

 

 

2006

Alexandre A, Cabaço S, Santos R, Serrão E (2006). Timing and success of reproductive stages in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Aquatic Botany, 85: 219-223.

 

Carmona R and SantosR (2006). Is there an ecophysiological explanation for the gametophyte-tetrasporophyte ratio in Gelidium sesquipeadale (Rhodophyta)? Journal of Phycology, 42: 259-269.

 

Santos R (2006). Special issue opening comments: Seaweed-based integrated mariculture. Aquaculture, 252: 1-2.

 

Mata L, Silva J, Schuenhoff A and Santos R (2006). The effects of light and temperature on the photosynthesis of the Asparagopsis armata tetrasporophyte (Falkenbergia rufolanosa), cultivated in tanks. Aquaculture, 252: 12-19.

 

SchuenhoffA, Mata L and Santos R (2006). The tetrasporophyte of Asparagopsis armata as a novel seaweed biofilter. Aquaculture, 252: 3-11.

 

Machás R, Santos R, Peterson B (2006). Elemental and stable isotope composition of Zostera noltii (Horneman) leaves during the early phases of decay in a temperate mesotidal lagoon. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 66: 21-29.

 

 

2005

Cabaço S, Alexandre A, Santos R (2005). Population level effects of clam harvesting on the seagrass Zostera noltii Marine Ecology Progress Series, 298: 123-129.

 

Figueroa FL, Korbee N, de la Coba F, Santos R (2005). Accumulation of UV-screen substances (MAAs) in red macroalgae: UV radiation and inorganic nitrogen availability. Phycologia, 44: 32

 

Alexandre A, Santos R and Serrão E (2005). Effect of clam harvesting activity on sexual reproduction of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 298: 115-122.

Cunha A, Santos R, Gaspar P, Bairros M (2005). Seagrass landscape-scale changes in response to disturbance created by the dynamics of barrier-islands: a case study from Ria Formosa (South Portugal). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 64:636-644.

 

Silva J, Santos R, Calleja M and Duarte CM (2005). Submerged versus air-exposed intertidal macrophyte productivity: from physiological to community-level assessments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 317:87-95.

 

 

2004

Santos R, Silva J, Alexandre A, Navarro N, Barrón C and Duarte CM (2004). Ecosystem metabolism and carbon fluxes of a tidal-dominated coastal lagoon. Estuaries, 27:977-985.

 

Silva J and Santos R (2004). Can chlorophyll fluorescence be used to estimate photosynthetic production in the seagrass Zostera noltii? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 307:207-216.

 

Alexandre A, Silva J and Santos R (2004). The maximum nitrate reductase activity of the seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornem.) varies along its vertical distribution. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 307:127-135.

 

 

2003

Silva J and Santos R (2003). Daily variation patterns in seagrass photosynthesis along a vertical gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 257: 37-44.

 

Machás R, Santos R and Peterson B (2003). Tracing the flow of organic matter from primary producers to filter feeders in Ria Formosa lagoon, southern Portugal. Estuaries, 26:846-856.

 

Mercado J, Niell X, Silva J and Santos R (2003). Use of light and inorganic carbon acquisition by two morphotypes of Zostera noltii Hornem. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 297:71-84.

 

Friend PL, CiavolaP, Cappucci S, Santos R (2003). Bio-dependent bed parameters as a proxy tool for sediment stability in mixed habitat intertidal areas. Continental Shelf Research, 23:1899-1917.

 

Alberto F, Mata L and Santos R (2001). Genetic homogeneity in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at its northern Atlantic limit revealed through RAPD. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 221: 299-301.

 

Padinha C, Santos R and Brown M (2000). Evaluating environmental contamination in Ria Formosa (Portugal) using stress indexes of Spartina maritima. Marine Environmental Research, 49: 67-78.

 

 

Books and Book Chapters

Santos R (2014). Photosynthesis and Productivity in a Seagrass Meadow, In Beer S, Bjork M and Beardall J, Photosynthesis in the marine Environmnet, Wiley Blackwell: 194-196.

 

Stigter, T.Y., Carvalho Dill, A., Malta, E.-j., Santos, R. (2013) Nutrient sources for green macroalgae in the Ria Formosa lagoon – assessing the role of groundwater. Chapter in: Ribeiro, L., Stigter, T.Y., Chambel, A., Condesso de Melo, M.T., Monteiro, J. P., Medeiros, A. (Eds) Selected papers on Hydrogeology - Groundwater and Ecosystems. Taylor & Francis: 153-167.

 

 

Stigter T, Dill A, Malta E, Santos R (2006). Quantificação da descarga de nutrientes de azoto e fósforo para a Ria Formosa por escoamento superficial. In: Proc. V Congresso Ibérico sobre Gestão e Planeamento da Água, 12 pp., CD-ROM.

 

Santos R (2004). Marine Benthic Flora, in Marine Ecology, edited by Carlos M. Duarte, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http://www.eolss.net]

 

Duarte C M, Marbà N and Santos R (2004). What may cause loss of seagrasses? In European seagrasses: an introduction to monitoring and management, (eds) J Borum, C M Duarte, D Krause-Jensen and T M Greve, EU project Monitoring and Managing of European Seagrasses (M&MS), EVK3-CT-2000-00044, http://www.seagrasses.org: 24-32.

 

Marbà N, Duarte C, Alexandre A, Cabaço S (2004) How do seagrasses grow and spread? In: European Seagrasses: an introduction to ecology, monitoring and management, (eds) J. Borum, CM Duarte, D Krause-Jensen, T Greve, EU Project Monitoring and Managing of European Seagrass Beds (M&MS), EVK3-CT-2000-00044, http://www.seagrasses.org: 11-18.

 

Borum J, Greve T M, Binzer T and Santos R (2004). What can be done to prevent seagrass loss? In European seagrasses: an introduction to monitoring and management, (eds)J Borum, C M Duarte, D Krause-Jensen and T M Greve, EU project Monitoring and Managing of European Seagrasses (M&MS), EVK3-CT-2000-00044, http://www.seagrasses.org: 67-71.

 

Silva J and Santos R (2003). Comparative ecophysiology of Gelidium sesquipedale(Rhodophyta) erect fronds and prostrate system. In Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium, Cape Town, 2001. Ed. by Anthony R. Chapman, Robert J. Anderson, Valerie J. Vreeland, and Ian R. Davison, Oxford University Press, New York: 417-424.

 

Mata L and Santos R (2003). Cultivation of Ulva rotundata (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in raceways, using semi-intensive fishpond effluents: yield and biofiltration. In Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium, Cape Town, 2001. Ed. by Anthony R. Chapman, Robert J. Anderson, Valerie J. Vreeland, and Ian R. Davison, Oxford University Press, New York: 237-242.

 

Santos R, Cristo C and Jesus D (2003). Stock assessment of the agarophyte Gelidium sesquipedale using harvest effort statistics.In Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium, Cape Town, 2001. Ed. by Anthony R. Chapman, Robert J. Anderson, Valerie J. Vreeland, and Ian R. Davison, Oxford University Press, New York: 145-150.

 

 

Other Scientific Publications

Santos R (2012). A vital and under researched ecosystem. In International Innovation Report, Environment, February 2012: 90-92 (http://www.research-europe.com).

 

Cabaço S, Alexandre A and Santos R (2006). Survival and growth of the seagrass Zostera noltii in different culture media.Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 13: 24-28.

 

Bárbara I.,Díaz P., Araujo R., Peña V., Berecibar E., Cremades J., Freire O., Baamondes S., Novo T., Calvo S, López Rodríguez M.C., Afonso-Carrillo J., De Clerck O., Santos R., Sousa-Pinto I., Tibaldo M., Lagos V., López C., Secilla A., Santoria A., Díez I., Veiga A.J.(2006). Adiciones corológicas y correcciones a la flora bentónica marina del norte de la Península Ibérica.Nova Acta Científica Compostelana (bioloxia), 15: 77-88.

 

Bárbara I., Díaz P., Cremades J., Peña V., López-Rodríguez M.C., Berecibar E.y Santos R. (2006). Catálogo gallego de especies amenazadas y lista roja de las algas bentónicas marinas de Galicia. Algas (Boletín de la sociedad española de Ficología). 35:9-19.

 

Arriegas P, Aguiar C, Costa J, Gonçalves E, Henriques M e Santos R. (2006). Caracterização dos habitats 1110 (Bancos de areia sem vegetação vascular, Bancos com Cymodocea nodosa, Bancos com Zostera marina e Bancos com Zostera noltii intertidal) do Anexo I da Directiva 92/43/CEE (Directiva Habitats) para Portugal continental, In Relatório Técnico para o Plano Sectorial da Rede Natura 2000, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza.

 

SchuenhoffA, Mata L and Santos R (2004). Double duty: seaweed provides both biofiltration and a marketable product. Global Aquaculture Advocate, 7: 62-63.

 

Coelho H and Santos R (2003). Enhanced primary production over seamounts: A numerical study.In: Vilas, F., Rubio, B., Diez, J.B., Frances, G., Bernabeu, M.A., Fernandez, E., Rey, D. e Rosón, G., eds. Special Volume on the 4th Symposium on the Atlantic Iberian Continental Margin,Thalassas 19:144-145.

 

Santos R (2003). Quantitative life cycle of seaweeds, in Algas, Boletin Informativo de la Sociedad Española de Ficologia, (ed.) E D Cuesta, Sociedad Española de Ficologia: 34-38.