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ESTUARINE & COASTAL ECOLOGY
Dias E, Morais P, Antunes C, Hoffman JC (2023) The benthic food web connects the estuarine habitat mosaic to adjacent ecosystems. Food Webs e00282. doi: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00282. Morais P, Afonso L, Dias E (2021) Harnessing the power of social media to obtain cetaceans biodiversity data in a poorly monitored area. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.765228. Encarnação J, Morais P, Baptista V, Cruz C, Teodósio MA (2019) New evidence of marine fauna tropicalization off the southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe). Diversity 11(4): 48. doi: 10.3390/d11040048. Amorim K, Mattmüller R, Algueró-Muñiz M, Meunier CL, Alvarez-Fernandez S, Boersma M, Morais P, Teodósio MA (in press). Winter river discharge may regulate summer estuarine jellyfish blooms. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi: 10.3354/meps12356. Dias E, Morais P, Cotter AM, Antunes C, Hoffman JC (2016) Estuarine consumers utilize marine, estuarine and terrestrial organic matter and provide connectivity among these food webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 554: 21-34. doi: 10.3354/meps11794 Morais P, Rufino MM, Reis J, Dias E, Sousa R (2014) Assessing the morphological variability of Unio delphinus Spengler, 1783 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) through geometric morphometry. Journal of Molluscan Studies 80: 17-23. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyt037. Encarnação J, Leitão T, Morais P, Piló D, Range P, Chícharo L, Chícharo MA (2013) Effects of inter-annual freshwater inflow shifts on the community structure of estuarine decapods. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 54: 181-189. Muha TP, Chícharo L, Morais P, Pereira R, Ben-Hamadou R, Cruz J, Chícharo MAT (2012) The effect of distinct hydrologic conditions on the zooplankton community in an estuary under Mediterranean climate influence. Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 12: 327-335. doi: 10.2478/v10104-012-0027-x. Dias E, Morais P, Leopold M, Campos J, Antunes C (2012) Natural born indicators: great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) as monitors of river runoff influence on estuarine ichthyofauna. Journal of Sea Research 73: 101-108. doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.012. Chícharo L, Ben Hamadou R, Amaral A, Range P, Mateus C, Piló D, Marques R, Morais P, Chícharo MA (2009) Application and demonstration of the Ecohydrology approach for the sustainable functioning of the Guadiana estuary (South Portugal). Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 9: 55-71. doi: 10.2478/v10104-009-0039-3. Morais P, Chícharo MA, Chícharo, L (2009) Changes in a temperate estuary during the filling of the biggest European dam. Science of the Total Environment 407: 2245-2259. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.037. Sousa R, Morais P, Antunes C, Guilhermino L (2008) Factors affecting Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) distribution in the River Minho estuary: consequences for their conservation. Estuaries and Coasts 31: 1198-1207. doi: 10.1007/s12237-008-9090-3. Morais P (2008) Review on the major ecosystem impacts caused by damming and watershed development in an Iberian basin (SW-Europe)- focus on the Guadiana estuary. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 44: 69-81. doi: 10.1051/limn:2008012. Chícharo MA, Amaral A, Morais P, Chícharo L (2007) Effect of sex on ratios and concentrations of DNA and RNA in marine organisms. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332: 241-245. doi: 10.3354/meps332241. Wolanski E, Chicharo L, Chicharo MA, Morais P (2006) An ecohydrology model of the Guadiana Estuary (South Portugal). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 70: 132-143. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.029. Faria A, Morais P, Chícharo MA (2006) Ichthyoplankton dynamics in the Guadiana and adjacent coastal area (SE-Portugal/SW-Spain). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 70: 85-97. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.032. Morais P, Chícharo MA, Barbosa A (2003) Phytoplankton dynamics in a coastal saline lake (SE-Portugal). Acta Oecologica 24: S87-S96. doi: 10.1016/S1146-609X(03)00008-0. |
FISH MIGRATION AND ECOLOGY
Morais P (2021) Leading hypotheses about the influence of temperate marine fish larvae on recruitment variability that shaped larval ecology. pp.53-63. In: MA Teodósio, A Barbosa (Eds.). Zooplankton Ecology. CRC Press. Baptista V, Morais P, Costa EMF, Cruz J, Teodósio MA (2021) The ocean in a box: Water density gradients and discontinuities in water masses are important cues guiding fish larvae towards estuarine nursery grounds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 75: 67. doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03005-4. Baptista V, Costa EMF, Carere C, Morais P, Cruz J, Cerveira I, Castanho S, Ribeiro L, Pousão-Ferreira P, Leitão F, Teodósio MA (2020) Do consistent individual differences in temperate and pelagic fish larval behavior affect recruitment in nursery habitats? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74: 67. doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02841-0. Baptista V, Leitão F, Morais P, Teodósio MA, Wolanski E (accepted) Modelling the ingress of a temperate fish larva into a nursery coastal lagoon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 235: 106601. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106601. Dias E, Barros AG, Hoffman JC, Antunes C, Morais P (2020) Habitat use and food sources of European flounder larvae (Platichthys flesus, L. 1758) across the Minho River estuary salinity gradient (NW Iberian Peninsula). Regional Studies in Marine Science 34: 101196. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101196. Baptista V, Morais P, Cruz J, Castanho S, Ribeiro L, Pousão-Ferreira P, Leitão F, Wolanski E, Teodósio MA (2019) Swimming abilities of temperate pelagic fish larvae prove that they may control their dispersion in coastal areas. Diversity 11(10): 185. doi: 10.3390/d11100185. Morais P, Dias E, Cerveira I, Carlson S, Johnson R, Sturrock AM (2018) How scientists unravel the secret migrations of fish. Frontiers for Young Minds 6: 67. doi: 10.3389/frym.2018.00067. Morais P, Parra MP, Baptista V, Ribeiro L, Pousão-Ferreira P, Teodósio MA (2017) Response of gilthead seabream larvae to nursery odor cues along ontogeny as described by a new set of behavioral indexes. Frontiers in Marine Science 4: 318. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00318. Dias E, Morais P, Faria A, Antunes C, Hoffman JC (2017) Benthic food webs support the production of sympatric flatfish larvae in estuarine nursery habitat. Fisheries Oceanography. doi: 10.1111/fog.12212. Teodósio MA, Paris CB, Wolanski E, Morais P* (2016). Biophysical processes leading to the ingress of temperate fish larvae into estuarine nursery areas: a review. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 183: 187-202. * equal contribution as the first author + corresponding author. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.022 Morais P, Daverat F (2016) An introduction to fish migration. Boca Raton, Florida (USA). CRC Press. 307p. ISBN 9781498718738. Morais P, Daverat F (2016) The history of fish migration research. In: P. Morais, F. Daverat (Eds.). An introduction to fish migration. Boca Raton, Florida (USA). CRC Press. pp. 3-13. Morais P, Daverat F (2016) Definitions and concepts related with fish migration. In: P. Morais, F. Daverat (Eds.). An introduction to fish migration. Boca Raton, Florida (USA). CRC Press. pp. 14-19. Morais P, Daverat F (2016) Trends and challenges on fish migration research. In: P. Morais, F. Daverat (Eds.). An introduction to fish migration. CRC Press. pp. 20-25. Lopes A, Morais P, Pimentel M, Rosa R, Munday P, Gonçalves E, Faria A (2016) Behavioural lateralization and shoaling cohesion of fish larvae altered under ocean acidification. Marine Biology 163: 243. doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-3026-4. Morais P, Martins F, Chícharo MA, Lopes J, Chícharo L (2013) MOHID as a tool to evaluate the impact of water discharge from dams on the advection of estuarine fish larval stages. In: M. Mateus & R. Neves (Eds.) Ocean modelling for coastal management – Cases studies with MOHID. IST Press. Lisbon. pp 143-160. doi: 10.13140/2.1.3356.1603 Daverat F, Morais P*, Dias E, Martin J, Fablet R, Babaluk J, Peycheran C, Antunes C (2012) Plasticity of European flounder life history patterns discloses alternatives to catadromy. Marine Ecology Progress Series 465: 267-280. doi: 10.3354/MEPS09910. * equal contribution as the first author. Morais P (2012) Comments on Lowe et al. “Otolith microchemistry reveals substantial use of freshwater by Southern Flounder in the Northern Gulf of Mexico" (Estuaries and Coasts 34: 630-639). Estuaries and Coasts 35: 904-906. doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9469-4. Morais P, Martins F, Chícharo MA, Chícharo L, Lopes J (2012) Merging anchovy eggs abundance into a hydrodynamic model towards an assessment tool for estuarine ecohydrological management. River Research and Applications 28: 160-176. doi: 10.1002/rra.1443. Chícharo MA, Faria A, Morais P, Amaral A, Piló D, Chícharo L. (2012) Are tidal lagoons ecologically relevant to larval recruitment of small pelagic fish? An approach using nutritional condition and growth rate. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 112: 265-279. doi: 10.1016/j.eccs.2012.07.033. Correia AT, Ramos A, Barros F, Silva G, Hammer P, Morais P, Cunha RL, Castilho R (2012) Population structure and connectivity of the European conger eel (Conger conger L.) across the Northeastern-Atlantic and Western-Mediterranean: integration of molecular and otolith multielemental data. Marine Biology 159: 1509-1525. doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-1936-3. Morais P, Dias E, Babaluk J, Antunes C (2011) The migration patterns of the European flounder Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pleuronectidae, Pisces) at the southern limit of its distribution range: Ecological implications and fishery management. Journal of Sea Research 65: 235-246. doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.11.001. Morais P, Babaluk J, Correia AT, Campbell JL, Chícharo MA, Chícharo L (2010) Diversity of anchovy migration patterns in an European temperate estuary and in its adjacent coastal area: Implications for fishery management. Journal of Sea Research 64: 295-303. doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.04.001. Chícharo MA, Chícharo L, Morais P (2006) Inter-annual differences of ichthyofauna structure of the Guadiana estuary and adjacent coastal area (SE Portugal/SW Spain): Before and after Alqueva dam construction. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 70: 39-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.036. Chícharo L, Faria A, Morais P, Amaral A, Mendes C, Chícharo MA (2009) How to sample larval fish for taxonomical and ecophysiological studies in shallower temperate coastal ecosystems? Cahiers de Biologie Marine 50: 311-318. Morais P, Faria A, Chícharo MA, Chícharo L (2009) The unexpected occurrence of late Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) (Osteichthyes: Clupeidae) larvae in a temperate estuary. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 50: 79-89. Chícharo L, Chícharo MA, Esteves E, Andrade JP, Morais P (2001) Effects of alterations in fresh water supply on the abundance and distribution of Engraulis encrasicolus in the Guadiana estuary and adjacent coastal areas of south Portugal. Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 1: 341-345. |
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
Encarnação J, Teodósio MA, Morais P (in press) The arrival of a non-indigenous ecosystem engineer to a heavily invaded and flow-regulated estuary in southern Portugal. BioInvasions Records. Costa E, Encarnação J, Teodósio MA, Morais P (2023) Aquatic species shows asymmetric distribution range shifts in native and non-native areas. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1158206. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1158206. González-Ortegón E, Berger S, Encarnação J, Chairi H, Morais P, Teodósio MA, Oliva-Paterna FJ, Schubart CD, Cuesta JA (2022) Free pass through the Pillars of Hercules? Genetic and historical insights into the recent expansion of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus to the west and the east of the Strait of Gibraltar. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:918026. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.918026. Encarnação J, Krug LA, Teodósio MA, Morais P (2022) Coastal countercurrents increase propagule pressure of an aquatic invasive species to an area where previous introductions failed. Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s12237-022-01092-8. Cerveira I, Baptista V, Teodósio MA, Morais P (2021) What’s for dinner? Assessing the value of an edible invasive species and outreach actions to promote its consumption. Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-021-02685-3. Encarnação J, Baptista V, Teodósio MA, Morais P (2021) Low-cost citizen science campaign effectively monitors the rapid expansion of a marine invasive species. Frontiers in Environmental Science. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.752705. Cerveira I, Dias E, Baptista V, Teodósio MA, Morais P (2021) Unchanged feeding strategy and high trophic niche overlap with a congener species do not stop an invasive fish. Regional Studies in Marine Science. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101969. Encarnação J, Teodósio MA, Morais P (2021) Citizen science and biological invasions: a review. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8: 602980. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.602980. Morais P, Gaspar M, Garel E, Baptista V, Cruz J, Cerveira I, Leitão F, Teodósio MA (2019) The Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 expands its non-native distribution into the Ria Formosa lagoon and the Guadiana estuary (SW-Iberian Peninsula, Europe). BioInvasions Records 8(1): 123-133. doi: 10.3391/bir.2019.8.1.14. Morais P, Reichard M (2018). Cryptic invasions: a review. Science of the Total Environment 613-614: 1438-1448. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.133. Morais P, Cerveira I, Teodósio MA (2017) An update on the invasion of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Sciaenidae, Pisces) into Europe. Diversity 9(4): 47. doi: 10.3390/d9040047. Morais P, Dias E, Cruz J, Chainho P, Angélico MM, Costa JL, Barbosa A, Teodósio MA (2017). Allochthonous-derived organic matter subsidizes the food sources of estuarine jellyfish. Journal of Plankton Research 39: 870-877. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbx049. Seyer T, Morais P*, Amorim K, Leitão F, Martins F, Teodósio MA (2017) On the presence of the Ponto-Caspian hydrozoan Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) in an Iberian estuary: highlights on the introduction vectors and invasion routes. BioInvasions Records 6: 331-337. * equal contribution as the 1st author Morais P, Teodósio MA (2016). The transatlantic introduction of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Sciaenidae, Pisces) into Europe. BioInvasions Records 5: 259-265. Morais P, Parra MP, Marques R, Cruz J, Angélico MM, Chainho P, Lino Costa J, Barbosa A, Teodósio MA (2015). What are jellyfish really eating to support their potentially high condition? Journal of Plankton Research 37: 1036-1041. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbv044. Dias E, Morais P, Antunes C, Hoffman J (2014) Linking terrestrial and benthic estuarine ecosystems: Organic matter sources supporting the high secondary production of a non-indigenous bivalve. Biological Invasions 16: 2163-2179 doi: 10.1007/s10530-014-0655-8. Sousa R, Morais P, Dias E, Antunes C (2011) Biological invasions and ecosystem functioning- Time to merge! Biological Invasions 13: 1055-1058. doi: 10.1007/s10530-011-9947-4. Morais P, Teodósio J, Reis J, Chícharo MA, Chícharo L (2009) The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the Guadiana River Basin (southwestern Iberian Peninsula): Setting the record strait. Aquatic Invasions 4: 681-684. doi: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.4. Chícharo MA, Leitão T, Range P, Gutierrez C, Morales J, Morais P, Chícharo L (2009) Alien species in the Guadiana Estuary (SE-Portugal/SW-Spain): Blackfordia virginica (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and Palaemon macrodactylus (Crustacea, Decapoda): potential impacts and mitigation measures. Aquatic Invasions 4: 501-506. doi: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.3.11 |
