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Dear Colleagues By mid April 2018 a freediving spearfisherman collected this specimen near the surface on the S coast of Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal and was kind enough to film it swimming...
06 March 2019 4,341 9 View
Dear all Can anyone help on identyfying this salp? Azores, Terceira Island, Portugal, 31st July 2016, 2m deep. I have it preserved in a sea water 10% formalin solution. Many thanks and best...
03 August 2016 5,884 3 View
I am preparing a short note on the above issue describing pavlovian conditioned behaviour in residente Arctocephalus australis and Otaria flavescens from Uruguay. Comments and literature...
30 May 2014 2,739 4 View
This movie was obtained last week at the N coast of Terceira Island (Azores) by regreational divers. Helás the specimen was not collected. After almost 30 years of research and thousands of dives...
18 May 2014 8,690 8 View
Before posting this question, I'd like to state that the following must not be regarded by any means to a discussion on catching marine mammals in EU seas. Why are marine mammals (namely very...
11 May 2014 5,210 20 View
What is your oppinion on the - eventually remote - possibility of finding Latimeria in the extreme SE Atlantic? After the famous story of Latimeria chalumnae and the recent discovery of L....
06 May 2014 8,601 4 View
I would appreciate very much your suggestions on links that give real time detection of phytoplankton blooms for the NE Atlantic region. Many thanks.
23 April 2014 5,182 2 View
I am writing a ms dealing with erratic distributions and apparently declining/over-fished populations of Odontaspis ferox. Are there any papers on this topic focusing on ecological and...
07 April 2014 7,514 3 View
Spear fishing (freediving) is considered by many to be the most selective form of fishing with the further advantages of neither bycatch nor pollution by loss of fishing gear. In your country, how...
27 March 2014 5,469 4 View
All over the planet, and in our most diverse ecosystems, at least a small set of unique "key" or "emblematic" species are regarded as being of priority conservation urgency. These can be...
22 February 2014 7,406 6 View
An MSc student of mine is finishing her thesis analysing and comparing a 20 years data collection of spearfishing and artisanal fisheries in the Azores. Can anyone help us with recent papers on...
12 February 2014 9,521 9 View
