| assessing anthropogenic pressures on estuarine fish nurseries along the portuguese coast: a multi-metric index and conceptual approach. | estuaries are among the most productive ecosystems and simultaneously among the most threatened by conflicting human activities which damage their ecological functions, namely their nursery role for many fish species. a thorough assessment of the anthropogenic pressures in portuguese estuarine systems (douro, ria de aveiro, mondego, tejo, sado, mira, ria formosa and guadiana) was made applying an aggregating multi-metric index, which quantitatively evaluates influences from key components: dams, ... | 2007 | 17292947 |
| metal concentrations in digestive gland and mantle of sepia officinalis from two coastal lagoons of portugal. | concentrations of both essential (fe, cu, zn) and non essential (cd, hg and pb) metals were measured in the digestive gland and mantle of female cephalopods sepia officinalis captured in two distinct lagoons in portugal: aveiro lagoon, with a history of anthropogenic and industrial pollution, and formosa lagoon receiving urban effluents. we provide evidence for the following: (1) the digestive gland is the main target organ for both essential and non essential metals, frequently containing conce ... | 2009 | 19010515 |