OKEANOS - Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar
@okeanos-uac.bsky.social
Promoting sustainable blue economy and management of marine ecosystems, from the deep sea to the open ocean.
🌊 Tomorrow, Ricardo Serrão Santos joins the World Ocean Summit Europe in Cascais, speaking on how to strengthen coastal economies & marine ecosystems against climate risk.
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#WorldOceanSummit #Ocean #BlueEconomy
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#WorldOceanSummit #Ocean #BlueEconomy
September 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🌊 Tomorrow, Ricardo Serrão Santos joins the World Ocean Summit Europe in Cascais, speaking on how to strengthen coastal economies & marine ecosystems against climate risk.
🔗 events.economist.com/world-ocean-...
#WorldOceanSummit #Ocean #BlueEconomy
🔗 events.economist.com/world-ocean-...
#WorldOceanSummit #Ocean #BlueEconomy
MegaMove: Six researchers from the OKEANOS-UAc Institute were part of an international consortium of almost 400 researchers that mapped the movements of more than 100 species of marine megafauna, identifying critical areas for their conservation.
Read the full paper:
doi: 10.1126/science.adl0239
Read the full paper:
doi: 10.1126/science.adl0239
June 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
MegaMove: Six researchers from the OKEANOS-UAc Institute were part of an international consortium of almost 400 researchers that mapped the movements of more than 100 species of marine megafauna, identifying critical areas for their conservation.
Read the full paper:
doi: 10.1126/science.adl0239
Read the full paper:
doi: 10.1126/science.adl0239
Our researchers Laurence Fauconnet, Frédéric Vandeperre and Diana Catarino have been attending the annual meeting of the Marine Beacon project.
You can find more information about this project here: marinebeacon.eu
You can find more information about this project here: marinebeacon.eu
April 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Our researchers Laurence Fauconnet, Frédéric Vandeperre and Diana Catarino have been attending the annual meeting of the Marine Beacon project.
You can find more information about this project here: marinebeacon.eu
You can find more information about this project here: marinebeacon.eu
NEW PAPER 🤓
Our researchers have developed an index (Entanglement Source Assessment - ENSA) that aims to be a tool to reduce uncertainty in distinguishing the origin of entanglements of marine animals in fishing gear or derivatives (nets, cables, lines...)
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doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Our researchers have developed an index (Entanglement Source Assessment - ENSA) that aims to be a tool to reduce uncertainty in distinguishing the origin of entanglements of marine animals in fishing gear or derivatives (nets, cables, lines...)
⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
March 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW PAPER 🤓
Our researchers have developed an index (Entanglement Source Assessment - ENSA) that aims to be a tool to reduce uncertainty in distinguishing the origin of entanglements of marine animals in fishing gear or derivatives (nets, cables, lines...)
⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Our researchers have developed an index (Entanglement Source Assessment - ENSA) that aims to be a tool to reduce uncertainty in distinguishing the origin of entanglements of marine animals in fishing gear or derivatives (nets, cables, lines...)
⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 🤓
BirdLife International together with a worldwide team of researchers, including Verónica Neves from OKEANOS-UAc, has mapped the first-ever global marine flyways for long-distance migrating seabirds.
📄 Check the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
BirdLife International together with a worldwide team of researchers, including Verónica Neves from OKEANOS-UAc, has mapped the first-ever global marine flyways for long-distance migrating seabirds.
📄 Check the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 🤓
BirdLife International together with a worldwide team of researchers, including Verónica Neves from OKEANOS-UAc, has mapped the first-ever global marine flyways for long-distance migrating seabirds.
📄 Check the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
BirdLife International together with a worldwide team of researchers, including Verónica Neves from OKEANOS-UAc, has mapped the first-ever global marine flyways for long-distance migrating seabirds.
📄 Check the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
𝐁𝐁𝐍𝐉 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 🌍
Our colleague Ana Colaço is in Singapore taking part in the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Symposium 2025. It will be attended by a diverse set of panelists from different sectors, including government, civil society and the research community.
Our colleague Ana Colaço is in Singapore taking part in the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Symposium 2025. It will be attended by a diverse set of panelists from different sectors, including government, civil society and the research community.
February 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
𝐁𝐁𝐍𝐉 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 🌍
Our colleague Ana Colaço is in Singapore taking part in the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Symposium 2025. It will be attended by a diverse set of panelists from different sectors, including government, civil society and the research community.
Our colleague Ana Colaço is in Singapore taking part in the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Symposium 2025. It will be attended by a diverse set of panelists from different sectors, including government, civil society and the research community.
𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 🌊
O OKEANOS lançou este mês a primeira edição da sua newsletter mensal! 📩 Se queres receber as nossas notícias, artigos e novidades diretamente no teu email, subscreve já!
👉 Clica no link: okeanos.newsletter.uac.pt
O OKEANOS lançou este mês a primeira edição da sua newsletter mensal! 📩 Se queres receber as nossas notícias, artigos e novidades diretamente no teu email, subscreve já!
👉 Clica no link: okeanos.newsletter.uac.pt
February 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 🌊
O OKEANOS lançou este mês a primeira edição da sua newsletter mensal! 📩 Se queres receber as nossas notícias, artigos e novidades diretamente no teu email, subscreve já!
👉 Clica no link: okeanos.newsletter.uac.pt
O OKEANOS lançou este mês a primeira edição da sua newsletter mensal! 📩 Se queres receber as nossas notícias, artigos e novidades diretamente no teu email, subscreve já!
👉 Clica no link: okeanos.newsletter.uac.pt
New paper! 🤓
Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is an important social and economic activity in Europe, but its effects on ecosystems and the economy are not well understood, and its management remains inadequate.
📎 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is an important social and economic activity in Europe, but its effects on ecosystems and the economy are not well understood, and its management remains inadequate.
📎 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/ices...
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New paper! 🤓
Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is an important social and economic activity in Europe, but its effects on ecosystems and the economy are not well understood, and its management remains inadequate.
📎 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is an important social and economic activity in Europe, but its effects on ecosystems and the economy are not well understood, and its management remains inadequate.
📎 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Today was a great day for Okeanos at the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium! 🦑
Our colleagues Ana Colaço, Daphne Cuvelier, Telmo Morato, Neus Campanya Llovet, Eva Giacomello and Anaïs S. de Vilar presented the valuable knowledge they have been developing about deep-sea ecosystems in the Azores 👏
Our colleagues Ana Colaço, Daphne Cuvelier, Telmo Morato, Neus Campanya Llovet, Eva Giacomello and Anaïs S. de Vilar presented the valuable knowledge they have been developing about deep-sea ecosystems in the Azores 👏
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today was a great day for Okeanos at the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium! 🦑
Our colleagues Ana Colaço, Daphne Cuvelier, Telmo Morato, Neus Campanya Llovet, Eva Giacomello and Anaïs S. de Vilar presented the valuable knowledge they have been developing about deep-sea ecosystems in the Azores 👏
Our colleagues Ana Colaço, Daphne Cuvelier, Telmo Morato, Neus Campanya Llovet, Eva Giacomello and Anaïs S. de Vilar presented the valuable knowledge they have been developing about deep-sea ecosystems in the Azores 👏
This week, OKEANOS makes a significant contribution to the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Simposium, taking place in Hong Kong, where some of our researchers will share the knowledge they have been developing about deep-sea ecosystems of Azores
January 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week, OKEANOS makes a significant contribution to the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Simposium, taking place in Hong Kong, where some of our researchers will share the knowledge they have been developing about deep-sea ecosystems of Azores
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 🥳
This article used data about plastic ingestion in adult shearwaters collected dead in the Azores. It was discovered for the first time that seabirds such as shearwaters 'reset' plastic concentrations.
Find out more here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
This article used data about plastic ingestion in adult shearwaters collected dead in the Azores. It was discovered for the first time that seabirds such as shearwaters 'reset' plastic concentrations.
Find out more here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
January 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 🥳
This article used data about plastic ingestion in adult shearwaters collected dead in the Azores. It was discovered for the first time that seabirds such as shearwaters 'reset' plastic concentrations.
Find out more here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
This article used data about plastic ingestion in adult shearwaters collected dead in the Azores. It was discovered for the first time that seabirds such as shearwaters 'reset' plastic concentrations.
Find out more here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Já ouviste falar do Banco Submarino Princesa Alice? Vem connosco descobrir o que o torna tão especial e importante para os estudos desenvolvidos pelos nossos investigadores 🙂
Banco Submarino Princesa Alice
YouTube video by OKEANOS - Universidade dos Açores
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January 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Já ouviste falar do Banco Submarino Princesa Alice? Vem connosco descobrir o que o torna tão especial e importante para os estudos desenvolvidos pelos nossos investigadores 🙂
We are very proud to congratulate Teresa Cerqueira on being one of the winners of the Fam Foundation Grant 2024/25, out of more than 50 applications, all with a high potential for scientific and environmental impact within the scope of SDG 14.
okeanos.uac.pt/public/post-...
Congratulations Teresa!
okeanos.uac.pt/public/post-...
Congratulations Teresa!
December 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
We are very proud to congratulate Teresa Cerqueira on being one of the winners of the Fam Foundation Grant 2024/25, out of more than 50 applications, all with a high potential for scientific and environmental impact within the scope of SDG 14.
okeanos.uac.pt/public/post-...
Congratulations Teresa!
okeanos.uac.pt/public/post-...
Congratulations Teresa!
We wish our entire community a Merry Christmas, with a call for ocean protection to stop being an option and become a global priority. Our wishes go beyond words - they are a commitment to science, awareness and action.
The future of the ocean is everyone's future!
Happy holidays 🙂
The future of the ocean is everyone's future!
Happy holidays 🙂
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December 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
We wish our entire community a Merry Christmas, with a call for ocean protection to stop being an option and become a global priority. Our wishes go beyond words - they are a commitment to science, awareness and action.
The future of the ocean is everyone's future!
Happy holidays 🙂
The future of the ocean is everyone's future!
Happy holidays 🙂
Os nossos colegas Gui Menezes, Ualerson Peixoto e Laurence Fauconnet participaram na sessão intitulada “Sustainable Fisheries & Future Blue Food in the North Atlantic” que abordou o desafio “Um Oceano Produtivo”, no contexto da Década das Nações Unidas das Ciências do Oceano 🌊
December 12, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Os nossos colegas Gui Menezes, Ualerson Peixoto e Laurence Fauconnet participaram na sessão intitulada “Sustainable Fisheries & Future Blue Food in the North Atlantic” que abordou o desafio “Um Oceano Produtivo”, no contexto da Década das Nações Unidas das Ciências do Oceano 🌊
O Guia Prático da Flora e Fauna Marinha dos Açores foi ontem, dia 10 de dezembro, apresentado na Biblioteca Municipal e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça.
Sabe mais em: www.okeanos.uac.pt/post-104
Sabe mais em: www.okeanos.uac.pt/post-104
December 11, 2024 at 3:51 PM
O Guia Prático da Flora e Fauna Marinha dos Açores foi ontem, dia 10 de dezembro, apresentado na Biblioteca Municipal e Arquivo Regional João José da Graça.
Sabe mais em: www.okeanos.uac.pt/post-104
Sabe mais em: www.okeanos.uac.pt/post-104
A nossa colega Marisa Gomes, esteve na primeira Conferência Nacional de Literacia do Oceano, onde partilhou com a comunidade de que forma é que a mini série “Minuto Azul Escuro", ideia original do Azores Deep Sea Research Group, contribui para a promoção de literacia do oceano.
December 9, 2024 at 4:36 PM
A nossa colega Marisa Gomes, esteve na primeira Conferência Nacional de Literacia do Oceano, onde partilhou com a comunidade de que forma é que a mini série “Minuto Azul Escuro", ideia original do Azores Deep Sea Research Group, contribui para a promoção de literacia do oceano.
Hoje, destacamos este artigo que analisa de que forma os bioindicadores de plástico - espécies que nos ajudam a monitorizar a poluição por plásticos - são utilizados no ambiente marinho.
Vê o artigo completo aqui: doi.org/10.1039/D4VA...
Vê o artigo completo aqui: doi.org/10.1039/D4VA...
December 6, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Hoje, destacamos este artigo que analisa de que forma os bioindicadores de plástico - espécies que nos ajudam a monitorizar a poluição por plásticos - são utilizados no ambiente marinho.
Vê o artigo completo aqui: doi.org/10.1039/D4VA...
Vê o artigo completo aqui: doi.org/10.1039/D4VA...
Sabias que em 2023, os nossos investigadores tiveram a oportunidade de participar numa expedição oceanográfica a bordo do navio de investigação OceanXplorer, durante a qual exploraram o Mar Profundo dos Açores a bordo de um submersível,até aos 1000m de profundidade?
Testemunho de Guilherme Gonçalves
Testemunho de Guilherme Gonçalves
December 4, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Sabias que em 2023, os nossos investigadores tiveram a oportunidade de participar numa expedição oceanográfica a bordo do navio de investigação OceanXplorer, durante a qual exploraram o Mar Profundo dos Açores a bordo de um submersível,até aos 1000m de profundidade?
Testemunho de Guilherme Gonçalves
Testemunho de Guilherme Gonçalves
A Our Oceans tem trabalhado em colaboração com os nossos colegas Jorge Fontes, Bruno Macena e outros investigadores do Okeanos, no sentido de compreender os fascinantes movimentos dos tubarões-baleia e sobre a sua capacidade de cooperar com o atum para encurralar pequenos peixes para se alimentarem.
INSIDE THE FISHNADO | Expedition Log | Our Oceans
Filming inside a giant tornado of fish!
www.ouroceanstv.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:16 AM
A Our Oceans tem trabalhado em colaboração com os nossos colegas Jorge Fontes, Bruno Macena e outros investigadores do Okeanos, no sentido de compreender os fascinantes movimentos dos tubarões-baleia e sobre a sua capacidade de cooperar com o atum para encurralar pequenos peixes para se alimentarem.
Decorreu no âmbito do International Joint Research Centre for Marine Science em Macau, o SINOPORT Ocean Conference.
O nosso diretor Gui Menezes participou no encontro com uma apresentação geral de caracterização do Instituto OKEANOS e das suas principais atividades e linhas de investigação.
O nosso diretor Gui Menezes participou no encontro com uma apresentação geral de caracterização do Instituto OKEANOS e das suas principais atividades e linhas de investigação.
November 28, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Decorreu no âmbito do International Joint Research Centre for Marine Science em Macau, o SINOPORT Ocean Conference.
O nosso diretor Gui Menezes participou no encontro com uma apresentação geral de caracterização do Instituto OKEANOS e das suas principais atividades e linhas de investigação.
O nosso diretor Gui Menezes participou no encontro com uma apresentação geral de caracterização do Instituto OKEANOS e das suas principais atividades e linhas de investigação.
Sophie Prendergast is a PhD student at the University of the Azores - OKEANOS. Today, she tells us a little about her amazing work 🙂 Check the full article on our website: okeanos.uac.pt/public/post-91
You can search more about Sophie’s work with SOSF at:
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You can search more about Sophie’s work with SOSF at:
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November 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Sophie Prendergast is a PhD student at the University of the Azores - OKEANOS. Today, she tells us a little about her amazing work 🙂 Check the full article on our website: okeanos.uac.pt/public/post-91
You can search more about Sophie’s work with SOSF at:
lnkd.in/dBjF56KT
You can search more about Sophie’s work with SOSF at:
lnkd.in/dBjF56KT
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫!
Foram usados modelos climáticos globais e de adequação de habitat estimados a partir de dados de tubarões baleia para mostrar que as redistribuições dos habitats atuais devem aumentar a coocorrência da espécie com o transporte marítimo global.
Artigo completo:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Foram usados modelos climáticos globais e de adequação de habitat estimados a partir de dados de tubarões baleia para mostrar que as redistribuições dos habitats atuais devem aumentar a coocorrência da espécie com o transporte marítimo global.
Artigo completo:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫!
Foram usados modelos climáticos globais e de adequação de habitat estimados a partir de dados de tubarões baleia para mostrar que as redistribuições dos habitats atuais devem aumentar a coocorrência da espécie com o transporte marítimo global.
Artigo completo:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Foram usados modelos climáticos globais e de adequação de habitat estimados a partir de dados de tubarões baleia para mostrar que as redistribuições dos habitats atuais devem aumentar a coocorrência da espécie com o transporte marítimo global.
Artigo completo:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 𝐚̀𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝐎𝐂𝐈) 💻
Decorreu durante 3 dias no OKEANOS um workshop que teve como objetivo a familiarização com as várias ferramentas de análise, processamento, armazenamento e gestão de dados em ambiente cloud.
Decorreu durante 3 dias no OKEANOS um workshop que teve como objetivo a familiarização com as várias ferramentas de análise, processamento, armazenamento e gestão de dados em ambiente cloud.
November 21, 2024 at 12:02 PM
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 𝐚̀𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝐎𝐂𝐈) 💻
Decorreu durante 3 dias no OKEANOS um workshop que teve como objetivo a familiarização com as várias ferramentas de análise, processamento, armazenamento e gestão de dados em ambiente cloud.
Decorreu durante 3 dias no OKEANOS um workshop que teve como objetivo a familiarização com as várias ferramentas de análise, processamento, armazenamento e gestão de dados em ambiente cloud.