ELEMENTS OF STUDY IN MINHO, MONDEGO AND MIRA ESTUARIES
The recovery and compilation of historical data about the identification of long term-variations in habitats, biological communities and ecosystems’ functioning, are helpful for future environmental quality evaluations and tracking of evolutive trends in the ecosystems. This type of data constitutes the only reliable source of information feeding long-term studies.
MINHO ESTUARY
Physical-chemical parameters
Communities of fish and health status of selected fish populations (Pomatoschistus microps and Dicentrarchus labrax) in relation to abiotic variation
Zooplankton community variation
Spatial and temporal variation of the macroinvertebrates benthic community
Macroalgae and macrophytes
Shorebirds
MONDEGO ESTUARY
Physical-chemical parameters
Phytoplankton communities
Zooplankton communities
Macroalgae and macrophytes communities
Benthic invertebrate communities
Fish
Shorebirds
MIRA ESTUARY
Physical-chemicals parameters
Benthic macroinvertebrates
Saltmarshes plants (macroalgae and macrophytes)
Fishes
Zooplankton communtities
The impact of the hydromedusae exotic invader Blackfordia virginica in the different compartments of the Mira estuary ecosystem.