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Dr Colaço, Ana

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University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (DOP), more Direct contact at institute: E-mail:

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Deep-sea & Extreme Environments, Patterns of Species and Ecosystem Time Series, more Functioning of FOOD WEbs across ecosystems of different BIOdiversity level, more Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

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A1 Publications (28) [show]
Baco, A.R.; Ross, R.; Althaus, F.; Amon, D.; Bridges, A.E.H.; Brix, S.; Buhl-Mortensen, P.; Colaço, A.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Clark, M.R.; Du Preez, C.; Franken, M.-L.; Gianni, M.; Gonzalez-Mirelis, G.; Hourigan, T.; Howell, K.; Levin, L.A.; Lindsay, D.J.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Morgan, N.; Morato, T.; Mejia-Mercado, B.E.; O’Sullivan, D.; Pearman, T.; Price, D.; Robert, K.; Robson, L.; Rowden, A.A.; Taylor, J.; Taylor, M.; Victorero, L.; Watling, L.; Williams, A.; Xavier, J.R.; Yesson, C. (2023). Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery. PeerJ 11: e16024. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16024, more Campanyà-Llovet, N.; Bates, A.E.; Cuvelier, D.; Giacomello, E.; Catarino, D.; Gooday, A.J.; Berning, B.; Figuerola, B.; Malaquias, M.A.E.; Moura, C.J.; Xavier, J.R.; Sutton, T.T.; Fauconnet, L.; Ramalho, S.P.; Neves, B.M.; Machado, G.M.; Horton, T.; Gebruk, A.V.; Minin, K.; Bried, J.; Molodtsova, T.; Silva, M.A.; Dilman, A.; Kremenetskaia, A.; Costa, E.F.S.; Clarke, J.; Martins, H.R.; Pham, C.K.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Colaço, A. (2023). FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Front. Ecol. Evol. 11: 1050268. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268, more Pachiadaki, M.; Janssen, F.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Morato, T.; Carreira, G.P.; Frazão, H.C.; Heimbach, P.; Iglesias, I.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; dos Santos, M.N.; Smith, L.M.; Vardaro, M.F.; Visser, F; Waniek, J.J.; Zinkann, A.-C.; Colaço, A. (2023). Co-designing a multidisciplinary deep-ocean observing programme at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region: a blueprint for synergy in deep ocean research and conservation. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 80(2): 352-354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac189, more Hanz, U.; Riekenberg, P.M.; de Kluijver, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; de Goeij, J.M.; Bart, M.C.; Wurz, E.; Colaço, A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Reichart, G.-J.; Rapp, H.T.; Mienis, F. (2022). The important role of sponges in carbon and nitrogen cycling in a deep‐sea biological hotspot. Funct. Ecol. 36(9): 2188-2199. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14117, more Silva, M.A.; Fonseca, C.T.; Olivar, M.P.; Bernal, A.; Spitz, J.; Chouvelon, T.; Jonasdottir, S.; Colaço, A.; Carmo, V.; Sutton, T.; Menezes, G.; Falkenhaug, T.; Bergstad, O.A.; Pérez-Jorge, S. (2022). MesopTroph, a database of trophic parameters to study interactions in mesopelagic food webs. Scientific Data 9(1): 716. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01831-3, more Gollner, S.; Colaço, A.; Gebruk, A.; Halpin, P.N.; Higgs, N.D.; Menini, E.; Mestre, N.C.; Qian, P.-Y.; Sarrazin, J.; Szafranski, K.; Van Dover, C.L. (2021). Application of scientific criteria for identifying hydrothermal ecosystems in need of protection. Mar. Policy 132: 104641. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104641, more Silva, A.P.; Colaço, A.; Ravara, A.; Jakobsen, J.; Jakobsen, K.; Cuvelier, D. (2021). The first whale fall on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: monitoring a year of succession. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 178: 103662. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103662, more Smith, C.R.; Tunnicliffe, V.; Colaço, A.; Drazen, J.C.; Gollner, S.; Levin, L.A.; Mestre, N.C.; Metaxas, A.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Morato, T.; Sweetman, A.K.; Washburn, T.W.; Amon, D.J. (2021). Environmental protection requires accurate application of scientific evidence. Trends Ecol. Evol. 36(1): 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.021, more Cuvelier, D.; Ribeiro, P.A.; Ramalho, S.P.; Kersken, D.; Arbizu, P.M.; Colaço, A. (2020). Are seamounts refuge areas for fauna from polymetallic nodule fields? Biogeosciences 17(9): 2657-2680. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2657-2020, more Smith, C.R.; Tunnicliffe, V.; Colaço, A.; Drazen, J.C.; Gollner, S.; Levin, L.A.; Mestre, N.C.; Metaxas, A.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Morato, T.; Sweetman, A.K.; Washburn, T.W.; Amon, D.J. (2020). Deep-Sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts. Trends Ecol. Evol. 35(10): 853-857. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.002, more Jones, D.O.B.; Durden, J.M.; Murphy, K.; Gjerde, K.M.; Gebicka, A.; Colaço, A.; Morato, T.; Cuvelier, D.; Billett, D.S.M. (2019). Existing environmental management approaches relevant to deep-sea mining. Mar. Policy 103: 172-181. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.01.006, more Levin, L.A.; Bett, B.J.; Gates, A.R.; Heimbach, P.; Howe, B.M.; Janssen, F.; McCurdy, A.; Ruhl, H.A.; Snelgrove, P.; Stocks, K.I.; Bailey, D.; Baumann-Pickering, S.; Beaverson, C.; Benfield, M.C.; Booth, D.J.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Colaço, A.; Eblé, M.C.; Fowler, A.M.; Gjerde, K.M.; Jones, D.O.B.; Katsumata, K.; Kelley, D.; Le Bris, N.; Leonardi, A.P.; Lejzerowicz, F.; Macreadie, P.I.; McLean, D.; Meitz, F.; Morato, T.; Netburn, A.; Pawlowski, J.; Smith, C.R.; Sun, S.; Uchida, H.; Vardaro, M.F.; Venkatesan, R.; Weller, R.A. (2019). Global observing needs in the deep ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 241. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00241, more Bird, C.S.; Veríssimo, A.; Magozzi, S.; Abrantes, K.G.; Aguilar, A.; Al-Reasi, H.; Barnett, A.; Bethea, D.M.; Biais, G.; Borrell, A.; Bouchoucha, M.; Boyle, M.; Brooks, E.J.; Brunnschweiler, J.; Bustamante, P.; Carlisle, A.; Catarino, D.; Caut, S.; Cherel, Y.; Chouvelon, T.; Churchill, D.; Ciancio, J.; Claes, J.M.; Colaço, A.; Courtney, D.L.; Cresson, P.; Daly, R.; de Necker, L.; Endo, T.; Figueiredo, I.; Frisch, A.J.; Hansen, J.H.; Heithaus, M.; Hussey, N.E.; Iitembu, J.; Juanes, F.; Kinney, M.J.; Kiszka, J.J.; Klarian, S.A.; Kopp, D.; Leaf, R.; Li, Y.; Lorrain, A.; Madigan, D.J.; Maljkovic, A.; Malpica-Cruz, L.; Matich, P.; Meekan, M.G.; Ménard, F.; Menezes, G.M.; Munroe, S.E.M.; Newman, M.C.; Papastamatiou, Y.P.; Pethybridge, H.; Plumlee, J.D.; Polo-Silva, C.; Quaeck-Davies, K.; Raoult, V.; Reum, J.; Torres-Rojas, Y.E.; Shiffman, D.S.; Shipley, O.N.; Speed, C.W.; Staudinger, M.D.; Teffer, A.K.; Tilley, A.; Valls, M.; Vaudo, J.J.; Wai, T.-C.; Wells, R.J.D.; Wyatt, A.S.J.; Yool, A.; Trueman, C.N. (2018). A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(2): 299-305. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0432-z, more Cuvelier, D.; Gollner, S.; Jones, D.O.B.; Kaiser, S.; Arbizu, P.M.; Menzel, L.; Mestre, N.C.; Morato, T.; Pham, C.K.; Pradillon, F.; Purser, A.; Raschka, U.; Sarrazin, J.; Simon-Lledó, E.; Stewart, I.M.; Stuckas, H.; Sweetman, A.K.; Colaço, A. (2018). Potential mitigation and restoration actions in ecosystems impacted by seabed mining. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 467. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00467, more Dunn, D.C.; Van Dover, C.L.; Etter, R.J.; Smith, C.R.; Levin, L.A.; Morato, T.; Colaço, A.; Dale, A.C.; Gebruk, A.V.; Gjerde, K.M.; Halpin, P.N.; Howell, K.L.; Johnson, D.E.; Perez, J.A.A.; Ribeiro, M.C.; Stuckas, H.; Weaver, P. (2018). A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining. Science Advances 4(7): eaar4313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar4313, more Gollner, S.; Kaiser, S.; Menzel, L.; Jones, D.O.B.; Brown, A.; Mestre, N.C.; Van Oevelen, D.; Menot, L.; Colaço, A.; Canals, M.; Cuvelier, D.; Durden, J.M.; Gebruk, A.; Egho, G.A.; Haeckel, M.; Marcon, Y.; Mevenkamp, L.; Morato, T.; Pham, C.K.; Purser, A.; Sanchez-Vidal, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Vink, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2017). Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. Mar. Environ. Res. 129: 76-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010, more Levin, L.A.; Baco, A.R.; Bowden, D.A.; Colaço, A.; Cordes, E.E.; Cunha, M.R.; Demopoulos, A.W.J.; Gobin, J.; Grupe, B.M.; Le, J.; Metaxas, A.; Netburn, A.N.; Rouse, G.W.; Thurber, A.R.; Tunnicliffe, V.; Van Dover, C.L.; Vanreusel, A.; Watling, L. (2016). Hydrothermal vents and methane seeps: rethinking the sphere of influence. Front. Mar. Sci. 3: 72. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00072, more Riou, V.; Colaço, A.; Bouillon, S.; Khripounoff, A.; Dando, P.R.; Mangion, P.; Chevalier, E.; Korntheuer, M.; Serrão Santos, R.; Dehairs, F. (2010). Mixotrophy in the deep sea: a dual endosymbiotic hydrothermal mytilid assimilates dissolved and particulate organic matter. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 405: 187-201, more Riou, V.; Bouillon, S.; Serrão Santos, R.; Dehairs, F.; Colaço, A. (2010). Tracing carbon assimilation in endosymbiotic deep-sea hydrothermal vent mytilid fatty acids by ¹³C-fingerprinting. Biogeosciences 7(9): 2591-2600. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-2591-2010, more Riou, V.; Halary, S.; Duperron, S.; Bouillon, S.; Elskens, M.; Bettencourt, R.; Santos, R.S.; Dehairs, F.; Colaço, A. (2008). Influence of CH₄ and H₂S availability on symbiont distribution, carbon assimilation and transfer in the dual symbiotic vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus. Biogeosciences 5(6): 1681-1691. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-5-1681-2008, more Cardigos, F.; Tempera, F.; Ávila, S.; Gonçalves, J.; Colaço, A.; Santos, R.S. (2006). Non-indigenous marine species of the Azores. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 160-169, more Colaço, A.; Raghukumar, C.; Mohandass, C.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2006). Effect of shallow water venting in Azores on a few marine biota. Cah. Biol. Mar. 47(4): 359-364. https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.511C3788, more Dixon, D.R.; Lowe, D.M.; Miller, P.I.; Villemin, G.R.; Colaço, A.; Serrão Santos, R.; Dixon, L.R.J. (2006). Evidence of seasonal reproduction in the Atlantic vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus, and an apparent link with the timing of photosynthetic primary production. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(6): 1363-1371. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014391, more Cardigos, F.; Colaço, A.; Dando, P.R.; Ávila, S.P.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Tempera, F.; Conceição, P.; Pascoal, A.; Serrão Santos, R. (2005). Shallow water hydrothermal vent field fluids and communities of the D. João de Castro Seamount (Azores). Chem. Geol. 224(1-3): 153-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.07.019, more Colaço, A.; Dehairs, F.A.; Desbruyères, D. (2002). Nutritional relations of deep-sea hydrothermal fields at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: a stable isotope approach. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 49(2): 395-412. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00060-7, more Colaço, A.; Dehairs, F.A.; Desbruyères, D.; Le Bris, N.; Sarradin, P.-M. (2002). δ¹³C signature of hydrothermal mussels is related with the end-member fluid concentrations of H₂S and CH₄ at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields. Cah. Biol. Mar. 43(3-4): 259-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.11DB9222, more Desbruyères, D.; Biscoito, M.; Caprais, J.-C.; Colaço, A.; Comtet, T.; Crassous, Ph.; Fouquet, Y.; Khripounoff, A.; Le Bris, N.; Olu, K.; Riso, R.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Segonzac, M.; Vangriesheim, A. (2001). Variations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge when approaching the Azores Plateau. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 48: 1325-1346, more Colaço, A.; Desbruyères, D.; Comtet, T.; Alayse, A.M. (1998). Ecology of the Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge/Azores Triple Junction). Cah. Biol. Mar. 39(3-4): 237-240. https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.3D6E4229, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Santos, R.S.; Colaço, A.; Christiansen, S. (Ed.) (2003). Planning the management of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fields MPA in the Azores Triple Junction: Proceedings of the workshop, Horta, 18-20 June 2002. Arquipélago. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas = Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences, Suppl. 4. University of the Azores: Azores. ISBN 972-5612-14-1. XII, 70 pp., more Santos, R.S.; Escartín, J.; Colaço, A.; Adamczewska, A.M. (Ed.) (2002). Towards planning of seafloor observatory programs for the MAR region: Proceedings of the II MoMar Workshop Horta, 14-17 June 2002. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) Suppl. 3: 1-64, more
Book chapter [show]
Bettencourt, R.; Barros, I.; Martins, E.; Martins, I.; Cerqueira, T.; Colaço, A.; Costa, V.; Rosa, D.; Froufe, H.; Egas, C.; Stefanni, S.; Dando, P.; Santos, R.S. (2016). An insightful model to study innate immunity and stress response in deep‐sea vent animals: Profiling the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus, in: Ray, S. (Ed.) Organismal and Molecular Malacology. pp. 161-187. https://dx.doi.org/10.5772/68034, more
Abstract [show]
Gooday, A.J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Copley, J.; Cuvelier, D.; Colaço, A.; Desbruyéres, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Galeron, J.; Klages, M.; Kalogeropoulou, V.; Lampadaiou, N.; Arbizu, P.M.; Paterson, G.; Perez, T.; Santos, R.S.; Sarrazin, J.; Tatje, S.; Tyler, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). DEEPSETS – Deep-sea and extreme environments, patterns of species and ecosystem time series, in: Marbef General Assembly - Science Meeting. The value of biodiversity observatories and monitoring for science and society, Sopot & Gdynia, Poland, 14-16 May 2007: book of abstracts. pp. 8, more
Other publications (2) [show]
Dixon, D.R.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Dixon, L.R.J.; Khripounoff, A.; Colaço, A.; Santos, R.S. (2002). Towards unravelling the enigma of vent mussel reproduction on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, or when ATOS met Cages! InterRidge News 11(1): 14-17, more Sarradin, P.-M.; Desbruyères, D.; Dixon, D.; Almeida, A.J.; Briand, P.; Caprais, J.C.; Colaço, A.; Company, R.; Cosson, R.P.; Cueff, V.; Dando, P.; Etoubleau, J.; Fabri, M.C.; Fiala-Medioni, A.; Gaill, F.; Godfroy, A.; Gwynn, J.; Hourdez, S.; Jollivet, D.; Khripounoff, A.; Lallier, F.; Laulier, M.; La Bris, N.; Martins, I.; Mestre, N.; Pruski, A.; Rodier, P.; Santos, R.S.; Shillito, B.; Zal, F.; Zbinden, M. (2001). ATOS cruise R/V L´Atalante, ROV Victor. InterRidge News 10(2): 18-20, more

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