[PDF] Top 20 Braz. j. oceanogr. vol.59 número especial 1

... It is my hope that readers, particularly those interested in the AR concept and its applications in the marine environment, will find in these articles useful clues to hel[r] ... See full document

... The acoustic survey was carried out in June 2008 at the first scientifically-planned AR in Italy. The reef was deployed during 1974-75 about 5.5 km from the Porto Recanati shoreline, at 12-15 m depth, on a muddy seabed ... See full document

... 1976) and has been used in a wide range of disciplines (SAATY; VARGAS, 2001). The potential of AHP is enormous and it is possible to use it in multi- criteria decision-making, planning, conflict resolution, forecasting ... See full document

... de St Georges em New South Wales, Australia. O recrutamento nos recifes artificiais foi relativamente rápido e a maioria dos táxons identificados durante o período dos dois anos de estudo já pode ser observada no ... See full document

... Percentage sighting frequency was defined as the percentage of all survey days on which the particular species or family was recorded by each method (UVC and BRUV). The percentage occurrence of each species was ... See full document

... actions of an organization, including in a broader sense also a project or a program. There are several definitions for the term ‘stakeholder’. For instance, Freeman’s classic definition of stakeholder is ‘any group or ... See full document

... MOURA, A.; CANCELA DA FONSECA, L.; CÚRDIA, J.; CARVALHO, S.; BOAVENTURA, D.; CERQUEIRA, M.; LEITÃO, F.; SANTOS, M.N.; MONTEIRO, C.C. Is surface orientation a determinant for colonisation patterns of vagile and ... See full document

... In 2008 the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Danish Ministry of the Environment) constructed the Laeso Trindel artificial reef (Kattegat) in order to restore and maintain the local cavernous boulder reef habitat, a site ... See full document

... Further, the results of SIMPER analysis revealed great dissimilarities in the species composition as between empty and complexified Bonna reefs, and between empty Bonna reefs and the natural area. In each of the three ... See full document

... UVC. The number of individuals per fish and invertebrate species was recorded at ARs and control sites by a SCUBA visual census in spring 2007. To avoid bias due to the high relative abundance of fish species belonging ... See full document

... The absence of many species and the presence of some schools on artificial reefs at 40 m depth may be due to the surrounding substrate. In Gümüldür, the seagrass meadows begin near the seashore and descend to ~15m depth. ... See full document

... Two steel spar buoys were constructed and moored in 50 and 100 m deep of water in the Aegean Sea to support recreational fisheries. The first FAD was deployed at coordinates 38°01´48´´N 26°58´02´´E and at a distance of 3 ... See full document

... The octopus is a habitat-related creature; its nest is a vital choice for an octopus. The choice of a nest is not made at random, certain nest characteristics are extremely important for survival. These characteristics ... See full document

... within 1-2 months of deployment, with a total of 88 species identified over 32 months in Australia, and 89 species identified over 39 months off Florida (BOHNSACK; TALBOT ... See full document

... site, Fig. 1) (TIAN; LIN, 2003). From a practical point of view, to fulfill the task of object detection by the application of a side-scan sonar system, the minimum requirement is that the object must receive five ... See full document

... This study was carried out in the Cape Verde Archipelago, in the western part of the Santa Maria Bay off Sal Island (Fig. 1). The marine habitat in the study area has a fine grain sandy bottom, which includes a ... See full document

... Despite the period’s dedicated to the measurements being short, turbidity was very obviously much higher at the nearshore stations A and B than at the outer and deeper reef station C, especially in October-November 1999 ... See full document

... elevado número de estudos sobre as assembléias de peixes associadas a recifes artificiais e plataformas offshore, existe pouca informação sobre as taxas de crescimento dos peixes que vivem em substratos ... See full document

... The population of Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1892 in the Campos Basin was studied with an emphasis on its composition in the Northern and Southern parts of the Basin, the different gender sizes, ... See full document

... The results of the statistical analysis of the biometric data of Sciades herzbergii are presented in Table 1. The mean total and fork length of the fish caught at the potentially contaminated site were smaller ... See full document