Atlantic coast (Portugal, Spain, Africa and Brazil) and Portuguese coastal estuaries

Bacteria in biota; Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed; Fish morphology, age and physiology; Fish abundance in water bodies; Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Fish taxonomy-related counts; Fish behaviour; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts; Fish disease and parasites

Pelagic trawl nets; benthos samplers

The morphological, ultrastructural, citochemical and biochemical aspects of gametogenesis in marine animals are studied. The functional aspects, ultrastructural and citochemistry of fertilization is also carried out. Protoparasity of the marine fauna (mainly from Spain and Brazil) are studied in several ways: ultrastructure, citochemistry, biochemistry, life cycle and interaction with the hosts. Parasites (infesting the Mediterranean fauna) and their cycles are also studied.

Azevedo, C., and Cachola, R. (1992) Fine structure of the apicomplexa oocyst of Nematopsis sp. of two marine bivalve molluscs., Disease of Aquatic Organisms, 14: 69-73.

University of Oporto, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Cell Biology (IMAR network)
Rua do Campo Alegre, 823
Porto
Porto
4150-180
Portugal