• Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles
• O'Donovan, S., Mestre, N.C., Abel, S., Fonseca, T.G., Carteny, C.C., Willems, T., Prinsen, E., Cormier, B., Keiter, S.H. Bebianno, M.J. (2020). Effects of the UV filter, oxybenzone, adsorbed to microplastics in the clam Scrobicularia plana.Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139102
• Smith, C. R., Tunnicliffe, V., Colaço, A., Drazen, J.C., Gollner, S., Levin, L.A., Mestre, N.C., Metaxas, A., Molodtsova, T., Morato, T., Sweetman, A.K., Washburn, T., Amon, D.J. (2020a). Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35(10): 853-857, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.002
• Smith, C.R., Tunnicliffe, V., Colaço, A. Drazen, J.C. Gollner, S., Levin, L.A., Mestre, N.C., Metaxas, A., Molodtsova, T., Morato, T. Sweetman, A.K., Washburn, T. Amon, D.J. (2020b). Environmental protection requires accurate application of scientific evidence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36, 1, 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.021
• ... , Mestre, N. C., … Tunnicliffe, V. (2024).Comparing environmental impacts of deep-seabed and land-based mining: A defensible framework. Global Change Biology, 30, e17334.
• A decade to study deep-sea life
• A new publication in the prestigious journal Global Change Biology
• Application of scientific criteria for identifying hydrothermal ecosystems in need of protection
• Application of scientific criteria for identifying hydrothermal ecosystems in need of protection
• Bolsa de Investigação para Licenciado (BI Lic)
• Bolsa de Investigação Pós-Doutoral (BIPD)
• CIMA Researchers hosted the DEEP-REST 2nd Annual Meeting in Faro
• CIMA Researchers Participated in the XVI Portuguese Conference of Polar Sciences (CPCP 2024) and Presented the first contributions to ecotoxicology in cold extreme environments
• Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts (2)
• Environmental Protection Requires Accurate Application of Scientific Evidence
• Environmental protection requires accurate application of scientific evidence
• Fernandes, E., Fonseca, T.G., Carriço, T., Mestre, N.C., Tavares, A., Bebianno, M. (2020). Cytotoxic responses of the anticancer drug cyclophosphamide in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and comparative sensitivity with human cells lines. Chemosphere 261:127678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127678
• Gonçalves, J.M., Rocha, T., Mestre, N.C., Fonseca, T.G., Bebianno, M.J. (2020). Assessing cadmium-based quantum dots effect on the gonads of the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Marine Environmental Research 156, 104904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104904.10.1016
• Hitchin, B., Smith, S., Kröger, K., Jones, D.O.B., Jaeckel, A., Mestre, N.C., Ardron, J., Escobar, E., van der Grient, J., Amaro, T. (2023). Thresholds in deep-seabed mining: A primer for their development. Marine Policy. 149:105505
• Howell, K.L., Hilário, A., Allcock, A.L., Bailey, D., Baker, M., Le Bris, N., Clark, M.R., Colaço, A., Copley, J., Cordes, E., Danovaro, R., Dissanayake, A., Escobar, E., Esquete, P., Gallagher, A., Gates, A., Gaudron, S.M., German, C.R., Gjerde, K., Higgs, N.D., Levin, L.A., Manea, E., McClain, C., Menot, L., Mestre, N.C., Metaxas, A., Milligan, R., Muthumbi, A.W.N, Narayanaswamy, B., Ramalho,