• Diversity, distribution and phylogenetic affinities of deep-sea lithistids (Porifera, Heteroscleromorpha) of the Azores archipelago 

      Xavier, Joana; Rees, David John; Pereira, Raquel; Colaço, Ana; Pham, Christopher K.; Carvalho, Francisca C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-28)
      Lithistid sponges are globally distributed in temperate and sub-tropical areas, constituting an important component of deep-sea benthic communities where they form structurally complex and vulnerable marine ecosystems ...
    • The First Cut Is the Deepest: Trawl Effects on a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground Are Pronounced Four Years on 

      Morrison, Katelin M.; Meyer, Heidi Kristina; Roberts, Emyr Martyn; Rapp, Hans Tore; Colaço, Ana; Pham, Christopher K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Few studies have described the effects of physical disturbance and post-recovery of deep-sea benthic communities. Here, we explore the status of deep-sea sponge ground communities four years after being impacted by an ...
    • FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) 

      Campanyà-Llovet, Neus; Bates, Amanda E.; Cuvelier, Daphne; Giacomello, Eva; Catarino, Diana; Gooday, Andrew J.; Berning, Björn; Figuerola, Blanca; Malaquias, Manuel António E.; Moura, Carlos J.; Xavier, Joana R.; Sutton, Tracey T.; Fauconnet, Laurence; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Neves, Bárbara de Moura; Machado, Gui M.; Horton, Tammy; Gebruk, Andrey V.; Minin, Kirill; Bried, Joël; Molodtsova, Tina; Silva, Mónica A.; Dilman, Anna; Kremenetskaia, Antonina; Costa, Eudriano F. S.; Clarke, Jameson; Martins, Helen R.; Pham, Christopher K.; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Colaço, Ana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Trait-based approaches that complement taxonomy-based studies have increased in popularity among the scientific community over the last decades. The collection of biological and ecological characteristics of species (i.e., ...