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Maria Teresa Moita
Researcher at University of the Algarve
Publications - 23
Citations - 1019
Maria Teresa Moita is an academic researcher from University of the Algarve. The author has contributed to research in topics: Upwelling & Phytoplankton. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 23 publications receiving 888 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Teresa Moita include Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera & Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos.
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The physical oceanography of upwelling systems and the development of harmful algal blooms
TL;DR: A spectrum of coastline configurations, including headlands, capes, peninsulas, Rías, bays and estuaries, representing systems of increasing isolation from the open coast and consequent increasing retention times, are assessed in terms of their vulnerability to HABs.
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Coccolithus pelagicus, a productivity proxy related to moderate fronts off Western Iberia
Mário Cachão,Maria Teresa Moita +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the traditional interpretation of Coccolithus pelagicus as a cold water proxy based on its distribution patterns in the water column off the Portuguese coast (using data from eleven cruises) and in Holocene surface sediment samples and Quaternary cores from the same region.
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Distribution of chlorophyll a and Gymnodinium catenatum associated with coastal upwelling plumes off central Portugal
TL;DR: Different hydrodynamic conditions at each side of upwelling plumes associated with pronounced Capes are evoked to explain the asymmetry on the phytoplankton patterns.
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Water column and recent sediment data on diatoms and coccolithophorids, off Portugal, confirm sediment record of upwelling events
TL;DR: In this article, the upwelling and non-upwelling spatial distribution of these phytoplankton groups to their sedimentary record is compared to the distribution patterns observed in the recent sediments from the same area.
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Composition and interannual variability of phytoplankton in a coastal upwelling region (Lisbon Bay, Portugal)
TL;DR: The interannual differences observed in the phytoplankton community, in Lisbon Bay, varied according to both the duration and strength of the upwelling events and to precipitation and Tagus river flow regimes.