Marine Benthic Ecology

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PROJECTS PERIOD SUPPORT

Polychaetes of the eastern and southern coasts of Brazil, mainly from Rio de Janeiro State: distributional patterns of the taxocoenosis.

01/1997 until now.
Implementation of an environmental impact assessment strategy for the near-shore benthos  of Admiralty Bay, Antactica.  10/2002 to 12/2006
Program REVIZEE - Survey of the living resources  of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Brazil - Benthic biodiversity of central coast.  01/1997 to 12/2006
The role of wave generated hydrodinamics in the spatial and temporal variation of near-shore benthic macrofauna of Urca beach, Rio de Janeiro. 03/2001 to 08/2003

Recruitment, growth and spatial distribution of  Schizoporella errata(Waters, 1878) (Ectoprocta, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata) and its role in the rocky shores communities of  Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro. 

01/2003 until now

Macrofauna structure and population dynamics of Laeonereis acuta (Treadwell, 1923 (Polychaeta: Nereididae) in  Coroa Grande tidal flats (Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro). 

08/1997 to  02/2002

Polychaetes as indicators of environmental degradation of Abrolhos Bank, Bahia. 

03/2000 to  02/2001
The role of sedimentary dynamics in polychaetes community structure and dynamics of  Dois Rios beach, Ilha Grande, RJ. 08/2001 to  08/2003
Caracterization and monitoring of the benthci system of  Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. 04/2005 until now
Microbial loop as a tool in the assessment of water quality in an estuarine environment,  Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.  08/2006 until now