Helena Veríssimo
University of Coimbra
20 Papers
106 Citations
Helena Veríssimo is an academic researcher from University of Coimbra. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecological indicator & Water Framework Directive. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 20 publications.
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Papers
The use of multiple biological traits in marine community ecology and its potential in ecological indicator development
TL;DR: It is suggested that greater focus on life history ecology and on the links between marine species traits and ecosystem functioning are still needed to support trait-based indicator development.
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The Response of Estuarine Macrobenthic Communities to Natural- and Human-Induced Changes: Dynamics and Ecological Quality
João M. Neto,Heliana Teixeira,Joana Patrício,Alexandra Baeta,Helena Veríssimo,Rute Pinto,João Carlos Marques +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of natural events (e.g., floods and droughts) on macrobenthic communities were compared with the anthropogenic events, and the authors showed that natural events cannot be disregarded from management issues because of their significant influence on the communities living in these areas.
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The performance of trait-based indices in an estuarine environment
P. van der Linden,Agnese Marchini,Marina Dolbeth,Marina Dolbeth,Joana Patrício,Helena Veríssimo,João Carlos Marques +6 more
TL;DR: It is argued that the community-weighted mean trait values (CWM) in combination with the newly developed SR-FRED index provided the best overall picture of how the benthic communities might have been affected by hydromorphological disturbance.
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Dispersal similarly shapes both population genetics and community patterns in the marine realm
Guillem Chust,Ernesto Villarino,Anne Chenuil,Xabier Irigoien,Nihayet Bizsel,Antonio Bode,Cecilie Broms,Simon Claus,María Luz Fernández de Puelles,S. Fonda-Umani,Galice Hoarau,Maria Grazia Mazzocchi,Patricija Mozetič,Leen Vandepitte,Helena Veríssimo,Soultana Zervoudaki,Ángel Borja +16 more
TL;DR: It was showed that dispersal limitation similarly determines the connectivity degree of communities and populations, supporting the predictions of neutral theories in marine biodiversity patterns.
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Ecological indices tracking distinct impacts along disturbance-recovery gradients in a temperate NE Atlantic Estuary – Guidance on reference values
Heliana Teixeira,Fuensanta Salas,João M. Neto,Joana Patrício,Rute Pinto,Helena Veríssimo,José Antonio García-Charton,Concepción Marcos,Angel Pérez-Ruzafa,João Carlos Marques +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a set of reference values for the Margalef Index, Shannon-Wiener Index and AMBI to evaluate the ecological status of benthic communities in the scope of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD).
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