Humberto Lopes
University of the Azores
7 Papers
21 Citations
Humberto Lopes is an academic researcher from University of the Azores. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hydrothermal vent & Mussel. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications. Previous affiliations of Humberto Lopes include Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas.
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Papers
Mercury content of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in relation to length, weight, age, and sex
Luís R. Monteiro,Humberto Lopes +1 more
TL;DR: Levels of total mercury determined on the white muscle tissue of swordfish, Xiphias gladius L., caught in the Azores, ranged from 0.06 to 4.91 μg · g −1 and for medium-large sized fish mean mercury levels were higher in males.
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Annual spawning of the hydrothermal vent mussel, Bathymodiolus azoricus, under controlled aquarium, conditions at atmospheric pressure
Ana Colaço,Inês Martins,Mario Laranjo,Luis Pires,C. Leal,Catarina Prieto,Valentina Costa,Humberto Lopes,Domitília Rosa,Paul R. Dando,Ricardo Serrão-Santos +10 more
TL;DR: The data support a main single period of spawning and of juvenile recruitment for B. azoricus, which dominates hydrothermal vent communities near the Azores Triple Junction and can be maintained in aquaria at atmospheric pressure.
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Out of the deep sea into a land-based aquarium environment: investigating physiological adaptations in the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus
Raul Bettencourt,Valentina Costa,Mario Laranjo,Domitília Rosa,Luis Pires,Ana Colaço,Humberto Lopes,Ricardo S. Santos +7 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that even after prolonged aquarium maintenance at atmospheric pressure, mussels were still able to induce the metal-binding protein metallothionein gene, whether or not they had been subjected to repressurization in the IPOCAMP chamber.
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Out of the deep-sea into a land-based aquarium environment: Investigating innate immunity in the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus
Raul Bettencourt,Valentina Costa,Mario Laranjo,Domitília Rosa,Luis Pires,Ana Colaço,Pierre Marie Sarradin,Humberto Lopes,Marie Josée Sarrazin,Ricardo S. Santos +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated molecular indicators of acclimation processes during which the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus was maintained over long periods of time under laboratory conditions.
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Behavioural response to the bioavailability of inorganic mercury in the hydrothermal mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus.
TL;DR: This potential for bioaccumulation of inorganic Hg (concentration factors reached the order of magnitude of 104) by the vent mussel, which does not seem to prevent uptake by shell closure, suggests that the main Hg-handling strategy is elimination via mucus.