Range expansion of tropical shallow-water marine molluscs in the NE Atlantic during the last interglacial (MIS 5e): Causes, consequences and utility of …

CS Melo, E Martín-González, CM da Silva… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Controlled by ecological and physical factors, marine species distribution may vary due to
global climatic changes that result from range expansion or contraction (the latter caused by …

Restructuring of the 'Macaronesia'biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach

R Freitas, M Romeiras, L Silva, R Cordeiro… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cabo Verde are commonly
united under the term “Macaronesia”. This study investigates the coherency and validity of …

A review of the MIS 5e highstand deposits from Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): palaeobiodiversity, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

SP Ávila, C Melo, L Silva, RS Ramalho… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The privileged location of Santa Maria Island (Azores archipelago) in the middle of the North
Atlantic makes the fossiliferous outcrops on this island of utmost importance to gain a better …

[HTML][HTML] MIS 5e sea surface temperature estimation; a multi-proxy approach using a marine macrofossil assemblage (Mar Piccolo, Gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy)

P Santagati, E Perri, MP Bernasconi, M Borrelli… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is reported a multi-proxy palaeoclimatic study conducted on a MIS 5e calcarenite from the
Mar Piccolo Basin (MP), Gulf of Taranto (GT)(Central Mediterranean). The calcarenite …

Uranium-series ages of fossil corals from Mallorca, Spain: The “Neotyrrhenian” high stand of the Mediterranean Sea revisited

DR Muhs, KR Simmons, J Meco, N Porat - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
The emergent marine deposits of the Mediterranean basin have been recognized as an
important record of Quaternary sea level history for more than a century. Previous workers …

The Canary record of the evolution of the North Atlantic Pliocene: New 40Ar/39Ar ages and some notable palaeontological evidence

J Meco, AAP Koppers, DP Miggins… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Two new 40 Ar/39 Ar ages (*) and previously published K/Ar ages of basaltic pillow
lava flows are coeval with closely-related fossiliferous marine layers, allowing us to establish …

Palaeobiogeography of NE Atlantic archipelagos during the last Interglacial (MIS 5e): A molluscan approach to the conundrum of Macaronesia as a marine …

CS Melo, CM da Silva, D Scarponi… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to understand the complex evolutionary processes and patterns that explain current
island biodiversity, large datasets and long-term analysis are required. The Last Interglacial …

Mid and Late Holocene sea level variations in the Canary Islands

J Meco, A Lomoschitz, Á Rodríguez, AJG Ramos… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
The eastern coast of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) hosts the most complete and
representative emergent Holocene marine deposits in the middle latitudes (27° N to 30° N) …

Coolia guanchica sp. nov. (Dinophyceae) a new epibenthic dinoflagellate from the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean)

H David, A Laza-Martínez, F Rodríguez… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new warm-water benthic dinoflagellate species, Coolia guanchica sp. nov., is
described from the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean), a subtropical archipelago with a rich …

Oceanic islands act as drivers for the genetic diversity of marine species: Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758) in the NE Atlantic as a case-study

L Sinigaglia, L Baptista, C Alves, F Feldmann… - BMC Ecology and …, 2024 - Springer
Geographic distribution, as well as evolutionary and biogeographic processes and patterns
of marine invertebrate benthic species are strongly shaped by dispersal ability during the life …