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List of works by Sérgio P. Ávila

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

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Coastal evolution on volcanic oceanic islands: A complex interplay between volcanism, erosion, sedimentation, sea-level change and biogenic production

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Comment on ‘Island biogeography: patterns of marine shallow-water organisms’ by Hachich et al ., Journal of Biogeography (2015)

scholarly article by Sérgio P. Ávila et al published 7 July 2016 in Journal of Biogeography

Comparing Methods of Evaluation of Geosites: The Fossiliferous Outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic) as a Case Study for Sustainable Island Tourism

scholarly article by Vera Raposo et al published 9 October 2018 in Sustainability

Comparison of Modern and Pleistocene (MIS 5e) Coastal Boulder Deposits from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, NE Atlantic Ocean)

Comparison of the community structure of the marine molluscs of the “Banco D. João de Castro” seamount (Azores, Portugal) with that of typical inshore habitats on the Azores archipelago

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Depositional processes on oceanic island shelves - Evidence from storm-generated Neogene deposits from the mid-North Atlantic

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Diagenetic history of lower Pliocene rhodoliths of the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic): Application of cathodoluminescence techniques.

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Dinámica de bloques mediante sensores RFID en la Fajã da Caldeira de Santo Cristo (Ilha de São Jorge, Archipiélago de las Azores)

scientific article published on 25 September 2024

Diverse bioerosion structures in lower Pliocene deposits from a volcanic oceanic island: Baía de Nossa Senhora section, Santa Maria Island, Azores (central North Atlantic)

scientific article published on 21 February 2021

Emergence and evolution of Santa Maria Island (Azores)—The conundrum of uplifted islands revisited

scholarly article

Genesis and morphological evolution of coastal talus-platforms (fajãs) with lagoons: The case study of the newly-formed Fajã dos Milagres (Corvo Island, Azores)

scholarly article

Global biodiversity and biogeography of rhodolith-forming species

scientific article published in 2021

Global change impacts on large-scale biogeographic patterns of marine organisms on Atlantic oceanic islands

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Intense hurricane transports sand onshore: Example from the Pliocene Malbusca section on Santa Maria Island (Azores, Portugal)

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Late Miocene marine ostracods from Santa Maria island, Azores (NE Atlantic): Systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Late Pleistocene Boulder Slumps Eroded from a Basalt Shoreline at El Confital Beach on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

scientific article published on 29 January 2021

Local disappearance of bivalves in the Azores during the last glaciation

article published in 2008

Mega-tsunami conglomerates and flank collapses of ocean island volcanoes

scientific article published in January 2018

Modern rhodoliths from the insular shelf of Pico in the Azores (Northeast Atlantic Ocean)

scholarly article by Ana C. Rebelo published in October 2018

Neogene marine sediments and biota encapsulated between lava flows on Santa Maria Island (Azores, north‐east Atlantic): An interplay between sedimentary, erosional and volcanic processes

New records for the opisthobranch fauna of the Archipelago of the Azores (north-east Atlantic Ocean)

New records for the shallow-water chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of the Azores (NE Atlantic)

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New species of Rissoidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Archipelago of the Azores (northeast Atlantic) with an updated regional checklist for the family

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Non-indigenous species in Portuguese coastal areas, coastal lagoons, estuaries and islands

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Mass extinctions in the Azores during the last glaciation: fact or myth?

Os Fósseis de Santa Maria (Açores). 2. Pedra-que-pica: uma história com 5 milhões de anos

scientific article in Portuguese

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

scientific article published in November 2023

Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5.5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting

scientific article published in 2009

Palaeoecology, taphonomy, and preservation of a lower Pliocene shell bed (coquina) from a volcanic oceanic island (Santa Maria Island, Azores)

scholarly article by Sérgio P. Ávila published in July 2015

Patterns of diversity of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean region

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Persististrombus coronatus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in the lower Pliocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): Paleoecology, paleoclimatology and paleobiogeographic implications

scholarly article by Sérgio P. Ávila published in January 2016

Phorcus sauciatus(Koch, 1845) (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in Santa Maria, Azores archipelago: the onset of a biological invasion

article by Sérgio P. Ávila et al published 5 April 2015 in Journal of Molluscan Studies

Pleistocene coralline algal buildups on a mid-ocean rocky shore – Insights into the MIS 5e record of the Azores

scientific article published in 2021

Pliocene and late Pleistocene (MIS 5e) decapod crustaceans from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago: Central Atlantic): systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Quantifying surface-area changes of volcanic islands driven by Pleistocene sea-level cycles: biogeographical implications for the Macaronesian archipelagos

scholarly article by Kenneth F. Rijsdijk et al published 22 May 2014 in Journal of Biogeography

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

scientific article published on 21 January 2022

Recent geospatial dynamics of Terceira (Azores, Portugal) and the theoretical implications for the biogeography of active volcanic islands

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Reply to the comment by Meco et al. on “Range expansion of tropical shallow-water marine molluscs in the NE Atlantic during the last interglacial (MIS 5e): Causes, consequences and utility of ecostratigraphic indicators for the Macaronesian archipel

scientific article published on 29 June 2022

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

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Rhodolith forming coralline algae in the Upper Miocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): a critical evaluation

scientific article (publication date: 24 December 2014)

Rocking around a volcanic island shelf: Pliocene Rhodolith beds from Malbusca, Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic)

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the Neogene fossil sharks from the Azores (Northeast Atlantic)

The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

The Holocene to Recent ostracods of the Azores archipelago (NE Atlantic): Systematics and biogeography

scientific article published in October 2014

The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications

scientific article published in 2023

The Marine Fossil Record at Santa Maria Island (Azores)

scientific article published in 2018

The trace fossil Diopatrichnus santamariensis nov. isp. – a shell armored tube from Pliocene sediments of Santa Maria Island, Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)

scientific article published in December 2017

Towards a ‘Sea-Level Sensitive’ dynamic model: impact of island ontogeny and glacio-eustasy on global patterns of marine island biogeography

scientific article published on 4 January 2019

Untangling the origin of the newcomer Phorcus sauciatus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a remote Atlantic archipelago

scientific article published in 2021

Vertically-oriented trace fossil Macaronichnus segregatis from Neogene of Santa Maria Island (Azores; NE Atlantic) records vertical fluctuations of the coastal groundwater mixing zone on a small oceanic island

scientific article published in May 2016