António Emilio Ferrand de Almeida Múrias dos Santos

Area of scientific activity: Marine biology and ecology.

Main research interests: biodiversity of marine organisms with special emphasis on intertidal rocky shore species.

Specific research topics:

a) taxonomy of marine invertebrates

b) cryptic species 

c) biogeographic patterns and processes in the Mediterranean/Atlantic transition zone: colonisation, extinction, dispersal and spatial analysis

d) changes in species distribution and their relation with human activity and climate change