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2026

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Citations
7358
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Fatima F Abrantes is affiliated with the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

They have contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Fatima F Abrantes has published research in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Coccolithophore biodiversity controls carbonate export in the Southern Ocean" (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • "Full annual monitoring of Subantarctic Emiliania huxleyi populations reveals highly calcified morphotypes in high-CO2 winter conditions" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Time-transgressive Holocene maximum of temperate and Mediterranean forest development across the Iberian Peninsula reflects orbital forcing" (2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology)
  • "Limited variability in the phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi since the pre-industrial era in the Subantarctic Southern Ocean" (2020, Anthropocene)
  • "Combination of insolation and ice-sheet forcing drive enhanced humidity in northern subtropical regions during MIS 13" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Coauthorship collaborations have been frequent with:

  • José-Abel Flores
  • Emília Salgueiro
  • David A Hodell
  • Jerry F McManus
  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian

They have also contributed to book publications including:

  • "Expedition 397 Scientific Prospectus: Iberian Margin Paleoclimate" (2022, Scientific prospectus)
  • "Expedition 397 Preliminary Report: Iberian Margin Paleoclimate" (2023, Preliminary report)
  • "Iberian Margin Paleoclimate" (2024, Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports)

Best Publications

  • Mediterranean outflow strengthening during northern hemisphere coolings: A salt source for the glacial Atlantic?

    Antje H.L. Voelker;S.M. Lebreiro;J. Schönfeld;I. Cacho

  • Diatom assemblages as upwelling indicators in surface sediments off Portugal

    Fatima Abrantes

  • Shallow-marine sediment cores record climate variability and earthquake activity off Lisbon (Portugal) for the last 2000 years

    Fátima Abrantes;S. M. Lebreiro;T. Rodrigues;I. M. Gil

  • The climate of the Mediterranean region: research progress and climate change impacts

    Piero Lionello;Fatima Abrantes;Miroslav Gacic;Serge Planton

  • Environmental and biological controls on elemental (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca) ratios in shells of the king scallop Pecten maximus

    Pedro S. Freitas;Leon J. Clarke;Hilary Kennedy;Christopher A. Richardson

  • Phytoplankton growth after a century of dormancy illuminates past resilience to catastrophic darkness

    Sofia Ribeiro;Terje Berge;Nina Lundholm;Thorbjørn J. Andersen

  • A reference time scale for Site U1385 (Shackleton Site) on the SW Iberian Margin

    D. Hodell;L. Lourens;S. Crowhurst;T. Konijnendijk

  • Temperature and productivity changes off the western Iberian margin during the last 150 ky

    E. Salgueiro;Antje H. L. Voelker;L. de Abreu;Fatima Abrantes

  • Physical, chemical and sedimentological aspects of the Mediterranean outflow off Iberia

    I Ambar;N Serra;M.J Brogueira;G Cabeçadas

  • Introduction: Mediterranean climate-background information

    Piero Lionello;Fatima Abrantes;Letizia Congedi;Francois Dulac

  • Reconstructing ocean history ; a window into the future

    Fatima Abrantes;Alan C. Mix

  • 200 000 yr diatom records from Atlantic upwelling sites reveal maximum productivity during LGM and a shift in phytoplankton community structure at 185 000 yr

    Fatima Abrantes

  • Iberian Margin sea surface temperature during MIS 15 to 9 (580-300 ka): Glacial suborbital variability versus interglacial stability

    Teresa Rodrigues;Antje H. L. Voelker;J. O. Grimalt;Fatima Abrantes

  • Heavy metal assessment for surface sediments from three areas of the Portuguese continental shelf

    Mario Mil-homens;Mario Mil-homens;Rodney Stevens;F. Abrantes;Ingemar Cato

  • Water column and recent sediment data on diatoms and coccolithophorids, off Portugal, confirm sediment record of upwelling events

    Fatima Abrantes;Maria Teresa Moita

  • Increased upwelling off Portugal during the last glaciation: Diatom evidence

    Fatima Abrantes

  • Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and stable-isotope (δ18O and δ13C) ratio profiles from the fan mussel Pinna nobilis: Seasonal records and temperature relationships

    Pedro Freitas;Leon J. Clarke;Hilary Kennedy;Christopher Richardson

  • Climate variability across the last deglaciation in NW Iberia and its margin

    F. Naughton;M.F. Sanchez Goñi;T. Rodrigues;E. Salgueiro

  • Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Portuguese continental margin: climate-related processes and products

    J. H. Baas;Jürgen Mienert;F. Abrantes;M. A. Prins

  • Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe

    Jón Eiríksson;Helga Bára Bartels-Jónsdóttir;Alix G. Cage;Esther Ruth Gudmundsdóttir

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Filipa Naughton
Filipa Naughton Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Helge Meggers
Helge Meggers University of Bremen
Dierk Hebbeln
Dierk Hebbeln University of Bremen
Marina R. Cunha
Marina R. Cunha University of Aveiro
Joachim Schönfeld
Joachim Schönfeld GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Norbert Frank
Norbert Frank Heidelberg University
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux

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