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Overview

Jorge Assis is affiliated with the University of Algarve in Portugal. Their research focuses primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, and ecological modeling. Their work spans topics such as marine and coastal plant biology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and species distribution in relation to climate change.

The scientist has published extensively, with recent works including:

  • Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth System Models of climate change research, 2024, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Global seaweed productivity, 2022, Science Advances
  • Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Golden carbon of Sargassum forests revealed as an opportunity for climate change mitigation, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Jorge Assis frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Biogeography

The scientist often collaborates with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Ester Á. Serrão
  • Eliza Fragkopoulou
  • Lidiane Gouvêa
  • Paulo Antunes Horta
  • Carlos M. Duarte

Jorge Assis also has contributions in academic publishing beyond research articles, including a book published by Even3 Publicações eBooks titled TEIA DE CONHECIMENTO: COLETÂNEA DE EXPERIÊNCIAS DA EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA UAFM/CES/UFCG in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Bio-ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling

    Jorge Assis;Lennert Tyberghein;Samuel Bosch;Heroen Verbruggen

  • European seaweeds under pressure: Consequences for communities and ecosystem functioning

    Frédéric Mineur;Frédéric Mineur;Francisco Arenas;Jorge Assis;Andrew J. Davies

  • Global seaweed productivity

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  • Projected climate changes threaten ancient refugia of kelp forests in the North Atlantic

    Jorge Assis;Miguel B. Araújo;Ester A. Serrão

  • Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment

    R. M. Araujo;J. Assis;R. Aguillar;L. Airoldi

  • Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation

    Dorte Krause-Jensen;Philippe Archambault;Jorge Assis;Inka Bartsch

  • High and distinct range-edge genetic diversity despite local bottlenecks.

    Jorge Assis;Nelson Castilho Coelho;Filipe Alberto;Filipe Alberto;Myriam Valero

  • Deep reefs are climatic refugia for genetic diversity of marine forests

    Jorge Assis;Nelson Castilho Coelho;Thomas Lamy;Thomas Lamy;Myriam Valero

  • Seagrasses in Portugal: A most endangered marine habitat

    Alexandra H. Cunha;Jorge F. Assis;Ester A. Serrão

  • Climate-driven range shifts explain the distribution of extant gene pools and predict future loss of unique lineages in a marine brown alga.

    J Assis;E A Serrão;B Claro;Cecile Perrin;Cecile Perrin

  • Major shifts at the range edge of marine forests: the combined effects of climate changes and limited dispersal.

    J. Assis;E. Berecibar;B. Claro;F. Alberto

  • Golden carbon of Sargassum forests revealed as an opportunity for climate change mitigation.

    Lidiane P. Gouvêa;Jorge Assis;Carlos F.D. Gurgel;Ester A. Serrão

  • Tropicalization of fish assemblages in temperate biogeographic transition zones

    B Horta e Costa;J Assis;G Franco;Karim Erzini

  • Future climate change is predicted to shift long-term persistence zones in the cold-temperate kelp Laminaria hyperborea.

    Jorge Assis;Ana Vaz Lucas;Ignacio Bárbara;Ester Álvares Serrão

  • Species distribution models and mitochondrial DNA phylogeography suggest an extensive biogeographical shift in the high‐intertidal seaweed Pelvetia canaliculata

    João Neiva;Jorge Assis;Francisco Fernandes;Gareth A. Pearson

  • Habitat continuity and stepping-stone oceanographic distances explain population genetic connectivity of the brown alga Cystoseira amentacea.

    Roberto Buonomo;Roberto Buonomo;Jorge Assis;Francisco Fernandes;Aschwin H. Engelen

  • Major Expansion of Marine Forests in a Warmer Arctic

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  • A fine-tuned global distribution dataset of marine forests

    Jorge Assis;Eliza Fragkopoulou;Duarte Frade;João Neiva

  • Glacial vicariance drives phylogeographic diversification in the amphi-boreal kelp Saccharina latissima.

    João Neiva;Cristina Paulino;Mette M. Nielsen;Dorte Krause-Jensen

  • Large-Scale Prediction of Seagrass Distribution Integrating Landscape Metrics and Environmental Factors: The Case of Cymodocea nodosa (Mediterranean–Atlantic)

    Rosa M. Chefaoui;Jorge Assis;Carlos M. Duarte;Ester A. Serrão

  • Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African Shores.

    Jorge Assis;Mirta Zupan;Katy R. Nicastro;Gerardo I. Zardi

  • Seascape drivers of Macrocystis pyrifera population genetic structure in the northeast Pacific

    Mattias L. Johansson;Mattias L. Johansson;Filipe Alberto;Daniel C. Reed;Peter T. Raimondi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ester A. Serrão
Ester A. Serrão University of Algarve
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Paulo Antunes Horta
Paulo Antunes Horta Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Myriam Valero
Myriam Valero Sorbonne University
Gareth A. Pearson
Gareth A. Pearson University of Algarve
Kyle C. Cavanaugh
Kyle C. Cavanaugh University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel C. Reed
Daniel C. Reed University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter T. Raimondi
Peter T. Raimondi University of California, Santa Cruz
Gerardo I. Zardi
Gerardo I. Zardi Rhodes University
Graham J. Pierce
Graham J. Pierce Spanish National Research Council

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