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Vanda Brotas is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research spans several fields, primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broad disciplines, their work extensively covers subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The research topics addressed by Vanda Brotas include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Vanda Brotas has published multiple studies in a number of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Vanda Brotas include:

  • Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: Causes, Impacts and Research Priorities, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Deriving Water Quality Parameters Using Sentinel-2 Imagery: A Case Study in the Sado Estuary, Portugal, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Quality-control tests for OC4, OC5 and NIR-red satellite chlorophyll-a algorithms applied to coastal waters, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications - version three, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Tidal variability of water quality parameters in a mesotidal estuary (Sado Estuary, Portugal), 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators include Ana C. Brito, Afonso Ferreira, Carolina Sá, Carla Palma, and Steve Groom.

In addition to journal articles, Vanda Brotas has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: Marine Aquaculture Impacts on Marine Biota (2021).

Best Publications

  • An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: The experience of the ocean-colour climate change initiative (OC-CCI)

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Carsten Brockmann;Vanda Brotas

  • Are phytoplankton blooms occurring earlier in the Arctic

    M. Kahru;V. Brotas;M. Manzano‐Sarabia;B. G. Mitchell

  • Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Steve Groom;Shubha Sathyendranath;Yai Ban;Stewart Bernard

  • Responses of microphytobenthos to light: primary production and carbohydrate allocation over an emersion period

    R. G. Perkins;G. J. C. Underwood;V. Brotas;G. C. Snow

  • Obtaining Phytoplankton Diversity from Ocean Color: A Scientific Roadmap for Future Development.

    Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher;Heather A. Bouman;Robert J. W. Brewin;Annick Bricaud;Annick Bricaud

  • Adaptations of microphytobenthos assemblages to sediment type and tidal position.

    B. Jesus;V. Brotas;L. Ribeiro;C.R. Mendes

  • Environmental drivers of phytoplankton distribution and composition in Tagus Estuary, Portugal

    C. Gameiro;P. Cartaxana;V. Brotas

  • Protocol handbook for NICE - Nitrogen Cycling in Estuaries: a project under the EU research programme: Marine Science and Technology (MAST III)

    T. Dalsgaard;L. P. Nielsen;V. Brotas;P. Viaroli

  • Seasonal variation in denitrification and dissolved nitrogen fluxes in intertidal sediments of the Tagus estuary, Portugal

    Maria Teresa Cabrita;Vanda Brotas

  • Shifts in the dominance between diatoms and cryptophytes during three late summers in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)

    Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes;Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes;Virginia Maria Tavano;Miguel Costa Leal;Miguel Costa Leal;Márcio Silva de Souza

  • Spatio-temporal distribution of the microphytobenthic biomass in intertidal flats of Tagus Estuary (Portugal)

    Vanda Brotas;Teresa Cabrita;Ana Portugal;João Serôdio

  • Influence of light in the mixed-layer on the parameters of a three-component model of phytoplankton size class

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Thomas Jackson;Ray Barlow

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of microphytobenthic taxa of estuarine tidal flats in the Tagus Estuary (Portugal) using pigment analysis by HPLC

    V. Brotas;Plante-Cuny

  • The use of HPLC pigment analysis to study microphytobenthos communities

    Vanda Brotas;Marie-Reine Plante-Cuny

  • HPLC determination of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos pigments: comparing resolution and sensitivity of a C18 and a C8 method

    Carlos R. Mendes;Paulo Cartaxana;Vanda Brotas

  • Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and operation of the xanthophyll cycle in estuarine microphytobenthos

    J. Serôdio;S. Cruz;S. Cruz;S. Vieira;V. Brotas

  • Spatial dynamics of microphytobenthos determined by PAM fluorescence

    B. Jesus;B. Jesus;V. Brotas;M. Marani;D.M. Paterson

  • Vertical cell movement is a primary response of intertidal benthic biofilms to increasing light dose

    Rupert G. Perkins;Johann Lavaud;Joao Serôdio;Jean-Luc Mouget

  • Diatom migration and sediment armouring — an example from the Tagus Estuary, Portugal

    T. J. Tolhurst;B. Jesus;B. Jesus;V. Brotas;D. M. Paterson

  • Light control on phytoplankton production in a shallow and turbid estuarine system

    Carla Gameiro;Juan Zwolinski;Vanda Brotas

  • Comparative study on microphytobenthic pigments of muddy and sandy intertidal sediments of the Tagus estuary

    P. Cartaxana;C.R. Mendes;M.A. van Leeuwe;V. Brotas

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Groom
Steve Groom Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Shubha Sathyendranath
Shubha Sathyendranath Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Vittorio E. Brando
Vittorio E. Brando National Research Council (CNR)
Heidi M. Sosik
Heidi M. Sosik Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
P. Jeremy Werdell
P. Jeremy Werdell Goddard Space Flight Center
Mati Kahru
Mati Kahru University of California, San Diego
Susanne Kratzer
Susanne Kratzer Stockholm University
Kenneth J. Voss
Kenneth J. Voss University of Miami
David Antoine
David Antoine Curtin University
Stanford B. Hooker
Stanford B. Hooker Goddard Space Flight Center

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