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Refereed journals

Nobre A. M., 2011. Scientific approaches to address challenges in coastal management. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 434:279-289.

Nobre, A.M., Bricker, S.B., Ferreira, J.G., Yan, X., de Wit, M., Nunes, J.P., 2011. Integrated Environmental Modeling and Assessment of Coastal Ecosystems: Application for Aquaculture Management. Coastal Management, 39:536-555.

Nobre, A.M., Robertson-Andersson, D., Neori, A., Sankar, K., 2010. Ecological–economic assessment of aquaculture options: Comparison between abalone monoculture and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture of abalone and seaweeds. Aquaculture, 306(1), 116-126.

Nobre, A.M., Ferreira, J.G., Nunes, J.P., Yan, X., Bricker, S., Corner, R., Groom, S., Gu, H., Hawkins, A.J.S., Hutson, R., Lan, D., Lencart e Silva, J.D., Pascoe, P., Telfer, T., Zhang, X., Zhu, M., 2010. Assessment of coastal management options by means of multilayered ecosystem models. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 87(1): 43-62.

Nobre, A.M., Musango, J.K., de Wit M.P. and Ferreira, J.G., 2009. A dynamic ecological-economic modeling approach for aquaculture management. Ecological Economics, 68(12): 3007-3017.

Nobre, A.M. and Ferreira, J.G. 2009. Integration of ecosystem-based tools to support coastal zone management. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56: 1676-1680.

Nobre, A.M. 2009. An ecological and economic assessment methodology for coastal ecosystem management. Environmental management, 44(1): 185-204.

Sequeira,A., Ferreira,J.G., Hawkins,A.J., Nobre,A., Lourenço,P., Zhang,X.L., Yan,X., 2008. Trade-offs between shellfish aquaculture and benthic biodiversity: a modelling approach for sustainable management. Aquaculture, 274(2), 313-328.

Whitall,D., Bricker,S., Ferreira,J.G., Nobre,A.M., Simas,T. Silva,M., 2007. Assessment of Eutrophication in Estuaries: Pressure–State–Response and Nitrogen Source Apportionment. Environmental Assessment, 40, 678-690.

Franco, A.R., Ferreira, J.G., Nobre, A.M., 2006. Development of a growth model for penaeid shrimp. Aquaculture, 259, 268-277.

Ferreira, J.G., Nobre, A.M., Simas, T.C., Silva, M.C., Newton, A., Bricker, S.B., Wolff, W.J., Stacey, P.E. and Sequeira, A., 2006. A methodology for defining homogeneous water bodies in estuaries - Application to the transitional systems of the EU Water Framework Directive. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 66(3-4), 468-482.

Nobre, A.M., Ferreira, J.G., Newton, A., Simas, T., Icely, J.D., Neves, R. 2005. Management of coastal eutrophication: Integration of field data, ecosystem-scale simulations and screening models. Journal of Marine Systems, 56(3-4), 375-390.

Newton, A., Icely, J.D., Falcão, M., Nobre, A., Nunes, J.P., Ferreira, J.G., Vale, C., 2003. Evaluation of eutrophication in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon, Portugal. Continental Shelf Research, 23, 1945-1961.

Published reports

Ferreira, J.G., Andersson, H.C., Corner, R.A., Desmit, X., Fang, Q., de Goede, E.D., Groom, S.B, Gu, H., Gustafsson, B.G., Hawkins, A.J.S., Hutson, R., Jiao, H., Lan, D., Lencart-Silva, J., Li, R., Liu, X., Luo, Q., Musango, J.K., Nobre, A.M., Nunes, J.P., Pascoe, P.L., Smits, J.G.C., Stigebrandt, A., Telfer, T.C., de Wit, M.P., Yan, X., Zhang, X.L., Zhang, Z., Zhu, M.Y., Zhu, C.B., Bricker, S.B., Xiao, Y., Xu, S., Nauen, C. and Scalet, M., 2008. SPEAR. Sustainable Options for People, Catchment and Aquatic Resources. IMAR-Institute of Marine Research. ISBN 978-972-99923-2-2. 184 pp.

J.G. Ferreira, H.C. Andersson, R. Corner, S. Groom, A.J.S. Hawkins, R. Hutson, D. Lan, C. Nauen, A.M. Nobre, J. Smits, A. Stigebrandt, T. Telfer, M. de Wit, X. Yan, X.L. Zhang, M.Y. Zhu, 2005. SPEAR, sustainable options for people, catchment and aquatic resources. IMAR-Institute of Marine Research. ISBN 972-99923-0-4.

J.G. Ferreira, P.F. Abreu, A.M. Bettencourt, S.B. Bricker, J.C. Marques, J.J. Melo, A.Newton, A. Nobre, J. Patricio, F. Rocha, R. Rodrigues, F. Salas, M.C. Silva, T. Simas, C.V. Soares, P.E. Stacey, C. Vale, M. De Wit, W.J. Wolff, 2005. Monitoring plan for water quality and ecology of Portuguese Transitional and Coastal waters – Development of guidelines for the application of the European Union Water Framework Directive. INAG/IMAR. ISBN 972-9412-73-1.

J.G.Ferreira, T.Simas, A. Nobre, M.C. Silva, K. Schifferegger, J. Lencart-Silva, 2003. Identification of Sensitive Areas and Vulnerable Zones In Transitional and Coastal Portuguese Systems. Application of the United States National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment to the Minho, Lima, Douro, Ria de Aveiro, Mondego, Tagus, Sado, Mira, Ria Formosa and Guadiana systems. INAG/IMAR, 2003.

A. Bettencourt, S.B. Bricker, J.G. Ferreira, A. Franco, J.C. Marques, J.J. Melo, A. Nobre, L. Ramos, C.S. Reis, F.Salas, M.C. Silva, T.Simas, W. Wolff, 2003. Typology and Reference Conditions for Portuguese Transitional and Coastal Waters. Development of guidelines for the application of the European Union Water Framework Directive. INAG/IMAR, 2003.