Quantification of contaminant metals including mercury, lead and cadmium in bivalve harvested semiannually in bivalve mollusc coastal and transition production areas in mainland Portugal since the year 2014. These analyzes are part of the National monitoring system of bivalve mollusc production areas and are considered in the classification of these areas and in the decision-making relative to their status. The data is collected according to the Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004.

Marine biotoxins monitoring of bivalve molluscs in classified production areas in mainland Portugal, since 2014, at intervals defined in the respective sampling plan, through the detection and quantification of the various groups of marine biotoxins laid down in Regulation (EC) 853 / 2004 in live bivalve tissues. These analyzes are part of the national monitoring of bivalve molluscs production areas and are considered in the official control system for decision-making concerning health rules applicable to bivalve in the various production areas. The data is collected according to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 and the rules set out in Decree No. 1421/2006 of the Ministries of Economy and Innovation and Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of 21 December 2006.

Identification and enumeration of harmful and potentially toxic phytoplankton species from water samples collected weekly in shellfish production areas, coastal and transition in mainland Portugal since the year 2014. These analyzes are part of the national system of monitoring bivalve mollusc production areas of IPMA and are considered in the zoning and in making decisions regarding their status. The data is collected for the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004.

Within Portugal's National Biological Sampling Project (PNAB) a set of activities are conducted in the collection, management and use of biological data, collected from the registered commercial fleet in mainland Portugal (fisheries-dependent data) and several research surveys (independent fisheries data). These activities allow the assessment of the state of fishery resources, population structure, distribution and abundance of resources, diversity and dynamics of biological communities associated with the fishery resources and biological studies (growth, reproduction).Demersal autumn campaigns are usually held in September/October with the ship “Noruega” and cover the full extent of the Portuguese coast (between Caminha and Vila Real Sto António).

Within Portugal's National Biological Sampling Project (PNAB) a set of activities are conducted in the collection, management and use of biological data, collected from the registered commercial fleet in mainland Portugal (fisheries-dependent data) and several research surveys (independent fisheries data). These activities allow the assessment of the state of fishery resources, population structure, distribution and abundance of resources, diversity and dynamics of biological communities associated with the fishery resources and biological studies (growth, reproduction).The spring acoustic surveys are usually held in April/May with the ship "Noruega" and cover the Portuguese continental waters and the Spanish waters of the Gulf of Cadiz, between 20 and 200m deep.

Microbiological monitoring of bivalve mollusc production areas in mainland Portugal, since the year 2014, performed by quantification of Escherichia coli in meat and liquid intravalvular live bivalve, according to the sample planning. These analyzes are part of the National monitoring system of bivalve mollusc production areas and are considered in the classification of these areas and in the decision-making relative to their status. The data is collected according to the Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 and the rules set out in Decree No. 1421/2006 of the Ministries of Economy and Innovation and Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of 21 December 2006.

Ocean thermal fronts are produced daily "detected" with the SIED algorithm - Single Image Edge Detection (Cayula and Cornillon, 1992) applied to satellite images of the sea surface temperature (SST), made available by the CMEMS (Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service) and DEIMOS, is run by Meteo France CMS over EUROPE.

The FREEZE 2010 geophysical cruise was planned to acquire a detailed bathymetry just off Olhos d'Agua, high resolution seismic and Side Scan Sonar data in order to investigate and define the geological and the tectonic settings off Olhos d'Agua (Algarve coast, South Portugal) and to find any possible evidence of supposed existing submarine groundwater discharges (SGDs) in this area.

The TOPOMED-FREEZE campaign was organized as a joint campaign of the TOPOMED and FREEZE projects sponsored by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (Plate reorganization in the western Mediterranean: lithospheric causes and topographic consequences, TOPOEUROPE/0001/2007; Submarine FREshwater dischargEs: characteriZation and Evaluation study on their impact on the Algarve coastal ecosystems, PTDC/MAR/102030/2008). These two projects share complementary study areas and objectives. The first concentrates on the effects of neotectonics on the evolution of landscape and environments and the second on the investigation of Submarine Fresh-Water Discharges.

Ocean thermal fronts are produced daily "detected" with the SIED algorithm - Single Image Edge Detection (Cayula and Cornillon, 1992) applied of the sea surface temperature in the HYCOM model (HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model) available at DEIMOS and provided / supplies by IH.