MONICEPH - Monitoring cephalopods during whale watching activity in the Azores

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Última versión publicado por Universidade dos Açores el mar 3, 2025 Universidade dos Açores
Fecha de publicación:
3 de marzo de 2025
Publicado por:
Universidade dos Açores
Licencia:
CC-BY 4.0

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Descripción

MONICEPH project stores and analyses samples of cephalopods collected at the sea surface of the Azores, mostly during touristic activities. Remains of cephalopods are believed to be brought to the surface by cetaceans. The data collected helps increase understanding of oceanic cephalopod ecology and cetacean diets. Started in 2019, the dataset was compiled in collaboration with whale-watching companies on the islands of São Miguel, Faial, Pico and Terceira, and received additional samples from other sources. Project coordination by Stéphanie R.A. Suciu and José M.N. Azevedo.

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Occurrence (core)
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dnaDerivedData 
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Suciu S, Azevedo J M (2025). MONICEPH - Monitoring cephalopods during whale watching activity in the Azores. Version 1.5. Universidade dos Açores. Occurrence dataset. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=moniceph&v=1.5

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Palabras clave

cephalopoda; deep-ocean; cetaceans; citizen science; azores

Contactos

Stephanie Suciu
  • Proveedor De Los Metadatos
  • Originador
  • Punto De Contacto
  • PhD candidate
University of the Azores; Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS
  • Campus Universitário de Ponta Delgada
9500-321 Ponta Delgada
Açores
PT
  • +351914892298
José M.N. Azevedo
  • Proveedor De Los Metadatos
  • Originador
  • Punto De Contacto
  • Professor
University of the Azores; Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS
  • Campus Universitário de Ponta Delgada
9500-321 Ponta Delgada
Açores
PT
  • +351 962 524 238
Gui Menezes
  • Director
Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS
  • Rua Prof. Doutor Frederico Machado, 4
9901-862 Horta
Açores
PT
  • +351 292 200 400

Cobertura geográfica

Archipelago of the Azores

Coordenadas límite Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [36,712, -31,575], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [39,91, -24,5]

Cobertura taxonómica

oceanic cephalopods

Class Cephalopoda (cephalopods)

Cobertura temporal

Fecha Inicial / Fecha Final 2019-06-09 / 2024-09-20

Datos del proyecto

MONICEPH project stores and analyses samples of cephalopods collected at the sea surface of the Azores, mostly during touristic activities. Remains of cephalopods are believed to be brought to the surface by cetaceans. The data collected helps increase understanding of oceanic cephalopod ecology and cetacean diets. Started in 2019, the dataset was compiled in collaboration with whale-watching companies on the islands of São Miguel, Faial, Pico and Terceira, and received additional samples from other sources. Project coordination by Stéphanie R.A. Suciu and José M.N. Azevedo.

Título MONICEPH - Monitoring cephalopods during whale watching activity in the Azores
Identificador MONICEPH
Fuentes de Financiación The cost for the project has been supported by: - Projects Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores (2022-2023) - PO Azores Project - M1.1.A/INFRAEST CIENT/001/2022; - FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024, DOI 10.54499/UIDB/00329/2020 (Thematic Line 1 – integrated ecological assessment of environmental change on biodiversity); - DRCT Pluriannual Funding (M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/010/2021-2024) to the Island Biodiversity, Biogeography & Conservation (IBBC) group within the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C); - M1.1.C/PROJ. EXPLORATÓRIOS/013/2022 grant from the Regional Direction for Science and Technology (DRCT) - Açores (Portugal) This work received national funds through the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the project UIDB/05634/2020 and UIDP/05634/2020 and through the Regional Government of the Azores through the project M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/003/2021-2024 The Boost 30+ grant, Mobility program from Actiris Brussels (Belgium) (2020) and M3.1.a/F/003/2021 grant from the Regional Science and Technology Fund (FRCT), Ponta Delgada – Açores (Portugal) (2021-2024) covered the human resource fees for Stéphanie R.A. Suciu
Descripción del área de estudio Maritime area surrounding the Azores archipelago.

Personas asociadas al proyecto:

José M.N. Azevedo
Azores Experiences
  • Proveedor De Contenido
CW Azores
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Delphis project
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Dive Azores
  • Proveedor De Contenido
ElasmoBase
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Espaço Talassa
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Futurismo
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Moby Dick
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Norberto Diver
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Nova Atlantis
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Picos de Aventura
  • Proveedor De Contenido
R/V Song of the Whale Marine Conservation Research International
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Sea Colors
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Terra Azul
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Terra do Pico
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Water4Fun
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Alabote Sportfishing Charter
  • Proveedor De Contenido
Aqua Açores
  • Proveedor De Contenido

Métodos de muestreo

A total of 14 whale watching companies participated. Each company received a boxed sampling kit, and the staff got trained in sampling and observations as described in Suciu et al, 2021. Every time cephalopod remains were observed, a sample was taken and preserved in 96% ethanol in supplied jars. Additionally, the collectors recorded, as a minimum, the time and geographic position, and information about the species of cetaceans in the area and their behavior. When possible, photographs of the remains were also taken. Upon return to the land base, the samples were stored at 4°C in the fridge. The samples were collected under the following permits: AMP/2020/014 from the Direção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar (DRAM) in in 2020-21; AMP/2022/007 from the DRAM and 20/2022/DRCTD from the Direção Regional da Ciência e Transição Digital (DRCT) in 2022; in LMAS-DRPM/2023/ 07 from the DIREÇÃO REGIONAL DE POLÍTICAS MARÍTIMAS (DRPM) and CCIR-RAA/2023/36 from the Direção Regional da Ciência, Inovação e Desenvolvimento (DRCT) in 2023; and LMAS-DRPM/2024/10 from the DRPM and CCIR-RAA/2024/45 from the DRCT in 2024.

Área de Estudio This study focused on the waters of the Azores, mostly the areas navigated by whale-watching boats around the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, Pico, and Faial. Data was collected over the period from 2019 to 2024, primarily during the summer months when sea conditions are optimal and tourism activity is at its peak.

Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:

  1. DNA extraction, PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing The DNA extraction was performed with the E.Z.N.A.® Mollusc DNA Kit (Omega Bio-tek, Georgia, USA) according to manufacturer’s protocol. The two primers HCO2198 and LCO1490 were used to PCR amplify a partial 710-bp fragment from the mitochondrial COI gene using the conditions in Folmer et al, 1994. The amplicons generated were individually Sanger sequenced with BigdyeTerminator 3.1, then run on ABI 3730XL (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA), using the forward PCR primer. Forward sequences were cleaned using Geneious (v. 2024.0.7, Biomatters, Auckland, NZ), then were compared to the NCBI nucleotide database using the BLAST algorithm for taxonomic assignment. Morphological Determination When possible, on-site observations or collected images were analysed to determine species based on morphological characteristics using the Cephalopod identification keys from Gomes-Pereira et al., 2016.

Datos de la colección

Nombre de la Colección MONICEPH
Métodos de preservación de los ejemplares Alcohol
Unidades curatoriales Entre 1 y 1 unit

Referencias bibliográficas

  1. Gomes-Pereira, J & Gonçalves, João & Clarke, M & Gomes-Pereira, Jose. (2016). Cephalopod identification keys to Histioteuthidae, Cranchiidae and Octopodiformes of the Azores, with an updated check-list.
  2. Suciu, S.R.A., J. Zereba, L. Fiori and J.M.N. Azevedo 2021. Whale-watching contributions for the study of cetacean-cephalopod interactions. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 38: 1 – 6. https://doi.org/10.25752/arq.26535
  3. Folmer O, Black M, Hoeh W, et al. 1994. DNA primers for amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I from diverse metazoan invertebrates. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 3: 294–370 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013102

Metadatos adicionales

Identificadores alternativos c268bcb5-2d16-4796-b47b-7ea01a7a06b7
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=moniceph