Two projects coordinated by the University of Évora have been developed to study the biology, fishery and conservation of the new species of stalked barnacle Pollicipes caboverdensis from Cape Verde Islands that was described in 2010 by a team of researchers of the University of Évora (Fernandes et al., 2010). Both projects had the participation of the University of Cape Verde.

Project:

Initiative CV + Going further on the scientific work carried out in ecology and conservation of the stalked barnacles of the genus Pollicipes in the Atlantic Ocean.

Funding: Mini Grants MARE (2016)

Project:

Study about the stalked barnacle Pollicipes caboverdensis in Cape Verde  Islands and of Pollicipes pollicipes in Galicia.

Funding: ADL-Associação de Desenvolvimento do Litoral Alentejano (2014-2015)