The Azores Islands

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

From the archive & journal

The Formigas Bank became a nature reserve in 1988 by Law Decree (see DLR no. 11/88/A of 4 April with DLR no. 8/90/A of 17 May), comprising a...

From the archive & journal

Due to the extraordinary clarity of the mid-ocean waters which enhance the exuberance of these communities and the beauty of the seabed even...

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The shallowest areas of the reefs are believed to be unique in the Azores, due to their dense and all cover of Cystoseira spp., as well as ...

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The reefs forming the Formigas Bank are located in an area subject to strong currents and frequent large swells. The Formigas Islets break t...

From the archive & journal

Although the Formigas Bank has the status of a Nature Reserve since 1988 and a small part of it is a European Site of Community Importance (...

From the archive & journal

The Formigas Islets and Dollabarat Reef (known collectively as the Formigas Bank) are a remote group of shallow reefs in the southeastern pa...

From the archive & journal

In the early days, the conquistadors and other colonisers brought in many tropical plants for consumptive use from the tropical colonies ove...