Acknowledgments
First and foremost, we would like to acknowledge the several colleagues who have agreed to this book
upon our invitation—for the time and effort they allocated in preparing the various chapters, and for their
continuing interest and commitment.
We are grateful for financial support through projects: DINOSSAUR—PTDC/BBB-EBB/1374/2014
- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016640, coordinated by author F.X.M., and funded by FEDER funds through
COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI), and by national
funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.; and the project NORTE-01-0145FEDER-000035-INNOVMAR—Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation
of Marine Resources, namely in research line INSEAFOOD – Innovation and valorization of seafood
products, supported by the Northern Regional Operational Programme (NORTE2020), through the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). A postdoctoral fellowship (ref. SFRH/BPD/72777/2010)
for author A.C.G., granted by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal, Lisbon), under the
auspices of ESF and Portuguese funds (MEC) is also acknowledged.
F. Xavier Malcata
Isabel Sousa Pinto
A. Catarina Guedes
First and foremost, we would like to acknowledge the several colleagues who have agreed to this book
upon our invitation—for the time and effort they allocated in preparing the various chapters, and for their
continuing interest and commitment.
We are grateful for financial support through projects: DINOSSAUR—PTDC/BBB-EBB/1374/2014
- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016640, coordinated by author F.X.M., and funded by FEDER funds through
COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI), and by national
funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.; and the project NORTE-01-0145FEDER-000035-INNOVMAR—Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation
of Marine Resources, namely in research line INSEAFOOD – Innovation and valorization of seafood
products, supported by the Northern Regional Operational Programme (NORTE2020), through the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). A postdoctoral fellowship (ref. SFRH/BPD/72777/2010)
for author A.C.G., granted by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal, Lisbon), under the
auspices of ESF and Portuguese funds (MEC) is also acknowledged.
F. Xavier Malcata
Isabel Sousa Pinto
A. Catarina Guedes