Team

PI: Carlos Eduardo Leite Ferreira (Cadu)

Ecology and conservation of reef systems
Associate professor
​Universidade Federal Fluminense

Sergio Ricardo Floeter

Macroecology and evolution of reef fishes 
Associate professor 
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Leticia Veras Costa Lotufo

Marine chemistry
Full professor
Universidade de São Paulo 

Carla Zilberberg

Coral genetics

Associate professor

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Nupem)

Bárbara Segal

Benthic ecology

Assistant professor

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Andrea S. Freire

Crustaceans and plankton

Associate professor

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Guilherme Ortigara Longo

Trophic ecology and functional role reef fish

Assistante professor

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Cesar Augusto M. M. Cordeiro

Ecology of sea urchins

Post doctoral

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo

Reef ecology 
Professor 
Universidade de São Paulo

Paulo Antunes Horta Junior

Chemical ecology, taxonomy and genetics of algae

Assistant  professor 
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Jean Christope Joyeux

Ecology of reef fish 
Associate Professor
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Ronaldo B. Francini Filho

Ecology and conservation of reef systems

Associate professor

Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Alberto Lindner

Evolution, ecology and taxonomy of marine organisms

Assistant professor

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Mariana Bender

Macroecology and conservation of reef communities

Assistant professor

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Marina Nasri Sissini

Macroecologia e biogeografia de macroalgas marinhas

Post doctoral

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Lucas Nunes Teixeira

Ecology of reef fish

PhD student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Anaide Wrublevski Aued

Macroecology of benthic organisms

Post Doctoral

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Hudson Tercio Pinheiro

Biodiverstity and conservation of reef fishes

Researcher

California Academy os Sciences

João Luiz Gasparini

Ecology and taxonomy and reef fish

Research associate

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Diego R. Barneche

Quantitative ecologist

Lecturer in Marine Ecology

University of Exeter

Thiago Costa Mendes

Herbivory of reef fish

Post doctoral

UNIFESP

Vinicius J. Giglio F.

Monitoring and management of marine protected areas

Post doctoral

Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Kátia Cristina Cruz Capel

Temporal variation of coral zooxanthellae and population genetics

Post doctoral

Universidade de São Paulo

Juan Pablo Quimbayo A.

Macroecology and biogeography of reef fish

Post doctoral

Center for Marine Biology

University of São Paulo

Moyses Cavichioli Barbosa

Ecologia de peixes e conservação de ambientes recifais

Pesquisador

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Caio Ribeiro Pimentel

Ecology of reef fish

PhD student

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Mariana Mitsue Teschima

Survey and monitoring of zooxanthella communities and coral phylogeography

Phd Student

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Leonardo Capitani

Food web dinamics of Rocas Atoll under climate change

PhD student

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Amana Guedes Garrido

Survey and monitoring of zooxanthella communities

PhD student

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Clarissa Akemi Kajiya Endo

Biophysical modelling of fish early life stages

PhD student

University of Oslo

Ana Cristina Monteiro-Leonel

Conservation of the reef communities

PhD student

Universidade de São Paulo

Jessica Bleuel

Identifying areas vulnerable to coral bleaching: comparisons between coastal and ocean reefs

Master’s student

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Kelly Yumi Inagaki

Ecological interactions of reef fish and global changes

Master’s student

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Vitor Picolotto

Temporal variation of the reef benthic community in Rocas Atoll

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Isadora Cord

A influência das barreiras e filtros ecológicos na biogeografia e evolução de múltiplos táxons recifais no Oceano Atlântico

Phd student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Débora Ferrari da Silva

Ecologia e conservação das comunidades recifais das ilhas oceânicas

Doutoranda

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Juliana Mondinne M. de Oliveira

Coral vitality and ecological niche modeling

Bsc. student

Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Carolina Cristina Medeiros

Temporal variation of the reef benthic community

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Julia Biscaia Zamoner

Temporal variation of the reef benthic community

Master’s student

Universidade de Santa Catarina

Gabriel Garcia

Effect of global changes on reef environments

Master’s student

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Thiago Fiuza

Feeding ecology of herbivorous fish in Rocas Atoll

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Nayanna Cris Maia Chaves

Survey and monitoring of zooxanthella communities

Master’s student

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Gabrielle Koerich

Ecological niche modeling and genetics of algae

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Renan Ozekoski

Coral colony health of Siderastrea stellata

Graduate student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Luciana Shigihara Lima

Biophysical modeling of reef fish connectivity

Master’s student

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

Luisa Martins Fagundes

Sea urchins assemblages in Trindade Island

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Thais Peixoto Macedo

Population dynamics of Grapsus grapsus

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Antonella Carolina Almeida Saa

Physiology of corals, climate change

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Tainá Luchese Gaspar

Coral colony health of Montastraea cavernosa

Master’s student

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Jaime Andrés Silva Bonilla

Ecology of reefs systems

Master’s student

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Geovanna Theobald Borsato

Temporal variability of toxic benthic dinoflagellates

Bsc. student

Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Ana Clara Suhett A.

Dynamic and management of recreational fishing

Bsc. student

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Ligia Massa Bacellar Mendes

Temporal variation of coral zooxanthellae

Bsc. student

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Manoella Biroli Nunes Bastos

Dinâmica das comunidades bentônicas de Fernando de Noronha e Atol das Rocas

Graduanda

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Collaborators

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