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2024

  • + Ferrari DS, Nunes LT, Mendes TC, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2024. Hyperdominance and habitat composition drive reef fish foraging at Atlantic oceanic islands.Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: 10.3354/meps14483.
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2023

  • + Barros GSF, Cordeiro CAMM, Ferreira CEL. 2023. Structuring patterns of the epilithic algal matrix cryptofauna in a tropical oceanic reef. Regional Studies in Marine Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103292
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  • + Alves AC, Ferreira CEL, Rosa RS, Pinheiro HT, Francini-Filho RB. 2023. Spawning ecology of the Saint Paul’s Gregory Stegastes sanctipauli, a damselfish endemic to the remote St Peter and St Paul’s Archipelago. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15452
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  • + Anderson AB, Pinheiro HT, Francini-Filho RB, Ferreira CEL, Joyeux JC. 2023. Habitat use of five sympatric predatory reef fishes at a remote island in the south-western Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15433
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  • + Simpfendorfer et al. 2023. Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.ade4884
  • + Soares MO, Pereira HC, Feitosa CV, Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Bezerra LEA, Duarte OS, Paiva SV, Noleto-Filho E, Queiroz M, Silva M, Csapo-Thomaz M, Garcia TM, Arruda Júnior JPV, Cottens KF, Vinicius B, Araújo R, Eirado CB, Santos LPS, Guimarães TCS, Targino CH, Amorim-Reis Filho J, Santos WCR, Klautau AGCM, Gurjão LM, Machado DAN, Maia RC, Santos ES, Sabry R, Asp N, Carneiro PBM, Rabelo EF, Tavares TCL, Lima GV, Sampaio CLS, Rocha LR, Ferreira CEL, Giarrizzo T. 2023. Lessons from the invasion front: Integration of research and management of the lionfish invasion in Brazil. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 17954.
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  • + Luza AL, Aued AW, Barneche DR, Dias MS, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Francini-Filho RB, Longo GO, Quimbayo JP, Bender MG. 2023. Functional diversity patterns of reef fish, corals and algae in the Brazilian biogeographical province. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14599
  • + Rodrigues AR, Floeter SR, Gomes V, Ferrari DS, Giglio VJ, Silva F, Liedke A, Ferreira CEL, Howell K, Gasalla MA. 2023. Integrated Ecosystem Assessment around islands of the tropical South Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: 10: 1001676
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  • + Ferrari DS, Floeter SR, Leprieur F, Quimbayo JP. 2023. A trait-based approach to marine island biogeography. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14549
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2022

  • + Tovar VJ, Ferreira CEL, Pennino MG, Hagberg L, Lopes PFM, Ferreira BP, Lima SMQ, Stow A. 2022. Genetic structure of the threatened Gray Parrotfish (Sparisoma axillare) in the Southwestern Atlantic. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02324-w
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  • + Cordeiro CAMM, Aued AW, Barros F, Bastos AC, Bender M, Mendes TC, Creed JC, Cruz ICS, Dias MS, Fernandes LDA, Coutinho R, Gonçalves JEA, Floeter SR, Mello-Fonseca J, Freire AS, Gherardi DFM, Gomes LEO, Lacerda FI, Martins RL, Longo GO, Mazzuco AC, Menezes R, Muelbert JH, Paranhos R, Quimbayo JP, Valentin JL, Ferreira CEL. 2022. Long-term monitoring projects of Brazilian marine and coastal ecosystems. PeerJ 10:e14313 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14313.
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  • + Simon, T., Pinheiro, H.T., Santos, S., Macieira, R.M., Ferreira, Y.S.S., Bernardi, G., Rocha, L.A., Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Joyeux, J-C. 2022. Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification. Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02178-8
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  • + Pimentel CR, Pinheiro HT, Giarrizzo T, Francini-Filho RB, Reis-Filho JA, Rocha LA, Ferreira, CEL, Barbosa MC, Joyeux JC. 2022. Ecological Links between Pelagic and Mesophotic Reef Fishes in an Oceanic Archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Diversity14, 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14040273
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  • + Ferreira HM, Magris EA, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL. 2022. Drivers of ecological effectiveness of marine protected areas: A meta-analytic approach from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Brazil). Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113889

2021

  • + Macedo TP, Iwasa A, Pinheiro HT, Freire AS. 2021. On a trip to the mainland: occasional records of the rocky crab Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda: Grapsidae) on the Brazilian coast. Nauplius. https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2021040
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  • + Nunes LT, Barneche DR, Lastrucci NS, Fraga AA, Nunes JACC, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2021. Predicting the effects of body size, temperature and diet on animal feeding rates. Functional Ecology 35, 2229–2240. DOI:10.1111/1365-2435.13872
  • + Pinheiro HT, Bart S, Shepherd B, Teixeira JB, Pimentel CR, Pereira PH, Macieira RM, Delfino SDT, Giarrizzo T, Joyeux JC, Gasparini JL, Rocha LA. 2021. Fish aggregations and reproductive behaviour on mesophotic coral ecosystems of a southwestern Atlantic Oceanic archipelago. Journal of Natural History 55, 2017-2025.
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  • + Luiz OJ, Santos WCR, Marceniuk AP, Rocha LA, Floeter SR, Buck CE, Klautau AGCM, Ferreira CEL. 2021. Multiple lionfish (Pterois spp.) new occurrences along the Brazilian coast confirm the invasion pathway into the Southwestern Atlantic. Biological Invasions. DOI: 1007/s10530-021-02575-8
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  • + Magris RA, Costa MDP, Ferreira CEL, Vilar CC, Joyeux JC, Creed JC, Copertino MS, Horta PA, Sumida PYG, Francini-Filho RB, Floeter SR. 2021. A blueprint for securing Brazil’s marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals. Diversity and Distribution 27(2), 198-215. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13183
  • + Lima LS, Gherardi DFM, Pezzi LP, Passos LG, Endo CAK, Quimbayo JP. 2021. Potential changes in the connectivity of marine protected areas driven by extreme ocean warming. Scientific Reports 11, 10339. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89192-6
  • + Zamoner JB, Aued AW, Macedo-Soares LCP, Picolotto VAP, Garcia CAE, Segal B. 2021. Integrating Oceanographic Data and Benthic Community Structure Temporal Series to Assess the Dynamics of a Marginal Reef. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 762453. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.762453
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  • + Simon T, Pinheiro HT, Santos S, Macieira RM, Ferreira YSS, Bernardi G, Rocha LA, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL, Joyeux JC. 2021. Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification. Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02119-5
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  • + Gaspar TL, Quimbayo JP, Ozekoski R, Nunes LT, Aued AW, Mendes TC, Garrido A, Segal B. 2021. Severe coral bleaching of Siderastrea stellata at the only atoll in the South Atlantic driven by sequential Marine Heatwaves. Biota Neotropica 21, e20201131. DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2020-1131
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  • + Capitani L, Roos N, Longo GO, Angelini R, Schenone L. 2021. Resource-to-consumer ratio determines the functional response of an herbivorous fish in a field experiment. Oikos. DOI: 10.1111/oik.08784
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  • + Mazzei EF, Pinheiro HT, Simon T, Moura RL, Macieira RM, Pimentel CR, Teixeira JB, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL, Ghisolf RD,Francini-Filho RB, Quimbayo JP, Rocha LA, Gasparini JL, Joyeux JC. 2021 Mechanisms of dispersal and establishment drive a stepping stone community assembly on seamounts and oceanic islands. Marine Biology 168:109. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-021-03919-7 
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  • + Leduc AOHC, Carvalho FHD, Hussey NE, Reis-Filho JA, Longo GO, Lopes PFM. 2021. Local ecological knowledge to assist conservation status assessments in data poor contexts: a case study with the threatened sharks of the Brazilian Northeast. Biodiversity and Conservation 30, 819–845. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02119-5
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  • + Luiz, O.J., Santos, W.C.R., Marceniuk, A.P., Rocha, L.A., Floeter, S.R., Buck, C.E., Klautau, A.G.C.M. & Ferreira, C.E. L. 2021. Multiple lionfish (Pterois spp.) new occurrences along the Brazilian coast confirm the invasion pathway into the Southwestern Atlantic. Biol Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02575-8
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2020

  • + Pimentel CR, Andrades R, Ferreira CEL, Gadig OBF, Harvey ES, Joyeux J-C. 2020. BRUVS reveal locally extinct shark and the way for shark monitoring in Brazilian oceanic islands. Journal of Fish Biology 2020;96:539–542. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14228
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  • + Sissini MN, Berchez F, Hall-Spencer J, Ghilardi-Lopes N, Carvalho VF, Schubert N, Koerich G, Diaz-Pulido G, Silva J, Serrão E, Assis J, Santos R, Floeter SR, Rörig L, Barufi JB, Bernardino AF, Francini-Filho R, Turra A, Hofmann LC, Aguirre J, Le Gall L, Peña V, Nash MC, Rossi S, Soares M, Pereira-Filho G, Tâmega F, Horta PA. 2020. Brazil oil spill response: Protect rhodolith beds. Science 367 (6474): 156. DOI: 10.1126/science.aba2582
  • + Pinheiro HT, Macena BCL, Francini-Filho RB, Ferreira CEL, Albuquerque FV, Bezerra NPA, Carvalho-Filho A, Ferreira RCP, Luiz OJ, Mello TJ, Mendonça SA, Nunes DM, Pimentel CR, Pires AMA, Soares-Gomes A, Viana DL, Hazin FHV, Rocha LA. 2020. Fish biodiversity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Archipelago, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil: new records and a species database. Journal of Fish Biology 97(4), 1143-1153. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14484 
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  • + Guabiroba HC, Santos MEA, Pinheiro HT, Simon T, Pimentel CR, Vilar CC, Joyeux JC. 2020. Trends in recreational fisheries and reef fish community structure indicate decline in target species population in an isolated tropical ocean island. Ocean and Coastal Management 191, 105194. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105194
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2019

  • + Nunes JACC, Blumstein DT, Giglio VJ, Barros F, Quimbayo JP. 2019. Reef fish antipredator behavior in remote islands does not reflect patterns seen in coastal areas. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 31(6), 557-567. DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2019.1636141
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  • + Mendes TC, Quimbayo JP, Bouth H, Silva L, Ferreira CEL. 2019. The omnivorous triggerfish Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) is a functional herbivore on an isolated Atlantic oceanic island. Journal of Fish Biology 95(3), 812-819. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14075
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  • + Nunes L, Cord I, Francini-Filho RB, Stampar SN, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL. 2019. Ecology of Prognathodes obliquus, a butterflyfish endemic to mesophotic ecosystems of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Archipelago. Coral Reefs 38, 955-960. DOI:  10.1007/s00338-019-01822-8
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  • + Mazzei EF, Pinheiro HT, Morais RA, Floeter SR, Veras DP, Queiroz LV, Joyeux JC, Ferreira CEL. 2019. Parrotfishes of the genus Scarus in southwestern Atlantic oceanic reef environments: occasional pulse or initial colonization? Marine Biodiversity 49, 555–561. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0827-8
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  • + Quimbayo JP, Dias MS, Kulbicki M, Mendes TC, Lamb RW, Johnson AF, Aburto-Oropeza O, Alvarado JJ, Bocos AA, Ferreira CEL, Garcia E, Luiz OJ, Mascareñas-Osorio I, Pinheiro HT, Rodriguez-Zaragoza F, Salas E, Zapata FA, Floeter SR. 2019. Determinants of reef fish assemblages in tropical oceanic islands. Ecography 42(1), 77-87. DOI: 0.1111/ecog.03506
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2018

  • + Aued AW, Smith F, Quimbayo JP, Candido DV, Longo GO, Ferreira CEL, Witman JD, Floeter SR, Segal B. 2018. Large-scale patterns of benthic marine communities in the Brazilian Province. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198452. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198452
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  • + Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Macieira RM, Carvalho-Filho A, Anderson AB, Bender MG, Di Dario F, Ferreira CEL, Figueiredo-Filho J, Francine-Filho R, Gasparine JL, Joyeux JC, Luiz OJ, Mincarone MM, Moura RL, Nunes JACC, Quimbayo JP, Rosa RSM, Sampaio CLS, Sazima I, Simon T, Vila-Nova DA, Floeter SR. 2018. South-western Atlantic reef fishes: zoogeographic patterns and ecological drivers reveal a secondary biodiversity centre in the Atlantic Ocean. Diversity and Distributions 24(7), 951-965. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12729
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  • + Giglio VJ, Pinheiro HT, Bender MG, Bonaldo RM, Costa-Lotufo LV, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Freire A, Gasparini JL, Joyeux J-C, Krajewski JP, Lindner A, Longo GO, Lotufo TMC, Loyola R, Luiz OJ, Macieira RM, Magris RA, Mello TJ, Quimbayo JP, Rocha LA, Segal B, Teixeira JB, Vila-Nova DA, Vilar CC, Zilberberg C, Francini-Filho RB. 2018. Large and remote marine protected areas in the South Atlantic Ocean are flawed and raise concerns: comments on Soares and Lucas. Marine Policy 96, 13–17. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.07.017
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  • + ​Giglio VJ, Ternes MLF, Barbosa MC, Cordeio CAMM, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL. 2018. Reef fish associations with sea urchins in an Atlantic oceanic island. Marine Biodiversity 48, 1833-1839. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0677-4 
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  • + Peluso L, Tascheri V, Nunes FLD, Castro CB, Pires DO, Zilberberg C. 2018. Contemporary and historical oceanographic processes explain genetic connectivity in a Southwestern Atlantic coral. Scientific Reports 8(1), 2684. DOi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21010-y
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2017

  • + Morais RA, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2017. Spatial patterns of fish standing biomass across Brazilian reefs, Southwester Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology 91, 1642-1667. DOI: :10.1111/jfb.13482
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  • + Quimbayo JP, Nunes TL, Ozekoski R, Floeter SR, Morais RA, Fontoura L, Bonaldo RM, Ferreira CEL, Sazima I. 2017. Cleaning interactions at the only atoll in the South Atlantic. Environmental Biology of Fishes 100, 865-875. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-017-0612-3
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  • + Sissini MN, Barreto BBBM, Mendes MT, Lucena MB, Oliveira MC, Gowers J, Liu G, Bastos EO, Milstein D, Gusmão F, Martinelli JEMF, Lima CA, Colepicolo P, Ameka G, Johnson KG, Gouveia L, Silva BT, Nauer F, Nunes JMC, Barufi JB, Rodrigues L, Rodriguez RR, Mello TJ, Lotufo LVC, Horta PA. 2017. The floating Sargassum (Phaeophyceae) of the South Atlantic Ocean – likely scenarios. Phycologia 53(3), 321-328. DOI: 10.2216/16-92.1
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2015

  • + Longo GO, Morais RA, Martins CDL, Mendes TC, Aued AE, Cândido DV, de Oliveira JC, Nunes LT, Fontoura L, Sissini MN, Teschima MM, Silva MB, Ramlov F, Gouvea LP, Ferreira CEL, Segal B, Horta PA, Floeter SR. 2015. Between-Habitat Variation of Benthic Cover, Reef Fish Assemblage and Feeding Pressure on the Benthos at the Only Atoll in South Atlantic: Rocas Atoll, NE Brazil. PLoS ONE e0127176. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127176
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  • + Lucena MB, Barbosa MC, Sissini MN, Sazima I. 2015. Out of the mainstream: humpback whale calving site and associated fishes at an oceanic island off Brazil. Marine Biodiversity 46(1), 27-28. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-015-0357-1
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Book Chapters

  • + Ferreira CEL, Hachich NF, Pinheiro HT, Quimbayo JP, Luiz OJ, Mendes TC. 2020. Ilhas oceânicas. In: Pereira, RC, Soares-Gomes, A (org). Ecologia Marinha. 1ª edição. Editora Interciência, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. 666p.
  • + Hachich NF, Ferrari DS, Quimbayo JP, Pinheiro HT, Floeter SR. Island Biogeography of Marine Shallow-Water. 2020. . In: Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes (Editors: Michael I. Goldstein, Dominick A. DellaSala). Elsevier. Pages 61-75. ISBN 9780128160978. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11947-5.
  • + Quimbayo JP, Mendes TC, Cordeiro CAMM, Longo GO, Giglio VJ, Vergara DC, Floeter SR, Villaça RC, Freire AS, Francini-Filho RB, Ferreira CEL. 2018. Variação Temporal das Comunidades Recifais no Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo: ações do Projeto de Monitoramento de Longa Duração (PELD). In: Oliveira JEL, Viana DL, Souza MAC (eds). Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo: 20 anos de pesquisa. 1ª edição. Via Design Publicações, Recife, Brasil. 262p.
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Outreach

  • + Monitoramento de longa duração das comunidades recifais das ilhas oceânicas brasileiras – Relatório síntese período 2013-2020.
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  • + Cartilha: peixes recifais do Arquipélago de Trindade e Martin Vaz
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  • + Cartilha: peixes recifais do Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo
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