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Alberto Brito

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
5086
World Ranking
8310
National Ranking
307

Alberto Brito publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Brito sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 102 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Alberto Brito D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Brito sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Alberto Brito is affiliated with the University of La Laguna in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a significant emphasis on global and planetary change, oceanography, and ecology. The work involves studying diverse marine and coastal ecosystems, including the responses of marine organisms to environmental stressors.

The main topics covered in Alberto Brito's research include marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coral and marine ecosystems studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, and hermeneutics and narrative identity.

Alberto Brito has published research in multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors in their research are Adriana Rodríguez, Bruno Gonçalves Pinheiro, Sabrina Clemente, Sergio Moreno Borges, and Cataixa López.

Some of the recent papers authored by Alberto Brito are:

  • "Cleaning behavior among marine fishes and invertebrates in the Canary Islands" (2023) published in Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • "Effects of low pH and high temperature on two Palythoa spp. and predator-prey interactions in the subtropical eastern Atlantic" (2020) published in Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Response of Cymodocea nodosa to ocean acidification and warming in the Canary Islands: Direct and indirect effects" (2022) published in Marine Environmental Research
  • "Effects of ocean warming on larval development of Patella ordinaria from the Canary Islands" (2020) published in Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • "Phenotypic Convergence in Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Escaping From Fish Farms: The Onset of Feralization?" (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Marine reserves: size and age do matter

    Joachim Claudet;Craig W. Osenberg;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Paolo Domenici

  • Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution

    S. R. Floeter;S. R. Floeter;L. A. Rocha;D. R. Robertson;J. C. Joyeux

  • Marine reserves: fish life history and ecological traits matter.

    J Claudet;J Claudet;C W Osenberg;P Domenici;F Badalamenti

  • Cheetahs of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off Tenerife (Canary Islands)

    Natacha Aguilar Soto;Mark P. Johnson;Peter T. Madsen;Peter T. Madsen;Francisca Díaz

  • Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: Do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems?

    Jose Antonio Garcia-Charton;Angel Perez Perez-Ruzafa;Concepcion Marcos;Joachim Claudet

  • Restructuring of the 'Macaronesia' biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach.

    Rui Freitas;Rui Freitas;Maria Romeiras;Maria Romeiras;Luís Silva;Ricardo Cordeiro

  • Following a Foraging Fish-Finder: Diel Habitat Use of Blainville's Beaked Whales Revealed by Echolocation

    Patricia Arranz;Natacha Aguilar de Soto;Peter T. Madsen;Peter T. Madsen;Alberto Brito

  • The key role of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum in controlling macroalgae assemblages throughout the Canary Islands (eastern subtropical Atlantic): an spatio-temporal approach.

    José Carlos Hernández;Sabrina Clemente;Carlos Sangil;Alberto Brito

  • Identifying keystone predators and the importance of preserving functional diversity in sublittoral rocky-bottom areas

    Sabrina Clemente;José Carlos Hernández;Adriana Rodríguez;Alberto Brito

  • A conceptual framework for the integral management of marine protected areas

    Celia Ojeda-Martínez;Francisca Giménez Casalduero;Just T. Bayle-Sempere;Carmen Barbera Cebrián

  • Effect of temperature on settlement and postsettlement survival in a barrens-forming sea urchin

    José Carlos Hernández;Sabrina Clemente;Dominique Girard;Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa

  • Structure of and relationships within and between the littoral, rock-substrate fish communities off four islands in the Canarian Archipelago

    J. M. Falcón;S. A. Bortone;A. Brito;C. M. Bundrick

  • Mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveal isolation by distance and effects of Pleistocene glaciations in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the white seabream (Diplodus sargus, L.)

    Vera dos Santos Domingues;Ricardo Serrão Santos;Alberto Brito;Markos Alexandrou;Markos Alexandrou

  • A mass mortality of subtropical intertidal populations of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: analysis of potential links with environmental conditions

    Dominique Girard;Sabrina Clemente;Kilian Toledo-Guedes;Alberto Brito

  • Historical population dynamics and demography of the Eastern Atlantic pomacentrid Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833).

    Vera dos Santos Domingues;Ricardo Serrão Santos;Alberto Brito;Vítor Carvalho Almada

  • Predation upon Diadema aff. antillarum in barren grounds in the Canary Islands

    Sabrina Clemente;José Carlos Hernández;Kilian Toledo;Alberto Brito

  • Cleaning behavior among marine fishes and invertebrates in the Canary Islands

    J. L. Van Tassell;A. Brito;S. A. Bortone

  • Diplecogaster tonstricula, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta species-group

    Ronald Fricke;Peter Wirtz;Alberto Brito

  • Actual status of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum populations and macroalgal cover in marine protected areas compared to a highly fished area (Canary Islands—eastern Atlantic Ocean)

    José Carlos Hernández;José Carlos Hernández;Sabrina Clemente;Carlos Sangil;Alberto Brito

  • Genetic divergence in the Atlantic–Mediterranean Montagu's blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus 1758) revealed by molecular and morphological characters

    Vera dos Santos Domingues;Cláudia Barreiros Macedo de Faria;Sergio Stefanni;Ricardo Serrão Santos

  • Evidence of the top–down role of predators in structuring sublittoral rocky-reef communities in a Marine Protected Area and nearby areas of the Canary Islands

    Sabrina Clemente;José Carlos Hernández;José Carlos Hernández;Alberto Brito

  • Ichthyofauna associated with Cymodocea nodosa meadows in the Canarian Archipelago (central eastern Atlantic): Community structure and nursery role

    Fernando Espino;F. Tuya;A. Brito;Ricardo Haroun

Frequent Co-Authors

Vítor Carvalho Almada
Vítor Carvalho Almada International Sleep Products Association
Ricardo S. Santos
Ricardo S. Santos University of the Azores
Fernando Tuya
Fernando Tuya University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez University of Alicante
Angel Pérez-Ruzafa
Angel Pérez-Ruzafa University of Murcia
Peter T. Madsen
Peter T. Madsen Aarhus University
Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo University of Palermo
Fabio Badalamenti
Fabio Badalamenti National Research Council (CNR)
Serge Planes
Serge Planes PSL University
Joachim Claudet
Joachim Claudet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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Paolo Guidetti

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

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David Mouillot

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Peter L. Tyack

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