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Angelo Antonio Agostinho

Angelo Antonio Agostinho

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Ecology and Evolution
Brazil
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
80
Citations
24352
World Ranking
830
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Angelo Antonio Agostinho is affiliated with the State University of Maringa in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing extensively to these fields with an emphasis on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Ecology.

Their scholarly output includes contributions to several main topics related to aquatic ecosystems, fish biology, and environmental impact, such as:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Angelo Antonio Agostinho include:

  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, 2021, Environmental Management
  • Negative effect of turbidity on prey capture for both visual and non-visual aquatic predators, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Ecosystem services generated by Neotropical freshwater fishes, 2022, Hydrobiologia
  • Negative impacts of mining on Neotropical freshwater fishes, 2021, Neotropical Ichthyology
  • Fish die-off in river and reservoir: A review on anoxia and gas supersaturation, 2021, Neotropical Ichthyology

Agostinho regularly publishes in prominent journals including:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Neotropical Ichthyology
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Environmental Management
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Luiz Carlos Gomes
  • Fernando Mayer Pelicice
  • Rosa Maria Dias
  • Diego Corrêa Alves
  • Anielly Galego de Oliveira

Best Publications

  • Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

    K. O Winemiller;P. B McIntyre;L Castello;E Fluet-Chouinard

  • Ecologia e manejo de recursos pesqueiros em reservatorios do Brasil

    A.A. Agostinho;L.C. Gomes;F.M. Pelicice

  • Dams and the fish fauna of the Neotropical region: impacts and management related to diversity and fisheries.

    Agostinho Aa;Pelicice Fm;Gomes Lc

  • Flood regime, dam regulation and fish in the Upper Paraná River: effects on assemblage attributes, reproduction and recruitment

    Angelo A. Agostinho;Luiz Carlos Gomes;Samuel Veríssimo;Edson K. Okada

  • Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection

    W. J. Junk;M. T. F. Piedade;R. Lourival;F. Wittmann

  • Fish and aquatic habitat conservation in South America: a continental overview with emphasis on neotropical systems

    M. Barletta;A. J. Jaureguizar;C. Baigun;N. F. Fontoura

  • Conservation of the Biodiversity of Brazil's Inland Waters

    Angelo A. Agostinho;Sidinei M. Thomaz;Luiz C. Gomes

  • Fish Migration, Dams, and Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Mekong Basin

    Patrick J. Dugan;Chris Barlow;Angelo A. Agostinho;Eric Baran

  • Fish‐Passage Facilities as Ecological Traps in Large Neotropical Rivers

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho

  • Patterns of colonization in neotropical reservoirs, and prognoses on aging

    A.A. Agostinho;L.E. Miranda;L.M. Bini;L.C. Gomes

  • Large reservoirs as ecological barriers to downstream movements of Neotropical migratory fish

    Fernando M Pelicice;Paulo S Pompeu;Angelo A Agostinho

  • Fish assemblages in Neotropical reservoirs: Colonization patterns, impacts and management

    Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Luiz Carlos Gomes;Natália C.L. Santos;Jean Carlo Goncalves Ortega

  • EXISTING AND FUTURE CHALLENGES: THE CONCEPT OF SUCCESSFUL FISH PASSAGE IN SOUTH AMERICA

    P. S. Pompeu;A. A. Agostinho;F. M. Pelicice

  • Plasticidade trófica em peixes de água doce

    Milza Celi Fedatto Abelha;Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Erivelto Goulart

  • Effects of River Impoundment on Ecosystem Services of Large Tropical Rivers: Embodied Energy and Market Value of Artisanal Fisheries

    David J. Hoeinghaus;Angelo A. Agostinho;Luiz C. Gomes;Fernando M. Pelicice

  • Blockage of migration routes by dam construction: can migratory fish find alternative routes?

    Rosimeire Ribeiro Antonio;Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Dayani Bailly

  • Migratory fishes of the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil

    A.A. Agostinho;L.C. Gomes;H.I. Suzuki;H.F. Júlio Júnior

  • Fish fauna destruction after the introduction of a non-native predator ( Cichla kelberi ) in a Neotropical reservoir

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho

  • Fish ecology in tropical streams

    Kirk O. Winemiller;Angelo A. Agostinho;Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi

  • Biodiversity in the high Paraná River floodplain

    A.A. Agostinho;S.M. Thomaz;C.V. Minte-Vera;K.O. Winemiller

Frequent Co-Authors

Luiz Carlos Gomes
Luiz Carlos Gomes State University of Maringa
Fernando Mayer Pelicice
Fernando Mayer Pelicice Federal University of Tocantins
Luis Mauricio Bini
Luis Mauricio Bini Universidade Federal de Goiás
Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Sidinei Magela Thomaz State University of Maringa
Kirk O. Winemiller
Kirk O. Winemiller Texas A&M University
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule Federal University of Paraná
Paulo Santos Pompeu
Paulo Santos Pompeu Federal University of Lavras
Leandro E. Miranda
Leandro E. Miranda United States Geological Survey
André Andrian Padial
André Andrian Padial Federal University of Paraná
Emili García-Berthou
Emili García-Berthou University of Girona

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