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Carlos E. L. Ferreira

Carlos E. L. Ferreira

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
8085
World Ranking
4660
National Ranking
82

Overview

Carlos E. L. Ferreira is affiliated with Fluminense Federal University in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers key topics including Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish Biology, Ecology, and Behavior, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Marine Animal Studies Overview, and Coastal and Marine Management.

Recent publications by Carlos E. L. Ferreira include the following notable papers:

  • "A blueprint for securing Brazil's marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals", 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities", 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays", 2023, Science
  • "Multiple lionfish (Pterois spp.) new occurrences along the Brazilian coast confirm the invasion pathway into the Southwestern Atlantic", 2021, Biological Invasions
  • "Thresholds in seascape connectivity: the spatial arrangement of nursery habitats structure fish communities on nearby reefs", 2020, Ecography

Frequent collaboration partners include:

  • Raphael Mariano Macieira
  • Roberta Aguiar dos Santos
  • Matheus Marcos Rotundo
  • Natália Carvalho Roos
  • Fernanda Andreoli Rolim

Carlos E. L. Ferreira has contributed extensively to scientific literature published in venues such as:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Biology
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Best Publications

  • Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution

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

  • Trophic structure patterns of Brazilian reef fishes: a latitudinal comparison

    C. E. L. Ferreira;S. R. Floeter;J. L. Gasparini;B. P. Ferreira

  • Community structure of fishes and habitat complexity on a tropical rocky shore

    Carlos E.L. Ferreira;José E.A. Goncçalves;Ricardo Coutinho

  • Geographical gradients of marine herbivorous fishes: patterns and processes

    Sergio R Floeter;M D Behrens;C.E.L. Ferreira;M J Paddack

  • Geographic variation in reef-fish assemblages along the Brazilian coast

    Sergio R. Floeter;Ricardo Z. P. Guimarães;Luiz A. Rocha;Carlos Eduardo L. Ferreira

  • Reef fish community structure on coastal islands of the southeastern Brazil: the influence of exposure and benthic cover

    Sergio R. Floeter;Sergio R. Floeter;Werther Krohling;João Luiz Gasparini;Carlos E. L. Ferreira

  • South‐western Atlantic reef fishes: Zoogeographical patterns and ecological drivers reveal a secondary biodiversity centre in the Atlantic Ocean

    Hudson T. Pinheiro;Hudson T. Pinheiro;Luiz A. Rocha;Luiz A. Rocha;Raphael M. Macieira;Alfredo Carvalho-Filho

  • Herbivory by the Dusky Damselfish Stegastes fuscus (Cuvier, 1830) in a tropical rocky shore: effects on the benthic community

    Carlos Eduardo L Ferreira;José Eduardo A Gonçalves;Ricardo Coutinho;Alberto C Peret

  • Latitudinal gradients in Atlantic reef fish communities: trophic structure and spatial use patterns

    S. R. Floeter;C. E. L. Ferreira;A. Dominici-Arosemena;I. R. Zalmon

  • Local ecological knowledge and scientific data reveal overexploitation by multigear artisanal fisheries in the southwestern Atlantic.

    Mariana G. Bender;Gustavo R. Machado;Paulo José de Azevedo Silva;Sergio R. Floeter

  • Biogeography of tropical reef fishes: the South Atlantic puzzle

    J. C. Joyeux;S. R. Floeter;C. E. L. Ferreira;J. L. Gasparini

  • First Record of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) for the Brazilian Coast.

    Carlos E. L. Ferreira;Osmar J. Luiz;Sergio R. Floeter;Marcos B. Lucena

  • Large-scale patterns of benthic marine communities in the Brazilian Province.

    Anaide W. Aued;Franz Smith;Juan P. Quimbayo;Davi V. Cândido

  • Fish Biodiversity of the Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, Southwestern Atlantic: An Updated Database

    Hudson T. Pinheiro;Eric Mazzei;Rodrigo L. Moura;Gilberto M. Amado-Filho

  • Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

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  • The reef fish assemblage of the Laje de Santos Marine State Park, Southwestern Atlantic: annotated checklist with comments on abundance, distribution, trophic structure, symbiotic associations, and conservation

    Osmar J. Luiz;Alfredo Carvalho-Filho;Carlos E. L. Ferreira;Sergio R. Floeter

  • Community structure and diet of roving herbivorous reef fishes in the Abrolhos Archipelago, south‐western Atlantic

    C. E. L. Ferreira;J. E. A. Gonçalves

  • A blueprint for securing Brazil's marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals

    Rafael A. Magris;Micheli D. P. Costa;Micheli D. P. Costa;Carlos E. L. Ferreira;Ciro C. Vilar

  • 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.

    G. O. Longo;R. A. Morais;C. D. L. Martins;T. C. Mendes

  • Chemical defense of an exotic coral as invasion strategy

    Bruno G. Lages;Beatriz G. Fleury;Carlos E.L. Ferreira;Renato C. Pereira

  • Marine Bioinvasions in the Brazilian Coast: Brief Report on History of Events, Vectors, Ecology, Impacts and Management of Non-indigenous Species

    Carlos Eduardo Leite Ferreira;Andrea de Oliveira Ribeiro Junqueira;Maria Célia Villac;Rubens Mendes Lopes

  • Coastal Fishes of São Tomé and Príncipe islands, Gulf of Guinea (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)—an update

    Peter Wirtz;Carlos Eduardo L. Ferreira;Sergio R. Floeter;Ronald Fricke

  • Trophic interactions across 61 degrees of latitude in the Western Atlantic

    Guilherme O. Longo;Guilherme O. Longo;Mark E. Hay;Carlos E. L. Ferreira;Sergio R. Floeter

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio R. Floeter
Sergio R. Floeter Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences
Jean-Christophe Joyeux
Jean-Christophe Joyeux Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Ivan Sazima
Ivan Sazima State University of Campinas
Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho
Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho Universidade de São Paulo
Paulo Antunes Horta
Paulo Antunes Horta Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Giacomo Bernardi
Giacomo Bernardi University of California, Santa Cruz
Michel Kulbicki
Michel Kulbicki Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Alastair R. Harborne
Alastair R. Harborne Florida International University
Eric A. Hoffman
Eric A. Hoffman University of Iowa

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