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Eduardo R. Secchi is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil and specializes in Environmental Science, with a concentration on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science. Their research encompasses multiple topics related to marine and coastal systems, including marine animal studies, marine and fisheries research, isotope analysis in ecology, microbial community ecology, arctic and antarctic ice dynamics, and ichthyology and marine biology.

Secchi has authored papers in several notable publication venues. Frequent venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue), Marine Mammal Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and The Science of The Total Environment.

Recent papers authored by Secchi include:

  • Applying the phylogeographic concept to identify franciscana dolphin stocks: implications to meet management objectives (2023), The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. Special Issue

Secchi has collaborated extensively with co-authors who are active in related fields. Frequent collaborators include Silvina Botta, Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Afonso Ferreira, and Virgínia Maria Tavano.

Additionally, Secchi has contributed to book publications, with one notable work published by Editora da FURG eBooks titled Hydrographic Atlas of the South Brazil Bight and the Southern Brazilian Shelf (2024).

The researcher's scientific output reflects a sustained focus on the ecology and dynamics of marine and coastal ecosystems, as illustrated by involvement in studies covering diverse topics such as marine animal populations, plankton community changes, and environmental impacts related to marine systems.

Best Publications

  • Southern Hemisphere humpback whales wintering off Central America: insights from water temperature into the longest mammalian migration

    Kristin Rasmussen;Daniel M Palacios;Daniel M Palacios;John Calambokidis;Marco T Saborío

  • Plastics in sea surface waters around the Antarctic Peninsula.

    Ana Luzia de Figueiredo Lacerda;Ana Luzia de Figueiredo Lacerda;Lucas dos Santos Rodrigues;Erik Van Sebille;Fábio Lameiro Rodrigues

  • Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the Southern Hemisphere, an initial assessment

    K. Van Waerebeek;A. N. Baker;F. Félix;J. Gedamke

  • First Determination of UV Filters in Marine Mammals. Octocrylene Levels in Franciscana Dolphins

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Mariana B. Alonso;Mariana B. Alonso;Carolina P. Bertozzi;Juliana Marigo

  • Migrations of individually identified humpback whales between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America

    Peter Stevick;Anelio Aguayo-Lobo;Judith Allen;Isabel Cristina Ávila

  • Aspects of habitat use patterns of humpback whales in the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil, breeding ground

    Cristiane Cavalcante Albuquerque Martins;Maria Emilia Morete;Márcia Helena Engel Coitinho;Ana Cristina Freitas

  • Applying the phylogeographic concept to identify franciscana dolphin stocks: implications to meet management objectives

    Eduardo Resende Secchi;Daniel Danilewicz;Paulo Henrique Ott

  • Pyrethroids: A new threat to marine mammals?

    Mariana B. Alonso;Maria Luisa Feo;Cayo Corcellas;Lara G. Vidal;Lara G. Vidal

  • Southern Right Whale ( Eubalaena australis ) Reproductive Success is Influenced by Krill ( Euphausia superba ) Density and Climate

    Elisa Seyboth;Karina R. Groch;Luciano Dalla Rosa;Keith Reid

  • Movements of satellite-monitored humpback whales on their feeding ground along the Antarctic Peninsula

    L. Dalla Rosa;L. Dalla Rosa;E. R. Secchi;Y. G. Maia;A. N. Zerbini

  • Plastic debris ingested by a Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris, washed ashore in Brazil

    Eduardo R. Secchi;Simoni Zarzur;Rio Grande-RS

  • Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula.

    Ana L. d. F. Lacerda;Maíra C. Proietti;Eduardo R. Secchi;Joe D. Taylor

  • REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON FISHERY INTERACTIONS

    Paulo H. Ott;Eduardo R. Secchi;Ignacio B. Moreno;Daniel Danilewicz

  • Migratory destinations of humpback whales from the magellan strait feeding ground, southeast pacific

    Jorge Acevedo;Kristin Rasmussen;Fernando Félix;Cristina Castro

  • Killer whale (Orcinus orca) interactions with the tuna and swordfish longline fishery off southern and south-eastern Brazil: a comparison with shark interactions

    Luciano Dalla Rosa;Eduardo R. Secchi

  • Return movement of a humpback whale between the Antarctic Peninsula and American Samoa: a seasonal migration record

    Jooke Robbins;Luciano Dalla Rosa;Judith M. Allen;David K. Mattila

  • Long-Term Seasonal and Interannual Patterns of Marine Mammal Strandings in Subtropical Western South Atlantic

    Jonatas Henrique Fernandes do Prado;Paulo Henrique Mattos;Kleber Grübel da Silva;Eduardo Resende Secchi

  • New insights on the dominance of cryptophytes in Antarctic coastal waters: A case study in Gerlache Strait

    Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes;Virginia Maria Tavano;Tiago Segabinazzi Dotto;Rodrigo Kerr

  • Remarkably low genetic diversity and strong population structure in common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) from coastal waters of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

    Pedro F. Fruet;Eduardo R. Secchi;Fábio Daura-Jorge;Els Vermeulen

  • Population differentiation in the franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) from two geographic locations in Brazil as determined from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences

    Eduardo R. Secchi;John Y. Wang;Brent W. Murray;Claudia C. Rocha-Campos

  • Natural and anthropogenically-produced brominated compounds in endemic dolphins from Western South Atlantic: another risk to a vulnerable species.

    Mariana B. Alonso;Mariana B. Alonso;Ethel Eljarrat;Marina Gorga;Eduardo R. Secchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre N. Zerbini
Alexandre N. Zerbini National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Olaf Malm
Olaf Malm Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
João Paulo Machado Torres
João Paulo Machado Torres Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Luciana M. Möller
Luciana M. Möller Flinders University
Ethel Eljarrat
Ethel Eljarrat Spanish National Research Council
Daniel M. Palacios
Daniel M. Palacios Oregon State University
Frank Dehairs
Frank Dehairs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rosalinda Carmela Montone
Rosalinda Carmela Montone Universidade de São Paulo
Gilberto Fillmann
Gilberto Fillmann Federal University of Rio Grande

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