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Fernando Mayer Pelicice

Fernando Mayer Pelicice

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
10893
World Ranking
4763
National Ranking
83

Overview

Fernando Mayer Pelicice is affiliated with the Federal University of Tocantins in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their scientific work covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Fernando Mayer Pelicice has published in various academic journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Neotropical Ichthyology
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Environmental Management
  • Biota Neotropica
  • Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Pelicice include:

  • "Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin" (2021) published in Environmental Management
  • "Ecosystem services generated by Neotropical freshwater fishes" (2022) published in Hydrobiologia
  • "A political tsunami hits Amazon conservation" (2021) published in Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

In addition, Pelicice has collaborated in works such as:

  • "Plastic pollution: A focus on freshwater biodiversity" (2021) published in AMBIO
  • "Negative impacts of mining on Neotropical freshwater fishes" (2021) published in Neotropical Ichthyology

Frequent co-authors of Pelicice include:

  • Valter M. Azevedo-Santos
  • Ângelo Antônio Agostinho
  • Dilermando P. Lima-Junior
  • André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães
  • Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

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

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

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho

  • Fish diversity in the upper Paraná River basin: habitats, fisheries, management and conservation

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

  • Neotropical freshwater fishes imperilled by unsustainable policies

    Fernando M Pelicice;Valter M Azevedo‐Santos;Jean R S Vitule;Mário L Orsi

  • A Serious New Threat to Brazilian Freshwater Ecosystems: The Naturalization of Nonnative Fish by Decree

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule;Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior;Mário Luis Orsi

  • Fish assemblages associated with Egeria in a tropical reservoir: investigating the effects of plant biomass and diel period

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Sidinei Magela Thomaz

  • Feeding ecology of fishes associated with Egeria spp. patches in a tropical reservoir, Brazil

    F. M. Pelicice;A. A. Agostinho

  • Plastic pollution: A focus on freshwater biodiversity

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Marcelo F. G. Brito;Pedro S. Manoel;Júlia F. Perroca;Júlia F. Perroca

  • Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Renata G. Frederico;Camila K. Fagundes;Paulo S. Pompeu

  • Removing the abyss between conservation science and policy decisions in Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Philip M. Fearnside;Caroline S. Oliveira;André A. Padial

  • Selectivity of fish ladders: a bottleneck in Neotropical fish movement

    Carlos Sérgio Agostinho;Angelo Antônio Agostinho;Fernando Pelicice;Deusimar Augusto de Almeida

  • Plastic ingestion by fish: A global assessment.

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Geslaine R.L. Gonçalves;Pedro S. Manoel;Marcelo C. Andrade

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo Antonio Agostinho
Angelo Antonio Agostinho State University of Maringa
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule Federal University of Paraná
Luiz Carlos Gomes
Luiz Carlos Gomes State University of Maringa
Paulo Santos Pompeu
Paulo Santos Pompeu Federal University of Lavras
Miguel Petrere
Miguel Petrere Federal University of São Carlos
André Andrian Padial
André Andrian Padial Federal University of Paraná
Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Sidinei Magela Thomaz State University of Maringa
Daniel Simberloff
Daniel Simberloff University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Philip M. Fearnside
Philip M. Fearnside National Institute of Amazonian Research
Emili García-Berthou
Emili García-Berthou University of Girona

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