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Francisco Gerson Araújo is affiliated with the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial emphasis on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Aquatic Science, and Oceanography.

The main topics in Araújo's work include:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

They have contributed to several recent papers, reflecting diverse areas within aquatic and marine sciences. Some notable publications are:

  • "Artificial flow regime promotes abiotic and biotic gradients: Testing the concept of longitudinal zonation in an off-river reservoir" (2020), published in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
  • "Multilevel decomposition of spatial and environmental effects on nearshore fish assemblages in tropical semi-enclosed ecosystems" (2020), published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Temporal dimensions of taxonomic and functional fish beta diversity: scaling environmental drivers in tropical transitional ecosystems" (2023), published in Hydrobiologia
  • "Functional stability despite anthropogenic influences on the ichthyofauna of a tropical bay" (2020), published in Marine Environmental Research
  • "Underwater drones reveal different fish community structures on the steep slopes of a tropical reservoir" (2022), published in Hydrobiologia

Francisco Gerson Araújo frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research projects, including:

  • Gustavo Henrique Soares Guedes
  • Magda Fernandes de Andrade-Tubino
  • Márcia Cristina Costa de Azevedo
  • Wagner Uehara
  • Rafaela de Sousa Gomes-Gonçalves

Their work has been published regularly across specific academic venues, notably:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Best Publications

  • Spatial, temporal and diel variations of fish assemblages at two sandy beaches in the Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  • Longitudinal patterns of fish assemblages in a large tropical river in southeastern Brazil: evaluating environmental influences and some concepts in river ecology

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  • Environmental influences on the demersal fish assemblages in the Sepetiba Bay, Brazil

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  • Effects of a nuclear power plant thermal discharge on habitat complexity and fish community structure in Ilha Grande Bay, Brazil

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  • Sex ratio and size structure of Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) in Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  • A Preliminary Index of Biotic Integrity for Monitoring the Condition of the Rio Paraiba do Sul, Southeast Brazil

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  • Distribution of guppies Poecilia reticulata (Peters, 1860) and Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868) along a polluted stretch of the Paraíba do Sul River, Brazil

    F. G. Araújo;M. G. Peixoto;B. C. T. Pinto;T. P. Teixeira

  • A preliminary fish assemblage index for a transitional river-reservoir system in southeastern Brazil

    Bianca de Freitas Terra;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Diel and seasonal changes in the distribution of fish on a southeast Brazil sandy beach

    André Luiz Machado Pessanha;Francisco Gerson Araújo;Márcia Cristina Costa De Azevedo;Iracema Dias Gomes

  • Assessing of biotic integrity of the fish community in a heavily impacted segment of a tropical river in Brazil

    Benjamin Carvalho Teixeira Pinto;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Local and ecoregion effects on fish assemblage structure in tributaries of the Rio Paraíba do Sul, Brazil

    Benjamin Carvalho Teixeira Pinto;Francisco Gerson Araujo;Vitor Dantas Rodrigues;Robert M. Hughes

  • Fish Gills Alterations as Potential Biomarkers of Environmental Quality in a Eutrophized Tropical River in South-Eastern Brazil

    A. A. Nascimento;F. G. Araújo;I. D. Gomes;R. M. M. Mendes

  • Dieta do tucunaré-amarelo Cichla monoculus (Bloch & Schneider) (Osteichthyes, Cichlidae), no Reservatório de Lajes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    Luciano Neves dos Santos;Alejandra Filippo Gonzalez;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Artificial structures as tools for fish habitat rehabilitation in a neotropical reservoir

    Luciano N. Santos;Francisco G. Araújo;Daniel S. Brotto

  • Fish assemblage in a dammed tropical river: an analysis along the longitudinal and temporal gradients from river to reservoir

    Bianca de Freitas Terra;Alex Braz Iacone dos Santos;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Trophic connectivity and basal food sources sustaining tropical aquatic consumers along a mangrove to ocean gradient

    Marlucy Coelho Claudino;André Luiz Machado Pessanha;Francisco Gerson Araújo;Alexandre Miranda Garcia

  • Spatial and seasonal changes in the diet of Oligosarcus hepsetus (Characiformes, Characidae) in a Brazilian reservoir.

    F. G Araújo;C. C Andrade;R. N Santos;A. F. G. N Santos

  • Co-occurrence of demersal fishes in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil: A null model analysis

    Márcia Cristina Costa de Azevedo;Francisco Gerson Araújo;André Luiz Machado Pessanha;Márcio de Araújo Silva

  • Assemblages of Southeast-South Brazilian Coastal Systems Based on the Distribution of Fishes

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  • Assessment of biotic condition of Atlantic Rain Forest streams: A fish-based multimetric approach

    Bianca de Freitas Terra;Robert M. Hughes;Marcio Rocha Francelino;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Demersal fishes in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil: Partitioning the spatial, temporal and environmental components of ecological variation

    Márcia Cristina Costa de Azevedo;Francisco Gerson Araújo;Antônio Gomes da Cruz-Filho;André Luiz Machado Pessanha

  • Thermal impact of a nuclear power plant in a coastal area in Southeastern Brazil: effects of heating and physical structure on benthic cover and fish communities

    Tatiana Pires Teixeira;Leonardo Mitrano Neves;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Inter-decadal changes in fish communities of a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil

    Francisco Gerson Araújo;Márcia Cristina Costa de Azevedo;Ana Paula Penha Guedes

  • Fish assemblages in Atlantic Forest streams: the relative influence of local and catchment environments on taxonomic and functional species

    Bianca de F. Terra;Bianca de F. Terra;Robert M. Hughes;Francisco G. Araújo

  • Reproductive biology of two marine catfishes (Siluriformes, Ariidae) in the Sepetiba Bay, Brazil

    Iracema David Gomes;Francisco Gerson Araújo

  • Reproductive biology of the mullet Mugil liza (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in a tropical Brazilian bay

    Rafael J. Albieri;Francisco G. Araújo

  • Trophic resource partitioning among five flatfish species (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes) in a tropical bay in south‐eastern Brazil

    A. P. P. Guedes;F. G. Araújo

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Hughes
Robert M. Hughes Oregon State University
Jacques Robert Nicoli
Jacques Robert Nicoli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
João Paulo Machado Torres
João Paulo Machado Torres Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Marley M. B. R. Vellasco
Marley M. B. R. Vellasco Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

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