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Marcos Tavares is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of focus cover:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change

The central topics of their research work include:

  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Marine and fisheries research

Marcos Tavares has contributed to multiple publications, including recent papers such as:

  • "Dapagliflozin for Critically Ill Patients With Acute Organ Dysfunction" (2024, JAMA)
  • "Uca maracoani (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) from a Miocene paleomangrove in Brazil: A case of evolutionary stasis among tropical American fiddler crabs" (2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)
  • "Unveiling the hidden threat of microplastics to coral reefs in remote South Atlantic islands" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean" (2022, Zootaxa)
  • "Spatiotemporal patterns of carrion biomass of marine tetrapods at the ocean-land interface on the southern Brazilian coastline" (2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series)

Frequent publication venues for Marcos Tavares include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
  • Nauplius
  • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • Journal of Paleontology

Their research collaborations involve several frequent co-authors such as:

  • Luciana Martins
  • William Ricardo Amâncio Santana
  • Joel B. Mendonça
  • Daniel Lima
  • Leticia D'Almeida Ubirajara

Best Publications

  • Discovery of the first known benthic invasive species in the Southern Ocean: the North Atlantic spider crab Hyas araneus found in the Antarctic Peninsula

    Marcos Tavares;Gustavo A. S. De Melo

  • A new subfamilial arrangement for the Dromiidae de Haan, 1833, with diagnoses and descriptions of new genera and species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

    Danièle Guinot;Marcos Tavares

  • Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne Edwards, 1867) (Brachyura: Portunidae), eighth nonindigenous marine decapod recorded from Brazil

    Marcos Tavares;Joel Braga de Mendonga

  • Morphological differences between Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) and S. coelatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea).

    Jessica Colavite;William Santana;Marcos Tavares

  • The freshwater shrimp family Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 1950 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) revisited, with a taxonomic revision of the genus Euryrhynchus Miers, 1878.

    Paulo P.G. Pachelle;Marcos Tavares

  • Morphological and molecular data reveal the cryptic diversity among populations of Aegla paulensis (Decapoda, Anomura, Aeglidae), with descriptions of four new species and comments on dispersal routes and conservation status

    Juliana Cristina Bertacini Moraes;Mariana Terossi;Raquel Corrêa Buranelli;Marcos Tavares

  • A new species of Pachycheles (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), with taxonomic remarks on two other porcelain crabs from the remote oceanic archipelago of Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean

    Luciane Augusto De Azevedo Ferreira;Marcos Tavares

  • Taxonomic review of Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994 (Decapoda, Anomura, Aeglidae) with description of a new species

    Juliana Cristina Moraes Bertacini;Marcos Tavares;Sérgio Luiz De Siqueira Bueno

  • Refining the genus Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875: reinstatement of Scyramathia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 and Anamathia Smith, 1885, and a new genus for Amathia crassa A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, with notes on its ontogeny (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae)

    Marcos Tavares;William Santana

  • A new genus and species of Sclerodactylidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Sclerothyoninae) from the Pacific coast of Panama, and assignment of Neopentamera anexigua to Sclerothyoninae.

    Luciana Martins;Marcos Tavares

  • A new genus of freshwater crab of the tribe Kingsleyini Bott, 1970 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) with description of a new species from Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Manuel Pedraza;Marcos Tavares;Célio Magalhães

  • A new species of Biffarius manning & felder, 1991 (decapoda: axiidea: callianassidae) from the intertidal coast of northeastern Brazil

    Patricio Hernáez;Marcel S. Miranda;Marcos Tavares

  • The need of more rigorous assessments of marine species introductions: a counter example from the Brazilian coast.

    Rosana M. Rocha;Leandro M. Vieira;Alvaro E. Migotto;Antonia Cecília Z. Amaral

  • A review of the records of Pachycheles rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Brazil, with the description of a new species.

    Luciane Augusto De Azevedo Ferreira;Marcos Tavares

  • Alien Decapod Crustaceans in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

    Marcos Tavares

  • Echinoidea and Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the Trindade and Martin Vaz Archipelago, off Brazil, with new records and remarks on taxonomy and species composition

    Luciana Martins;Camilla Souto;Joel Braga;Marcos Tavares

  • Atlantic West Ophiothrix spp. in the scope of integrative taxonomy: Confirming the existence of Ophiothrix trindadensis Tommasi, 1970.

    Renata Aparecida dos Santos Alitto;Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral;Letícia Dias de Oliveira;Helena Serrano

  • On the morphological differentiation between Libinia spinosa and L. ferreirae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialtidae)

    Marcos Tavares;William Santana

  • Uca maracoani (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) from a Miocene paleomangrove in Brazil: A case of evolutionary stasis among tropical American fiddler crabs

    Daniel Lima;Daniel Lima;Marcos Tavares;Ricardo T. Lopes;Olga M. Oliveira de Araújo

  • New taxonomic and distributional information on hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic coast of South America.

    Rafael Lemaitre;Marcos Tavares

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Lemaitre
Rafael Lemaitre National Museum of Natural History
Gary C. B. Poore
Gary C. B. Poore Museums Victoria
Daniela M. Takiya
Daniela M. Takiya Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum

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