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Nuno Queiroz is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans a number of related subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Aquatic Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics emphasize areas within Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Queiroz has been published multiple times in several well-known academic venues. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal of Fish Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, and Nature.

Some of their recent papers document research contributions across diverse marine and ecological themes:

  • Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation (2021, Endangered Species Research)
  • Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark (2021, eLife)
  • Global-Scale Environmental Niche and Habitat of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) by Size and Sex: A Pivotal Step to Improving Stock Management (2022, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent coauthors working with Queiroz include David Sims, Gonzalo Mucientes, Pedro Afonso, Camrin D. Braun, and Nicolas E. Humphries.

In addition to journal publications, Queiroz has contributed to book literature, notably with a title published by Editora BAGAI eBooks in 2024 titled "DIÁLOGOS SOBRE O ENSINO E A EDUCAÇÃO."

Best Publications

  • Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators

    Nicolas E. Humphries;Nicolas E. Humphries;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Jennifer R. M. Dyer;Nicolas G. Pade;Nicolas G. Pade

  • Repeated, Long-Distance Migrations by a Philopatric Predator Targeting Highly Contrasting Ecosystems

    James S.E. Lea;Bradley M. Wetherbee;Nuno Queiroz;Neil Burnie

  • Do distributional shifts of northern and southern species of algae match the warming pattern

    Fernando P. Lima;Fernando P. Lima;Pedro A. Ribeiro;Nuno Queiroz;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins

  • Foraging success of biological Levy flights recorded in situ.

    Nicolas E. Humphries;Henri Weimerskirch;Nuno Queiroz;Emily J. Southall

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • Sexual segregation of pelagic sharks and the potential threat from fisheries

    Gonzales R Mucientes;Nuno. Queiroz;Nuno. Queiroz;Lara L Sousa;Pedro Tarroso

  • Ocean-wide tracking of pelagic sharks reveals extent of overlap with longline fishing hotspots.

    Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Gonzalo Mucientes;Neil Hammerschlag

  • Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

    Rob Harcourt;Ana M. M. Sequeira;Xuelei Zhang;Fabien Roquet

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola : a review of current knowledge and future research perspectives

    Edward C. Pope;Graeme C. Hays;Tierney M. Thys;Thomas K. Doyle

  • Molecular markers reveal spatially segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate (Dipturus batis)

    Andrew M. Griffiths;David W. Sims;Stephen P. Cotterell;Aliya El Nagar

  • Recent changes in the distribution of a marine gastropod, Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758, and their relationship to unusual climatic events

    Fernando P. Lima;Fernando P. Lima;Nuno Queiroz;Pedro A. Ribeiro;Pedro A. Ribeiro;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins

  • Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans

    A. M. M. Sequeira;J. P. Rodríguez;V. M. Eguíluz;R. Harcourt

  • Satellite tracking of the World's largest bony fish, the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the North East Atlantic

    David W. Sims;David W. Sims;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Thomas K. Doyle;Jonathan D.R. Houghton

  • Spatial Dynamics and Expanded Vertical Niche of Blue Sharks in Oceanographic Fronts Reveal Habitat Targets for Conservation

    Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Nicolas E. Humphries;Leslie R. Noble;António M. Santos

  • Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world’s largest fish, the whale shark

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  • Long-term GPS tracking of ocean sunfish Mola mola offers a new direction in fish monitoring.

    David W. Sims;David W. Sims;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Fernando P. Lima;Fernando P. Lima

  • First results from satellite-linked archival tagging of porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus: Area fidelity, wider-scale movements and plasticity in diel depth changes

    Nicolas G. Pade;Nicolas G. Pade;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Matthew J. Witt

  • Food habits of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, off the southwest coast of Portugal

    Anabela Maia;Nuno Queiroz;João P. Correia;Henrique Cabral

  • Overhauling Ocean Spatial Planning to Improve Marine Megafauna Conservation

    Ana Micaela Martins Sequeira;Graeme Clive Hays;David W. Sims;Víctor M. Eguíluz

  • Biogeographic Patterns of Intertidal Macroinvertebrates and their Association with Macroalgae Distribution along the Portuguese Coast

    Sílvia G. Pereira;Fernando P. Lima;Nuno C. Queiroz;Pedro A. Ribeiro

  • Oceans apart? Short-term movements and behaviour of adult bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans determined from pop-off satellite archival tagging.

    J. M. Brunnschweiler;N. Queiroz;N. Queiroz;D. W. Sims;D. W. Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Fernando P. Lima
Fernando P. Lima University of Porto
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Rui Rosa
Rui Rosa University of Lisbon
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Bradley M. Wetherbee
Bradley M. Wetherbee University of Rhode Island
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Michele Thums
Michele Thums Australian Institute of Marine Science
Simon D. Goldsworthy
Simon D. Goldsworthy South Australian Research and Development Institute
Robert Harcourt
Robert Harcourt Macquarie University

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