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Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho

Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6242
World Ranking
5153
National Ranking
92

Overview

Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraíba in Brazil. Their research work is situated primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research addresses topics centered on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Coastal and Marine Management, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, and Marine animal studies overview.

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Hudson T. Pinheiro
  • Guilherme Ortigara Longo
  • Carlos Eduardo Leite Ferreira
  • Miguel Mies
  • Sergio R. Floeter

The scientist has published in several recurring venues, including:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Plastic pollution on the world's coral reefs", 2023, Nature
  • "South Atlantic Coral Reefs Are Major Global Warming Refugia and Less Susceptible to Bleaching", 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "A blueprint for securing Brazil's marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals", 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges", 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Brazil oil spill response: Protect rhodolith beds", 2020, Science

Best Publications

  • An extensive reef system at the Amazon River mouth

    Rodrigo L. Moura;Gilberto M. Amado-Filho;Fernando C. Moraes;Poliana S. Brasileiro

  • Rhodolith beds are major CaCO3 bio-factories in the tropical South West Atlantic.

    Gilberto M. Amado-Filho;Rodrigo L. Moura;Alex C. Bastos;Leonardo T. Salgado

  • South‐western Atlantic reef fishes: Zoogeographical patterns and ecological drivers reveal a secondary biodiversity centre in the Atlantic Ocean

    Hudson T. Pinheiro;Hudson T. Pinheiro;Luiz A. Rocha;Luiz A. Rocha;Raphael M. Macieira;Alfredo Carvalho-Filho

  • Spatial patterns of benthic megahabitats and conservation planning in the Abrolhos Bank

    Rodrigo Leão Moura;Nélio Augusto Secchin;Gilberto Menezes Amado-Filho;Ronaldo Bastos Francini-Filho

  • Dynamics of fish assemblages on coral reefs subjected to different management regimes in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil

    Ronaldo Bastos Francini-Filho;Ronaldo Bastos Francini-Filho;Rodrigo Leão de Moura

  • Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs

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  • Evidence for spillover of reef fishes from a no-take marine reserve: An evaluation using the before-after control-impact (BACI) approach

    R. B. Francini-Filho;R. B. Francini-Filho;Rua Caetano Moura

  • Dynamics of Coral Reef Benthic Assemblages of the Abrolhos Bank, Eastern Brazil: Inferences on Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers

    Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Ericka O. C. Coni;Pedro M. Meirelles;Gilberto M. Amado-Filho

  • Perspectives on the Great Amazon Reef: extension, biodiversity and threats

    Ronaldo Bastos Francini-Filho;Nils Asp;Eduardo Siegle;John Hocevar

  • Diseases leading to accelerated decline of reef corals in the largest South Atlantic reef complex (Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil)

    Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Rodrigo L. Moura;Fabiano L. Thompson;Rodrigo M. Reis

  • Fish Biodiversity of the Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, Southwestern Atlantic: An Updated Database

    Hudson T. Pinheiro;Eric Mazzei;Rodrigo L. Moura;Gilberto M. Amado-Filho

  • Foraging activity of roving herbivorous reef fish (Acanthuridae and Scaridae) in eastern Brazil: influence of resource availability and interference competition

    Ronaldo Bastos Francini-Filho;Camilo Moitinho Ferreira;Ericka Oliveira Cavalcanti Coni;Rodrigo Leão De Moura

  • South Atlantic Coral Reefs Are Major Global Warming Refugia and Less Susceptible to Bleaching

    Miguel Mies;Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Carla Zilberberg;Amana G. Garrido

  • Spawning patterns of commercially important reef fish (Lutjanidae and Serranidae) in the tropical western South Atlantic

    Matheus Oliveira Freitas;Rodrigo Leão de Moura;Ronaldo Bastos Francini-Filho;Carolina Viviana Minte-Vera

  • A blueprint for securing Brazil's marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals

    Rafael A. Magris;Micheli D. P. Costa;Micheli D. P. Costa;Carlos E. L. Ferreira;Ciro C. Vilar

  • Bacterial Community Associated with Healthy and Diseased Reef Coral Mussismilia hispida from Eastern Brazil

    Alinne Pereira de Castro;Samuel Dias Araújo;Alessandra M. M. Reis;Rodrigo L. Moura

  • Extensive Rhodolith Beds Cover the Summits of Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Seamounts

    Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho;Gilberto M. Amado-Filho;Rodrigo L. de Moura;Alex C. Bastos

  • Live coral predation by parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae) in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil, with comments on the classification of species into functional groups

    Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Rodrigo L. Moura;Camilo M. Ferreira;Ericka O. C. Coni

  • Mesophotic reef fish assemblages of the remote St. Peter and St. Paul’s Archipelago, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil

    Marcos Rogerio Rosa;Aline Cristina Alves;Diego Valverde Medeiros;Ericka Oliveira Cavalcanti Coni

  • Bacterial diversity associated with the Brazilian endemic reef coral Mussismilia braziliensis

    A.M.M. Reis;S.D. Araújo;R.L. Moura;R.B. Francini-Filho;R.B. Francini-Filho

  • Daily cleaning activity and diversity of clients of the barber goby, Elacatinus figaro, on rocky reefs in southeastern Brazil

    Ivan Sazima;Cristina Sazima;Cristina Sazima;Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho;Rodrigo L. Moura

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodrigo L. Moura
Rodrigo L. Moura Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Fabiano L. Thompson
Fabiano L. Thompson Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Les Kaufman
Les Kaufman Boston University
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences
Carlos Eduardo de Rezende
Carlos Eduardo de Rezende State University of Norte Fluminense
Jean-Christophe Joyeux
Jean-Christophe Joyeux Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Ivan Sazima
Ivan Sazima State University of Campinas
Sergio R. Floeter
Sergio R. Floeter Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Carlos E. L. Ferreira
Carlos E. L. Ferreira Fluminense Federal University
Tetsuya Iida
Tetsuya Iida Osaka University

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