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3467
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Overview

Telmo Morato is affiliated with the University of the Azores in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers several key subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Morato's research topics focus extensively on areas related to marine life and ecosystems. These include Marine and Fisheries Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Coastal and Marine Management.

The scientist has coauthored frequently with colleagues such as Marina Carreiro-Silva, Carlos Dominguez-Carrió, Laurence Fauconnet, Manuela Ramos, and Gerald H. Taranto.

Significant publication venues for Morato's research include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Marine Science, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, and Global Change Biology.

Some recent papers led or coauthored by Morato are:

  • Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining (2022, Marine Policy)
  • Climate change considerations are fundamental to management of deep-sea resource extraction (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Influence of Water Masses on the Biodiversity and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems in the North Atlantic (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)

Best Publications

  • Marine litter distribution and density in European seas, from the shelves to deep basins.

    Christopher K. Pham;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Claudia H. S. Alt;Teresa Amaro

  • Fishing down the deep

    Telmo Morato;Telmo Morato;Reg Watson;Tony J. Pitcher;Daniel Pauly

  • Seamounts are hotspots of pelagic biodiversity in the open ocean

    Telmo Morato;Simon D. Hoyle;Valerie Allain;Simon J. Nicol

  • Sustainability of deep-sea fisheries

    Elliott A. Norse;Sandra Brooke;William W. L. Cheung;Malcolm R. Clark

  • Length-weight relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic

    Telmo Morato;Pedro Afonso;Paula Lourinho;João P. Barreiros

  • Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

    Sabine Gollner;Stefanie Kaiser;Lena Menzel;Daniel O.B. Jones

  • A global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone

    Tracey T. Sutton;Malcolm R. Clark;Daniel C. Dunn;Patrick N. Halpin

  • Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

    Lisa A. Levin;Brian J. Bett;Andrew R. Gates;Patrick Heimbach

  • Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation

    Tony J. Pitcher;Telmo Morato;Paul J. B. Hart;Malcolm R. Clark

  • Evidence of a seamount effect on aggregating visitors

    Telmo Morato;Divya Alice Varkey;Carla Damaso;Miguel Machete

  • Intrinsic vulnerability in the global fish catch

    William W. L. Cheung;Reg Watson;Telmo Morato;Tony J. Pitcher

  • Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

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  • The Depths of Ignorance: An Ecosystem Evaluation Framework for Seamount Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation

    Tony J. Pitcher;Telmo Morato;Paul J. B. Hart;Malcolm R. Clark

  • Climate‐induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold‐water corals and commercially important deep‐sea fishes in the North Atlantic

    Telmo Morato;José‐Manuel González‐Irusta;Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió;Chih‐Lin Wei

  • Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

    C Van Dover;J Aronson;L Pendleton;S Smith

  • Feeding ecology of the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, in the Azores

    Miguel Figueiredo;Telmo Morato;João P. Barreiros;Pedro Afonso

  • Vulnerability of seamount fish to fishing: Fuzzy analysis of life-history attributes

    T. Morato;W. W. L. Cheung;T. J. Pitcher

  • Fishing down the deep: Accounting for within-species changes in depth of fishing

    Reg A. Watson;Telmo Morato

  • Diets of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic

    Telmo Morato;Encarnacion Solà;Maria P. Grós;Gui Menezes

  • A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining

    Daniel C. Dunn;Cindy L. Van Dover;Ron J. Etter;Craig R. Smith

  • Global Observational Needs and Resources for Marine Biodiversity

    Gabrielle Canonico;Pier Luigi Buttigieg;Enrique Montes;Frank E. Muller-Karger

  • Short communication Length-weight relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic

    T. Morato;P. Afonso;P. Lourinho

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo S. Santos
Ricardo S. Santos University of the Azores
Pedro Afonso
Pedro Afonso University of the Azores
Tony J. Pitcher
Tony J. Pitcher University of British Columbia
Malcolm R. Clark
Malcolm R. Clark National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Ana Colaço
Ana Colaço University of the Azores
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Henn Ojaveer
Henn Ojaveer University of Tartu
Cristina Gambi
Cristina Gambi Marche Polytechnic University
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre

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