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

RL Moura, NA Secchin, GM Amado-Filho… - Continental Shelf …, 2013 - Elsevier
Application of sidescan sonar at the regional scale of the Abrolhos Bank, with ground-
truthing by remotely operated vehicles and mixed-gas diving operations, revealed a much …

Integrating multiple species connectivity and habitat quality into conservation planning for coral reefs

RA Magris, EA Treml, RL Pressey, R Weeks - Ecography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating connectivity into the design of marine protected areas (MPAs) has met with
conceptual, theoretical, and practical challenges, which include: 1) the need to consider …

Tropical rhodolith beds are a major and belittled reef fish habitat

RL Moura, ML Abieri, GM Castro, LA Carlos-Júnior… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding habitat-level variation in community structure provides an informed basis for
natural resources' management. Reef fishes are a major component of tropical marine …

Dynamics of coral reef benthic assemblages of the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil: inferences on natural and anthropogenic drivers

RB Francini-Filho, EOC Coni, PM Meirelles… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The Abrolhos Bank (eastern Brazil) encompasses the largest and richest coral reefs of the
South Atlantic. Coral reef benthic assemblages of the region were monitored from 2003 to …

Habitat and marine reserve status drive reef fish biomass and functional diversity in the largest south Atlantic coral reef system (Abrolhos, Brazil)

FA Rolim, T Langlois, FS Motta, GM Castro… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The effects of fishing have been documented across coral reefs worldwide. No-take marine
reserves do not only act as a conservation tool but also allow an opportunity to study impacts …

Map** fishing grounds, resource and fleet patterns to enhance management units in data-poor fisheries: The case of snappers and groupers in the Abrolhos Bank …

M Previero, MA Gasalla - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2018 - Elsevier
In most small-scale fisheries, especially in develo** countries, the collection of reliable
fishing statistics is not regular, hampering traditional stock assessments. In those data-poor …

The use of Local Ecological Knowledge as a complementary approach to understand the temporal and spatial patterns of fishery resources distribution

MSP Lima, JEL Oliveira, MF de NÓBREGA… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2017 - Springer
Background Acquiring fast and accurate information on ecological patterns of fishery
resources is a basic first step for their management. However, some countries may lack the …

South Atlantic rhodolith beds: Latitudinal distribution, species composition, structure and ecosystem functions, threats and conservation status

GM Amado-Filho, RG Bahia, GH Pereira-Filho… - Rhodolith/Maërl beds: A …, 2017 - Springer
The largest continuous latitudinal distribution of rhodolith beds occur in the South Atlantic
Ocean. Up to now rhodolith beds were referred exclusively to the western portion of the …

Newly discovered reefs in the southern Abrolhos Bank, Brazil: Anthropogenic impacts and urgent conservation needs

EF Mazzei, AA Bertoncini, HT Pinheiro… - Marine pollution …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Abrolhos Bank is an area of high ecological, socio-economic importance and
harbour the richest and most-extensive coral reefs in the South Atlantic. Here we report the …

Depletion of marine megafauna and shifting baselines among artisanal fishers in eastern B razil

VJ Giglio, OJ Luiz, LC Gerhardinger - Animal Conservation, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing exploitation effort and efficiency have been leading to population declines and
extinctions among large marine animals. Understanding the magnitude of such losses is …