Ecological trap for seabirds due to the contamination caused by the Fundão dam collapse, Brazil

GT Nunes, MA Efe, CT Barreto, JV Gaiotto… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-induced rapid environmental changes can disrupt habitat quality in the short term. A
decrease in quality of habitats associated with preference for these over other available …

A framework and review of evidence of the importance of coral reefs for marine birds in tropical ecosystems

GS Cumming, NL James, CM Chua… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As global heating and other anthropogenic influences alter tropical marine environments, it
is unclear how marine bird populations will be impacted and whether their current roles in …

Metal tolerance in enterococci isolated from seabirds in Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil: Evaluating their role as bioindicators of marine pollution

RR Mocellin, AL Toigo, CC Dos Santos, J Frazzon… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbiota exposed to pollution provide insights into host physiology and ecosystem
disruption. This study evaluated Enterococcus spp. tolerant to arsenic (As), copper (Cu), and …

Resource partitioning influences levels of toxic trace elements in sympatric tropical seabirds

B de Andrade Linhares, GT Nunes, A Bianchini… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Morphologically similar species that occupy resource-limited environments tend to differ in
their ecological traits in order to coexist, which may result in differential exposure to …

Breeding seabird populations in Brazilian oceanic islands: historical review, update and a call for census standardization

PL Mancini, PP Serafini, L Bugoni - Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 2016 - Springer
In recent decades, several seabird populations have declined globally due to anthropogenic
activities. In Brazil, 14 seabird species breed at four oceanic islands and one atoll: the …

Role of body size in sha** the trophic structure of tropical seabird communities

PL Mancini, KA Hobson, L Bugoni - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2014 - int-res.com
Ecological segregation among coexisting seabird species can occur due to morphological
and behavioral differences. This segregation is especially important as it reduces …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the possible adverse effects of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) along the Brazilian coast

LST Cunha, JPM Torres, J Muñoz-Arnanz, B Jiménez - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the impact of contamination by persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) on Brazilian wildlife. The concentrations of certain POPs, including …

Local adaptation drives population isolation in a tropical seabird

GT Nunes, L Bugoni - Journal of Biogeography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding the mechanisms of population isolation in marine top predators is
challenging owing to their high mobility and the inherent difficulty in quantifying …

Biogeographic variation on dietary aspects of a widely distributed seabird

J Jacoby, P Luciano Mancini, SL Bertrand… - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
The diet of widely distributed species is influenced by the availability of food resources,
which can vary according to local conditions. Thus, heterogeneity in diet patterns can help …

Conservation genetics of threatened Red-billed Tropicbirds and White-tailed Tropicbirds in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

GT Nunes, MA Efe, TRO Freitas… - The Condor …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Seabirds are of considerable conservation significance due to their key role in ecosystems
and their generally high level of threat, especially from invasive species in breeding sites …