All Stories

  1. Reef fish antipredator behavior in remote islands does not reflect patterns seen in coastal areas

    Article • Ethology Ecology & Evolution, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Vinicius J Giglio, Dr Francisco Barros, Dr Juan Pablo Quimbayo

  2. Manipulating habitat complexity to understand its influence on benthic macrofauna

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  3. Physical habitat structure in marine ecosystems: the meaning of complexity and heterogeneity

    Article • Hydrobiologia, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  4. Detection of environmental impacts of shrimp farming through multiple lines of evidence

    Article • Environmental Pollution, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  5. New records of the alien cup-corals (Tubastraea spp.) within estuarine and reef systems in Todos os Santos Bay, Southwestern Atlantic

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  6. Tidal migration and cross-habitat movements of fish assemblage within a mangrove ecotone

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  7. Impacts of shrimp farming cultivation cycles on macrobenthic assemblages and chemistry of sediments

    Article • Environmental Pollution, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  8. Effects of the alien coral Tubastraea tagusensis on native coral assemblages in a southwestern Atlantic coral reef

    Article • Marine Biology, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  9. Benthic estuarine communities in Brazil: moving forward to long term studies to assess climate change impacts

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, January 2016, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Francisco Barros

  10. Are Abrolhos no-take area sites of naïve fish? An evaluation using flight initiation distance of labrids

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, January 2016, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Francisco Barros

  11. Predicting ecological changes on benthic estuarine assemblages through decadal climate trends along Brazilian Marine Ecoregions

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  12. Are there general spatial patterns of mangrove structure and composition along estuarine salinity gradients in Todos os Santos Bay?

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  13. Community structure of shallow rocky shore fish in a tropical bay of the southwestern Atlantic

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, December 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Francisco Barros

  14. Northearn cost of Bahia as an important feeding area for juveniles and adults of green turtles

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, October 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Francisco Barros, PhD student Adriana Jardim

  15. Thirty years of use of multivariate quantitative methods in benthic community ecology of marine and coastal habitats: looking to the past to planning the future

    Article • Scientometrics, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  16. Sensibility of the Invasive SnailMelanoides tuberculatus(Müller, 1774) to Salinity Variations

    Article • Malacologia, April 2015, Institute of Malacology

    Dr Francisco Barros

  17. The influence of structural complexity and reef habitat types on flight initiation distance and escape behaviors in labrid fishes

    Article • Marine Biology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  18. Intertidal benthic macrofaunal assemblages: changes in structure along entire tropical estuarine salinity gradients

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, November 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Francisco Barros

  19. Analysis of sampling methods of estuarine benthic macrofaunal assemblages: sampling gear, mesh size, and taxonomic resolution

    Article • Hydrobiologia, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  20. Integrated assessment of metal contamination in sediments from two tropical estuaries

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  21. A framework for investigating general patterns of benthic β-diversity along estuaries

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  22. Pseudoreplication in ecotoxicology

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Francisco Barros

  23. How wave exposure, group size and habitat complexity influence foraging and population densities in fishes of the genus Halichoeres (Perciformes: Labridae) on tropical rocky shores

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francisco Barros

  24. Overview of the 20th century impact of trace metal contamination in the estuaries of Todos os Santos Bay: Past, present and future scenarios

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  25. Subtidal benthic macroinfaunal assemblages in tropical estuaries: Generality amongst highly variable gradients

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  26. Reef fishes captured by recreational spearfishing on reefs of Bahia State, northeast Brazil

    Article • Biota Neotropica, March 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Francisco Barros

  27. MACROFAUNA BENTÔNICA INTRODUZIDA NO BRASIL: LISTA DE ESPÉCIES MARINHAS E DULCÍCOLAS E DISTRIBUIÇÃO ATUAL

    Article • Oecologia Australis, June 2011, Oecologia Australis

    Dr Francisco Barros

  28. Structural and functional approaches to describe polychaete assemblages: ecological implications for estuarine ecosystems

    Article • Marine and Freshwater Research, January 2011, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Francisco Barros

  29. Evaluating shellfish gathering (Lucina pectinata) in a tropical mangrove system

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  30. Is Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) a useful tool for exposed sandy beaches management in Bahia State (Northeast Brazil)?

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, June 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Francisco Barros

  31. Evaluation of sample preparation (grinding and sieving) of bivalves, coffee and cowpea beans for multi-element analysis

    Article • Microchemical Journal, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  32. The structure of the benthic macrofaunal assemblages and sediments characteristics of the Paraguaçu estuarine system, NE, Brazil

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  33. Trace metals and benthic macrofauna distributions in Camamu Bay, Brazil: Sediment quality prior oil and gas exploration

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  34. Trace metal contamination and benthic assemblages in Subaé estuarine system, Brazil

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  35. Spatial patterns of macrofaunal assemblages in intermittently closed/open coastal lakes in New South Wales, Australia

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  36. Evaluating the importance of predation on subtidal benthic assemblages in sandy habitats around rocky reefs

    Article • Acta Oecologica, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  37. Spatial patterns in meiobenthic assemblages in intermittently open/closed coastal lakes in New South Wales, Australia

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  38. The influence of troughs and crests of ripple marks on the structure of subtidal benthic assemblages around rocky reefs

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  39. A preliminary analysis of the structure of benthic assemblages of surf zones on two morphodynamic types of beach

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, June 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Francisco Barros

  40. Macroinfauna of Six Beaches near Guaratuba Bay, Southern Brazil

    Article • Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, December 2001, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Francisco Barros

  41. The Influence of Rocky Reefs on Structure of Benthic Macrofauna in Nearby Soft-sediments

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, February 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros

  42. Ghost crabs as a tool for rapid assessment of human impacts on exposed sandy beaches

    Article • Biological Conservation, February 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Barros