Total mercury in muscle tissue of five shark species from Brazilian offshore waters: effects of feeding habit, sex, and length.
- Alexandra Penedo de Pinho, J. R. Davée Guimarães, A. Martins, P. Costa, G. Olavo, J. Valentin
- Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Research
- 1 July 2002
Results indicate that feeding habits influence total mercury level in sharks, and mercury levels were generally higher in males than in females for all species (with the exception of S. mitsukurii), but a statistically significant correlation was observed only for M. canis.
Fish Biodiversity of the Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, Southwestern Atlantic: An Updated Database
- H. Pinheiro, E. Mazzei, J. Joyeux
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 4 March 2015
This study presents and analyzes an extensive database on the VTC fish biodiversity, built on data compiled from literature and recent scientific expeditions that assessed both shallow to mesophotic environments.
Length-weight relationships of marine fishes from the central Brazilian coast
- L. O. Frota, P. Costa, A. C. Braga
- Environmental Science
- 2004
Parameters of the length-weight relationship are presented for 85 fish species from the marine and estuarine regions of the central Brazilian coast (latitude 13░ to 23░ S). Three different methods…
Reef fisheries in Porto Seguro, eastern Brazilian coast
- P. Costa, A. C. Braga, L. F. D. Rocha
- Environmental Science
- 1 February 2003
Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 o and 23 o S
- M. M. Mincarone, J. Nielsen, P. Costa
- Biology
- 16 May 2008
This paper provides a checklist to and an identification key for all ophidiiform fishes from Brazil, totaling 45 species, including 15 species that represent new records for Brazilian waters.
On new collections of deep-sea Gadiformes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Brazilian continental slope, between 11° and 23° S
- M. R. S. Melo, A. C. Braga, G. W. Nunan, P. Costa
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 22 April 2010
New collections made by the French research vessel Thalassa and the Brazilian Astro Garoupa on the Brazilian continental slope revealed a great diversity of deep-sea gadiforms obtained between 200 and 2270 m.
Lanternfish (Myctophidae) from eastern Brazil, southwest Atlantic Ocean
- A. C. Braga, P. Costa, A. Martins, G. Olavo, G. W. Nunan
- Environmental Science
- 10 March 2014
Twenty-nine species from 11 genera of Myctophidae were taken in daytime midwater and bottom trawl hauls off eastern Brazil (11 o -22 o S). Trawls were performed aboard the French R/V Thalassa to…
Global phylogeography suggests extensive eucosmopolitanism in Mesopelagic Fishes (Maurolicus: Sternoptychidae)
- D. Rees, J. Poulsen, T. Sutton, P. Costa, M. Landaeta
- Environmental Science, BiologyScientific Reports
- 25 November 2020
Global phylogeography in Maurolicus, the Pearlsides, an ecologically important group is assessed, finding that no shared haplotypes are found between the two disjunct groups, and maintenance of these as two species is suggested.
Deep-sea bigscales, pricklefishes, gibberfishes and whalefishes (Teleostei: Stephanoberycoidei) off Brazil: new records, range extensions for the south-western Atlantic Ocean and remarks on the…
- M. M. Mincarone, F. Di Dario, P. Costa
- Biology, Environmental ScienceJournal of Fish Biology
- 1 November 2014
Nine species of the Stephanoberycoidei are reported here for the first time in Brazilian waters, and most of them represent new range extensions for the south-western Atlantic Ocean.
New records of Aphyonidae (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) from the south‐western Atlantic
- M. Franco, P. Costa, A. C. Braga
- Biology
- 1 September 2007
During austral summer and winter of 2003, three specimens of Aphyonus gelatinosus and one specimen of Barathronus bicolor were trawled off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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