Publications
2026-2027
Luiz OJ, Soares BE, Nunes LT, Cintra IH, Barthem RB, Marceniuk AP. 2026. Dynamic transitions in fish community composition from the Amazon river plume to offshore reefs. Journal of Biogeography, 53:e70132.
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Lima M, Freitas R, Nunes LT, Matos T, Coutinho R, Fernandes L. 2026. Biotecnological approaches for non-enzymatic oxidative stress biomarkers in aquatic monitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 228:119626.
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2024-2025
Delecambre Z, ... Nunes LT, Casey JM, Parravicini V. 2025. Ecological specialisation of reef fishes peaks in global biodiversity hotspots. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34:e70050.
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Carolina R, Nunes LT, Matos T, Chust G, Coutinho R, Patrizio M, Scherer M, Fernandes L. 2025. Mapping marine plankton abundance along ecological gradients in the South Brazilian Shelf. Marine Environmental Research, 726: 1-15.
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Ferrari DS, Nunes LT, Mendes TC, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2024. Hyperdominance and habitat composition drive reef fish foraging at Atlantic oceanic island.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 726: 1-15.
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Ferrari DS, Nunes LT, Kirsty L, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2024. Thermal tolerance as a driver of reef fish commnunity structureat the isolated Mid-Atlantic Ridge Islands. Marine Environmental Research, 199:106611.
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Marceniuk AP, Soares BE, Caires RA, Carvalho-Filho A, Barthem R, Floeter SR, Rosa RS, Klautau AGCM, Cintra IHA, Rotundo MM, Nunes LT. 2024. Megahabitats shape fish distribution patterns on the Amazon coast. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 305:108847
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Ferrari DS, Nunes LT, Jones K, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2024. Thermal tolerance as a driver of reef fish community structure at the isolated tropical Mid-Atlantic Ridge Islands. Marine Environmental Research, 199: 106611.
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Ferrari DS, Nunes LT, Mendes TC, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2024. Hyperdominance and habitat composition drive reef fish foraging at Atlantic oceanic islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 726, 1–15.
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2022-2023
Nunes LT, Leão CC, Floyd AA, Sazima I, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2023. Diel feeding activity of Abudefduf saxatilis (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) on southwestern Atlantic reefs. Neotropical Ichthyology, 21, e220119.
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Cord I, Nunes LT, Barroso CX, Freira AS, Gadig OBF, Gomes PB, Gurgel CFD, Lindner A, Mantelatto FL, Targino AKG, Floeter SR. 2022. Brazilian marine biogeography: a multi-taxa approach for outlining sectorization. Marine Biology, 169, 61.
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Canterle AM, Nunes LT, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Floeter SR. 2022. Syntopic cryptobenthic fishes can coexist with overllaping niches. Marine Biology, 169, 26.
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2020-2021
Nunes LT & Barneche DR, Lastrucci NS, Fraga AA, Nunes JACC, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2021. Predicting the effects of body size, temperature and diet on animal feeding rates. Functional Ecology, 35, 2229–2240.
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Gaspar TL, Quimbayo JP, Ozekoski R, Nunes LT, Aued AW, Mendes TC, Garrido AG, Segal B. 2021. Severe coral bleaching of Siderastrea stellata at the only atoll in the South Atlantic driven by sequential Marine Heatwaves. Biota Neotropica, 21, e20201131.
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2019-2020
Nunes LT, Siqueira AC, Cord I, Ford BM, Liedke AMR, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2020. The influence of species abundance, diet and phylogenetic affinity on the co-occurrence of butterflyfishes. Marine Biology, 167, 107.
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Nunes LT, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR. 2020. Tropical laboratories in the Atlantic Ocean: Long-term ecological research on oceanic islands. The Marine Biologist, 14, 6–7.
Nunes LT, Morais RA, Longo GO, Sabino J, Floeter SR. 2020. Habitat and community structure modulate fish interactions in a neotropical clearwater river. Neotropical Ichthyology, 18, e190127.
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Cordeiro CAMM, Quimbayo JP, Nunes JACC, Nunes LT, Sissini MN, Sampaio CLS, Morais RA, Horta PA, Aued AW, Carraro JL, Hajdu E, Rocha LA, Segal B, Floeter SR. 2020. Conservation status of the southernmost reef of the Amazon Reef System: the Parcel de Manuel Luís. Coral Reefs, 40, 165–185.
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Canterle AM, Nunes LT, Fontoura L, Maia HA, Floeter SR. 2020. Reef microhabitats mediate fish feeding intensity and agonistic interactions at Príncipe Island Biosphere Reserve, Tropical Eastern Atlantic. Marine Ecology, e12609.
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Nunes L, Cord I, Francini-Filho RB, Stampar SN, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL. 2019. Ecology of Prognathodes obliquus, a butterflyfish endemic to mesophotic ecosystems of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Archipelago. Coral Reefs, 38, 955–960.
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2017-2018
Nunes L, Burle G, Gumboski EL, Dechoum M. 2018. Abiotic effects on the cover and richness of corticolous lichens on Araucaria angustifolia trunks. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 33, 21–28.
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Lastrucci NS, Nunes, LT, Lindner A, Floeter SR. 2018. An updated phylogeny of the redlip blenny genus Ophioblennius. Journal of Fish Biology, 93, 411–414.
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Liedke AMR, Bonaldo RM, Segal B, Ferreira CEL, Nunes LT, Burigo AP, Buck S, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Floeter SR. 2018. Resource partitioning by two syntopic sister-species of butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom, 98, 1767–1773.
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Quimbayo JP, Nunes LT, Ozekoski R, Floeter SR, Morais RA, Fontoura L, Bonaldo RM, Ferreira CEL, Sazima I. 2017. Cleaning interactions at the only atoll in the South Atlantic. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100, 865–875.
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2015-2016
Liedke A, Barneche D, Ferreira CEL, Segal B, Nunes LT, Burigo AP, Carvalho J, Buck S, Bonaldo R, Floeter SR. 2016. Abundance, diet, foraging and nutritional condition of the banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) along the western Atlantic. Marine Biology, 163, 6.
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Longo GO, Morais RA, Martins CDL, Mendes TC, Aued AW, Cândido D, Oliveira J, Nunes LT, Fontoura L, Sissini MN, Teschima MM, Silva MB, Ramlov F, Gouveia L, Ferreira CEL, Segal B, Horta PA, Floeter SR. 2015. Between-habitat variation of benthic cover, reef fish assemblage and feeding pressure at the only atoll in South Atlantic: Rocas Atoll, NE Brazil. PLoS ONE, 10, e0127176.
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Anderson AB, Carvalho-Filho A, Morais RA, Nunes LT, Quimbayo JPA, Floeter SR. 2015. Brazilian tropical fishes in their southern limit of distribution: checklist of Santa Catarina’s rocky reef ichthyofauna, remarks and new records. Check List, 11, 1688.
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