Pedro Afonso Agostinho dos Santos
pedro afonso
I am a Portuguese marine and fisheries biologist specializing in applied spatial ecology, whereby I employ rigorous analysis of empirical biological data to promote the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine living resources. I earned my PhD in Zoology at the University of Hawaii (US) in 2007 under Fullbright, FLAD and FCT scholarships.
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Ecological aspects and hydrodynamics of hitchhiking remoras Remora spp. associated with sicklefin devil rays Mobula tarapacana
2025
G Castellano-González; BCL Macena; T Bartolomeu; A Passos; P Afonso; JMR Fontes
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Estudo Piloto de Crustáceos Comerciais. MoniCO - Programa de Monitorização de Recursos e Ambientes Costeiros dos Açores
2025
Paulo Torres; Inês Gomes; Ana Novoa-Pabon; Peter West; Bruno Saraiva; David Milla-Figueras; Bruno Macena; et al
Ciência Vitae
Advancing the frontier of fish geolocation into the ocean’s midwaters
Contrasting ontogenetic shifts in habitat and metabolism of three sympatric key deep-sea fishes
2024
CR Priester; P Afonso; CN Trueman; G Menezes; G Graça; J Fontes
Marine Ecology Progress Series
First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fisheries
2024
Fauconnet, Laurence; Morato, Telmo; Das, Diya; Catarino, Diana; Fontes, Jorge; Giacomello, Eva; Afonso, Pedro
Fisheries Research
From darkness to light: Understanding movement and residency patterns of two sympatric deep-sea sharks in the North Atlantic
2024
Gandra, Miguel; Fontes, Jorge; Macena, Bruno; Abecasis, David; Carl G
8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium
Ciência Vitae
Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: Initial steps within the framework
Hidden but Proeminent : A database collecting occurrences from midwater fauna in North Atlantic
2024
Belaoud, Thomas; Pedro Afonso; Porteiro, Filipe
MEESO and SUMMER Symposium 14 & 15 February 2024
Ciência Vitae
Identifying priority sites for whale shark ship collision management globally
2024
Freya C
Science of The Total Environment
Long-distance migrations and seasonal movements of meagre (Argyrosomus regius), a large coastal predator, along the Iberian Peninsula coast
Marine algal (seaweed) flora of Faial Island, Azores
2024
David Milla-Figueras; Ana Isabel Neto; Fernando Tempera; Ignacio Moreu; Afonso C
Biodiversity Data Journal
Measuring deoxygenation effects on marine predators: A new animal-attached archival tag recording in situ dissolved oxygen, temperature, fine-scale movements and behaviour
2024
Ivo Costa; David Sims; Bruno Loureiro; Matt Waller; Freya Womersley; Alexandra Loveridge; Nicolas E
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Multidisciplinary estimates of connectivity and population structure suggest the use of multiple units for the conservation and management of meagre, Argyrosomus regius
Open Protocols, the new standard for acoustic tracking: results from interoperability and performance tests in European waters
2024
Eneko Aspillaga; Stijn Bruneel; Josep Alós; Pieterjan Verhelst; David Abecasis; Kim Aarestrup; Kim Birnie-Gauvin; et al
Animal Biotelemetry
The return of Scarface: Philopatry in an ocean wandering shark?
Tracking aquatic animals for fisheries management in European waters
2024
Aytaç Özgül; Kim Birnie-Gauvin; David Abecasis; Josep Alós; Kim Aarestrup; Jan Reubens; Jon Bolland; et al
Fisheries Management and Ecology
Trophic ecology and coastal niche partitioning of two sympatric shark species in the Azores (mid-Atlantic)
2024
Priester, CR; Dierking, J; Hansen, T; Abecasis, D; Fontes, JM; Afonso, P
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Whale sharks and tunas hunt together
2024
Jorge Fontes; Pedro Afonso; Bruno Macena
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Building use-inspired species distribution models: Using multiple data types to examine and improve model performance
Building use‐inspired species distribution models: using multiple data types to examine and improve model performance
2023
CD Braun, MC Arostegui, N Farchadi, M Alexander, P Afonso, A Allyn, ...
Ecological Applications 33 (6), e2893, 2023
Challenges in avoiding deep-water shark bycatch in Azorean hook-and-line fisheries
2023
Laurence Fauconnet; Diana Catarino; Diya Das; Eva Giacomello; José Manuel Gonzalez-Irusta; Pedro Afonso; Telmo Morato; Michael Pol
ICES Journal of Marine Science
DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae)
2023
João Neiva; Ricardo Bermejo; Alba Medrano; Pol Capdevila; David Milla-Figueras; Pedro Afonso; Enric Ballesteros; et al
European Journal of Phycology
Depth and temperature preferences of meagre, Argyrosomus regius, as revealed by satellite telemetry
Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate
First insights into the shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ) fine-scale swimming behaviour
First insights into the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) fine-scale swimming behaviour
2023
BM Saraiva, BCL Macena, S Solleliet-Ferreira, P Afonso, J Fontes
Royal Society Open Science 10 (5), 230012, 2023
Hitchhiking to the abyss
2023
Fontes, Jorge; Castellano-González, Gloria; Macena, Bruno C
Ecology and Evolution
Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean
2023
Braun, Camrin D
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Long-distance migrations and seasonal movements of large coastal predator (meagre, Argyrosomus regius) along the Iberian Peninsula coast
2023
Gandra, Miguel; Alexander C
6th International Conference on Fish Telemetry
Ciência Vitae
New additions to black and white fish mutants
2023
Fontes, Jorge; Dachelet, Joeva; Serrão Santos, Ricardo; Macena, Bruno C
Ecological Indicators
The heaviest bony fish in the world: A 2744-kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) from the North Atlantic
Tracking aquatic animals to understand a world increasingly shaped by a changing climate and extreme weather events
Corrigendum to: Wave-influenced deposition of carbonate-rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores
Distribution modelling of deep-sea elasmobranchs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for spatial management.
2022
"Distribution modelling of deep-sea elasmobranchs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for spatial management
Ciência Vitae
Distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, to inform spatial planning
2022
Diya Das; José Manuel Gonzalez-Irusta; Telmo Morato; Laurence Fauconnet; Diana Catarino; Pedro Afonso; Cláudia Viegas; et al
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Global-Scale Environmental Niche and Habitat of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) by Size and Sex: A Pivotal Step to Improving Stock Management
2022
Druon, Jean-Noël; Campana, Steven; Vandeperre, Frederic; Hazin, Fábio H
Frontiers in Marine Science
Risk assessment of coastal fisheries in the Azores (north-eastern Atlantic)
Swimming behaviors during diel vertical migration in veined squid Loligo forbesii
2022
Cones, SF; Zhang, D; Shorter, KA; Katija, K; Mann, DA; Jensen, FH; Fontes, J; Afonso, P; Mooney, TA
Marine Ecology Progress Series
The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators
2022
Braun, C
Annual Review of Marine Science
The Multi-Annual Residency of Juvenile Smooth Hammerhead Shark in an Oceanic Island Nursery
2022
Afonso, Pedro; Gandra, Miguel; Graça, Gonçalo; Macena, Bruno; Vandeperre, Frederic; Fontes, Jorge
Frontiers in Marine Science
The advantages and challenges of non-invasive towed PILOT tags for free-ranging deep-diving megafauna
The heaviest bony fish in the world: a 2744 kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839) from the North Atlantic
2022
JN Gomes-Pereira, CK Pham, J Miodonski, MAR Santos, G Dionísio, ...
J. Fish Biol 102 (1), 290-293, 2022
Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking
2022
Alós, Josep; Aarestrup, Kim; Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; Alonso-Fernandez, Alexandre; Aspillaga, Eneko; Barcelo-Serra, Margarida; et al
Global Change Biology
Wave‐influenced deposition of carbonate‐rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores
2022
Z Zhao, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, S Moreira, L Rusu, CS Melo, SP Ávila, ...
Sedimentology 69 (4), 1547-1572, 2022
Archival tagging reveals the temperature and depth preferences of adult Corvina (Argyrosmus regius) within the Gulf of Cadiz
2021
Winkler, Alexander; Bovim, Lily; Macena B; Erzini, K
7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium
Ciência Vitae
Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark
2021
M Vedor, N Queiroz, G Mucientes, A Couto, I Costa, A Santos, ...
Elife 10, e62508, 2021
Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean’s widest ranging shark
Compatibility in acoustic telemetry
Conspecific agonistic behaviour in the Mediterranean parrotfish
Deep diving in marine predators links surface and deep ocean ecosystems
2021
Braun, Camrin D
7th Bio-logging Science Symposium
Ciência Vitae
Development of a new animal-attached pop-off tag capable of recording in situ dissolved oxygen
2021
Ivo da Costa; Sophie Prendergast; Marques, L; Fontes, Jorge; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; et al
7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium
Ciência Vitae
Marine algal flora of Flores and Corvo Islands, Azores
Marine algal flora of Santa Maria Island, Azores
Marine algal flora of São Miguel Island, Azores
2021
Azevedo Neto, A
Biodiversity Data Journal
PILOT tag, new non-invasive towed tags for free ranging deep-diving megafauna, advantages and challenges
2021
Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes (IP); Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Bruno C
7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium
Ciência Vitae
Range Extension of Mesophotic Kelps (Ochrophyta: Laminariales and Tilopteridales) in the Central North Atlantic: Opportunities for Marine Forest Research and Conservation
Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation
Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone
Spying on the devils lair: Remote monitoring of the seasonal aggregation of Mobula tarapacana
2021
Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Betty Laglabauer; Fontes, Jorge
EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - EAA2021
Ciência Vitae
Wave-influenced deposition of carbonate-rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores
CONDOR project: Monitoring the effects of a seamount protected area
2020
Eva Giacomello; Alexandra Rosa; Catarino, Diana; Jorge Fontes; Mara Schmiing; Pedro Afonso
Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions International Conference
Ciência Vitae
Deep-sea shark identification manual for fishers
2020
Laurence Fauconnet; Aurora Ribeiro; Catarino, Diana; Eva Giacomello; Diya Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso
Ocean Governance in Archipelagic Regions International Conference
Ciência Vitae
Diel Vertical Migrations and Climb-and-Glide Ascents in Veined Squid (Loligo forbesi)
2020
Seth Cones; Kakani Katija; K
Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
Ciência Vitae
Editorial: The Azores Marine Ecosystem: An Open Window Into North Atlantic Open Ocean and Deep-Sea Environments
Evaluating seabed habitat representativeness across a diverse set of marine protected areas on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2020
Milla-Figueras, David; Schmiing, Mara; Amorim, Patrícia; Horta e Costa, Barbara; Afonso, Pedro; Tempera, Fernando
Biodiversity and Conservation
Evidence of site fidelity and deep diving behaviour of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, in the equatorial Mid …
2020
NPA Bezerra, BCL Macena, P Travassos, P Afonso, FHV Hazin
Marine and Freshwater Research 71 (6), 708-718, 2020
Guia dos tubarões de profundidade dos Açores
2020
Fauconnet, Laurence; Aurora Ribeiro; Diana Catarino; Eva Giacomello; Dyia Das; Telmo Morato; Alexandra Rosa; Pedro Afonso
Ciência Vitae
Intra- And interspecific associations in two predatory reef fishes at a shallow seamount
Marine algal flora of Graciosa Island, Azores
2020
Azevedo Neto, A
Biodiversity Data Journal
Sicklefin devilray and common remora prey jointly on baitfish
2020
Solleliet-Ferreira, S
Environmental Biology of Fishes
The Azores: A Mid-Atlantic Hotspot for Marine Megafauna Research and Conservation
2020
Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Giacomello, Eva; Magalhães, Maria C
Ciência Vitae | Google Scholar
The Use of Soundscapes to Monitor Fish Communities: Meaningful Graphical Representations Differ with Acoustic Environment
2020
Carriço, Rita; Silva, Mónica; Vieira, Manuel; Afonso, Pedro; Menezes, Gui; Fonseca, Paulo; Amorim, Maria
Acoustics
Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?
2020
Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne J
Marine Policy
Whale shark-tuna associations, insights from a small pole-and-line fishery from the mid-north Atlantic
2020
J Fontes, N McGinty, M Machete, P Afonso
Fisheries research 229, 105598, 2020
Whale shark-tuna associations, insights from a small pole-and-line fishery from the mid-north Atlantic.
An overview of fisheries discards in the Azores
Assimilating electronic tagging, oceanographic modelling, and fisheries data to estimate movements and connectivity of swordfish in the North Atlantic
2019
Braun, Camrin D; Gaube, Peter; Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Skomal, Gregory B; Thorrold, Simon R
ICES Journal of Marine Science
Environmental representativity in marine protected area networks over large and partly unexplored seascapes
2019
Stratoudakis, Yorgos; Hilário, Ana; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Abecasis, David; Gonçalves, Emanuel J
Global Ecology and Conservation
Evidence of site fidelity and deep diving behaviour of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, in the equatorial Mid-Atlantic ridge
Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
2019
Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E
Nature
Quantifying the swimming gaits of veined squid (Loligo forbesii) using bio-logging tags
2019
Flaspohler, Genevieve E
The Journal of Experimental Biology
Restructuring of the ‘Macaronesia’ biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach
2019
Freitas, Rui; Romeiras, Maria; Silva, Luís; Cordeiro, Ricardo; Madeira, Patrícia; González, José Antonio; Wirtz, Peter; et al
Scientific Reports
Restructuring of the ‘Macaronesia’biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach
2019
R Freitas, M Romeiras, L Silva, R Cordeiro, P Madeira, JA González, ...
Scientific reports 9 (1), 15792, 2019
Small-scale fishers’ perception of the implementation of the EU Landing Obligation regulation in the outermost region of the Azores
2019
Fauconnet, Laurence; Frangoudes, Katia; Morato, Telmo; Afonso, Pedro; Pita, Cristina
Journal of Environmental Management
A review of acoustic telemetry in Europe and the need for a regional aquatic telemetry network
2018
Abecasis, David; Steckenreuter, Andre; Reubens, Jan; Aarestrup, Kim; Alós, Josep; Badalamenti, Fabio; Bajona, Lenore; et al
Animal Biotelemetry
Discard avoidance by improving fishing gear selectivity: Helping the fishing industry help itself
Effects of marine protected areas on coastal fishes across the Azores archipelago, mid-North Atlantic
2018
Afonso, Pedro; Schmiing, Mara; Fontes, Jorge; Tempera, Fernando; Morato, Telmo; S
Journal of Sea Research
Epinephelus marginatus
2018
DA Pollard, P Afonso, AA Bertoncini, S Fennessy, P Francour, J Barreiros
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018, e. T7859A100467602, 2018
New non-invasive methods for short-term electronic tagging of pelagic sharks and rays
The best way to reduce discards is by not catching them!
‘Solo datasets’: unexpected behavioural patterns uncovered by acoustic monitoring of single individuals
2018
Baeyaert, Joffrey; Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; Graça, Gonçalo; Erzini, Karim; Fontes, Jorge
Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology
An ecological framework for the development of a national MPA network
Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss
2017
Fernandes, Paul G
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Historical gene flow constraints in a northeastern Atlantic fish: phylogeography of the ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta across its distribution range
Historical gene flow constraints in a northeastern Atlantic fish: phylogeography of the ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta across its distribution range
2017
F Almada, SM Francisco, CS Lima, R FitzGerald, L Mirimin, ...
Royal Society open science 4 (2), 160773, 2017
Predictive mapping of reproductive fish habitats to aid marine conservation planning
2017
Schmiing, Mara; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Relatório 3.1 MAPAMP e relatório 3.2 MAPAMP: Programa de implementação da Diretiva-QuadroEstratégia Marinha – Biodiversidade dos ambientes litorais dos Açores(Programa BALA)
2017
Schmiing Mara; Milla-Figueras David; Botelho Andrea ; Graça Gonçalo; Das Diya; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes; Pedro Afonso
Ciência Vitae
Reproductive synchrony in a temperate damselfish, Chromis limbata
Review of the Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Elasmobranchs in the Azores Region, Mid-North Atlantic
2017
Das, Diya; Afonso, Pedro
Frontiers in Marine Science
Automated species counting using a hierarchical classification approach with Haar cascades and multi-descriptor random forests
2016
Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas
Ciência Vitae
Contrasting movements and residency of two serranids in a small Macaronesian MPA
2016
Afonso, Pedro; Abecasis, David; Santos, Ricardo Serrão; Fontes, Jorge
Fisheries Research
Essential pelagic habitat of juvenile blue shark (Prionace glauca) inferred from telemetry data
2016
Vandeperre, Frederic; Aires-da-Silva, Alexandre; Lennert-Cody, Cleridy; Serrão Santos, Ricardo; Afonso, Pedro
Limnology and Oceanography
Habitat suitability of the Atlantic bluefin tuna by size class: An ecological niche approach
2016
Druon, Jean-Noël; Fromentin, Jean-Marc; Hanke, Alex R
Progress in Oceanography
Long-term residency and movements of yellowmouth barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis) at a shallow seamount
2016
Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro
Marine Biology
Whale sharks, tunas and Azorean fisherman, BFF?
2016
Fontes, Jorge; McGinty, Niall; Machete, Miguel; Afonso, Pedro
Ciência Vitae
Changes in movements of white seabream (Diplodus sargus) during the reproductive season
2015
Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; Erzini, Karim
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Early reserve effects linked to small home ranges of a commercial fish, Diplodus sargus, Sparidae
2015
Abecasis, D; Horta e Costa, B; Afonso, P; Gonçalves, EJ; Erzini, K
Marine Ecology Progress Series
European Red List of marine fishes
2015
A Nieto, GM Ralph, M Comeros-Raynal, J Kemp, M García Criado, ...
Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz, 2015
ITAG: an eco-sensor for fine-scale behavioral measurements of soft-bodied marine invertebrates
Marine Conservation in the Azores: Evaluating Marine Protected Area Development in a Remote Island Context
2015
Abecasis, Rita C
Frontiers in Marine Science
Summer aggregations of the common eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila
Toward adaptive management of coastal MPAs: The influence of different conservation targets and costs on the design of no-take areas
2015
Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; Erzini, Karim
Ecological Informatics
Assessing hotspots within hotspots to conserve biodiversity and support fisheries management
2014
Schmiing, M; Diogo, H; Santos, RS; Afonso, P
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Can small MPAs protect local populations of a coastal flatfish, Solea senegalensis?
2014
D Abecasis, P Afonso, K Erzini
Fisheries Management and Ecology 21 (3), 175-185, 2014
Can small MPAs protect local populations of a coastal flatfish,Solea senegalensis?
Coastal marine protected areas in the Azores: opportunities, benefits and limitations
2014
Pedro Afonso
Coastal marine protected areas in the Azores: opportunities, benefits and limitations
Combining multispecies home range and distribution models aids assessment of MPA effectiveness
2014
Abecasis, D; Afonso, P; Erzini, K
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Conservation of Pelagic Elasmobranchs in the Azores
Demography and ecology of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the central North Atlantic
2014
Vandeperre, Frederic; Aires-da-Silva, Alexandre; Santos, Marco; Ferreira, Rogerio; Bolten, Alan B
Fisheries Research
Dynamics of Whale Shark Occurrence at Their Fringe Oceanic Habitat
2014
Afonso, Pedro; McGinty, Niall; Machete, Miguel; Pedro Afonso
PLoS ONE
Extreme diving behaviour in devil rays links surface waters and the deep ocean
2014
Thorrold, Simon R
Nature Communications
Marine conservation of multispecies and multi-use areas with various conservation objectives and targets
2014
Schmiing, Mara; Diogo, Hugo; Serrão Santos, Ricardo; Afonso, Pedro
ICES Journal of Marine Science
Movements of Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) across Their Life History
2014
Vandeperre, Frederic; Aires-da-Silva, Alexandre; Fontes, Jorge; Santos, Marco; Serrão Santos, Ricardo; Afonso, Pedro; Pedro Afonso
PLoS ONE
Occurrence of mobulids in the Azores, central North Atlantic
2014
Sobral, A
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Ocurrence of mobulids in the AZores, central North Atalntic
2014
Pedro Afonso
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Ciência Vitae
Permanent aggregations of a pelagic predator at shallow seamounts
2014
Fontes, Jorge; Schmiing, Mara; Afonso, Pedro
Marine Biology
Vertical Migrations of a Deep-Sea Fish and Its Prey
2014
Afonso, Pedro; McGinty, Niall; Graça, Gonçalo; Fontes, Jorge; Inácio, Mónica; Totland, Atle; Menezes, Gui
PLoS ONE
New and rare coastal fishes in the Azores islands: occasional events or tropicalization process?
Predictive habitat modelling of reef fishes with contrasting trophic ecologies
2013
Schmiing, M
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Small MPAs do not protect cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
2013
Abecasis, David; Afonso, Pedro; O’Dor, Ron K
Fisheries Research
First observations on seamount habitat use of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) using acoustic telemetry
2012
Afonso, Pedro; Graça, Gonçalo; Berke, Gregory; Fontes, Jorge
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Effects of no‐take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta‐analytical approach
2011
F Vandeperre, RM Higgins, J Sánchez‐Meca, F Maynou, R Goñi, ...
Fish and Fisheries 12 (4), 412-426, 2011
Larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment success of a temperate reef fish
2011
Fontes, Jorge; Santos, Ricardo S
Journal of Sea Research
Small marine reserves can offer long term protection to an endangered fish
2011
Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Santos, Ricardo S
Biological Conservation
Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta-analytical approach
Marine fish (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii)
2010
AU - Borges, Paulo AU - Costa, Ana AU - Cunha, Regina AU - Gabriel, Rosalina AU - Gonçalves, Vitor AU - Martins, A
A List of the Terrestrial and Marine Biota from the Azores
Ciência Vitae
Marine reserves: Fish life history and ecological traits matter
Temporal variability of larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment of a wrasse, Coris julis (Pisces: Labridae), from the Azores
2010
J Fontes, P Afonso, RS Santos, JE Caselle
Scientia Marina 74 (4), 721-729, 2010
Temporal variability of larval growth, size, stage duration and recruitment of a wrasse, coris julis (Pisces: Labridae), from the azores | Variabilidad temporal del crecimiento, talla y duración larvaria, y reclutamiento de un lábrido, coris julis (pisces: Labridae), de las azores
A Multi-Scale Study of Red Porgy Movements and Habitat Use, and Its Application to the Design of Marine Reserve Networks
2009
Afonso, Pedro; Fontes, Jorge; Guedes, Rui; Tempera, Fernando; Holland, Kim N
Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Ciência Vitae | Google Scholar
Integrating recent and future marine technology in the design of Marine Protected Areas-the Azores as case study
2009
M Schmiing, P Afonso, F Tempera, R Santos
OCEANS 2009-EUROPE, 1-7, 2009
Integrating recent and future marine technology in the design of marine protected areas - The Azores as case study
Multi-scale patterns of habitat use in a highly mobile reef fish, the white trevally Pseudocaranx dentex, and their implications for marine reserve design
2009
Afonso, P; Fontes, J; Holland, KN; Santos, RS
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Multi-scale recruitment patterns and effects on local population size of a temperate reef fish
Multi‐scale recruitment patterns and effects on local population size of a temperate reef fish
2009
J Fontes, JE Caselle, P Afonso, RS Santos
Journal of Fish Biology 75 (6), 1271-1286, 2009
Population structure and habitat preferences of red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) in the Azores, central north Atlantic
2008
Afonso, Pedro; Tempera, Fernando; Menezes, Gui
Fisheries Research
Reproducción y hábitat de desove del jurel dentón, Pseudocaranx dentex, en las Azores, Atlántico norte central
Reproduction and spawning habitat of white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, in the Azores, central north Atlantic
Social status determines behaviour and habitat usage in a temperate parrotfish: implications for marine reserve design
2008
Afonso, P; Fontes, J; Holland, KN; Santos, RS
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Spatial patterns in reproductive traits of the temperate parrotfish Sparisoma cretense
2008
Afonso, Pedro; Morato, Telmo; Santos, Ricardo Serrão
Fisheries Research
Growth, reproduction and recruitment patterns of the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas Delaroche (Pisces: Bothidae), from the Azores
2007
T Morato, P Afonso, N Carvalho, P Lourinho, RS Santos, HM Krug, ...
Marine Biology Research 3 (6), 403-411, 2007
Growth, reproduction and recruitment patterns of the wide-eyed flounder,Bothus podasDelaroche (Pisces: Bothidae), from the Azores
Habitat use and movement patterns of three sympatric fishes with different life history strategies: implications for design of marine reserves
2007
"Habitat use and movement patterns of three sympatric fishes with different life history strategies: implications for design of marine reserves"
Challenges and solutions in an autonomous driving mobile robot competition
2006
P Afonso, J Azevedo, C Cardeira, B Cunha, P Lima, V Santos
Proceedings of the Controlo Portugese Conference in Automatic Control, Lisbon, 2006
Determination of 11 low-molecular-weight carbonyl compounds in marine algae by high-performance liquid chromatography
2006
VM da Silva, MC da Cunha Veloso, ET Sousa, G Vieira Santos, ...
Journal of chromatographic science 44 (5), 233-238, 2006
Feeding ecology of the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, in the Azores
2005
Figueiredo, Miguel; Morato, Telmo; Barreiros, João P
Fisheries Research
Within-nest spawning-site preferences of female bluefin damselfish: the effect of early-stage eggs
2005
Afonso, Pedro; Santos, Ricardo Serrão
acta ethologica
First record of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, in the north-eastern Atlantic
Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation of Coris julis in Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
2003
Pedro Afonso
C.R. Biol
Ciência Vitae
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Genetic study of Coris julis (Osteichtyes, Perciformes, Labridae) evolutionary history and dispersal abilities
2003
Aurelle, D
Comptes Rendus - Biologies
Reproductive biology and recruitment of the white sea bream in the Azores
The haremic mating system and mate choice in the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas
2003
Carvalho, N
Environmental Biology of Fishes
The reproduction, age and growth of the spotted rockling
Plataformas de petróleo–Pontos de encontro de peixes em alto-mar
2002
M Hostim-Silva, J Fontes, P Afonso, N Serpa, C Sazima, JP Barreiros, ...
Ciência Hoje 31, 20-26, 2002
Spatial patterns in the coastal fish community of the Azores
Spatial patterns in the littoral fish community of the Azores
2002
P Afonso
MSs Dissertation. University of Coimbra, 2002
Length–weight relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic
Marine biological communities of the Site of Community Interest (SCI) Canal Faial-Pico. In: Gestão Integrada de Zonas Costeiras e Marinhas nos Açores. Programa LIFE. Contrato B4-3200/98-509. Technical Report
2001
Fernando Tempera; Pedro Afonso; Telmo Morato; Prieto, Rui; Mónica Almeida e Silva; Andreia Cruz; João dos Anjos Gonçalves; Ricardo Serrão Santos
Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Abudefduf luridus (Pisces: Pomacentridae)
Microsatellite characterization in the rainbow wrasse Coris julis (Pisces: Labridae)
Molecular insights into the taxonomic status of Coris atlantica (Pisces: Labridae)
2000
Guillemaud, T
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Coastal marine fishes of São Tomé island (Gulf of Guinea).
1999
P Afonso, FM Porteiro, RS Santos, JP Barreiros, J Worms, P Wirtz
Universidade dos Açores, 1999
Behavior and sexual selection in the bluefin damselfish Abudefduf luridus (Valenciennes, 1886) from the Azores
1995
"Behavior and sexual selection in the bluefin damselfish Abudefduf luridus (Valenciennes, 1886) from the Azores"
Ciência Vitae
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| 2009 |
Doutoramento Doutoramento em Ciências MArinhas, especializaçao em Recursos Marinhos Universidade dos Açores, Portugal (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO) "Habitat use and movement patterns of three sympatric fish species with different life history strategies: implications desygn of marine reserves" |
| 2007 |
Doutoramento Graduate Studies in Zoology University of Hawai'i at Hilo Department of Biology, Estados Unidos (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO) "HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF THREE SYMPATRIC FISHES WITH DIFFERENT LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN OF MARINE RESERVES" |
| 2002 |
Mestrado Pré-Bolonha Curso de Mestrado em Ecologia Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO) "Satial and temporal patterns in the coastal fish community of the Azores" |
| 1995 |
Licenciatura Licenciatura em Biologia Marinha e Pescas Universidade do Algarve, Portugal (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO) "Behaviour and mate choice of the bluedamslefish, Abudefduf luridus, in the Azores" |
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Biografia
I am a Portuguese marine and fisheries biologist specializing in applied spatial ecology, whereby I employ rigorous analysis of empirical biological data to promote the conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine living resources. I earned my PhD in Zoology at the University of Hawaii (US) in 2007 under Fullbright, FLAD and FCT scholarships. I am a researcher at IMAR/OKEANOS - University of the Azores (Portugal) since 1997 and a guest researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (US) since 2014, having published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters (86 ISI papers) scoring 29/65 H/H10 (23/47 ISI). I lead research that develops novel biotelemetric and modelling approaches to identify and incorporate essential fish habitat in the optimal design of coastal, deep sea and pelagic Marine Protected Area networks, a key issue in marine conservation. I coordinate the joint MPA task force (GAMPA) with the Azorean administration and coordinate or integrate(d) various regional, national and international (EU) projects and workshops to analyse the effects of MPAs on fish populations and fisheries yields. I integrate international specialist groups for conservation of species (IUCN) and habitats (OSPAR). At the local level, my 25+ year research experience in the field and interacting with stakeholders has rendered me recognition among peers, managers, and fishers as a key player in marine spatial planning. I have played major roles in various national and international (EU, US) projects, including PI in 8 national/regional projects and IMAR PI/WP leader in 6 EU projects. I developed a solid network of international collaborations and coordinated or participated in research cruises in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. I coordinate the IMAR Biotelemetry Group and the recent European aquatic animal Telemetry Network (ETN), and have done biotelemetry/biologging developments (testing and designing new tags and sensors) together with international partners in robotics and world leading manufacturers. I have most actively contributed to the recognized position that IMAR-UAz gained internationally through research, supervision of 20+ students and undergrad/graduate teaching, developing laboratories and sea infrastructures, international networking and dissemination at international fora and the media (TV series, newspapers, radio news and shows, the internet).
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