The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

Protected areas (PAs) are dedicated and managed to achieve long-term conservation of
nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. However, few studies have …

Abstract Knowledge of the spatial distribution of fish assemblages biodiversity and structure
is essential for prioritizing areas of conservation. Here we describe the biodiversity and …

A check-list containing 196 species of reef fishes recorded at the Laje de Santos Marine
State Park is presented. Most of them occur along the tropical western Atlantic or occur on …

A virtually intact subtropical reef community (14 phyla, 40 families and 62 non-native taxa)
was associated with a rig under tow from Brazil that became stranded on the remote island …

Sun corals Tubastraea spp. from the Indo-Pacific have invaded hard grounds in the
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Canary Islands where they cause significant …

Local assemblages of fishes associated with reefs are influenced by interactions among the
availability of larvae and survival of recruits with subsequent biotic and abiotic forcing, as …

The composition and trophic structure of reef fish communities in two natural and two
artificial reefs along the coast of Paraíba State in north‐eastern Brazil were investigated. A …

In 2019, the Brazilian coast was affected by the largest oil spill in its history. We assessed
the levels of chemical elements in Lutjanus synagris and Haemulon aurolienatum fish from …

Abstract Southwestern Atlantic Ocean rocky shores sustain important reef fish communities.
However, those communities in tropical regions are not well understood, especially in Brazil …