Assessing tropical coastal dynamics across habitats and seasons through different dimensions of fish diversity

VEL da Silva, M Dolbeth, NN Fabré - Marine Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal habitat mosaics are among the most productive ecosystems around the globe, with
many ecological and social-economic services provided. Their natural challenging …

Relative importance of habitat mosaics for fish guilds in the northeastern coast of Brazil

VEL da Silva, IO de Assis, JV Campos-Silva… - Regional Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification of patterns in habitat use by fish guilds may provide an integrated
perspective of coastal mosaics. Thus, we used multivariate analyses to assess the relative …

Biodiversity dimensions of fish communities inhabiting coastal muddy bottoms in the Tropical South Atlantic

D Souto-Vieira, VEL da Silva, A Caliman… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study provides insights into the intricate dynamics of coastal muddy bottoms within
tropical regions spanning from the Amazon to the São Francisco River estuary. Through …

Unraveling the Mugil curema complex of American coasts integrating genetic variations and otolith shapes

A Ibañez, J Rangely, L Ávila-Herrera… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The white mullet, Mugil curema, is a commercially important species in coastal areas, with a
large phenotypic variability and genetic dissimilarity among populations throughout its …

Seasonal rearrangements in the use of coastal habitat mosaics by tropical fishes create a cyclic functional trajectory

D Souto-Vieira, VEL da Silva, NN Fabré - Regional Studies in Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal habitat mosaics are among the most productive ecosystem on earth, having
important functions for fish species throughout their life cycle. The complex dynamic of these …

Influence of the river flow pulse on the maturity, resilience, and sustainability of tropical coastal ecosystems

M Macedo, NN Fabré, VEL da Silva, MEF Santos… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal marine ecosystems have structural and functional features usually connected by the
seasonal transfer of nutrients and organisms. These environments can utilize inter …

Importance of estuaries for the horse-eye jack Caranx latus in northeastern Brazil: a case study of underestimated connectivity at the land-sea interface

JG Gonzalez, T Frédou, PJ Duarte-Neto… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
This study aimed to evaluate the importance of inshore estuarine habitats for the
maintenance of offshore exploited stocks of the horse-eye jack Caranx latus, a marine …

Trophic structure of coastal meta-ecosystems in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic

MM Macedo, R Angelini, VEL da Silva… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal and oceanic ecosystems have their own structural and functional dynamics, but they
are typically connected by the transfer of nutrients and organisms. These organic matter and …

Unravelling the complex habitat use of the white mullet, Mugil curema, in several coastal environments from Neotropical Pacific and Atlantic waters

E Avigliano, A Ibañez, N Fabré… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The white mullet, Mugil curema, is a widely distributed euryhaline species, the migratory
behaviour of which is poorly understood. The objective of this work was to study the large …

Rare species enhance niche differentiation among tropical estuarine fish species

VEL da Silva, NN Fabré - Estuaries and Coasts, 2019 - Springer
Based on the assumption that rare species in estuarine systems may display a different set
of traits relative to common species, we hypothesized that the extirpation of rare species …