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 …

Brazilian coral reefs form structures significantly different from the well-known reef models,
as follows:(i) they have a growth form of mushroom-shaped coral pinnacles called" …

The freshwater and marine fish faunas of South America are the most diverse on Earth, with
current species richness estimates standing above 9100 species. In addition, over the last …

Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse of shallow water marine ecosystems but are
being degraded worldwide by human activities and climate warming. Analyses of the …

Aim To present an updated database of fish species recorded on south‐western Atlantic reef
environments and to explore the ecological drivers of the structure, the latitudinal gradient of …

Aim To understand why and when areas of endemism (provinces) of the tropical Atlantic
Ocean were formed, how they relate to each other, and what processes have contributed to …

Delineating regions is an important first step in understanding the evolution and
biogeography of faunas. However, quantitative approaches are often limited at a global …

Aim To investigate how reef fish trophic structure responds to latitudinal changes, using a
simple model: the extensive Brazilian coast. Location Six Brazilian tropical and subtropical …

Aim To use recently published phylogenies of three major reef fish families to explore global
patterns of species origin and dispersal over the past 65 million years. The key questions …

Aim To evaluate the state of knowledge about the biogeography of Brazilian reef fishes and
propose processes that lead to the observed distribution patterns. Location The tropical …