Research Interests

Marine community ecology, morphological and functional diversity of fishes, fish behavior, ecomorphology, rocky reefs, coral reefs, conservation of marine and freshwater neotropical fishes.

Website of the Marine Experimental Ecology Group

SCUBA & underwater photography/ecological monitoring (Photo: Fabio Motta/Unifesp).

Parrotfish Scarus trispinosus (Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil).

Tide pool (São Sebastião Channel, São Paulo, Brazil).

Lizard fish Synodus.

Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Photo: Alexandre C. Ribeiro).

Field trip to Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Alcatrazes (ICMBio, ESEC-Tupinambás), São Paulo, Brazil.

Field trip to Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil (Photo: Linda Waters).