Post-doc FAPERJ

I am a biologist with an MSC and a PhD in Animal Biology from the Universidade
Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). During my PhD, I studied the nutritional ecology
of nominally herbivorous fishes on different temporal and spatial scales using dietary
and stable isotope analyses.

I’m currently a postdoctoral researcher (Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF)
studying the nutritional ecology of herbivorous reef fishes. My postdoctoral project
now involves the use of multiple tools (visual dietary analysis in different
magnification scales, stable isotopes, and fatty acid analyses) to investigate the
scenario of niche partitioning of two reef fish communities: an upwelling-affected
coastal site (Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro), and the Trindade Island.

Publications

Andrades, R., Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Benevides, L.J., Pimentel, C.R., Mancini, P.L.,
Ferreira, C.E.L., Giarrizzo, T., Joyeux, J-C, Macieira, R.M. (2024) Seabird guano reshapes
intertidal reef food web in an isolated oceanic islet. Coral Reefs 43:347–355.

Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Ferreira, C.E.L., Choat, J.H., Mendes, T.C., Macieira, R.M., Rezende,
C.E., Joyeux, J-C & Clements, K.D. (2023) Seasonal variation in diet and isotopic niche of
nominally herbivorous fishes in subtropical rocky reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series
722:125–143.

Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Mendes, T.C., Cordeiro, C.A.M.M., Giglio, V.J., Magris, R.A., Choat,
J.H., Clements, K.D., Eggertsen, L., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Francini-Filho, R.B. (2023) Comment
on the article “Effect of human impact on coral reef herbivorous fish niche” by Leitão et al.
(2023). Marine Biology 170:145.

Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Calazans, T.L., Benevides, L.J., Luiz, O.J., Ferreira, C E.L., & Joyeux,
J.-C. (2021). Ecological traits influencing anthropogenic debris ingestion by herbivorous
reef fishes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 717435.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.717435

Macieira, R.M., Oliveira, L.A.S., Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Pimentel, C.R., Andrades, R.,
Gasparini, J.L., Sarti, F., Chelazzi, D., Cincinelli, A., Gomes, L.C., & Giarrizzo, T. (2021).
Microplastic and artificial cellulose microfibers ingestion by reef fishes in the Guarapari
Islands, southwestern Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, 112371.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112371

Guabiroba, H.C., Pimentel, C.R., Macieira, R.M., Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Teixeira, J.B.,
Gasparini, J.L., Joyeux, J-C., Simon, T., Rocha, L.A., & Pinheiro, H.T. (2020). New records of
fishes for the Vitória-Trindade Chain, southwestern Atlantic. Check List, 16(3), 699–705.
https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.699

Benevides, L.J., Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Ferreira, C.E.L., Pereira, P.H.C., Pinto, T.K., &
Sampaio, C.L.S. (2019). Fear-induced behavioural modifications in damselfishes can be
diver-triggered. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 514–515, 34–40.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.03.009

Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Macieira, R.M., Francini-Filho, R.B., & Joyeux, J-C. (2018). Inferring
labrid functional roles through morphological and ecological traits. Marine Ecology
Progress Series, 588, 135–145. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12422

Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., & Joyeux, J-C. (2016). Length-weight relationships for 19 labrid
species from the southern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 32(6), 1294–1297.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13179

Cardozo-Ferreira GC, Joyeux J-C. 2016. Length–weight relationships for 19 labrid species
from the southern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of  Applied Ichthyology. 1-4. DOI

Book Chapter:
Mendes T.C., Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C. & Ferreira CEL (2023). Kyphosidae. In Peixes Recifais
Brasileiros / Brazilian Reef Fishes (pp. 207–209). Editora CRV.

Andrades, R., Pinheiro, H.T., Macieira, R.M., Pimentel, C.R., Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C.,
Guabiroba, H.C., Mazzei, E.F., Xavier, L.B., Gasparini, J.L., Simon, T., & Joyeux, J-C. (2017).
Peixes do complexo insular Ilha da Trindade e Arquipélago Martin Vaz. In Protrindade:
programa de pesquisas científicas na Ilha da Trindade. 10 anos de pesquisas (pp.
150–157). SECIRM.

ResearchGate

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