Post-doc Costão Rochoso

I am a biologist with a PhD in Ecology from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
(UFRJ), where I focused my thesis on coral reef ecology. Currently, I am a
post-doctoral researcher at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) as part of the
Costão Rochoso Project. My primary research objectives include understanding the
ecological dynamics of fish both during the day and at night, exploring the ecosystem
functions performed by various reef species, examining how coral structure
influences reef diversity, and assessing the impacts of anthropogenic activities on
reef communities. The focus of this research it is to give insights to conservation of
those species.

Publications
LUCENA, M. B.; CORDEIRO, C.A.M.M.; VALENTIN, J. L.; AGUIAR, A. A. Puddingwife wrasse: an
important trophic link of an isolated oceanic island in Brazil. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF
FISHES. 2022.

LUCENA, M. B.; MENDES, THIAGO C. ; BARBOSA, MOYSÉS C. ; CORDEIRO, CESAR
AUGUSTO M.M. ; EGGERTSEN, L. ; FERREIRA, CARLOS E. L. . Does the colors of light matter?
Testing different light color in nocturnal underwater visual censuses. MARINE
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 166, p. 105261, 2021.

EGGERTSEN, L.; GOODELL, W.; CORDEIRO, C.A.M.M.; COSSA, D; LUCENA, M. B.;
BERKSTROM, C.; FRANCO, J.N.; FERREIRA, C. E. L.; BANDEIRA, S.; GULLSTRÖM, M. Where
the grass is greenest in seagrass seascapes depends on life history and simple species
traits of fish. ESTUARINE, COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 2021.

BERKSTROM, C.; EGGERTSEN, L.; GOODELL, W. ; CORDEIRO, C.A.M.M. ; LUCENA, M. B. ;
GUSTAFSSON, R. ; BANDEIRA, S. ; JIDDAWI, N. S. ; FERREIRA, C. E. L. . Thresholds in
seascape connectivity: the spatial arrangement of nursery habitats structure fish communities
on nearby reefs. ECOGRAPHY, v. 43, p. 1- 5, 2020.

CORDEIRO, C.A.M.M.; LUCENA, M. B.; MUHATE, F.; CAPEL, K.C.C. Uncharted coral reefs from
the Inhambane Province, Mozambique. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE. 2021

Sissini MN. ; De Barros Barreto MBB ; Széchy MTM ; Lucena MB ; Oliveira MC ; Gower J ; Liu
G; De Oliveira Bastos E ; Milstein D ; Gusmão F ; Martinelli-Filho JE ; Alves-Lima C ;
Colepicolo P; Ameka G; De Graft-Johnson K ; Gouvea L ; Torrano-Silva B ; Nauer F ; Marcos
De Castro Nunes J ; Barufi JB ; Rörig L ; Riosmena-Rodríguez R ; Mello TJ ; Lotufo LVC ;
Horta P. A. . The floating Sargassum (Phaeophyceae) of the South Atlantic Ocean - likely
scenarios. Phycologia (Oxford), v. 56, p. 321-328, 2017

Ferreira CEL, Luiz OJ, Floeter SR, Lucena MB, Barbosa MC, Rocha RC, Rocha LA (2015)
First Record of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) for the Brazilian Coast. PLos One.
10(4): e0123002. DOI 

Lucena MB, Barbosa MC, Sissini MN, Sazima I (2015) Out of the mainstream: humpback
whale calving site and associated fishes at an oceanic island off Brazil. Marine Biodiversity. DOI

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