Megafauna

Biology & Ecology

Description

Ecology and conservation of large marine animals as a group (sharks, rays, tunas, marlins, ocean sunfish, whales, turtles): movement ecology, biologging, distribution and threats, including analyses that cross taxa.

Coordinators 1

Jorge Fontes Assistant researcher

Members 4

Frederic Vandeperre Assistant researcher

Laurence Fauconnet Assistant researcher

Miguel Machete Technician · Others

Rui Prieto Assistant researcher

Publications · By the members of this line 281

Continental Shelf Research · 302

Paper DOI

Acoustic profiling of Atlantic seamounts: Insights towards cost-effective monitoring of remote marine ecosystems

Carriço, R Vieira, M Silva, MA Afonso, P

Fontes, J and 3 others

Nov 2026

Journal of Biogeography · 53(9)

Paper DOI

Shifting Yet Persisting? Multiple Dimensions of Habitat Suitability Change in Northeast Atlantic Cetaceans

Sousa‐Guedes, D Gomes‐Pereira, JN Boavida‐Portugal, J Assis, J

Machete, M and 1 others

Sep 2026

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Paper DOI

From fluke to fragment: A multifaceted method for molecular sex identification and mitochondrial haplotyping from environmental DNA samples

Rodriguez, LK Schallhart, S Hobmeier, P Curran, TG

Pérez‐Jorge, S

Prieto, R

Oliveira, C and 2 others

Sep 2026

Frontiers in Marine Science · 13

Paper DOI

Assessment of the protection of coastal reef-fish habitat across an isolated oceanic archipelago using spatial distribution models

West, P González-Irusta, JM Tempera, F Ivanova, SV

Fontes, J and 3 others

Aug 2026

Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 25(1)

Paper DOI

Rehabilitation of an Adult Male Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Following Entanglement in Fishing Gear: A Case Study from Southern Portugal

Neves, J Nunes, A Santos, Y Gaspar, I

Vandeperre, F

Bartolini, M and 1 others

Jun 2026

Projects 13

MANTA

2026 – 2029 · FCT

ECHO-TAGS

2025 – 2028 · FEDER

ECOLOG

2025 – 2028 · Privado

Fieldwork done 1

Tagging loggerhead sea turtles

Faial, Açores

Financiado por fundos nacionais através da FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito dos projetos UID/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/05634/2025), UID/PRR/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR/05634/2025) e UID/PRR2/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR2/05634/2025).

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