The marine ornamental market in Brazil (Southwestern Atlantic) frequently trades prohibited and endangered species, and threatens the ecosystem role of cleaning …

LM Carvalho, M Mies, KY Inagaki, EG Sanches… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The marine aquarium trade often depends on organisms collected from reef environments.
However, reefs are declining because of multiple anthropogenic stressors, and sustaining …

[HTML][HTML] Ectoparasite infection levels differ between fish from upwelling-exposed and sheltered rocky reefs areas in Brazil

P Narvaez, MC Soares, CAMM Cordeiro… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ubiquitous and abundant within marine ecosystems, parasites play essential ecological
roles such as shaping host population dynamics, altering competition between species, and …

Comparative brain morphology of cleaning and sponge-dwelling Elacatinus gobies

R Mazzei, IC Gebhardt, MC Soares… - Brain, Behavior and …, 2024 - karger.com
Introduction Comparative studies of brain anatomy between closely related species have
been very useful in demonstrating selective changes in brain structure. Within-species …