Aim To understand why and when areas of endemism (provinces) of the tropical Atlantic
Ocean were formed, how they relate to each other, and what processes have contributed to …

Ecological guilds have been widely applied for understanding the structure and functioning
of aquatic ecosystems. This study describes the composition and the spatio-temporal …

A check-list containing 196 species of reef fishes recorded at the Laje de Santos Marine
State Park is presented. Most of them occur along the tropical western Atlantic or occur on …

We present a checklist of 278 species of reef fishes recorded along the coastline of Santa
Catarina state, the southernmost limit of distribution of tropical ichthyofauna on the coast of …

The integration of knowledge from fishers and conventional scientific data is promising as a
subsidy for the establishment of proper management procedures for fishing resources. In …

The intense exploitation of fishing resources has led the activity into a global crisis.
However, fishing effort continues to increase despite the collapse of some of the main fish …

Although recreational spearfishing is a growing activity, its impacts are poorly understood.
This paper aims to present data on reef fishes captured by recreational spearfishing in the …

Otolith fingerprinting is a useful tool in determining the population structure, movement
patterns and connectivity among fish habitats. Damselfish, Stegastes fuscus, is a highly …

Based on data from 151 underwater surveys (scuba) between 2002 and 2007, the present
study assessed the reef fish fauna from a scarcely known region on the north-eastern …

Abstract Southwestern Atlantic Ocean rocky shores sustain important reef fish communities.
However, those communities in tropical regions are not well understood, especially in Brazil …