Gustavo Muniz Dias

• Abstract

  Marinas, harbors and piers increase the availability of substrate for the development of sessile communities but are also associated with a range of sources of anthropogenic disturbance. Pollution, reduced top-down control and other disturbances in artificial habitats tend to exclude some native species, facilitating the introduction of non-indigenous species and determining that artifici…

  Effect of light pollution, habitat complexity and proximity to coastal infrastructures on the dynamics and diversity of marine benthic communities, AP.BTA.R

• Abstract

  The construction of marine facilities on the coast, as harbors and marinas, promote several modifications on marine environments. For sessile organisms, marinas increase the amount of space available for recruitment, however because these facilities are usually exposed to extensive sources of pollution the new habitat is under selective pressures very distinct from those on natural substr…

  Consequences of the modifications caused by recreational marinas on coastal environments for marine sessile organisms, AP.R

• Abstract

  The relative importance of the ecological processes behind community organization and invasion susceptibility is affected by local, regional and historical processes. In tropical communities the large number of species and the functional redundancy of species suggest that stochastic processes play a fundamental role on the final organization of sessile communities, while in temperate area…

  The importance of large-scale variation of predation pressure on the organization of sessile communities, AP.R SPRINT

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

• Light pollution and habitat complexity as causes of the structure of mobile and sessile communities, BP.TT

• Abstract

  Colour change is a common process shaping animal appearance and promoting camouflage in nature. However, the relationship between colour plasticity and camouflage in the reduction of predation risks, as well as the selective pressures and the evolutionary mechanisms involved, are normally explored in a few taxonomic groups. Benthic crustaceans are interesting biological models to answer t…

  Colour change and camouflage in coastal benthic crustaceans: occurrence, selective pressures and ecological function, BP.PD

• Abstract

  Reef environments are threatened by anthropogenic pressures such as overfishing and eutrophication. Those activities can change benthic communities, increasing algae abundance and biomass, excluding corals species. Algae dominate most rocky shores on the north coast of Sao Paulo, except for Alcatrazes Island where corals and herbivore reef fishes are very abundant. This project aim to des…

  How herbivory and predation on benthic recruits affect the Coral-Algae interaction along Alcatrazes island and the coastal adjacent area?, BP.PD

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

• Abstract

  Many animals are able to change colour over different timescales to camouflage against variable backgrounds, allowing them to cope with spatial and temporal uncertainty on the availability of substrates. However, while colour change is known to improve prey's concealment and reduce detection by visual predators, little is known about how this relationship is affected by different anthropo…

  Adapting to a changing world: how variability in predation risk and in the availability of new habitats affect colour change and camouflage in chameleon prawns (Hippolyte varians)?, BE.EP.PD