graduate at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2001), master's at Ecology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2003) and ph.d. at Ecology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2008). Has experience in Zoology, focusing on Taxonomy of the Recent Groups, acting on the following subjects: ascidian, ascídias, variabilidade genética, biologia marinha and rafting. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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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…
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…
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 spatial heterogeneity of environmental conditions and the genetic variability interact to determine the polymorphism of populations. While the factors that create the differences in phenotypes among different populations are well known, a few empiric studies have addressed how the heterogeneity of the environment in small scale contributes to create and maintain the polymorphism withi…
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…
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…
Environmental and biotic factors are fundamental in structuring patterns and dynamics of biological communities in natural habitats, which have been strongly modified by human action. Studies highlight impacts of shading on autotrophs and animal community in different ecosystems. In particular, such investigations focus on coastal environments, due to the excessive and increasing occupati…
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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…
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