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Violi B, de Jong MJ, Frantzis A, Alexiadou P, Tardy C, Ody D, de Stephanis R, Giménez J, Lucifora G, Silva MA, Oliveira C, Alves F, Dinis A, Tejedor M, Fernández A, Arregui M, Arbelo M, Lopez A, Covelo P, Hoelzel AR. (in press). Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology.

2022

Silva MA, Fonseca CT, Olivar MP, Bernal A, Spitz J, Chouvelon T, et al. MesopTroph, a database of trophic parameters to study interactions in mesopelagic food webs. Scientific Data. 2022;9(1):716. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01831-3. Download

Jesus, S.M.; Soares, C.; Romagosa, M.; Cascão, I.; Duarte, R.; Zabel, F.; Silva, M.A. A methodology for shipping noise field calibration and excess noise estimation: the Azores case study. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(11): 1763. DOI:10.3390/jmse10111763 Download

Oliveira, C., Pérez-Jorge, S., Prieto, R., Cascão, I., Wensveen, P.J., Silva, M.A. Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:914397. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2022.914397. Download

Bode, A., Saavedra, C., Álvarez-González, M., Arregui, M., Arbelo, M., Fernández, M., Freitas, L., Silva, M.A., Prieto, R., Azevedo, J.M.N., Giménez, J., Pierce, G., Begoña Santos, M. 2022. Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic). Marine Ecology Progress Series 699:167-180. DOI: 10.3354/meps14176. Download

Fonseca C.T., Pérez-Jorge S., Prieto R., Oliveira C., Tobeña M., Scheffer A., Silva, M.A. (2022). Dive behavior and activity patterns of fin whales in a migratory habitat. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2022;9:875731. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.875731. Download

Cabrera, et al. [See all authors] (2022). Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16085. Download

2021

Carroll, et al. [See all authors] (2021) Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1961): 20211213. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1213. Download

Papale, E.B., Azzolin, M.A., Cascão, I., Gannier, A., Lammers, M.O., Martin, V.M., Oswald, J.N., Perez-Gil, M., Prieto, R., Silva, M.A., Torri, M. & Giacoma, C. (2021) Dolphin whistles can be useful tools in identifying units of conservation. BMC Zoology, 6, 22. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-021-00085-7. Download

Romagosa, M., Pérez-Jorge, S., Cascão, I., Mouriño, H., Lehodey, P., Pereira, A., Marques, T.A., Matias, L. & Silva, M.A. (2021) Food talk: 40-Hz fin whale calls are associated with prey biomass. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, 20211156. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1156. Download

Pereira, A., Romagosa, M., Corela, C., Silva, M.A. & Matias, L. (2021) Source Levels of 20 Hz Fin Whale Notes Measured as Sound Pressure and Particle Velocity from Ocean-Bottom Seismometers in the North Atlantic. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 9, 9060646. DOI: 10.3390/jmse9060646. Download

Luís, A.R., May-Collado, L.J., Rako-Gospic, N., Gridley, T., Papale, E., Azevedo, A., Silva, M.A., Buscaino, G., Herzing, D. & dos Santos, M.E. (2021) Vocal universals and geographic variations in the acoustic repertoire of the common bottlenose dolphin. Scientific Reports, 11, 11847. DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-90710-9. Download

Dinis, A., Molina, C., Tobeña, M., Sambolino, A., Hartman, K., Frenandez, M., Magalhães, S., Peres dos Santos, R., Ritter, F., Martín, V., Aguilar de Soto, N., Alves, F. 2021. Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: dolphins with an international courtyard. PeerJ. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11069. Download

Glaeser, S.P., Silva, L.M.R., Prieto, R., Silva, M.A., Franco, A.l, Kämpfer, P., Hermosilla, C., Taubert, A., Eisenberg, T. 2021. A preliminary comparison on faecal microbiomes of free-ranging large baleen (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and toothed (Physeter macrocephalus) whales. Microbial Ecology. DOI:10.1007/s00248-021-01729-4. Download

Cartagena-Matos, B., Lugué, K., Fonseca, P., Marques, T.A., Prieto, R., Alves, F. 2021. Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic. Mammal Review. DOI: 10.1111/mam.12238. Download

2020

Davidson, S., Bohrer, G., et al. [See all authors] 2020. Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb7080. Download

Morato, T., Afonso, P., Menezes, G.M., Santos, R.S., & Silva, M.A. 2020. Editorial: The Azores marine ecosystem: an open window into north Atlantic open ocean and deep-sea environments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.601798. Download

Soares, C., Duarte, R. J., Silva, M. A., Romagosa, M., Jesus, S. M. 2020. Shipping noise in the Azores: a threat to the Faial-Pico cetacean community? Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 40: 070012. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001313. Download

Tønnesen, P., Oliveira, C., Johnson, M., Madsen, PT. 2020. The long-range echo scene of the sperm whale biosonar. Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0134. Download

Carriço, R., Silva, M.A., Menezes, G.M., Vieira, M., Bolgan, M., Fonseca, P.J., Amorim, M.C.P. (2020). Temporal dynamics in diversity patterns of fish sound production in the Condor seamount (Azores, NE Atlantic). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103357. Download

Carriço, R., Silva, M.A., Vieira, M., Afonso, P., Menezes, G.M., Fonseca, P.J., & Amorim, M.C.P. (2020). The use of soundscapes to monitor fish communities: meaningful graphical representations differ with acoustic environment. Acoustics, 2, 382-398. DOI: 10.3390/acoustics2020022 Download

Claro, B., Pérez-Jorge, S., Frey, Silvia. 2020. Seafloor geomorphic features as an alternative approach into modelling the distribution of cetaceans. Ecological Informatics 58: 101092. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101092. Download

Thoya, P., Pérez-Jorge, S., Okemwa, G.M., Mwamlavya, H., Tuda, A., Wambiji, N. & Maina, J.M. (2020) Spatial patterns and environmental risks of ringnet fishing along the Kenyan coast. African Journal of Marine Science, 42, 23-33. DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2019.1705392. Download

Pérez-Jorge, S., Tobeña, M., Prieto, R., Vandeperre, F., Calmettes, B., Lehodey, P., Silva, M.A. 2020. Environmental drivers of large-scale movements of baleen whales in the mid-North Atlantic Ocean. Diversity and Distributions. DOI:10.1111/ddi.13038. Download

Romagosa, M., Baumgartner, M., Cascão, I., Lammers, M-O., Marques, T.A., Santos, R.S., Silva, M.A. 2020. Baleen whale acoustic presence and behaviour at a Mid-Atlantic migratory habitat, the Azores Archipelago. Scientific Reports 10, 4766. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61849-8. Download

Segre, P.S., Potvin, J., Cade, D.E., Calambokidis, J., Di Clemente, J., Fish, F.E., Friedlaender, A.S., Gough, W.T. Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Oliveira, C., Parks, S.E., Penry, G.S., Simon, M., Stimpert, A.K., Wiley, D.N., Bierlich, K.C., Madsen, P.T. and Goldbogen J.A. 2020. Energetic and Physical Limitations on the Breaching Performance of Large Whales. eLife. Download

Aleixo, F, O’Callaghan, S. A., Ducla Soares, L., Nunes, P., Prieto, R. 2020. AragoJ – A free, open-source software to aid single camera photogrammetry studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13376. Download

Cascão, I., Lammers, M.O., Prieto, R., Santos, R.S., Silva, M.A. 2020. Temporal patterns in acoustic presence and foraging activity of oceanic dolphins at seamounts in the Azores. Scientific Reports 10, 3610. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60441-4. Download

Gauffier, P., Borrell, A., Silva, M. A., Vikingsson, G., López, A., Giménez, J., Colaço, A., Halldórsson,S. D., Vighi, M., Prieto, R., de Stephanis, R.,  Aguilar, A. 2020. Wait your turn, North Atlantic fin whales share a common feeding ground sequentially. Marine Environmental Research.DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104884. Download

Afonso, P., Fontes, J., Giacomello, E., Magalhães, M., Martins, H.R., Morato, T., Neves, V., Prieto, R.,  Santos, R.S., Silva, M.A., and Vandeperre, F. 2020. The Azores: a mid-Atlantic hotspot for marine megafauna research and conservation. Perspective, Frontiers in  Marine Science - Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00826 Download

2019

Carriço, R., Silva, M. A., Meneses, G. M., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2019. Characterization of the acoustic community of vocal fishes in the Azores. PeerJ 7:e7772 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7772. Download

Méndez-Fernandez, P., Taniguchi, S., Santos, M.C.O., Cascão, I., Quérouil, S., Martín, V., Tejedor, M., Carrillo, M., Rinaldi, C., Rinaldi, R., Barragán-Barrera, D.C., Farías-Curtidor, N., Caballero, S. & Montone, R.C. 2019. Population structure of the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) inferred through ecological markers. Aquatic Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10452-019-09722-3. Download

Nykänen, M., Louis, M., Dillane, E., Alfonsi, E., Berrow, S., O’Brien, J., Brownlow, A., Covelo, P., Dabin, W., Deaville, R., de Stephanis, R., Gally, F., Gauffier, P., Ingram, S. N., Lucas, T., Mirimin, L., Penrose, R., Rogan, E., Silva, M. A., Simon-Bouhet, B., Gaggiotti, O. E. 2019. Fine-scale population structure and connectivity of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in European waters and implications for conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29: 197-211. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3139. Download

Silva, Mónica, Borrell, Asunción, Prieto, Rui, Gauffier, Pauline, Bérubé, Martine, Palsbøll, Per, Colaço, Ana. 2019. Stable isotopes reveal winter feeding in different habitats in blue, fin and sei whales migrating through the Azores. Royal Society Open Science. 6: 181800. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181800.  Download

Romagosa, M., Lucas, C., Pérez-Jorge, S., Tobeña, M., Lehodey, P., Reis, J., Cascão, I., Lammers, M. O., Caldeira, R. M. A., Silva, M. A. 2019. Differences in regional oceanography and prey biomass influence the presence of foraging odontocetes at two Atlantic seamounts. Marine Mammal Science; 1– 22. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12626. Download

Cabrera, A. A., Hoekendijk, J. P. A., Aguilar, A., Barco, S. G., Berrow, S., Bloch, D., Borrell, A., Cunha, H. A., Dalla Rosa, L., Dias, C. P., et al. 2019 Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of defining sub-species from mitochondrial sequence monophyly. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 135: 86-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.003. Download

Cascão, I., Domokos, R., Lammers, M. O., Santos, R. S., Silva, M. A. 2019 Seamount effects on the diel vertical migration and spatial structure of micronekton. Progress in Oceanography, 175: 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.03.008. Download

Ryan, C., Romagosa, M., Boisseau, O., Moscrop, A., McLanaghan, R. 2019. Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song detected at the Cape Verde Islands during boreal and austral spring. Marine Mammal Science, 35(1):336-344. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12523. Download

Boys, R. M., Oliveira, C., Pérez-Jorge, Sergi, Prieto, R., Steiner, L., Silva, M. A. 2019. Multi-state open robust design applied to opportunistic data reveal dynamics of wide-ranging taxa: the sperm whale case. Ecosphere, 10(3):e02610. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2610. Download

Alves, F., Alessandrini, A., Servidio, A., Mendonça, A. S., Hartman, K. L., Prieto, R., Berrow, S., Magalhães, S., Steiner, L., Santos, R., Ferreira, R., Marrero Pérez, J., Ritter, F., Dinis, A., Martín, V., Silva, M., Aguilar de Soto, N. 2019. Complex biogeographical patterns support an ecological connectivity network of a large marine predator in the north-east Atlantic. Diversity and Distributions, 25(2): 269-284. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12848. Download

2018

Ferreira, A. S., Costa, M., Py, F., Pinto, J., Silva, M. A., Nimmo-Smith, A., Johansen, T. A., de Sousa, J. B., Rajan, K. J. A. R. 2018. Advancing multi-vehicle deployments in oceanographic field experiments. Autonomous Robots. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-018-9810-x. Download

Gomes I., Pérez-Jorge S., Peteiro L., Andrade J., Bueno-Pardo J., Quintino V., et al. 2018. Marine biological value along the Portuguese continental shelf; insights into current conservation and management tools. Ecological Indicators, 93:533-546. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.040. Download

Huijser, L., Bérubé, M., Cabrera, A., Prieto, R., Silva, M., Robbins, J., Kanda, N., Pastene, L., Goto, M., Yoshida, H., Víkingsson, G., Palsbøll, P. 2018. Population structure of North Atlantic and North Pacific sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) inferred from mitochondrial control region DNA sequences and microsatellite genotypes. Conservation Genetics, 19:1007-1024.Download

Cruz, M. J., Machete, M., Menezes, G., Rogan, E., Silva, M. A. 2018. Estimating common dolphin bycatch in the pole-and-line tuna fishery in the Azores. PeerJ 6:e4285. Download

Fontes, J., Baeyaert, J., Prieto, R., Graça, G., Buyle, F., and Afonso, P. 2018. New non-invasive methods for short-term electronic tagging of pelagic sharks and rays. Marine Biology 165:34. Download

2017

Aguilar de Soto, N., Martín, V., Silva, M., Edler, R., Reyes, C., Carrillo, M., Schiavi, A., Morales, T., García-Ovide, B., Sánchez-Mora, A., García-Tavero, N., Steiner, L., Scheer, M., Gockel, R., Walker, D., Villa, E., Szlama, P., Eriksson, I. K., Tejedor, M., Perez-Gil, M., Quaresma, J., Bachara, W., Carroll, E. L. 2017. True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) in Macaronesia. PeerJ 5:e3059. Download

Cascão, I., R. Domokos, M. O. Lammers, V. Marques, R. Domínguez, R. S. Santos and M. A. Silva. 2017. Persistent enhancement of micronekton backscatter at the summits of seamounts in the Azores. Frontiers in Marine Science 4. Download

Prieto, R., M. Tobeña and M. A. Silva. 2017. Habitat preferences of baleen whales in a mid-latitude habitat. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 141C:155-167. Download

Py, F., J. Pinto, M. A. Silva, T. A. Johansen, J. Sousa and K. Rajan. 2017. EUROPtus: A Mixed-Initiative Controller for Multi-vehicle Oceanographic Field Experiments. Pages 323-340 in D. Kulic, Y. Nakamura, O. Khatib and G. Venture eds. 2016 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics. Springer International Publishing, Cham. Download

Romagosa, M., I. Cascão, N. D. Merchant, M. O. Lammers, E. Giacomello, T. A. Marques and M. A. Silva. 2017. Underwater ambient noise in a baleen whale migratory habitat off the Azores. Frontiers in Marine Science 4. Download

2016

Cruz, M. J., G. Menezes, M. Machete and M. A. Silva. 2016. Predicting interactions between common dolphins and the pole-and-line tuna fishery in the Azores. PLoS ONE 11:e0164107. Download

Hermosilla, C., L. M. R. Silva, S. Kleinertz, R. Prieto, M. A. Silva and A. Taubert. 2016. Endoparasite survey of free-swimming baleen whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) using non/minimally invasive methods. Parasitology Research 115:889-896. Download

Miralles, L., M. Oremus, M. A. Silva, S. Planes and E. Garcia-Vazquez. 2016. Interspecific hybridization in pilot whales and asymmetric genetic introgression in northern Globicephala melas under the scenario of global warming. PLoS ONE 11:e0160080. Download

Oliveira, C., M. Wahlberg, M. A. Silva, M. Johnson, R. Antunes, D. M. Wisniewska, A. Fais, J. Gonçalves and P. T. Madsen. 2016. Sperm whale codas may encode individuality as well as clan identity. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139:2860-2869. Download

Tobeña, M., R. Prieto, M. Machete and M. A. Silva. 2016. Modeling the potential distribution and richness of cetaceans in the Azores from fisheries observer program data. Frontiers in Marine Science 3. Download

2015

Hermosilla, C., L. M. R. Silva, R. Prieto, S. Kleinertz, A. Taubert and M. A. Silva. 2015. Endo- and ectoparasites of large whales (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae, Physeteridae): Overcoming difficulties in obtaining appropriate samples by non- and minimally-invasive methods. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4:414-420. Download

2014

Belkin, I. M., G. L. Hunt Jr, E. L. Hazen, J. E. Zamon, R. Schick, R. Prieto, J. Brodziak, J. Hare, S. L. H. Teo, L. Thorne, H. Bailey, S. Itoh, P. Munk, M. K. Musyl, J. K. Willis and W. Zhang. 2014. Fronts, Fish, and Predators. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 107:1-2. Download

Cruz, M. J., V. L. Jordão, J. G. Pereira, R. S. Santos and M. A. Silva. 2014. Risso's dolphin depredation in the Azorean hand-jig squid fishery: assessing the impacts and evaluating effectiveness of acoustic deterrents. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil. Download

Gomes-Pereira, J. N., R. Prieto, V. Neves, J. Xavier, C. Pham, J. Gonçalves, F. Porteiro, R. Santos and H. Martins. 2014. The role of Malcolm Clarke (1930–2013) in the Azores as a scientist and educationist. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom FirstView:1-8. Download

Louis, M., A. Viricel, T. Lucas, H. Peltier, E. Alfonsi, S. Berrow, A. Brownlow, P. Covelo, W. Dabin, R. Deaville, R. De Stephanis, F. Gally, P. Gauffier, R. Penrose, M. A. Silva, C. Guinet and B. Simon-Bouhet. 2014. Habitat-driven population structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the North-East Atlantic. Molecular Ecology 23:857-874. Download

Papale, E., M. Azzolin, I. Cascão, A. Gannier, M. O. Lammers, V. M. Martin, J. N. Oswald, M. Perez-Gil, R. Prieto, M. A. Silva and C. Giacoma. 2014. Macro- and micro-geographic variation of short-beaked common dolphin’s whistles in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 26:392-404. Download

Papale, E., M. Azzolin, I. Cascão, A. Gannier, M. O. Lammers, V. M. Martin, J. Oswald, M. Perez-Gil, R. Prieto, M. A. Silva and C. Giacoma. 2014. Acoustic divergence between bottlenose dolphin whistles from the Central–Eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Acta Ethologica 17:155-165. Download

Prieto, R., M. A. Silva, G. T. Waring and J. M. A. Gonçalves. 2014. Sei whale movements and behaviour in the North Atlantic inferred from satellite telemetry. Endangered Species Research 26:103-113. Download

Risch, D., M. Castellote, C. W. Clark, G. E. Davis, P. J. Dugan, L. E. W. Hodge, A. Kumar, K. Lucke, D. K. Mellinger, S. L. Nieukirk, C. M. Popescu, C. Ramp, A. J. Read, A. N. Rice, M. A. Silva, U. Siebert, K. M. Stafford, H. Verdaat and S. M. Van Parijs. 2014. Seasonal migrations of North Atlantic minke whales: Novel insights from large-scale passive acoustic monitoring networks. Movement Ecology 2:1-17. Download

Silva, M. A., I. Jonsen, D. J. F. Russell, R. Prieto, D. Thompson and M. F. Baumgartner. 2014. Assessing performance of Bayesian State-Space Models fit to argos satellite telemetry locations processed with Kalman filtering. PLoS ONE 9:e92277. Download

Silva, M. A., R. Prieto, I. Cascão, M. I. Seabra, M. Machete, M. F. Baumgartner and R. S. Santos. 2014. Spatial and temporal distribution of cetaceans in the mid-Atlantic waters around the Azores. Marine Biology Research 10:123-137. Download

2013

Oliveira, C., M. Wahlberg, M. Johnson, P. J. O. Miller and P. T. Madsen. 2013. The function of male sperm whale slow clicks in a high latitude habitat: Communication, echolocation, or prey debilitation? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133:3135-3144. Download

Papale, E., M. Azzolin, I. Cascão, A. Gannier, M. O. Lammers, V. M. Martín, J. Oswald, M. Perez-Gil, R. Prieto, M. A. Silva and C. Giacoma. 2013. Geographic variability in the acoustic parameters of striped dolphin's (Stenella coeruleoalba) whistles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133:1126-1134. Download

Pham, C. K., A. Canha, H. Diogo, J. G. Pereira, R. Prieto and T. Morato. 2013. Total marine fishery catch for the Azores (1950–2010). ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil. Download

Prieto, R., C. K. Pham, C. Brito and T. Morato. 2013. Biomass removal from shore-based whaling in the Azores. Fisheries Research 143:98-101. Download

Quérouil, S., J. Kiszka, A. R. Cordeiro, I. Cascão, L. Freitas, A. Dinis, F. Alves, R. S. Santos and N. M. Bandarra. 2013. Investigating stock structure and trophic relationships among island-associated dolphins in the oceanic waters of the North Atlantic using fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. Marine Biology 160:1325-1337. Download

Silva, M. A., R. Prieto, I. Jonsen, M. F. Baumgartner and R. S. Santos. 2013. North Atlantic blue and fin whales suspend their spring migration to forage in middle latitudes: building up energy reserves for the journey? PLoS ONE 8:e76507. Download

2012

Prieto, R., D. Janiger, M. A. Silva, G. T. Waring and J. M. Gonçalves. 2012. The forgotten whale: a bibliometric analysis and literature review of the North Atlantic sei whale Balaenoptera borealis. Mammal Review 42:235-272. Download

Silva, M. A., L. Steiner, I. Cascão, M. J. Cruz, R. Prieto, T. Cole, P. K. Hamilton and M. F. Baumgartner. 2012. Winter sighting of a known western North Atlantic right whale in the Azores. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12:65-69. Download

Silva, M. A., R. Prieto, S. M. Magalhães, M. I. Seabra, M. Machete and H. P. S. 2012. Incorporating information on bottlenose dolphin distribution into marine protected area design. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22:122-133. Download

2011

Fernández, R., Begoña-Santos, M., Pierce, G. J., Llavona, A., López, A., Silva, M. A., Ferreira, M., Carrillo, M., Cermeño, P., Lens, S., Piertney, S. B. 2011. Fine-scale genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Atlantic coastal waters of the Iberian Peninsula. Hydrobiologia 670:111-125. Download

Pereira, J. N., V. C. Neves, M. A. Silva, I. Cascão, C. Oliveira, M. J. Cruz, J. V. Medeiros, J. P. Barreiros, F. M. Porteiro and D. Clarke. 2011. Diet of mid-Atlantic Sowerby’s beaked whales Mesoplondon bidens. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 58:1084-1090. Download

Silva, M. A., M. Machete, D. Reis, M. Santos, R. Prieto, C. Dâmaso, J. G. Pereira and R. Santos. 2011. A review of interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21:17-27. Download

Wahlberg, M., F. H. Jensen, N. A. Soto, K. Beedholm, L. Bejder, C. I. B. Oliveira, M. Rasmussen, M. Simon, A. Villadsgaard and P. T. Madsen. 2011. Source parameters of echolocation clicks from wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus and Tursiops truncatus). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130:2263-2274. Download

2010

Alves, F., A. Dinis, I. Cascão and L. Freitas. 2010. Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) stable associations and dive profiles: New insights into foraging behavior. Marine Mammal Science 26:202-212. Download

Faustino, C. E. S., M. A. Silva, T. A. Marques and L. Thomas. 2010. Designing a shipboard line transect survey to estimate cetacean abundance off the Azores archipelago. Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences 27:49-58. Download

Quérouil, S., L. Freitas, A. Dinis, F. Alves, I. Cascão, R. Prieto, M. A. Silva, S. M. Magalhães, J. A. Matos and R. S. Santos. 2010. Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins. European Journal of Wildlife Research 56:151-158. Download

Quérouil, S., L. Freitas, I. Cascão, F. Alves, A. Dinis, J. R. Almeida, R. Prieto, S. Borràs, J. A. Matos, D. Mendonça and R. S. Santos. 2010. Molecular insight into the population structure of common and spotted dolphins inhabiting the pelagic waters of the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biology 157:2567-2580. Download

2009

Olsen, E., P. Budgell, E. Head, L. Kleivane, L. Nottestad, R. Prieto, M. A. Silva, H. Skov, G. A. Vikingsson, G. T. Waring and N. Oien. 2009. First satellite-tracked long-distance movement of a sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) in the North Atlantic. Aquatic Mammals 35:313-318. Download

Pinela, A. M., S. Quérouil, M. A. Silva, R. Prieto, J. A. Matos and R. S. Santos. 2009. Population genetics and social organization of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores inferred by microsatellite analyses. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:802-813. Download

Santos, R. S., P. Afonso, A. Colaço, T. Morato, M. A. Silva and F. Tempera. 2009. A investigação científica e a conservação do ambiente marinho nos Açores: dos primórdios à actualidade. Boletim do Núcleo Cultural da Horta 18:29-60. Download

Silva, M. A., C. Brito, S. V. Santos and J. P. Barreiros. 2009. Historic and recent occurrences of pinnipeds in the Archipelago of the Azores. Mammalia 72:60-62. Download

Silva, M. A., S. M. Magalhães, R. Prieto, R. S. Santos and P. S. Hammond. 2009. Estimating survival and abundance in a bottlenose dolphin population taking into account transience and temporary emigration. Marine Ecology Progress Series 392:263-276. Download

2008

Morato, T., D. A. Varkey, C. Damaso, M. Machete, M. Santos, R. Prieto, R. S. Santos and T. J. Pitcher. 2008. Evidence of a seamount effect on aggregating visitors. Marine Ecology Progress Series 357:23-32. Download

Quérouil, S., M. A. Silva, I. Cascao, S. M. Magalhães, M. I. Seabra, M. A. Machete and R. S. Santos. 2008. Why do dolphins form mixed-species associations in the Azores? Ethology 114:1183-1194. Download

Silva, M. A., R. Prieto, S. M. Magalhães, M. I. Seabra, R. S. Santos and P. S. Hammond. 2008. Ranging patterns of bottlenose dolphins living in oceanic waters: implications for population structure. Marine Biology 156:179-192. Download

Walton, M. J., M. A. Silva, S. M. Magalhães, R. Prieto and R. S. Santos. 2008. Fatty acid characterization of lipid fractions from blubber biopsies of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus located around the Azores. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88:1109-1115. Download

2007

Prieto, R. and M. Fernandes. 2007. Revision of the occurrence of the long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809), in the Azores. Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences 24:65-69. Download

Quérouil, S., M. A. Silva, L. Freitas, R. Prieto, S. Magalhães, A. Dinis, F. Alves, J. A. Matos, D. Mendonça, P. S. Hammond and R. S. Santos. 2007. High gene flow in oceanic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of the North Atlantic. Conservation Genetics 8:1405-1419. Download

Steiner, L., M. A. Silva, J. Zereba and M. J. Leal. 2007. Bryde’s whales, Balaenoptera edeni, observed in the Azores: A new species record for the region. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records. Download

Walton, M. J., M. A. Silva, S. M. Magalhães, R. Prieto and R. S. Santos. 2007. Using blubber biopsies to provide ecological information about bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around the Azores. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87:223-230. Download

Wise, L., A. Silva, M. Ferreira, M. A. Silva and M. Sequeira. 2007. Interactions between small cetaceans and the purse-seine fishery in western Portuguese waters. Scientia Marina 71:405-412. Download

2003

Silva, M. A. and M. Sequeira. 2003. Patterns in the mortality of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) on the Portuguese coast, using stranding records, 1975-1998. Aquatic Mammals 29:88-98. Download

Silva, M. A., R. Prieto, S. M. Magalhães, R. Cabecinhas, A. Cruz, J. M. Gonçalves and R. S. Santos. 2003. Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans in waters around the Azores (Portugal), Summer and Autumn 1999-2000. Aquatic Mammals 29:77-83. Download

2002

Magalhães, S. M., R. Prieto, M. A. Silva, J. M. Gonçalves, M. Afonso-Dias and R. S. Santos. 2002. Short-term reactions of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) to whale-watching vessels in the Azores. Aquatic Mammals 28:267-274. Download

Silva, M. A., R. Feio, R. Prieto, J. M. Goncalves and R. S. Santos. 2002. Interactions between cetaceans and the tuna fishery in the Azores. Marine Mammal Science 18:893-901. Download

2001

Silva, M. A. and A. Araújo. 2001. Distribution and current status of the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Guinea-Bissau. Marine Mammal Science 17:418-424. Download

2000

Granadeiro, J. P. and M. A. Silva. 2000. The use of otoliths and vertebrae in the identification and size-estimation of fish in predator-prey studies. Cybium 24:383-393. Download

1999

Boisseau, O., R. Prieto, D. Nicholson and J. Gordon. 1999. An Atlantic cetacean survey using yachtsmen: a pilot study. Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences 17A:101-107. Download

Silva, M. A. 1999. Diet of common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, off the Portuguese continental coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79:531-540. Download