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2024

Radeta, M., Pestana, J., Abreu, P., Freitas, R., Silva, F., Vieira, D., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Fernandez, M., Alves, F., Dellinger, T., Neves, S., Delory, E. 2024. TRITON - Open Telemetry and Location Estimation for Marine Monitoring based on IoT and LoRa. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2024.3441819. Download

 

O'Callaghan, S. A., Al Abbar, F., Costa, H., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Gammell, M., O’Brien, J. 2024. Aerial photo-identification of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Aquatic Mammals 50(6): 479-494. DOI: 10.1578/AM.50.6.2024.479. Download

 

Lebon Myriam Lebon, M., Colaço, A., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Tobeña Marta Tobeña, M., Planque, Y., Spitz, J., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A. 2024. Isotopic niches reveal the trophic structure of the cetacean community in the oceanic waters around the Azores. Frontiers in Marine Science 11: 1283357. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1283357. Download

 

Suárez-Menéndez, M., Bérubé, M., Bachmann, L., Best, P., Davison, N., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Lesage, V., Oosting, T., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Ramp, C., Robbins, J., Sears, R., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., ten Doeschate, M.T.I., Tollis, M., Vermeulen, E., Víkingsson, G.A., Wiig, Ø., Palsbøll, P. J. 2024. Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti. Global Ecology and Conservation, 51, e02947. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02947. Download

 

Silva Mariana Silva, M.P., Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., New, L., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S. 2024. Bioenergetic modelling of a marine top predator's responses to changes in prey structure. Ecology and Evolution1 14(3): e11135. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11135. Download

 

Romagosa Miriam Romagosa, M., Nieukirk, S., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Marques, T.A., Dziak, R., Royer, J.Y., O’Brien, J., Mellinger, D. K., Pereira, A. Ugalde, A., Papale, E, Aniceto, S., Buscaino, G., Rasmussen, M., Matias, L., Prieto Rui Prieto, R. & Silva Mónica Silva, M.A. 2024. Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic. eLife:e83750. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.83750. Download

 

2023

Rodríguez, Y., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Pham, C.K., Duncan, E.M. 2023. Cetaceans playing with single-use plastics (SUPs): A widespread interaction with likely severe impacts. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 194A, 115428. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115428. Download

 

Campanyà-Llovet, N., Bates, A.E., Cuvelier, D., Giacomello, E., Catarino, D., Gooday, A.J., Berning, B., Figuerola, B., Malaquias, M.A.E., Moura, C.J., Xavier, J.R., Sutton, T.T., Fauconnet, L., Ramalho, S.P., Neves, B.M., Machado, G.M., Horton, T., Gebruk, A.V., Minin, K., Bried, J., Molodtsova, T., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Dilman, A., Kremenetskaia, A., Costa, E.F.S., Clarke, J., Martins, H.R., Pham, C.K., Carreiro-Silva, M., Colaço, A. 2023. FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11:1050268. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268. Download

 

Violi, B., de Jong, M.J., Frantzis, A., Alexiadou, P., Tardy, C., Ody, D,. de Stephanis, R., Giménez J., Lucifora, G., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Alves, F., Dinis, A., Tejedor, M., Fernández, A., Arregui, M., Arbelo, M., Lopez, A., Covelo, P., Hoelzel, A.R. 2023. Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology. Molecular Ecology, 32, 2715–2731. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16898. Download

 

Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S., Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Rivas Estebán Iglesias Rivas, E.I., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Wensveen, P.J., Miller, P.J.O., & Silva Mónica Silva, M.A. 2023. Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data. Movement Ecology, 11:33. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-023-00393-2. Download

 

2022

Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , C.T., Olivar, M.P,, Bernal, A., Spitz, J., Chouvelon, T., Jonasdottir, S., Colaço, A., Carmo, V., Sutton, T., Falkenhaug, T., Bergstad, O.A., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, s. 2022. 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 Miriam Romagosa, M., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Duarte, R.; Zabel, F., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A. 2022. 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 Cláudia Oliveira, C., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Wensveen, P.J., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A. 2022. 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 Mónica Silva, M.A., Prieto Rui 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 Catarina Fonseca C.T., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge S., Prieto Rui Prieto R., Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira C., Tobeña Marta Tobeña M., Scheffer A., Silva Mónica 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 Irma Cascão, I., Gannier, A., Lammers, M.O., Martin, V.M., Oswald, J.N., Perez-Gil, M., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica 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 Miriam Romagosa, M., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Mouriño, H., Lehodey, P., Pereira, A., Marques, T.A., Matias, L. & Silva Mónica 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 Miriam Romagosa, M., Corela, C., Silva Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Marta 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 Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica 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 Rui 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 Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., Romagosa Miriam 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 Cláudia 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 Mónica Silva, M.A., Menezes, G.M., Vieira, M., Bolgan, M., Fonseca Catarina 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 Mónica Silva, M.A., Vieira, M., Afonso, P., Menezes, G.M., Fonseca Catarina 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 Sergi 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 Sergi 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 Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S., Tobeña Marta Tobeña, M., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Vandeperre, F., Calmettes, B., Lehodey, P., Silva Mónica 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 Miriam Romagosa, M., Baumgartner, M., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Lammers, M-O., Marques, T.A., Santos, R.S., Silva Mónica 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 Cláudia 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 Francisco Aleixo, F, O'Callaghan Seán O'Callaghan, S. A., Ducla Soares, L., Nunes, P., Prieto Rui 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 Irma Cascão, I., Lammers, M.O., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Santos, R.S., Silva Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., Vikingsson, G., López, A., Giménez, J., Colaço, A., Halldórsson,S. D., Vighi, M., Prieto Rui 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 Sara Magalhães, M., Martins, H.R., Morato, T., Neves, V., Prieto Rui Prieto, R.,  Santos, R.S., Silva Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., Meneses, G. M., Fonseca Catarina 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 Irma 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 Mónica 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 Silva, Mónica, Borrell, Asunción, Prieto Rui 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 Miriam Romagosa, M., Lucas, C., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S., Tobeña Marta Tobeña, M., Lehodey, P., Reis, J., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Lammers, M. O., Caldeira, R. M. A., Silva Mónica 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 Irma Cascão, I., Domokos, R., Lammers, M. O., Santos, R. S., Silva Mónica 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 Miriam 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 Rebecca Boys, R. M., Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, Sergi, Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Steiner, L., Silva Mónica 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 Rui Prieto, R., Berrow, S., Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S., Steiner, L., Santos, R., Ferreira, R., Marrero Pérez, J., Ritter, F., Dinis, A., Martín, V., Silva Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Sergi 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 Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica 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 Maria João Cruz, M. J., Machete, M., Menezes, G., Rogan, E., Silva Mónica 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 Rui 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 Mónica 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 Irma Cascão, I., R. Domokos, M. O. Lammers, V. Marques, R. Domínguez, R. S. Santos and M. A. Silva Mónica Silva. 2017. Persistent enhancement of micronekton backscatter at the summits of seamounts in the Azores. Frontiers in Marine Science 4. Download

 

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

 

2016

Cruz Maria João Cruz, M. J., G. Menezes, M. Machete and M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Cláudia Oliveira, C., M. Wahlberg, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Marta Tobeña, M., R. Prieto Rui Prieto, M. Machete and M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Rui Prieto, S. Kleinertz, A. Taubert and M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Rui 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 Maria João Cruz, M. J., V. L. Jordão, J. G. Pereira, R. S. Santos and M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Rui 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 Mónica 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 Irma Cascão, A. Gannier, M. O. Lammers, V. M. Martin, J. N. Oswald, M. Perez-Gil, R. Prieto Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Irma Cascão, A. Gannier, M. O. Lammers, V. M. Martin, J. Oswald, M. Perez-Gil, R. Prieto Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Rui Prieto, R., M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., I. Jonsen, D. J. F. Russell, R. Prieto Rui 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., R. Prieto Rui Prieto, I. Cascão Irma Cascão, M. I. Seabra Maria Inês 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 Cláudia 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 Irma Cascão, A. Gannier, M. O. Lammers, V. M. Martín, J. Oswald, M. Perez-Gil, R. Prieto Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Rui Prieto and T. Morato. 2013. Total marine fishery catch for the Azores (1950–2010). ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil. Download

 

Prieto Rui 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 Irma 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., R. Prieto Rui 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 Rui Prieto, R., D. Janiger, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., L. Steiner, I. Cascão Irma Cascão, M. J. Cruz Maria João Cruz, R. Prieto Rui 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., R. Prieto Rui Prieto, S. M. Magalhães Sara Magalhães, M. I. Seabra Maria Inês Seabra, M. Machete and P. S. Hammond 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 Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, I. Cascão Irma Cascão, C. Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, M. J. Cruz Maria João 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., M. Machete, D. Reis, M. Santos, R. Prieto Rui 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 Cláudia 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 Irma 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 Cláudia Faustino, C. E. S., M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Irma Cascão, R. Prieto Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica Silva, S. M. Magalhães Sara 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 Irma Cascão, F. Alves, A. Dinis, J. R. Almeida, R. Prieto Rui 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 Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, R. Prieto Rui 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 Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., S. M. Magalhães Sara Magalhães, R. Prieto Rui 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 Rui 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 Mónica Silva, I. Cascão Irma Cascão, S. M. Magalhães Sara Magalhães, M. I. Seabra Maria Inês 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., R. Prieto Rui Prieto, S. M. Magalhães Sara Magalhães, M. I. Seabra Maria Inês 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 Mónica Silva, S. M. Magalhães Sara Magalhães, R. Prieto Rui 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 Rui 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 Mónica Silva, L. Freitas, R. Prieto Rui Prieto, S. Magalhães Sara 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 Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, S. M. Magalhães Sara Magalhães, R. Prieto Rui 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 Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., R. Prieto Rui Prieto, S. M. Magalhães Sara 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 Sara Magalhães, S. M., R. Prieto Rui Prieto, M. A. Silva Mónica 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 Mónica Silva, M. A., R. Feio, R. Prieto Rui 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 Mónica 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 Mónica 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 Rui 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 Mónica 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

 

Theses

PhD

Tobeña Marta Tobeña, M. 2023. Near realtime distribution modelling of cetacean distribution off the Azores. University of the Azores, Horta. x + 172 pp. Download

Romagosa Miriam Romagosa, M. 2021. Noise exposure and vocal behaviour of baleen whales off the Azores. PhD, University of the Azores, Horta. xii + 185 pp. Download

Cruz Maria João Cruz, M.J. 2017. Exploring operational interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores. PhD, University of the Azores, Horta. xiv + 120 pp. Download

Cascão Irma Cascão, I. 2017. Cetacean movements in relation to the dynamics of the sound-scattering layer in the Azores. PhD, University of the Azores, Horta. vii + 156 pp. Download

Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C. I. B. 2014. Behavioural ecology of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the North Atlantic Ocean. PhD, Universidade dos Açores, Horta. vi + 119 pp. Download

Prieto Rui Prieto, R. 2014. Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) ecology and management in the North Atlantic. PhD, Universidade dos Açores, Horta. xvi + 189 pp. Download

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. 2007. Population biology of bottlenose dolphins in the Azores archipelago. PhD, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews. xv + 254 pp. Download

MSc / MRes

Schnebelin, Théo. 2024. Factors influencing the probability of detection of cetaceans by visual and acoustic surveys in the Azores. La Rochelle University, University of the Azores, Portugal. 32pp + Annexes. Download

Mouton Romane Mouton, Romane. 2024. Interspecific trophic interactions in the marine megafauna of the Azores (Portugal). University of Sorbonne, France. 25pp + Annexes. Download

Gomez, Victor. 2024. Social structure of sperm whales in the Azores archipelago. University of Sorbonne, France. 25pp + Annexes.

Soares, Maria Beatriz. 2024. Coda repertoires and vocal clans of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Azores. MSc in Integrated Ocean Studies, University of the Azores, Portugal. 51pp + Annexes. Download

Nicolàs, Júlia. 2024. Analyzing social structure of sperm whales in the Azores. University of Barcelona, Spain. 45pp. Download

Klier, Max. 2023. Building an Ecopath Model of the Azores: A basis to Ecosystem Management of Mesopelagic Resources. MSc MARRES - International Master in Ocean Science, Conservation & Innovation, University Côte d’Azur, France, 31pp.

Vélez, N. 2022. Acoustic masking of baleen whale vocalizations by shipping noise in the Azores Islands. Ghent University – IMBRSea, 51pp.

Kather, S. 2022. Analysis of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) vocalisations in the Azores: coda repertoires and their behavioural context. MSc Estudos Integrados dos Oceanos, University of the Azores, Portugal,  90pp. Download

Silva, J. 2022. Meta-analysis of marine megafauna trophic ecology. University of Aveiro, Portugal, 58pp. Download

Pellecchia, C. 2021. Characterization of Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) acoustics in Condor Seamount (Azores, Portugal) and their exposure to underwater noise". University of Nantes, France, 34pp.

Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , C. 2020. Description of the diving and foraging behaviour of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Azores using Time-Depth Recorders. Ghent University – IMBRSea, 47pp.

Iglesias-Rivas Estebán Iglesias Rivas, E. 2020. Sperm Whale Foraging Behaviour: A Predicted Model Based On 3D Movement and Acoustic Data from Dtags, University of Algarve, Portugal, 72pp. Download

Mandl, C. 2020. Cumulative exposure of sperm whales to whale watching boats using spatially-explicit capture-recapture models. MSc, University of Hamburg, Hamburg. 66 pp. Download

Figuerola, L. 2019. Improving biopsy collection for lipid content analyses in cetacean species. MSc, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona. 33 pp. Download

Aleixo Francisco Aleixo, F.F. 2018. Application for photogrammetry of cetaceans and other organisms. MSc, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisboa. Download

Faustino Cláudia Faustino, C. 2008. Designing a shipboard line transect survey to estimate cetacean abundance off the Azores Archipelago, Portugal. MRes, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews. 41 pp. Download

Seabra Maria Inês Seabra, M. I. G. L. 2007. Distribuição do roaz (Tursiops truncatus Montagu 1821) e do cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758) nas águas do arquipélago dos Açores (Portugal): aplicação de sistemas de informação geográfica e modelação ecológica na caracterização do habitat. MSc, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon. xvii + 145 pp. [In Portuguese; Abstract in English. Transl.Titl.: Distribution of the bottlenose dolphin and the sperm whale in the waters of the Azores archipelago (Portugal): application of geographic information systems and ecological modelling to characterize the habitat]. Download

Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C. I. B. 2005. A actividade de observação turística de cetáceos no arquipélago dos Açores - Contribuição para o seu desenvolvimento sustentável. Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo. x + 90 pp. [In Portuguese; Abstract in English. Transl.Titl.: Whale-watching activity in the archipelago of the Azores: contributing for its sustainable growth]. Download

BSc

Colina Careaga, Á. 2019. Sperm whale individual exposure to whale-watching vessels in the Azores, using photo-identification. BSc, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 26 pp. Download

Figuerola, L. 2016. Estudi de l'ecologia tròfica dels odontocets de l'arxipèlag de les Açores. BSc, Universidade de Barcelona, Barcelona. 46 pp. [In Catalan; Abstract in English. Transl.Titl.: Study of the trophic ecology of odontocetes in the Azores archipelago] Download

Santos, M. B. O. 2008. Distribuição e padrão de residência das Baleias-de-Barbas (Família Balaenopteridae) no Arquipélago dos Açores. BSc, Universidade dos Açores, Horta. iii + 42 pp. [In Portuguese; Abstract in English. Transl.Titl.: Distribution and residence patterns of baleen whales in the Archipelago of the Azores] Download

Sá, T. D. A. M. 2008. Análise do padrão de mergulho e comportamento alimentar de cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) e baleia-comum (Balaenoptera physalus) no Arquipélago dos Açores. Bsc, Universidade dos Açores, Horta. 42 pp. [In Portuguese; Abstract in English. Transl.Titl.: Diving and foraging behaviour of sperm and fin whales in the Archipelago of the Azores] Download

Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S.M. 2000. Efeito das embarcações turísticas de observação de cetáceos no comportamento do cachalote, Physeter macrocephalus, nos Açores. BSc, Universidade do Algarve, Faro. vi + 51 pp. [In Portuguese; Abstract in English. Transl.Titl.: Behavioural effects of whale watching trourism vessels in the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, in the Azores] Download

Books & Chapters

2024

Jesus, S. M., Soares, C., Romagosa Miriam Romagosa, M., Cascão Irma Cascão, I., Duarte, R., Zabel, F., & Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. (2024). Broadband Excess Noise Estimation via Sample Distribution Field Calibration. In A. N. Popper, J. A. Sisneros, A. D. Hawkins, & F. Thomsen (Eds.), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Principles and Practical Considerations (pp. 1565-1584). Cham: Springer International Publishing.. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50256-9_71. Download

Weir C.R. & Prieto Rui Prieto R. 2024. Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828. In: Siciliano, S. (editor). Mammals of Middle and South America: Cetacea and Sirenia. Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23847-5_5-1. Download

2021

Silva Mónica Silva M.A., Chevallard P., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge S. 2020. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier, 1829). In: Hackländer K, Zachos FE, editors. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Cham: Springer International Publishing; p. 1-30. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_106-1 Download

2020

Prieto Rui Prieto R., & Weir C.R. 2020. Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828. In: Hackländer K, Zachos FE, editors. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Cham: Springer International Publishing. Download

2015

Prieto Rui Prieto, R. 2015. A relação do Homem com os cetáceos nos Açores. Pages 49-60 in J. Penjon and C. Pereira eds. L'animal dans le monde lusophone. Du réel à l'imaginaire. Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris. Download

2012

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. & Prieto Rui Prieto R. . 2012. Investigação de cetáceos nos Açores. Da baleação à era espacial. Pages 105-123 in C. Brito and I. Carvalho eds. Cetáceos de Portugal. Passado, presente e futuro. Paleta Natura. Escola de Mar, Lisboa. Download

2011

Ávila, S.P., Medeiros, A., Frias Martins, A., Silva, A., Melo, C., Gomes, C., Michielsen, G., Madeira, J., Bagaço, J., Silva, L., Fernandes, M., Silva Mónica Silva, M., Madeira, P., Cordeiro, R., Meireles, R., & Prieto Rui Prieto, R. (2011). Lajes do Pico "à ban baxe muro". Ponta Delgada: Publiçor. Download

2010

Prieto Rui Prieto, R. and M. A. Silva Mónica Silva. 2010. Marine Mammals. Pages 344-345 in P. a. V. Borges, A. Costa, C. R., R. Gabriel, V. Gonçalves, A. F. Martins, I. Melo, M. Parente, P. Raposeiro, P. Rodrigues, R. S. Santos, L. Silva, P. Vieira and V. Vieira eds. A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Cascais, Portugal. Download

2006

Queiroz, A. I., P. C. Alves, I. Barroso, P. Beja, M. Fernandes, L. Freitas, M. L. Mathias, A. Mira, J. M. Palmeirim, R. Prieto Rui Prieto, A. Rainho, L. Rodrigues, M. Santos-Reis and S. M. L. 2006. Mamíferos. Pages 429-532 in M. J. Cabral, J. Almeida, P. R. Almeida, T. Dellinger, N. Ferrand De Almeida, M. E. Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, J. M. Palmeirim, A. L. Queiroz, L. Rogado and M. Santos-Reis eds. Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados de Portugal. Instituto de Conservação da Natureza, Lisboa, Portugal. Download chapter or View book web version

 

Reports

2023

Prieto Rui Prieto, R. 2023. Workshop on Marine Mammal Ship Strike Mitigation Report. Workshop on Marine Mammal Ship Strike Mitigation. Horta, 24-26 January 2023. Horta; Portugal. Download

2019

Freitas, L., Cañadas, A., Servidio, A., Pérez-Gil, M., Pérez-Gil, E., Varo-Cruz, N., Silva Mónica Silva, M., Vandeperre, F. & Esteban, R. 2019. Applying a subregional coherent and coordinated approach to the monitoring and assessment of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia for the second cycle of the MFSD (MISTIC SEAS II) A-MB-TR2 -Technical Report Sub-programmes Abundance of Oceanic Cetaceans (MM) and Loggerhead Census (MT)-Oceanic Workpackage 1 A-MB-TR2 (OCEANIC) 2. Download

Stredulinsky et al. 2019. Threats Assessment for Fin Whale, Pacific population. In: COSEWIC. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus, Atlantic population and Pacific population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xv + 72  pp. Download

Stredulinsky et al. 2019. Threats Assessment for Fin Whale, Atlantic population. In: COSEWIC. 2019 COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus, Atlantic population and Pacific population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xv + 72  pp. Download

Simard et al. 2019. Threats assessment for Sei Whale (Atlantic population). In: COSEWIC. 2019. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis, Atlantic population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xi + 48 pp. Download

2018

Saavedra, C., Santos, M., Valcarce, P., Freitas, L., Silva Mónica Silva, M., Pipa, T., Bécares, J., Gil-Velasco, M., Vandeperre, F., Gouveia, C., Lopes, V., Teixeira, A., Simão, A., Matias, J., Miodonski, J., Carreira, G., Henriques, F., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S., Esteban, R. & Carrillo, M. 2018. MACARONESIAN ROOF REPORT 2018. Document information: Project MISTIC SEAS II. Partner leading "Subdirección General para la Protección del Mar" of the "Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica -MITECO" with the collaboration of the "Instituto Español de Oceanografía -IEO". Download

2017

Baeyaert, J., Graça, G., Sobral, A.F., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Afonso, P., & Fontes, J. 2017. EcoDive Azores - Summer Season 2016 Short Report. Horta: Marine & Environmental Sciences Center, Institute of Marine Research, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, University of the Azores. Download

2012

Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Bérubé, M., & Palsbøll, P.J. 2012. Migratory destinations and sex composition of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) transiting through the Azores (SC/64/RMP6). Presented to the 64th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Download

2010

ICES. 2010. Report of the Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME), 12–15 April 2010, Horta, The Azores. (ICESCM2010/ACOM:24). 212pp. Download

2009

Sequeira, M.; Elejabeitia, C.; Silva Mónica Silva, M.A.; Dinis, A.; de Stephanis, R.; Urquiola, E.; Nicolau, C. Prieto Rui Prieto, R.; Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C.; Cruz Maria João Cruz, M.J.; Freitas, L. 2009. Review of whalewatching activities in mainland Portugal, the Azores, Madeira and Canary archipelagos and the Strait of Gibraltar (SC/61/WW11). Presented to the 61th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Download

2008

Magalhães Sara Magalhães, M. C.; Prieto Rui Prieto, R.; Gomes, C.; Porteiro, F.; Cascão Irma Cascão, I.; Bried, J.; Silva Mónica Silva, M. A.; Lombardi, P.; Pedro, P.; Afonso, P.; Neves, V.; Santos, R. S. (2008). Relatório técnico-científico do projecto MARMAC II Conhecimento, promoção e valorização para o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas e da biodiversidade marinha na Macaronésia-Fase II. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 1/2009: 138 p. Horta, Portugal: Universidade dos Açores. Download

2007

Prieto Rui Prieto, R.; Ferraz, R.; Cardigos, F.; Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C.; Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.; Carvalho, N.; Santos, V.; Vizinho, S.; Delgado, R.; Tempera, F.; Santos, R. S. 2007. MARMAC Conhecimento, Promoção e Valorização para a Utilização Sustentada de Áreas Marinhas Protegidas na Macaronésia (03/MAC/4.2/A1) Relatório Científico Final. Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 1/2007: 123 p. [Final Report of the EU Interreg Project MARMAC. Download

Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S.M., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., & Santos, R.S. 2007. Impact of whale watching on cetaceans: assessing the appropriateness of existing regulations (SC/59/WW9). Presented to the 59th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Download

Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Filla, G., Gonçalves, J., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S.M., & Santos, R.S. 2007. A social-economic perspective of the whale watching activity in the Azores (SC/59/WW8). Presented to the 59th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Download

Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, C., Gonçalves, J., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., & Santos, R.S. 2007. Whale watching management in the Azores: An updated review of the regulations (SC/59/WW7). Presented to the 59th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Download

Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Dâmaso, C., Machete, M., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Reis, D., Santos, M., & Santos, R. 2007. A review of interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores (SC/59/BC3). Presented to the 59th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Download

2006

Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Quérouil, S., Pinela, A., Seabra Maria Inês Seabra, M.I., & Santos, R.S. 2006. Ecologia e estrutura populacional dos roazes e cachalotes nos Açores: relação com as características do habitat Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº4/2006: 30p. Horta, Portugal: Universidade dos Açores. Download

2005

Seabra Maria Inês Seabra, M.I., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Magalhães Sara Magalhães, M., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Santos, R.S. 2005. Desenvolvimento de um SIG para analisar a influência das características do habitat na ecologia dos cetáceos. Relatório da Bolsa de Investigação realizada no âmbito do Projecto CETAMARH (FCT-POCTI/BSE/38991/2001). Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 5/2005: 48 p. Horta, Portugal: Universidade dos Açores. 

Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Querouil, S., Pinela, A., Seabra Maria Inês Seabra, M.I., Santos, R.S. Ecologia e estrutura populacional dos roazes e cachalotes nos Açores: relação com as características do habitat. 2005. Relatório Final do Projecto CETAMARH (FCT-POCTI/BSE/38991/2001). Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos, nº 4/2005: ii+40 p. Horta, Portugal: Universidade dos Açores. 

2001

Silva Mónica Silva, M.A, Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S., Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Cruz, A., Cabecinhas, R., Gonçalves, J., Santos, R.S. 2001. Desenvolvimento do "Whale Watching" nos Açores. Relatório Técnico: 01 Jan.  2000 – 31 Dec. 2000. Arquivos do DOP. Série Relatórios Internos, nº 9/2001, 27 p. Horta, Portugal: Universidade dos Açores.

Anonymous 2001. Relatórios Técnicos (1998, 1999, 2000) e Propostas de Planos de Gestão do Projecto LIFE98 NAT/P/005275: Gestão Integrada de Zonas Costeiras e Marinhas nos Açores / Integrated management of coastal and marine zones in the Azores. Download

2000

Prieto Rui Prieto, R., Silva Mónica Silva, M.A., Magalhães Sara Magalhães, S., Cabecinhas, R., Santos, R.S. 2000. Development of Whale Watching in Azores. Technical Report: 1 April 1998 - 31 Dec 1999. Arquivos do DOP. Série Relatórios Internos, nº 1/2000, 21 p.

 

 

Datasets

Olivar, M Pilar; Chouvelon, Tiphaine; Loutrage, Liz; Spitz, Jérôme; Bernal, Ainhoa; Lebon Myriam Lebon, Myriam; Silva Mónica Silva, Mónica A (2024): Compilation of new estimations on trophic positions of marine biota from the temperate Atlantic and western Mediterranean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971985

Olivar, M Pilar; Silva Mónica Silva, Mónica A; Spitz, Jérôme; Bernal, Ainhoa; Chouvelon, Tiphaine; Lebon Myriam Lebon, Myriam; Loutrage, Liz (2024): Compilation of new data on stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios of marine biota from the subarctic and temperate Atlantic, and western Mediterranean Sea [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971934

Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira, Cláudia; Prieto Rui Prieto, Rui; Cascão Irma Cascão, Irma; Miller, Patrick J. O.; Silva Mónica Silva, Mónica (2024): Dive metrics of sperm whales collected between 2017 and 2019 off the Azores, Portugal. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964726

Cleland et al. [26 contributors; see all] (2024): Spatial layers supporting the revised nomination proforma for the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea basin Marine Protected Area. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.970952

Bode A, Saavedra C, Álvarez-González M, Arregui M, Arbelo M, Fernández A, Freitas L, Silva Mónica SilvaMA, Prieto Rui Prieto R, Azevedo JMN, Giménez J, Pierce GJ, Santos MB. (2022): Stable C and N isotope data for cetacea collected in the Macaronesian region between 1996 and 2018. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943603.

Oliveira Cláudia Oliveira C, Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge S, Prieto Rui Prieto R, Cascão Irma Cascão I, Wensveen PJ, Silva Mónica SilvaMA. (2022). Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21355338.v2.

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A., Olivar, M. P., Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , C. T. & Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S. (2022). Compilation of diet proportions of mesopelagic fish from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945874

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. et al. (2022). Compilation of trophic positions of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945968

Jónasdóttir, S. H., Maar, K., Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , C. T., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S. & Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. (2022). Compilation of fatty acid composition of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945881

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A., Chouvelon, T., Spitz, J., Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , C. T. & Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S. (2022). Compilation of energy density of marine biota from the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945870

Chouvelon, T., Spitz, J., Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , C. T., Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, S. & Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. (2022). Compilation of major and trace element concentrations in mesopelagic and other species from the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945907

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. et al. (2022). Compilation of stable nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios of marine biota from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945917

Silva Mónica Silvaa, M. A. et al. (2022). Compilation of stomach content data for mesopelagic fish and predator species from the central and Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946139

Silva Mónica Silva, M. A. et al. (2022). Compilation of data to assess trophic interactions in mesopelagic food webs in the central and Northeast Atlantic, and in the Mediterranean Sea. PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946020

Silva Mónica Silva, Mónica A.; Fonseca Catarina Fonseca , Catarina T.; Pérez-Jorge Sergi Pérez-Jorge, Sergi; Prieto Rui Prieto, Rui (2022). Dive characteristics of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) instrumented with time-depth recorders off the Azores. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.947349

Tobeña Marta Tobeña, Marta; Prieto Rui Prieto, Rui; Machete, Miguel; Silva Mónica Silva, Mónica A (2016). Mapped cetacean habitat suitability and richness in the Azores. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864511

Silva Mónica Silva, Mónica A. & Prieto Rui Prieto, Rui. Azores Great Whales Satellite Telemetry Program. Movebank.org study ID 72289508.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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