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Bruno C L Macena. Brazilian. Completed the PhD in Oceanography at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Master in Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Postgraduate Certificate in Oceanography at UFPE, and Bachelor of Biological Sciences at UFRPE. Executive coordinated a pioneer 10-year elasmobranch monitoring program using multi-methods (mark/recapture, photo-identification, population genetic, and acoustic and satellite telemetry) in a remote archipelago off Brazil. Experienced in project coordination and leadership, scientific expedition planning/boarding, sea fieldwork, SCUBA, and free-diving and manipulating wild fish to tag. Interested in ecology and biology of fishes, emphasising elasmobranch, using different mark/recapture and biotelemetry methods, remote sensing, and ecological and environmental modelling. Currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Okeanos R&D Center with movement and spatial ecology of large pelagic fishes to understand the influence of the environment in the species¿ distribution and behaviour, including the conception of non-invasive tagging methods for endangered species and in developing packages of multi-sensor electronic tags to assess biological and physiological aspects of fishes.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno César Luz Macena Rocha

Citation names

  • Macena, Bruno
  • Macena, BCL
  • Macena B
  • Rocha, BCLM

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
071E-6655-CDB7
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5010-8560
Google Scholar ID
h6WPIuoAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
Researcher Id
ABD-2959-2021

Email addresses

  • bruno.cl.rocha@uac.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Prof. Doutor Frederico Machado, 9901-862, Faial, Horta, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/03/01 - 2016/12/18
Concluded
 Oceanography (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
"Suitable habitats and ecological aspects of whale sharks in the Southwestern and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean Habitats adequados e aspectos ecológicos do tubarão-baleia (Rhincodon typus Smith 1828) no Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste e Equatorial" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A
2011/02/14 - 2011/07/04
Concluded
 Short-MBA in Business Management (Postgraduate Certificate)
KM Consultores Associados, Brazil
2008/03/01 - 2010/06/01
Concluded
 Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture (Master)
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
"Seasonality, distribution, abundance, and migratory behavior of whale sharks in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago Estudo da sazonalidade, distribuição, abundância e comportamento migratório do tubarão-baleia (Rhincodon typus Smith 1828) no ASPSP" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A
2007/04/01 - 2007/10/01
Concluded
 Specialization in Oceanography (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
"Ecology of sharks and rays in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve: a review of methods and results over 10 years Ecologia de tubarões e raias da Reserva Biológica do Atol das Rocas: uma revisão dos métodos e resultados obtidos em 10 anos de pesquisa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A
2002/05/01 - 2006/06/01
Concluded
 Bachelor of Biological Science (Bachelor)
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
"Occurrences of whale sharks in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil Ocorrência do tubarão-baleia, Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828), no Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09/16 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
Universidade dos Açores - Campus da Horta, Portugal
2018/08/16 - 2019/08/15 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto do Mar, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2018/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
2006/08/01 - 2007/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
2004/01/14 - 2006/05/31 Research Trainee (Research) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - Current MONICO - Monitoring Program for Coastal Envinments and Resources in the Azores
GRA/SRMAM/DRP
Post-doc
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal

IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2020 - Current MissionAtlantic: Atlantic Marine Ecosystems & Services
H2020-LC-BG-08-2018
Post-doc
Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal

IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
European Comission
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/04/01 - Current EcoDivePWN
ProWinNature
Researcher
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
 ProWin Nature
Ongoing
2019/09/16 - Current Ecology and Conservation of Coastal Sharks in Oceanic Islands - Island Sharks
PTDC/MAR-PRO/3880/2012
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

ProWin Nature
Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2024/10/01 NAUTILOS New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation
501100000780
Researcher
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
 European Comission
Ongoing
2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 HAZARDs - Avaliação de riscos associados à formação e evolução de fajãs detríticas e lávicas nos arquipélagos vulcânicos portugueses
PTDC/CTA-GEO/0798/2020
10.54499/PTDC/CTA-GEO/0798/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal

Instituto do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2023/01/01 Aeros-Az Development of Nanosatellites platform as a precursor of a future constellation to leverage the Space/Ocean scientific and economic synergies (Açores-45-2019-11)
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000131
Researcher
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal

Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Programa Operacional FEDER - Açores 2020
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 MEESO - Ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fisheries
H2020-EU.3.2.
H2020-EU.3.2.3.1
Researcher
Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway

Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
European Comission
Ongoing
2020/01 - 2022/12 DDeSPAr - Diversification for the Sustainable Development of Artisanal Fishery in the Azores / / Diversificação para o desenvolvimento sustentável da pesca artesanal dos Açores
MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0038
6-01-03-FMP-0038
Co-PI
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
 Secretaria Regional do Mar Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2022/03/31 Ilhas oceânicas como habitat essencial para tubarões migratórios
PTDC/BIA-BMA/32204/2017
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/08/16 - 2019/08/15 EcoDiveAz - Rumo ao Crescimento Sustentável do mergulho com tubarões e jamantas nos Açores
Acores-01-0145-FEDER-000059
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal
 DRCT
Concluded
2017/01 - 2018/03 Ecology of pelagic and demersal fishes in Saint Peter and Saint Paul archipelago and in Trindade island and Martin Vaz archipelago
CNPq nº 15/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar
Concluded
2016/06 - 2017/12 Evidence-based approach for sustainable management of tuna resources in the Atlantic- Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP)- Tagging activities in SW and SE Atlantic
DCI-FOOD/2015/361-161
Researcher
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil

Fundação Apolônio Sales de Desenvolvimento Educacional, Brazil
Comisión Internacional para la Conservación del Atún Atlántico
Concluded
2013/01 - 2015/12 Ecology of pelagic and demersal fishes in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
CNPq Nº 39/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar
Concluded
2013/01 - 2015/12 Ecology of pelagic and demersal fishes in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
CNPq Nº 39/2012
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
2012/01 - 2015/12 ETHOPELAGOS 2 - Habitat use and migratory behavior by large pelagic fish in Equatorial and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean
482557/2011-7
Executive coordinator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Development of tuna and tuna-like fishery associated to fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Northeast of Brazil
CNPq 2011
Researcher
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil

Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Brazil
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Ministério da Agricultura Pecuária e Abastecimento
Concluded
2012 - 2015 New technologies to reduce shark catches in oceanic longline fishery in Brazil
CNPQ 2011
Researcher
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil

Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Brazil
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2007 - 2014 PROTUBA - Prospection and telemetry of sharks off Pernambuco's State coast, Brazil
PROTUBA I to VIII
Researcher
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Finep
Concluded
2010/01 - 2012/12 Ecology of large pelagic and demersal fishes in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
MCT/CNPq Nº 026/2009
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar
Concluded
2010/01 - 2012/12 Ecology of large pelagic and demersal fishes in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
MCT/CNPq Nº 026/2009
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
2009/01 - 2011/12 ETHOPELAGOS - Habitat use and migratory behavior by large pelagic fish in Equatorial and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean
478070/2008-0
Executive coordinator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2009 - 2011 INOVAPESCA - Technological innovations for the sustainability of the commercial and artisanal fisheries in the Northeast Brazil
MCT/CNPq 14/2008
Researcher
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2008/01 - 2009/12 Ecology and Conservation of Whale Shark in Brazil
0760_2007-2
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Fundação Grupo Boticário de Proteção à Natureza
Concluded
2006/01 - 2009 Ecology of large pelagic fishes caught in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
CNPq nº 056/2005
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cassiano Monteiro-Neto; Marcus Rodrigues da Costa; Rafael de Almeida Tubino; Macena, BCL; Lauro A. Saint Pastous Madureira; Marcelo Pinho. Corresponding author: Cassiano Monteiro-Neto. "Uso de marcas eletrônicas para identificação de padrões de movimentação do bonito-listrado". In Sustentabilidade da Pesca do Bonito-Listrado no Brasil, edited by Lauro A. Saint Pastous Madureira; Cassiano Monteiro-Neto, 47-62. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Walprint Gráfica e Editora, 2020.
    Published
  2. Hazin, Fábio; Macena B; Bezerra, Natalia P. A.; Mendonça, SA; Lana, FO; Paoliello, ,L; Viana, DL. "Elasmobrânquios do Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo. Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo : 20 anos de pesquisa.". In Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo: 20 anos de pesquisa, edited by Oliveira, JEL; Viana, DL; de Souza, MAC, 143-159. Recife, Brazil: Via Design Publicações, 2018.
    Published
  3. Hazin, Fábio; Viana, DL; Pinheiro, PB; Fischer, AF; Macena, BCL; Véras, D; Oliveira, PGV; et al. "Ecologia dos grandes peixes pelágicos". In Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo: 10 anos de pesquisa, edited by Viana, DL; Hazin, Fábio; de Souza, MAC, 226-243. Brasília, Brazil: SECIRM, 2009.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Waller, Matt; Queiroz, Nuno; ...; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, Bruno; Sims, David. Corresponding author: Waller, Matt. "The fastest shark? Direct measurements of swimming speeds of shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus)". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, 2024.
    Published
  2. Fontes, Jorge; Priester, C. Robert; Reuter, Elisabeth; Graça, Gonçalo; Rosa, Rui; Rodrigue, Mattie; Cabrera-Alvarez, Maria; et al. Corresponding author: Fontes, Jorge. "Common remora, anything but ordinary". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, 2024.
    Published
  3. Gandra, Miguel; Fontes, Jorge; Macena, Bruno; Abecasis, David; Meyer, Carl; Afonso, Pedro. Corresponding author: Gandra, Miguel. "From darkness to light: Understanding movement and residency patterns of two sympatric deep-sea sharks in the North Atlantic". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, 2024.
    Published
  4. Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Betty Laglabauer; Fontes, Jorge. "Spying on the devils lair: Remote monitoring of the seasonal aggregation of Mobula tarapacana". Paper presented in EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - EAA2021, Leiden, 2021.
    Published
  5. Samantha Andrzejaczek; other 168 co-authors; Macena, BCL; David Curnick. Corresponding author: Samantha Andrzejaczek. "Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology". Paper presented in 9th Annual Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) Symposium, Nova Scotia, 2021.
    Published • 10.1126/SCIADV.ABO1754
  6. Braun, Camrin D.; Alice Della Penna; Martin Arostegui; Pedro Afonso; Michael Berumen; Jorge Fontes; Miguel Furtado; et al. Corresponding author: Braun, Camrin D.. "Deep diving in marine predators links surface and deep ocean ecosystems". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021.
    Published
  7. Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes (IP); Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Bruno C. L. Macena; Rui Magalhães; Tiago Bartolomeu; Nikolai Liebsch; Carl Meyer; Pedro Afonso. Corresponding author: Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes (IP). "PILOT tag, new non-invasive towed tags for free ranging deep-diving megafauna, advantages and challenges". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021.
    Published
  8. Freya Womersley; Queiroz, Nuno; other 65 authors; Macena, BCL; Sims, David. Corresponding author: Freya Womersley. "Revealing cryptic global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and an ocean giant". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021.
    Published
  9. Crespo-Neto, Osman; Macena, Bruno; Wanick, E W; Mourato, Bruno Leite; Carvalho, Felipe Correia de; Pimenta, E G; Hazin, Fábio; Amorim, Alberto Ferreira de. "Makaira nigricans behavior in the western South Atlantic". Paper presented in INFORME DEL COMITÉ PERMANENTE DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ESTADÍSTICAS (SCRS), Madrid, 2021.
    Published
  10. Ivo da Costa; Sophie Prendergast; Marques, L; Fontes, Jorge; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; et al. "Development of a new animal-attached pop-off tag capable of recording in situ dissolved oxygen". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021.
    Published
  11. Winkler, Alexander; Bovim, Lily; Macena B; Erzini, K.; Pedro Afonso; Abecasis, David. "Archival tagging reveals the temperature and depth preferences of adult Corvina (Argyrosmus regius) within the Gulf of Cadiz". Paper presented in 7th International Bio-logging Science Symposium, Honolulu, 2021.
    Published
  12. Abecasis, David; Macena, BCL; Fontes, Jorge; Erzini, Karim; Afonso, Pedro. "Movements of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) along the Portuguese coast". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Fish Telemetry, Arendal, 2019.
    Published
  13. Fontes, Jorge; Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira; Macena, BCL; Betty Laglbauer; Joffrey Baeyaert; Prieto, Rui; Graça, Gonçalo; et al. Corresponding author: Fontes, Jorge. "New non-invasive attachment and multisensor towed tags for short-term high resolution tagging of pelagic sharks and rays.". Paper presented in EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE - EAA2018, 2018.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Das, Diya; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, BCL. Corresponding author: Das, Diya. "Flying through space - orientation cues used by mobula rays in transatlantic migrations". Paper presented in The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Das, Diya; Priester, Robert; Soares, Joana; Macena, Bruno; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro. "Nearshore essential habitat of threatened sharks around a temperate oceanic island". Marine Ecology Progress Series 766 (2025): 73-90. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14897.
    Open access • Published • 10.3354/meps14897
  2. Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Rodríguez, Jorge P.; Marley, Sarah A.; Calich, Hannah J.; van der Mheen, Mirjam; VanCompernolle, Michelle; Arrowsmith, Lucy M.; et al. "Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets". Science 388 6751 (2025): 1086-1097. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0239.
    Open access • Published • 10.1126/science.adl0239
  3. Gandra, Miguel; Fontes, Jorge; Bruno C.L. Macena; Carl G. Meyer ; Afonso, Pedro. "Long-term multitracking reveals contrasting yet highly resident movement ecologies of two sympatric and endangered deep-sea sharks". Ocean and Coastal Management 269 107782 (2025): 1-16.
    Open access • Published
  4. Osman Crespo Neto; Macena, BCL; Bruno Mourato; Eduardo G. Pimenta; Eduardo W. Wanick; José Carlos Pacheco dos Santos; Alberto F. Amorim. Corresponding author: Macena, BCL. "Insights into the Movements and Habitat Use of Blue Marlins (Makaira nigricans) in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean". Fishes 10(05) 201 (2025): 1-19. https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/5/201.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/fishes10050201
  5. Flôres, Maria Luisa Dias; Reis, Vitor César Leite; Bonetti, Carla; Macena, BCL; de Freitas, Renato Hajenius Aché. "Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) along the Brazilian coast: occurrence, distribution, and environmental factors". Environmental Biology of Fishes 1 s10641-025 (2025): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01690-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s10641-025-01690-y
  6. Castellano-González, G; Macena, BCL; Bartolomeu, T; Passos, A; Afonso, P; Rodrigues Fontes, JM. Corresponding author: Macena, BCL. "Ecological aspects and hydrodynamics of hitchhiking remoras (Remora spp.) associated with sicklefin devil rays (Mobula tarapacana)". Marine Ecology Progress Series 752 (2025): 117-135. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14750.
    Open access • Published • 10.3354/meps14750
  7. VanCompernolle, Michelle; et al; Macena, Bruno; Sequeira, Ana M. M.. Corresponding author: VanCompernolle, Michelle. "Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats". Conservation Biology 24-361.R1 (2025):
    Open access • In press
  8. Womersley, Freya C.; Sousa, Lara L.; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Abrantes, Kátya; Araujo, Gonzalo; Bach, Steffen S.; Barnett, Adam; et al. "Climate-driven global redistribution of an ocean giant predicts increased threat from shipping". Nature Climate Change s41558-024 1 (2024): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02129-5.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41558-024-02129-5
  9. Arostegui, M.C.; Afonso, P.; Fauconnet, L.; Fontes, J.; Macena, BCL; Meyer, C.; Morato, T.; Braun, C.D.. Corresponding author: Arostegui, M.C.. "Advancing the frontier of fish geolocation into the ocean’s midwaters". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 212 (2024): 104386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104386.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104386
  10. Womersley, Freya C.; Rohner, Christoph A.; Abrantes, Kátya; Afonso, Pedro; Arunrugstichai, Shin; Bach, Steffen S.; Bar, Shir; et al. "Identifying priority sites for whale shark ship collision management globally". Science of The Total Environment 934 (2024): 172776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172776.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172776
  11. da Costa, Ivo; Sims, David W.; Loureiro, Bruno; Waller, Matt J.; Womersley, Freya C.; Loveridge, Alexandra; Humphries, Nicolas E.; et al. "Measuring deoxygenation effects on marine predators: A new animal-attached archival tag recording in situ dissolved oxygen, temperature, fine-scale movements and behaviour". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 00 14360 (2024): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14360.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/2041-210x.14360
  12. Jorge Fontes; Pedro Afonso; Macena, BCL. "Whale sharks and tunas hunt together". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment fee.2718 (2024): 1-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2718.
    Open access • 10.1002/fee.2718
  13. Fontes, Jorge; Schouten, Martijn; Afonso, Pedro; Macena, BCL. "The return of Scarface: Philopatry in an ocean wandering shark?". Ecology e4234 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4234.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/ecy.4234
  14. Winkler, Alexander Claus; Bovim, Lily; Macena, Bruno; Gandra, Miguel; Erzini, Karim; Afonso, Pedro; Abecasis, David. "Depth and temperature preferences of meagre, Argyrosomus regius, as revealed by satellite telemetry". PLOS ONE 18 11 (2023): e0288706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288706.
    Open access • 10.1371/journal.pone.0288706
  15. Bruno Saraiva; Macena, BCL; Silvio Emmanuel Solleliet-Ferreira; Pedro Afonso; J Fontes. "First insights into the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) fine-scale swimming behaviour". Royal Society Open Science 10 5 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230012.
    Open access • Published • 10.1098/rsos.230012
  16. J Fontes; Joeva Dachelet; Ricardo Serrão Santos; Macena, BCL; Pedro Afonso. "New additions to black and white fish mutants". Ecological Indicators 151 (2023): 110295-110295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110295.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110295
  17. Fontes, Jorge; Castellano-González, Gloria; Macena, Bruno; Afonso, Pedro. Corresponding author: Fontes, Jorge. "Hitchhiking to the abyss". Ecology and Evolution 13 5 (2023): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10126.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/ece3.10126
  18. Matt J. Waller; Nuno Queiroz; Ivo da Costa; Tiago Cidade; Bruno Loureiro; Freya C. Womersley; Jorge Fontes; et al. "Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate". Journal of Fish Biology 103 (2023): 864-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15475.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/jfb.15475
  19. J. Fontes; Macena, BCL; S. Solleliet-Ferreira; F. Buyle; R. Magalhães; T. Bartolomeu; N. Liebsch; C. Meyer; P. Afonso. "Correction: The advantages and challenges of non-invasive towed PILOT tags for free-ranging deep-diving megafauna". Animal Biotelemetry 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-023-00321-6.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40317-023-00321-6
  20. Braun, Camrin D.; Della Penna, Alice; Arostegui, Martin C.; Afonso, Pedro; Berumen, Michael L.; Block, Barbara A.; Brown, Craig A.; et al. "Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean (vol 120, e2306357, 2023)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 47 (2023): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306357120.
    Open access • Published • 10.1073/PNAS.2321320121
  21. J. Fontes; Macena, BCL; S. Solleliet-Ferreira; F. Buyle; R. Magalhães; T. Bartolomeu; N. Liebsch; C. Meyer; P. Afonso. "The advantages and challenges of non-invasive towed PILOT tags for free-ranging deep-diving megafauna". Animal Biotelemetry 10 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00310-1.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40317-022-00310-1
  22. Andrzejaczek, Samantha; Lucas, Tim C.D.; Goodman, Maurice C.; Hussey, Nigel E.; Armstrong, Amelia J.; Carlisle, Aaron; Coffey, Daniel M.; et al. "Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology". Science Advances 8 33 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo1754.
    Open access • Published • 10.1126/sciadv.abo1754
  23. Afonso, Pedro; Gandra, Miguel; Graça, Gonçalo; Macena, BCL; Vandeperre, Frederic; Fontes, Jorge. "The Multi-Annual Residency of Juvenile Smooth Hammerhead Shark in an Oceanic Island Nursery". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.844893.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2022.844893
  24. Afonso, André S.; Macena, BCL; Mourato, Bruno; Bezerra, Natalia P. A.; Mendonça, Sibele; de Queiroz, Joyce D. G. R.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.. Corresponding author: Macena, BCL. "Trophic-Mediated Pelagic Habitat Structuring and Partitioning by Sympatric Elasmobranchs". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.779047.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fmars.2022.779047
  25. Womersley, Freya C.; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Queiroz, Nuno; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Furtado, Miguel; Tyminski, John P.; et al. "Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world’s largest fish, the whale shark". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 20 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117440119.
    Open access • Published • 10.1073/pnas.2117440119
  26. Prendergast, Sophie; Payne, Cadence; Lifson, Miles; Haughwout, Christian; Tieppo, Marcos; Figueiredo, Paulo; Guerra, Andre; et al. "AEROS: Oceanographic Hyperspectral Imaging and Argos-Tracking CubeSat". ArXiv (2022): 1-13.
    10.48550/ARXIV.2211.05124
  27. Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Couto, Ana; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Mucientes, Gonzalo; et al. "Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation". Nature 595 7866 (2021): E20-E28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9.
    Published • 10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9
  28. Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Couto, Ana; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Mucientes, Gonzalo; et al. "Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone". Nature 595 7866 (2021): E8-E16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3.
    Published • 10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3
  29. de Queiroz, Joyce D.G.R.; Bezerra, Natalia P.A.; Macena, BCL; Hazin, Fábio H.V.. "Back from the dead? Not really. The tale of the Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) in a remote Brazilian archipelago". Biological Conservation 256 (2021): 109097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109097.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109097
  30. Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Macena, BCL; Francini-Filho, Ronaldo B.; Ferreira, Carlos E. L.; Albuquerque, Fernanda V.; Bezerra, Natalia P. A.; Carvalho-Filho, Alfredo; et al. Corresponding author: Macena, BCL. "Fish biodiversity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Archipelago, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil: new records and a species database". Journal of Fish Biology 97 4 (2020): 1143-1153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14484.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/jfb.14484
  31. Solleliet-Ferreira, S.; Macena, BCL; Laglbauer, B.J.L.; Sobral, A.F.; Afonso, P.; Fontes, J.. "Sicklefin devilray and common remora prey jointly on baitfish". Environmental Biology of Fishes 103 8 (2020): 993-1000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-020-00990-9.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10641-020-00990-9
  32. Bezerra, N. P. A.; Albuquerque, F. V.; Figueiredo-Filho, J.; Macena, BCL; Hazin, F. H. V.. "New Record and Range Expansion of Frigate Tuna Auxis thazard (Scombridae) in the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Ichthyology 60 4 (2020): 668-671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0032945220040025.
    Open access • Published • 10.1134/s0032945220040025
  33. Mendonça, Sibele Alves de; Macena, BCL; Araújo, Camila Brasilino Botêlho de; Bezerra, Natalia Priscila Alves; Hazin, Fabio Hissa Vieira. "Dancing with the devil: courtship behaviour, mating evidences and population structure of the Mobula tarapacana (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) in a remote archipelago in the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ocean". Neotropical Ichthyology 18 3 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0008.
    Open access • Published • 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0008
  34. Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Couto, Ana; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Sequeira, Ana M. M.; Mucientes, Gonzalo; et al. "Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries". Nature 572 7770 (2019): 461-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4.
    Published • 10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4
  35. Bezerra, Natalia P. A.; Macena, BCL; Travassos, Paulo; Afonso, Pedro; Hazin, Fabio H., V. "Evidence of site fidelity and deep diving behaviour of scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, in the equatorial Mid-Atlantic ridge". Marine and Freshwater Research 71 (2019): 719-721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf19029.
    Open access • Published • 10.1071/mf19029
  36. Sibele A. Mendonça; Macena, BCL; André S. Afonso; Fabio H. V. Hazin. "Seasonal aggregation and diel activity by the sicklefin devil ray Mobula tarapacana off a small, equatorial outcrop of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Journal of Fish Biology (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13829.
    Published • 10.1111/jfb.13829
  37. Sampaio, Cláudio L. S.; Leite, Luciana; Reis-Filho, José Amorim; Loiola, Miguel; Miranda, Ricardo J.; de Anchieta C.C. Nunes, José; Macena, BCL. Corresponding author: Macena, BCL. "New insights into whale shark Rhincodon typus diet in Brazil: an observation of ram filter-feeding on crab larvae and analysis of stomach contents from the first stranding in Bahia state". Environmental Biology of Fishes 101 8 (2018): 1285-1293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0775-6.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10641-018-0775-6
  38. Macena, Bruno. "First record of the smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago: range extension for the equatorial region". Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res. (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol45-issue2-fulltext-22.
    10.3856/vol45-issue2-fulltext-22
  39. Macena, BCL; Hazin, Fabio H. V.. Corresponding author: Macena, BCL. "Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Seasonal Occurrence, Abundance and Demographic Structure in the Mid-Equatorial Atlantic Ocean". PlosOne 0164440 (2016): 1-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164440.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0164440
  40. Carvalho-Filho, Alfredo; Macena, BCL; Diogo Nunes. Corresponding author: Carvalho-Filho, Alfredo. "A new species of Anthiadinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) from São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil, Equatorial Atlantic". Zootaxa (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4139.4.10.
    Open access • Published • 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.4.10
  41. Nunes, Guilherme T.; Hoffmann, Lilian S.; Macena, BCL; Bencke, Glayson A.; Bugoni, Leandro. "A Black Kite Milvus migrans on the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 23 1 (2015): 31-35. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03544288.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/bf03544288
  42. Hazin, Fábio H.V.; André S. Afonso; PEDRO C. DE CASTILHO; Ferreira, Luciana C.; Macena, BCL. Corresponding author: Hazin, Fábio H.V.. "Regional movements of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, off northeastern Brazil: inferences regarding shark attack hazard". An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc. 85 3 (2013): https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652013005000055.
    Open access • Published • 10.1590/s0001-37652013005000055
  43. Mendonça, S.A.; Macena, BCL; Creio, E.; Viana, D.L.; Viana, D.F.; Hazin, F.H.V.. "Record of a pregnant Mobula thurstoni and occurrence of Manta birostris (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) in the vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Equatorial Atlantic)". Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 7 1 (2012): 21-26. https://panamjas.org/pdf_artigos/PANAMJAS_7(1)_21-26.pdf.
    Published
  44. Caroline R. Weir; Macena, BCL; Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara. Corresponding author: Caroline R. Weir. "Records of rays of the genus Mobula (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from the waters between Gabon and Angola (eastern tropical Atlantic)". Marine Biodiversity Records 5 e26 (2012): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755267212000061.
    Open access • Published • 10.1017/s1755267212000061
  45. Bezerra, N.P.; Travassos, P.; Hazin, F.H.; Viana, D.D.L.; Macena, B.C.. "Occurrence of blackfin tuna Thunnus atlanticus, lesson 1931 (scombridae) in saint peter and saint paul archipelago, Brazil". Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 6 1 (2011): 68-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855724129&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  46. Macena, Bruno. "Occurrences of whale shark (Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828) in the Saint Peter and Saint Paul archipelago, Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Biology (2008): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842008000200021.
    10.1590/s1519-69842008000200021
  47. Fábio H. V. Hazin; Paulo G. V. Oliveira; Bruno C. L. Macena. Corresponding author: Fábio H. V. Hazin. "Aspects of the reproductive biology of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827), in coastal waters off Pernambuco, Brazil. (SCRS/2006/173)". Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 60 2 (2007): 629-635. https://www.iccat.int/Documents/CVSP/CV060_2007/n_2/CV060020629.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  48. Fábio H. V. Hazin; Paulo G. V. Oliveira; Bruno C. L. Macena. Corresponding author: Fábio H. V. Hazin. "Aspects of the reproductive biology of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Nardo, 1827), in the vicinity of archipelago of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. (SCRS/2006/176)". Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 60 2 (2007): 648-651. https://iccat.int/Documents/CVSP/CV060_2007/n_2/CV060020648.pdf.
    Open access • Published
Activities

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/08/06 Population structure and environmental influence in the abundance of the whale sharks in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil. / / Estrutura populacional e influência ambiental na abundância de tubarões-baleia (Rhincodon typus Smith 1828) no Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo, Brasil.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Vítor Veloso (Other)
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
2021/02/25 Spatio-temporal movement patterns of reef fishes: acoustic telemetry as a tool for effectiveness of marine protected areas / / Padrões espaço-temporais de movimentação de peixes recifais: telemetria acústica como subsídio para efetividade de áreas marinhas protegida
(Thesis) Arguer
 Daniel Lino Lippi (PhD)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências - Departamento de Oceanografia, Brazil

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2009/01/01 - 2018/03/31 Executive coordinator of a multimethods (standard and molecular tagging, biotelemetry, and photo-id) elasmobranchs monitoring program project / / Coordenador executivo de projeto de monitorização multimetodológico (marcação convencional, molecular, telemétrica e foto-identificação) de elasmobrânquios. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2025/01/22 - Current Describing the results of the scientific article about the relationship of remoras and Chilean devil rays in the Azores - RTP News, Portugal.
2022/06/01 - 2022/06/01 Documentary Ilha dos Gigantes - RTP Portugal
2019/12/14 - 2019/12/14 Documentary Mar, a Última Fonteira. Episódio 4: Açores - Ilha Terceira e Ilha de Santa Maria. RTP Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/06/01 - 2024/06/12 Collaboration with Dr James Ketchum and Dr Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, to tag oceanic manta rays with satellite tags and the innovative iPilot tag developed by our team. Pelagios Kakunjá, Mexico
2022/05/03 - 2022/05/20 Collaboration with Dr Alesandro Ponzo in Palawan Island, Philippines, to deploy the innovative iPilot tags developed by our team in juvenile whale sharks and reef manta rays. Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute, Philippines
2020/01/15 - 2020/02/05 Collaboration with Dr Pelayo Salinas in Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, to tag tiger sharks with the innovative IPilot tag developed by our team, to tag scalloped hammerhead sharks with satellite tags and survey with BRUVs. Fundación Charles Darwin, Ecuador
2019/02/08 - 2019/03/01 Collaboration with Dr Carl Meyer in Oahu and Big Island, Hawaii, USA, to deploy the innovative iPilot tag developed by our team. University of Hawai'i / Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, United States
2007/01/15 - 2017/12/01 Numerous cuises on board of RV Sinuelo to tag sharks with acoustic and satellite transmitters off the coast of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil / / Diversos cruzeiros à bordo do N.Pq. Sinuelo para auxiliar na captura, marcação eletrónica e libertação de tubarões no litoral de Pernambuco, Brasil. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil
2017/08/01 - 2017/10/31 Scientific expedition to Trindade and Martin Vaz Islands, Brazil. Prospection to start a shark monitoring program using mark-recapture and biotelemetry methods / / Expedição científica à Ilha de Trindade e Martin Vaz, Brasil. Prospeção para monitorização de elasmobrânquios com marcação-recaptura e biotelemetria. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil

Marinha do Brasil, Brazil

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar, Brazil
2005/02/15 - 2017/07/15 Participation in 37 scientific expeditions of 15 days each to Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil / / Realização de 37 expedições científicas de 15 dias de duração cada ao Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo (ASPSP), Brasil. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Brazil

Marinha do Brasil, Brazil

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar, Brazil
2015/08/01 - 2015/08/10 Collaboration with Dr Ramón Bonfil (Océanos Vivientes C.A. https://oceanosvivientes.org/) to Isla Mujeres, Mexico, to tag and biopsy mobula rays. Océanos Vivientes C.A., Mexico
Distinctions

Other distinction

2018 Honorable Mention awarded by the Brazilian Navy for my 14-year contribution to the Pro-Arquipélago scientific program
Marinha do Brasil, Brazil

Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar, Brazil