Bruno César Luz Macena Rocha (071E-6655-CDB7)

Curriculum Vitae

Bruno CL Macena

Bruno Macena. Completed the PhD in Oceanography at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Master's 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. Co-coordinated a pioneering 10-year elasmobranch monitoring program using multi-methods (mark/recapture, photo-identification, population genetics, 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 Intsitute of Marine Sciences- Okeanos, University of the Azores, with movement and spatial ecology of large pelagic fishes to understand the influence of the environment on 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

https://okeanos.uac.pt/team (Professional)

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)	A

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal
	Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal
2019/09/16 - 2022/03/30	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 - Towards the Sustainable Growth of Shark and Manta Ray Diving in the Azores ProWin proNature Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal	ProWin Nature Ongoing
2025/11 - 2029/10	ECHO-TAGS Ecosystem and Climatic Ocean Observation using smart Innovative Animal-borne TAGs ACORES2030-FEDER-01912200 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
2025/03 - 2028/02	ECOLOG - Empowering Conservation through Low-Cost Oceanic Biologging and Outreach Globally ECOLOG Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Ocean Blue Tree Foundation Ongoing
2025 - 2026	Deep-diving sharks in a warming world SOSF #03/2025 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Save Our Seas Foundation Ongoing
2023/04 - 2025/04	Sicklefin devil rays in 3D: how are they using space in the Azores? SOSF #02/2023 Researcher Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal	Save Our Seas Foundation Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2024/10/01	NAUTILOS New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation 501100000780 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal	European Comission Concluded
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
2023/03 - 2024/03	BioFAD - The sea’s sheepdogs: tuna and whale shark feeding associations in the Azores SOSF #01/2023 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal	Save Our Seas Foundation Concluded
2020/06 - 2023/05	AEROS Constellation POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045911 LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-045911 ALG-01-0247-FEDER-045911 ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000131 Post-doc Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Portugal CEiiA, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship, United States	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
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 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal Universidade dos Açores Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar Okeanos, Portugal	Programa Operacional FEDER - Açores 2020 Concluded
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
2019/09/16 - 2022/02	IslandSharks - Ecology and Conservation of Coastal Sharks in Oceanic Islands PTDC/MAR-PRO/3880/2012 Post-doc Fellow Universidade dos Açores Centro do IMAR, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ProWin Nature Concluded
2018/08/16 - 2019/12	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	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 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 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	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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	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	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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