Nuno Miguel Cabral Queiroz
Auxiliary Researcher
Ecology and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
"A primary aim is to understand how environmental heterogeneity affects movement patterns and behaviour, and what the consequences might be for large-scale spatial distribution. Specifically, I am interested in determining the processes underpinning habitat selection by understanding the tactics used during foraging, diel vertical migration, and sexual segregation, and how trade-offs contribute to adaptive flexibility and optimality. Also aim at understanding the effects of environmental heterogeneity on movements and behaviour and translating observations taken at small spatial and temporal scales into patterns at greater scales. Finally, I am interested in using behavioural data to identify and understand the short- and long-term influences of climate and fishing on animal populations. "
Research Interest
Research has focused on understanding the behavioural mechanisms underlying the ecology of animal movements. Marine predators, mainly sharks, have been used as models to test theories about behavioural strategies, in particular, why certain habitats are selected at certain times.
Publications
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Queiroz N, Humphries NE, Mucientes G, Hammerschlag N, Lima FP, Scalese KL, Miller PI, Sousa LL, Seabra R, Sims DW (2016) Ocean-wide tracking of pelagic sharks reveals extent of overlap with longline fishing hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United states of America, 13(6): 1582–1587.
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Monteiro NM, Carneiro D, Antunes A, Queiroz N, Vieira MN, Jones AG (2016) The lek mating system of the worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis): a molecular maternity analysis and test of the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis. Molecular Ecology, 26(5): 1371-1385.
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Ramirez-Macias D, Queiroz N, Pierce SJ, Humphries NE, Sims DW, Brunnschweiler JM (2017) Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico. PeerJ, 5: e3271.
