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  1. Checklist of coastal fishes from Cabo Verde Archipelago

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, June 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Rui Freitas

  2. Sharks in Macaronesia and Cabo Verde: species richness, conservation status and anthropogenic pressures

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, February 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Rui Freitas

  3. The global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras

    Article • January 2024, IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group

    Dr Rui Freitas

  4. Environmental and geographical drivers of reef fish beta diversity across the depth gradient

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2024, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Rui Freitas

  5. Author Correction: Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs

    Article • Nature, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rui Freitas

  6. Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs

    Article • Nature, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rui Freitas, Dr Juan Pablo Quimbayo

  7. Are cleaning interactions offered by large cleaners positive?

    Article • Journal of Natural History, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rui Freitas, Dr Juan Pablo Quimbayo

  8. Evidence for the first multi-species shark nursery area in Atlantic Africa (Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde)

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, February 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Rui Freitas

  9. Contributions to the taxonomy of the mugilid genus Chelon Artedi (Teleostei: Mugilidae), with a major review of the status of C. persicus Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr Rui Freitas

  10. Pelagic observations of the midwater scorpionfish Ectreposebastes imus (Setarchidae) suggests a role in trophic coupling between deep‐sea habitats

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr Rui Freitas

  11. Niche and neutral assembly mechanisms contribute to latitudinal diversity gradients in reef fishes

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Rui Freitas

  12. Molecular markers confirm the presence of the alien snowflake coral Carijoa riisei (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) in Cabo Verde Islands (Central-East Atlantic).

    Article • May 2021, Research Square

    Dr Rui Freitas

  13. Distribution, associations and role in the biological carbon pump of Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea) off Cabo Verde, NE Atlantic

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rui Freitas

  14. Genetic differentiation among Atlantic island populations of the brown spiny lobster Panulirus echinatus (Decapoda: Palinuridae)

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Rui Freitas

  15. Restructuring of the ‘Macaronesia’ biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rui Freitas

  16. Cabo Verde Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus on the brink: community perceptions, inferences and facts of an extreme population crash

    Article • Bird Conservation International, September 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Rui Freitas

  17. Reef fish and benthic community structures of the Santa Luzia Marine Reserve in the Cabo Verde islands, eastern central Atlantic Ocean

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Thiago Mendes, Dr Rui Freitas

  18. Historical separation and present-day structure of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) populations in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, Dr Rui Freitas

  19. Comparación de dos métodos de muestreo visual de peces de arrecifes coralinos en la Bahía de Murdeira, isla de Sal, Cabo Verde

    Article • Scientia Insularum Revista de Ciencias Naturales en islas, January 2019, University of La Laguna

    Dr Rui Freitas

  20. Historical separation and present-day structure of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) populations in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, Dr Rui Freitas

  21. Report of a Zoanthus Zone from the Cabo Verde Islands (Central Eastern Atlantic)

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rui Freitas

  22. Distribution patterns of the ghost crabOcypode cursoron sandy beaches of a tropical island in the Cabo Verde archipelago, Eastern Central Atlantic

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rui Freitas

  23. Patterns and intensity of ghost crab predation on the nests of an important endangered loggerhead turtle population

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rui Freitas

  24. The occurrence of Sparisoma frondosum (Teleostei: Labridae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago, with a summary of expatriated Brazilian endemic reef fishes

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rui Freitas

  25. Diet of Breeding Ospreys in the Cape Verde Archipelago, Northwestern Africa

    Article • Journal of Raptor Research, September 2011, The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.

    Dr Pedro R Beja, Dr Rui Freitas

  26. Reproductive biology of spiny lobsterPanulirus regiusfrom the north-western Cape Verde Islands

    Article • African Journal of Marine Science, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rui Freitas

  27. Occurrence of Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Decapoda, Palinuridae) in the northwest islands of the Cape Verde Archipelago (Central-East Atlantic)

    Article • Crustaceana, January 2005, Brill

    Dr Rui Freitas