Scientific
Publications
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Lebrato, M., Shannon, J., Russell, T., Jordan, A., Jije-Goncalves, M., da Graca, M., Caputo, M. and Lillis, A. 2026. Ancient terrestrial forests reborn as modern marine ecosystems under shifting sea levels. Nature Scientific Reports 16:24316.
Lebrato, M., Benguerra Island Community, Kalashnikova, E., Hudson, I., Jije-Goncalves, M., da Graca, M., Matimbe, T., Maoze, D., Shabangu, F., Murie, C. J. M, Bravo, A., Gavira-O´Neill, K., Losada-Ros, M-T., Steiner, Z., Achterberg, E. P., La Nasa, J., Terrapon, M., Lillis, A., Caputo, M., Gavard, G., Nehama, F., Cossa, N., Nhamussua, N., Sardinha, C., Morkel, J., Wallace, C., Bowles, K., Miranda, O., Colvee, S., Piot, M., Bonhommeau, S., Caicoya-Tapia, L., Hoguane, A., Constantino, A., Wentzel, D., Brown, J. L. and Flohr, N. 2026. Africa´s first permanent Ocean Observatory: powering science, defending nature, and shaping policy for ocean governance and blue economy. Frontiers in Marine Science 13:1821923
Lebrato, M., Kalashnikova, E., Hudson, I., Jije-Goncalves, M., da Graca, M., Maoze, D., Sardinha, C., Shabangu, F., Murie, C. J. M., Steiner, Z., Achterberg, E. P., Terrapon, M., Lillis, A., Caputo, M., Gavard, L. and Flohr, N. 2026. Africa´s first long-term permanent ocean observatory in the Bazaruto Archipelago for multi-ecosystem and biodiversity data. Frontiers in Marine Science 13:1821924.
Maoze, D., da Graca, M., Nhamussua, N., Jije-Goncalves, M., Matimbe, T., Sardinha, C., Kalashnikova, E., Raghavan, R., Buschmann, J. and Lebrato, M. 2026. Revealing undocumented cleaning behaviour in the vulnerable pink whipray in Southern Mozambique. ESA Ecology “The Scientific Naturalist” 107(9):e70508.
Murie, C. J. M., Lebrato, M., Gavard, L. and Oliver, S. P. 2026. Fish and coral communities shape elasmobranch reef use in southern Mozambique. Nature Scientific Reports. 13:6454
Kalashnikova, E., Akkaya, A, Orio, D. G. and Lyne, P. 2025. Recent visual and acoustic records of melon-headed whales, interspecific associations in Tanzania, and a review of regional records in the southwest Indian Ocean. Aquatic Mammals. 51(3):250-261.
Kalashnikova, E., Orio, D. G. and Akkaya, A. 2025. First documented observation of feeding behaviour of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in its breeding range off the southern coast of Tanzania. Ethology Ecology & Evolution.
Kalashnikova, E, Botero-Acosta, N., Duque-Mesa, E., Gascón, M. P., Lyne, P., Cheeseman, T., Vogel, A., Kennedy, A. and Akkaya, A. 2024. Interbreeding area movement of an adult humpback whale between the east Pacific Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean. Royal Society Open Science 11: 241361.
Murie, C. J. M., Oliver, S., Lebrato, M., Gavard, L., Brown, J. and Lawrence, A. 2024. Environmental factors modulate the distribution of elasmobranchs in southern Mozambique. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1408727.
Wang, Y, V., Larsen, T., Lebrato, M., Tseng L-C., Sanchéz, N. S., Lee, P.W., Molinero, J–C., Hwang, J–S., Chan, T-Y. and Garbe–Schönberg, D. 2023. Foraging under extreme events: Contrasting adaptations by benthic macrofauna to drastic biogeochemical disturbance. Functional Ecology. 00, 1-17.
Bressler N., Faran, M., Galor, A., Michelashvili, M. M., Nachson, T. and Weiss, N. 2023. Soundbay: Deep learning framework for marine mammals and bioacoustic research. arXiv. 2311.04343.
Murie, C. J. M., Lebrato, M., Oliver, S. P., Gavard, L., Dicken, M., Guissamulo, A., Brown, J., Bowles, K. A., Jije, M. G. and Lawrence. A. 2023. A Mozambican marine protected area provides important habitat for vulnerable pelagic sharks. Nature Scientific Reports. 13:6454
Lebrato, M., Molinero, J-C., Mateo–Gonzalez, E. and Jones, D. O. B. 2022. Gelatinous Carbon Impacts Benthic Megafaunal Communities in a Continental Margin. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:902674.
Muller, M. N., Blanco-Ameijeiras, S., Stoll, H. M., Mendez–Vicente, A. and Lebrato, M. 2021. Temperature induced physiological reaction norms of the coccolitophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica and resulting coccolith Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 9:582521.
Sawall, Y., Feng, Y., Moronke, H., Lebrato, M. and Marlene, Wall. 2020. Discrete pulses of cooler deep water can decelerate coral bleaching during thermal stress. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:720.
Lebrato, M., Garbe–Schönberg, D., Müller, M. N., Blanco-Ameijeiras, S., Feely, R. A., Lorenzoni, L., Molinero, J-C., Bremer, K., Jones, D. O. B., Iglesias–Rodriguez, M. D., Greely, D., Lamare, M. D., Paulmier, A., Graco, M., Cartes, J., Barcelos e Ramos, J., de Lara, A., Sanchez Leal, R., Jimenez, P., Emiliano Paparazzo, F., Hartman, S. E., Westernströer, U., Küter, M., Benavides, R., da Silva, A. F., Bell, S., Payne, C., Olafsdottir, S., Robinson, K., Jantunen, L. M., Korablev, A., Wesbter, R., Gilg, O., Beldowski, J., Ashjian, C., Yahia, M. N. D., Twining B., du Bois, P. B., Chen, X-G., Tseng, L–C., Dahms, H-U., Hwang, J-S. and Oschlies, A. 2020. Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) Aug 2020, 201918943.
Correction for “Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean,” by Mario Lebrato, Dieter Garbe–Schonberg, Marius N. Muller, Sonia Blanco–Ameijeiras, Richard A. Feely, Laura Lorenzoni, Juan–Carlos Molinero, Karen Bremer, Daniel O. B. Jones, Debora Iglesias–Rodriguez, Dana Greeley, Miles D. Lamare, Aurelien Paulmier, Michelle Graco, Joan Cartes, Joana Barcelos e Ramos, Ana de Lara, Ricardo Sanchez Leal, Paz Jimenez, Flavio E. Paparazzo, Susan E. Hartman, Ulrike Westernstroer, Marie Kuter, Roberto Benavides, Armindo F. da Silva, Steven Bell, Chris Payne, Solveig Olafsdottir, Kelly Robinson, Liisa M. Jantunen, Alexander Korablev, Richard J. Webster, Elizabeth M. Jones, Olivier Gilg, Pascal Bailly du Bois, Jacek Beldowski, Carin Ashjian, Nejib D. Yahia, Benjamin Twining, Xue–Gang Chen, Li–Chun Tseng, Jiang–Shiou Hwang, Hans–Uwe Dahms, and Andreas Oschlies, which was first published August 25, 2020; 10.1073/pnas.1918943117 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) 117, 22281-22292.
Feng, E. Y., Sawall, Y., Wall, M., Lebrato, M. and Fu, Y. 2020. Modelling coral bleaching mitigation potential of water vertical translocation – an analogue to geoengineered artificial upwelling. Frontiers in Marine Science