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13. 2023 – Heard but not seen: Bioacoustics reveals undocumented occurrence of baleen whales in southern Mozambique
Wang,Y. V., Larsen, T., Lebrato, M., Tseng, L., Lee, P., Sánchez, N., Molinero, J., Hwang, J., Chan, T., Garbe-Schönberg, D, 2023, British Ecological Society
DOI links
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.14312
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14312
12. 2022 – Heard but not seen: Bioacoustics reveals undocumented occurrence of baleen whales in southern Mozambique
Shabangu, F. W., Oliveira, T. C. A., Caputo, M., Lebrato, M., Bowles, K. R. and Lillis, A., 2022, Nature Scientific Reports
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11. 2022 – Marine protected area in southern Mozambique supports threatened oceanic sharks
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., 2022, Nature Scientific Reports
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10. 2022 – Investigating patterns in the reef habitat use of endangered elasmobranchs in southern Mozambique using Remote Camera System
Murie, C. J. G., Oliver, S. P., Mychek-Londer, J. G., Lebrato, M., and Chiarlo, D., 2022, Marine Biology
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9. 2022 – Endangered elasmobranchs visit specific reef sites in southern Mozambique
Murie, C. J. G., Mychek-Londer, J. G., Lebrato, M., Oliver, S. P., Chiarlo, D., Flemming, N., Dicken, M. and Emsley, O., 2022, Marine Biology
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8. 2022 – Contrasting dietary adaptations by specialists and generalists after near shutdown of shallow hydrothermal vent
Wang, Y, V., Lebrato, M., Tseng L-C., Larsen, T., Sanchéz, N. S., Lee, P.W., Hwang, J-S., Molinero, J-C., Soeding, E., and Garbe-Schönberg, D., 2022, eLife
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9. 2024 – Environmental factors modulate the distribution of elasmobranchs in southern Mozambique
Murie C. J. G., Oliver P. S., Gavard L., Lebrato M., Brown, J., Lawrence, B., 2024, Frontiers in Marine Science 10.3389/fmars.2024.1408727
DOI links: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1408727
8. 2023 – A Mozambican marine protected area provides important habitat for vulnerable pelagic sharks
Murie C. J. G., Lebrato M., Lawrence A., Brown, J., Gavard L., Bowles K. R., Jije M. G., Dicken M., Oliver S. P., 2023, Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-023-32407-9
DOI links: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1408727
7. 2022 – Gelatinous Carbon Impacts Benthic Megafaunal Communities in a Continental Margin
Lebrato M., Molinero J., Mychek-Londer J. G., Gonzalez E. M. and Jones D. O. B., 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
9:902674
6. 2022 – Correction for “Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean”
Mario Lebrato, Dieter Garbe-Schonberg, Marius N. Müller, 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 Westernstr€oer, 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, first published on August 25, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS)
10.1073/pnas.1918943117
5. 2021 – Temperature induced physiological reaction norms of the coccolitophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica and resulting coccolith Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios
Muller, M. N., Blanco-Ameijeiras, S., Stoll, H. M., Mendez-Vicente, A. and Lebrato, M., 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:582521
10.3389/feart.2021.582521
DOI links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.582521/full
10.3389/feart.2021.582521
4. 2020 – Modelling coral bleaching mitigation potential of water vertical translocation – an analogue to geoengineered artificial upwelling
Feng, E. Y., Sawall, Y., Wall, M., Lebrato, M. and Fu, Y.,2020, Frontiers in Marine Science.
10.3389/fmars.2020.556192
DOI links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.556192/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.556192
Sawall, Y., Feng, Y., Moronke, H., Lebrato, M. and Marlene, Wall, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science. 7: 720
10.3389/fmars.2020.00720
DOI links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00720/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00720
2. 2020 – Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean
DOI links
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/36/22281
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918943117
Lebrato, M., Wang, Y. V., Tseng, L-C., Achterberg, E. P., Chen, X-G., Molinero, J-C., Bremer, K., Westernströer, U., Söding, E., Dahms, H-U., Küter, M., Heinath, V., Janika, J., Konstantinou, K. I., Hwang, J-S. and Garbe-Schönberg, D. 2019, Nature Scientific Reports 9: 1692
10.1038/s41598-019-53314-y
DOI links
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53314-y
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53314-y
BCSS co-authors are displayed in bold.
17. 2022 – Heard but not seen: Bioacoustics reveals undocumented occurrence of baleen whales in southern Mozambique
Shabangu, F. W., Oliveira, T. C. A., Caputo, M., Lebrato, M., Bowles, K. R. and Lillis, A., 2022, Nature Scientific Reports
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16. 2022 – Marine protected area in southern Mozambique supports threatened oceanic sharks
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., 2022, Nature Scientific Reports
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15. 2022 – Investigating patterns in the reef habitat use of endangered elasmobranchs in southern Mozambique using Remote Camera System
Murie, C. J. G., Oliver, S. P., Mychek-Londer, J. G., Lebrato, M., and Chiarlo, D., 2022, Marine Biology
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14. 2022 – Endangered elasmobranchs visit specific reef sites in southern Mozambique
Murie, C. J. G., Mychek-Londer, J. G., Lebrato, M., Oliver, S. P., Chiarlo, D., Flemming, N., Dicken, M. and Emsley, O., 2022, Marine Biology
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13. 2022 – Contrasting dietary adaptations by specialists and generalists after near shutdown of shallow hydrothermal vent
Wang, Y, V., Lebrato, M., Tseng L-C., Larsen, T., Sanchéz, N. S., Lee, P.W., Hwang, J-S., Molinero, J-C., Soeding, E., and Garbe-Schönberg, D., 2022, eLife
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15. 2024 – Environmental factors modulate the distribution of elasmobranchs in southern Mozambique
Murie C. J. G., Oliver P. S., Gavard L., Lebrato M., Brown, J., Lawrence, B., 2024, Frontiers in Marine Science 10.3389/fmars.2024.1408727
DOI links: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1408727
14. 2023 – A Mozambican marine protected area provides important habitat for vulnerable pelagic sharks
Murie C. J. G., Lebrato M., Lawrence A., Brown, J., Gavard L., Bowles K. R., Jije M. G., Dicken M., Oliver S. P., 2023, Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-023-32407-9
DOI links: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32407-9
13. 2023 – Soundbay: Deep Learning Framework For Marine Mammals and Bioacoustic Research
Bressler N., Faran M., Galor A., Michelashvili M. M., Nachshon T., Weiss N., 2023, Cornell University
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04343
12. 2022 – Gelatinous Carbon Impacts Benthic Megafaunal Communities in a Continental Margin
Lebrato M., Molinero J., Mychek-Londer J. G., Gonzalez E. M. and Jones D. O. B., 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
9:902674
11. 2022 – Correction for “Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean”
Mario Lebrato, Dieter Garbe-Schonberg, Marius N. Müller, 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 Westernstr€oer, 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, first published on August 25, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS)
10.1073/pnas.1918943117
10. 2021 – Temperature induced physiological reaction norms of the coccolitophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica and resulting coccolith Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios
Muller, M. N., Blanco-Ameijeiras, S., Stoll, H. M., Mendez-Vicente, A. and Lebrato, M., 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:582521
10.3389/feart.2021.582521
DOI links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.582521/full
10.3389/feart.2021.582521
9. 2020 – Modelling coral bleaching mitigation potential of water vertical translocation – an analogue to geoengineered artificial upwelling
Feng, E. Y., Sawall, Y., Wall, M., Lebrato, M. and Fu, Y.,2020, Frontiers in Marine Science.
10.3389/fmars.2020.556192
DOI links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.556192/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.556192
Sawall, Y., Feng, Y., Moronke, H., Lebrato, M. and Marlene, Wall, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science. 7: 720
10.3389/fmars.2020.00720
DOI links
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00720/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00720
7. 2020 – Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean
DOI links
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/36/22281
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918943117
Lebrato, M., Wang, Y. V., Tseng, L-C., Achterberg, E. P., Chen, X-G., Molinero, J-C., Bremer, K., Westernströer, U., Söding, E., Dahms, H-U., Küter, M., Heinath, V., Janika, J., Konstantinou, K. I., Hwang, J-S. and Garbe-Schönberg, D. 2019, Nature Scientific Reports 9: 1692
10.1038/s41598-019-53314-y
DOI links
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53314-y
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53314-y
5. 2019 – Gelatinous zooplankton jelly-C accelerates deep carbon sequestration in the global ocean
Lebrato, M., Pahlow, M., Frost, J., Küter, M., de Jesus Mendes, P., Molinero, J-C. and Oschlies, A. 2019, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33, Recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member Kenneth Smith
10.1029/2019GB006265
DOI links
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GB006265
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006265
4. 2018 – Seawater carbonate chemistry, dissolved metals, and environmental metadata collected from 2009 to 2017 in the shallow venting area of the Kuei-Shan-Tao volcano off Taiwan
Lebrato, M., Wang, Y. V., Tseng, L-C., Achterberg, E. P., Chen, X-G., Molinero, J-C., Bremer, K., Westernströer, U., Söding, E., Dahms, H-U., Küter, M., Heinath, V., Janika, J., Konstantinou, K. I., Hwang, J-S. and Garbe-Schönberg, D. 2018, (NCEI Accession 0175781), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DOI links
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0175781
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3. 2018 – Seawater Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios worldwide from 2009 to 2017 collected in 79 cruises, including coupled measured data for temperature, salinity, total alkalinity, DIC, DO, and calculated pH and CO2
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., 2018, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DOI links
https://search.dataone.org/view/%7B614BDCE9-F45C-4316-B7D8-A3417FC8D92E%7D
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2. 2019 – Global gelatinous zooplankton biomass estimations from 1790 to 2011 to model jelly-C transfer efficiency
Lebrato, M., Pahlow, M., Frost, J., Küter, M., Mendes, PdJ., Molinero, J-C., Oschlies, A. 2019, (NCEI Accession 0207402). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DOI links
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0207402
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1. 2017 – Long-term changes in seagrass coverage and potential links to climate-related factors: the case of Inhambane Bay, southern Mozambique
Amone-Mabuto, M., Bandeira, S. and da Silva, A., 2017, (NCEI Accession 0207402). WIO Journal of Marine Science 16: 13-25
DOI links
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wiojms/article/view/159678
14. 2021 – Press Article: “Volcanic eruption in La Palma. What happens when lava enters the sea?“
Feature of Lebrato, M.’s work. Article by Simon, R. for EL PAIS Science & Tech , 29th of September 2021.
13. 2021 – Press Article: “Taiwans acidic underwater hot springs“
Feature of Lebrato, M.’s work. Article by Gardner, D. for BBC, 17th of November 2021.
12. 2021 – Magazine Article: “Nicht nichts – Transparente Tiere sind meister der tarnung, inspiration fur neue technologien, under unverzichtbare klimaschutzer”
Feature of Lebrato, M. Article by Edlich, S. for National Geographic Magazine Germany, April 2021. Explorer JG. 23, NR. 4.
11. 2020 – Press Article: “La composition de l’eau de mer: une histoire a reecrire“
Feature of Lebrato, M. Article by Doumenge, F. & Sansoulet, J. for Institute de Recherche pour Développement, October 2020.
10. 2020 – Press Article: “Una investigacion liderada por un asturiano le da la vuelta a la historia de los oceanos“
Lebrato, M. for La Voz de Asturias, August 2020.
9. 2020 – Press Article: “Un estudio con firma asturiana altera el dogma cientifico sobre la estabilidad quimica del agua del mar“
Lebrato, M. for La Nueva España, August 2020.
8. 2020 – Press Article: “News study contradicts assumptions of constant element conditions in the oceans“
Lebrato, M. et al. Article by Steffen, J. and Balzereit, F., for Future Ocean, part of the University of Kiel, August 2020.
7. 2020 – Press Article: “Rewriting the history of seawater composition“
Lebrato, M. Article by Balzereit, F., for the University of Kiel, August 2020.
6. 2020 – Press Article: “Tiny, but effective: Gelatinous zooplankton and the ocean biological carbon pump“
Lebrato, M. Article for Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Project Office, part of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, August 2020.
5. 2020 – Press Article: “A Volcano, an Earthquake, and a Typhoon Put Sea Life to the Test“
Feature of Lebrato, M. Article by Chris Baraniuk for Hakai Magazine, January 2020.
4. 2020 – Press Article: “Eine Vulkaninsel im Fokus: Leben unter Extrembedingungen“
Feature of Lebrato, M. For FONA (Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit), January 2020.
3. 2019 – Press Article: “Leben unter Extrembedingungen an heißen Quellen im Ozean“
Feature of Lebrato, M. For Kiel University, Press no 363/2019, November 2019.
2. 2019 – Press Article: “The dugong debacle“
Feature of Lebrato, M. and Bowles, K. Article by Georgina Lockwood for Safari News, Spring Edition 2019, November 2019.
1. 2019 – Press Article: “Un investigador asturiano sobrevive al ciclon que desvato Mozambique“
Feature of Lebrato, M. Article by Nacho. G. Ruano for La Voz de Asturias, March 2019.
Please note that the below articles, reports and papers are not credited by BCSS but are solely presented on this website for contextual relevance.
7. 2020 – Seascape Configuration Leads to Spatially Uneven Delivery of Parrotfish Herbivory across a Western Indian Ocean Seascape
Linda Eggertsen (Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia), Whitney Goodell (National Geographic Society), Cesar Augusto Marcelino Mendes Cordeiro (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Thiago Mendes (Thiago Mendes Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Diversity 12(434):434, November 2020
10.3390/d12110434
DOI LINKS
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/11/434
https://doi.org/10.3390/d12110434
6. 2020 – Thresholds in Seascape Connectivity: the Spatial Arrangement of Nursery Habitats Structure Fish Communities on Nearby Reefs
Charlotte Berkström (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Linda Eggertsen (Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia), Whitney Goodell (National Geographic Society), Cesar Augusto Marcelino Mendes Cordeiro (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Ecography 43(6), March 2020
10.1111/ecog.04868
DOI LINKS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.04868
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04868
5. 2014 – Mozambique Marine Ecosystems Review
Marcos Pereira (Centro Terra Viva (CTV)), Carlos Litulo (CTV-Centro Terra Viva, Moçambique), Marcos Pereira (Centro Terra Viva (CTV)), Rodrigo Santos, Miguel Costa Leal (Eawag: Das Wasserforschungs-Institut des ETH-Bereichs), Affiliation: Biodinâmica/Centro Terra Viva, December 2014
10.13140/2.1.2092.5766
DOI LINKS
https://biofund.org.mz/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1544516231-Mozambique_Marine_Review_Final_12-01-2014.pdf
https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2092.5766
4. 2013 – The Foraminifera from the Bazaruto Archipelago (Mozambique)
Martin R. Langer (University of Bonn), Jens M. Thissen (Y-TEC UPF Tecnologia), Walid A. Makled (Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute), Anna E. Weinmann (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen 267(2):155-170, February 2013.
10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0302
DOI LINKS
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235284166_The_Foraminifera_from_the_Bazaruto_Archipelago_Mozambique
https://doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0302
3. 2011 – Dugong Abundance and Distribution in the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
Ken Findley (Cape Peninsula University of Technology), Vic Cockroft (Nelson Mandela University), Almeida Guissamulo (Eduardo Mondlane University), African Journal of Marine Science 33(3):441-452, November 2011
10.2989/1814232X.2011.637347
DOI LINKS
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233272085_Dugong_abundance_and_distribution_in_the_Bazaruto_Archipelago_Mozambique
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2011.637347
2. 2010 – Rapid Visual Sssessment of Fish Communities on Selected Reefs in the Bazaruto Archipelago
Jade Quinton Maggs (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), Camilla Floros (The South African Association for Marine Biological Research),Marcos Pereira (Centro Terra Viva (CTV)), Michael Schleyer (The South African Association for Marine Biological Research, January 2010.
1. 2008 – A Natural History of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
N. I. Everett, R. P. Van der Elst and M. H. Schleyer (Editors), Oceanographic Research Institute, South African Association for Marine Biological Research, WWF, Special Publication No 8, 2008.