User:Andre S. Barreto

Contact Info



 * Andre S. Barreto
 * UNIVALI/CTTMar
 * Rua Uruguai 458, 88302-202
 * Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brasil
 * Email me through OpenWetWare

I work in the Biological Oceanography Laboratory (Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica) at the Itajaí Valley University (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí). I learned about OpenWetWare from the MARMAM listserver, and I've joined because this OWW initiative sounds interesting.

Education

 * 2000, PhD, Biological Oceanography (University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil)
 * 1995, MS, Biological Oceanography (University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil)
 * 1992, BS, Marine Biology (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil)

Research interests

 * 1) Dolphin taxonomy
 * 2) Cetacean distribution
 * 3) Fishery interactions

Publications

 * 1) Article1 Weber, L.I. ; LUCA, M. J. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; SOUZA, T. T. (2007) Successful amplification of mitochondrial DNA from dentin of the Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, v. 50, p. 11-19. Open Access
 * 2) Article2 BARRETO, A. S. ; ROSAS, F. C. W. (2006). Comparative growth analysis of two populations of Pontoporia blainvillei on the Brazilian coast. Marine Mammal Science, v. 22, n. 3, p. 644-653.#Article3 BARRETO, A. S. ; MORAES, C. G. ; SPERB, R. M. ; BUGGHI, C. H. (2006). Using GIS To Manage Cetacean Strandings. Journal of Coastal Research, v. SI 39, p. 1643-1645.
 * 3) Article4 ROSAS, F. C. W. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; MONTEIRO FILHO, E. L. A. (2003). Age and growth of Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) on the coast of the Paraná State, southern Brazil. Fishery Bulletin (Washington), v. 101, n. 2, p. 377-383. Open Access
 * 4) Article5 PINEDO, M. C. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; LAMMARDO, M. P. ; ANDRADE, A. L. V. ; GERACITANO, L. (2002). Northernmost records of the spectacled porpoise, Layard's beaked whale, Commerson's dolphin, and Peale's dolphin in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Mammals, v. 28, n. 1, p. 32-37.
 * 5) Article6 BARRETO, A. S. ; BEAUMORD, A. C. (2002) Sobreposição de nicho em subespécies de Tursiops no litoral Atlântico da América do Sul. Notas técnicas da FACIMAR, v. 6, p. 121-125. (link to journal site - free download)
 * 6) Article7 PINEDO, M. C. ; POLACHECK, T. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; LAMMARDO, M. P. (2002). A note on vessel of opportunity sighting surveys for cetaceans in the shelf edge region off the southern coast of Brazil.. The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, v. 4, n. 3, p. 323-329. PDF file
 * 7) Article8 pmid=1134046 Open Access
 * 8) Article9 PINEDO, M. C. ; LAMMARDO, M. P. ; BARRETO, A. S. (2001). Review of Ziphius cavirostris, Mesoplodon grayi and Lagenodelphis hosei (Cetacea: Ziphiidae and Delphinidae) in Brazilian waters, with new records from southern Brazil. Atlântica, v. 23, p. 67-76.
 * 9) Article10 HALE, P. T. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; ROSS, G. J. B. (2000). Comparative morphology and distribution of the aduncus and truncatus forms of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Aquatic Mammals, v. 26, n. 2, p. 101-110. PDF file
 * 10) Article11 BARRETO, A. S. ; LODI, L. (2000). Estimativa de idades do golfinho-rotador, Stenella longirostris (Cetacea, Delphinidae) no nordeste do Brasil. Bioikos, v. 14, n. 1, p. 24-27, 2000.
 * 11) Article12 LODI, L. ; BARRETO, A. S. (1999). Legal Actions Taken in Brazil for the Conservation of Cetaceans. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, v. 1, n. 3, p. 403-411. PDF file

// these are my current publications untill 2008