Fontes, J. & Schouten, M. & Afonso, P. & Macena, B. (2024)
The return of Scarface: Philopatry in an ocean wandering shark?. Ecology, in press
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4234

Fontes, J. & Afonso, P. & Macena, B. (2024)
Whale sharks and tunas hunt together. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22(2), Article e2718
DOI: 10.1002/fee.2718

Fauconnet, L. & Morato, T. & Das, D. & Catarino, D. & Fontes, J. & Giacomello, E. & Afonso, P. (2024)
First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fisheries. Fisheries Research, 270, Article 106877
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106877

Fontes, J. & Castellano-Gonzalez, G. & Macena, B.C.L. & Afonso, P. (2023)
Hitchhiking to the abyss. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), Article e10126
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10126

Saraiva, B.M. & Macena, B.C.L. & Solleliet-Ferreira, S. & Afonso, P. & Fontes, J. (2023)
First insights into the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) fine-scale swimming behaviour. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), Article 230012
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230012

Waller, M.J. & Queiroz, N. & da Costa, I. & Cidade, T. & Loureiro, B. & Womersley, F.C. & Fontes, J. & Afonso, P. & Macena, B.C.L. & Loveridge, A. & Humphries, N.E. & Southall, E.J. & Sims, D.W. (2023)
Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate. Journal of Fish Biology, in press
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15475

Braun, C.D. & Della Penna, A. & Arostegui, M.C. & Afonso, P. & Berumen, M.L. & Block, B.A. & Brown, C.A. & Fontes, J. & Furtado, M. & Gallagher, A.J. & Gaube, P. & Golet, W.J. & Kneebone, J. & Macena, B.C.L. & Mucientes, G. & Orbesen, E.S. & Queiroz, N. & Shea, B.D. & Schratwieser, J. & Sims, D.W. & Skomal, G.B. & Snodgrass, D. & Thorrold, S.R. (2023)
Linking vertical movements of large pelagic predators with distribution patterns of biomass in the open ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(47), Article e2306357120
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306357120

Afonso, P. & Gandra, M. & Graca, G. & Macena, B. & Vandeperre, F. & Fontes, J. (2022)
The Multi-Annual Residency of Juvenile Smooth Hammerhead Shark in an Oceanic Island Nursery. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 844893
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.844893

Braun, C.D. & Arostegui, M.C. & Thorrold, S.R. & Papastamatiou, Y.P. & Gaube, P. & Fontes, J. & Afonso, P. (2022)
The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators. Annual Review of Marine Science, 14, 129–159
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-032521-103517

Fontes, J. & Macena, B. & Solleliet-Ferreira, S. & Buyle, F. & Magalhaes, R. & Bartolomeu, T. & Liebsch, N. & Meyer, C. & Afonso, P. (2022)
The advantages and challenges of non-invasive towed PILOT tags for free-ranging deep-diving megafauna. Animal Biotelemetry, 10(1), 13
DOI: 10.1186/s40317-022-00310-1

Queiroz, N. & Humphries, N.E. & Couto, A. & Vedor, M. & da Costa, I. & Sequeira, A.M.M. & Mucientes, G. & Santos, A.M. & Abascal, F.J. & Abercrombie, D.L. & Abrantes, K. & Acuna-Marrero, D. & Afonso, A.S. & Afonso, P. & Anders, D. & Araujo, G. & Arauz, R. & Bach, P. & Barnett, A. & Bernal, D. & Berumen, M.L. & Lion, S.B. & Bezerra, N.P.A. & Blaison, A.V. & Block, B.A. & Bond, M.E. & Bonfil, R. & Bradford, R.W. & Braun, C.D. & Brooks, E.J. & Brooks, A. & Brown, J. & Bruce, B.D. & Byrne, M.E. & Campana, S.E. & Carlisle, A.B. & Chapman, D.D. & Chapple, T.K. & Chisholm, J. & Clarke, C.R. & Clua, E.G. & Cochran, J.E.M. & Crochelet, E.C. & Dagorn, L. & Daly, R. & Cortes, D.D. & Doyle, T.K. & Drew, M. & Duffy, C.A.J. & Erikson, T. & Espinoza, E. & Ferreira, L.C. & Ferretti, F. & Filmalter, J.D. & Fischer, G.C. & Fitzpatrick, R. & Fontes, J. & Forget, F. & Fowler, M. & Francis, M.P. & Gallagher, A.J. & Gennari, E. & Goldsworthy, S.D. & Gollock, M.J. & Green, J.R. & Gustafson, J.A. & Guttridge, T.L. & Guzman, H.M. & Hammerschlag, N. & Harman, L. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Heard, M. & Hearn, A.R. & Holdsworth, J.C. & Holmes, B.J. & Howey, L.A. & Hoyos, M. & Hueter, R.E. & Hussey, N.E. & Huveneers, C. & Irion, D.T. & Jacoby, D.M.P. & Jewell, O.J.D. & Johnson, R. & Jordan, L.K.B. & Joyce, W. & Daly, C.A.K. & Ketchum, J.T. & Klimley, A.P. & Kock, A.A. & Koen, P. & Ladino, F. & Lana, F.O. & Lea, J.S.E. & Llewellyn, F. & Lyon, W.S. & MacDonnell, A. & Macena, B.C.L. & Marshall, H. & McAllister, J.D. & Meyer, M.A. & Morris, J.J. & Nelson, E.R. & Papastamatiou, Y.P. & Penaherrera-Palma, C. & Pierce, S.J. & Poisson, F. & Quintero, L.M. & Richardson, A.J. & Rogers, P.J. & Rohner, C.A. & Rowat, D.R.L. & Samoilys, M. & Semmens, J.M. & Sheaves, M. & Shillinger, G. & Shivji, M. & Singh, S. & Skomal, G.B. & Smale, M.J. & Snyders, L.B. & Soler, G. & Soria, M. & Stehfest, K.M. & Thorrold, S.R. & Tolotti, M.T. & Towner, A. & Travassos, P. & Tyminski, J.P. & Vandeperre, F. & Vaudo, J.J. & Watanabe, Y.Y. & Weber, S.B. & Wetherbee, B.M. & White, T.D. & Williams, S. & Zarate, P.M. & Harcourt, R. & Hays, G.C. & Meekan, M.G. & Thums, M. & Irigoien, X. & Eguiluz, V.M. & Duarte, C.M. & Sousa, L.L. & Simpson, S.J. & Southall, E.J. & Sims, D.W. (2021)
Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone. Nature, 595(7866), E8–E16
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3

Vedor, M. & Queiroz, N. & Mucientes, G. & Couto, A. & da Costa, I. & Dos Santos, A. & Vandeperre, F. & Fontes, J. & Afonso, P. & Rosa, R. & Humphries, N.E. & Sims, D.W. (2021)
Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark. eLife, 10, Article e62508
DOI: 10.77554/eLife.62508

Fontes, J. & Mcginty, N. & Machete, M. & Afonso, P. (2020)
Whale shark-tuna associations, insights from a small pole-and-line fishery from the mid-north Atlantic. Fisheries Research, 229, Article 105598
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105598

Solleliet-Ferreira, S. & Macena, B.C.L. & Laglbauer, B.J.L. & Sobral, A.F. & Afonso, P. & Fontes, J. (2020)
Sicklefin devilray and common remora prey jointly on baitfish. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103(8), 993–1000
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-020-00990-9

Queiroz, N. & Humphries, N.E. & Couto, A. & Vedor, M. & Costa, I. & Sequeira, A.M.M. & Mucientes, G. & Santos, A.M. & Abascal, F.J. & Abercrombie, D.L. & Abrantes, K. & Acuna-Marrero, D. & Afonso, A.S. & Afonso, P. & Anders, D. & Araujo, G. & Arauz, R. & Bach, P. & Barnett, A. & Bernal, D. & Berumen, M.L. & Lion, S.B. & Bezerra, N.P.A. & Blaison, A.V. & Block, B.A. & Bond, M.E. & Bonfil, R. & Bradford, R.W. & Braun, C.D. & Brooks, E.J. & Brooks, A. & Brown, J. & Bruce, B.D. & Byrne, M.E. & Campana, S.E. & Carlisle, A.B. & Chapman, D.D. & Chapple, T.K. & Chisholm, J. & Clarke, C.R. & Clua, E.G. & Cochran, J.E.M. & Crochelet, E.C. & Dagorn, L. & Daly, R. & Cortes, D.D. & Doyle, T.K. & Drew, M. & Duffy, C.A.J. & Erikson, T. & Espinoza, E. & Ferreira, L.C. & Ferretti, F. & Filmalter, J.D. & Fischer, G.C. & Fitzpatrick, R. & Fontes, J. & Forget, F. & Fowler, M. & Francis, M.P. & Gallagher, A.J. & Gennari, E. & Goldsworthy, S.D. & Gollock, M.J. & Green, J.R. & Gustafson, J.A. & Guttridge, T.L. & Guzman, H.M. & Hammerschlag, N. & Harman, L. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Heard, M. & Hearn, A.R. & Holdsworth, J.C. & Holmes, B.J. & Howey, L.A. & Hoyos, M. & Hueter, R.E. & Hussey, N.E. & Huveneers, C. & Irion, D.T. & Jacoby, D.M.P. & Jewell, O.J.D. & Johnson, R. & Jordan, L.K.B. & Jorgensen, S.J. & Joyce, W. & Daly, C.A.K. & Ketchum, J.T. & Klimley, A.P. & Kock, A.A. & Koen, P. & Ladino, F. & Lana, F.O. & Lea, J.S.E. & Llewellyn, F. & Lyon, W.S. & MacDonnell, A. & Macena, B.C.L. & Marshall, H. & Mcallister, J.D. & McAuley, R. & Meyer, M.A. & Morris, J.J. & Nelson, E.R. & Papastamatiou, Y.P. & Patterson, T.A. & Penaherrera-Palma, C. & Pepperell, J.G. & Pierce, S.J. & Poisson, F. & Quintero, L.M. & Richardson, A.J. & Rogers, P.J. & Rohner, C.A. & Rowat, D.R.L. & Samoilys, M. & Semmens, J.M. & Sheaves, M. & Shillinger, G. & Shivji, M. & Singh, S. & Skomal, G.B. & Smale, M.J. & Snyders, L.B. & Soler, G. & Soria, M. & Stehfest, K.M. & Stevens, J.D. & Thorrold, S.R. & Tolotti, M.T. & Towner, A. & Travassos, P. & Tyminski, J.P. & Vandeperre, F. & Vaudo, J.J. & Watanabe, Y.Y. & Weber, S.B. & Wetherbee, B.M. & White, T.D. & Williams, S. & Zarate, P.M. & Harcourt, R. & Hays, G.C. & Meekan, M.G. & Thums, M. & Irigoien, X. & Eguiluz, V.M. & Duarte, C.M. & Sousa, L.L. & Simpson, S.J. & Southall, E.J. & Sims, D.W. (2019)
Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. Nature, 572(7770), 461
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4

Rodrigues, N.V. & Bertoncini, Á. & Fontes, J. (2018)
Peixes Marinhos Costeiros de São Tomé e Príncipe | Coastal Marine Fishes of São Tomé and Príncipe. Flying Sharks, ISBN: 978-989-208568

Fontes, J. & Baeyaert, J. & Prieto, R. & Graca, G. & Buyle, F. & Afonso, P. (2018)
New non-invasive methods for short-term electronic tagging of pelagic sharks and rays. Marine Biology, 165(2), Article 34
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3289-z

Vasco-Rodrigues, N. & Fontes, J. & Bertoncini, Á.A. (2016)
Ten new records of marine fishes for São Tomé, West Africa. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 46(2), 123–129
DOI: 10.3750/AIP2016.46.2.09

Sobral, A.F. & Fontes, J. & Thorrold, S.R. & Afonso, P. (2014)
Chilean devil ray aggregation dynamics [Abstract]. In Programm and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 166

Afonso, P. & Vandeperre, F. & Fontes, J. & Porteiro, F. (2014)
Conservation of Pelagic Elasmobranchs in the Azores. In Carreira, G., F. Cardigos & F.M. Porteiro(Eds). The sea of the Azores: scientific forum for decision support. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences. Supplement 8: pp. 25-30

Thorrold, S.R. & Afonso, P. & Fontes, J. & Braun, C.D. & Santos, R.S. & Skomal, G.B. & Berumen, M.L. (2014)
Extreme diving behaviour in devil rays links surface waters and the deep ocean. Nature Communications, 5, Article 4274
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5274

Vandeperre, F. & Aires-Da-Silva, A. & Fontes, J. & Santos, M. & Serrão Santos, R. & Afonso, P. (2014)
Movements of Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) across Their Life History. PLoS ONE, 9(8), Article e103538
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103538

Afonso, P. & Porteiro, F.M. & Fontes, J. & Tempera, F. & Morato, T. & Cardigos, F. & Santos, R.S. (2013)
New and rare coastal fishes in the Azores islands: occasional events or tropicalization process? Journal of Fish Biology, 83(2), 272–294
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12162