User:André S. Barreto

André Silva Barreto, Marine Biologist, Master’s and PhD.degree in Biological Oceanography (University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil).

Area of Expertise: Biology of Marine Mammals; Taxonomy of Cetaceans (whales and dolphins)

Personal comments: Even though I’ve specialized in the area of marine mammals, I consider myself a generalist. Since the many different aspects of marine mammals research involve social interactions, underwater vocalizations, hydrodynamics, migrations and many more areas, I need to know a bit of almost every field of biology and also go into chemistry and physics.

Projects underway: Interaction of dolphins with artisanal fisheries, Monitoring dolphins in the Itajaí River estuary, On-line system for managing cetacean sightings.

Professional Activities Professor in the undergraduate course on Nectology (Oceanography); Coordinator of Honour’s degrees in the Biotechnology undergraduate course; Professor of the graduate course of Scientific Methodology for Master’s Course on Environmental Science and Technology Member of the Working Group on Aquatic Mammals, IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency).

Publications (last 5 years) WEBER, L.I. ; LUCA, M. J. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; SOUZA, T. T. . Successful Amplification of Mitochondrial DNA from Dentin of the Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, v. 50, p. 11-19, 2007. BARRETO, A. S. ; ROSAS, F. C. W. . Comparative growth analysis of two populations of Pontoporia blainvillei on the Brazilian coast. Marine Mammal Science, Lawrence, USA, v. 22, n. 3, p. 644-653, 2006. Citações a partir de 1996 BARRETO, A. S. ; MORAES, C. G. ; SPERB, R. M. ; BUGGHI, C. H. . Using GIS To Manage Cetacean Strandings. Journal of Coastal Research, v. SI 39, p. 1643-1645, 2006. ROSAS, F. C. W. ; BARRETO, A. S. ; MONTEIRO FILHO, E. L. A. . Age and growth of Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) on the coast of the Paraná State, southern Brazil. Fishery Bulletin (Washington), Seattle, Washington, v. 101, n. 2, p. 377-383, 2003.