Curriculum Vitae
Sergio R Floeter
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-5504, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (805) 882-9218; Fax: (805) 892-2510
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~floeter/
http://www.brazilianreeffish.cjb.net
EDUCATION
1999-2003
1997-1999
1994-1996
1987-1992
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences. UENF – Universidade Estadual Norte
Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thesis title: Brazilian reef fishes:
trophic and community structure patterns, latitudinal gradients and
ornamental trade.
M.Sc. Psychology, Behavioral Ecology. UFES – Universidade Federal
do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil. Thesis title: Patterns of shell utilization
and selection in two sympatric hermit crabs (Anomura: Diogenidae)
in south-eastern Brazil.
Specialist in Marine Biology. UFF – Universidade Federal Fluminense,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thesis title: Biogeographic and species richness
patterns of Gastropoda on the southwestern Atlantic.
B.Sc. Biology. UFES – Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed
Macroecology & Biogeography
Floeter, S.R., Behrens, M.D., Ferreira, C.E.L., Paddack, M.J. & Horn, M.H. (in press)
Geographical gradients of marine herbivorous fishes: patterns and processes.
Marine Biology.
Floeter, S.R., Soares-Gomes, A. & Hajdu, E. (in press) Marine Biogeography. [Invited
book chapter for the 2nd edition of the main text book of Marine Biology in Brazil
(Pereira & Soares-Gomes, eds., 2002 – Biologia Marinha)].
Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L., Dominici-Arosemena, A. & Zalmon, I. 2004. Latitudinal
gradients in Atlantic reef fish communities: trophic structure and spatial use
patterns. Journal of Fish Biology 64: 1680–1699.
Ferreira, C.E.L, Floeter, S.R., Gasparini, J.L., Joyeux, J.C. & Ferreira, B.P. 2004. Trophic
structure patterns of Brazilian reef fishes: a latitudinal comparison. Journal of
Biogeography 31: 1093–1106.
Luiz-Júnior, O.J., Floeter, S.R., Gasparini, J.L., Ferreira, C.E.L, & Wirtz, P. 2004. The
occurrence of the African surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae (Perciformes:
Acanthuridae) in the southwestern Atlantic, with comments on other eastern
Atlantic reef fishes occurring in Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology 65: 1173–1179.
Joyeux, J.C., Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Gasparini, J.L. 2003. Solving the South
Atlantic puzzle requires more data, not more speculation. Journal of
Biogeography 30: 1461–1463.
Floeter, S.R., Guimarães, R.Z.P., Rocha, L.A., Ferreira, C.E.L., Rangel, C.A. &
Gasparini, J.L. 2001. Geographic variation in reef-fish assemblages along the
Brazilian coast. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10(4): 423–433.
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Floeter, S.R. & Gasparini, J.L. 2001. The Brazilian endemic reef fishes. Coral Reefs 19:
292.
Joyeux, J.C., Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Gasparini, J.L. 2001. Biogeography of
tropical reef fish: the South Atlantic puzzle. Journal of Biogeography 28: 831–841.
Floeter, S.R. & Gasparini, J.L. 2000. The southwestern Atlantic reef-fish fauna:
composition and zoogeographic patterns. Journal of Fish Biology 56: 1099–1114.
Floeter, S.R. & Soares-Gomes, A. 1999. Biogeographic and species richness patterns
of Gastropoda on the southwestern Atlantic. Brazilian Journal of Biology 59(4):
567–575.
Conservation
Floeter, S.R., Halpern, B.S. & Ferreira, C.E.L. (in review) Effects of fishing and
protection on Brazilian reef fishes. Biological Conservation.
Gasparini, J.L., Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Sazima, I. 2005. Marine ornamental
trade in Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation 00: 00–00.
Ferreira, C.E.L., Gasparini, J.L., Carvalho-Filho A. & Floeter, S.R. 2005. A recently
extinct parrotfish species from Brazil. Coral Reefs 24: 128.
Taxonomy and Biodiversity
Gasparini, J.L., Joyeux, J.C. & Floeter, S.R. 2003. Sparisoma tuiupiranga, a new
species of parrotfish (Perciformes: Labroidei: Scaridae) from Brazil, with
comments on the evolution of the genus. Zootaxa 384: 1–14.
Feitoza, B.M., Rocha, L.A., Luiz-Júnior, O.J., Floeter, S.R. & Gasparini, J.L. 2003. Reef
fishes of St. Paul’s Rocks: new records and notes on biology and zoogeography.
Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 7(2): 61–82.
Gasparini, J.L. & Floeter, S.R. 2001. The shore fishes of Trindade Island, southwestern
Atlantic. Journal of Natural History 35 (11): 1639–1656.
Gasparini, J.L., Rocha, L.A. & Floeter, S.R. 2001. Ptereleotris randalli n. sp., a new
dartfish (Gobioidei: Microdesmidae) from the Brazilian Coast. Aqua, Journal of
Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 4(3): 109–114.
Community and Behavioral Ecology
Menegatti, J.V., Vescovi, D.L. & Floeter, S.R. 2003. Agonistic interactions and
feeding behavior of the damselfish, Stegastes fuscus (Peciformes:
Pomacentridae).
Natureza
on
line
1(2):
45–50
[online:
http://
www.naturezaonline.com.br].
Floeter, S.R. & Nalesso, R.C., Rodrigues, M.M.P. & Turra, A. 2000. Patterns of shell
utilisation and selection in two sympatric hermit crabs (Anomura: Diogenidae) in
south-eastern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of United
Kingdom 80: 1053–1059.
Gasparini, J.L. & Floeter, S.R. 1999. The giant hermit crab Petrochirus diogenes
(Linnaeus, 1758) (Crustacea: Anomura) maximum size. Nauplius 7: 185–186.
Floeter, S.R. & Nalesso, R.C. 1998. Padrões de utilização de conchas e distribuição
espacial em duas espécies simpátricas de caranguejos-ermitões (Crustacea,
Anomura) na Ilha Galheta de Dentro - Baía de Vitória, ES. Anais do IV Simpósio
de Ecossistemas Brasileiros, ACIESP Publicações 104(I): 349–355.
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In preparation
Floeter, S.R., Vázquez, D.P. & Grutter, A.S. The macroecology of marine cleaning
mutualisms. [to be submitted to Ecology]
Floeter, S.R., Krohling, W., Gasparini, J.L., Ferreira, C.E.L, Madin, J. & Zalmon, I. Reef
fish community structure on coastal islands of the southeastern Brazil: the
influence of exposure, depth and substrata. [to be submitted to Marine
Ecology Progress Series]
Floeter, S.R., Rocha, L.A., Robertson, D.R., Joyeux, J.C., Barreiros, J.P., Smith-Vaniz,
W., Edwards, A.J., Wirtz, P., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Gasparini, J.L. Atlantic reef fish
biogeography. [to be submitted to J. Biogeogr.]
Floeter, S.R., Rocha, L.A., Bowen, B.W., Bernardi, G. & Robertson, D.R. Evolution and
biogeography of Atlantic reef fishes. [to be submitted to Evolution]
Floeter, S.R., Robertson, D.R., Rocha, L.A., Madin, J., Wirtz, P. & Ferreira, C.E.L. The
operation of biogeographical barriers: insights from Atlantic reef fishes. [to be
submitted to Ecol. Lett.]
Floeter, S.R., Stevens, R., Halpern, B.S. & Ferreira, C.E.L. Latitudinal patterns of reef
fish functional diversity across the Atlantic Ocean. [to be submitted to
Functional Ecology]
Luiz-Júnior, O.J., Gasparini, J.L., Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Carvalho-Filho, A.
Assessment of the reef fish community at Laje de Santos Marine Park: Species
composition and comments on abundance and distribution.
Popular Articles
Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L., Faria, V.V. & Teixeira, M. 2003. Habitantes do labirinto
submarino. Ciência Hoje para Crianças 136: 8–12.
Guimarães, R.Z.P., Gasparini, J.L., Rocha, L.A., Ferreira, C.E.L., Floeter, S.R., Rangel,
C.A. & Nunan, G.W. 2001. Peixes recifais brasileiros: uma riqueza desconhecida
e ameaçada. Ciência Hoje 168: 16–23.
Gasparini, J.L. & Floeter, S.R. 1997. Ilha da Trindade - Um pedaço de Vitória
perdido no azul Atlântico. Revista Trilhas 10: 16–20.
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2003-2006
2002
2002
2001
1999-2003
1997-1998
Post-doctoral fellowship – National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA – 3 years, $ 121,500.
Short-term Visitor Program at STRI – Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Panama – $ 3,000.
FBPN Research Grant – Community Structure of Reef Fishes on Three
Coastal Islands of the State of Espírito Santo, SE, Brazil – $ 3,000.
Padi Project A.W.A.R.E. Foundation Research Grant – Community
Structure of Reef Fishes on Three Coastal Islands of the State of
Espírito Santo, SE Brazil – $ 500.
FENORTE Ph.D. Research Project – Community Structure of Reef Fishes
on Three Coastal Islands of the State of Espírito Santo, SE Brazil – 4
years, $ 12,800.
CNPq (#133726/97-5) MSc. Research Project – Shell Use and Selection
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1995-1996
Patterns in Two Sympatric Hermit Crabs (Crustacea, Anomura) – 2
years, $ 5,800.
CNPq (#120907/95-0) Research Project – Biogeographic and Species
Richness Patterns of Gastropoda of the Southwestern Atlantic – 2
years, $ 2,000.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
20032002-2003
2001-2003
Postdoctoral position [Research scholar] at the National Center for
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Assistant Professor, Marine Biology – Faculty of Biology, ESESFA, Santa
Tereza, ES, Brazil.
Biologist for environmental consulting companies, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Elementary School
Sciences – Escola de Primeiro Grau da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo –
1992, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
High School
General Biology – Escola de Segundo Grau “Prof. Fernando Duarte Rabello” –
1992-1993, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
General Biology – Escola de Segundo Grau “Arnulpho Mattos” – 1997-1998,
Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Marine Biology – Escola “Monteiro Lobato” – 1999-2003, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Undergraduate Courses
Animal Behavior – Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo – Curso de Psicologia
– 1997/1, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Marine Biology Field Course – Fundação Ecossistemas do Espírito Santo – 19992000, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Marine Biology (Coral Reefs) – Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense – Curso
de Biologia – 2000-2001, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Zoology (Invertebrates) – Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense – Curso de
Biologia – 2000-2002, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Marine Biology – ESESFA – Curso de Biologia – 2002-2003, Santa Tereza, ES, Brazil.
INVITED TALKS
2005
2004
2003
2003
2002
‘Atlantic reef fish biogeography & evolution’. University of Hawaii, HA, USA.
‘Atlantic reef fish biogeography: phylogenies and distribution patterns’.
Stanford University, CA, USA.
‘Latitudinal patterns of marine herbivorous fishes’. California State
University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
‘Trophic structure of Brazilian reef fishes: local and latitudinal comparisons’.
NCEAS, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
‘Latitudinal patterns of Brazilian reef fishes’ – UF, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, USA.
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2000
1999
‘Brazilian reef fishes’ – JCU, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
‘Ecology and behavior of hermit crabs’ – UFES, Universidade Federal do
Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS / WORKSHOPS
2005
2005
2004
NCEAS Workshop: Putting ocean wilderness on the map: Building a global
GIS atlas of ‘pristine’ marine environments. Jan. 26-30, 2005, at the
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA,
USA.
NCEAS Workshop: Land-based threats to coastal marine ecosystems.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Jan. 14-15, 2005, at the Marine
Science Institute [Packard Foundation/Nature Conservancy funded
project].
Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on Systematics and the Origin of Species. On
Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary, Dec. 16-18, 2004, at the Beckman Center of
the National Academies in Irvine, California.
Presentations:
Oral sessions
Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Paddack, M. J. 2004. Latitudinal patterns of marine
herbivorous fishes. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa – Japan
(28 Jun to 2 Jul).
Floeter, S.R., Joyeux, J.C., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Gasparini, J.L. 2000. The disjunct
distribution patterns on the Southwestern Atlantic reef fishes. 9th International
Coral Reef Symposium, Bali – Indonesia (Oct 23-27).
Posters
Floeter, S.R. & Gasparini, J.L. 1999. Geographic trends in assemblage composition
of reef fishes among the Brazilian coast, the Caribbean and the South Atlantic
oceanic islands. Abstracts of the 1999 ASIH Joint Meeting in State College,
Pennsylvania - USA (June 24-30).
Gasparini, J.L & Floeter, S.R. 1999. The zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of
Trindade Island, off Brazil. Abstracts of the 79th ASIH Joint Meeting in State
College, Pennsylvania - USA (June 24-30).
Gasparini, J.L., Rocha, L.A. & Floeter, S.R. 1999. A new dartfish, Ptereleotris
(Microdesmidae) from the coast of Brazil. Abstracts of the 79th ASIH Joint
Meeting in State College, Pennsylvania - USA (June 24-30).
Floeter, S.R. & Soares-Gomes, A. 1997. Padrões de biogeografia e diversidade de
gastrópodes da Região de Marataízes, ES, Brazil. Considerações para o
Atlantico Sul Ocidental. Resumos do III Congreso Latinoamericano de
Malacología (III CLAMA), Ensenada, BC, México.
Presentations (Posters) at Brazilian Scientific Meetings:
Floeter, S.R., Gasparini, J.L., Ferreira, C.E.L., Krohling, W. & Zalmon, I. 2002. Estrutura
da comunidade de peixes recifais das Ilhas de Guarapari, ES e sua relação
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com a complexidade de habitats. Resumos do XXIV Congresso Brasileiro de
Zoologia. Itajaí – SC.
Gasparini, J.L., Floeter, S.R. & Gandolfi, S.M. 2000. Proposta para criação do
Parque Marinho Ilhas de Guarapari, Espírito Santo. Simpósio Brasileiro de
Ecossistemas, Vitória, ES.
Floeter, S.R., Guimarães, R.Z.P., Gasparini, J.L., Ferreira, C.E.L., Rangel, C.A., Rocha,
L.A. & Nunan, G.W. 2000. Peixes recifais brasileiros: Composição faunística e
padrões de distribuição geográfica. Resumos do XXIII Congresso Brasileiro de
Zoologia. Cuiabá – MT.
Floeter, S.R. & Gasparini, J.L. 1999. Peixes Recifais no Estado do Espírito Santo:
ameaças do comércio aquariófilo. Resumos do XIII Enc. Bras. de Ictiologia.
UFSCar - São Carlos - SP.
Floeter, S.R. & Nalesso, R.C. 1998. Distribuição espacial e utilização de conchas por
caranguejos ermitões na Ilha Galheta de Dentro, Baía de Vitória, ES. Resumos
do XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia. Recife - PE.
Floeter, S.R. & Nalesso, R.C. 1997. Distribuição espacial dos caranguejos-ermitões
na Ilha Galheta de Dentro, Baía de Vitória, ES. XV Seminário Interno de
Pesquisa da UFES.
Floeter, S.R. & Soares-Gomes, A. 1996. Biogeographic and biodiversity patterns of
gastropoda molluscs of Marataízes, ES region, Brazil. Considerations on the
southwestern Atlantic. Resumos do III Simpósio Sobre Oceonografia - IO USP - SP
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
ISRS - International Society for Reef Studies;
Corallus – Soc. Brasileira para Estudos de Recifes de Coral.
LANGUAGES
Portuguese – mother tongue; English – fluent speaking, reading, and writing;
Spanish – basic reading and speaking; German – basic reading.
FIELD TRIPS
2005 (Apr)
2004 (Jul)
2004 (Jul)
2003 (Jun)
2003 (Feb)
2002 (Jul-Aug)
Hawaii, USA
Kerama Is., Okinawa, Japan
Channel Islands, CA, USA
Marine National Park of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.
State Marine Protected Area of Laje de Santos, SP, Brazil.
Galeta & Bocas Del Toro Labs. – STRI, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Panama.
2002 (Aug)
Florida Keys, USA.
2002 (Feb)
Biological Reserve of Arvoredo, SC, Brazil.
2001 (Aug)
Marine National Park of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.
2000 (Oct)
Marine Park of Menjangan, Bali, Indonesia.
2000 (Nov)
Great Barrier Reef, Townsville, Australia.
1999-2002
Guarapari Is., ES, Brazil.
1995 (Aug-Sep) Trindade Island, Brazil – Projeto TAMAR – Brazilian Navy.
1995 (Feb)
Marine National Park of the Abrolhos, BA, Brazil.
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OTHERS
Consultant Referee for NSF Funding Program, USA; Conservation Biology; Biological
Conservation; Global Ecology and Biogeography; Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution; Journal of Fish Biology; Biotaneotropica; Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of United Kingdom; Marine and Freshwater Research; and Caribbean
Journal of Science. Certified Advanced Open Water Diver (# 0206608287) &
Medic First Aid (# 0206583776) by PADI.
REFERENCES
Dr. D. Ross Robertson
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Balboa, Republic of Panamá
Mailing address: STRI, Unit 0948, APO AA
34002, USA
Tel: (+507) 212.8704; Fax:
212.8714/8790/8791
Tel from US: (202) 786.2099 x 8704
Email: [email protected]
Dr. John C. Briggs
82-651 Skyview Lane
Indio, CA, 92201, USA
Tel: 760-347-0499
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Robert Warner
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine
Biology. University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Tel: 805 8932941;
Fax: 805 8934724
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Jean-Christophe Joyeux
Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos
Naturais. Universidade Federal do
Espírito Santo. Ave. Fernando Ferrari, s/n
Goiabeiras, 29060-900 Vitória, ES, Brazil
Tel: (+55) 27-3335-7791; Fax: (+55) 273335-2500; E-mails: [email protected];
[email protected]