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Cristina Brito
Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Publications - 51
Citations - 452
Cristina Brito is an academic researcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Whaling & Whale. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 49 publications receiving 359 citations. Previous affiliations of Cristina Brito include Nova Southeastern University & University of Lisbon.
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Whistles of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Sado Estuary, Portugal: Characteristics, Production Rates, and Long-Term Contour Stability
TL;DR: The acoustic characteristics of a sample of 735 whistles were measured and compared with data from other Tursiops populations, showing that, in a pattern of overall similarity, the whistles recorded in the Sado are relatively long and the frequency range used is relatively wide.
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From sea monsters to charismatic megafauna: Changes in perception and use of large marine animals.
Carlotta Mazzoldi,Giovanni Bearzi,Cristina Brito,Inês Carvalho,Elena Desiderà,Elena Desiderà,Lara Endrizzi,Luís Freitas,Eva Giacomello,Ioannis Giovos,Paolo Guidetti,Adriana Ressurreição,Malcolm Tull,Alison MacDiarmid +13 more
TL;DR: The growth of marine tourism, increasingly oriented towards the observation of wildlife, has driven a shift from extractive to non-extractive use, supporting the conservation of at least some species of marine megafauna, with a special focus on European cultures.
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Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans in São Tomé and Príncipe tropical archipelago and their relation to environmental variables
TL;DR: Sao Tome and Principe is an archipelago located in the Gulf of Guinea as discussed by the authors where boat-based surveys to record sightings of cetaceans were conducted between 2002 and 2005, which represents the first approach to study the occurrence of whales and dolphins in this tropical region.
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The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)
Poul Holm,Cristina Brito,Richard Breen,Francis Ludlow,Cordula Scherer,Charles Travis,Bernard Allaire,Patrick W. Hayes,J. Al Matthews,Kieran Rankin,Robert J Legg,Kevin Lougheed,John Nicholls +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose the concept of the "Fish Revolution" to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod (Gadus morhua) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market.
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Assessment of catch statistics during the land-based whaling in Portugal
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conduct a global review of Portuguese whaling data and to obtain information on coastal catches of whales by the Portuguese land-based fleet during the 20th century.