Karina Bohrer do Amaral

Dr. Karina Bohrer do Amaral


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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2009 in Current Genetics
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Juliano Tomazzoni BoldoJuliano Tomazzoni Boldo
Juliano Tomazzoni Boldo
AJAngela Junges
Angela Junges
KAKarina Bohrer do Amaral
Karina Bohrer do Amaral
CSCharley Christian Staats
Charley Christian Staats
MVMarilene Vainstein
Marilene Vainstein
ASAugusto Schrank
Augusto Schrank

1 November 2015 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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KAKarina Bohrer do Amaral
Karina Bohrer do Amaral
DADiego J. Alvares
Diego J. Alvares
LHLarissa Heinzelmann
Larissa Heinzelmann
MBMárcio Borges-Martins
Márcio Borges-Martins
SSSalvatore Siciliano
Salvatore Siciliano
IMIgnacio B. Moreno
Ignacio B. Moreno

1 November 2018 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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KAKarina Bohrer do Amaral
Karina Bohrer do Amaral
DDDaniel Danilewicz
Daniel Danilewicz
AZAlexandre Zerbini
Alexandre Zerbini
ABAna Paula Di Beneditto
Ana Paula Di Beneditto
AAArtur Andriolo
Artur Andriolo
IMIgnacio Benites Moreno
Ignacio Benites Moreno

12 February 2019 in Frontiers in Marine Science
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DBDalia C. Barragán-Barrera
Dalia C. Barragán-Barrera
KAKarina Bohrer do Amaral
Karina Bohrer do Amaral
PCPaula Alejandra Chávez-Carreño
Paula Alejandra Chávez-Carreño
NFNohelia Farías-Curtidor
Nohelia Farías-Curtidor
RLRocío Lancheros-Neva
Rocío Lancheros-Neva
DPDaniel M. Palacios
Daniel M. Palacios
Dolphins of the genus Stenella occur in pelagic waters of both tropical and warm-temperate oceans. Three species, the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), the pantropical spotted dolphin (S. attenuata), and the spinner dolphin (S. longirostris) are abundant worldwide, but in the Caribbean Basin they have been poorly studied and information on their distribution patterns is scarce. Specifically, in Colombia’s remote Seaflower Biosphere Reserve (SFBR) S. attenuata has been reported occasionally, but S. frontalis and S. longirostris have never been recorded before. To address this information gap, an ecological niche modeling approach was used to determine the potential distribution patterns of these three dolphin species in the region. Records of these species for the Caribbean Basin were compiled, including both published and unpublished data. Environmental information, including bathymetry, bathymetric slope, distance to shore, sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, and chlorophyll-a concentration was gathered from public databases (MARSPEC and Bio-ORACLE) in raster format. The maximum entropy algorithm (Maxent) for modeling species’ geographic distributions with presence-only data was used. After filtering the data, 210 records of S. attenuata, 204 of S. frontalis, and 80 of S. longirostris were used to run models. The best configuration for each model was chosen based on the ΔAICc criterion. For all three species, the final ecological niche models returned AUC test values higher than 0.8, indicating satisfactory model performance. The resulting potential distribution maps suggested that areas closest to continental shorelines of the Caribbean Basin and surrounding islands had the highest environmental suitability for all species (>70%). All models reported high environmental suitability for S. attenuata and S. longirostris in the SFBR, mainly in the southernmost part surrounding San Andrés and Providence Archipelago. Assessment of niche overlap from the predictions of species distributions using the similarity statistic and pairwise map overlap indicated that S. frontalis and S. longirostris had niches slightly more similar in comparison to S. attenuata. As this was a first effort to fill a gap in our understanding of the distribution of species in the genus Stenella in the Caribbean Basin, further studies are necessary using both niche modeling and biological/ecological approaches.

30 December 2016 in Journal of Mammalian Evolution
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KAKarina Bohrer do Amaral
Karina Bohrer do Amaral
AAAna Rita Amaral
Ana Rita Amaral
RFR. Ewan Fordyce
R. Ewan Fordyce
IMIgnacio Benites Moreno
Ignacio Benites Moreno

1 August 2010 in Gene
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Juliano Tomazzoni BoldoJuliano Tomazzoni Boldo
Juliano Tomazzoni Boldo
KAKarina Bohrer do Amaral
Karina Bohrer do Amaral
AJAngela Junges
Angela Junges
PPPaulo Marcos Pinto
Paulo Marcos Pinto
CSCharley Christian Staats
Charley Christian Staats
ASAugusto Schrank
Augusto Schrank