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Eduardo Secchi
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
205 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 35

Contributions by subject area

Animal Behavior
Ecology
Genetics
Marine Biology
Molecular Biology
Conservation Biology
Zoology

Eduardo Secchi

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Graduated in Oceanography at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) in 1991. He did his Masters in Biological Oceanography (FURG, 1999) and PhD in Zoology (University of Otago, New Zealand, 2006) and Postdoctoral Fellow at Flinders University (Australia - 2014). He is Associate Professor in the Oceanography Institute at FURG since 2006 and leads the Marine Megafaune Ecology and Conservation Laboratory at the same University. Secchi works mostly in the field of Ecology and Conservation of Marine Mammals and Turtles. Supervises undergraduate, master and doctoral students. Eduardo is the scientific leader of several research projects on the ecology and conservation of marine mammals in estuarine and marine environments in subtropical and Antarctic regions. He was the first Editor-in-Chief and now Emeritus Editor of Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals. Secchi has published over 120 articles in peer reviewed journals. He received the "Oliver Persons Award" (American Society for Mammalogy - 2007) for his performance in research and conservation and the formation of human resources. He was the President of the Latin American Society for Aquatic Mammals-SOLAMAC (2015-2016). Secchi is also member of the Cetacean Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 1997. He is a level 1 Research Fellow of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development and currently Vice-Chancellor for Research and Graduate studies at FURG.

Biological Oceanography Conservation Biology Ecology Marine Biology Population Biology Zoology

Editing Journals

Work details

Associate Professor

Federal University of Rio Grande-FURG
Institute of Oceanography

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Preprints 1
  • Reviewed 1
February 13, 2014
Hawksbill × loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?
Maira C. Proietti, Julia Reisser, Luis F. Marins, Maria A. Marcovaldi, Luciano S. Soares, Danielle S. Monteiro, Sarath Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Eduardo R. Secchi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.255 PubMed 24688839
December 19, 2013 - Version: 1
Hawksbill x loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?
Maira C Proietti, Julia Reisser, Luis F. Marins, Maria A. Marcovaldi, Luciano S Soares, Danielle Monteiro, Sarath E.M. Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Eduardo R. Secchi
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.159v1

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May 20, 2020
Distribution of the acoustic occurrence of dolphins during the summers 2011 to 2015 in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico
Gustavo Cárdenas Hinojosa, Horacio de la Cueva, Tim Gerrodette, Armando M. Jaramillo-Legorreta
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9121 PubMed 32509451