Gislene Torrente Vilara

@unifesp.br

Instituto do Mar
Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Ichthyology and Watershed Management at Universidade Federal de São Paulo interested in Ecology and Biology of Fishes, Hydroelectric Power Plants and Climate Changes Impacts and Aquatic Animal Migration.

EDUCATION

1991-1994 UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ (Undergraduation)
2001-2003 INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (Master Degree)
2005-2009 INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (PhD.)
2014-2015 UNIVERSIDADE DA CALIFORNIA - DAVIS (PosDoc/Capes/Brazil)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ecology and Biology of Fish; Aquatic Animal Migration
5828

Scholar Citations

27

Scholar h-index

41

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Blubber Cellular Integrity Through Decomposition and Its Implication for Histological Applications: A Study of Stranded Stock A Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
    L Bennati‐Madureira, A Maranho, C Bantel, CB Barbosa, CP Bertozzi, ...
    Marine Mammal Science 42 (3), e70196 , 2026
    2026
  • Stable Isotope Analysis (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) of Baleen Plates Reveals Feeding Patterns in Stranded Humpback Whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) Along the …
    DF Zappa, K Salloum, NA Martins, C Bantel, A Maranho, CB Barbosa, ...
    Marine Mammal Science 42 (3), e70190 , 2026
    2026
  • California WaterBlog
    P Moyle
    Life , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Dispersal limitation, environmental filtering, and historical contingencies explain the patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic turnover in Amazonian freshwater fish faunas, but …
    MS Dias, C Jézéquel, B Hugueny, F Leprieur, S Brosse, J Albert, ...
    Neotropical Ichthyology 24, e250084 , 2026
    2026
  • Diet seasonality and resource partitioning by large catfishes in the Madeira River, Brazil
    C RÖPKE, A Lonardoni, J Zuanon, CRC Doria, AL Lima, IRA SANT’ANNA, ...
    Acta Amazonica 55, e55bc25003 , 2025
    2025
  • Size spectra assess social-ecological impacts on Amazonian fish assemblages
    VJ Isaac, L Castello, NA Gouveia, JAS Zuanon, FA Martins, REA Cruz, ...
    Ecological Indicators 173, 113360 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Floodplain forests drive fruit-eating fish diversity at the Amazon Basin-scale
    SB Correa, KV Coronado-Franco, C Jézéquel, A Cantarute Rodrigues, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (3), e2414416122 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • Sazonalidade da dieta e partilha de recursos por grandes bagres no Rio Madeira, Brasil
    C RÖPKE, A LONARDONI, J ZUANON, CRC DORIA, AL LIMA, ...
    Acta Amazonica 55, e55bc25003 , 2025
    2025
  • Whiskers Ahead: Catfish Migrations in Freshwater and Marine Environments
    J Zuanon, G Torrente-Vilara
    Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group, 251-281 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Madeira
    CR da Costa Dória, J Molina-Carpio, G Torrente-Vilara, A Andriolo, ...
    Rivers of South America, 335-379 , 2025
    2025
  • The seasonal rate of discharge change as the primary trigger synchronizing freshwater fish reproduction in an Amazonian River
    C Röpke, A Cella-Ribeiro, FC Ferreira, TR de Araújo, CR da Costa Dória, ...
    Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 34 (4), 1619-1635 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Quantitative impacts of hydroelectric dams on the trans‐Amazonian migrations of goliath catfish
    M Hauser, CRC Doria, C Pécheyran, E Ponzevera, J Panfili, ...
    Conservation Letters 17 (5), e13046 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Drivers of phylogenetic structure in Amazon freshwater fish assemblages
    L Salgueiro, FAS Cassemiro, JS Albert, RG Frederico, M Hidalgo, ...
    Journal of Biogeography 49 (2), 310-323 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 15
  • Damming in the Madeira River modifies the food spectrum of piscivorous and affects their resource partitioning
    AP Lonardoni, CP Röpke, T Melo, G Torrente-Vilara
    Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (03), e210087 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 4
  • The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: A case study with Amazonian fishes
    CD de Santana, LR Parenti, CB Dillman, JA Coddington, DA Bastos, ...
    Scientific Reports 11 (1), 18159 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 47
  • The silent threat of non-native fish in the Amazon: ANNF database and review
    CRC Doria, E Agudelo, A Akama, B Barros, M Bonfim, L Carneiro, ...
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 646702 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 72
  • The representativeness of protected areas for Amazonian fish diversity under climate change
    RG Frederico, MS Dias, C Jézéquel, PA Tedesco, B Hugueny, J Zuanon, ...
    Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31 (5), 1158-1166 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 30
  • Western Amazon was a center of Neotropical fish dispersal, as evidenced by the continental-wide time-stratified biogeographic analysis of the hyper-diverse Hypostomus catfish
    LJ de Queiroz, X Meyer, YP Cardoso, IA Bahechar, R Covain, TE Parente, ...
    bioRxiv , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • The combined effects of climate change and river fragmentation on the distribution of Andean Amazon fishes
    GA Herrera‐R, T Oberdorff, EP Anderson, S Brosse, FM Carvajal‐Vallejos, ...
    Global Change Biology 26 (10), 5509-5523 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 96
  • Freshwater fish diversity hotspots for conservation priorities in the Amazon Basin
    C Jézéquel, PA Tedesco, W Darwall, MS Dias, RG Frederico, M Hidalgo, ...
    Conservation biology 34 (4), 956-965 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 113

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
    WFL William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M Newsome, Mauro Galetti ...
    BioScience 67 , 0
    Citations: 2041
  • Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong
    Science 351 (6269), 128-129 , 2016
    2016.0
    Citations: 1734
  • Peixes do rio Madeira
    LJO Queiroz, W Ohara, J Zuanon, T Pires, G Torrente-Vilara, C Dória
    2013.0
    Citations: 222
  • A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin
    C Jézéquel, PA Tedesco, R Bigorne, JA Maldonado-Ocampo, H Ortega, ...
    Scientific data 7 (1), 96 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 214
  • Unexpected fish diversity gradients in the Amazon basin
    T Oberdorff, MS Dias, C Jézéquel, JS Albert, CC Arantes, R Bigorne, ...
    Science advances 5 (9), eaav8681 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 201
  • Effects of natural rapids and waterfalls on fish assemblage structure in the Madeira River (Amazon Basin)
    G Torrente‐Vilara, J Zuanon, F Leprieur, T Oberdorff, PA Tedesco
    Ecology of Freshwater Fish 20 (4), 588-597 , 2011
    2011.0
    Citations: 149
  • Freshwater fish diversity hotspots for conservation priorities in the Amazon Basin
    C Jézéquel, PA Tedesco, W Darwall, MS Dias, RG Frederico, M Hidalgo, ...
    Conservation biology 34 (4), 956-965 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 113
  • The combined effects of climate change and river fragmentation on the distribution of Andean Amazon fishes
    GA Herrera‐R, T Oberdorff, EP Anderson, S Brosse, FM Carvajal‐Vallejos, ...
    Global Change Biology 26 (10), 5509-5523 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 96
  • The silent threat of non-native fish in the Amazon: ANNF database and review
    CRC Doria, E Agudelo, A Akama, B Barros, M Bonfim, L Carneiro, ...
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 646702 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 72
  • Temporal fish community responses to two cascade run‐of‐river dams in the Madeira River, Amazon basin
    A Cella‐Ribeiro, CR da Costa Doria, J Dutka‐Gianelli, H Alves, ...
    Ecohydrology 10 (8), e1889 , 2017
    2017.0
    Citations: 60
  • Evolutionary units delimitation and continental multilocus phylogeny of the hyperdiverse catfish genus Hypostomus
    LJ de Queiroz, Y Cardoso, C Jacot-des-Combes, IA Bahechar, ...
    Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 145, 106711 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 48
  • The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: A case study with Amazonian fishes
    CD de Santana, LR Parenti, CB Dillman, JA Coddington, DA Bastos, ...
    Scientific Reports 11 (1), 18159 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 47
  • Age and growth of the Amazonian migratory catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii in the Madeira River basin before the construction of dams
    M Hauser, CRC Doria, LRC Melo, AR Santos, DM Ayala, LD Nogueira, ...
    Neotropical Ichthyology 16, e170130 , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 47
  • Unmasking continental natal homing in goliath catfish from the upper Amazon
    M Hauser, F Duponchelle, TW Hermann, KE Limburg, L Castello, ...
    Freshwater Biology 65 (2), 325-336 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 45
  • Trends in studies of Brazilian stream fish assemblages
    MS Dias, J Zuanon, TBA Couto, M Carvalho, LN Carvalho, ...
    Natureza & Conservação 14 (2), 106-111 , 2016
    2016.0
    Citations: 45
  • Contribuição da etnoictiologia à análise da legislação pesqueira referente ao defeso de espécies de peixes de interesse comercial no oeste da Amazônia Brasileira, rio Guaporé …
    CR Costa-Doria, TR Araújo, STB Souza, G Torrente-Vilara
    Revista Biotemas 21 (2), 119-132 , 2008
    2008.0
    Citations: 45
  • Shedding light on the migratory patterns of the Amazonian goliath catfish, Brachyplatystoma platynemum , using otolith 87 Sr/ 86 Sr analyses
    M Hauser, CRC Doria, RV Santos, A García‐Vasquez, M Pouilly, ...
    Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29 (3), 397-408 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 43
  • Fish collection of the Universidade Federal de Rondônia: its importance to the knowledge of Amazonian fish diversity
    WM Ohara, LJ de Queiroz, J Zuanon, G Torrente-Vilara, FG Vieira, ...
    Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences 37 (2), 251-258 , 2015
    2015.0
    Citations: 42
  • Temporal and spatial distribution of young Brachyplatystoma spp. (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) along the rapids stretch of the Madeira River (Brazil) before the …
    A Cella‐Ribeiro, LF Assakawa, G Torrente‐Vilara, J Zuanon, RG Leite, ...
    Journal of Fish Biology 86 (4), 1429-1437 , 2015
    2015.0
    Citations: 37
  • Length–weight relationships of fish from Madeira River, Brazilian Amazon, before the construction of hydropower plants
    A Cella‐Ribeiro, M Hauser, LD Nogueira, CRC Doria, G Torrente‐Vilara
    Journal of applied ichthyology 31 (5), 939-945 , 2015
    2015.0
    Citations: 35