Cecilia Gontijo Leal

Cecilia Gontijo Leal

Universidade de São Paulo

H-index: 19

Latin America-Brazil

About Cecilia Gontijo Leal

Cecilia Gontijo Leal, With an exceptional h-index of 19 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidade de São Paulo, specializes in the field of Freshwater ecology, biodiversity conservation, applied ecology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Biomonitoring for watershed protection from a multiscale land-use perspective

Steps forward in biomonitoring 2.0: eDNA Metabarcoding and community‐level modelling allow the assessment of complex drivers of Neotropical fish diversity

NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES: A dataset of occurrence and abundance of freshwater fishes in the Neotropics

The ecomorphological diversity of Amazonian stream fishes is constrained by phylogenetic relationships

Wood predictors in neotropical streams: Assessing the effects of regional and local controls in Amazon and Cerrado catchments

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Como superar os desafios que limitam as pesquisas ecológicas na Amazônia.

Wood stock in neotropical streams: Quantifying and comparing instream wood among biomes and regions

Cecilia Gontijo Leal Information

University

Position

Post-doctoral researcher at

Citations(all)

2354

Citations(since 2020)

1942

Cited By

1006

hIndex(all)

19

hIndex(since 2020)

17

i10Index(all)

24

i10Index(since 2020)

22

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Cecilia Gontijo Leal Skills & Research Interests

Freshwater ecology

biodiversity conservation

applied ecology

Top articles of Cecilia Gontijo Leal

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Biomonitoring for watershed protection from a multiscale land-use perspective

Kaline De Mello

Ricardo Hideo Taniwaki

Diego Rodrigues Macedo

Cecília Gontijo Leal

Timothy O Randhir

2023/5/8

Steps forward in biomonitoring 2.0: eDNA Metabarcoding and community‐level modelling allow the assessment of complex drivers of Neotropical fish diversity

Global Change Biology

Daniel C Carvalho

Cecília G Leal

2023/4

NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES: A dataset of occurrence and abundance of freshwater fishes in the Neotropics

Lívia Helena Tonella

Renata Ruaro

Vanessa Salete Daga

Diego Azevedo Zoccal Garcia

Oscar Barroso Vitorino

...

2023/4

The ecomorphological diversity of Amazonian stream fishes is constrained by phylogenetic relationships

Bruno Eleres Soares

Naraiana L Benone

Rafael P Leitão

Cecília G Leal

Luciana L Santos

...

2023/9/30

Wood predictors in neotropical streams: Assessing the effects of regional and local controls in Amazon and Cerrado catchments

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Sarah de Oliveira Saraiva

Philip Robert Kaufmann

Ian Rutherfurd

Cecília Gontijo Leal

Rafael Pereira Leitão

...

2023/3/15

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Current Biology

Raquel L Carvalho

Angelica F Resende

Jos Barlow

Filipe M França

Mario R Moura

...

2023/8/21

Como superar os desafios que limitam as pesquisas ecológicas na Amazônia.

J SCHIETTI

E VENTICINQUE

E BERENGUER

F BACCARO

FA SCHMIDT

...

2023

Wood stock in neotropical streams: Quantifying and comparing instream wood among biomes and regions

Plos one

Sarah O Saraiva

Ian D Rutherfurd

Philip R Kaufmann

Cecília G Leal

Diego R Macedo

...

2022/10/5

Congruence and responsiveness in the taxonomic compositions of Amazonian aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages

Hydrobiologia

Renato T Martins

Janaina Brito

Karina Dias-Silva

Cecília G Leal

Rafael P Leitão

...

2022/6

A ecologia de peixes de riacho sob a perspectiva da ecologia de paisagens

Oecologia Australis

Gabriel L Brejão

Cecília G Leal

Pedro Gerhard

2021/6/16

The role of secondary riparian forests for conserving fish assemblages in eastern Amazon streams

Hydrobiologia

Felipe Rossetti De Paula

Cecilia Gontijo Leal

Rafael Pereira Leitao

Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz

Paulo Santos Pompeu

...

2021/2/15

Insetos aquáticos: e a importância de conservar os riachos

Gláucia Regina Santos

Felipe Rossetti de Paula

Cecília Gontijo Leal

Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz

2021

Sampling efforts for determining fish species richness in megadiverse tropical regions

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Paulo S Pompeu

Débora R de Carvalho

Cecília G Leal

Rafael P Leitão

Carlos Bernardo M Alves

...

2021/11

Stream fish ecology from a landscape ecology perspective

Gabriel Lourenço Brejão

Cecília Gontijo Leal

Pedro Gerhard

2021/1/1

Land-use changes affect the functional structure of stream fish assemblages in the Brazilian Savanna

Neotropical Ichthyology

Ludmilla RP Alvarenga

Paulo S Pompeu

Cecília G Leal

Robert M Hughes

Daniela C Fagundes

...

2021/10/18

Low forest-loss thresholds threaten Amazonian fish and macroinvertebrate assemblage integrity

Ecological Indicators

Renato T Martins

Janaina Brito

Karina Dias-Silva

Cecilia G Leal

Rafael P Leitao

...

2021/8/1

Multiscale land use impacts on water quality: Assessment, planning, and future perspectives in Brazil

Kaline de Mello

Ricardo Hideo Taniwaki

Felipe Rossetti de Paula

Roberta Averna Valente

Timothy O Randhir

...

2020/9/15

Thresholds of freshwater biodiversity in response to riparian vegetation loss in the Neotropical region

Journal of Applied Ecology

2020

Mining activity in Brazil and negligence in action

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador

Cecília Gontijo Leal

Gabriel Lourenço Brejão

Tiago Casarim Pessali

Carlos Bernardo Mascarenhas Alves

...

2020/4/1

Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species

Science

Cecília G Leal

Gareth D Lennox

Silvio FB Ferraz

Joice Ferreira

Toby A Gardner

...

2020/10/2

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Co-Authors

H-index: 84
Jos Barlow

Jos Barlow

Lancaster University

H-index: 42
Silvio Ferraz

Silvio Ferraz

Universidade de São Paulo

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