Manuel Jose Biscoito

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Museu de História Natural do Funchal/Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal
Município do Funchal

Manuel Jose Biscoito


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He started his career in the Funchal Natural History Museum in 1981 as curator and director. Currently he is the Chief of the Science Division of the Municipality of Funchal, as well as member of the board of directors of IMAR – Sea Institute, Portugal and member of the Portuguese Environment and Sustainable Development Council.
He is principal curator of the Funchal Natural History Museum and works mostly on deep-sea fish taxonomy, having authored or co-authored 7 books, 31 book chapters and 162 scientific papers. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific magazines Boletim do Museu de História Natural do Funchal and is member of the French, Japanese and American Ichthyologic Societies.

EDUCATION

Biology Degree, University of Porto

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Scopus Publications

3674

Scholar Citations

27

Scholar h-index

63

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Scopus Publications

  • Plastic ingestion by Cory's and Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris spp.) from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
    Jan A. van Franeker, Edward Soldaat, Joël Bried, Jacob González-Solís, Francis Zino, Manuel Biscoito, John J. Borg, Federico Tossani, Marco Parolini, Susanne Kühn
    Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2026
    Plastic ingestion by seabirds reflects plastic levels in their marine environment and therefore seabirds are monitored within the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive to track the distribution and trends of plastic pollution. We present plastic ingestion data from 529 individuals of two Calonectris species ( C. borealis and C. diomedea ) from corpses collected across the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Overall, birds from the Mediterranean ingested more plastics than those from the Atlantic, and fledglings carried higher plastic loads than post-fledglings. In contrast to an earlier proposal to monitor and define plastic ingestion thresholds by the number of particles, we advocate a mass-based system. Plastic mass better reflects environmental contamination and biological harm than particle counts, which can be inflated by fragmentation and are less ecologically relevant than the actual volume ingested. Using the cleanest 10 % of individuals in the most polluted population as a reference, we suggest Threshold values of 0.0098 g for fledglings and 0.0041 g for post-fledglings. According to this definition, between 40 and 88 % of birds exceeded the Threshold, depending on the sampling location. This mass-based Threshold offers an ecologically meaningful metric, and we recommend this approach for plastic pollution monitoring in the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. • Plastic ingestion by Cory's and Scopoli's shearwaters from six locations was studied. • Considerable differences in plastic uptake were found by location and age of birds. • Plastic averaged up to 25 particles per stomach but were extremely small. • Policy thresholds for ingested plastic mass are proposed to OSPAR and EU.
  • Genetic Identity of the Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae) from the Island of Madeira
    Monica Guerrini, Hans-Martin Berg, Sylke Frahnert, Manuel Biscoito, Filippo Barbanera
    Birds, 2025
    The Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae) is a non-migrant gamebird endemic to southwestern Europe that was introduced into Mediterranean and Atlantic islands in historical times. This is the case for Madeira, Portugal, where a population morphologically assigned to A. r. hispanica has been present since the XV century. We assessed its genetic identity using 2248 (Cytochrome-b, Cyt-b + Control Region, CR) and 297 bp-long (CR) mitochondrial DNA sequences obtained from modern and archival (1900–1964, including Caccabis rufa maderensis syntypes) partridges, respectively. These sequences were compared against an already published dataset covering the entire Iberian A. rufa range. We found that all the haplotypes of modern birds from Madeira were private to this island. The putative subspecies was confirmed, and northern Portugal with northwestern Spain turned out to host the closest mainland populations. This result was in line with the origin of the first human settlers of Madeira from, among other historical provinces, Douro Litoral and Minho, the latter neighboring Galicia. Despite relatively recent A. rufa importations from continental Europe, we did not find any significant change over time in the haplotypic pattern of Madeiran partridges as well as any evidence for maternal introgression from species such as the congeneric Chukar Partridge (A. chukar). Studies relying on genome-wide markers and including the only captive-bred population of Madeira are needed to gain more comprehensive information for the management of the local A. rufa.
  • On a new specimen of the rare deep-sea species Aulastomatomorpha phospherops (Teleostei, Alepocephalidae) from the Arabian Sea
    Biscoito, Manuel, Reading, Jethro, Maclaine, James
    Cybium, 2025
    The species Aulastomatomorpha phospherops is known from only four specimens and, of those, only two are accessible in museum collections. The collection of a fifth very well-preserved specimen off Oman, Arabian Sea, was a good opportunity to take counts and measurements on a new specimen from this very rare monospecific genus. In the present note we give all the relevant ichthyological meristic and morphometric characters of this specimen and compare them with those from the other known specimens. Our data fully agree with the description of Aulastomatomorpha phospherops and corroborate the synonymy with Aulastomatomorpha caeruleiceps, while the collecting location was near the type locality of the latter species.
  • Range extension and first mtDNA data for the living relict Tesseropora atlantica (Cirripedia, Tetraclitidae) in the Canary Islands
    Jose A. Cuesta, José A. González, Rubén Ramírez, Ricardo Araújo, Manuel Biscoito
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2025
    Morphological examination of recently collected barnacle specimens confirms the presence of Tesseropora atlantica (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha, Tetraclitidae) along the coastlines of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the easternmost islands of the Canary Archipelago. This constitutes the first documented occurrence of T. atlantica in the Canary Islands and establishes a new southern range limit for this relict species in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Additionally, 16S and COI mitochondrial gene sequences were obtained for the first time for this species, allowing comparisons with related taxa. The study also explores plausible hypotheses concerning the species’ arrival in the Canary Islands.
  • Occurrence of the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 (Poeciliidae, Cyprinodontiformes) in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)
    Inês Órfão, Luís da Silva, Dinis Girão, Pedro Raposeiro, José Jesus, Manuel Biscoito, João Canning-Clode, Filipe Ribeiro, Sónia Ferreira
    Bioinvasions Records, 2025
  • A pioneering longterm experiment on mesophotic macrofouling communities in the North Atlantic
    João Canning-Clode, Francesca Gizzi, Andreia Braga-Henriques, Patrício Ramalhosa, Pedro Abreu, Soledad Álvarez, Manuel Biscoito, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, João Delgado, Diane Esson, Mafalda Freitas, Magno Freitas, Filipe Henriques, Joachim Jakobsen, Kirsten Jakobsen, Francis Kerckhof, Carsten Lüter, Carlos J. Moura, Marko Radeta, Rosana M. Rocha, Romana Santos, Pedro Sepúlveda, Rodrigo Silva, Teresa Silva, Javier Souto, Raül Triay-Portella, Peter Wirtz, Joana R. Xavier, Rolando Bastida-Zavala, Nikoleta Bellou, Sonia K. M. Gueroun, João G. Monteiro
    Communications Biology, 2024
    The mesophotic zone represents one of our planet's largest and least explored biomes. An increasing number of studies evidence the importance of macrofouling species in marine ecosystems, but information on these communities and the factors influencing their structures at mesophotic depths remain poor. This lack of understanding limits our ability to predict anthropogenic impacts or conduct restoration operations in the mesophotic and the lower boundary of the euphotic zones. In this study, we performed a 24-month experiment in a natural environment to investigate three factors influencing the macrobenthic community structure of the mesophotic and the euphotic lower boundary: depth, substrate orientation and substrate material. Using a manned submersible, several recruitment panels of two different materials were deployed at 100, 200 and 400 meters in vertical and horizontal positions. All three factors contributed to structuring the macrofouling communities, but depth and substrate orientation displayed the strongest effects. This study not only advances our understanding of lower boundary euphotic and mesophotic macrofouling communities but also establishes a foundation for future research and restoration efforts of mesophotic environments in the Madeira archipelago, where mesophotic habitats are amongst the least studied marine habitats in the Northeast Atlantic.
  • Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
    Bethany L. Clark, Ana P. B. Carneiro, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Marie-Morgane Rouyer, Thomas A. Clay, Win Cowger, Richard A. Phillips, Andrea Manica, Carolina Hazin, Marcus Eriksen, Jacob González-Solís, Josh Adams, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Maria Saldanha Alho, Deusa Teixeira Araujo, José Manuel Arcos, John P. Y. Arnould, Nadito J. P. Barbosa, Christophe Barbraud, Annalea M. Beard, Jessie Beck, Elizabeth A. Bell, Della G. Bennet, Maud Berlincourt, Manuel Biscoito, Oskar K. Bjørnstad, Mark Bolton, Katherine A. Booth Jones, John J. Borg, Karen Bourgeois, Vincent Bretagnolle, Joël Bried, James V. Briskie, M. de L. Brooke, Katherine C. Brownlie, Leandro Bugoni, Licia Calabrese, Letizia Campioni, Mark J. Carey, Ryan D. Carle, Nicholas Carlile, Ana R. Carreiro, Paulo Catry, Teresa Catry, Jacopo G. Cecere, Filipe R. Ceia, Yves Cherel, Chang-Yong Choi, Marco Cianchetti-Benedetti, Rohan H. Clarke, Jaimie B. Cleeland, Valentina Colodro, Bradley C. Congdon, Jóhannis Danielsen, Federico De Pascalis, Zoe Deakin, Nina Dehnhard, Giacomo Dell’Omo, Karine Delord, Sébastien Descamps, Ben J. Dilley, Herculano A. Dinis, Jerome Dubos, Brendon J. Dunphy, Louise M. Emmerson, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Annette L. Fayet, Jonathan J. Felis, Johannes H. Fischer, Amanda N. D. Freeman, Aymeric Fromant, Giorgia Gaibani, David García, Carina Gjerdrum, Ivandra Soeli Gonçalves Correia Gomes, Manuela G. Forero, José P. Granadeiro, W. James Grecian, David Grémillet, Tim Guilford, Gunnar Thor Hallgrimsson, Luke R. Halpin, Erpur Snær Hansen, April Hedd, Morten Helberg, Halfdan H. Helgason, Leeann M. Henry, Hannah F. R. Hereward, Marcos Hernandez-Montero, Mark A. Hindell, Peter J. Hodum, Simona Imperio, Audrey Jaeger, Mark Jessopp, Patrick G. R. Jodice, Carl G. Jones, Christopher W. Jones, Jón Einar Jónsson, Adam Kane, Sven Kapelj, Yuna Kim, Holly Kirk, Yann Kolbeinsson, Philipp L. Kraemer, Lucas Krüger, Paulo Lago, Todd J. Landers, Jennifer L. Lavers, Matthieu Le Corre, Andreia Leal, Maite Louzao, Jeremy Madeiros, Maria Magalhães, Mark L. Mallory, Juan F. Masello, Bruno Massa, Sakiko Matsumoto, Fiona McDuie, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Fernando Medrano, Benjamin J. Metzger, Teresa Militão, William A. Montevecchi, Rosalinda C. Montone, Leia Navarro-Herrero, Verónica C. Neves, David G. Nicholls, Malcolm A. C. Nicoll, Ken Norris, Steffen Oppel, Daniel Oro, Ellie Owen, Oliver Padget, Vítor H. Paiva, David Pala, Jorge M. Pereira, Clara Péron, Maria V. Petry, Admilton de Pina, Ariete T. Moreira Pina, Patrick Pinet, Pierre A. Pistorius, Ingrid L. Pollet, Benjamin J. Porter, Timothée A. Poupart, Christopher D. L. Powell, Carolina B. Proaño, Júlia Pujol-Casado, Petra Quillfeldt, John L. Quinn, Andre F. Raine, Helen Raine, Iván Ramírez, Jaime A. Ramos, Raül Ramos, Andreas Ravache, Matt J. Rayner, Timothy A. Reid, Gregory J. Robertson, Gerard J. Rocamora, Dominic P. Rollinson, Robert A. Ronconi, Andreu Rotger, Diego Rubolini, Kevin Ruhomaun, Asunción Ruiz, James C. Russell, Peter G. Ryan, Sarah Saldanha, Ana Sanz-Aguilar, Mariona Sardà-Serra, Yvan G. Satgé, Katsufumi Sato, Wiebke C. Schäfer, Stefan Schoombie, Scott A. Shaffer, Nirmal Shah, Akiko Shoji, Dave Shutler, Ingvar A. Sigurðsson, Mónica C. Silva, Alison E. Small, Cecilia Soldatini, Hallvard Strøm, Christopher A. Surman, Akinori Takahashi, Vikash R. V. Tatayah, Graeme A. Taylor, Robert J. Thomas, David R. Thompson, Paul M. Thompson, Thorkell L. Thórarinsson, Diego Vicente-Sastre, Eric Vidal, Ewan D. Wakefield, Susan M. Waugh, Henri Weimerskirch, Heiko U. Wittmer, Takashi Yamamoto, Ken Yoda, Carlos B. Zavalaga, Francis J. Zino, Maria P. Dias
    Nature Communications, 2023
    Plastic pollution is distributed patchily around the world’s oceans. Likewise, marine organisms that are vulnerable to plastic ingestion or entanglement have uneven distributions. Understanding where wildlife encounters plastic is crucial for targeting research and mitigation. Oceanic seabirds, particularly petrels, frequently ingest plastic, are highly threatened, and cover vast distances during foraging and migration. However, the spatial overlap between petrels and plastics is poorly understood. Here we combine marine plastic density estimates with individual movement data for 7137 birds of 77 petrel species to estimate relative exposure risk. We identify high exposure risk areas in the Mediterranean and Black seas, and the northeast Pacific, northwest Pacific, South Atlantic and southwest Indian oceans. Plastic exposure risk varies greatly among species and populations, and between breeding and non-breeding seasons. Exposure risk is disproportionately high for Threatened species. Outside the Mediterranean and Black seas, exposure risk is highest in the high seas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of the USA, Japan, and the UK. Birds generally had higher plastic exposure risk outside the EEZ of the country where they breed. We identify conservation and research priorities, and highlight that international collaboration is key to addressing the impacts of marine plastic on wide-ranging species.
  • A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity
    Axel Hochkirch, Melanie Bilz, Catarina C. Ferreira, Anja Danielczak, David Allen, Ana Nieto, Carlo Rondinini, Kate Harding, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Caroline M. Pollock, Mary Seddon, Jean-Christophe Vié, Keith N.A. Alexander, Emily Beech, Manuel Biscoito, Yoan Braud, Ian J. Burfield, Filippo Maria Buzzetti, Marta Cálix, Kent E. Carpenter, Ning Labbish Chao, Dragan Chobanov, Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Bruce B. Collette, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, Neil Cox, Matthew Craig, Annabelle Cuttelod, William R. T. Darwall, Benoit Dodelin, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Eve Englefield, Michael F. Fay, Nicholas Fettes, Jörg Freyhof, Silvia García, Mariana García Criado, Michael Harvey, Nick Hodgetts, Christina Ieronymidou, Vincent J. Kalkman, Shelagh P. Kell, James Kemp, Sonia Khela, Richard V. Lansdown, Julia M. Lawson, Danna J. Leaman, Joana Magos Brehm, Nigel Maxted, Rebecca M. Miller, Eike Neubert, Baudewijn Odé, David Pollard, Riley Pollom, Rob Pople, Juan José Presa Asensio, Gina M. Ralph, Hassan Rankou, Malin Rivers, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Barry Russell, Alexander Sennikov, Fabien Soldati, Anna Staneva, Emilie Stump, Andy Symes, Dmitry Telnov, Helen Temple, Andrew Terry, Anastasiya Timoshyna, Chris van Swaay, Henry Väre, Rachel H. L. Walls, Luc Willemse, Brett Wilson, Jemma Window, Emma G. E. Wright, Thomas Zuna-Kratky
    Plos One, 2023
    Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge and minimizing extinction rates is the goal of several multilateral environmental agreements. Policy decisions require comprehensive, spatially explicit information on species’ distributions and threats. We present an analysis of the conservation status of 14,669 European terrestrial, freshwater and marine species (ca. 10% of the continental fauna and flora), including all vertebrates and selected groups of invertebrates and plants. Our results reveal that 19% of European species are threatened with extinction, with higher extinction risks for plants (27%) and invertebrates (24%) compared to vertebrates (18%). These numbers exceed recent IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) assumptions of extinction risk. Changes in agricultural practices and associated habitat loss, overharvesting, pollution and development are major threats to biodiversity. Maintaining and restoring sustainable land and water use practices is crucial to minimize future biodiversity declines.
  • Biological features of nine deep-water fishes from the midslope of the Northwest African coast
    R. Triay-Portella, J.A. González, J.M. Lorenzo, M. Biscoito, J.G. Pajuelo
    Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2023
    The size distribution, sex ratio, spawning activity, and maturity of Alepocephalus bairdii, Alepocephalus productus, Alepocephalus rostratus, Bathygadus favosus, Bathygadus melanobranchus, Nezumia aequalis, Mora moro, Trachyscorpia echinata and Hoplostethus mediterraneus inhabiting the middle slope off Northwest Africa were analysed. Maturation takes place during the winter months, when a high proportion (>62%) of large individuals were observed in the mature, spawning or postspawning stage, with the exception of H. mediterraneus (57.3%). Negative allometric growth was recorded as a general pattern in both sexes, but isometric growth was recorded in females of A. productus, A. rostratus, and B. melanobranchus. Positive allometric growth was only observed in females of T. echinata. The length frequency distribution showed significant differences between sexes, except in A. productus and A. bairdii. Females of Macrouridae species were found to be larger and heavier than males. Sex ratios were generally unbalanced, but no bias was observed in N. aequalis, T. echinata, and H. mediterraneus. Relative size at sexual maturity ranged mainly between 0.66 and 0.72, but B. favosus, H. mediterraneus, and N. aequalis showed lower values (0.54–0.61). Sexual maturity is reached mainly at a size between 1 and 5 cm smaller in males than in females, except in A. bairdii and T. echinata.
  • A holistic and comprehensive data approach validates the distribution of the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)
    Amy Garbett, Sophie L. Loca, Thomas Barreau, Manuel Biscoito, Caroline Bradley, Joe Breen, Maurice Clarke, Jim R. Ellis, Andrew M. Griffiths, Gary Hannon, Klara Jakobsdóttir, Claudia Junge, Arve Lynghammar, Matthew McCloskey, George Minos, Natasha D. Phillips, Paulo A. Prodöhl, William Roche, Samuel P. Iglésias, James Thorburn, Patrick C. Collins
    Journal of Fish Biology, 2023
    Morphological similarities between skates of the genus Dipturus in the north‐eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean have resulted in longstanding confusion, misidentification and misreporting. Current evidence indicates that the common skate is best explained as two species, the flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) and the common blue skate (D. batis). However, some management and conservation initiatives developed prior to the separation continue to refer to common skate (as ‘D. batis’). This taxonomic uncertainty can lead to errors in estimating population viability, distribution range, and impact on fisheries management and conservation status. Here, we demonstrate how a concerted taxonomic approach, using molecular data and a combination of survey, angler and fisheries data, in addition to expert witness statements, can be used to build a higher resolution picture of the current distribution of D. intermedius. Collated data indicate that flapper skate has a more constrained distribution compared to the perceived distribution of the ‘common skate’, with most observations recorded from Norway and the western and northern seaboards of Ireland and Scotland, with occasional specimens from Portugal and the Azores. Overall, the revised spatial distribution of D. intermedius has significantly reduced the extant range of the species, indicating a possibly fragmented distribution range.
  • Length-weight relationships for eight Chondrichthyes from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean
    Mafalda Freitas, Pedro Ideia, Manuel Biscoito, Manfred Kaufmann, Ricardo Sousa
    Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 2023
  • On the presence of Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Aristeidae) off the Canary Islands and Madeira (NE Atlantic)
    José A. González, Manuel Biscoito, Pål Buhl-Mortensen
    Crustaceana, 2023
  • Breeding of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis on Selvagem Grande and beneficial effects of removal of invasive mammals
    F. Zino, M. Biscoito, A. Buckle
    ORYX, 2022
  • Benthic community zonation from mesophotic to deep sea: Description of first deep-water kelp forest and coral gardens in the Madeira archipelago (central NE Atlantic)
    Andreia Braga-Henriques, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Erdal Tokat, Ana Martins, Teresa Silva, Joachim Jakobsen, João Canning-Clode, Kirsten Jakobsen, João Delgado, Thibaut Voirand, Manuel Biscoito
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
  • Sharks, rays and chimaeras of the Seine and Unicorn seamounts (NE Atlantic Ocean)
    Mafalda FREITAS, Ricardo SOUSA, Pedro IDEIA, Madalena GASPAR, João DELGADO, Ana Luísa COSTA, Antonina dos SANTOS, Manuel BISCOITO
    Marine Biodiversity Records, 2021
  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic
    Tammy E. Davies, Ana P.B. Carneiro, Marguerite Tarzia, Ewan Wakefield, Janos C. Hennicke, Morten Frederiksen, Erpur Snær Hansen, Bruna Campos, Carolina Hazin, Ben Lascelles, Tycho Anker‐Nilssen, Hólmfríður Arnardóttir, Robert T. Barrett, Manuel Biscoito, Loïc Bollache, Thierry Boulinier, Paulo Catry, Filipe R. Ceia, Olivier Chastel, Signe Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Marta Cruz‐Flores, Jóhannis Danielsen, Francis Daunt, Euan Dunn, Carsten Egevang, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Annette L. Fayet, Jérôme Fort, Robert W. Furness, Olivier Gilg, Jacob González‐Solís, José Pedro Granadeiro, David Grémillet, Tim Guilford, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Michael P. Harris, April Hedd, Nicholas Per Huffeldt, Mark Jessopp, Yann Kolbeinsson, Johannes Krietsch, Johannes Lang, Jannie Fries Linnebjerg, Svein‐Håkon Lorentsen, Jeremy Madeiros, Ellen Magnusdottir, Mark L. Mallory, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Flemming R. Merkel, Teresa Militão, Børge Moe, William A. Montevecchi, Virginia Morera‐Pujol, Anders Mosbech, Verónica Neves, Mark A. Newell, Bergur Olsen, Vitor H. Paiva, Hans‐Ulrich Peter, Aevar Petersen, Richard A. Phillips, Iván Ramírez, Jaime A. Ramos, Raül Ramos, Robert A. Ronconi, Peter G. Ryan, Niels Martin Schmidt, Ingvar A. Sigurðsson, Benoît Sittler, Harald Steen, Iain J. Stenhouse, Hallvard Strøm, Geir H. R. Systad, Paul Thompson, Thorkell L. Thórarinsson, Rob S.A. van Bemmelen, Sarah Wanless, Francis Zino, Maria P. Dias
    Conservation Letters, 2021
  • First report of an association of the deep-water hermit crab parapagurus pilosimanus (decapoda, parapaguridae) and the zoantharian epizoanthus from macaronesia
    José A. González, Manuel Biscoito
    Crustaceana, 2020
  • Abundance and population structure of Plesionika narval (Fabricius, 1787) in the northeastern Atlantic
    R. Sousa, M. R. Pinho, J. Delgado, A. R. Pinto, M. Biscoito, T. Dellinger, P. Henriques
    Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2019
  • Sex with the lights off: Can a morphological structure reveal the sex and functional sexual maturity in the genus Plesionika?
    Raül Triay-Portella, José A. González, Manuel Biscoito, Raquel Ruiz-Diaz, José G. Pajuelo
    Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 2018
  • Gaidropsarus mauli a new species of three-bearded rockling (Gadiformes, Gadidae) from the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and the Biscay Slope (Northeastern Atlantic)
    MANUEL BISCOITO, LUIZ SALDANHA
    Zootaxa, 2018
  • Physiculus sudanensis paulin, 1989, a junior synonym of p. Dalwigki kaup, 1858 (teleostei, gadiformes, moridae), with a redescription of p. Dalwigki
    Cybium, 2018
  • Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes
    MANUEL BISCOITO, CLÁUDIA RIBEIRO, MAFALDA FREITAS
    Zootaxa, 2018
  • Systematic account of new Porifera (Demospongiae) records from the oceanic Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic)
    ROSA PESTANA, CLÁUDIA RIBEIRO, NICOLE BOURY-ESNAULT, MANUEL BISCOITO
    Zootaxa, 2018
  • A new species of Physiculus (Teleostei: Moridae) from the Cape Verde Islands (Eastern Central Atlantic)
    JOSÉ A. GONZÁLEZ, RAÜL TRIAY-PORTELLA, MANUEL BISCOITO
    Zootaxa, 2018
  • It is the time for oceanic seabirds: Tracking year-round distribution of gadfly petrels across the Atlantic Ocean
    Raül Ramos, Nicholas Carlile, Jeremy Madeiros, Iván Ramírez, Vitor H. Paiva, Herculano A. Dinis, Francis Zino, Manuel Biscoito, Gustavo R. Leal, Leandro Bugoni, Patrick G. R. Jodice, Peter G. Ryan, Jacob González‐Solís
    Diversity and Distributions, 2017
  • Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss
    Paul G. Fernandes, Gina M. Ralph, Ana Nieto, Mariana García Criado, Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos, Christos D. Maravelias, Robin M. Cook, Riley A. Pollom, Marcelo Kovačić, David Pollard, Edward D. Farrell, Ann-Britt Florin, Beth A. Polidoro, Julia M. Lawson, Pascal Lorance, Franz Uiblein, Matthew Craig, David J. Allen, Sarah L. Fowler, Rachel H. L. Walls, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, Michael S. Harvey, Manuel Dureuil, Manuel Biscoito, Caroline Pollock, Sophy R. McCully Phillips, Jim R. Ellis, Constantinos Papaconstantinou, Alen Soldo, Çetin Keskin, Steen Wilhelm Knudsen, Luís Gil de Sola, Fabrizio Serena, Bruce B. Collette, Kjell Nedreaas, Emilie Stump, Barry C. Russell, Silvia Garcia, Pedro Afonso, Armelle B. J. Jung, Helena Alvarez, João Delgado, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Kent E. Carpenter
    Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2017
  • Correction: Corrigendum: Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2017), 1, 7, (0170), 10.1038/s41559-017-0170)
    Paul G. Fernandes, Gina M. Ralph, Ana Nieto, Mariana García Criado, Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos, Christos D. Maravelias, Robin M. Cook, Riley A. Pollom, Marcelo Kovačić, David Pollard, Edward D. Farrell, Ann-Britt Florin, Beth A. Polidoro, Julia M. Lawson, Pascal Lorance, Franz Uiblein, Matthew Craig, David J. Allen, Sarah L. Fowler, Rachel H. L. Walls, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, Michael S. Harvey, Manuel Dureuil, Manuel Biscoito, Caroline Pollock, Sophy R. McCully Phillips, Jim R. Ellis, Constantinos Papaconstantinou, Alen Soldo, Çetin Keskin, Steen Wilhelm Knudsen, Luís Gil de Sola, Fabrizio Serena, Bruce B. Collette, Kjell Nedreaas, Emilie Stump, Barry C. Russell, Silvia Garcia, Pedro Afonso, Armelle B. J. Jung, Helena Alvarez, João Delgado, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Kent E. Carpenter
    Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2017
  • Records of some rare deep-sea fishes caught in the Lion, Susan, and Unicorn seamounts, off the archipelago of Madeira (East-central Atlantic)
    João Delgado, Dalila Carvalho, Mafalda Freitas, Manuel Biscoito, Elisabete Gouveia
    Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 2017
  • First records of Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Madeira and north-west African coast
    Mafalda Freitas, Sofia Vieira, Luisa Costa, Joao Delgado, Manuel Biscoito, Jose González
    Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 2017
  • Prospective study of the fishery of the shrimp Plesionika narval (fabricius, 1787) in the Northeastern Atlantic
    R. Sousa, M. R. Pinho, J. Delgado, M. Biscoito, A. R. Pinto, T. Dellinger, L. Gouveia, D. Carvalho, P. Henriques
    Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2017
  • Assemblages of deep-sea fishes on the middle slope off Northwest Africa (26°–33° N, eastern Atlantic)
    J.G. Pajuelo, J. Seoane, M. Biscoito, M. Freitas, J.A. González
    Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 2016
  • Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels
    Raül Ramos, Iván Ramírez, Vitor H. Paiva, Teresa Militão, Manuel Biscoito, Dília Menezes, Richard A. Phillips, Francis Zino, Jacob González-Solís
    Scientific Reports, 2016
  • Larval cestodes infecting the deep-water fish, Cataetyx laticeps (Pisces: Bythitidae) from Madeira Archipelago, Atlantic Ocean
    Graça Costa, Mahnaz Khadem, Thomas Dellinger, Manuel Biscoito, Egberto Melo-Moreira
    Acta Parasitologica, 2016
  • On the presence of trachinus pellegrini (Trachinidae) in the canary and Cape Verde islands (north-eastern Atlantic)
    Cybium, 2016
  • Leapfrog migration and habitat preferences of a small oceanic seabird, Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
    Raül Ramos, Víctor Sanz, Teresa Militão, Joël Bried, Verónica C. Neves, Manuel Biscoito, Richard A. Phillips, Francis Zino, Jacob González‐Solís
    Journal of Biogeography, 2015
  • First record of the deep-Sea stomatopod bathysquilla microps (Manning, 1961) (Stomatopoda, Bathysquillidae) From the eastern atlantic ocean
    José A. González, Manuel Biscoito
    Crustaceana, 2015
  • Sex-structure, depth distribution, intermoult period and reproductive pattern of the deep-sea red crab Chaceon affinis (Brachyura, Geryonidae) in two populations in the north-eastern Atlantic
    Manuel Biscoito, Mafalda Freitas, José G. Pajuelo, Raül Triay-Portella, José I. Santana, Ana L. Costa, João Delgado, José A. González
    Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 2015
  • Ichthyofauna of the Selvagens Islands. Do small coastal areas show high species richness in the northeastern Atlantic?
    Frederico Almada, David Abecasis, David Villegas-Ríos, Sofia Henriques, Miguel P. Pais, Marisa Batista, Bárbara Horta e Costa, Joana Martins, Inês Tojeira, Nuno Vasco Rodrigues, Ricardo Araújo, Miguel Souto, Hany Alonso, Jesús M. Falcón, Filipe Henriques, Paulo Catry, Henrique Cabral, Manuel Biscoito, Vitor C. Almada
    Marine Biology Research, 2015
  • Considerations on the biology of Plesionika narval (Fabricius, 1787) in the northeastern Atlantic
    Ricardo Sousa, Paulo Henriques, Manuel Biscoito, Ana Rita Pinto, João Delgado, et al.
    Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2014
  • New and rare records of teleost fishes from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean)
    Cybium, 2014
  • Sexual parasitism in the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish centrophryne spinulosa regan and trewavas (Lophiiformes: Centrophrynidae)
    Sofia Vieira, Manuel Biscoito, Helena Encarnação, João Delgado, Theodore W. Pietsch
    Copeia, 2013
  • Reproduction and growth of Aphanopus carbo and A. intermedius (Teleostei: Trichiuridae) in the northeastern Atlantic
    J. Delgado, S. Reis, J. A. González, E. Isidro, M. Biscoito, M. Freitas, V. M. Tuset
    Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2013
  • First record of Histiobranchus australis (Regan, 1913) (Synaphobranchidae), from the Azores (northeastern Atlantic Ocean)
    Cybium, 2012
  • Morphological identification of two sympatric species of trichiuridae, aphanopus carbo and A. intermedius, in NE Atlantic
    Cybium, 2011
  • First record of Hydrolagus affinis (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Madeira and the seine seamount (North Atlantic Ocean)
    Jos I. Santana, Manuel Biscoito
    Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 2011
  • The family Moridae (Gadiformes) from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean), with first record of Physiculus cyanostrophus
    Cybium, 2010
  • New records of grey cutthroat, Synaphobranchus Affinis (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae) from the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean
    Armando J. Almeida, Manuel Biscoito, José I. Santana, José A. González
    Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 2010
  • Metal concentrations and metallothionein-like protein levels in deep-sea fishes captured near hydrothermal vents in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge off Azores
    R. Company, H. Felícia, A. Serafim, A.J. Almeida, M. Biscoito, M.J. Bebianno
    Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 2010
  • Biology of the deep-water shrimp heterocarpus ensifer (Caridea: Pandalidae) off the Canary, madeira and the Azores Islands (Northeastern Atlantic)
    Víctor M. Tuset, JoséA. Pérez-Peñalvo, JoséA. González, Mário R. Pinho, João Delgado, Manuel Biscoito, Dalila Carvalho, JoséI. Santana
    Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2009
  • Helminth parasites from the stomach of conger Eel, conger conger, from Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean
    Graça Costa, Maria J. Santos, Luísa Costa, Manuel Biscoito, Miguel A. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho, Egberto Melo-Moreira
    Journal of Parasitology, 2009
  • Basis for a national strategy for integrated coastal zone management - In Portugal
    Fernando Veloso-Gomes, Ana Barroco, Ana Ramos Pereira, Carlos Sousa Reis, Helena Calado, João Gomes Ferreira, Maria Da Conceição Freitas, Manuel Biscoito
    Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2008
  • New data on the family moridae (gadiformes) from the Canary Islands (northeastern Atlantic Ocean), with first record of laemonema robustum
    Cybium, 2008
  • The separation of Pterodroma madeira (Zino's Petrel) from Pterodroma feae (Fea's Petrel) (Aves: Procellariidae)
    FRANCIS ZINO, RUTH BROWN, MANUEL BISCOITO
    Ibis, 2008
  • The coastal fishes of Madeira Island - New records and an annotated check-list
    PETER WIRTZ, RONALD FRICKE, MANUEL JOSÉ BISCOITO
    Zootaxa, 2008
  • Was the removal of rabbits and house mice from Selvagem Grande beneficial to the breeding of Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea borealis?
    F. Zino, M.V. Hounsome, A.P. Buckle, M. Biscoito
    ORYX, 2008
  • New records of Synaphobranchus (Anguilliformes, Synaphobranchidae) from off the Azores (eastern Atlantic Ocean)
    Cybium, 2007
  • Preliminary biological characterization of the Saldanha hydrothermal field at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (36°34′N, 32°26′W, 2200 m)
    Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 2006
  • First record of the deep-sea eel Ilyophis saldanhai (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from the Pacific Ocean
    Cybium, 2005
  • Fish assemblages of Cais do Carvão Bay (Madeira Island) determined by the visual census technique
    C. Ribeiro, A. J. Almeida, R. Araújo, M. Biscoito, M. Freitas
    Journal of Fish Biology, 2005
  • New species of Pachycara zugmayer (Pisces: Zoarcidae) from the Rainbow hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
    Manuel Biscoito, Armando J. Almeida
    Copeia, 2004
  • Fatty acid profiles of deep-sea fishes from the Lucky Strike and Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent fields (Mid-Atlantic ridge)
    Cybium, 2004
  • Helminth parasites of some coastal fishes from Madeira, Portugal
    Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 2003
  • Fishes from the hydrothermal vents and cold seeps - An update
    Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 2002
  • Study of the Saldanha Massif (MAR, 36°34′ N): Constraints from rock magnetic and geophysical data
    J.M. Miranda, P.F. Silva, N. Lourenço, B. Henry, R. Costa, the Saldanha Team
    Marine Geophysical Research, 2002
  • Conservation of Zino's petrel Pterodroma madeira in the archipelago of Madeira
    Francis Zino, Paulo Oliveira, Susan King, Alan Buckle, Manuel Biscoito, H. Costa Neves, Amilcar Vasconcelos
    ORYX, 2001
  • Variations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores plateau
    D. Desbruyères, M. Biscoito, J.-C. Caprais, A. Colaço, T. Comtet, P. Crassous, Y. Fouquet, A. Khripounoff, N. Le Bris, K. Olu, R. Riso, P.-M. Sarradin, M. Segonzac, A. Vangriesheim
    Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 2001
  • A review of the distribution of hydrothermal vent communities along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Dispersal vs. environmental controls
    D. Desbruyères, A. Almeida, M. Biscoito, T. Comtet, A. Khripounoff, N. Le Bris, P. M. Sarradin, M. Segonzac
    Hydrobiologia, 2000
  • Rapid chromosomal evolution in island mice
    Janice Britton-Davidian, Josette Catalan, Maria da Graça Ramalhinho, Guila Ganem, Jean-Christophe Auffray, Ruben Capela, Manuel Biscoito, Jeremy B. Searle, Maria da Luz Mathias
    Nature, 2000
  • Occurrence of Chaceon affinis (Decapoda: Geryonidae) in the vicinity of a hydrothermal vent site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
    Manuel Biscoito, Luiz Saldanha
    Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2000
  • Transatlantic developmental migrations of loggerhead sea turtles demonstrated by mtDNA sequence analysis
    Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal, Helen R. Martins, Thomas Dellinger, Manuel J. Biscoito, Sandra E. Encalada, Brian W. Bowen
    Ecological Applications, 1998
  • Suspected viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) in the inter- tidal fish Mauligobius maderensis from Madeira, Portugal
    J.C. Eiras, G. Costa, M. Biscoito, A.J. Davies
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1996
  • Global baseline pollution studies IX: C6 - C14 organochlorine compounds in surface-water and deep-sea fish from the Eastern North Atlantic
    W. Krämer, H. Buchert, U. Reuter, M. Biscoito, D.G. Maul, G.Le Grand, K. Ballschmiter
    Chemosphere, 1984

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Plastic ingestion by Cory's and Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris spp.) from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
    JA van Franeker, E Soldaat, J Bried, J González-Solís, F Zino, M Biscoito, ...
    Marine Pollution Bulletin 223, 119008 , 2026
    2026
  • On a new specimen of the rare deep-sea species Aulastomatomorpha phospherops (Teleostei, Alepocephalidae) from the Arabian Sea
    M Biscoito, J Reading, J Maclaine
    CYBIUM 49 (3) , 2025
    2025
  • Genetic Identity of the Red-Legged Partridge ( Alectoris rufa , Phasianidae) from the Island of Madeira
    M Guerrini, HM Berg, S Frahnert, M Biscoito, F Barbanera
    Birds 6 (4), 59 , 2025
    2025
  • Occurrence of the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 (Poeciliidae, Cyprinodontiformes) in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)
    I Órfão, LP da Silva, D Girão, P Raposeiro, J Jesus, M Biscoito, ...
    BioInvasions Records 14 (3), 641-651 , 2025
    2025
  • Range extension and first mtDNA data for the living relict Tesseropora atlantica (Cirripedia, Tetraclitidae) in the Canary Islands
    JA Cuesta, JA González, R Ramírez, R Araújo, M Biscoito
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 105, e94 , 2025
    2025
  • First record of Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)(Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Balistidae) from the island of Madeira (NE Atlantic Ocean)
    M Biscoito, J Delgado
    Bocagiana , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • A pioneering longterm experiment on mesophotic macrofouling communities in the North Atlantic
    J Canning-Clode, F Gizzi, A Braga-Henriques, P Ramalhosa, P Abreu, ...
    Communications Biology 7 (1), 1618 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • 2024 COVER/TECHNICAL INFORMATION/INDEX
    M Biscoito, AM Aguiar, R Araújo, F Zino
    Boletim do Museu de História Natural do Funchal , 2024
    2024
  • A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity
    A Hochkirch, M Bilz, CC Ferreira, A Danielczak, D Allen, A Nieto, ...
    PLoS One 18 (11), e0293083 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 111
  • On the presence of Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Aristeidae) off the Canary Islands and Madeira (NE Atlantic)
    JA González, M Biscoito, P Buhl-Mortensen
    Crustaceana 96 (9), 931-938 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • A holistic and comprehensive data approach validates the distribution of the critically endangered flapper skate ( Dipturus intermedius )
    A Garbett, SL Loca, T Barreau, M Biscoito, C Bradley, J Breen, M Clarke, ...
    Journal of Fish Biology 103 (3), 516-528 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Biological features of nine deep-water fishes from the midslope of the Northwest African coast
    R Triay-Portella, JA González, JM Lorenzo, M Biscoito, JG Pajuelo
    Regional Studies in Marine Science 62, 102951 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
    BL Clark, APB Carneiro, EJ Pearmain, MM Rouyer, TA Clay, W Cowger, ...
    Nature Communications 14 (1), 3665 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 104
  • Length-weight relationships for eight Chondrichthyes from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean
    M Freitas, P Ideia, M Biscoito, M Kaufmann, R Sousa
    Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 49 (1), 87-90 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
    山本誉士
    Nature Communications , 2023
    2023
  • On the presence of Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Aristeidae) off the Canary Islands and Madeira (NE Atlantic)
    JA González Pérez, M Biscoito, P Buhl-Mortensen
    Crustaceana (Leiden. Print) , 2023
    2023
  • Proyecto MARPROF publica recetarios de cocina innovadores y multidisciplinarios. Primer resultado: Premio Gourmand 2013
    JA González Pérez, M Freitas, J Delgado, E Isidro, JI Santana, M Biscoito
    B3M. Boletín Marino Marítimo Macaronésico , 2023
    2023
  • Breeding of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis on Selvagem Grande and beneficial effects of removal of invasive mammals
    F Zino, M Biscoito, A Buckle
    Oryx 56 (6), 927-934 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Benthic community zonation from mesophotic to deep sea: Description of first deep-water kelp forest and coral gardens in the Madeira archipelago (central NE Atlantic)
    A Braga-Henriques, P Buhl-Mortensen, E Tokat, A Martins, T Silva, ...
    Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 973364 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 25
  • Author correction: Birds of the archipelagos of Madeira and the Selvagens. III. New records and checklist update (1995-2020)
    C Correia-Fagundes, H Romano, FJA Zino, M Biscoito
    Boletim do Museu de História Natural do Funchal , 2022
    2022

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Transatlantic developmental migrations of loggerhead sea turtles demonstrated by mtDNA sequence analysis
    AB Bolten, KA Bjorndal, HR Martins, T Dellinger, MJ Biscoito, ...
    Ecological Applications 8 (1), 1-7 , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 457
  • Variations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores plateau
    D Desbruyères, M Biscoito, JC Caprais, A Colaço, T Comtet, P Crassous, ...
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 48 (5), 1325-1346 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 375
  • A review of the distribution of hydrothermal vent communities along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: dispersal vs. environmental controls
    D Desbruyères, A Almeida, M Biscoito, T Comtet, A Khripounoff, N Le Bris, ...
    Hydrobiologia 440 (1), 201-216 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 279
  • Rapid chromosomal evolution in island mice
    J Britton-Davidian, J Catalan, M da Graça Ramalhinho, G Ganem, ...
    Nature 403 (6766), 158-158 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 211
  • European Red List of marine fishes
    A Nieto, GM Ralph, M Comeros-Raynal, J Kemp, M García Criado, ...
    Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 155
  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic
    TE Davies, APB Carneiro, M Tarzia, E Wakefield, JC Hennicke, ...
    Conservation letters 14 (5), e12824 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 126
  • The coastal fishes of Madeira Island-new records and an annotated check-list
    P Wirtz, R Fricke, MJ Biscoito
    Zootaxa 1715 (1), 1-26 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 126
  • Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss
    PG Fernandes, GM Ralph, A Nieto, M García Criado, P Vasilakopoulos, ...
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (7), 0170 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 125
  • A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity
    A Hochkirch, M Bilz, CC Ferreira, A Danielczak, D Allen, A Nieto, ...
    PLoS One 18 (11), e0293083 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 111
  • Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
    BL Clark, APB Carneiro, EJ Pearmain, MM Rouyer, TA Clay, W Cowger, ...
    Nature Communications 14 (1), 3665 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 104
  • Leapfrog migration and habitat preferences of a small oceanic seabird, Bulwer's petrel ( Bulweria bulwerii )
    R Ramos, V Sanz, T Militão, J Bried, VC Neves, M Biscoito, RA Phillips, ...
    Journal of Biogeography 42 (9), 1651-1664 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 68
  • It is the time for oceanic seabirds: Tracking year‐round distribution of gadfly petrels across the Atlantic Ocean
    R Ramos, N Carlile, J Madeiros, I Ramírez, VH Paiva, HA Dinis, F Zino, ...
    Diversity and Distributions 23 (7), 794-805 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 60
  • Discovery of the Saldanha hydrothermal field on the FAMOUS segment of the MAR (36 30′ N)
    F Barriga, Y Fouquet, A Almeida, M Biscoito, JL Charlou, RLP Costa, ...
    Eos Trans. AGU 79 (45) , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 50
  • An account of the shrimps of the family Pandalidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) in Madeiran waters
    MJ Biscoito
    Courier Forschunginstitut Senckenberg 159, 321-325 , 1993
    1993
    Citations: 49
  • Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels
    R Ramos, I Ramírez, VH Paiva, T Militão, M Biscoito, D Menezes, ...
    Scientific Reports 6 (1), 23447 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 47
  • Breeding seabirds in the Madeira archipelago
    FJ Zino, M Biscoito
    BirdLife Conservation Series , 1994
    1994
    Citations: 47
  • Metal compartmentalization and metallothionein isoforms in mussels from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; preliminary approach to the fluid-organism relationship
    F Geret, N Rousse, R Riso, PM Sarradin, RP Cosson, M Biscoito, C Cary, ...
    Cah. Biol. Mar 39, 291-293 , 1998
    1998
    Citations: 45
  • Fishes from the hydrothermal vents and cold seeps-An update
    M Biscoito, M Segonzac, A Almeida, D Desbruyeres, P Geistdoerfer, ...
    CBM-Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43 (3-4), 359-362 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 43
  • The separation of Pterodroma madeira (Zino's Petrel) from Pterodroma feae (Fea's Petrel) (Aves: Procellariidae)
    F Zino, R Brown, M Biscoito
    Ibis 150 (2), 326-334 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 42
  • Conservation of Zino's petrel Pterodroma madeira in the archipelago of Madeira
    F Zino, P Oliveira, S King, A Buckle, M Biscoito, HC Neves, A Vasconcelos
    Oryx 35 (2), 128-136 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 39