In-water and dry-dock hull fouling assessments reveal high risk for regional translocation of nonindigenous species in the southwestern Atlantic.

Meloni, M., Correa, N., Pitombo, F. B., Chiesa, I. L., Doti, B., Elías, R., Genzano, G., Giachetti, C. B., Giménez, D., López-Gappa, J., Pastor, C., Wandeness, A. P., Ramírez, F. C., Roccatagliata, D., Schulze-Sylvester, M., Tatián, M., Zelaya, D. G., Sylvester, F., (2020). Hydrobiologia 848(9), 1981-1996. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. English language

A cryptic invasion in the Western Atlantic: presence of the fouling barnacle Megabalanus zebra (Darwin, 1854) (Crustacea, Cirripedia) in the Caribbean Sea.

Pitombo, F. B., Gobin, J., Abreu, N. M. N., Jute, A., (2017). Zootaxa 4237(1), 131-153. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand. English language

Exotic species dominate marinas between the two most populated regions in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

Oricchio, F. T., Marques, A. C., Hajdu, E., Pitombo, F. B., Azevedo, F., Passos, F. D., Vieira, L. M., Stampar, S. N., Rocha, R. M., Dias, G. M., (2019). Marine Pollution Bulletin 146, 884-892. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

Microsatellite markers for barnacle studies: isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from the invasive barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) and its cross-amplification in the Southern Atlantic endemic species Megabalanus vesiculosus (Darwin, 1854).

Abreu, N. M. N., Marçal, I., Duarte, A. B., Pitombo, F. B., Vilasboa, A., Gusmão, J., (2016). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 66, 224-228. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

A tale of three seas: consistency of natural history traits in a Caribbean-Atlantic barnacle introduced to Hawaii.

Zabin, C. J., Zardus, J., Pitombo, F. B., Fread, V., Hadfield, M. G., (2007). Biological Invasions 9, 523-544. English language

Use of artificial substrata by introduced and cryptogenic marine species in Paranaguá Bay, southern Brazil.

Neves, C. S., Rocha, R. M., Pitombo, F. B., Roper, J. J., (2007). Biofouling 23(5/6), 319-330. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK. English language

A tale of three seas: consistency of natural history traits in a Caribbean-Atlantic barnacle introduced to Hawaii.

Zabin, C. J., Zardus, J., Pitombo, F. B., Fread, V., Hadfield, M. G., (2007). Biological Invasions 9(5), 523-544. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. English language