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D Supervisors: Dr L Moller & Dr E Secchi (University of Rio Grande, Brazil).
My general research interest is focused on population ecology of cetaceans and their interaction with human activities. I have special curiosity in understanding the population dynamics of coastal dolphins and how human activities affect their viability. During my professional carrier I have participated of long-term monitoring projects aiming to investigate habitat use and social structure of whales and dolphins, tracking population trajectories through successive estimations of demographic parameters and understanding how populations are biologically connected. Specifically, I’ve dedicated the last 10 years of my life towards the conservation efforts of a small resident population of bottlenose dolphin seriously affected by fisheries in southern Brazil. I have good experience with photo-identification and biopsy sampling, beach surveys and necropsies. My PhD project aim to identify the stock structure of common bottlenose dolphin along the coast of southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina by DNA analysis and to assess their conservation status through a population viability analysis under different scenarios of incidental catches, taking into account environmental stochasticity and uncertainty in parameters estimates.
Carrer History
Member of the Marine Mammals Lab of Museu Oceanográfico “Prof. Eliézer de C. Rios”, southern Brazil, since 2002. Graduated in Biological Sciences at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, southern Brazil, in 2004. Master’s degree in Biological Oceanography obtained in 2008 at Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), southern Brazil, under the supervision of Dr. Paul G. Kinas. Currently, PhD candidate in Biological Oceanography at the Federal University of Rio Grande and Flinders University, under the supervision of Dr Eduardo Secchi and Dr Luciana Moller. Research participation projects: Bottlenose dolphins in southern Brazil; Humpback whales in Gerlage Strait; The critically endangered humpback dolphins from Eastern Taiwan Strait).
– Mattos, P.H., Dalla Rosa, L. and Fruet, P.F. 2007. Activity budgets and distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 6: 161-169.
– Fruet, P.F., Secchi, E.R., Di Tullio, J.C. and Kinas, P.G. 2011. Abundance of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae), inhabiting the Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil: implications for conservation. Zoologia 28: 23-30.
– Fruet, P.F., Kinas, P.G., da Silva, K.G., Di Tullio, J.C., Monteiro, D.S., Dalla Rosa, L., Estima, S.C. and Secchi, E.R. (In press) Temporal trends in mortality and effects of bycatch in common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in southern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.
– Wang, J.Y, Yang, S.C., Fruet, P.F. and Secchi, E.R. In review. Mark-recapture analysis of the critically endangered eastern Taiwan Strait population of indo-pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis): implications for conservation. Bulletin of Marine Science.
– Di Tullio, J.C., Fruet, P.F. and Secchi, E.R. In review. Habitat use of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in a subtropical estuary and adjacent coastal waters in southern Brazil. Endangered Species Research.
– Laporta, P., Fruet, P.F and Secchi, E.R. In review. First abundance estimation of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) (Cetacea, Delphinidae) off Atlantic Uruguayan coast. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals.
– Fruet, P.F., Dalla Rosa, L., Valiati, V.H. and Freitas, T.R.O. In review. Assessing behavioral responses of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to biopsy sampling in southern Brazil. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals
Book Chapters
– Caon, C.; Moreira, M.B.; Hoffmann, L.S.; Di Tullio, J.C.; Valdez, F.P.; Fruet, P.F.; Freitas, T.R.O. 2009. Os mamíferos. In: Hazin, F.; Oliveira, J.L.; Campos, T.; Soares, J.; Macedo, S.; Freitas, J.C.; Mendes, L.; Moraes, F. (Org.). O Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo: 10 anos de Estação Científica. 1 ed. Brasília: SECIRM – Comissão Interministerial dos Recursos do Mar.
– Secchi, E.R., Fruet, P.F.; Di Tullio, J. 2011. Cetáceos. In: Danilo Calazans. (Org.). Estudos oceanográficos: do instrumental ao prático. Pelotas. Pp: 338-367.
Scientific Reports
– Fruet, P.F., Laporta, P. and Flores, P.A. In review. Report on the working group on population parameters and demography of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals.
– Fruet, P.F., Zappes, C.A., Bisi, T., Simões-Lopes, P.C., Laporta, P., Loureiro, J.D. and Flores, P.A.C. In review. Report of the working group on interactions between humans and Tursiops truncatus in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals.
– Ott, P.H., Barreto, A., Siciliano, S., Laporta, P., Domit, C., Fruet, P.F., Dalla Rosa, L., Santos, M.C.O., Meirelles, A.C., Marchesi, M.C., Botta, S., Oliveira, L.R., Moreno, I., Wickert, J., Vermeulen, E., Hoffmann, L.S., Baracho, C. and Simões-Lopes, P.C. In review. Report of the working group on systematics, taxonomy and stock identity of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals.
– Domit, C., Laporta, P., Zappes, C., Fruet, P.F., Lodi, L. Hoffmann, L.S., Genoves, R.C. and Azevedo, A. In review. Report of the working group on the bevavioral ecology of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals.
– Laporta, P., Fruet, P.F., Sicilinano, S., Flores, P.A. and Loureiro, J.D. In review. Report of the working group of biology and ecology of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals
