Originally from Mozambique, Kátya is an aquatic ecologist with experience working in rivers and estuaries of Australia, East Africa and the Pacific Islands. Her research is mostly related to the identification and quantification of impacts of different human activities (e.g. urbanization, deforestation, flow regulation, agriculture, introduction of exotic species) on the aquatic ecology. She also works on animal movement, particularly in questions related to migration patterns and habitat use of bony fish and sharks; to the identification of critical habitats for fisheries species so that the best habitats to protect, preserve or restore can be identified; and to the development of fisheries best practices.

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Environmental management (4104)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Fisheries - wild caught (1003)

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Journal Articles

• Sheaves M, Mattone C, Barnett A, Abrantes K, Bradley M, Sheaves A, Sheaves J and Waltham N (in press) Whale sharks as oceanic nurseries for Golden Trevally. Pacific Conservation Biology, 23004.
• Andrzejaczek S, Lucas T, Goodman M, Hussey N, Armstrong A, Carlisle A, Coffey D, Gleiss A, Huveneers C, Jacoby D, Meekan M, Mourier J, Peel L, dos Santos Abrantes K, Afonso A, Ajemian M, Anderson B, Anderson S, Araujo G, Armstrong A, Bach P, Barnett A, Bennett M, Bezerra N, Bonfil R, Boustany A, Bowlby H, Branco I, Braun C, Brooks E, Brown J, Burke P, Butcher P, Castleton M, Chapple T, Chateau O, Clarke M, Coelho R, Cortes E, Couturier L, Cowley P, Croll D, Cuevas J, Curtis T, Dagorn L, Dale J, Daly R, Dewar H, Doherty P, Domingo A, Dove A, Drew M, Dudgeon C, Duffy C, Elliott R, Ellis J, Erdmann M, Farrugia T, Ferreira L, Ferretti F, Filmalter J, Finucci B, Fischer C, Fitzpatrick R, Forget F, Forsberg K, Francis M, Franks B, Gallagher A, Galvan-Magana F, Garcia M, Gaston T, Gillanders B, Gollock M, Green J, Green S, Griffiths C, Hammerschlag N, Hasan A, Hawkes L, Hazin F, Heard M, Hearn A, Hedges K, Henderson S, Holdsworth J, Holland K, Howey L, Hueter R, Humphries N, Hutchinson M, Jaine F, Jorgensen S, Kanive P, Labaja J, Lana F, Lassauce H, Lipscombe R, Llewellyn F, Macena B, Mambrasar R, McAllister J, Phillips S, McGregor F, McMillan M, McNaughton L, Mendonca S, Meyer C, Meyers M, Mohan J, Montgomery J, Mucientes G, Musyl M, Nasby-Lucas N, Natanson L, O'Sullivan J, Oliveira P, Papastamtiou Y, Patterson T, Pierce S, Queiroz N, Radford C, Richardson A, Richardson A, Righton D, Rohner C, Royer M, Saunders R, Schaber M, Schallert R, Scholl M, Seitz A, Semmens J, Setyawan E, Shea B, Shidqi R, Shillinger G, Shipley O, Shivji M, Sianipar A, Silva J, Sims D, Skomal G, Sousa L, Southall E, Spaet J, Stehfest K, Stevens G, Stewart J, Sulikowski J, Syakurachman I, Thorrold S, Thums M, Tickler D, Tolloti M, Townsend K, Travassos P, Tyminski J, Vaudo J, Veras D, Wantiez L, Weber S, Wells R, Weng K, Wetherbee B, Williamson J, Witt M, Wright S, Zilliacus K, Block B and Curnick D (2022) Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology. Science Advances, 8 (33).
• Barnett A, Fitzpatrick R, Bradley M, Miller I, Sheaves M, Chin A, Smith B, Diedrich A, Yick J, Lubitz N, Crook K, Mattone C, Bennett M, Wojtach L and Abrantes K (2022) Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites. People and Nature, 4 (4). pp. 963-982
• Womersley F, Humphries N, Queiroz N, Vedor M, da Costa I, Furtado M, Tyminski J, Abrantes K, Araujo G, Bach S, Barnett A, Berumen M, Bessudo Lion S, Braun C, Clingham E, Cochran J, de la Parra R, Diamant S, Dove A, Dudgeon C, Erdmann M, Espinoza E, Fitzpatrick R, Cano J, Green J, Guzman H, Hardenstine R, Hasan A, Hazin F, Hearn A, Hueter R, Jaidah M, Labaja J, Ladino F, Macena B, Morris J, Norman B, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Pierce S, Quintero L, Ramírez-Macías D, Reynolds S, Richardson A, Robinson D, Rohner C, Rowat D, Sheaves M, Shivji M, Sianipar A, Skomal G, Soler G, Syakurachman I, Thorrold S, Webb D, Wetherbee B, White T, Clavelle T, Kroodsma D, Thums M, Ferreira L, Meekan M, Arrowsmith L, Lester E, Meyers M, Peel L, Sequeira A, Eguiluz V, Duarte C and Sims D (2022) Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (20).
• Queiroz N, Humphries N, Couto A, Vedor M, da Costa I, Sequeira A, Mucientes G, Santos A, Abascal F, Abercrombie D, Abrantes K, Acuña-Marrero D, Afonso A, Afonso P, Anders D, Araujo G, Arauz R, Bach P, Barnett A, Bernal D, Berumen M, Bessudo Lion S, Bezerra N, Blaison A, Block B, Bond M, Bonfil R, Bradford R, Braun C, Brooks E, Brooks A, Brown J, Bruce B, Byrne M, Campana S, Carlisle A, Chapman D, Chapple T, Chisholm J, Clarke C, Clua E, Cochran J, Crochelet E, Dagorn L, Daly R, Cortés D, Doyle T, Drew M, Duffy C, Erikson T, Espinoza E, Ferreira L, Ferretti F, Filmalter J, Fischer G, Fitzpatrick R, Fontes J, Forget F, Fowler M, Francis M, Gallagher A, Gennari E, Goldsworthy S, Gollock M, Green J, Gustafson J, Guttridge T, Guzman H, Hammerschlag N, Harman L, Hazin F, Heard M, Hearn A, Holdsworth J, Holmes B, Howey L, Hoyos M, Hueter R, Hussey N, Huveneers C, Irion D, Jacoby D, Jewell O, Johnson R, Jordan L, Joyce W, Keating Daly C, Ketchum J, Klimley A, Kock A, Koen P, Ladino F, Lana F, Lea J, Llewellyn F, Lyon W, MacDonnell A, Macena B, Marshall H, McAllister J, Meÿer M, Morris J, Nelson E, Papastamatiou Y, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Pierce S, Quintero L, Richardson A, Rogers P, Rohner C, Rowat D, Samoilys M, Semmens J, Sheaves M, Shillinger G, Shivji M, Singh S, Skomal G, Smale M, Snyders L, Soler G, Soria M, Stehfest K, Thorrold S, Tolotti M, Towner A, Travassos P, Tyminski J, Vandeperre F, Vaudo J, Watanabe Y, Weber S, Wetherbee B, White T, Williams S, Zárate P, Harcourt R, Hays G, Meekan M, Thums M, Irigoien X, Eguiluz V, Duarte C, Sousa L, Simpson S, Southall E and Sims D (2021) Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone. Nature, 595 (7866). pp. E8-E16
• Armstrong A, Armstrong A, Bennett M, McGregor F, Abrantes K, Barnett A, Richardson A, Townsend K and Dudgeon C (2020) The geographic distribution of reef and oceanic manta rays (Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris) in Australian coastal waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 96 (3). pp. 835-840
• Baker R, Abrantes K and Feller I (2020) Stable isotopes suggest limited role of wetland macrophyte production supporting aquatic food webs across a mangrove-salt marsh ecotone. Estuaries and Coasts, 2021.
• Sheaves M, Abrantes K, Barnett A, Benham C, Dale P, Mattone C, Sheaves A, Waltham N and Bradley M (2020) The consequences of paradigm change and poorly validated science: the example of the value of mangroves to fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (5). pp. 1067-1075
• Abrantes K, Sheaves M and Fries J (2019) Estimating the value of tropical coastal wetland habitats to fisheries: caveats and assumptions. PLoS ONE, 14 (4).
• Baker R, Barnett A, Bradley M, Abrantes K and Sheaves M (2019) Contrasting seascape use by a coastal fish assemblage: a multi-method approach. Estuaries and Coasts, 42 (1). pp. 292-307
• Barnett A, McAllister J, Semmens J, Abrantes K, Sheaves M and Awruch C (2019) Identification of essential habitats: including chimaeras into current shark protected areas. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 29 (6). pp. 865-880
• Crook K, Barnett A, Sheaves M and Abrantes K (2019) Effects of lipid and urea extraction on stable isotope values (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) of two batoids: a call for more species-specific investigations. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 17 (11). pp. 565-574

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• Marine megafauna movement ecology in a changing environment (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Assessing the functional roles of rays in coastal sandflats (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Biodiversity beyond species census: assessing organisms' traits and functional attributes using computer vision (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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