Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, most recent first.

2026

Land-use transitions and carbon emissions of aquaculture expansion in the Brazilian Amazon.
Pacheco et al (2026). Science Advances 12:eaec5472
Greenhouse gas flux response in biochar- and compost-amended lawn soils under simulated water saturation conditions.
Salinas et al (2026). CLEAN Soil Air Water 54:e70254
Limited impact of solar energy expansion on agricultural production and crop prices in the United States.
Dumortier and Almeida (2026). Land Use Policy 168:108093
Agrivoltaic shading reduces soil greenhouse gas fluxes in a semi-arid vineyard.
Gomes da Silva et al (2026). Environmental Research Communications 8:061006
Applications of machine learning in enhancing evaporation estimation for small reservoirs: a case study in semi-arid South Texas.
Abdullah et al (2026). Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 12:146
Low methane emissions from nutrient-rich former river channels in a hydrologically managed dryland delta.
Stassi et al (2026). Limnology & Oceanography Letters 11:e70131
Geospatial assessment of agrivoltaic opportunities and land use requirements in Nigeria.
Babarinde et al (2026). Scientific Reports 16:19175

2025

A baseline for assessing the ecological integrity of Western Amazon rivers.
Anderson et al (2025). Communications Earth & Environment 6:623
Towards sustainable aquaculture in the Amazon.
Pacheco et al (2025). Nature Sustainability 8:234-244
Low carbon footprint of Nile tilapia farming with recirculation aquaculture.
Melo Junior AM et al (2025). Resources, Conservation and Recycling 217:108201

2024

Effects of floating solar photovoltaics on aquatic organisms: a review.
Oliveira PMB, Almeida RM, Cardoso SJ (2024). Hydrobiologia
Offsetting the greenhouse footprint of hydropower with floating solar photovoltaics.
Almeida RM et al (2024). Nature Sustainability 7:1102-1106
Robust hydropower planning balances energy generation, carbon emissions and sediment connectivity in the Mekong River basin.
Tangi M et al (2024). Earth’s Future 12:e2023EF003647
Year-round CO2 emissions from the drawdown areas of a tropical reservoir: Strong seasonal and spatial variation.
Barbosa I et al (2024). Geoderma 445:116891
Scaling up Pareto optimization for tree structures with affine transformations: Evaluating hybrid floating solar-hydropower systems in the Amazon.
Grimson M, Almeida RM et al (2024). Proceedings of the AAAI Conference in Artificial Intelligence 38(2):22067-22075

2023

Widespread dominance of methane ebullition over diffusion in freshwater aquaculture ponds.
Vroom R et al (2023). Frontiers in Water 5:1256799
Nutritional challenges of substituting farmed animals for wild fish in human diets.
Heilpern S, Almeida RM et al (2023). Environmental Research Letters 18:114030
Observed impacts of large wind farms on grassland carbon cycling.
Wu D et al (2023). Science Bulletin 68:2889-2892
Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980.
Fleischmann AS et al (2023). Environmental Research Letters 18:034024
Balancing renewable energy and river resources by moving from individual assessments of hydropower projects to energy system planning.
Opperman JJ et al (2023). Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:1036653

2022

Floating solar power could help fight climate change.
Almeida RM et al (2022). Nature 606:246-249
Strategic planning of hydropower development: balancing benefits and socioenvironmental costs.
Almeida RM et al (2022). Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 56:101175
Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion.
Flecker AS, Shi Q, Almeida RM et al (2022). Science 375:6582

2021

Climate change may impair electricity generation and economic viability of future Amazon hydropower.
Almeida RM et al (2021). Global Environmental Change 71:102383
Sublethal effects of environmental concentrations of caffeine on a Neotropical freshwater fish.
Santos JA et al (2021). Ecotoxicology 31:161-167

2020

Hotspots of diffusive CO2 and CH4 emission from reservoirs shift through time.
Paranaíba JR et al (2020). Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126, e2020JG006014
Hydropeaking operations of two run-of-river mega-dams alter downstream hydrology of the largest Amazon tributary.
Almeida RM, et al (2020). Frontiers in Environmental Science 6:120
On the brink of isolation: Population estimates of the Araguaian river dolphin in a human-impacted region in Brazil.
Paschoalini M, Almeida RM et al (2020). PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231224
Sediment drying-rewetting cycles enhance greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient and trace element release, and promote water cytogenotoxicity.
Paranaíba JR et al (2020). PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231082
Editorial: Freshwater sustainability and aquatic ecology in a fast-changing world.
Amado AM, Almeida RM et al (2020). Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia 32:e100
Not all viruses in nature are human enemies: A perspective on aquatic virus ecology in Brazil.
Junger PJ, Almeida RM et al (2020). Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia 32:e105

2019

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning.
Almeida RM et al (2019). Nature Communications 10:4281
Limnological effects of a large Amazonian run-of-river dam on the main river and drowned tributary valleys.
Almeida RM et al (2019). Scientific Reports 9:16846
Carbon dioxide emission from drawdown areas of a Brazilian reservoir is linked to surrounding land cover.
Almeida RM et al (2019). Aquatic Sciences 81:68
Plankton community interactions in an Amazonian floodplain lake, from bacteria to zooplankton.
Feitosa IB et al (2019). Hydrobiologia
Far-reaching cytogenotoxic effects of mine waste from the Fundão dam disaster in Brazil.
Quadra G et al (2019). Chemosphere 215:753-757

2018

High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent.
Almeida RM et al (2018). Biology Letters 14(10):20180526
Spatially resolved measurements of CO2 and CH4 concentration and gas-exchange velocity highly influence carbon-emission estimates of reservoirs.
Paranaíba JR et al (2018). Environmental Science & Technology 52(2):607-615

2017

Extreme floods increase CO2 outgassing from a large Amazonian river.
Almeida RM et al (2017). Limnology & Oceanography 62(3):989-999

2016

Brazil’s Amazon conservation in peril.
Almeida RM et al (2016). Science 353(6296):228-229
High primary production contrasts with intense carbon emission in a eutrophic tropical reservoir.
Almeida RM et al (2016). Frontiers in Microbiology 7 Article 717

2015

Viruses and bacteria in floodplain lakes along a major Amazon tributary respond to distance to the Amazon River.
Almeida RM et al (2015). Frontiers in Microbiology 6 Article 158
Phosphorus transport by the largest Amazon tributary (Madeira River, Brazil) and its sensitivity to precipitation and damming.
Almeida RM et al (2015). Inland Waters 5(3):275-282

2013

Emissions from Amazonian dams.
Almeida RM et al (2013). Nature Climate Change 3(12):1005
Addressing key ecological questions to support policy making in Brazil.
Almeida RM et al (2013). Brazilian Journal of Biology 73(2):455-456