PJ Haubrock, M Novello, NA Abreo, D Błońska, ACS Franco, I Soto, G Castaldelli, S Katsanevakis, A Kouba, P Balzani, I Kurtul, AS Tarkan, E Briski, R Britton (2025) A Global Account of Established Non-Native Fish Species. Global Change Biology 31: e70451. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70451

RL Macedo, ACS Franco. (2025). Nuanced effects of organic matter on native phytoplankton and non-native Ceratium: case study re-analyzing field data using non-linear thresholds. Limnologica: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2025.126265

G Klippel, ACS Franco, RL Macêdo, PJ Haubrock, ML Lorini, LN Santos. (2024). Future invasion risk assessment of the peacock bass in Neotropical ecoregions: A conceptual and testable model. Global Ecology and Conservation 55: e03227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03227

G Guedes, ACS Franco, LN Santos, AFGN Santos, FG Araújo. (2024). Cannibalism facilitates and sustains the invasion of top-predator fish (Cichlidae:Cichliformes) in human-modified ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 69: 1001-1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14261

ACS Franco, AC Petry, E García-Berthou, LN Santos. (2024). The effect of shoreline hábitats on native and non-native fish species in a set of Neotropical reservoirs. Hydrobiologia 851: 4213-4229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05576-5

TC Fernandez, NV Freret-Meurer, ACS Franco, AA Bertoncini, LN Santos. (2024). Do longsnout seahorses Hippocampus reidi (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) have a holdfast preference? Neotropical Ichthyology 22. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0074

MRC Gaspar, AA Agostinho, PA Catelani, R Fernandes, ACS Franco, JLC Novaes, D Peretti, AC Petry, FM Pelicice. (2024). Phenotypic and behavioral variation as a mechanism behind the invasive potential of a predatory neotropical fish. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05663-7

PJ Haubrock, I Kurtul, RL Macêdo, S Mammola, ACS Franco, IS Almena. (2024). Competency in invasion science: addressing stagnation challenges by promoting innovation and creative thinking. Environmental Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02035-8

RL Macêdo, G Klippel, DP Silva, PJ Haubrock, B Vilela, S Mammola, O Rocha, ACS Franco. (2024). Intercontinental invasion dynamics of Cercopagis pengoi, an IUCN-listed planktonic invasive species. Regional Environmental Change 24, 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02244-1

IS Almena, P Balzani, L Carneiro, ..., A Ricciardi, D Simberloff, C Bradshaw, PJ Haubrock. (2024). Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13071

ACS Franco, ..., JRS Vitule. (2024). Dataset of the impacts of invasive alien species in Brazil. Ecological Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12452

F Nobrega, LN Santos, ACS Franco, F Salgueiro. (2023). Molecular analyses unveil colouration patterns to detect hybridization between two of the most invasive peacock bass species (Cichliformes: Cichlidae). Biological Invasions 25, 2873–2890. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03078-4

VB Bettcher, ACS Franco, LN Santos (2023). Habitat-use of the vulnerable Atlantic Nurse Shark: a review. PeerJ 11, e15540. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15540

FM Pelicice, ..., JRS Vitule (2023). Unintended consequences of valuing the contributions of non-native species: misguided conservation initiatives in a megadiverse region. Biodiversity & Conservation 32, 3915–3938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02666-z

BE Soares, ACS Franco, JS Leal, RGS Lima, K Baker, M Griffiths (2023). Decolonising ecological research: A generative discussion between Global North geographers and Global South field ecologists. Area 55, 550-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12901

JS Souza, ACS Franco, MR Tavares, TFR Guimarães, LN Santos (2023). Shipping traffic, salinity and temperature shape non-native fish richness in estuaries worldwide. Science of the Total Environment 908, 168218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168218

ACS Franco, ..., JRS Vitule (2023). Tilapia venturing into high-salinity environments: A cause for concern? Aquatic Ecology 58, 47–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-023-10069-z

ACS Franco, AC Petry, E García-Berthou, LN dos Santos. (2022). Invasive peacock basses (Cichla spp.) and decreased abundance of small-sized native fishes in Brazilian reservoirs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32: 1852-1866. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3874

RL Macêdo, ACS Franco, B Kozlowsky-Suzuki, S Mammola, T Dalu, O Rocha. (2022). The global social-economic dimension of biological invasions by plankton: Grossly underestimated costs but a rising concern for water quality benefits? Water Research 222: 118918. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118918

ACS Franco, AC Petry, MR Tavares, TFR Guimarães, LN dos Santos. (2022). Global distribution of the South American peacock basses Cichla spp. follows human interference. Fish and Fisheries 23: 407-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12624

ACS Franco, FG Araújo, AFGN dos Santos, M Andrade-Tubino, LN dos Santos. (2022). From meso to hyperhaline: the importance of Neotropical coastal lagoons in supporting the functional fish diversity at regional scale. Hydrobiologia 849: 4101–4118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04683-x

L Tonella et al. (2022). NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES: A dataset of occurrence and abundance of freshwater fishes in the Neotropics. Ecology 104: e3713. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3713

ACS Franco, ML Lorini, EMC Minsky, MSL Figueiredo, LN dos Santos. (2022). Far beyond the Amazon: global distribution, environmental suitability, and invasive potential of the two most introduced peacock bass. Biological Invasions 24: 2851–2872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02814-6

L Diele-Viegas, TS Almeida, I Amati-Martins, CD Bacon, C Silva, RG Collevatti, TEF Cordeiro, J Fenker, G Ferrari, ACSFranco, L Gasparetto, J Hipolito, C Hoehlenwerger, et al. Community voices: Sowing, germinating, flourishing as strategies to support inclusion in STEM. Nature Communications 13: 3219. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30981-6

RL Macedo, ACS Franco, RF Correa, KN Costa, LG Pereira, FDM Oliveira, GA Klippel, BD Cordeiro, MGR Thiago, MI Rocha, VLM Huszar, LN Santos, CWC Branco. (2021). Spreading of the invasive dinoflagellate Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans throughout the Paraiba do Sul ecoregion, South America, Brazil. Limnetica 40(2): 233-246. https://doi.org/10.23818/limn.40.16

LN dos Santos, ACS Franco, JS Souza, IC Miyahira, A Rodrigues, ICB Gonçalves, N Krepsky, HB Monte, C Naveira, TMB Cabrini, RRS Abude, M Augusto, N Rodrigues, T Guimarães, R Neves. (2021). Using richness of native and non-native aquatic species along a climatic gradient to test the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Hydrobiologia 848: 2055–2075. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04525-w

MR Tavares, ACS Franco, CR Ventura, LN dos Santos. (2021). Geographic distribution of Ophiothela brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): substrate use plasticity and implications for the silent invasion of O. mirabilis in the Atlantic. Hydrobiologia 848: 2093-2103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04505-6

ACS Franco, E García-Berthou, LN dos Santos. (2021). Ecological impacts of an invasive top predator fish across South America. Science of the Total Environment 761: 143296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143296

RL Macedo, ACS Franco, P Russo, T Collart, S Mammola, E Jeppesen, CWC Branco, LN dos Santos. (2021). Climate and landscape changes enhance the global spread of a bloom-forming dinoflagellate related to fish kills and water quality deterioration. Ecological Indicators 133: 108408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108408

RL Macedo, ACS Franco, G Klippel, E Oliveira, L Silva, LN Santos, CWC Branco. Small in size but rather pervasive: the spread of the North American rotifer Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) through Neotropical basins. BioInvasions Records 9(2): 287-302 https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.2.14

ACS Franco, LN Santos. Habitat-dependent responses of tropical fish assemblages to environmental variables in a marine-estuarine transitional system. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 211: 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.02.003

MCNR Chaves, ACSFranco, L B Seixas, LR Cruz, LN Santos. Testing the ecocline concept for fish assemblages along the marine-estuarine gradient in a highly-eutrophic estuary (Guanabara Bay, Brazil). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 211: 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.02.004

ACS Franco, LN Santos, AC Petry, E García-Berthou. Abundance of invasive peacock bass increases with water residence time of reservoirs in southeastern Brazil. Hydrobiologia 817: 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3467-x

ACPB Marques, ACS Franco, F Salgueiro, E García-Berthou, LNSantos. Genetic divergence among invasive and native populations of the yellow peacock cichlid Cichla kelberi. Journal of Fish Biology 89(6): 2595-2606. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13144

ACS Franco, MCNR Chaves, MPB Castel-Branco, LN Santos. Responses of fish assemblages of sandy beaches to different anthropogenic and hydrodynamic influences. Journal of Fish Biology 89(1): 921-938. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12889

LN Santos, F Salgueiro, ACSFranco, ACPB Marques, F Nóbrega. First record of the invasive blue peacock cichlid Cichla piquiti Kullander and Ferreira 2006 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) in the Paraíba do Sul river basin, south eastern Brazil. BioInvasions Records 5: 267-275. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.12

LN Santos, ACS Franco, F Salgueiro, ACPB Marques, F Nóbrega. Molecular analysis confirms the introduction of a second species of yellow peacock cichlid Cichla monoculus Spix & Agassiz 1831 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) in the Southeast Atlantic Hydrographic province, Brazil. BioInvasions Records 5: 277-284. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.13

ACS Franco, DS Brotto, DMW Zee, LN Santos. Long-term changes (2002-2011) on Cetengraulis edentulus (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) fisheries in Guanabara Bay, Brazil. Revista de Biología Tropical 62(3). https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v62i3.12408

ACS Franco, DS Brotto, DMW Zee, LN Santos Reproductive biology of Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier, 1829), the major fishery resource in Guanabara Bay, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 12(4). https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20130205