Below is an abridged list of publications from the last few years, together with a selection of older ones. (See all publications instead)
Ferreira, J.G., 2025. Aquaculture carrying capacity estimates show that major African lakes and marine waters could sustainably produce 10-11 Mt of fish per year. Nat Food 6, 446–455 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01114-1
Lima, A.R., Pollack, J., Fox, J.M., Ferreira, J.G., Cubillo, A.M., Reisinger, A., Bricker, S., 2025. Developing nitrogen bioextraction economic value via off-bottom oyster aquaculture in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin 211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117396
Buck, B.H., Bjelland, H.V., Bockus, A., Chambers, M.l, Costa-Pierce, B.A., Dewhurst, T., Ferreira, J.G., Føre, H.M., Fredriksson, D.W., Goseberg, N., Holmyard, J., Isbert, W., Krause, G., Markus, T., Papandroulakis, N., Sclodnick, T., Silkes, B., Strand, Å., Troell, M., Wieczorek, D, van den Burg, S.W.K., Heasman, K.G., 2024. Resolving the term "offshore aquaculture" by decoupling "exposed" and "distance from the coast". Front. Aquac. 3:1428056. https://doi.org/10.3389/faquc.2024.1428056
Bayer, S.R., Cubillo, A.M., Rose, J.M., Ferreira, J.G., Dixon, M., Alvarado, A., Barr, J., Bernatchez, G., Meseck, S., Poach, M., Pousse, E., Wikfors, G.H., Bricker, S., 2024. Refining the Farm Aquaculture Resource Management Model for Shellfish Nitrogen Removal at the Local Scale. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01354-7
Cubillo, A., Lopes, A.S., Ferreira, J.G., Moore, H., Service, M., Bricker, S.B., 2023. Quantification and valuation of the potential of shellfish ecosystem services in mitigating coastal eutrophication. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, 293, 108469.
Ferreira, J.G., Bernard-Jannin, L., Cubillo, A., Lencart-Silva, J., Diedericks, G.P.J., Moore, H., Service, M., Nunes, J.P., 2023. From soil to sea: an ecological modelling framework for sustainable aquaculture. Aquaculture 557, 1-14.
Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Abigail B. Bockus, Bela H. Buck, Sander W.K. van den Burg, Thierry Chopin, Joao G. Ferreira, Nils Goseberg, Kevin G. Heasman, Johan Johansen, Sandra E. Shumway, Neil A. Sims, Albert G. J. Tacon, 2022. A Fishy Story Promoting a False Dichotomy to Policy-Makers: It Is Not Freshwater vs. Marine Aquaculture, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 30:4, 429-446, DOI: 10.1080/23308249.2021.2014175
Panicz, R., B. Całka, A. Cubillo, J. G. Ferreira, J. Guilder, S. Kay, A. Kennerley, A. Lopes, J. Lencart e Silva, N. Taylor, P. Eljasik, J. Sadowski, P. Hofsoe-Oppermann, S. Keszka 2022. Impact of climate driven temperature increase on inland aquaculture: application to land-based production of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14577
Stetkiewicz, S., Norman, R., Allison, E.H., Andrew, N., Ara, G., Banner‐Stevens, G., Belton, B., Beveridge, M.C.M., Bogard,J., Bush, S.R., Coffee, P., Crumlish, M., Edwards, P., Eltholth, M., Falconer, L., Ferreira, J.G., Garrett, A., Gatward, I., Islam, F.U., Kaminski, A.M., Kjellevold, M., Kruijssen,F., Leschen, W., Al Mamun, A., McAdam, B.J., Newton, R., Krogh-Poulsen, B., Pounds, A., Richardson, B.M., Roos, N., Röös, E., Schapper, A., Spence-McConnell, T., Suri, S., Thilsted, S.H., Thompson, K.D., Tlusty, M.F., Troell, M., Vignola, R., Young, J.A., Zhang, W., Little, D.C., 2021. Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide. Front. Sustain. Food Syst., Sec. Agroecology and Ecosystem Services, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.703152
Cubillo, A., Ferreira, J.G., Lencart-Silva, J., Taylor, N.G.H., Kennerley, A., Guilder, J., Kay, S., Kamermans, P. 2021. Direct effects of climate change on productivity of European aquaculture. Aquaculture International 29(1–2) DOI:10.1007/s10499-021-00694-6
Ferreira, J.G., Taylor, N.G.H., Cubillo, A., Lencart-Silva, J., Pastres, R., Bergh, Ø., Guilder, J., 2021. An integrated model for aquaculture production, pathogen interaction, and environmental effects. Aquaculture 536, 1-16, doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736438
Santa Marta, A., J.G. Ferreira, G.C. Pitcher, J. Lencart e Silva, 2020. Sustainable shellfish aquaculture in Saldanha Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 42:2, 151-166, DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2020.1760935
Suzanne B. Bricker, Raymond E. Grizzle, Philip Trowbridge, Julie M. Rose, Joao G. Ferreira, Katharine Wellman, Changbo Zhu, Eve Galimany, Gary H. Wikfors, Camille Saurel, Robin Landeck Miller, James Wands, Robert Rheault, Jacob Steinberg, Annie P. Jacob, Erik D. Davenport, Suzanne Ayvazian, Marnita Chintala, Mark A. Tedesco, 2020. Bioextractive Removal of Nitrogen by Oysters in Great Bay Piscataqua River Estuary, New Hampshire, USA. Estuaries and Coasts 43:23–38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00661-8
Rui Gomes Ferreira, Joao G. Ferreira, Frans-Joost Boogert, Richard A. Corner, Joao Pedro Nunes, Jon Grant, Johan Johansen, William F. Dewey, 2020. A multimetric investor index for aquaculture: Application to the European Union and Norway. Aquaculture 516 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734600
Selected older publications
C. Silva, J.G. Ferreira, S.B. Bricker, T. A. DelValls, M.L. Martín-Díaz and E. Yañez 2011. Site selection for shellfish aquaculture by means of GIS and farm-scale models, with an emphasis on data-poor environments. Aquaculture, 318, 444-457.
J.G. Ferreira, J.H. Andersen, A. Borja, S.B. Bricker, J. Camp, M. Cardoso da Silva, E. Garcés, A.S. Heiskanen, C. Humborg, L. Ignatiades, C. Lancelot, A. Menesguen, P. Tett, N. Hoepffner, U., Claussen, 2011. Overview of eutrophication indicators to assess environmental status within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 93, 117-131.
J. P. Nunes, J. G. Ferreira, S. B. Bricker, B. O'Loan, T. Dabrowski, B. Dallaghan, A. J. S. Hawkins, B. O'Connor, T. O'Carroll, 2011. Towards an ecosystem approach to aquaculture: assessment of sustainable shellfish cultivation at different scales of space, time and complexity. Aquaculture, 315, 369-383.
Nobre, A. M., Ferreira, J. G., Nunes, J. P., Yan, X., Bricker, S., Corner, R., Groom, S., Gu, H., Hawkins, A., Hutson, R., Lan, D., Lencart e Silva, J. D., Pascoe, P., Telfer, T., Zhang, X., Zhu, M., 2010. Assessment of coastal management options by means of multilayered ecosystem models. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 87, 43-62.
J.G. Ferreira, A. Sequeira, A.J.S. Hawkins, A. Newton, T. Nickell, R. Pastres, J. Forte, A. Bodoy, S.B. Bricker, 2009. Analysis of coastal and offshore aquaculture: application of the FARM model to multiple systems and shellfish species. Aquaculture, 292, 129-138.
J.G. Ferreira, A.J.S. Hawkins, P. Monteiro, H. Moore, M. Service, P.L. Pascoe, L. Ramos, A. Sequeira, 2008. Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem-Scale Carrying Capacity in Shellfish Growing Areas. Aquaculture, 275, 138-151.
A. Sequeira, J.G. Ferreira, A.J. Hawkins, A. Nobre, P. Lourenço, X.L. Zhang, X. Yan, T. Nickell, 2008. Trade-offs between shellfish aquaculture and benthic biodiversity: A modelling approach for sustainable management. Aquaculture, 274, 313-328.
J. G. Ferreira, C. Vale, C.V. Soares, F.Salas, P.E. Stacey, S. B. Bricker, M.C. Silva, J.C. Marques, 2007. Monitoring of coastal and transitional waters under the EU Water Framework Directive. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 135 (1-3), 195-216.
Xiao, Y., Ferreira, J.G., Bricker, S.B., Nunes, J.P., Zhu, M., Zhang X., 2007. Trophic Assessment in Chinese Coastal Systems - Review of methodologies and application to the Changjiang (Yangtze) Estuary and Jiaozhou Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 30(6), 1-18.
J. G. Ferreira, A.J.S. Hawkins, S.B. Bricker, 2007. Management of productivity, environmental effects and profitability of shellfish aquaculture – the Farm Aquaculture Resource Management (FARM) model. Aquaculture, 264, 160-174.
J.G. Ferreira, S.B. Bricker, T.C. Simas, 2007. Application and sensitivity testing of an eutrophication assessment method on coastal systems in the United States and European Union. J. Environmental Management, 82, 433-445.
J. G. Ferreira, A. M. Nobre, T. C. Simas, M. C. Silva, A. Newton, S. B. Bricker, W. J. Wolff, P.E. Stacey, A. Sequeira, 2006. A methodology for defining homogeneous water bodies in estuaries – Application to the transitional systems of the EU Water Framework Directive. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 66 (3/4), 468-482.
J.G.Ferreira, W.J.Wolff, T.C.Simas, S.B.Bricker, 2005. Does biodiversity of estuarine phytoplankton depend on hydrology? Ecological Modelling, 187(4) 513-523.
A.M.Nobre, J.G.Ferreira, A.Newton, T.Simas, J.D.Icely, R.Neves, 2005. Management of coastal eutrophication: Integration of field data, ecosystem-scale simulations and screening models. Journal of Marine Systems, 56 (3/4), 375-390.
Tett, P., Gilpin, L., Svendsen, H., Erlandsson, C.P., Larsson, U., Kratzer, S., Fouilland, E., Janzen, C., Lee, J., Grenz, C., Newton, A., Ferreira, J.G., Fernandes, T., Scory, S., 2003. Eutrophication and some European waters of restricted exchange. Continental Shelf Research, 23, 1635-1671.
Bricker, S.B., J.G. Ferreira, T. Simas, 2003. An Integrated Methodology for Assessment of Estuarine Trophic Status. Ecological Modelling, 169(1), 39-60.
Alvera-Azcarate, A., Ferreira, J.G., & Nunes, J.P., 2003. Modelling eutrophication in mesotidal and macrotidal estuaries. The role of intertidal seaweeds. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 57(4), 715-724.
Nunes, J.P, Ferreira, J.G., Gazeau, F., Lencart-Silva, J., Zhang, X.L, Zhu M.Y. & Fang J.G., 2003. A model for sustainable management of shellfish polyculture in coastal bays. Aquaculture, 219/1-4, 257-277.
Simas, T., Nunes, J.P. & Ferreira, J.G., 2001. Effects of global climate change on coastal salt marshes. Ecological Modelling. 139 (1), 1-15.
Ferreira, J.G., 2000. Development of an estuarine quality index based on key physical and biogeochemical features. Ocean & Coastal Management, 43/1, 99-122.
Macedo, M.F., Ferreira, J.G. and Duarte, P., 1998. Dynamic behaviour of photosynthesis-irradiance curves determined from oxygen production during variable incubation periods. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series, 165, 31-43.
Duarte, P. & Ferreira, J.G., 1997. Dynamic modelling of photosynthesis in marine and estuarine ecosystems. Environmental Modelling and Assessment, 2, 83-93.
Ferreira, J.G., 1995. EcoWin - An object-oriented ecological model for aquatic ecosystems. Ecol. Modelling, 79, 21-34.
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