X. (Xênia) Moreira Lopes

Faculty of Science and Engineering

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Research interests

PhD project: Timing and genomic fingerprints of marine mammal adaptations to polar climates

Publications

Population structure and divergence time among East Greenland and West Greenland/Eastern Canadian Arctic narwhals, Monodon monoceros

Moreira Lopes, X., Bérubé, M., Kovacs, K. M., Dietz, R., Ferguson, S. H., Heide-Jorgensen, M.-P., Lydersen, C. & Palsbøll, P. J., 24-Oct-2025, In: Polar Biology. 48, 13 p., 112.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey

Cabrera, A. A., Schall, E., Berube, M., Anderwald, P., Bachmann, L., Berrow, S., Best, P. B., Clapham, P. J., Cunha, H. A., Dalla Rosa, L., Dias, C., Findlay, K. P., Haug, T., Heide-Jorgensen, M. P., Hoelzel, A. R., Kovacs, K. M., Landry, S., Larsen, F., Lopes, X. M.& Lydersen, C., Mattila, D. K., Oosting, T., Pace, R. M., Papetti, C., Paspati, A., Pastene, L. A., Prieto, R., Ramp, C., Robbins, J., Sears, R., Secchi, E. R., Silva, M. A., Simon, M., Vikingsson, G., Wiig, O., Oien, N. & Palsboll, P. J., Apr-2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 8, p. 2657-2677 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A genetic perspective on cetacean evolution

Cabrera, A. A., Bérubé, M., Moreira Lopes, X., Louis, M., Oosting, T., Rey-Iglesia, A., Rivera Leon, V. E., Szekely, D., Lorenzen, E. D. & Palsbøll, P. J., Nov-2021, In: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics . 52, p. 131-151 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Feeding habits of the franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) in south-eastern Brazil

Campos, L. B., Moreira Lopes, X., da Silva, E. & de Oliveira Santos, M. C., Mar-2020, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 100, 2, p. 301-313 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Heteroplasmy: Detection, verification and recurrence in baleen whales

Suarez Menendez, M., Rivera Leon, V. E., Schleimer, A., Moreira Lopes, X., Aguilar, A., Barco, S. G., Berrow, S., Borrell, A., Bloch, D., Clapham, P., Degollada, E., Fossi, M. C., Gauffier, P., Giard, J., Hao, W., Haug, T., Heide-Jorgensen, M. P., Kovacs, K. M., Landry, S. & Larsen, F., Lydersen, C., Martin, V., Mattila, D., Mikkelsen, B., Oosting, T., Pace, R. M., Pampoulie, C. S., Panigada, S., Panti, C., Prieto, R., Raga, J. A., Ramp, C., Robbins, J., Ryan, C., Sears, R., Sigurjónsson, J., Silva, M., Simon, M., de Stephanis, R., Skaug, H. J., Urbán, J., van der Zee, J., Verkuil, Y. I., Víkingsson, G., Witting, L., Wenzel, F., Øien, N., Bérubé, M. & Palsboll, P., 9-Dec-2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, population genetic structure across the North Atlantic Ocean

Moreira Lopes, X., Berrow, S. D., Bérubé, M., Haug, T., Hoekendijk, J., Larsen, F., Øien, N., Oosting, T., Ramp, C., Robbins, J., Ryan, C., Sears, R., Simon, M., Skaug, H. J., Verkuil, Y., Vikingsson, G. A., Witting, L., van der Zee, J. & Palsboll, P., 20-Aug-2017.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

Site fidelity of female minke whales in the Gulf of. St Lawrence, Canada

Moreira Lopes, X., Bérubé, M., Berrow, S. D., Larsen, F., Haug, T., Hoekendijk, J., Hoelzel, A. R., Kot, B., Øien, N., Oosting, T., Pampoulie, C., Ramp, C., Robbins, J., Ryan, C., Sears, R., Simon, M., Skaug, H. J., Verkuil, Y., Vikingsson, G. A. & Witting, L., van der Zee, J. & Palsboll, P., 22-Oct-2017.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic