Academic Training:
Graduation in Zootecnia/UFV: 2005
MSc. in Zootecnia/UFV: 2007
Master in Aquicultura/ Universidade de Murcia-Espanha: 2008
DSc. in Aquicultura/ Universidade de Murcia, Espanha:2010
Post-doc in Aquicultura/ Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA): 2011
Post-doc in Limnologia e ecologia de peixes/ Universität zu Köln, Alemanha: 2016
Áreas of expertise:
Aquaculture
Publications Lattes
Laboratory:

Graduate courses:

Contacts:
Tel: +55 31 3612-4655
Email: fortes-silva@ufv.br

Recent Publications:

1. PEDROSA, RICARDO URIEL ; MATTOS, BRUNO OLIVETTI ; PEREIRA, DENISE SOLEDADE PEIXOTO ; RODRIGUES, MARCELO LUÍS ; BRAGA, LUÍS GUSTAVO TAVARES ; FORTES-SILVA, RODRIGO . Effects of feeding strategies on growth, biochemical parameters and waste excretion of juvenile arapaima (Arapaima gigas) raised in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). AQUACULTURE, v. 500, p. 562-568, 2019.

2. Fortes da Silva, Rodrigo; HEUBEL, K. ; SIMON, M. ; BORCHERDING, J. . Have a break or keep going – behavioral and metabolic overwintering strategies of two invasive species of the River Rhine, Germany. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES, v. 102, p. 1057-1068, 2019.

3. SANTOS, F. A. C. ; Silva, R.F. ; COSTA, L. S. ; LUZ, R. K. ; GUILHERME, H. O. ; GAMARANO, P. G. ; OLIVEIRA, C. G. ; SANTOS, W. M. ; RIBEIRO, P. A. P. . Regulation of voluntary protein/energy intake based practical diet composition for the carnivorous neotropical catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri. AQUACULTURE, v. 510, p. 198-205, 2019.

4. MATTOS, B. O. ; LOPEZ-OLMEDA, J. F. ; GUERRA-SANTOS, B. ; RUIZ, C. E. ; GARCIA-BELTRAN, J. M. ; ANGELES-ESTEBAN, M. ; Sánchez-Vázquez, F.J ; Fortes-Silva, R. . Coping with exposure to hypoxia: modifications in stress parameters in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) and brewer?s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, v. x, p. x-x, 2019.

5. ALMEIDA, C. A. L. ; ALMEIDA, C. K. L. ; MARTINS, E. F. F. ; GOMES, A. M. ; PIMENTEL, L. A. ; R. T. Pereira ; Fortes-Silva, R. . Effect of the dietary linoleic/α-linolenic ratio (n6/n3) on histopathological alterations caused by suboptimal temperature in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY, v. x, p. x-x, 2019.

6. Luz, R.K ; BOLUDA-NAVARRO, D. ; Sánchez-Vázquez, F.J. ; Fortes-Silva, R. ; PORTELLA, M. C. ; NAVARRO, S. Z. ; MADRID, J. A. . European seabass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) ability to discriminate between diets made with different dietary fat sources. AQUACULTURE NUTRITION, v. 24, p. 65-73, 2018.

7. SANTOS, M. P. J. B. ; RIBAS, J. R. L. ; RAMOS, C. E. C. O. ; PEREIRA, D. S. P. ; FORTES-SILVA, RODRIGO . Effects of Waste Disposal: Temporo-Spatial Patterns of Bacterial Community Composition on Oyster Farms in Estuary Regions of Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Agricultural Science, v. 10, p. 178-186, 2018.

8. NAVARRO, R. D. ; Murgas ; COSTA, D. V. ; Silva, R.F. ; NAVARRO, F. K. S. P. . Hematological parameters for male nile tilapia fed different oil sources. Bioscience Journal, v. 34, p. 978-984, 2018.

9. SANTOS, B. G. ; Lopes-Olmeda ; SOLEDADE, D. ; RUIZ, C. E. ; Sáchez-Vázquez ; ESTEBAN, M. A. ; Cerqueira, R.B ; Fortes-Silva, R. . Daily rhythms after vaccination on specific and non-specific responses in Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ). CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, v. 1, p. 1-14, 2018.

10. Fortes-Silva, R.; VALLE, S. V. ; Lopes-Olmeda . Daily rhythms of swimming activity, synchronization to different feeding times and effects on anesthesia practice in an Amazon fish species ( ). CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL (ONLINE), v. 35, p. 1-10, 2018.

11. REIS, Y. S. ; LEITE, J. L. R. ; ALMEIDA, C. A. L. ; PEREIRA, D. S. P. ; VIDAL, L. V. O. ; Araújo ; FORTES-SILVA, RODRIGO . New insights into tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) feeding behavior and digestive physiology by the self-feeding approach: effects on growth, dial patterns of food digestibility, amylase activity and gastrointestinal transit time. AQUACULTURE, v. 1, p. 1-7, 2018.