INTER-AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACCESS

REYNALDO LUIZ VICTORIA

Date of birth: January 20, 1950
Citizenship: Brazilian
Address:
Rua D. Pedro I n. 551
13400 Piracicaba, S.P. Brazil
Phone:55 194 337179

Education

  • BS, Agronomy (1972), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
  • MsC, Nuclear Energy Applied to Agriculture (1975) , Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA),/USP
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellow for specialization on the use of stable isotopes at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. (1976-77)
  • PhD, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (1980), ESALQ/USP
  • IAEA Fellow for specialization at the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at the University of California Davis (1981-82).
  • Associate Professor - Department of Physics and Meteorology, ESALQ-USP, 1991.
  • Pos-Doc at the School of Oceanography, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA. August 1992 to July 1993.
  • Professor Titular - CENA/USP 1996
  • Director - CENA/USP 2002
Professional Experience
  • Research Associate, CENA, 1975-1985
  • Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Meteorology of the
  • Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) and Senior
  • Invited Scientist at the Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura
  • (CENA), both from the University of Sao Paulo (USP). 1985-April 1996.
  • Full Professor at the Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) April 1996-present.
  • Advised 18 undergraduate, 9 masters and 4 PhD students.

Selected Publications

ARAUJO-LIMA, C.A.R.M.; FORSBERG, B.; VICTORIA, R.L. and MARTINELLI, L.A. - Energy sources for detritivorus fishes in the Amazon. Science, 234:1256-1258, 1986.

MARTINELLI, L.A.; DEVOL, A.H.; VICTORIA, R.L. and RICHEY, J.E. - Stable carbon isotopic variation in C3 and C4 plants along the Amazon river. Nature, London, 353(6339):57-59, Sept. 1991.

VICTORIA, R.L.; MARTINELLI, L.A.; MORTATTI, J. and RICHEY, J.E. - Mechanisms of water recycling in the Amazon basin: isotopic insights. Ambio 20(8), 384-387, Dec. 1991.

VICTORIA, R.L.; MARTINELLI, L.A.; TRIVELIN P.C.O.; MATSUI, E.; FORSBERG B.R.; RICHEY, J.E. and DEVOL A.H. - The use of stable isotopes in studies of nutrient cycling: carbon isotopic composition of Amazon várzea sediment. Biotropica 24(2b): 240-249, 1992.

MARTINELLI, L.A.; VICTORIA, R.L.; TRIVELIN, P.C.O.; DEVOL, A.H. and RICHEY, J.E.. 15N natural abundance of plants of the Amazon river floodplain and potential atmospheric N2 fixation. Oecologia, 90: 591-596, 1992.

QUAY, P.D.; WILBUR, D.O.; RICHEY, J.E.; HEDGES, J.I.; DEVOL, A.H. and VICTORIA, R.L.. Carbon cycling in the Amazon river: implications from the 13C compositions of particles and solutes. Limn. Ocean. 37(4): 857-871, 1992

KAPOS, V.; GANADE, G.; MATSUI, E. and VICTORIA, R.L.. ?13C as indicator of edge effects in tropical rainforest reserve. Journal of Ecology, 81:425-432, 1993.

FORSBERG, B.R.; ARAUJO-LIMA, C.A.R.M.; MARTINELLI, L.A., VICTORIA, R.L., and BONASSI, J.A.. Autotrophic carbon sources for fish of the central Amazon. Ecology. 74 (3): 643-652, 1993.

MARTINELLI, L.A.; VICTORIA, R.L.; FORSBERG, B.R. and RICHEY, J.E.. Isotopic composition of major carbon reservoirs in the Amazon floodplain. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 20 (1-2): 31-46, 1994.

VICTORIA, R.L.; FERNANDES, F.; MARTINELLI, L.A.; PICCOLO, M.C.; CAMARGO, P.B. and TRUMBORE, S. - Past vegetation changes in the Brazilian Pantanal arboreal-grass savanna ecotone by using carbon isotopes in the soil organic matter. Global Change Biology 1: 101-108, 1995.

RIBEIRO, A.; VICTORIA, R.L.; MARTINELLI, L.A.; MOREIRA, M.Z. and ROBERTS, J.M.. The isotopic composition of the atmospheric water vapor inside the canopy in the Amazon forest: vertical and diurnal variation. In: J.H.C. Gash, C.A. Nobre, J.M. Roberts and VICTORIA, R.L. (eds): Amazon Deforestation and Climate. Chapter 9, pg 163-173, John Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1996.

MARTINELLI, L.A.; PESSENDA, L.C.R.; ESPINOSA, E.; CAMARGO, P.B.; TELLES, E.C.; CERRI, C.C.; VICTORIA, R.L.; ARAVENA, R.; RICHEY, J.E., and TRUMBORE, S. Carbon-13 depth variations in soils of Brazil and relations with climate changes during the quaternary. Oecologia 106:376-381, 1996. Moreira, M.Z.; L.S.L. Sternberg; L.A. Martinelli; R.L. Victoria; E.M. Barbosa ; L.C.M. Bonates and D.C. Nepstad. Contribution of transpiration to forest ambient vapor based on isotopic measurements. Global Change and Biology 3:439-450, 1997.

Victoria, R.L., L.A. Martinelli, J.M. Moraes, M.V. Ballester, A.V. Krusche, G. Pellegrino, R.M.B. Almeida, J.E. Richey. Surface Air Temperatures Variations in the Amazon Region and its Borders during this Century. Journal of Climate 11: 1105-1110, 1998.

Sternberg. L. M.Z. Moreira, L.A. Martinelli, R.L. Victoria, E.M. Barbosa, L.C.M. Bonates, D.C. Nepstad. A comparison of carbon dioxide recycling between two Amazonian tropical forests. Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 88: 259-268, 1997.

Martinelli, L.A.; Almeida, S; Brown, I.F.; Moreira, M.Z.; Victoria, R.L.; Sternberg, L.S.L., Ferreira, C.A.C and Thomas, W.W. Stable carbon isotope ratio of tree leaves, boles and fine litter in a Tropical Forest in Rondônia, Brazil. Oecologia 114: 170-179, 1998.

STERNBERG, L S L, MOREIRA, M Z, MARTINELLI, L.a., VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, BARBOSA, E M, BONATES, L C M, NEPSTAD, D C. The relationship between 18O/16O and 13C/12C ratios of ambient CO2 in two Amazonian tropical forests. Tellus, v.50, n.B, p.366-376, 1998.

ARAUJO-LIMA, C A R M, GOULDING, M, FORSBERG, B.r., VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, MARTINELLI, L.A. The economic value of Amazonian flooded forest from a fisheries perspective. Verh. Internat. Verein Limnol., v.26, p.2171-2179, 1998.

SILVEIRA, A M, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, CAMARGO, P B, BALLESTER, M V, MARTINELLI, L.a. Aplicação do modelo Century para estudo da dinâmica da matéria orgânica do solo em floresta primária e cana-de-açucar na bacia do rio Piracicaba (SP). Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, v.35, n.2, p.389-399 2000.

OMETTO, J P H B, MARTINELLI, L.a., BALLESTER, M V, GESSNER, A, KRUSCHE, A V, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, WILLIAMS, M. Effect of land use in the water chemistry and macroinvertebrate in two streams of the Piracicaba river basin (Southeast Brazil). Freshwater Biology, v.44, p.327-337, 2000.

MAGNUSSON, W E, ARAUJO, M C, CINTRA, R, LIMA, A P, MARTINELLI, L.a., SANAIOTII, T M, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz. Contribution of C-3 and C-4 plants to higher trophic levels in an Amazonian savanna. Oecologia, v.119, p.91-96, 1999.

BALLESTER, M V, MARTINELLI, L.a., KRUSCHE, A V, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, BERNARDES, M C, CAMARGO, P B. Effects of increasing organic matter loading on the dissolved O2, free dissolved CO2 and respiration rates in the Piracicaba river basin, Southeast Brazil. Water Research, v.33, p.2119-2129, 1999.

MARTINELLI, L.a., KRUSCHE, A V, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, CAMARGO, P B, BERNARDES, M C, FERRAZ, E S B, MORAES, J M, BALLESTER, M V. Effects of sewage on the chemical composition of the Piracicaba river, Brazil. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, v.110, p.67-79, 1999.

MARTINELLI, L.a., BALLESTER, M V, KRUSCHE, A V, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, CAMARGO, P B, BERNARDES, M C, OMETTO, J P H B. Land cover changes and del13C composition of riverine particulate organic matter in the Piracicaba river basin (southeast region of Brazil). Limnology and Oceanography, v.44, p.1826-1833, 1999.

MEDINA, E, MARTINELLI, L.a., BARBOSA, E M, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz. Natural abundance of 13C in tropical grasses from INPA herbarium. Revista Brasileira de Botânica, v.22, n.1, p.43-51, 1999.

CAMARGO, P B, TRUMBORE, S, MARTINELLI, L.a., DAVIDSON, E, NEPSTAD, D C, VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz. Soil carbon dynamics in regrowing forest of Eastern Amazonia. Global Change Biology, v.5, p.693-702, 1999.

PISSINATO, L, MARTINELLI, L.a., VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz, CAMARGO, P B. Using stable carbon isotopic analysis to access the botanical origin of ethanol in Brazilian brandies. Food Research International, v.33, n.10, p.665-668, 1999.

STERNBERG, L S L, GREEN, L V, MOREIRA, M Z, NEPSTAD, D C, MARTINELLI, L.a., VICTORIA, Reynaldo Luiz. Root distribution in an Amazonian seasonal forest as derived from del13C profiles. Plant and Soil, v.205, n.1, p.45-50, 1998.

TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS

  • Peer Reviewed Brazilian Journals: 35
  • Peer Reviewed International Journals: 65
  • Books Co-Editor: 1
  • Book Chapters (Brazil): 14
  • Book Chapters (international): 9
  • Papers in Brazilian Proceedings: 4
  • Papers in international proceedings: 6
  • Master thesis advised: 12
  • PhD dissertations advised: 6

Ongoing Advisorship

  • Marcelo Correa Bernardes. PhD. "A dinâmica do carbono orgânico dissolvido na bacia hidrográfica do rio Piracicaba-SP". Fellow FAPESP.
  • Luciene de Barros L. Silveira Lara. PhD. "Caracterização Química da precipitação na Bacia do rio Piracicaba: Variabilidade Espacial e Temporal". Fellow FAPESP.
  • Tomas Ferreira Domingues. MsC. "Dinâmica do Carbono em rios com diferentes graus de desenvolvimento: comparação de duas bacias de drenagem (Piracicaba e Mogi-Guaçu, SP)". Fellow FAPESP.
  • Ivan Bergier Tavares de Lima. PhD. "Determinação das origens e das variações espaciais dos fluxos de metano em usinas hidroelétricas na Amazônia". Fellow Fapesp

Ongoing Projects

  • Co-PI - "Toward a Model of the Biogeochemistry of Continental-Scale River Basins: an Amazon Case Study". UW/CENA/INPA. Funded by the NSF.
  • Co-PI - "Ciência e Educação na Melhoria do Ambiente: A Bacia do Rio Piracicaba". Funded by Esso Brasileira de Petróleo.
  • Co-PI - "Dinâmica do Carbono e Elementos Relacionados na Bacia do Rio Piracicaba". Funded by Fapesp (concluído em Junho de 1998)
  • PI - "Metais de Interesse Toxicológico na Bacia do Rio Piracicaba". Funded by Fapesp.
  • Co-PI - "The Regional Amazon Model: Synoptic Scale Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycles from EOS (EOSRAM)". UW-UCSB-CENA-USP. Funded by NASA
  • Co-PI - "Andean Amazon Rivers Analysis and Monitoring (AARAM) Project Start-Up Activities". Funded by IAI (Inter American Institute for Global Change).
  • Co-PI - "Biogeochemical dynamics in river corridors of the Amazon basin and their response to anthropogenic change". LBA/NASA-Ecology Co-PI - "Linking soil biogeochemistry to surface water chemistry in small drainage basins of the Amazon". LBA/NASA-Ecology.
  • PI - Changes in the dynamics of organic matter at micro and meso scale rivers in the state of Rondônia, as a function of land use/cover ghanges. Thematic project - FAPESP.

Other activities

  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal SOIL, AIR and WATER POLLUTION.
  • President of the NGO Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientai da Amazonia (IPAM) during 1999-2000.
  • Currently is the vice-president of IPAM.
  • Chairman of the Board for the Graduate Program on ECOLOGY of AGROECOSSYSTEMS, ESALQ/CENA/USP
  • Member of the International Scientific Steering Committee for the Large Scale Experiment on the Biosphere Atmosphere of Amazonia (LBA). Was the chairman of the Committee during 2000.
  • Member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the BAHC-IGBP from 1991-1997.
  • Head of the Isotope Ecology Laboratory at CENA-USP
  • Head of the Geoprocessing amd Image Treatment Laboratory at CENA-USP.
  • Acting Scientific Officer for the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) from November 2000 to May 2001.

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