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2021

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Diving tourism in Mexico – Economic and conservation importance
January 2021
 
AUTHORS: Arcos-Aguilar, R., Favoretto, F., Kumagai, J. A., Jiménez-Esquivel, V., Martínez-Cruz, A. L., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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2021
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Long-term changes in population dynamics and life history contribute to explain the resilience of a stock of Micropogonias furnieri (Sciaenidae, Teleostei) in the SW Atlantic
January 2021
 
AUTHORS: Haimovicia, M., Cavole, L. M., Cope, J. M., Cardoso, L. G.
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Biological inventory and latitudinal gradient of the rocky and reef associated fish along the southern Mexican Pacific
January 2021
 
AUTHORS: Valencia-Méndez, O., Rodríguez-Zaragoza, F.A., Palacios-Salgado, D., Ramírez-Valdez, A., López-Pérez, A.
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Conservation bubbles: the history and future of the industry DIVING IN MEXICO
January 2021
 
AUTHORS: Hsu, A.J., Arcos, R., Favoretto, F., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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2020

2020

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Driven by Drones: Improving Mangrove Extent Maps Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing
December 2020
 
AUTHORS: Hsu, A.J., Kumagai, J., Favoretto, F., Dorian, J., Guerrero Martinez, B., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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Being Isolated and Protected Is Better Than Just Being Isolated: A Case Study From the Alacranes Reef, Mexico
November 2020
 
AUTHORS: Favoretto, F., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., León-Deniz, L., González-Salas, C., Pérez-España, H., Rivera-Higueras, M., Ruiz-Zárate, M-Á., Vega-Zepeda, A., Villegas-Hernández, H., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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Participatory research to understand spatio-temporal dynamics of small-scale fleets: The C. bellicosus fishery in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico
October 2020
 
AUTHORS: Méndez-Espinoza, D., Ojeda-Ruiz, M. A., Marín-Monroy, E. A., Jiménez-Esquivel, V., Cota-Nieto, J. J.
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Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems
October 2020
 
AUTHORS: Allard, S. M., Costa, M. T., Bulseco, A. N., Helfer, V., Wilkins, L. G. E., Hassenrück, C., Zengler, K., Zimmer, M., Erazo, N., Mazza Rodrigues, J. L., Duke, N., Melo, V. M. M., Vanwonterghem, I., Junca, H., Makonde, H. M., Jiménez, D. J., Tavares, T. C. L., Fusi, M., Daffonchio, D., Duarte, C. M., Peixoto, R. S., Rosado, A. S., Gilbert, J. A., Bowman, J.
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Using local ecological knowledge of Fishers to infer the impact of climate variability in Galápagos’ small-scale fisheries
September 2020
 
AUTHORS: Cavole, L. M., Andrade-Verab, S., Jarrin, J. R. M., Dias, D. F., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Barrágan-Paladines, M. J.
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Copepod species assemblage and carbon biomass during two anomalous warm periods of distinct origin during 2014–2015 in the southern Gulf of California
August 2020
 
AUTHORS: Beltrán-Castro, J. R., Hernández-Trujillo, S., Gómez-Gutiérrez, J., Trasviña-Castro, A., González-Rodríguez, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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The role of extrinsic variation—cohabiting juvenile fish species exhibit similar otolith elemental signatures
July 2020
 
AUTHORS: Cavole, L. M., Miller, J. A., Salinas-de-León, P., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Marin Jarrin, J. R., Johnson, A. F.
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Yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) connectivity in the Southern Gulf of California
July 2020
 
AUTHORS: Reguera-Rouzaud, N., Díaz-Viloria, N., Sánchez-Velasco, L., Flores-Morales, A. L., Parés-Sierra, A., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Munguía-Vega, A.
 
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Critical Habitats and Biodiversity: Inventory, Thresholds and Governance
 
May 2020
 
AUTHORS: Rogers, A. D., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Appeltans, W., Assis, J., Ballance, L., Cury, P., Duarte, C. Favoretto, F., Kumagai, J., Lovelock, C., Miloslavich, P., Niamir, A., Obura, D., O'Leary, B. C.,  Reygondeau, G., Roberts, C. M., Sadovy, Y., Sutton, T., Tittensor, D., Velarde, E.
 
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Circularity in fisheries data weakens real world prediction
 
April 2020
 
AUTHORS: Alfredo Giron-Nava, A., Munch, S. B., Johnson, A. F., Deyle, E., James, C. C., Saberski, E., Pao, G. M., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Sugihara, G.
 
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Prioritizing mangrove conservation across Mexico to facilitate 2020 NDC ambition
 
April 2020
 
AUTHORS: Kumagai, J.A., Costa, M.T., Ezcurra, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
 
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Mangrove Ecosystem Detection using Mixed-Resolution Imagery with a Hybrid-Convolutional Neural Network
 
2020
 
AUTHORS: Hicks, D., Kastner, R., Schurgers, C., Hsu, A., Aburto, O.
 
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The “Effort Gap” metric: Assessing Countries’ uneven conservation effort towards habitats and biodiversity protection
 
2020
 
AUTHORS: Kumagai, J. A., Favoretto, F., Rogers, A. D., Aburto-Oropeza, O.
 
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2019

2019

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Balancing conservation and utilization in spawning aggregation fisheries: a trade-off analysis of an overexploited marine fish 
October 2019
 
AUTHORS: Erisman B. E., Grüss, A., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., Lícon-González, H., Johnson, A. F., and López-Sagástegui, C.
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Mangroves in the Galapagos: Ecosystem services and their valuation 
June 2019
 
AUTHORS: Tanner, M. K., Moity, N., Costa, M. T., Jarrin, J. R. M., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Salinas-de-León, P.
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A natural experiment reveals the impact of hydroelectric dams on the estuaries of tropical rivers 
March 2019
 
AUTHORS: Ezcurra, E., Barrios, E., Ezcurra, P., Ezcurra, A., Vanderplank, S., Vidal, O., Villanueva-Almanza, L., and  Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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Storage of blue carbon in isolated mangrove forests of the Galapagos’ rocky coast
February 2019
 
AUTHORS: Costa, M. T., Salinas-de-León, P., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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Determinants of reef fish assemblages in tropical Oceanic islands  
January 2019
 
AUTHORS: Quimbayo, J. P., Dias, M. S., Kulbicki, M., Mendes, T. C., Lamb, R. W., Johnson, A. F., Aburto‐Oropeza, O., Alvarado, J. J., Bocos, A. A., EL Ferreira, C., Garcia, E., Luiz, O. J., Mascareñas‐Osorio, I., Pinheiro, H. T., Rodriguez‐Zaragoza, F., Salas, E., Zapata, F. A., and Floeter, S. R.
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2018

2018
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Conventional MPAs are not as effective as community co-managed areas in conserving top-down control in the Gulf of California
December 2018
 
AUTHORS: Ulate, K., Alcoverro, T., Arthur, R., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Sanchez, C., and Huato-Soberanis, L.
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Ecological guidelines for designing networks of marine reserves in the unique biophysical environment of the Gulf of California
December 2018
 
AUTHORS: Munguia-Vega, A., Green, A. L., Suarez-Castillo, A. N., Espinosa-Romero, M. J., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Cruz-Piñón, G., Danemann, G., Giron-Nava, A., Gonzalez-Cuellar, O., Lasch, C., Mancha-Cisneros, M., Marinone, S. G., Moreno-Báez, M., Morzaria-Luna, H. N., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Torre, J., Turk-Boyer, P., Walther, M., and Weaver, A. H.
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Reproductive Behaviour and Concurrent Sound Production of Gulf grouper Mycteroperca jordani (Epinephelidae) at a Spawning Aggregation Site.​
 
December 2018
 
AUTHORS: Rowell, T. J., Aburto‐Oropeza, O., Cota‐Nieto, J. J., Steele, M. A., and Erisman, B. E.
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Managing at Maximum Sustainable Yield does not ensure economic well‐being for artisanal fishers.
November 2018
 
AUTHORS: Giron‐Nava, A., Johnson, A.F., Cisneros‐Montemayor, A.M., and Aburto‐Oropeza, O.
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Harnessing cross-border resources to confront climate change
September 2018
 
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Johnson, A. F., Agha, M., Allen, E. B., Allen, M. F., González, J. A., Moreno, D. M. A., Beas-Luna, R., Butterfield, S., Caetano, G., et. al.
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Nonlinear dynamics and noise in fisheries recruitment: A global meta-analysis
July 2018
 
AUTHORS: Munch, S. B., Giron‐Nava, A., and Sugihara, G.
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Ecological guidelines for designing a network of marine reserves in the unique biophysical environment of the Gulf of California
July 2018
 
AUTHORS: Munguia-Vega, A., Green, A. L., Suarez-Castillo, A. N., Espinosa-Romero, M.J., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Cruz-Piñón, G., Danemann, G., Giron-Nava, A., Gonzalez-Cuellar, O., Lasch, C., Mancha-Cisneros, M. M., Marinone, S. G., Moreno-Báez, M., Morzaria-Luna, H., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Torre, J., Turk-Boyer, P., Walther, M., and Weaver, A. H.
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DNA sequencing of fish eggs and larvae reveals high species diversity and seasonal changes in spawning activity in the southeastern Gulf of California
March 2018
 
AUTHORS: Ahern, A.L.M., Gómez-Gutiérrez, J., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Saldierna-Martínez, R. J., Johnson, A. F., Harada, A. E., Sánchez-Uvera, A. R., Erisman, B., Arvizú, D. I. C., and Burton, R. S.
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The balance between concepts and complexity in ecology
March 2018
 
AUTHORS: Johnson, A. F., and Lidström, S. 
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Participatory management in a small-scale coastal fishery—Punta Abreojos, Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico
February 2018
 
AUTHORS: Cota-Nieto, J., Erisman, B., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Moreno-Báez, M., Hinojosa-Arango, G., and Johnson, A. F.
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The undervalued contribution of mangrove protection in Mexico to carbon emission targets
January 2018
 
AUTHORS: Adame, M. F., Brown, C.J., Bejarano, M., Herrera‐Silveira, J.A., Ezcurra, P., Kauffman, J. B., and Birdsey, R.
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Hydroacoustics as a tool to examine the effects of Marine Protected Areas and habitat type on marine fish communities
January 2018
 
AUTHORS: Egerton, J. P., Johnson, A. F., Turner, J., LeVay, L., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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2017

Letter to the editor – Environmental Development – comment on Arreguín et al. 2017
 
December 2017
 
AUTHORS: Johnson, A. F., Giron-Nava, A., Erisman, B., Sala, E., Velarde, E., Ezcurra, E., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
 
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2017
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Anisotropic larval connectivity and metapopulation structure driven by directional oceanic currents in a marine fish targeted by small-scale fisheries
November 2017
AUTHORS: Munguia-Vega, A., Marinone, S. G., Paz-Garcia, D. A., Giron-Nava, A., Plomozo-Lugo, T., Gonzalez-Cuellar, O., Weaver, A. H., García-Rodriguez, F. J., and Reyes-Bonilla, H.
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Poor fisheries struggle with U.S. import rule
October 2017
AUTHORS: Johnson, A. F., Caillat, M., Verutes, G. M., Peter, C., Junchompoo, C., Lon, V., Ponnampalam, L. S., Lewison, R. L., and Hines, E. M.
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Trophic overlap in mobulid rays: insights from stable isotope analysis
September 2017
AUTHORS: Stewart, J. D., Rohner, C. A., Araujo, G., Avila, J., Fernando, D., Forsberg, K., Ponzo, A., Rambahiniarison, J. M., Kurle, C. M., and Semmens, B. X. 
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Quantitative argument for long-term ecological monitoring
May 2017
AUTHORS: Giron-Nav, A., James, C. C., Johnson, A. F., Dannecker, D., Kolody, B., Lee, A., Nagarkar, M., Pao, G. M., Ye, H., Johns, D. G., and Sugihara, G.
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Mobulid rays feed on euphausiids in the Bohol Sea
May 2017
AUTHORS: Rohner, C. A., Burgess, K. B., Rambahiniarison, J. M., Stewart, J. D., Ponzo, A., and Richardson, A. J.
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Mexico-California Bi-National Initiative of Kelp Forest Ecosystems and Fisheries
April 2017
AUTHORS: Ramírez-Valdez, A., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Dalmau, N. A., Beas-Luna, R., Caselle, J. E., Castorani, M. C. N., Cavanaugh, K., Edwards, M., Hernández-Carmona, G., Johnson, A. F., Leslie, H. M., Montaño-Moctezuma, G.,  Fiorenza Micheli, Julio Palleiro-Nayar, P. Ed Parnell, Daniel C. Reed, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Jorge Torre, Moye, G. T., Zertuche-González, J. A., and Raimondi, P. 
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A spatial method to calculate small-scale fisheries effort in data poor scenarios
April 2017
AUTHORS: Johnson, A. F., Moreno-Ba´ez, M., Giron-Nava, A., Corominas, J., Erisman, B., Ezcurra, E., and Aburto-Oropeza, O. 
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Endangered Species, Ecosystem Integrity, and Human Livelihoods
March 2017
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., López-Sagástegui, C., Moreno-Báez, M., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., Jiménez-Esquivel, V., Johnson, A. F., and Erisman, B. 
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Hydroacoustics for the discovery and quantification of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregations
 
January 2017
 
AUTHORS: Egerton, J. P., Johnson, A. F., Vay, L. L., McCoy, C. M., Semmens, B. X., Heppell, S. A., and Turner, J. R. 
 
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2016

2016

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Biological Impacts of the 2013–2015 Warm-Water Anomaly in the Northeast Pacific: Winners, Losers, and the Future
June 2016
AUTHORS: Cavole, L. M., Demko, A. M., Diner, R. E., Giddings, A., Koester, I.,  Pagniello, C. M. L. S., Paulsen, M. L., Ramirez-Valdez, A., Schwenck, S. M., Yen, N. K.,  Zill, M. E., and Franks, P. J. S.
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Spatial ecology and conservation of Manta birostris in the Indo-Pacific
May 2016
AUTHORS: Stewart, J.D., Beale, C.S., Fernando, D., Sianipar, A.B., Burton, R.S., Semmens, B.X., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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Latitudinal regionalization of epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities on rocky reefs in the Gulf of California
April 2016
AUTHORS: Ulate, K., Sánchez, C., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Alonso, D., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Huato-Soberanis, L.
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Deep-water feeding and behavioral plasticity in Manta birostris revealed by archival tags and submersible observations
 
March 2016
 
AUTHORS: Stewart, J. D., Hoyos-Padillac, E. M., Kumli, K. R., and Rubine, R. D.
 
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Property Rights for Fishing Cooperatives: How (and How Well) Do They Work?
March 2016
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Leslie, H.M., Mack-Crane, A., Nagavarapu, S., Reddy, S.M., and Sievanen, L.
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Coastal landforms and accumulation of mangrove peat increase carbon sequestration and storage
February 2016
AUTHORS: Ezcurra, P., Ezcurra, E., Garcillán, P.P., Costa, M.T., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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2015

Resolving taxonomic uncertainty in vulnerable elasmobranchs: are the Madeira skate (Raja maderensis) and the thornback ray (Raja clavata) distinct species?
 
December 2015
 
AUTHORS: Ball, R.E., Serra-Pereira, B., Ellis, J., Genner, M.J., Iglésias, S., Johnson, A.F., Jones, C.S., Leslie, R., Lewis, J., Mariani, S., and Menezes, G.
 
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2015
Fishes: A Guide to their Diversity - Book Review
December 2015
 
AUTHORS: Johnson, A. F.
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Small-scale fisheries of lagoon estuarine complexes in Northwest Mexico
October 2015
AUTHORS: Rubio-Cisneros, N.T., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Ezcurra, E.
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Fish spawning aggregations: where well-placed management actions can yield big benefits for fisheries and conservation
September 2015
AUTHORS: Erisman, B., Heyman, W., Kobara, S., Ezer, T., Pittman, S., Aburto‐Oropeza, O., and Nemeth, R.S.
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Building an Expert-Judgment-Based Model of Mangrove Fisheries

 
July 2015
AUTHORS: Hutchinson, J., Philipp, D. P., Claussen, J. E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Carrasquilla-Henao, M., Castellanos-Galindo, G. A., Costa, M. T., Daneshgar, P. D., Hartmann, H. J., Juanes, F., Khan, M. N., Knowles, L., Knudsen, E., Lee, S. Y., Murchie, K. J., Tiedmann, J., Ermgassen, P., and Spalding, M. 
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A comparison of fishing activities between two coastal communities within a biosphere reserve in the Upper Gulf of California
April 2015
AUTHORS: Erisman, B., Mascarenas-Osorio, I., López-Sagástegui, C., Moreno-Báez, M., Jiménez-Esquivel, V., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
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On the conditions of the 2012 cannonball jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris) bloom in Golfo de Santa Clara: a fishery opportunity?
 
March 2015
 
AUTHORS: Girón‐Nava, A., López‐Sagástegui, C., and Aburto‐Oropeza, O.
 
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The nearshore fishes of the Cedros Archipelago (North-Eastern Pacific) and their biographic affinities
January 2015
AUTHORS: Ramirez-Valdez, A., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Palacios-Salgado, D.S., Correa-Sandoval, F., Ramirez-Valdez, A., Carlos Villasenor-Derbez, J., Jose Cota-Nieto, J., Hinojosa-Arango, G., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Dominguez-Guerrero, I., and Hinojosa-Arango, G.
 
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A framework to assess the health of rocky reefs linking geomorphology, community assemblage, and fish biomass
January 2015
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Ezcurra, E., Moxley, J., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Mascarenas-Osorio, I., Sánchez-Ortiz, C., Erisman, B., and Ricketts, T.
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2014

Effects of population density and body size on disease ecology of the European lobster in a temperate marine conservation zone 
December 2014
 
AUTHORS: Davies, C.E., Johnson, A.F., Wootton, E.C., Greenwood, S.J., Clark, K.F., Vogan, C.L., and Rowley, A.F.
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2014
Effects of bottom trawling on fish foraging and feeding
December 2014
 
AUTHORS: Johnson, A.F., Gorelli, G., Jenkins, S.R., Hiddink, J.G., and Hinz, H.
 
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Oceanographic mechanisms that possibly explain dominance of neritic-tropical zooplankton species assemblages around the Islas Marías Archipelago, Mexico

 
November 2014
 
AUTHORS: Gómez-Gutiérrez, J., Funes-Rodríguez, R., Arroyo-Ramírez, K., Sánchez-Ortíz, C.A., Beltrán-Castro, J.R., Hernández-Trujillo, S., Palomares-García, R., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Ezcurra, E.
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A tale of two seas: contrasting patterns of population structure in the small-spotted catshark across Europe
November 2014
 
AUTHORS: Gubili, C., Sims, D.W., Veríssimo, A., Domenici, P., Ellis, J., Grigoriou, P., Johnson, A.F., McHugh, M., Neat, F., Satta, A., Scarcella, G., Serra-Pereira, B., Soldo, A., Genner, M. J., and Griffiths, A. M.
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Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability
August 2014
 
AUTHORS: Leslie, H.M., Basurto, X., Nenadovic, M., Sievanen, L., Cavanaugh, K.C., Cota-Nieto, J.J., Erisman, B.E., Finkbeiner, E., Hinojosa-Arango, G., Moreno-Báez, M. and Nagavarapu, S., Reddy, S.M.W., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Siegel, K., Ulibarria-Valenzuela, J. J., Weaver, A. H., and Aburto-Oropeza, O. 
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Asymmetric connectivity of spawning aggregations of a commercially important marine fish using a multidisciplinary approach
July 2014
AUTHORS: Munguia-Vega, A., Jackson, A., Marinone, S.G., Erisman, B., Moreno-Baez, M., Girón-Nava, A., Pfister, T., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Torre, J.
 
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Residency and seasonal movements in Lutjanus argentiventris and Mycteroperca rosacea at Los Islotes Reserve, Gulf of California
 
March 2014
 
AUTHORS: TinHan, T., Erisman, B., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Weaver, A., Vázquez-Arce, D., and Lowe, C. G.
 
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Transnational Ecosystem Services: The Potential of Habitat Conservation for Waterfowl Through Recreational Hunting Activities
 
February 2014
 
AUTHORS: Rubio-Cisneros, N.T., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Murray, J., Gonzalez-Abraham, C.E., Jackson, J., and Ezcurra, E.
 
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2013

Evidence of market-driven size-selective fishing and the mediating effects of biological and institutional factors
 
June 2013
 
AUTHORS: Reddy, S.M., Wentz, A., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Maxey, M., Nagavarapu, S., and Leslie, H. M.
 
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2013
Marine conservation planning in practice: lessons learned from the Gulf of California
 
June 2013
AUTHORS: Álvarez‐Romero, J.G., Pressey, R.L., Ban, N.C., Torre‐Cosío, J., and Aburto‐Oropeza, O.
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2012

Long-term effectiveness of a multi-use marine protected area on reef fish assemblages and fisheries landings
 
December 2012
 
AUTHORS: Rife, A.N., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Hastings, P.A., Erisman, B., Ballantyne, F., Wielgus, J., Sala, E., and Gerber, L.
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2012
When good intentions are not enough … Insights on networks of “paper park” marine protected areas
October 2012
 
AUTHORS: Rife, A. N., Erisman, B., Sanchez, A., and Aburto‐Oropeza, O.
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The shallow-water fish assemblage of Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica: structure and patterns in an isolated, predator-dominated ecosystem
September 2012
 
AUTHORS: Friedlander, A.M., Zgliczynski, B.J., Ballesteros, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Bolaños, A., and Sala, E.
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of a fish spawning aggregation and its fishery in the Gulf of California
February 2012
AUTHORS: Erisman, B., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Gonzalez-Abraham, C., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., Moreno-Báez, M., and Hastings, P.A.
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Linking temperate demersal fish species to habitat: scales, patterns and future directions
 
February 2012
 
AUTHORS: Johnson, A.F., Jenkins, S.R., Hiddink, J.G., and Hinz, H.
 
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2011

Effect of prey abundance and size on the distribution of demersal fishes

September 2011
 
AUTHORS: Johnson, A.F., Valls, M., Moranta, J., Jenkins, S.R., Hiddink, J.G., and Hinz, H.
 
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2011
List of coastal fishes of Islas Marías archipelago, Mexico, with comments on taxonomic composition, biogeography, and abundance
 
June 2011
 
AUTHORS: Erisman, B.E., Galland, G.R., Mascarenas, I., Moxley, J., Walker, H.J., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Hastings, P.A., and Ezcurra, E.
 
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Could our fisheries be more productive? Indirect negative effects of bottom trawl fisheries on fish condition
 

June 2011
 
AUTHORS: Hiddink, J.G., Johnson, A.F., Kingham, R., and Hinz, H.
 
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Checklist of conspicuous reef reef fishes of the Bahía de Los Angeles region, Baja California Norte, Mexico, with comments on abundance and ecological biogeography.
 
May 2011
 
AUTHORS: Mascarenas-Osorio, I., Erisman, B., Moxley, J., Balart, E.F., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
 
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Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes
 
April 2011
 
AUTHORS: Mora, C., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Bocos, A.A., Ayotte, P.M., Banks, S., Bauman, A.G., Beger, M., Bessudo, S., Booth, D.J., Brokovich, E., and Brooks, A.
 
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2010

Irregular schooling behavior and abandonment of mimicry by the Sabertooth Blenny (Blenniidae) in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Gulf of California, Mexico

 

November 2010
 
AUTHORS: Galland, G.R., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Hastings, P.A.
 
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2010
Spatial structure of commercial marine fisheries in Northwest Mexico 
 
October 2010
 
AUTHORS: Erisman, B. E., Paredes, G. A., Plomozo-Lugo, T., Cota-Nieto, J. J., Hastings, P. A., and Aburto-Oropeza, O.
 
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Levels of connectivity between longnose skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea and the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean
 
September 2010
 
AUTHORS: Griffiths, A.M., Sims, D.W., Johnson, A., Lynghammar, A., McHugh, M., Bakken, T., and Genner, M.J.
 
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Seasonal, annual, and long-term trends in commercial fisheries for aggregating reef fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico
August 2010

AUTHORS: Erisman, B., Mascarenas, I., Paredes, G., de Mitcheson, Y.S., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Hastings, P.
 
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Climatic influence on reef fish recruitment and fisheries
 
July 2010
 
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Paredes, G., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., and Sala, E.
 
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2009

Recruitment and ontogenetic habitat shifts of the yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) in the Gulf of California

 

July 2009

 
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Dominguez-Guerrero, I., Cota-Nieto, J., and Plomozo-Lugo, T.
 
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2009

2008

Functional diversity predicts overyielding effect of species combination on primary productivity

 

July 2008

 
AUTHORS: Griffin, J.N., Méndez, V., Johnson, A.F., Jenkins, S.R., and Foggo, A.
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2008
Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields
May 2008
 
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Ezcurra, E., Danemann, G., Valdez, V., Murray, J., and Sala, E.
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Commercially imported serranid fishes from the Gulf of California: ecology, fisheries, and conservation
March 2008
 
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Erisman, B., Valdez-Ornelas, V., and Danemann, G. 
 
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A probable spawning aggregation of the leather bass Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger) in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico
 
March 2008
 
AUTHORS: Aburto‐Oropeza, O., and Hull, P.M.
 
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2007

Predictability of reef fish recruitment in a highly variable nursery habitat 

September 2007

 
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Sala, E., Paredes, G., Mendoza, A., and Ballesteros, E.
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2007

2006

A marine reserve network for the Gulf of California: The next step in conserving 'the world's aquarium'
November 2006
AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Sagástegui, C. L.
 
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2006

Threatened Fishes of the World: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846 (Pomacanthidae)

March 2006

AUTHORS: Sánchez-Alcántara, I., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Balart, E.F., Cupul-Magaña, A.L., Reyes-Bonilla, H., and Sánchez-Ortiz, C.
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2004

Fishing Down Coastal Food Webs in the Gulf of California

March 2004

 
AUTHORS: Sala, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Reza, M., Paredes, G., and López-Lemus, L. G.
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2004

2003

Spawning aggregations and reproductive behavior of reef fishes in the Gulf of California

January 2003

 
AUTHORS: Sala, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Paredes, G., and Thompson, G.
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2003

2002

A General Model for Designing Networks of Marine Reserves

December 2002

AUTHORS: Sala, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Paredes, G., Parra, I., Barrera, J.C., and Dayton, P.K.
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2002

2001

Community Structure of Reef Fish in Several Habitats of a Rocky Reef in the Gulf of California​

April 2001

AUTHORS: Aburto‐Oropeza, O., and Balart, E. F.
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2001

1999

Feeding Behavior, Habitat Use, and Abundance of the Angelfish Holacanthus passer (Pomacanthidae) in the Southern Sea of Cortés

July 1999

AUTHORS: Aburto-Oropeza, O., Sala, E., and Sánchez-Ortiz, C
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1999

Observations of a Probable Hybrid Angelfish of the Genus Holacanthus from the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

April 1999

AUTHORS: Sala, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., and Arreola-Robles, J.L.
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