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  1. Distribution Range of Toadfishes Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818 (Batrachoididae) in the Western Atlantic, with Emphasis in the Introduction of O. beta in Brazil

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  2. Predictions of current and potential global invasion risk in populations of lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) under climate change scenarios

    Article • Marine Biology, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  3. Sea cucumber catch reconstruction and species composition as determined by seizures analyses from the IUU fishing in the Campeche Bank, Mexico

    Article • Marine Policy, January 2023, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  4. Inferring ecological connectivity between populations of Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880) from the southern Gulf of Mexico and the South-western Atlantic coast

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, December 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  5. Variation in Body Length, Length-Weight Relationship, and Condition Factor of Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Between Years in a Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem in Alacranes Reef, Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Caribbean Journal of Science, September 2022, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  6. Condition of the international fisheries, catch and effort trends, and fishery data gaps for dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) from 1950 to 2018 in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Marine Policy, September 2022, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  7. Prevalence of Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) in Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792) (Teleostei: Labridae)

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  8. A Proposal Framework for a Tri-National Agreement on Biological Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem

    Article • Marine Policy, May 2022, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  9. Saddleback Syndrome in the Common Lionfish Pterois miles (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), Off Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  10. Checklist of Parasitic Isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) Infesting Marine Decapod and Fishes Off Mexico’s Coasts

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  11. Survival and growth of wild-translocated individuals and released-cultured juveniles of sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus off the northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, May 2021, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  12. Functional developmental states of the Greater Caribbean coral reefs

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2021, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  13. Updated Distribution Range of Toadfishes (Sanopus Smith 1952, Batrachoididae) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  14. Seagrass cover expansion off Caja de Muertos Island, Puerto Rico, as determined by long-term analysis of historical aerial and satellite images (1950–2014)

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2020, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  15. Climate and season are associated with prevalence and distribution of trans-hemispheric blue crab reovirus (Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1)

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, August 2020, Inter-Research Science Center

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  16. Perceptions of diver-fishermen and recreational divers on lionfish as a threat in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, August 2020, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  17. Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?

    Article • Marine Policy, June 2020, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  18. Rise and decline of the sea cucumber fishery in Campeche Bank, Mexico

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, February 2020, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  19. El océano y sus recursos naturales bajo amenaza ambiental

    Article • Bioagrociencias, October 2019, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  20. Reproductive biology of the southern pufferfish, Sphoeroides nephelus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), in the northern coast off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, June 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  21. A Poorly Known Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico: Cubera, Lutjanus cyanopterus, (Teleostei: Lutjanidae) off the Northern Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  22. Chemical composition, amino acid and fatty acid profiles of Lionfish Pterois volitans from the Alacranes reef, southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Indian Journal of Animal Research, March 2019, Agricultural Research Communication Center

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  23. The Principles of Transdisciplinary Research in Small-Scale Fisheries

    Article • October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  24. Parasitic isopods are reported infecting introduced lionfish in Western Atlantic

    Article • Marine Biology Research, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  25. Marine Conservation Outcomes are More Likely when Fishers Participate as Citizen Scientists: Case Studies from the Mexican Mesoamerican Reef

    Article • Citizen Science Theory and Practice, June 2018, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  26. The community diversity of two Caribbean MPAs invaded by lionfish does not support the biotic resistance hypothesis

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, April 2018, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  27. Structure and composition of surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) and parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) assemblages in the south of the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  28. Interdecadal trends in composition, density, size, and mean trophic level of fish species and guilds before and after coastal development in the Mexican Caribbean

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  29. A parasitic isopod of snappers in Western Atlantic is first recorded in invasive lionfish

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, September 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  30. Occurrence of large thickets of Acropora prolifera (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  31. Stakeholder perceptions of red lionfish ( Pterois volitans ) as a threat to the ecosystem and its potential for human consumption in Quintana Roo, Mexico

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, February 2017, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  32. Length–weight and length–length relations, and relative condition factor of red lionfish, Pterois volitans (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from two natural protected areas in the Mexican Caribbean

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, December 2016, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  33. Hyporthodus nigritus: Aguilar-Perera, A., Padovani-Ferreira, B. & Bertoncini, A.A.

    Article • November 2016, IUCN

    Dr Athila A Bertoncini, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  34. Hyporthodus flavolimbatus: Padovani-Ferreira, B., Bertoncini, A.A. & Aguilar-Perera, A.

    Article • November 2016, IUCN

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  35. Hyporthodus niveatus: Bertoncini, A.A., Ferreira, B. & Aguilar-Perera, A.

    Article • November 2016, IUCN

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  36. Epinephelus itajara: Bertoncini, A.A., Aguilar-Perera, A., Barreiros, J., Craig, M.T., Ferreira, B. & Koenig, C.

    Article • November 2016, IUCN

    Dr Athila A Bertoncini, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  37. Epinephelus morio: Brule, T., Bertoncini, A.A., Ferreira, B., Aguilar-Perera, A. & Sosa-Cordero, E.

    Article • November 2016, IUCN

    Dr Athila A Bertoncini, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  38. Epinephelus striatus: Sadovy, Y., Aguilar-Perera, A. & Sosa-Cordero, E.

    Article • November 2016, IUCN

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  39. Relations between fish length to weight, and otolith length and weight, of the lionfish Pterois volitans in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Revista de biología marina y oceanografía, August 2016, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  40. Lionfish invaded the mesophotic coral ecosystem of the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  41. The rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) does not depend on mangroves as nursery habitats in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  42. Length–Weight and Length–Length Relationships of the Hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, Off The Northern Coast Of The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Gulf and Caribbean Research, November 2015, University of Southern Mississippi

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  43. Growth and mortality of red lionfish, Pterois volitans (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, southern Gulf of Mexico, as determined by size-frequency analysis

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, June 2015, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  44. Occurrence of the introduced alga Caulerpa ollivieri Dostál, 1929 [Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta] in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • BioInvasions Records, March 2015, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  45. Population Structure and Phylogeography in Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a Mass-Aggregating Marine Fish

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2014, PLOS

    Dr John Alexander Brightman Claydon, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  46. Mayan diver-fishers as citizen scientists: detection and monitoring of the invasive red lionfish in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Biological Invasions, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  47. Length-weight and length-length relationships of the invasive red lionfish [Pterois volitans(Linnaeus, 1758): Scorpaenidae] in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, August 2013, Wiley

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  48. Distribution, prevalence, and genetic analysis of Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) from the Caribbean Sea

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, May 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  49. Record Body Size for the Red Lionfish, Pterois Volitans (Scorpaeniformes), in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Gulf and Caribbean Research, January 2013, University of Southern Mississippi

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  50. First record of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758]) off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico

    Article • BioInvasions Records, June 2012, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  51. The Role of Local Ecological Knowledge in the Conservation and Management of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations

    Article • September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  52. First record of the white-eye goby, Bollmannia boqueronensis (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae) along the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Gulf of Mexico)

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, April 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Nuno Simoes, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  53. Distribution of the genusHypoplectrus(Teleostei: Serranidae) in the Greater Caribbean Region: support for a color-based speciation

    Article • Marine Ecology, June 2010, Wiley

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  54. Non-native, invasive red lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758]: Scorpaenidae), is first recorded in the southern Gulf of Mexico, off the northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Aquatic Invasions, January 2010, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  55. Movement of fishes (Grunts: Haemulidae) across the coral reef seascape: A review of scales, patterns and processes

    Article • Caribbean Journal of Science, January 2009, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  56. Fishery of the Goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Teleostei: Epinephelidae) based on local ecological knowledge and fishery records in Yucatan, Mexico

    Article • Revista de Biología Tropical, November 2008, Universidad de Costa Rica

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  57. Settlement dynamics of the coral reef fish Stegastes partitus, inferred from otolith shape and microstructure analysis

    Article • Aquatic Biology, January 2008, Inter-Research Science Center

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  58. Spatial distribution of marine fishes along a cross-shelf gradient containing a continuum of mangrove–seagrass–coral reefs off southwestern Puerto Rico

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, January 2008, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  59. Variation in juvenile fish density along the mangrove–seagrass–coral reef continuum in SW Puerto Rico

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, October 2007, Inter-Research Science Center

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  60. Disappearance of a Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off the southern Mexican Caribbean coast

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, December 2006, Inter-Research Science Center

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  61. Marine protected areas in Puerto Rico: Historical and current perspectives

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, January 2006, Elsevier

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

  62. A spawning aggregation of Nassau grouperEpinephelus striatus (Pisces: Serranidae) in the Mexican Caribbean

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, April 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfonso Aguilar-Perera