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Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio

Research Scientist

Degrees:

• B.S., Universidad Autonoma de B.C.S.
• M.S., Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas
• Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Conservation Ecology
• Coastal Ecology
• Mangrove Forests' Dynamics
• Marine Reserves
• Artisanal Fisheries
• Gulf of California Ecoregion

Honors and Awards:

• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund Fellowship, 2010
• PhD Thesis Jean Fort Award, University of California San Diego, 2009

Mentoring:

• Estrada, Priscilia (Masters; 2011-2012)
• Rife, Alexis (Masters; 2010-2011)
• Rubio, Nadia (Graduate; 2010-)
• Cota, Jose (Undergrad; 2005-2009)
• Plomozo, Tomas (Undergrad; 2005-2009)
• Guerrero, Isai (Masters; 2004-2006)
• Gonzalez, Alonso (Masters; 2001-2003)
• Lobaton, Carlos (Undergrad; 2000-2003)

Alan M. Friedlander, Brian J. Zgliczynski, Enric Ballesteros, O Aburto-Oropeza, Enric Sala (2012) The shallow-water fish assemblage of Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica: structure and patterns in an isolated, predator-dominated ecosystem. REVISTA BIOLOGIA TROPICAL 60(3): 321-338.

Erisman BE, O Aburto-Oropeza, C Gonzalez-Abraham, I Mascareñas-Osorio, M Moreno-Baez, P Hastings (2012) Satellite tracking a massive spawning migration. NATURE REPORTS 2: 284, DOI: 10.1038/srep00284

Aburto-Oropeza O, Erisman BE, Galland GR, Mascarenas-Osorio I, Sala E, and Ezcurra E. (2011) Largest recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23601.

Erisman B, Galland G, Mascareñas I, Moxley J, Walker HJ, Aburto-Oropeza O, Hastings P & Ezcurra E (2011) List of coastal fishes of Islas Marías archipelago, Mexico, with comments on taxonomic composition, biogeography, and abundance. ZOOTAXA 2985: 26–40.

Mascareñas Osorio I, Erisman B, Moxley J, Balart E, and Aburto-Oropeza O (2011) Checklist of conspicuous reef fishes of Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, Mexico, with comments on their ecological biogeography. ZOOTAXA 2922: 60–68.

Camilo Mora, O Aburto-Oropeza, Arturo Ayala Bocos, Paula M. Ayott, Stuart Banks, Andrew G. Bauman, Maria Beger, Sandra Bessudo, David J. Booth, Eran Brokovich, Andrew Brooks, Pascale Chabanet, et al. (2011). Human footprint on the linkage between diversity and function in reef fishes. PLOSBIOLOGY 9(4): e1000605.

Erisman B., Gustavo A. Paredes, Tomas Plomozo-Lugo, Juan J. Cota-Nieto, Philip Hastings, and O Aburto-Oropeza (2011). Spatial structure of commercial marine fisheries in Northwest Mexico. ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCES, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq179.

Galland G.R., O. Aburto-Oropeza, P. A. (2010) HastingsIrregular schooling behavior and abandonment of mimicry by the Sabertooth Blenny (Blenniidae) in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Gulf of California, Mexico. CORAL REEFS 30(1): 215.

Erisman B., Ismael Mascarenas, GustavoParedes, Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson, O Aburto-Oropeza, Philip Hastings (2010) Seasonal, annual, and long term trends in commercial fisheries for aggregating reef fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico. FISHERIES RESEARCH 106: 279-288.

Aburto-Oropeza O., Paredes G., Mascareñas-Osorio I., Sala E. (2010). Climatic influence on reef fish recruitment and fisheries. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 410: 283–287.

Ezcurra E., Aburto-Oropeza O., Rosenzweig L. (2009). Los riñones del mundo: ¿por qué debemos proteger los manglares de México? INVESTIGACION AMBIENTAL 1(2): 202-206.

Aburto-Oropeza O., I. Dominguez-Guerrero, J. Cota-Nieto, and T. Plomozo-Lugo (2009). Recruitment and ontogenetic habitat shifts of the Yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) in the Gulf of California. MARINE BIOLOGY, DOI 10.1007/s00227-009-1271-5.

Aburto-Oropeza O., E. Ezcurra, G. Danemann, V. Valdéz-Ornelas, J. Murray and E. Sala. (2008). Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 105(30): 10456–10459.

Aburto-Oropeza O. and P. Hull. (2008). A probable spawning aggregation of the leather bass, dermatolepis dermatolepis, in Revillagigedo Archipelago. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 73(1): 288-295.

Aburto-Oropeza, O., E. Sala, G. Paredes, A. Mendoza and E. Ballesteros. (2007). Predictability of reef fish recruitment in a highly variable nursery habitat. ECOLOGY 88(9): 2220-2228.

Aburto-Oropeza O., Lopez-Lemus LG, Paredes G., Reza M., Saenz A. y Sala E. (2006) Letter to the Editor. FISHERIES RESEARCH 85(1-2): 233-234.

Sanchez-Alcantara I, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Eduardo F. Balart Amılcar L Cupul-Magana, Hector Reyes-Bonilla y Carlos Sanchez-Ortiz (2006) Threatened fishes of the world: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846 (Pomacanthidae). ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISH 77(1): 97-99.

Sala E, Aburto-Oropeza O, Reza M, et al. (2004) Fishing down coastal food webs in the Gulf of California. FISHERIES 29 (3): 19-25.

Sala E, Aburto-Oropeza O, Paredes G, et al. (2003) Spawning aggregations and reproductive behavior of reef fishes in the Gulf of California. BULLETIN MARINE SCIENCE 72 (1): 103-121.

Sala E, Aburto-Oropeza O, Paredes G, et al. (2003) Modeling marine protected areas – Response. SCIENCE 301 (5629): 48-49.

Sala E, Aburto-Oropeza O, Paredes G, et al. (2002) A general model for designing networks of marine reserves. SCIENCE 298 (5600): 1991-1993.

Aburto-Oropeza O, Balart EF. (2001) Community structure of reef fish in several habitats of a rocky reef in the Gulf of California. MARINE ECOLOGY PSZNI 22 (4): 283-305.

Aburto-Oropeza O, Sala E, Sanchez-Ortiz C. (2000) Feeding behavior, habitat use, and abundance of the angelfish Holacanthus passer (Pomacanthidae) in the southern Sea of Cortes. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISH 57 (4): 435-442.

Sala E., Aburto-Oropeza O. and Arreola-Robles J. (1999) Observations of a probable hybrid angelfish of the genus holacanthus from the Sea of Cortez, México. PACIFIC SCIENCE, vol. 53, no. 2: 181-184.