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  • 2015 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Octavio Aburto-Oropeza is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Oceanography, and Transportation. Their research spans a range of topics within marine and coastal sciences.

The main topics covered by Aburto-Oropeza's research include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine animal studies overview

Frequently publishing in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Ecology Progress Series, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Marine Policy, Aburto-Oropeza has contributed extensively to the marine science literature.

Recent publications include:

  • "Sustainable fisheries are essential but not enough to ensure well-being for the world's fishers" (2021) in Fish and Fisheries
  • "A Scientific Synthesis of Marine Protected Areas in the United States: Status and Recommendations" (2022) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Driven by Drones: Improving Mangrove Extent Maps Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing" (2020) in Remote Sensing
  • "Diving tourism in Mexico - Economic and conservation importance" (2021) in Marine Policy
  • "Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: Guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas" (2023) in One Earth

Throughout their career, Aburto-Oropeza has collaborated with frequent co-authors such as Fabio Favoretto, Joy A. Kumagai, Alfredo Girón-Nava, Andrew F. Johnson, and Exequiel Ezcurra, indicating a network of interdisciplinary scientific partnerships.

In 2015, Aburto-Oropeza was recognized as a Hellman Fellow, reflecting engagement in scientific development within their field.

Best Publications

  • Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields

    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Exequiel Ezcurra;Gustavo Danemann;Víctor Valdez

  • A general model for designing networks of marine reserves

    Enric Sala;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Gustavo Paredes;Ivan Parra

  • Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability

    Heather M. Leslie;Xavier Basurto;Mateja Nenadovic;Leila Sievanen;Leila Sievanen

  • Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

    Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas J. Bax;Nicholas J. Bax;Samantha E. Simmons;Eduardo Klein

  • Large recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve.

    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Brad Erisman;Grantly R. Galland;Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • When good intentions are not enough … Insights on networks of “paper park” marine protected areas

    Alexis N. Rife;Brad Erisman;Alexandra Sanchez;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza

  • Fishing Down Coastal Food Webs in the Gulf of California

    Enric Sala;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Miriam Reza;Gustavo Paredes

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

    Octavio Aburto‐Oropeza;Eduardo F. Balart

  • Fish spawning aggregations: where well-placed management actions can yield big benefits for fisheries and conservation

    Brad Erisman;William Heyman;Shinichi Kobara;Tal Ezer

  • Coastal landforms and accumulation of mangrove peat increase carbon sequestration and storage

    Paula Ezcurra;Exequiel Ezcurra;Pedro P. Garcillán;Matthew T. Costa

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

    Enric Sala;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Gustavo Paredes;Glenn Thompson

  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of a fish spawning aggregation and its fishery in the Gulf of California

    Brad Erisman;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Charlotte Gonzalez-Abraham;Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio

  • Predictability of reef fish recruitment in a highly variable nursery habitat.

    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;L Enric Sala;Gustavo Paredes;Abraham Mendoza

  • Spatial ecology and conservation of Manta birostris in the Indo-Pacific

    Joshua D. Stewart;Calvin S. Beale;Daniel Fernando;Abraham B. Sianipar

  • Seasonal, annual, and long-term trends in commercial fisheries for aggregating reef fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico

    Brad Erisman;Ismael Mascarenas;Gustavo Paredes;Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson

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

    Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Isaí Dominguez-Guerrero;José Cota-Nieto;Tomás Plomozo-Lugo

  • The shallow-water fish assemblage of Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica: structure and patterns in an isolated, predator-dominated ecosystem

    Alan M. Friedlander;Brian J. Zgliczynski;Enric Ballesteros;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza

  • A natural experiment reveals the impact of hydroelectric dams on the estuaries of tropical rivers.

    E. Ezcurra;E. Barrios;P. Ezcurra;A. Ezcurra

  • Spatial structure of commercial marine fisheries in Northwest Mexico

    Brad E. Erisman;Gustavo A. Paredes;Tomas Plomozo-Lugo;Juan J. Cota-Nieto

  • Coastal Landforms and Accumulation of Mangrove Peat Increase Carbon Sequestration and Storage

    M. T. Costa;P. Excurra;E. Ezcurra;P. P. Garcillan

Frequent Co-Authors

Exequiel Ezcurra
Exequiel Ezcurra University of California, Riverside
Enric Sala
Enric Sala National Geographic Society
Nicholas J. Bax
Nicholas J. Bax Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Derek P. Tittensor
Derek P. Tittensor Dalhousie University
Patricia Miloslavich
Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania
Kyle C. Cavanaugh
Kyle C. Cavanaugh University of California, Los Angeles
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Sanae Chiba
Sanae Chiba Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa

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