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  1. Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite loci for the Eastern Pacific marine sponge Mycale cecilia by Illumina MiSeq sequencing

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  2. Genetic connectivity in Twospot flounder (Bothus robinsi) across the Gulf of Mexico, inferred with single nucleotide polymorphisms from larvae and adults

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  3. Size spectra, biomass, and trophic groups of free‐living marine nematodes along a water‐depth gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Marine Ecology, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  4. A first look at the biodiversity of Loricifera in the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, July 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  5. The Role of Diversity in Mediating Microbiota Structural and Functional Differences in Two Sympatric Species of Abalone Under Stressed Withering Syndrome Conditions

    Article • Microbial Ecology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  6. Integrating eDNA metabarcoding and simultaneous underwater visual surveys to describe complex fish communities in a marine biodiversity hotspot

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  7. Echinoderes unispinosus (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida), a new record from deep-sea sediments in the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  8. First records of marine tardigrades of the genus Coronarctus (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada, Arthrotardigrada) from Mexico

    Article • Check List, January 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  9. The complete mitogenome of the Eastern Pacific sponge Aplysina gerardogreeni (Demospongiae, Verongida, Aplysinidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  10. Structure, dynamics and predicted functional role of the gut microbiota of the blue (Haliotis fulgens) and yellow (H. corrugata) abalone from Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Article • PeerJ, November 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  11. Genetic connectivity of the endangered brown sea cucumber Isostichopus fuscus in the northern Gulf of California revealed by novel microsatellite markers

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, June 2018, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  12. Metacommunity analysis of meiobenthos of deep-sea sediments from the Gulf of Mexico

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

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  13. Isolation by environment in the highly mobile olive ridley turtle ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) in the eastern Pacific

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  14. Monomorphic pathogens: The case of Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis from abalone in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  15. High genetic diversity and limited genetic connectivity in 2 populations of an endemic and endangered coral species: Porites sverdrupi

    Article • Ciencias Marinas, March 2018, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  16. Eco-Evolutionary Processes Generating Diversity Among Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Populations off Baja California, Mexico

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  17. Patterns of Spatial Variation of Meiofauna in Sandy Beaches of Northwestern Mexico with Contrasting Levels of Disturbance

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  18. Phenotypic variation in dorsal fin morphology of coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Mexico

    Article • PeerJ, June 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  19. Abundance, Residency, and Potential Hazards for Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Off a Productive Lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Aquatic Mammals, May 2017, Aquatic Mammals Journal

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  20. Phenotypic variation in dorsal fin morphology of coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Mexico

    Article • May 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  21. Cutting through the Gordian knot: unravelling morphological, molecular, and biogeographical patterns in the genus Zapteryx (guitarfish) from the Mexican Pacific

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  22. Multigenetic characterization of ‘Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis’

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  23. Hyperparasitism by the bacteriophage ( Caudovirales ) infecting Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis (Rickettsiales-like prokaryote) parasite of wild abalone Haliotis fulgens and Haliotis corrugata from the Peninsula of Baja California, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  24. Genetic homogeneity of the geoduck clam Panopea generosa in the northeast Pacific

    Article • Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares, Luis Eduardo Calderon-Aguilera

  25. Pervasive genetic structure at different geographic scales in the coral-excavating sponge Cliona vermifera (Hancock, 1867) in the Mexican Pacific

    Article • Coral Reefs, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  26. Impact of seasonal changes on fungal diversity of a semi-arid ecosystem revealed by 454 pyrosequencing

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  27. The effect of biogeographic and phylogeographic barriers on gene flow in the brown smoothhound shark, Mustelus henlei , in the northeastern Pacific

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  28. Complete mitochondrial genome of the beaubrummel Damselfish, Stegastes flavilatus (Pisces: Perciformes, Pomacentridae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  29. Mitochondrial Genetic Structure and Matrilineal Origin of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias , in the Northeastern Pacific: Implications for Their Conservation

    Article • Journal of Heredity, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  30. Sexual Segregation of Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Aquatic Mammals, December 2014, Aquatic Mammals Journal

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  31. Novel gene arrangement in the mitochondrial genome of the Cortés Geoduck clam (Panopea globosa)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  32. The complete mitochondrial DNA of the Pacific Geoduck clam (Panopea generosa)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  33. The complete mitochondrial genome of the giant electric ray,Narcine entemedor(Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  34. The mitochondrial genome of the banded guitarfish,Zapteryx exasperata(Jordan and Gilbert, 1880), possesses a non-coding duplication remnant region

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  35. Gross and microscopic pathology of lesions in Pocillopora spp. from the subtropical eastern Pacific

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares, Luis Eduardo Calderon-Aguilera

  36. Population genetic structure of Mexican Magnificent Frigatebirds: an integrative analysis of the influence of reproductive behavior and sex-biased dispersal

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  37. Scaling of bite performance with head and carapace morphometrics in green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  38. Genetic signature of a recent metapopulation bottleneck in the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) after intensive commercial exploitation in Mexico

    Article • Biological Conservation, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  39. Strong Population Structure and Shallow Mitochondrial Phylogeny in the Banded Guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan y Gilbert, 1880), from the Northern Mexican Pacific

    Article • Journal of Heredity, October 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  40. High genetic connectivity in the Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, from the southeast Gulf of Mexico inferred from AFLP fingerprinting

    Article • Fisheries Research, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  41. Origen of Porites coral in the Gulf of California desmostrated by seascape genetics

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares, David A Paz-García

  42. Assessing the Response of Nematode Communities to Climate Change-Driven Warming: A Microcosm Experiment

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  43. Integrating genetic, phenotypic and ecological analyses to assess the variation and clarify the distribution of the Cortes geoduck (Panopea globosa)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  44. Morphological and molecular differentiation of smooth-hound sharks (GenusMustelus, Family Triakidae) from the Gulf of California

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  45. Integrative Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Aplysina (Demospongiae: Verongida) from Mexican Pacific

    Article • PLOS One, August 2012, PLOS

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  46. Metagenetic community analysis of microbial eukaryotes illuminates biogeographic patterns in deep-sea and shallow water sediments

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  47. Spatial analyses of bottlenose dolphin–fisheries interactions reveal human avoidance off a productive lagoon in the western Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, August 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  48. Barriers acting on the genetic structure of a highly aerial seabird: The magnificent frigatebird

    Article • Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  49. Deep Mitochondrial Divergence in Baja California Populations of an Aquilopelagic Elasmobranch: The Golden Cownose Ray

    Article • Journal of Heredity, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  50. Limited genetic connectivity of Pavona gigantea in the Mexican Pacific

    Article • Coral Reefs, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  51. Global phylogeography of the dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus): The influence of large effective population size and recent dispersal on the divergence of a marine pelagic cosmopolitan species

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  52. Genetic and Morphological Variation of Northeast Pacific Panopea Clams: Evolutionary Implications

    Article • Journal of Shellfish Research, August 2010, National Shellfisheries Association

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  53. Spatial aggregation patterns of free-living marine nematodes in contrasting sandy beach micro-habitats

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  54. The role of habitat heterogeneity in structuring the community of intertidal free-living marine nematodes

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  55. Diversity of free-living marine nematodes (Enoplida) from Baja California assessed by integrative taxonomy

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  56. Direct nematode predation in the marine nematode Synonchiella spiculora (Selachinematidae: Nematoda)

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, May 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  57. Molecular identification of dolphinfish species (genus Coryphaena) using multiplex haplotype-specific PCR of mitochondrial DNA

    Article • Ichthyological Research, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  58. Nematodes from the Gulf of California. Part 1. The genera Ceramonema Cobb, 1920, Pselionema Cobb in Cobb, 1933 and Pterygonema Gerlach, 1954 (Nematoda: Ceramonematidae)

    Article • Nematology, January 2008, Brill

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  59. Biodiversity of littoral nematodes from two sites in the Gulf of California

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  60. Conservation implications of the genetic and ecological distinction of Tursiops truncatus ecotypes in the Gulf of California

    Article • Biological Conservation, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  61. Mitochondrial variability of dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus populations in the Pacific Ocean

    Article • Ciencias Marinas, October 2006, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  62. An integrated approach to fast and informative morphological vouchering of nematodes for applications in molecular barcoding

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2005, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  63. The panmixia paradigm of eastern Pacific olive ridley turtles revised: consequences for their conservation and evolutionary biology

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2005, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  64. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax sagax (Clupeidae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, December 2004, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  65. Four new species ofCletocamptusSchmankewitsch, 1875, closely related toCletocamptus deitersi(Richard, 1897) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, November 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  66. Apparent Selection Intensity for the Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Varies with Mode of Reproduction in Echinoderms

    Article • Genetica, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  67. Cryptic isolation of Gulf of California shovelnose guitarfish evidenced by mitochondrial DNA

    Article • Marine Biology, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  68. DIFFERENTIAL TOLERANCE AMONG CRYPTIC SPECIES: A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF POLLUTANT-RELATED REDUCTIONS IN GENETIC DIVERSITY

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, January 2004, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  69. VICARIANCE AND DISPERSAL ACROSS BAJA CALIFORNIA IN DISJUNCT MARINE FISH POPULATIONS

    Article • Evolution, January 2003, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  70. Power of a multidisciplinary approach: use of morphological, molecular and digital methods in the study of harpacticoid cryptic species

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2003, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  71. High genetic diversity, large inter-oceanic divergence and historical demography of the striped mullet

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, November 2000, Wiley

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  72. Phylogenetic Analysis of Molecular Lineages in a Species-Rich Subgenus of Sea Stars ( Leptasterias Subgenus Hexasterias )1

    Article • American Zoologist, June 2000, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  73. Cryptic species of rockfishes (Sebastes: Scorpaenidae) in the Southern Hemisphere inferred from mitochondrial lineages

    Article • Journal of Heredity, May 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  74. Molecular Evolution, Systematics, and Zoogeography of the Rockfish SubgenusSebastomus(Sebastes,Scorpaenidae) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochromeband Control Region Sequences

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  75. Evolution of a Mitochondrial CytochromebGene Sequence in the Species-Rich GenusSebastes(Teleostei, Scorpaenidae) and Its Utility in Testing the Monophyly of the SubgenusSebastomus

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  76. Effects of oceanographic circulation on the gene flow, genetic structure, and phylogeography of the rosethorn rockfish (Sebastes helvomaculatus)

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 1999, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares

  77. Multiplex haplotype-specific PCR: a new approach for species identification of the early life stages of rockfishes of the species-rich genus Sebastes Cuvier

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, December 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares