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  1. From parasite to pathology: A novel manifestation of cestodiasis in Octopus maya

    Article • Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  2. Parasite diversity and regional variation in invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans

    Article • Biological Invasions, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  3. Phylogeny, taxonomy and intraspecific variation of the rocky-intertidal trematode Opecoelus adsphaericus (Opecoelidae: Opecoelinae), a parasite of Clinocottus analis (Perciformes: Cottidae) from Baja California

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  4. Differentiation of the bacterial communities associated with Orbicella faveolata across different growth conditions and life-cycle stages

    Article • PLOS One, November 2025, PLOS

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  5. Cestode parasite accumulation in Octopus maya: Insights from an opportunistic sampling during the 2022 red tide event

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  6. The first report of a fish coccidian parasite, Calyptospora mexicanus n. sp. (Eimeriorina: Calyptosporidae), in Mexico

    Article • Acta Tropica, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  7. Description of Ellipsomyxa prima n. sp. in the gallbladder of Gambusia yucatana (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from freshwater springs in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  8. Microbial diversity of coastal microbial mats formations in karstic habitats from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • PLOS One, June 2025, PLOS

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  9. The XI International Symposium on Fish Parasites: fish health, parasite biodiversity, and conservation

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  10. Two new myxozoan parasites, Myxobolus mayarum n. sp. and Kudoa mayarum n. sp., infecting the neotropical fish Mayan Cichlid, Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Acta Tropica, February 2025, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  11. New distribution record, morphological and molecular characterization of Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) tenuis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  12. Ecological and phylogenetic components of flatfish ectoparasites (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) from the Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • PLOS One, October 2024, PLOS

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  13. Multiple-Integrated Biomarker Indexes to Assess the Responses of the Flatfish Achirus lineatus during Exposure to Light Crude Oil Water Accommodated Fraction

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  14. Histopathology reveals environmental stress in dusky flounder Syacium papillosum of the Yucatan Peninsula continental shelf

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  15. Microbiomes of three coral species in the Mexican Caribbean and their shifts associated with the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

    Article • PLOS One, August 2024, PLOS

    David A Paz-García, José Q. García-Maldonado, Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  16. Characterization of microbiota and histology of cultured sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus juveniles during an outbreak of skin ulceration syndrome

    Article • PLOS One, May 2024, PLOS

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  17. Structure and composition of microbial communities in the water column from Southern Gulf of Mexico and detection of putative hydrocarbon‐degrading microorganisms

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  18. Larvae trypanorhynch (Cestoda) infecting the dusky flounder, Syacium papillosum (Paralichthyidae: Pleuronectiformes) in the continental shelf of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Helminthologia, March 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  19. Expanding the phylogeography and connectivity of Perkinsus species across North and Central America

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, December 2023, Wiley

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  20. Ocean monitoring, observation network and modelling of the Gulf of Mexico by CIGOM

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  21. The metazoan parasite communities of flounders as indicators of chemical pollution in the southern Gulf of Mexico: taxonomic and trait-based approaches

    Article • March 2023, Research Square

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  22. Spatiotemporal dynamics of benthic bacterial communities in the Perdido Fold Belt, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  23. Changes in the Rhizosphere Prokaryotic Community Structure of Halodule wrightii Monospecific Stands Associated to Submarine Groundwater Discharges in a Karstic Costal Area

    Article • Microorganisms, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  24. Tailoring Heat Transfer and Bactericidal Response in Multifunctional Cotton Composites

    Article • Nanomaterials, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  25. Stephanostomum minankisi n. sp. (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from dusky flounder Syacium papillosum (Paralichthydae) from southern Gulf of Mexico: A new species without spines?

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  26. Integrative taxonomy of Serrasentis gibsoni n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Isthmosacanthidae) from flatfishes in the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  27. Ocean Monitoring and Prediction Network for the Sustainable Development of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean

    Article • Oceanography, January 2023, The Oceanography Society

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  28. Linking phenotypic to genotypic metacestodes from Octopus maya of the Yucatan Peninsula

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  29. Rediscovering Monogenoids (Platyhelminthes) Parasitizing Pomacentrid and Chaetodontid Fishes from Cayo Arcas Reef, Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Diversity, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Simoes, Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  30. Metazoan parasites of some meso- and bathypelagic fish from the Perdido region, southern Gulf of Mexico

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

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  31. Immature trematodes of Lecithochirium sp. (Digenea: Hemiuridae) in the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculatus) from Mexico

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  32. The performance of taxonomic and trait-based approaches in the assessment of dusky flounder parasite communities as indicators of chemical pollution

    Article • Environmental Pollution, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  33. Effects of a Light Crude Oil Spill on a Tropical Coastal Phytoplankton Community

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  34. Metazoan Parasite Infracommunities of the Tomtate Grunt (Haemulon aurolineatum) as Potential Bioindicators of Environmental Conditions in the Yucatan Continental Shelf, Mexico

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  35. Optimization of the Biodegradation of Aliphatic, Aromatic, and UCM Hydrocarbons from Light Crude Oil in Marine Sediment Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  36. Assessing the Effect of Chemical Dispersant Nokomis 3-F4 on the Degradation of a Heavy Crude Oil in Water by a Marine Microbial Consortium

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  37. Acute Exposure to Crude Oil Induces Epigenetic, Transcriptional and Metabolic Changes in Juvenile Sciaenops ocellatus

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  38. Bivalve Diversity on the Continental Shelf and Deep Sea of the Perdido Fold Belt, Northwest Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

    Article • Diversity, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Simoes, Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  39. Functional Groups of Metazoan Parasites of the Dusky Flounder (Syacium papillosum) as Bioindicators of Environmental Health of the Yucatan Shelf

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  40. Histological Effects of Light Crude Oil on Sciaenops ocellatus Under Experimental Conditions

    Article • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  41. Assessing the Diversity of Benthic Sulfate-Reducing Microorganisms in Northwestern Gulf of Mexico by Illumina Sequencing of dsrB Gene

    Article • Microbial Ecology, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  42. Fluctuating asymmetry of sclerotized structures of Haliotrematoides spp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) as bioindicators of aquatic contamination

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  43. The 2015-2016 El Niño increased infection parameters of copepods on Eastern Tropical Pacific dolphinfish populations

    Article • PLOS One, May 2020, PLOS

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  44. New morphological and molecular data for Xystretrum solidum (Gorgoderidae, Gorgoderinae) from Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) in Mexican waters

    Article • ZooKeys, April 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  45. Biological responses of shoal flounder (Syacium gunteri) to toxic environmental pollutants from the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Environmental Pollution, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  46. A succession of marine bacterial communities in batch reactor experiments during the degradation of five different petroleum types

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  47. Following the infection dynamics of the tropical trematodeOligogonotylus mayaein its intermediate and definitive hosts for 13 years

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  48. Community structure and distribution of benthic Bacteria and Archaea in a stratified coastal lagoon in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  49. Parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from Palmyra Atoll, East Indo-Pacific, including a new species of Spinitectus (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae)

    Article • ZooKeys, November 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  50. Changes in the Bacterioplankton Community Structure from Southern Gulf of Mexico During a Simulated Crude Oil Spill at Mesocosm Scale

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  51. Phylogeny, genetics, and the partial life cycle of Oncomegas wageneri in the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Current Zoology, September 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  52. Diesel uptake by an indigenous microbial consortium isolated from sediments of the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Emulsion characterisation

    Article • Environmental Pollution, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  53. Bacterial succession and co‐occurrence patterns of an enriched marine microbial community during light crude oil degradation in a batch reactor

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  54. Metazoan parasite infracommunities of the dusky flounder (Syacium papillosum) as bioindicators of environmental conditions in the continental shelf of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  55. Parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Hexanauplia) on fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific

    Article • ZooKeys, March 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  56. Physico-chemical Characterization of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Produced by Halomonas salina, Isolated from a Hypersaline Microbial Mat

    Article • Journal of Polymers and the Environment, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  57. Metacercariae of Haplorchis pumilio (Looss, 1896) in Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Mérida City, Yucatán, Mexico: a co-introduced parasite

    Article • BioInvasions Records, January 2019, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  58. Pathogens and Related Diseases in Non-European Cephalopods: Central and South America

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  59. Assessment of the bacterial community structure in shallow and deep sediments of the Perdido Fold Belt region in the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • PeerJ, September 2018, PeerJ

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  60. Octopus maya parasites off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. I. Faunal assemblages

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, August 2018, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  61. Molecular evidence linking the larval and adult stages of Mexiconema cichlasomae (Dracunculoidea: Daniconematidae) from Mexico, with notes on its phylogenetic position among Dracunculoidea

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, July 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  62. Biodegradation of hexadecane using sediments from rivers and lagoons of the Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  63. A molecular phylogenetic appraisal of the acanthostomines Acanthostomum and Timoniella and their position within Cryptogonimidae (Trematoda: Opisthorchioidea)

    Article • PeerJ, December 2017, PeerJ

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  64. Microbial Activity in Marine Sediments Exposed to Hexadecane: A Laboratory Study

    Article • CLEAN - Soil Air Water, November 2017, Wiley

    Abril Gamboa , Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  65. Monogenea of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll in the Central Pacific

    Article • ZooKeys, November 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  66. Genetic signature analysis of Perkinsus marinus in Mexico suggests possible translocation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific coast of Mexico

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  67. Failure mechanism of woven roving fabric/vinyl ester composites in freeze–thaw saline environment

    Article • Journal of Composite Materials, November 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Elias A Toubia, Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  68. invertebrate parasites

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, August 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  69. Two new species of dicyemid mesozoans (Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) from Octopus maya Voss & Solis-Ramirez (Octopodidae) off Yucatan, Mexico

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  70. Richness and distribution of tropical oyster parasites in two oceans

    Article • Parasitology, June 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  71. Trematode diversity in freshwater fishes of the Globe II: ‘New World’

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  72. A century (1914-2014) of studies on marine fish parasites published inThe Journal of Parasitology

    Article • February 2016, Wiley

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  73. Environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting the probability of occurrence of Oncomegas wageneri (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  74. Effects of oil spill related chemical pollution on helminth parasites in Mexican flounder Cyclopsetta chittendeni from the Campeche Sound, Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  75. Metazoan parasites of fishes from the Celestun coastal lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico 

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2015, Magnolia Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  76. The ocean sampling day consortium

    Article • GigaScience, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  77. The metazoan parasite communities of the shoal flounder (Syacium gunteri) as bioindicators of chemical contamination in the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  78. The metazoan parasite communities of the shoal flounder ( Syacium gunteri ) as bioindicators of chemical contamination in the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  79. Temporal variation in the dispersion patterns of metazoan parasites of a coastal fish species from the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  80. Temporal variation of Mexiconema cichlasomae (Nematoda: Daniconematidae) in the Mayan cichlid fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus and its intermediate host Argulus yucatanus from a tropical coastal lagoon

    Article • Parasitology, November 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  81. Digenean metacercariae of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll, Eastern Indo-Pacific

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  82. Trematode communities in snails can indicate impact and recovery from hurricanes in a tropical coastal lagoon

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  83. Redescription and Genetic Characterization of Cucullanus dodsworthi (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) From the Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus (Pisces: Tetraodontiformes)

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, August 2011, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  84. Systematics of Mexiconema cichlasomae (Nematoda: Daniconematidae) Based on Sequences of SSU rDNA

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, February 2011, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  85. Rainfall induces time-lagged changes in the proportion of tropical aquatic hosts infected with metazoan parasites

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  86. Seasonal Variation of Physiological Parameters in the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica from a Tropical Region of the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Journal of Shellfish Research, August 2009, National Shellfisheries Association

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  87. Metazoan parasite community of blue sea catfish, Sciades guatemalensis (Ariidae), from Tres Palos Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  88. The checkered puffer (Spheroides testudineus) and its helminths as bioindicators of chemical pollution in Yucatan coastal lagoons

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  89. Comunidad de parásitos metazoarios de la charra Cichlasoma trimaculatum en la laguna de Tres Palos, Guerrero, México

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, December 2008, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  90. Ballast water as a vector of coral pathogens in the Gulf of Mexico: The case of the Cayo Arcas coral reef

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel A. Olvera-Novoa, Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  91. Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries

    Article • Nature, July 2008, Nature

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  92. Factors associated with the prevalence of Perkinsus marinus in Crassostrea virginica from the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, May 2008, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  93. Temporal Variation in the Helminth Parasite Communities of the Pacific Fat Sleeper, Dormitator latifrons, from Tres Palos Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, April 2008, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  94. Water quality variability and eutrophic trends in karstic tropical coastal lagoons of the Yucatán Peninsula

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

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  95. Parasite Survey of the Eastern OysterCrassostrea virginicain Coastal Lagoons of the Southern Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  96. CICHLIDOGYRUS SCLEROSUS (MONOGENEA: ANCYROCEPHALINAE) AND ITS HOST, THE NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS), AS BIOINDICATORS OF CHEMICAL POLLUTION

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, October 2007, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  97. A checklist of metazoan parasites of fish from Tres Palos Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  98. NEW AND PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED SPECIES OF DACTYLOGYRIDAE (MONOGENOIDEA) FROM THE GILLS OF PANAMANIANFRESHWATER FISHES (TELEOSTEI)

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, August 2007, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  99. Metazoan parasites of fishes from Coyuca Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2007, Magnolia Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  100. Seasonal patterns in metazoan parasite community of the "Fat Sleeper" Dormitator latifrons (Pisces: Eleotridae) from Tres Palos Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

    Article • Revista de Biología Tropical, April 2007, Universidad de Costa Rica

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  101. Helminth communities of four commercially important fish species from Chetumal Bay, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, March 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  102. Biological effects of environmental pollutants in American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica: a field study in Laguna de Terminos, Mexico

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Health, January 2007, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  103. The pink shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum, its symbionts and helminths as bioindicators of chemical pollution in Campeche Sound, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  104. CULUWIYA CICHLIDORUM N. SP. (DIGENEA: HAPLOPORIDAE) FROM THE BLACK-BELT CICHLID VIEJA MACULICAUDA (PISCES: CICHLIDAE) FROM NICARAGUA

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, December 2005, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  105. AN EFFICIENT STRATEGY TO ESTIMATE INTENSITY AND PREVALENCE: SAMPLING METACERCARIAE IN FISHES

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, June 2005, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  106. AURICULOSTOMA ASTYANACE N. GEN., N. SP. (DIGENEA: ALLOCREADIIDAE), FROM THE BANDED ASTYANAX, ASTYANAX FASCIATUS (CHARACIFORMES: CHARACIDAE), FROM NICARAGUA, WITH A REEVALUATION OF NEOTROPICAL CREPIDOSTOMUM SPP

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, October 2004, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  107. Neotropical Monogenoidea. 45. Revision of Diplectanocotyla Yamaguti, 1953 (Diplectanidae) with Redescription of Diplectanocotyla megalopis Rakotofiringa and Oliver, 1987 on Atlantic Tarpon, Megalops atlanticus Cuvier and Valenciennes, from Nicaragua an...

    Article • Comparative Parasitology, July 2004, Helminthological Society

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  108. Potential interactions between metazoan parasites of the Mayan catfish Ariopsis assimilis and chemical pollution in Chetumal Bay, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  109. Redescription of Ascarophis ayalai (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from the Mayan Sea Catfish Ariopsis assimilis from the Bay of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

    Article • Comparative Parasitology, January 2002, Helminthological Society

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  110. Trematodes of the family Heterophyidae (Digenea) in Mexico: a review of species and new host and geographical records

    Article • Journal of Natural History, December 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  111. First description of the male and redescription of the female of Philometra salgadoi Vidal-Martínez et al., 1995 (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the ocular cavity of the marine fish Epinephelus morio in Mexico

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  112. Patterns in metazoan parasite communities of some oyster species

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, April 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  113. Patterns in metazoan parasite communities of some oyster species

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, April 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  114. Diversity of metazoan parasites of the introduced oyster species Crassostrea gigas in the Exe Estuary

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, February 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  115. The structuring process of the macroparasite community of an experimental population of Cichlasoma urophthalmus through time

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, September 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  116. Species of Ascocotyle Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and notes on their life-cycles

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, March 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  117. Ascocotyle (A.) nunezae n. sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from Yucatan, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, February 1997, JSTOR

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  118. Philometra (Ranjhinema) salgadoi n. sp. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the Ocular Cavity of the Red Grouper Epinephelus morio (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, October 1995, JSTOR

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  119. Philometra margolisi n.sp. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the gonads of the red grouper, Epinephelus morio (Pisces: Serranidae), in Mexico

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, August 1995, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  120. Histopathology of the intestine of Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Gunther) infected with metacercariae of Oligogonotylus manteri Watson, 1976 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae)

    Article • Journal of Fish Diseases, September 1994, Wiley

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo

  121. Perkinsus marinus (Apicomplexa) as a potential source of oyster Crassostrea virginica mortality in coastal lagoons of Tabasco, Mexico

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, January 1994, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr M. Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo