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Natalia Garces
Country of origin: Mexico Currently in: Mexico, Chetumal, Quintana Roo General field of specialization: Other-
Degrees
2021 Doctorate Other2014 Master Social and Economic Sciences2003 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Other
Marine mammals ecology, conservation, and management
Publications resulting from Research:
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Delgado-Huertas A, Cetz-Navarro NP, Ortiz-Pulido, R, Cuevas J. Isotopic composition of aquatic and semiaquatic plants from the Mexican Caribbean: a baseline for regional ecological studies. Submitted to Estuarine, Marine and Shelf Science (December 11/2020).
Ramos EA, Castelblanco-Martínez N, Collom KA, Barragán-Barrera DC, Garcés-Cuartas N, Prezas-Hernández B, Anderson D, Jeffords A, Niño-Torres CA, Carey B, Carey T. 2020. Where the wild things are: First dedicated vessel-based expedition of marine mammals in Belize. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 61: 447-457.
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN. 2020. Vibrissae growth rate of captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758). Marine Mammal Science. 2019; 1–10.
Castelblanco-Martínez DN; Pérez-Flores JS; Garcés-Cuartas N; Padilla-Saldívar JA, Romero-Tenorio A; Lara-Sánchez LE; Niño-Torres CA. 2020. First documented case in 20 years of an Antillean manatee killed by a watercraft collision in the Mexican Caribbean. Sirenews. No. 71.
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Delgado-Huertas A, Morales-Vela JB. 2019. Spatio-temporal and inter-individual variations in trophic ecology of the manatee in the Mexican Caribbean: carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic composition from bone-collagen over the last 30 years. World Marine Mammal Conference. Barcelona, Spain.
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Delgado-Huertas A, Morales-Vela JB. 2019. Bone-collagen stable isotope analysis indicates manatee feeding preferences in the Mexican Caribbean. Ninth International Sirenian Symposium. Barcelona, Spain.
Garcés-Cuartas N. What do manatees eat in Quintana Roo? 2019. II Symposium of manatee research and management. Chetumal, México.
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN. 2018. Vibrissae growth rate of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758): parameter to define possible spatio-temporal variations in feeding habits. Third Latin-American Symposium for Manatee Conservation and Research - XII. Congress of the Society Latin-American of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals –RT 18. Lima, Perú.
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Delgado-Huertas A. 2018. Trophic ecology of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mexican Caribbean. XXXVI International Meeting for the study of Marine Mammals (SOMEMMA). Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
Corona-Figueroa MF, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Niño-Torres CA, Ríos-Ramírez, JN, Arévalo-González GK, Garcés-Cuartas N. 2018. ¿How far the manatees go up in the río Hondo? Preliminar distribution of the species in the principal river of Quintana Roo, México. XXXVI International Meeting for the study of Marine Mammals (SOMEMMA). Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
Garcés-Cuartas N, Niño-Torres CA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN. 2017. Stable isotopes applied to aquatic mega-herbivores; a revision and their applicability in the Mexican Caribbean. XVI International Congress and XXII National Congress of Environmental Science. Chetumal, México.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:Other
