Member Profile
Membership type: full
Cesiah Rebeca Quintanilla
Country of origin: El Salvador Currently in: El Salvador, Santa Tecla General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
2015 Master Biological Systems and Organisms2013 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Harmful Algal Blooms Eutrophication Microplastic pollution
Publications resulting from Research:
• Original research articles
Amaya O., Quintanilla R., Stacy B.A., Dechraoui Bottein M-Y., Flewelling L., Hardy R., Dueñas C. and Ruiz G. (2018). Large-Scale Sea Turtle Mortality Events in El Salvador Attributed to Paralytic Shellfish Toxin-Producing Algae Blooms. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:411. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00411
Cuellar-Martinez T., Ruiz-Fernández A.C., Alonso-Hernández C., Amaya-Monterrosa O., Quintanilla R., Carrillo-Ovalle H.L., Arbeláez M.N., Díaz-Asencio L., Méndez S.M., Vargas M., Chow-Wong N.F., Valerio-Gonzalez L.R., Enevoldsen H. and Dechraoui Bottein M-Y. (2018). Addressing the Problem of Harmful Algal Blooms in Latin America and the Caribbean- A Regional Network for Early Warning and Response. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:409. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00409
• Scientific notes:
Quintanilla R., Amaya O. & Guerra J. (2019). Unprecedented bloom of the cyanobacteria
Aphanizomenon in a coastal bay of El Salvador. Harmful Algae News 62: 12-13
Quintanilla R. and Amaya, O. (2018). Mass mortality of sea turtle Chelonia mydas in El Salvador.
Harmful Algae News 61:4.
Alvarado, Y., Quintanilla, R., y Amaya, O. (2015). First report of Alexandrium globossum in Pacific Central America. Harmful Algae News 51: 3.
• Conference proceedings:
Quintanilla R., Amaya O. (2016). First report of the epiphytic genera Gambierdiscus and Ostreopsis in the coast of El Salvador, Eastern Tropical Pacific. En: Proenca, L. & Hallegrraeff, G. (Eds), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Brazil, ISSHA, pp 80- 83.
• Book
Espinoza, J., Amaya, O., y Quintanilla, R. (2013). Atlas de Fitoplancton Marino de El Salvador. 1ª ed. Universidad de El Salvador. ISBN: 978-99961-0-390-2. 100 p.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchHigher Education StudyMonitoring and research of harmful algal blooms in marine and freshwater environments.