Antonio Mignucci-Giannoni examines an Amazon manatee assisted by Robler, Turco (c) 2007

2011

Caballero S, Islas-Villanueva V, Tezanos-Pinto G, Duchene S, Delgado-Estrella A, Sanchez-Okrucky R, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. Submitted. Phylogeography, genetic diversity and population structure of common bottlenose dolphins in the wider Caribbean inferred from analyses of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences: Conservation and management implications. Animal Conservation.

Adimey N, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Auil NE, da Silva VMF, Alvite CMC, Morales-Vela B, Pinto de Lima R, Rosas. FCW. In press. Manatee rescue, rehabilitation and release efforts as a tool for species conservation. In Hines E, Reynolds III JE, Aragones LV, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds.) International Strategies for Manatee and Dugong Conservation. University Press of Florida.

Bonde RK, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Bossart GD. In press. Sirenian pathology and mortality assessment. In Hines E, Reynolds III JE, Aragones LV, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds.) International Strategies for Manatee and Dugong Conservation. University Press of Florida.

Self-Sullivan C, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. In press. West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the Wider Caribbean Region. In Hines E, Reynolds III JE, Aragones LV, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds.) International Strategies for Manatee and Dugong Conservation. University Press of Florida.

Hines E, Domning D, Aragones L, Marmontel M, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Reynolds III JE. In press. The Role of scientists in sirenian conservation in developing countries. In Hines E, Reynolds III JE, Aragones LV, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds.) International Strategies for Manatee and Dugong Conservation. University Press of Florida.
Hines E, Reynolds III JE, Aragones LV, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds.). In press. International Strategies for Manatee and Dugong Conservation. University Press of Florida.

2009

Colón-Llavina MM, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Mattiucci S, Paoletti M, Nascetti G, Williams Jr. EH. 2009. Additional records of metazoan parasites from Caribbean marine mammals, including genetically identified anisakid nematodes. Parasitology Research 105(5):1239-1252. PDF

Engelhaupt D, Hoelzel AR, Nicholson C, Frantzis A, Mesnick S, Gero S, Whitehead H, Rendell L, Miller P, De Stefanis R, Canadas A, Airoldi S, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2009. Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Molecular Ecology 18(20):4193-4205. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rosario-Delestre RJ, Alsina-Guerrero MM, Falcón-Matos L, Guzmán- Ramírez L, Williams Jr. EH, Bossart GD, Reidenberg J. 2009. Asphyxiation in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from Puerto Rico due to choking on a black margate (Anisotremus surinamensis). Aquatic Mammals 35(1):48-54. PDF

2008

Tezanos-Pinto G, Baker CS, Russel K, Martien K, Baird RW, Hutt A, Stone G, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Caballero S, Oremus M, Olavarria C, Lavery S, Garrigue C. 2008. A worldwide perspective on the population structure and genetic diversity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New Zealand. Journal of Heredity. PDF

Moore DP, Williams EH, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Bunkley-Williams L, Dyer WG. 2008. Successful surgical treatment of spear wounds in a hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata (Testudines: Cheloniidae). Journal of Tropical Biology 56(Suppl.1):271-276. PDF

Moore DP, Williams EH, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Bunkley-Williams L, Tippett FE, Montoya RA. 2008. Acute myocarditis in a West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus (Sirenia: Trichechidae) from Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Biology 56(Suppl.1):277-283. PDF

Bunkley-Williams L, Williams Jr. EH, Horrocks JA, Horta HC, Poponi AC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2008. New leeches and diseases for the hawksbill seaturtle and the West Indies. Comparative Parasitology. PDF

2007

Caballero S, Jackson J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Barrios-Garrido H, Beltrán-Pedreros S, Montiel MG, Robertson K, Baker CS. 2007. Molecular systematics of the South American dolphins Sotalia: Sister taxa determination and phylogenetic relationships, with insights into a multi-locus phylogeny of the family Delphinidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF

2006

Valentini A, Mattiucci S, Bondanelli P, Webb SC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Colom-Llavina MM, Nascetti G. 2006. Genetic relationships among Anisakis species (Nematoda: Anisakidae), inferred from mitochondrial cox2 sequences, and comparison with allozyme data. Journal of Parasitology 92:156–166. PDF

Vianna JA, Bonde RK, Caballero S, Giraldo JP, Lima RP, Clark A, Marmontel M, Morales-Vela B, de Sousa MJ, Parr L, Rodríguez-Lopez MA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Powell JA, Santos FR. 2006. Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: Implications for manatee conservation. Molecular Ecology 15:433-447. PDF

2005

Dalebout M, Robertson KM, Frantzis A, Engelhaupt D, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rosario-Delestre RJ, Baker CS. 2005. Worldwide structure of mtDNA diversity among Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris); implications for threatened populations. Molecular Ecology 14:3353-3371. PDF

2003

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Swartz SL, Martínez A, Burks CM, Watkins WA. 2003. First records of the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) for the Puerto Rican Bank, with a review of the species in the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(3):381-392. PDF

Williams EH, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Bunkley-Williams L, Bonde RK, Self-Sullivan C, Preen A, Cockcroft VG. 2003. Echeneid-sirenian associations with information on remora diet. Journal of Fish Biology 63:1176-1183. PDF

Falcón-Matos L, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Toyos-González GM, Bossart GD, Meisner RA, Varela RA. 2003. Evidence of a shark attack on a West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Puerto Rico. Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy 10(1):161-166. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Montoya-Ospina RA, Velasco-Escudero M. 2003. Status of semicaptive manatees in Jamaica. The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 2(1):7-12. PDF

Ewing RY, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2003. A poorly differenciated pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma in a free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 15:162-165. PDF

Morales-Vela B, Padilla-Saldívar J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2003. Status of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) along the northern and western coasts of the Yucatán Peninsula, México. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(1)42-49. PDF

2002

Pérez-Zayas JJ, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Toyos-González GM, Raul J. Rosario-Delestre RJ, Williams EH. 2002. Incidental predation by a largetooth cookiecutter shark on a Cuvier’s beaked whale in Puerto Rico. Aquatic Mammals 28(3):308-311. PDF

Dyer WG, Williams EH, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Jiménez-Marrero NM, Bunkley-Williams L, Moore DP, Pence DB. 2002. Helminth and arthropod parasites of the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, in Puerto Rico, with a compilation of all metazoan parasites reported from this host in the Western Hemisphere. Avian Pathology 31(5):441-448. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Haddow P. 2002. Wandering hooded seals. Science 295(5555):627-628. PDF

Carrasquillo-Casado B, Alsina-Guerrero M, Cardona-Maldonado MA, Williams EH, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2002. Fatal pneumonia and pleuritis caused by a needlefish beak penetration in a bottlenose dolphin from Puerto Rico. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 14(1):65-67. PDF

2001

Swartz SL, Martinez A, Stamates J, Burks C, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2001. Acoustic and visual survey of cetaceans in the waters of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: February-March 2001. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-463, 62p. PDF

Montoya-Ospina RA, Caicedo-Herrera D, Millán-Sánchez SL, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Lefebvre LW. 2001. Status and distribution of the West Indian manatee,Trichechus manatus manatus, in Colombia. Biological Conservation 102(1):117-129. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Odell DK. 2001. Tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic records of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) dispel the myth of extant caribbean monk seals (Monachus tropicalis). Bulletin of Marine Science 68(1):47-58.PDF

2000

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Montoya-Ospina RA, Jiménez-Marrero NM, Rodríguez-López MA, Williams Jr EH, Bonde RK. 2000. Manatee mortality in Puerto Rico. Environmental Management 25(2):189-198. PDF

1999

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Toyos-González GM, Pérez-Padilla J, Rodríguez-López MA, Overing J. 1999. Mass stranding of pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) in the British Virgin Islands. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80(2):383-384. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Pinto-Rodríguez B, Montoya-Ospina RA, Jiménez-Marrero NM, Rodríguez-López MA, Williams EH, Odell DK. 1999. Cetacean strandings in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1(2):191-198. PDF

Rodríguez-López MA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1999. A stranded pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) in Puerto Rico. Aquatic Mammals 25(2):119-121. PDF

Cardona-Maldonado MA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1999. Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with a Review of Kogia in the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 35(1-2):29-37. PDF

Rosario-Delestre RJ, Rodríguez-López MA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Mead JG. 1999. New records of beaked whales (Mesoplodon spp.) for the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 35(1-2):144-148. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Montoya-Ospina RA, Pérez-Zayas JJ, Rodríguez-López MA, Williams EH. 1999. New records of Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) for the Caribbean. Aquatic Mammals 25(1):15-19. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Williams EH, Toyos-González GM, Pérez-Padilla J, Rodríguez-López MA, Vega-Guerra MB, Ventura-González M. 1999. Helminths from a stranded manatee in the Dominican Republic. Veterinary Parasitology 81(1):69-71. PDF

Beller W, Casellas MA, Cerame-Vivas MJ, Duffy L, El Koury J, Gelabert PA, González-Liboy JA, Hernández-Avila M, Maldonado N, Matos CA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Pantojas-García E, Rigau JA, Shelley D, Tacher-Roffe M, Zerbi N. 1999. Puerto Rico and the Sea—1999: An Action Program for Marine Affairs. A report to the Governor. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 122 pp. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Beck CA, Montoya-Ospina RA, Williams EH. 1999. Parasites and commensals of the West Indian manatee from Puerto Rico. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 66(1):67-69. PDF

1998

Muñoz-Hincapié MF, Mora-Pinto DM, Palacios DM, Secchi ER, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. First osteological record of the dwarf sperm whale in Colombia, with notes on the zoogeography of Kogia in South America. Revista Academia Colombiana de Ciencias 22(84):433-444. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. Zoogeography of cetaceans off Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Caribbean Journal of Science 34(3-4):173-190.PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. Marine mammal captivity in the northeastern Caribbean, with notes on the rehabilitation of stranded whales, dolphins and manatees. Caribbean Journal of Science 34(3-4):191-203. PDF

Jiménez-Marrero NM, Méndez-Matos I, Montoya-Ospina RA, Williams EH, Bunkley L, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. Rangos de referencia de inmunoglobulina G en individuos de tres poblaciones del manatí (Trichechus manatus). Caribbean Journal of Science 34(3-4):313-315. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. Assessment and rehabilitation of wildlife affected by an oil spill in Puerto Rico. Environmental Pollution 104(2):323-333. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rodríguez-López MA, Pérez-Zayas JJ, Montoya-Ospina RA, Williams EH. 1998. First record of the melonhead whale (Peponocephala electra) for Puerto Rico. Mammalia 62(3):452-457. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Hoberg EP, Siegel-Causey D, Williams EH. 1998. Metazoan parasites and other symbionts of cetaceans in the Caribbean. Journal of Parasitology 84(5):939-946. PDF

Garcia-Rodriguez AI, Bowen BW, Domning D, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M, Montoya-Ospina RA, Morales-Vela B, Rudin M, Bonde RK, McGuire PM. 1998. Phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus): How many populations and how many taxa? Molecular Ecology 7:1737-1749. PDF

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Beck CA. 1998. The diet of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Puerto Rico. Marine Mammal Science 14(2):394-397. PDF

1997

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Toyos-González GM, Pérez-Padilla J, Montoya-Ospina RA, Williams EH. 1997. First osteological collection of marine mammals for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Caribbean Journal of Science 33(3-4):288-292. PDF

1995

Mora-Pinto DM, Muñoz-Hincapie MF, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Acero-Pizarro A. 1995. Marine mammal mortality and strandings along the Pacific coast of Colombia. Report of the International Whaling Commission 45:427-429. PDF

1994

Williams EH, Bunkley Williams L, Pinto Rodríguez B, Matos R, Mignucci Giannoni AA, Hall K, Sybesma J, Bonelly de Calventi I, Boulon RH, Rueda Almonacid JV. 1994. Fibropapillomas in green turtles Chelonia mydas of the Caribbean: Part of a panzootic? Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 6(1):70-78. PDF

1988

Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1988. A stranded sperm whale, Physeter catodon, at Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 24(3-4):213-215. PDF