2024
Allen AC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Kiszka JJ. 2024. Conservation challenges and emerging threats to the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida and Puerto Rico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 19(1):32-41.
Arévalo-González GK, Cabrias-Contreras L, Carneiro AVN, Palencia-Murillo JC, Mejía-Rey C, Saavedra-Rodríguez CA, Sánchez-Ruiz R, Gómez-Castro BP, Restrepo-Llano JC, Pérez-Ochoa JC, Murillo-Osorio JA. 2024. Stranding reports of the Antillean manatee in the middle Magdalena Basin, Colombia 2011 to 2023. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 19(1):91-99.
Grossnickle DM, Sadier A, Patterson E, Cortés-Viruet NN, Jiménez-Rivera SM, Sears KE, Santana SE. 2024. The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology. Current Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.027
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Caballero S, Jiménez-Cabreja RS, Pugibet-Bobea E, Bachara W. 2024. New record of Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) for the Caribbean. Caribbean Naturalist 97:1-8.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, González-Socoloske D, Álvarez-Alemán A, Aquino J, Caicedo-Herrera D, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Claridge D, Corona-Figueroa MF, Debrot AO, de Thoisy B, Espinoza-Marín C, Galves JA, García-Alfonso E, Khan JA, Kiszka JJ, Luna FO, Marmontel M, Olivera-Gómez LD, O’Sullivan C, Powell JA, Pugibet-Bobea E, Roopsind I, Silva CJ. 2024. What’s in a name? Standardization of vernacular names for Trichechus manatus. Caribbean Naturalist.
Morales-Vela B, Quintana-Rizzo E, Mignucci-Giannoni A. 2024. Trichechus manatus ssp. manatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T22105A43793924. Accessed on 02 December 2024.
Rivera-Pérez CI, Caballero S, Caicedo-Herrera D, de La Rosa F, de Wit M, Rivera-Marchand B, Shobhini-Ponnampalam L, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2024 (in press). Molecular identification of two species of trematode parasites of American manatees (Trichechus manatus), and their role as bio-indicators of their distribution and diet. Journal of Parasitology.
Rivera-Pérez CI, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Dennis MM, Freeman M. 2024. First molecular identification of the trematode Pulmonicola cochleotrema in West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) from Puerto Rico and Florida. Systematic Parasitology 101(10): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10123-2
Rivera-Pérez CI, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Freeman MA, Orcera-Iglesias JM, Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Dennis MM. 2024. Verminous bronchitis and pneumonia by nasal trematodes in Greater Caribbean manatees from Puerto Rico. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 159:49-63.
Rodríguez G, Appeldorn RS, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rinaldi R, Schizas N. 2024. The presence of two distinct mitochondrial lineages in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Puerto Rico and their affinities with previously reported lineages. Mammalian Biology.
Valenzuela-Venegas CV, Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Cavin JM, Rivera-Marchand B, Sánchez-Okrucky R, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2024. Urinalysis reference intervals between rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) and common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) kept under human care. Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 6(2):67-78.
2023
Barragán-Barrera DC, Correa-Cárdenas CA, Duarte-Fajardo MA, Trejos Lasso L, Pérez-Ortega B, Quiñones-Lebrón SG, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Casas JJ, Santamaría Valverde R, Farías-Curtidor N, Caballero S. 2023. More pieces for the puzzle: Initial information on the genetic diversity and population structure of the Steno bredanensis (Artiodactyla: Delphinidae) in Central America and the Caribbean. Revista de Biología Tropical 71(S4):e57285.
Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Caicedo-Herrera D, Montoya-Ospina RA, Millán-Tripp S, Mona-Sanabria Y, Gómez-Camelo IV, Jaramillo-Ortíz L, Aguirre AM, Rivera-Marchand B, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2023. Hematology and blood chemistry reference intervals for Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Colombia. Aquatic Mammals 49(5):443-461.
Castelblanco-Martínez N, Gonzalez-Socoloske D, Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Garcés-Cuartas N, Arévalo-González GK, Borges JCG, Marmontel M. 2023. Accomplishments and challenges of the research on Antillean manatee: A bibliometric analysis. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 18(1):158-166.
2022
Albertson GR, Alexander A, Archer FI, Caballero S, Martien KK, Hemery L, Baird RW, Oremus M, Poole MM, Duffield DA, Gray H, Brownell RL, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Baker CS. 2022. Worldwide phylogeography of the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) provides evidence for subspecies delimitation. Marine Mammal Science 38(4):1371-1397.
Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Bras-Silva ID, Fernández-Martínez R, Rivera-Guzmán AL, Rivera-Pérez CI, Escobar-Torres SM, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2022. Medical management and resolution of perinatal bilateral exophthalmia and secondary corneal ulcers in an Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) neonate from Puerto Rico. Veterinary Ophthalmology 25(3):250-256.
Debrot AO, Caicedo-Herrera D, Gómez-Camelo I, Moná-Sanabria Y, Rosso C, Tjalling van der Wal J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2022. The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) along the Caribbean coast of Colombia: Underused incidental records help identify present and past coastal-lowland hotspots. Marine Mammal Science 39(1):322-337. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12972
Freire I, Mignucci A. 2022. Para un manatí: Moisés y las sirenas. Juvenile literature book. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Centro de Conservación de Manatíes del Caribe & Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 55 pp.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Alsina-Guerrero MM. 2022. Blood values from West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) from Puerto Rico. Veterinary Medicine International 4305838:1-14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4305838.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Dennis MM, Escobar-Torres SM, Ghim S, Howerth EW, Landrau-Giovannetti N, Rivera-Guzmán AL, Rivera-Pérez CI, Joh JJ. 2022. Characterization of a novel papillovirus from free-ranging Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus with genital papillomatosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 149:1-10. doi.org/10.3354/dao03656
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Cintrón De Jesús Y, Rivera-Tritsare G, Rivera-Pérez CI, Zardus JD. 2022. Barnacles associated whales, dolphins, manatees, and sea turtles from the Puerto Rico archipelago and Florida. Caribbean Naturalist 86:1-24.
Onoufriou AB, Gaggiotti OE, Aguilar de Soto N, McCarthy ML, Morin PA, Rosso M, Dalebout M, Davison N, Baird RW, Baker CS, Berrow S, Brownlow A, Burns D, Caurant F, Claridge D, Constantine R, Demaret F, Dreyer S, Ðuras M, Durban J, Frantzis A, Freitas L, Genty G, Galov A, Hansen SS, Kitchener AC, Martín V, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Montano V, Moulins A, Olavarría C, Poole MM, Reyes Suárez C, Rogan E, Ryan C, Schiavi A, Tepsich P, Urbán J, West K, Olsen MT, Carroll E. 2022. Biogeography in the deep: Hierarchical population genomic structure of two beaked whale species. Global Ecology and Conservation 40(1):e02308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02308
2021
Giannoni MC, Mignucci A. 2021. Mi enigmática sonrisa – My enigmatic smile. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Centro de Conservación de Manatíes del Caribe & Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 64 pp.
Bolaños Jiménez J, Morteo E, Bouveret L, Henriquez A, Luksenburg J, Delfín Alfonso CA, Lara N, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2021. On the spatial-temporal distribution of the minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B. bonaerensis) in the Wider Caribbean Region and adjacent western tropical North Atlantic. International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee, SC/68C/NH/01.
Caballero S, Ortíz-Giral MC, Bohorquez L, Lozano-Mojica JD, Caicedo-Herrera D, Arévalo-González K, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2021. Mitochondrial genetic diversity, population structure and detection of Antillean and Amazonian manatees in Colombia: new areas and new techniques. Frontiers in Genetics.
Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Sánchez-Okrucky R, de la Rosa F, Rivera-Guzmán AL, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2021. Baseline urinalysis results in 32 healthy Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 258:416-424.
Carroll EL, McGowen M, McCarthy ML, Marx FG, Aguilar N, Dalebout M, Gaggiotti OE, Hansen SS, van Helden A, Nielsen SD, Onoufriou A, Baker CS, Berrow S, Cholewiak D, Constantine R, Ferreira M, Gatesy J, Hofmeyr G, Martín V, Mead JG, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Morin P, Reyes C, Rogan E, Rosso M, Silva M, Springer M, Steel D,Olsen MT. 2021. Speciation in the deep: Genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20211213.
Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Alvarez-Alemán A, Torres R, Teague AL, Barton SL, Rood KA, Ramos EA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2021. First documentation of long-distance travel by a Florida manatee to the Mexican Caribbean. Ethology Ecology & EvolutionDOI: 10.1080/03949370.2021.1967457.
Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Sloane DH, Landeo-Yauri SS, Ramos EA, Alvarez-Alemán A, Attademo FLN, Beck CA, Bonde RK, Butler SM, Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Caicedo-Herrera D, Galves J,Gómez-Camelo IV, González-Socoloske D, Jimenez-Domínguez D, Luna FO, Mona-Sanabria Y, Morales-Vela JB, Olivera-Gómez LD, Padilla-Saldívar JA, Powell J, Reid JP, Rieucau G, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2021. Analysis of body condition indices reveals different ecotypes of the Antillean manatee. Scientific Report 11:19451.
Hunter M, Beaver CE, Johnson N, Bors E, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Silliman B, Buddo D, Searle L, Díaz-Ferguson E. 2021. Genetic analysis of red lionfish Pterois volitans from Florida, USA leads to alternative North Atlantic introduction scenarios. Marine Ecology Progress Series 675:133-151.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Aguirre-González AM, Caballero-Gaitán SJ, Cabrias-Contreras LJ, Cabrera-Pallares JA, Dennis MM, Espinoza-Forero RH, Moná-Sanabria Y, Restrepo-Garzón N, Reyes-Ricardo SM, Rivera-Pérez CI, Sanchez-Okrucky R, Caicedo-Herrera D, Trujillo-González F. 2021. Rescue, veterinary care, and necropsy of a stranded Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Caribbean Naturalist 81:1-18.
2020
Caicedo-Herrera D, Mona-Sanabria Y, Gómez-Camelo IV, Rosso-Lodoño MC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2020. Opportunistic fish consumption by Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Colombia. Caribbean Naturalist 74:1-9.
Chen I, Nishida S, Chou L, Isobe T, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Hoelzel AR. 2020. Population genetic diversity and historic dynamics of Fraser’s dolphins. Marine Ecology Progress Series 643:183-195.
Cowart JR, Collins DM, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Alejandro-Zayas T, Rivera-Guzman AL, Larkin IV. 2020. Manual collection and semen characterization in a West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7:569993.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Cintrón-Nieves D, Franqui-Rivera G, Espinoza R, Orcera-Iglesias JM, Rivera-Ilarraza PJ, Rivera-Pérez CI, Rodríguez-Ferrer G. 2020. First confirmed record of the Longfin Mako shark (Isurus paucus) for Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 71:1-9.
Salazar-Casals A, Arriba-García A, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, O’connor J, Rubio-García A. 2020. Hematology and serum biochemistry of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups after rehabilitation in the Netherlands. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 50(4):1021-1025.
2019
Collazo JA, Krachey M, Pollock KH, Pérez-Aguiló FJ, Zegarra JP, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2019. Population estimates of Antillean manatee in Puerto Rico: An analytical framework for aerial surveys using multi-pass removal sampling. Journal of Mammalogy 100:1340-1349.
Colón-Llavina MM, Mattiucci S, Nascetti G, Harvey JT, Williams Jr. EH, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2019. Some metazoan parasites from marine mammals stranded in California. Pacific Science 73(4):1-13.
Jiménez-Zucchet N, Alejandro-Zayas T, Alvarado C, Arreola-Illescas MR, Benítez-Araiza L, Bustamante L, Cruz-Martínes D, Falcón-Robles N, Garduño-González L, López-Romahn MC, Martínez-Taylor AM, Mingramm-Murillo A, Ortiz C, Rivera-Guzmán AL, Sabater-Durán R, Sánchez-Jiménez A, Sánchez-Okrucky R, Staggs L, Torres-Salcedo R, Vences-Fernández M, Rivera-Marchand B, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2019. Baseline urinalysis values in common bottlenose dolphins under human care in the Caribbean. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations 31(3):426-433.
Van Cise AM, Baird RW, Baker CS, Cerchio S, Claridge D, Fielding R, Marrero J, Martien KK, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Oleson EM, Oremus M, Poole M, Rosel PE, Taylor BL, Morin PA. 2019. Oceanographic barriers, divergence, and admixture: Phylogeography and taxonomy of two putative subspecies of short-finned pilot whale. Molecular Ecology 28(11):2886-2902.
2018
Caicedo-Herrera D, Becerra C, Duque L, Trujillo F, Ortiz E, Rosso-Londoño MC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2018. Cetáceos, sirénios y tortugas Marinas: Guia de identificación en el Caribe y Pacífico colombiano / Cetaceans, sirenians and sea turtles: Identification guide for the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Colombia. Fundación Omacha & Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico.
Bachara W, Watkins Gilkes M, Bolaños-Jiménez J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2018. First stranding record of a Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) on the island of Barbuda, Eastern Caribbean. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 13(1-2): 23-25.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Iglesias-Escabí C, Rosario-Delestre RJ, Alsina-Guerrero M. 2018. Variación en la distribución del manatí antillano (Trichechus manatus manatus) en la costa sur de Puerto Rico a través de censos aéreos en helicóptero. Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 10(1):97-121.
Wyrosdick H, Chapman A, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rivera-Pérez CI, Bonde RK. 2018. Internal parasites of the two subspecies of the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 130:145-152.
Zahin M, Dean WL, Ghim S, Joh J, Gray RD, Gray RD, Khanal S, Bossart GD, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rouchka EC, Jenson AB, Trent JO, Chaires JB, Chariker JH. 2018. Identification of G-quadruplexes forming sequences in three manatee papillomaviruses. PLoS One 13(4):e0195625.
2017
Rosso-Londoño MC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Trujillo F, Duque L, Becerra C, Ortiz-Gómez EP, Caicedo-Herrera D. 2017. Guía para la atención de varamientos de mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Asocars & Fundación Omacha, 35 pp.
Wyrosdick HM, Gerhold R, Su C, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Bonde RK, Chapman A, Rivera-Pérez CI, Martínez J, Miller DL. 2017. Investigating seagrass in Toxoplasma gondii transmission in Florida (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and Antillean (T. m. manatus) manatees. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 127: 65-69.
2015
Butterfield JSS, Díaz-Ferguson E, Silliman BR, Saunders JW, Buddo D, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Searle L, Allen AC, Hunter ME. 2015. Wide-range phylogeographic structure of invasive red lionfish in the Western Atlantic and Greater Caribbean. Marine Biology 162:773-781.
2014
Bolaños-Jiménez J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Blumenthal J, Bogomolni A, Casas JJ, Henríquez A, Iñíguez Bessega M, Khan J, Landrau-Giovannetti N, Rinaldi C, Rinaldi R, Rodríguez-Ferrer G, Sutty L, Ward N, Luksenburg JA. 2014. Distribution, feeding habits and morphology of killer whales Orcinus orca in the Caribbean Sea. Mammal Review 44(3-4):177-189.
Ghim S, Joh J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rivera-Guzmán AL, Falcón-Matos L, Alsina-Guerrero MM, Rodríguez-Villanueva M, Jenson AB, Bossart GD. 2014. Genital papillomatosis associated with two novel mucosotropic papillomaviruses from a Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Aquatic Mammals 40(2):195-200.
Tellez R, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Cabellero SJ. 2014. Initial description of short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) genetic diversity from the Caribbean. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 56:196-201.
2013
Caballero S, Santos MO, Sánchez A, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2013. Initial description of the phylogeography, population structure and genetic diversity of Atlantic spotted dolphins from southern Brazil and the Caribbean inferred from analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 48:263-270.
Caicedo-Herrera D, Mona-Sanabria Y, Espinosa-Forero R, Barbosa-Cabanzo J, Farias-Curtidor N, Gongora-Correa N, Alvarez-Cardenas C, Gonzalez-López AC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Trujillo-Gonzalez F. 2013. Aplicación de tecnologías VHF y satelital para seguimiento de manatíes Trichechus manatus como una estrategia para su manejo y conservación en la cuenca baja y media del río Sinú, departamento de Córdoba. Pages 273-312 In: Trujillo F, Gärtner A, Caicedo D, Diazgranados MC (eds) Diagnóstico del estado de conocimiento y conservación de los mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Fundación Omacha, Conservación Internacional y WWF. Bogotá, 312 pp.
2012
Hines E, Reynolds III JE, Aragones LV, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds.). 2012. Sirenian Conservation: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries. Gainesvile, Florida: University Press of Florida, 326 pp.
Adimey N, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Auil NE, da Silva VMF, de Carvalho Alvite CM, Morales Vela B, Pinto de Lima R, Rosas FCW. 2012. Manatees rescue, rehabilitation and release efforts as a tool for species conservation. In Hines E, Reynolds J, Aragones L, Mignucci Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds) Sirenian Conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Gainesvile, Florida: University Press of Florida, pp. 204-217.
Bonde RK, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Bossart GD. 2012. Sirenian pathology and mortality assessment. In Hines E, Reynolds J, Aragones L, Mignucci Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds) Sirenian Conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Gainesvile, Florida: University Press of Florida, pp. 148-156.
Bossart GD, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Rivera-Guzmán AL, Jiménez-Marrero NM, Camus AC, Bonde RK, Dubey JP, Reif JS. 2012. Disseminated toxoplamsosis in Antillean manatees Trichchus manatus manatus from Puerto Rico. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 101:139-144.
Caballero-Gaitán S, Islas-Villanueva V, Tezanos-Pinto G, Delgado-Estrella A, Sanchez-Okrucky R, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2012. Phylogeography, genetic diversity and population structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the wider Caribbean inferred from analyses of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences. Animal Conservation 15(1):95-112.
Hines E, Domning D, Aragones L, Marmontel M, Mignucci Giannoni AA, Reynolds JE. 2012. The role of scientists in sirenian conservation in developing countries. In Hines E, Reynolds J, Aragones L, Mignucci Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds) Sirenian Conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Gainesvile, Florida: University Press of Florida, pp. 243-245.
Hunter ME, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Pause Tucker K, King TL, Bonde RK, Gray BA, McGuire PM. 2012. Puerto Rico and Florida manatees represent genetically distinct groups. Conservation Genetics 13:1623-1635.
Satizábal P, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Duchêne S, Caicedo-Herrera D, Perea-Sicchar CM, García-Dávila CR, Trujillo F, Caballero SJ. 2012. Phylogeography and sex-biased dispersal across riverine manatee populations (Trichechus inunguis and Trichechus manatus) in South America. PLoS ONE 7(12):e52468. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52468, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052468.
Self-Sullivan C, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2012. West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the Wider Caribbean Region. In Hines E, Reynolds J, Aragones L, Mignucci Giannoni AA, Marmontel M (eds) Sirenian Conservation: Issues and strategies in developing countries. Gainesvile, Florida: University Press of Florida, pp. 36-46.
2011
Mignucci A. 2011. Aunque viva en el agua. Ediciones SM, 31 pp.
2010
Mignucci A. 2010. El manatí de Puerto Rico. Red Caribeña de Varamientos & Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 57 pp.
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.
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.
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.
Tezanos-Pinto G, Baker CS, Russel K, Martien K, Baird RW, Hutt A, Stone G, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Caballero S, Endo T, Lavery S, Oremus M, Olavarría C, Garrigue C. 2009. A worldwide perspective on the population structure and genetic diversity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New Zealand. Journal of Heredity 100(1):11-24.
2008
Deutsch CJ, Self-Sullivan C, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2008. Trichechus manatus. In: IUCN 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, www.iucnredlist.org. Carátula
Self-Sullivan C, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 2008. Trichechus manatus ssp. manatus. In: IUCN 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, www.iucnredlist.org. Carátula
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.
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.
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 75(2):263-270.
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 46(1):252-268.
2006
Valentini A, Mattiucci S, Bondanelli P, Webb SC, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Colom-Llavina MM, Nascetti G. 2006. Genetic relationships among Anisakis species (Nematoda: Anisikidae), inferred from mitochondrial cox2 sequences, and comparison with allozyme data. Journal of Parasitology 92(1):156-166.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Haddow P. 2002. Wandering hooded seals. Science 295(5555):627-628.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Haddow P. 2001. Caribbean monk seals or hooded seals? The Monachus Guardian (International Marine Mammal Association) 4(2):8-9.
2000
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Toyos-González GM, Pérez-Padilla J, Rodríguez-López MA, Overing J. 2000. 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.
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.
1999
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.
Rodríguez-López MA, Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1999. A stranded pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) in Puerto Rico. Aquatic Mammals 25(2):119-121.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. Zoogeography of cetaceans off Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Caribbean Journal of Science 34(3-4):173-190.
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.
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.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA. 1998. Assessment and rehabilitation of wildlife affected by an oil spill in Puerto Rico. Environmental Pollution 104(2):323-333.
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.
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.
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.
Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Beck CA. 1998. The diet of the manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Puerto Rico. Marine Mammal Science 14(2):394-397.
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.
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.
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.
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.
