Juan Jose Alava Saltos
Research Classification
Research Interests
Marine Eco-toxicology, Ocean Pollution, Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
Foodweb Bioaccumulation Modeling of Pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science)
Persistent Organic Pllutants (POPs), Ocean Plastics & Microplastics., Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Mercury, Radionuclides (Cesium 137), Pharmceuticals and Person Care Products (PPCPs)
Galapagos Science & Research
Eco-toxicology, Ecology & Conservation of Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles & Seabirds
Fishery Science and Management, Conservation Biology, Tropical Biodiversity
Climate Change Science, Adaptation and Mitigation in the Oceans, Marine Organisms & Fisheries
Aquatic Microbiology; Eco-toxicological Risk Assessment; Environmental Impact Assessments
Ocean Pollution Solutions
Ornithology and Zoology
Public Health, Tropical Parasitology and Environmental/Conservation Medicine.
COVID-19 related-multidisciplinary research
Research Options
I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Research Methodology
"Learning by Doing" with undergradute and graduate students
Development and application of foodweb bioaccumulation modelling and trophic-dynamic ecosystem models
Field sampling of water, sediment and biota for contaminants (POPs, mercury, microplastics)
Publications
- A critical narrative of Ecuador's preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Public Health in Practice, 2 - A Citizen Science Facemask Experiment and Educational Modules to Improve Coronavirus Safety in Communities and Schools (2020)
Frontiers in Medicine, 7 - Marine mammals used as bait for improvised fish aggregating devices in marine waters of Ecuador, eastern tropical Pacific (2020)
Endangered Species Research, 41, 289-302 - Modeling the Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification Potential of Microplastics in a Cetacean Foodweb of the Northeastern Pacific: A Prospective Tool to Assess the Risk Exposure to Plastic Particles (2020)
Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 - Multiple Anthropogenic Stressors Reshape Evolutionary Processes in Galapagos: Marine Pollution and Climate Change (2020)
- Persistent Organic Pollutants and Mercury in Genetically Identified Inner Estuary Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Residents of the Guayaquil Gulf, Ecuador: Ecotoxicological Science in Support of Pollutant Management and Cetacean Conservation (2020)
Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 - Plummeting air pollution and CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lesson learned and future equity concerns of post-COVID recovery (2020)
- First record of a live-stranded killer whale (Orcinus orca) in coastal ecuador and insights on killer whale occurrence in ecuadorian waters (2019)
Aquatic Mammals, 45 (1), 106-115 - Mitigating cetacean bycatch in coastal Ecuador: Governance challenges for small-scale fisheries (2019)
Marine Policy, 110 - Ocean pollution and warming oceans: Toward ocean solutions and natural marine bioremediation (2019)
Predicting Future Oceans: Sustainability of Ocean and Human Systems Amidst Global Environmental Change, , 495-518 - Threats and vision for the conservation of galápagos birds (2019)
Open Ornithology Journal, 12 (1), 1-15 - Fukushima-derived radioactivity measurements in Pacific salmon and soil samples collected in British Columbia, Canada (2018)
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 96 (2), 124-131 - Mercury assessment, macrobenthos diversity and environmental quality conditions in the Salado Estuary (Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador) impacted by anthropogenic influences (2018)
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 136, 365-373 - Pollutants in tropical marine mammals of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: An ecotoxicological quest to the last Eden (2018)
Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Population Health, , 213-234 - Projected amplification of food web bioaccumulation of MeHg and PCBs under climate change in the Northeastern Pacific (2018)
Scientific Reports, 8 (1) - Southern elephant seal vagrants in Ecuador: a symptom of La Niña events? (2018)
Marine Biodiversity Records, 11 (1) - Climate change-contaminant interactions in marine food webs: Toward a conceptual framework (2017)
Global Change Biology, - Illegal fishing on the Galápagos high seas (2017)
Science, 357 (6358), 1362 - Introduction to tropical and subtropical pinnipeds (2017)
Tropical Pinnipeds: Bio-Ecology, Threats and Conservation, , 1-11 - Pipelines imperil Canada's ecosystem (2017)
Science, 355 (6321), 140-145 - Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for Resident Killer Whales from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean as a Tool for the Derivation of PBDE-Sediment Quality Guidelines (2016)
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 70 (1), 155-168 - Modeling 137Cs bioaccumulation in the salmon-resident killer whale food web of the Northeastern Pacific following the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (2016)
Science of the Total Environment, 544, 56-67 - Inshore feeding behavior of Blue-footed boobies Sula nebouxii at Manta, Ecuador, during warming conditions in the equatorial Pacific Ocean (2015)
Marine Ornithology, 43 (2), 165-167 - Mercury accumulation in sediments and seabird feathers from the Antarctic Peninsula (2015)
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 91 (2), 410-417 - The demise of Darwin's fishes: Evidence of fishing down and illegal shark finning in the Galápagos Islands (2015)
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 25 (3), 431-446 - Delisted whales good news for pipeline (2014)
Science, 345 (6194), 278-279 - First records of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) in Pacific migratory shorebirds wintering in Ecuador (2014)
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Órgão Oficial do Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária, 23 (2), 260-263 - On the presence of a vagrant juan fernández fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii) in the pacific coast of Colombia: A new extralimital record,Sobre la presencia de un lobo peletero de juan fernández (Arctocephalus philippii) en la costa del Pacífico de Colom (2014)
Mastozoologia Neotropical, 21 (1), 109-114 - Population ecology and anthropogenic stressors of the coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the el morro mangrove and wildlife refuge, Guayaquil Gulf, ecuador: Toward conservation and management actions (2014)
Dolphins: Ecology, Behavior and Conservation Strategies, , 129-163 - Drilling plans endanger Yasuní's biodiversity (2013)
Science, 342 (6161), 931-932 - Modeling PCB-bioaccumulation in the bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus): Estimating a dietary threshold concentration (2013)
Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (21), 12314-12324 - Observations of killer whale (orcinus orca) attacks on bryde's whales (balaenoptera edeni) in the galápagos islands (2013)
Aquatic Mammals, 39 (2), 196-201 - Assessing the impact of bycatch on Ecuadorian humpback whale breeding stock: A review with management recommendations (2012)
Ocean and Coastal Management, 57, 34-43 - Cetaceans: Monitor sea pollution to stop strandings (2012)
Nature, 486 (7403), 323 - Habitat-based PCB environmental quality criteria for the protection of endangered killer whales (orcinus orca) (2012)
Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (22), 12655-12663 - PBDE flame retardants and PCBs in migrating Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada (2012)
Chemosphere, 88 (7), 855-864 - Stable isotopes indicate differing foraging strategies in two sympatric otariids of the Galapagos Islands (2012)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 424-4, 44-52 - DDT in endangered Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) (2011)
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62 (4), 660-671 - DDT strikes back: Galapagos sea lions face increasing health risks (2011)
Ambio, 40 (4), 425-430 - Geographical variation of persistent organic pollutants in eggs of threatened loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from southeastern United States (2011)
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30 (7), 1677-1688 - Carbon productivity and flux in the marine ecosystems of the Galapagos Marine Reserve based on cetacean abundances and trophic indices,Productividad y flujo de carbón en los ecosistemas marinos de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos basado en abundancia de cet (2009)
Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia, 44 (1), 109-122 - Gnathostoma (Spirurida: Gnathostomatidae) infection in the tigerfish Hoplias microlepis: Prevalence, correlation with fish size, hosts, and public health implications,Infección por Gnathostoma (Spirurida: Gnathostomatidae) en Hoplias microlepis: Prevalenc (2009)
Biomedica, 29 (4), 591-603 - Polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in galapagos sea lions (zalophus wollebaekt) (2009)
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28 (11), 2271-2282 - Population, seasonality and conservation threats of the Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) in southwestern Ecuador (2009)
Waterbirds, 32 (1), 81-86 - First documented record of nesting by the Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Ecuador (2007)
Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 6 (2), 282-285 - Occurrence, abundance and notes on some threatened Ecuadorian birds in the El Canclón Lagoon, Manglares Churute Ecological Reserve (2007)
Ornitologia Neotropical, 18 (2), 223-232 - Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) egg yolk concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and lipid increase during the last stage of embryonic development (2006)
Science of the Total Environment, 367 (1), 170-181 - Census, distribution and conservation status of Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in the Guayaquil Gulf Estuary, Ecuador,Censo, distribución y estado de conservación de la Espatula Rosada (Platalea ajaja) en el Estuario del Golfo de Guayaquil, Ecuador (2005)
Ornitologia Neotropical, 16 (2), 175-185 - Population ecology, distribution and habitat assessment of Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier 1807) in the "Reserva de producción de fauna manglares El Salado" of the Guayaquil Gulf Estuary, Ecuador,Ecología poblacional, distribución y estudio de hábitat de Crocod (2005)
Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia, 40 (2), 141-150 - Scanning electron microscopy of Neoechinorhynchus sp. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae), a possible new species of intestinal parasite of the Tallfin croaker Micropogonias altipinnis (Günther, 1864) (2005)
Parasitologia Latinoamericana, 60 (1-2), 48-53
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