Research Technician
Phone
443 482-2436
Staff Profile
Biography
Education:
B.S. Marine Science, Stockton University, 1998
M.S. Zoology, North Carolina State University, 2003
Research Interests:
Long-term fish and invertebrate surveys, Estuarine and marine ecology, Population and community ecology, DNA barcoding, Invasive species, Active and passive biotelemetry of fish and invertebrates, Gut content analysis, Electrofishing techniques, Blue Crab mark-recapture, Blue Crab population and fishery dynamics, Scientific diving, Biodiversity surveys, Herpetological monitoring, Anuran calling surveys
Contact Info:
aguilarr@si.edu
Office: 443 482-2436
Fax: 443 482-2380
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
PO Box 28 (USPS)
647 Contees Wharf Road (shipping)
Edgewater, MD 21037
Publications
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(2020). Detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola at two mid-Atlantic natural areas in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia, USA . Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 14 (1) , 22-28.
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(2019). Molecular confirmation of Ophidiomyces ophidiodiicola in Crotalus horridus and Agkistrodon contortrix . Catesbeiana, 39 (1) , 35-37.
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(2018). Prevalence of the pathogenic crustacean virus Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 near flow-through blue crab aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay, USA . Diseases of aquatic organisms, 129 (2) , 135-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03232
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(2018). Snake Fungal Disease:MD. Catesbeiana, 38 (1) , 78-79.
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(2017). A Survey of the Pathogenic Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Catesbeiana, 37 (1) , 32-39.
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(2017). Detection of the Pathogenic Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Anurans of Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Virginia . Catesbeiana, 37 (2) , 109-120.
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(2017). Snake Fungal Disease, Crotalus horridus. Catesbeiana, 37 (2) , 128-130.
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(2016). Effectiveness of DNA barcoding for identifying piscine prey items in stomach contents of piscivorous catfishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 99 (1) , 161-167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0448-7
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(2016). A Survey of Amphibians at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland . A Survey of Amphibians at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.2016 Virginia Natural History Society.Banisteria, Number , pages 12-24., 46 , 12-24.
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(2015). Northern Water Snake (Nerodia s. sipedon) MD: Anne Arundel Co. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (38053’24.81”N” 7603’27.04”W”) . Catesbeiana, 35 (1) , 36-37.
