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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(2022). Unresolved taxonomy confounds invasive species identification: the Lysmata vittata Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Caridea: Lysmatidae) species complex and recent introduction of Lysmata vittata sensu stricto in the western Atlantic . Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab079
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(2021). The influence of blue crab movement on mark-recapture estimates of recreational harvest and exploitation . Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78 (4) , 371-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0112
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(2020). Detection of a Mature Atlantic Sturgeon in the Patuxent River, Maryland, Using Passive Acoustic Telemetry. Northeastern Naturalist, 27 (4) , 792-802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0417
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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 and morphological confirmation of an invasive American isopod; Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818, from the Mediterranean region to Lake Qaroun, Egypt . Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 23 (4) , 251-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ejabf.2019.54062
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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). Migratory connectivity and philopatry of cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus along the Atlantic coast, USA . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 602 , 197-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12686
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(2018). Snake Fungal Disease:MD. Catesbeiana, 38 (1) , 78-79.
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(2018). A tale of two soft-shell clams: an integrative taxonomic analysis confirms Mya japonica as a valid species distinct from Mya arenaria (Bivalvia: Myidae) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184 (3) , 605-622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx107
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(2017). Gutsy genetics: identification of digested piscine prey items in the stomach contents of sympatric native and introduced warmwater catfishes via DNA barcoding . Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100 (4) , 235-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-016-0523-8
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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.
