Director
Dr. Rodriguez Diego Horacio
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Professor

Polizzi, P. S., Fares Taie, S., Romero, M. B., Ponce de León, A., Davis, R. W., Dolagaratz Carricavur, A., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Rodríguez, D., & Gerpe, M. S. (2023). Hematology and serum chemistry of female South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) from Isla de Lobos , Uruguay. Emerging Animal Species, 8, 100025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eas.2023.100025
Padula, A. D., Machado, R., Milmann, L., De León, M. C., Gana, J. C. M., Wickert, J. C., Argañaraz, M. E., Bastida, R. O., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2023). Marine debris ingestion by odontocete species from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Absence also matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114486
Díaz, A., Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Faiella, A., Olguin, J., Saubidet, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Doppler echocardiography in a healthy, non-sedated Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) - a preliminary approach about the feasibility and clinical utility. Veterinary Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-022-10019-4
Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Rodríguez, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Comparative electrocardiogram in two anesthetized pinnipeds, the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) and the Southern sea lion (Otaria byronia), with analysis of ECG parameters allometry. Marine Mammal Science, 38(3), 1022–1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12915
Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (2021). Prey composition and nutritional strategies in two sympatric pinnipeds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 545, 151629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151629
Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Bastida, J., Morón, S. G., Denuncio, P. E., & Bastida, R. (2021). Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats. In C. Campagna & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (pp. 415–435). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_21
Campagna, J., Lewis, M. N., González Carman, V., Campagna, C., Guinet, C., Johnson, M., Davis, R. W., Rodríguez, D. H., & Hindell, M. A. (2021). Ontogenetic niche partitioning in southern elephant seals from Argentine Patagonia. Marine Mammal Science, 37(2), 631–651. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12770
Giardino, G. V., Luengos Vidal, E. M., Massola, V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2021). Marine Mammals: Is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and Its Area of Influence Important for Their Conservation? In S. M. Fiori & P. D. Pratolongo (Eds.), The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity (pp. 359–395). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66486-2_14
Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Bastida, J., Morón, S., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2020). Half a century of sightings data of southern right whales in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100(1), 165–171. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315419001036
McGovern, K. A., Rodríguez, D. H., Lewis, M. N., & Davis, R. W. (2019). Diving classification and behavior of free-ranging female southern elephant seals based on three-dimensional movements and video-recorded observations. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 620, 215–232. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12936
Vélez-Rubio, G. M., Teryda, N., Asaroff, P. E., Estrades, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Tomás, J. (2018). Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 127, 603–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.053
Denuncio, P. E., Negri, M. F., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2018). Age and growth of Franciscana dolphins from northern Argentina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(5), 1197–1203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000765
Denuncio, P. E., Paso Viola, M. N., Machovsky-Capuska, G. E., Raubenheimer, D., Blasina, G. E., Machado, R., Polizzi, P. S., Gerpe, M. S., Cappozzo, H. L., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Population variance in prey, diets and their macronutrient composition in an endangered marine predator, the Franciscana dolphin. Journal of Sea Research, 129, 70–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.05.008
Polizzi, P. S., Romero, M. B., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Ponce de León, A., Medici, S., Costas, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Gerpe, M. S. (2017). Blood cadmium and metallothionein concentrations in females of two sympatric pinnipeds species. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122, 446–449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.049
Giardino, G. V., Bastida, J., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Estimated population size of two South American sea lion male haulouts from the northern coast of Argentina. Mammalia, 81(2), 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2015-0147
Denuncio, P. E., Mandiola, M. A., Pérez Salles, S. B., Machado, R., Ott, P. H., De Oliveira, L. R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Marine debris ingestion by the South American Fur Seal from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122, 420–425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.013
Denuncio, P. E., Panebianco, M. V., Del Castillo, D., Rodríguez, D. H., Cappozzo, H. L., & Bastida, R. (2016). Beak deviations in the skull of Franciscana dolphins Pontoporia blainvillei from Argentina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 120(1), 1–7.
González Carman, V., Mandiola, M. A., Alemany, D., Dassis, M., Seco Pon, J. P., Prosdocimi, L., Ponce de León, A., Mianzan, H. W., Acha, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Favero, M., & Copello, S. (2016). Distribution of megafaunal species in the Southwestern Atlantic: key ecological areas and opportunities for marine conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 73(6), 1579–1588.
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2016). Travel for sex: long-range breeding dispersal and winter haulout fidelity in southern sea lion males. Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift Für Säugetierkunde, 81(1), 89–95. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504714001293
Polizzi, P. S., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Ponce de León, A., Quiroga, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Atkinson, S., & Gerpe, M. S. (2016). Reference Intervals of Mineral Elements in Plasma of Anesthetized Free-Ranging Adult Females of South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens. Biological Trace Element Research, 174(2), 325–327. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-016-0734-z
Dassis, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Ieno, E., Denuncio, P. E., Loureiro, J., & Davis, R. W. (2014). Resting metabolic rate and heat increment of feeding in juvenile South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 168, 63–68.
Davis, R. W., David, J., Meÿer, M., Sekiguchi, K., Best, P., Dassis, M., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2014). Home range and diving behaviour of Heaviside’s dolphins monitored by satellite off the west coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 36(4), 455–466.
Paso-Viola, M. N., Denuncio, P. E., Negri, M. F., Rodríguez, D. H., Bastida, R., & Cappozzo, H. L. (2014). Composición de la dieta del delfín franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei en el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina y su interacción con las pesquerías. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 49(2), 393–400.
Polizzi, P. S., Romero, M. B., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Das, K., Denuncio, P. E., Rodríguez, D. H., & Gerpe, M. S. (2014). Metallothioneins pattern during ontogeny of coastal dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, from Argentina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 80(1), 275–281.
Timi, J. T., Paoletti, M., Cimmaruta, R., Lanfranchi, A. L., Alarcos, A. J., Garbin, L., George-Nascimento, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Mattiucci, S. (2014). Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larval Pseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Veterinary Parasitology, 199(1), 59–72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401713005578
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Dassis, M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2013). Técnica de marcado por decoloración de pelo en el lobo marino otaria flavescens: descripción y evaluación del método. Mastozoología Neotropical, 20(2), 393–398. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0327-93832013000200012&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Polizzi, P. S., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Romero, M. B., Denuncio, P. E., Rodríguez, D. H., & Gerpe, M. S. (2013). Fine scale distribution constrains cadmium accumulation rates in two geographical groups of Franciscana dolphin from Argentina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 72(1), 41–46. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13002300
Denuncio, P. E., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2011). Patrón de cierre sutural y sus variaciones en el cráneo del lobo marino de dos pelos Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783). Natura Neotropicalis, 1(42), 5–18. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo_Denuncio/publication/264861487_Patron_de_cierre_sutural_y_sus_variaciones_en_el_craneo_del_lobo_marino_de_dos_pelos_Arctocephalus_australis_Zimmermann_1783/links/53f3cf4e0cf2155be354a642.pdf
Valdivia, M., Valenzuela, L. O., Berriel, V., Rodríguez, D. H., Laporta, P., Drago, M., Cani, A., & Bergamino, L. (n.d.). Resource partitioning in a cetacean community from Uruguayan waters. Marine Mammal Science, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13077
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Faiella, A., Olguin, J., Saubidet, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Castro, E. F. (n.d.). First description of the Burmeister porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) electrocardiogram. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2641
Denuncio, P. E., Padula, A. D., Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (n.d.). Milk compositions and fatty acid profiles in two coastal odontocete species from the southwest Atlantic Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.2191971
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Gana, J. C. M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (n.d.). Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2034653
Researchers
Dra. Dassis Mariela
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Díaz, A., Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Faiella, A., Olguin, J., Saubidet, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Doppler echocardiography in a healthy, non-sedated Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) - a preliminary approach about the feasibility and clinical utility. Veterinary Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-022-10019-4
Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Rodríguez, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Comparative electrocardiogram in two anesthetized pinnipeds, the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) and the Southern sea lion (Otaria byronia), with analysis of ECG parameters allometry. Marine Mammal Science, 38(3), 1022–1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12915
Mandiola, M. A., Bagnato, R., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Dassis, M., Albareda, D., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). Baseline data of the presence of meso and microplastics in the digestive tract of a commercially important teleost fish from the Rio de la Plata Estuary System (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 35(1), 103–113. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3512022010101
González Carman, V., Mandiola, M. A., Alemany, D., Dassis, M., Seco Pon, J. P., Prosdocimi, L., Ponce de León, A., Mianzan, H. W., Acha, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Favero, M., & Copello, S. (2016). Distribution of megafaunal species in the Southwestern Atlantic: key ecological areas and opportunities for marine conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 73(6), 1579–1588.
Srinivasan, M., Dassis, M., Benn, E., Stockin, K. A., Martínez, E., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (2015). Using non-systematic surveys to investigate effects of regional climate variability on Australasian gannets in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Journal of Sea Research, 99, 74–82.
Dassis, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Ieno, E., Denuncio, P. E., Loureiro, J., & Davis, R. W. (2014). Resting metabolic rate and heat increment of feeding in juvenile South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 168, 63–68.
Davis, R. W., David, J., Meÿer, M., Sekiguchi, K., Best, P., Dassis, M., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2014). Home range and diving behaviour of Heaviside’s dolphins monitored by satellite off the west coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 36(4), 455–466.
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Dassis, M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2013). Técnica de marcado por decoloración de pelo en el lobo marino otaria flavescens: descripción y evaluación del método. Mastozoología Neotropical, 20(2), 393–398. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0327-93832013000200012&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Faiella, A., Olguin, J., Saubidet, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Castro, E. F. (n.d.). First description of the Burmeister porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) electrocardiogram. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2641
Dr. Denuncio Pablo Ezequiel
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Padula, A. D., Machado, R., Milmann, L., De León, M. C., Gana, J. C. M., Wickert, J. C., Argañaraz, M. E., Bastida, R. O., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2023). Marine debris ingestion by odontocete species from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Absence also matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114486
Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Mandiola, M. A., Bagnato, R., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Dassis, M., Albareda, D., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). Baseline data of the presence of meso and microplastics in the digestive tract of a commercially important teleost fish from the Rio de la Plata Estuary System (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 35(1), 103–113. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3512022010101
Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (2021). Prey composition and nutritional strategies in two sympatric pinnipeds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 545, 151629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151629
Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Bastida, J., Morón, S. G., Denuncio, P. E., & Bastida, R. (2021). Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats. In C. Campagna & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (pp. 415–435). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_21
Irigoitia, M. M., Palomba, M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Mattiucci, S., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Genetic identification of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: ecological and zoogeographical implications. Parasitology Research, 120, 1699–1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07088-w
Denuncio, P. E., Negri, M. F., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2018). Age and growth of Franciscana dolphins from northern Argentina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(5), 1197–1203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000765
Machado, R., Oliveira, L. R. de, Ott, P. H., Denuncio, P. E., Haimovici, M., Cardoso, L. G., Danilewicz, D., Moreno, I. B., & Borges-Martins, M. (2018). Changes in the feeding ecology of South American sea lions on the southern Brazilian coast over the last two decades of excessive fishing exploration. Hydrobiologia, 819(1), 17–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3618-8
Denuncio, P. E., Paso Viola, M. N., Machovsky-Capuska, G. E., Raubenheimer, D., Blasina, G. E., Machado, R., Polizzi, P. S., Gerpe, M. S., Cappozzo, H. L., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Population variance in prey, diets and their macronutrient composition in an endangered marine predator, the Franciscana dolphin. Journal of Sea Research, 129, 70–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.05.008
Denuncio, P. E., Mandiola, M. A., Pérez Salles, S. B., Machado, R., Ott, P. H., De Oliveira, L. R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Marine debris ingestion by the South American Fur Seal from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122, 420–425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.013
Panebianco, M. V., Del Castillo, D., Denuncio, P. E., Negri, M. F., Bastida, R., Failla, M., Vitullo, A. D., & Cappozzo, H. L. (2016). Reproductive biology of female franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) from Argentina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96(04), 831–840.
Denuncio, P. E., Panebianco, M. V., Del Castillo, D., Rodríguez, D. H., Cappozzo, H. L., & Bastida, R. (2016). Beak deviations in the skull of Franciscana dolphins Pontoporia blainvillei from Argentina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 120(1), 1–7.
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2016). Travel for sex: long-range breeding dispersal and winter haulout fidelity in southern sea lion males. Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift Für Säugetierkunde, 81(1), 89–95. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504714001293
Denuncio, P. E., Trassens, M. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Lancia, J. P., & Bastida, R. (2015). Asociaciones de poliquetos bentónicos y su relación con los parámetros sedimentarios en el sur de la Bahía Samborombón (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Ecología Austral, 25(2), 128–134. http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/ecoaus/v25n2/v25n2a08.pdf
Dassis, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Ieno, E., Denuncio, P. E., Loureiro, J., & Davis, R. W. (2014). Resting metabolic rate and heat increment of feeding in juvenile South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 168, 63–68.
Paso-Viola, M. N., Denuncio, P. E., Negri, M. F., Rodríguez, D. H., Bastida, R., & Cappozzo, H. L. (2014). Composición de la dieta del delfín franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei en el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina y su interacción con las pesquerías. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 49(2), 393–400.
Polizzi, P. S., Romero, M. B., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Das, K., Denuncio, P. E., Rodríguez, D. H., & Gerpe, M. S. (2014). Metallothioneins pattern during ontogeny of coastal dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, from Argentina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 80(1), 275–281.
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Dassis, M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2013). Técnica de marcado por decoloración de pelo en el lobo marino otaria flavescens: descripción y evaluación del método. Mastozoología Neotropical, 20(2), 393–398. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0327-93832013000200012&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Polizzi, P. S., Chiodi Boudet, L. N., Romero, M. B., Denuncio, P. E., Rodríguez, D. H., & Gerpe, M. S. (2013). Fine scale distribution constrains cadmium accumulation rates in two geographical groups of Franciscana dolphin from Argentina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 72(1), 41–46. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13002300
Denuncio, P. E., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2011). Patrón de cierre sutural y sus variaciones en el cráneo del lobo marino de dos pelos Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783). Natura Neotropicalis, 1(42), 5–18. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo_Denuncio/publication/264861487_Patron_de_cierre_sutural_y_sus_variaciones_en_el_craneo_del_lobo_marino_de_dos_pelos_Arctocephalus_australis_Zimmermann_1783/links/53f3cf4e0cf2155be354a642.pdf
Denuncio, P. E., Padula, A. D., Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (n.d.). Milk compositions and fatty acid profiles in two coastal odontocete species from the southwest Atlantic Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.2191971
Dra. Elissamburu Andrea
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Dra. Giardino Gisela Vanina
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Teaching assistant

Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Rodríguez, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Comparative electrocardiogram in two anesthetized pinnipeds, the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) and the Southern sea lion (Otaria byronia), with analysis of ECG parameters allometry. Marine Mammal Science, 38(3), 1022–1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12915
Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (2021). Prey composition and nutritional strategies in two sympatric pinnipeds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 545, 151629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151629
Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Bastida, J., Morón, S. G., Denuncio, P. E., & Bastida, R. (2021). Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats. In C. Campagna & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (pp. 415–435). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_21
Giardino, G. V., Luengos Vidal, E. M., Massola, V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2021). Marine Mammals: Is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and Its Area of Influence Important for Their Conservation? In S. M. Fiori & P. D. Pratolongo (Eds.), The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity (pp. 359–395). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66486-2_14
Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Bastida, J., Morón, S., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2020). Half a century of sightings data of southern right whales in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100(1), 165–171. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315419001036
Papale, E., Ceraulo, M., Giardino, G. V., Buffa, G., Filiciotto, F., Grammauta, R., Maccarrone, V., Mazzola, S., & Buscaino, G. (2017). Association patterns and population dynamics of bottlenose dolphins in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea): implication for management. Population Ecology, 59(1), 55–64.
Giardino, G. V., Bastida, J., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Estimated population size of two South American sea lion male haulouts from the northern coast of Argentina. Mammalia, 81(2), 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2015-0147
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2016). Travel for sex: long-range breeding dispersal and winter haulout fidelity in southern sea lion males. Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift Für Säugetierkunde, 81(1), 89–95. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504714001293
Timi, J. T., Paoletti, M., Cimmaruta, R., Lanfranchi, A. L., Alarcos, A. J., Garbin, L., George-Nascimento, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Mattiucci, S. (2014). Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larval Pseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Veterinary Parasitology, 199(1), 59–72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401713005578
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Dassis, M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2013). Técnica de marcado por decoloración de pelo en el lobo marino otaria flavescens: descripción y evaluación del método. Mastozoología Neotropical, 20(2), 393–398. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0327-93832013000200012&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Denuncio, P. E., Padula, A. D., Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (n.d.). Milk compositions and fatty acid profiles in two coastal odontocete species from the southwest Atlantic Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.2191971
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Gana, J. C. M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (n.d.). Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2034653
Dra. Mandiola María Agustina
 Researcher UNMDP
Teaching assistant

Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Mandiola, M. A., Bagnato, R., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Dassis, M., Albareda, D., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). Baseline data of the presence of meso and microplastics in the digestive tract of a commercially important teleost fish from the Rio de la Plata Estuary System (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 35(1), 103–113. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3512022010101
Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Bastida, J., Morón, S. G., Denuncio, P. E., & Bastida, R. (2021). Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats. In C. Campagna & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (pp. 415–435). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_21
Giardino, G. V., Luengos Vidal, E. M., Massola, V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2021). Marine Mammals: Is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and Its Area of Influence Important for Their Conservation? In S. M. Fiori & P. D. Pratolongo (Eds.), The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity (pp. 359–395). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66486-2_14
Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Bastida, J., Morón, S., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2020). Half a century of sightings data of southern right whales in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100(1), 165–171. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315419001036
Giardino, G. V., Bastida, J., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Estimated population size of two South American sea lion male haulouts from the northern coast of Argentina. Mammalia, 81(2), 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2015-0147
Denuncio, P. E., Mandiola, M. A., Pérez Salles, S. B., Machado, R., Ott, P. H., De Oliveira, L. R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2017). Marine debris ingestion by the South American Fur Seal from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122, 420–425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.013
González Carman, V., Mandiola, M. A., Alemany, D., Dassis, M., Seco Pon, J. P., Prosdocimi, L., Ponce de León, A., Mianzan, H. W., Acha, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Favero, M., & Copello, S. (2016). Distribution of megafaunal species in the Southwestern Atlantic: key ecological areas and opportunities for marine conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 73(6), 1579–1588.
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2016). Travel for sex: long-range breeding dispersal and winter haulout fidelity in southern sea lion males. Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift Für Säugetierkunde, 81(1), 89–95. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504714001293
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Denuncio, P. E., Dassis, M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2013). Técnica de marcado por decoloración de pelo en el lobo marino otaria flavescens: descripción y evaluación del método. Mastozoología Neotropical, 20(2), 393–398. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0327-93832013000200012&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en
Denuncio, P. E., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2011). Patrón de cierre sutural y sus variaciones en el cráneo del lobo marino de dos pelos Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783). Natura Neotropicalis, 1(42), 5–18. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo_Denuncio/publication/264861487_Patron_de_cierre_sutural_y_sus_variaciones_en_el_craneo_del_lobo_marino_de_dos_pelos_Arctocephalus_australis_Zimmermann_1783/links/53f3cf4e0cf2155be354a642.pdf
Denuncio, P. E., Padula, A. D., Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (n.d.). Milk compositions and fatty acid profiles in two coastal odontocete species from the southwest Atlantic Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.2191971
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Gana, J. C. M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (n.d.). Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2034653
Graduate Students
De León Marta Carolina
 Graduate fellowship

Padula, A. D., Machado, R., Milmann, L., De León, M. C., Gana, J. C. M., Wickert, J. C., Argañaraz, M. E., Bastida, R. O., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2023). Marine debris ingestion by odontocete species from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Absence also matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114486
Díaz, A., Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Faiella, A., Olguin, J., Saubidet, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Doppler echocardiography in a healthy, non-sedated Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) - a preliminary approach about the feasibility and clinical utility. Veterinary Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-022-10019-4
Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Rodríguez, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Castro, E. F. (2022). Comparative electrocardiogram in two anesthetized pinnipeds, the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) and the Southern sea lion (Otaria byronia), with analysis of ECG parameters allometry. Marine Mammal Science, 38(3), 1022–1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12915
Mandiola, M. A., Bagnato, R., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Dassis, M., Albareda, D., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). Baseline data of the presence of meso and microplastics in the digestive tract of a commercially important teleost fish from the Rio de la Plata Estuary System (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 35(1), 103–113. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3512022010101
Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Bastida, J., Morón, S. G., Denuncio, P. E., & Bastida, R. (2021). Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats. In C. Campagna & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (pp. 415–435). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_21
Dassis, M., De León, M. C., Díaz, A., Faiella, A., Olguin, J., Saubidet, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Castro, E. F. (n.d.). First description of the Burmeister porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) electrocardiogram. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2641
Gana Joaquín Carlos Mario
CV-SIGEVA
 Graduate fellowship

Padula, A. D., Machado, R., Milmann, L., De León, M. C., Gana, J. C. M., Wickert, J. C., Argañaraz, M. E., Bastida, R. O., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2023). Marine debris ingestion by odontocete species from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Absence also matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114486
Giardino, G. V., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Mandiola, M. A., Dassis, M., Denuncio, P. E., Elissamburu, A., Morón, S., Rodríguez Heredia, S., Alvarez, C. K., Loureiro, J. P., Massola, V., Valenzuela, L. O., Tamini, L., Taraborelli, P., Saubidet, A., Faiella, A., Cappozzo, H. L., Bastida, R. O., & Rodríguez, D. H. (2022). Occurrence and anthropogenic-derived mortality of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the northern coast of Argentina, 2003–2021. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2130365
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Mandiola, M. A., Bagnato, R., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Dassis, M., Albareda, D., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). Baseline data of the presence of meso and microplastics in the digestive tract of a commercially important teleost fish from the Rio de la Plata Estuary System (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 35(1), 103–113. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3512022010101
Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (2021). Prey composition and nutritional strategies in two sympatric pinnipeds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 545, 151629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151629
Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., De León, M. C., Bastida, J., Morón, S. G., Denuncio, P. E., & Bastida, R. (2021). Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats. In C. Campagna & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (pp. 415–435). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_21
Giardino, G. V., Luengos Vidal, E. M., Massola, V., Mandiola, M. A., Gana, J. C. M., Rodríguez, D. H., & Bastida, R. (2021). Marine Mammals: Is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and Its Area of Influence Important for Their Conservation? In S. M. Fiori & P. D. Pratolongo (Eds.), The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity (pp. 359–395). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66486-2_14
Irigoitia, M. M., Palomba, M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Mattiucci, S., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Genetic identification of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: ecological and zoogeographical implications. Parasitology Research, 120, 1699–1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07088-w
Giardino, G. V., Mandiola, M. A., Bastida, J., Gana, J. C. M., Bastida, R., & Rodríguez, D. H. (n.d.). Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2022.2034653
Macagno Maria Candela
CV-SIGEVA
 Graduate fellowship

Padula Antonella Daira
CV-SIGEVA
 Graduate fellowship

Padula, A. D., Machado, R., Milmann, L., De León, M. C., Gana, J. C. M., Wickert, J. C., Argañaraz, M. E., Bastida, R. O., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2023). Marine debris ingestion by odontocete species from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Absence also matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186, 114486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114486
Padula, A. D., Gana, J. C. M., Giardino, G. V., De León, M. C., Elissamburu, A., Rodríguez, D. H., & Denuncio, P. E. (2022). First record of orca predation on franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) in Argentina. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(1), 68–72. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00283
Denuncio, P. E., Padula, A. D., Mandiola, M. A., Giardino, G. V., Rodríguez, D. H., & Machovsky-Capuska, G. E. (n.d.). Milk compositions and fatty acid profiles in two coastal odontocete species from the southwest Atlantic Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2023.2191971