Melania C. López‐Castro

Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources — Mexico

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Turtle Biology and Conservation(21), Avian ecology and behavior(9), Marine animal studies overview(6), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(5), Physiological and biochemical adaptations(3)

Publications23 total

Size Structure of Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) from Taxidermied Specimens in Private Collections Captured Along the Western Coast of the Gulf of California
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering·2025Open Access
Updated global conservation status and priorities for marine turtles
Endangered Species Research·2025· 19 citedOpen Access
Trophic ecology of sympatric sea turtles in the tropical Atlantic coast of Brazil
Marine Environmental Research·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Adaptation of sea turtles to climate warming: Will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output?
Global Change Biology·2023· 41 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: Multidecadal fluctuations in green turtle hatchling production related to climate variability
Scientific Reports·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Multidecadal fluctuations in green turtle hatchling production related to climate variability
Scientific Reports·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Trends in Reproductive Indicators of Green and Hawksbill Sea Turtles over a 30-Year Monitoring Period in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Their Conservation Implications
Animals·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Marine turtle hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico and Mesoamerican Reef: Strengthening management and preparedness
Frontiers in Marine Science·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
A quantitative three-step approach for guiding sandy beach management
Ocean & Coastal Management·2022· 6 cited
Recuperación de poblaciones de tortuga verde y sus interacciones con la duna costera como línea base para una restauración ecológica integral
Acta Botanica Mexicana·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Time-Varying Stock-Recruitment Model For Estimating Population Characteristics of Green Turtles
Research Square (Research Square)·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
A Quantitative Three-Step Approach for Guiding Sandy Beach Management
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
First Spatial Distribution Analysis of Male Sea Turtles in the Southern Gulf of Mexico
Frontiers in Marine Science·2020· 17 citedOpen Access
Predicted distributions and abundances of the sea turtle ‘lost years’ in the western North Atlantic Ocean
Ecography·2019· 39 citedOpen Access
δ13C and δ15N in the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Endangered Species Research·2017· 22 citedOpen Access
Identifying oceanic foraging grounds of sea turtles in the Atlantic using lead isotopes
Marine Biology·2014· 9 cited
Evaluation of scute thickness to infer life history records in the carapace of green and loggerhead turtles
Endangered Species Research·2014· 14 citedOpen Access
Sea turtle population structure and connections between oceanic and neritic foraging areas in the Atlantic revealed through trace elements
Marine Ecology Progress Series·2013· 19 citedOpen Access
Health Indices of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Along the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. I. Blood Biochemistry Values
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2010· 42 citedOpen Access
Immature East Pacific Green Turtles (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) Use Multiple Foraging Areas off the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico: First Evidence from Mark-Recapture Data
Pacific Science·2010· 36 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Eduardo Cuevas(12), Vicente Guzmán‐Hernández(7), Karen A. Bjorndal(4), Pablo del Monte‐Luna(4), Patricia Huerta‐Rodríguez(3), Alan B. Bolten(3), Abigail Uribe-Martínez(3), Sandra A. Gallegos-Fernández(3), Rosa C. Martínez-Portugal(3), Miguel Nakamura(3), Francisco Arreguı́n-Sánchez(3), Volker Koch(2), Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes(2), F. Alberto Abreu‐Grobois(2), Annette C. Broderick(2), Liliana P. Colman(2), Sabrina Fossette(2), Marc Girondot(2), Catherine E. Hart(2), Yakup Kaska(2)