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Lead Scientist	Institution	Region	Theme	Project name	Start date	End date	Focal species	Collaborating institutions
Mauricio Hoyos	Pelagios Kakunjá	Clipperton Island	Behavioral ecology	Sharks Movement Patterns in Clipperton Island, France	April 2010	In progress	Tiburon punta plateada y tiburon galapagos	Tiburon punta plateada y tiburon galapagos
Mauricio Hoyos	Pelagios Kakunjá	Revillagigedo	Conservation ecology	Conservation of sharks and rays in the Archipelago of Revillagigedo, Mexico	November 2008	In progress	Tiburon martillo, punta plateada, galapagos, punta blanca de arrecife, ballena, tigre, oscuro y manta gigante	Tiburon martillo, punta plateada, galapagos, punta blanca de arrecife, ballena, tigre, oscuro y manta gigante
Rodrigo Huck	Universidad Austral de Chile	Patagonia (Chilean)	Conservation ecology	Ecology and conservation of large baleen whales of the Chilean Patagonia.	January 2004	In progress	Ballena azul	Ballena azul
Rodrigo Huck	Universidad Austral de Chile	Patagonia (Chilean)	MPA Implementation	Marine ecosystem conservation in Chilean Patagonia: linking science with marine protected areas implementation.	January 2008	In progress	Cetáceos	Cetáceos
Alex Hearn	USFQ	Galapagos Islands	Conservation ecology	The role of oceanic islands and seamounts for the conservation of the marine migratory species of the Galapagos Marine Reserve	January 2006	In progress	martillo, silky, puntanegra, ballena, galapagos, tigre, Molas, atunes, tiburones azules	martillo, silky, puntanegra, ballena, galapagos, tigre, Molas, atunes, tiburones azules
Alex Hearn	USFQ	Coastal Ecuador	Behavioral ecology	Marine megafauna of the Ecuadorean coast	November 2005	In progress	Mantas, Tiburon Ballena, Tiburon Martillo	Mantas, Tiburon Ballena, Tiburon Martillo
Yannis Papastamatiou	Florida IU	Guadalupe Island	Behavioral ecology	Social foraging in white sharks from Guadalupe Island, Mexico	October 2010	In progress	White sharks	White sharks
Yannis Papastamatiou	Florida IU	Revillagigedo	Behavioral ecology	Competition amongst top predators at Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico	September 2016	In progress	Whitetips, silky, silvertip	Whitetips, silky, silvertip
Yannis Papastamatiou	Florida IU	Galapagos Islands	Behavioral ecology	Social behavior in scalloped hammerheads from Galapagos Islands. Ecuador	June 2016	In progress	Scalloped hammerheads	Scalloped hammerheads
Ilena Zanella	Misión Tiburón	Coastal Costa Rica	Conservation ecology	Conservation of the hammerhead shark in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica	January 2010	In progress	Tiburón Martillo	Tiburón Martillo
Ilena Zanella	Misión Tiburón	Coastal Costa Rica	Conservation ecology	Mantas and Mobula Conservation in the Pacific of Costa Rica	January 2016	In progress	Mantas y móbula	Mantas y móbula
Ilena Zanella	Misión Tiburón	Coastal Costa Rica	Conservation ecology	Conservation of the bull shark in Murciélagos Islands, Guanacaste, Costa Rica	January 2012	In progress	Tiburón toro	Tiburón toro
Ilena Zanella	Misión Tiburón	Coco's Island	Behavioral ecology	Research on resident and migratory shark species of Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica	January 2011	In progress	Tiburón punta blanca, tibrón punta negra, martillo, sedoso, tigre, silvertip	Tiburón punta blanca, tibrón punta negra, martillo, sedoso, tigre, silvertip
Sandra Bessudo	Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos	Coastal Colombia	Nursery grounds	Shark nursery areas in the Colombian Pacific (Movement patterns, DNA, mercury, ecology and conservation).	August 2009	In progress	Enfocado a tiburón martillo.	Enfocado a tiburón martillo.
Sandra Bessudo	Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos	Malpelo Island	Behavioral ecology	Movement patterns and regional connectivity of sharks in the Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia	January 2006	In progress	Tiburones martillo, galapagos, silkys, punta blanca, ferox, tiburón ballena, alopias.	Tiburones martillo, galapagos, silkys, punta blanca, ferox, tiburón ballena, alopias.
Sandra Bessudo	Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos	Malpelo Island	Population ecology	Sharks, pelagic and commercially important species monitoring at Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia.	January 2004	In progress	Tiburones, rayas, tortugas, atunes, wahoo, meros, chernas, etc	Tiburones, rayas, tortugas, atunes, wahoo, meros, chernas, etc
Sandra Bessudo	Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos	Malpelo Island	Genetic and heavy metal - POR CONFIRMAR	Tissue collection for population studies and levels of mercury and heavy metals, Colombia.	January 2017	In progress	Tiburones, rayas y meros	Tiburones, rayas y meros
Sandra Bessudo	Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos	Malpelo Island	Population ecology	Observation of marine fauna on seamounts of the Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary and Yuruparí Marine Managed District, Colombia	2019-05-01	In progress	Tiburones, picudos	Tiburones, picudos
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Behavioral ecology	Movement of the mako shark, porbeagle shark, blue shark and swordfish and their associated environment of north coastal Chile.	2019-05-01	In progress	Tiburones, pez espada	Tiburones, pez espada
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Fisheries ecology	Determination of the trophic ecology and energy relationships of the trophic webs of the mako shark, porbeagle shark, blue shark, swordfish and dolphinfish	2019-05-01	In progress	Tortuga laúd, tortuga verde, tortuga cabezona y tortuga olivácea	Tortuga laúd, tortuga verde, tortuga cabezona y tortuga olivácea
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Fisheries ecology	Evaluation of the incidental fishing of turtles, birds and marine mammals in the fishing fleets that catch swordfish, pelagic sharks and deep-sea dorado.	2019-05-01	In progress	Tortugas, aves y mamíferos marinos	Tortugas, aves y mamíferos marinos
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Feeding ecology	Determination of the origin of sea turtle species that interact with highly migratory resource fisheries and mitigation measures with potential for experimentation and implementation.	2019-05-01	In progress	Tiburones, pez espada y dorado de altura	Tiburones, pez espada y dorado de altura
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Population ecology	Estimate the abundance of cetaceans on systematic design platforms.	2019-05-01	In progress	Cetáceos mayores y menores de la ZEE	Cetáceos mayores y menores de la ZEE
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Genetic and heavy metal - POR CONFIRMAR	Determination of the genetic structure and trophic ecology of the smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena	2019-05-01	In progress	Tiburón martillo	Tiburón martillo
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Genetic and heavy metal - POR CONFIRMAR	Genetic diversity and population structure of pelagic sharks through SNPs	2019-10-01	In progress	Marrajo y marrajo sardinero	Marrajo y marrajo sardinero
Patricia Zárate	Instituto de Fomento Pesquero	North Coastal Chile	Feeding ecology	Diet of the common sea lion through the analysis of stable isotopes, with emphasis on determining the contribution of sea turtles.	2019-10-01	In progress	Lobo marino común, tortugas marinas	Lobo marino común, tortugas marinas
Randal Arauz	CREMA - Fins Attached	Coco's Island	Behavioral ecology	Migratory movements of sea turtles and elasmobranchs in the Cocos Island and the Submarine Mountains Marine Management Area.	January 2004	In progress	Tiburon martillo, tiburón punta negra, tiburón tigre, tiburón galapagos, tiburón punta blanca, tiburón ballena, tiburon sedoso, raya moteada, raya aguila, tiburón silverado, tortuga verde, tortuga carey, mantarraya de arrecife, mantarraya gigante	Tiburon martillo, tiburón punta negra, tiburón tigre, tiburón galapagos, tiburón punta blanca, tiburón ballena, tiburon sedoso, raya moteada, raya aguila, tiburón silverado, tortuga verde, tortuga carey, mantarraya de arrecife, mantarraya gigante
Randal Arauz	CREMA - Fins Attached	Coastal Costa Rica	Conservation ecology	Distribution, abundance, habitat use and trophic ecology of threatened marine species in the Costa Rican Pacific coast.	February 2017	In progress	Hawksbill turtle, bull shark, Manta sp.	Hawksbill turtle, bull shark, Manta sp.
Todd Steiner	Turtle Island Restoration Network	Eastern Tropical Pacific	Population ecology	Hammerhead shark photo identification in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.	January 2018	In progress	Tiburón martillo	Tiburón martillo
Todd Steiner	Turtle Island Restoration Network	Coco's Island	Pollution	Microplastics incidence in sandy beaches.	2020	Not yet started
Todd Steiner	Turtle Island Restoration Network	Coco's Island	Behavioral ecology	Cleaning stations dynamics at Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.	December 2019	Not yet started	Megafauna using cleaning stations	Megafauna using cleaning stations
Frida Lara	Pelagios Kakunjá	Revillagigedo	Population ecology	Monitoring of pelagic species of commercial importance in the Archipelago of Revillagigedo via baited remote underwater videos.	2013-10-01	In progress	Tiburones, pelágicos y peces de importancia comercial	Tiburones, pelágicos y peces de importancia comercial
Frida Lara	Pelagios Kakunjá	Baja California Sur	Behavioral ecology	Residence and connectivity of sharks and mantas in the Mexican Pacific Ocean	2017-10-01	In progress	Tiburones y mantas	Tiburones y mantas
César Peñaherrera	MigraMar	Easten Pacific	Climate Change	Assessing the potential distribution shift of marine migratory species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean due to climate change.	2020-11-01	In progress	All	All
César Peñaherrera	MigraMar	Easten Pacific	Population ecology	Fishing effort in and around Marine Protected Areas of the Eastern Pacific Ocean	2019-07-01	In progress	All	All
César Peñaherrera	MigraMar	Easten Pacific	Fisheries ecology	Marine species monitoring via stereo and 360 baited remote underwater videos	2020-11-01	In progress	all	all
César Peñaherrera	MigraMar	Easten Pacific	MPA Implementation	Structural and functional connectivity in the Eastern Pacific Ocean	2018-01-01	In progress	all	all

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