Publications (updated: 20.02.2024)
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS PUBLICATIONS
2024
Eguiguren, A., Avila, I.C., Rosero, P., Toro, F., Hersh, T., Rojas, C., Mesnick, S., Whitehead, H., & J.J., Alava. 2024. Report on the implementation of the concerted action for sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. [Informe sobre la aplicación de la acción concertada para el cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) del Pacífico Tropical Este]. UNEP/CMS/COP14/Doc.32.2.4. 14th meeting of the conference of the parties. Convention on Migratory Species. Samarkand, Uzbekistan. February 2024. https://www.cms.int/en/document/report-implementation-concerted-action-sperm-whales-physeter-macrocephalus-eastern-tropic-1
2023
IUCN-MMPATF. 2023. Gorgona-Tribugá-Malpelo IMMA Factsheet. IUCN Joint SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, 2023. Authored by: Avila, I.C., Palacios, D., D. Barragán & N. Botero. Available at: https://marinemammalhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/imma-factsheets/SouthEastTropicalTemperatePacificOcean/Gorgona-Tribuga-Malpelo-SouthEastTropicalTemperatePacificOcean.pdf
Bolaños-Jiménez, J., Henríquez, A., Fertl, D., Flórez-González, L., Luksenburg, J., Briceño, Y., Sánchez-Criollo, L., Pusineri, C., Martinez, L. & I.C. Avila. 2023. Modern distribution of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in poorly-studied areas of the northwest Atlantic. Paper SC/69A/NH/03 submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, Bled, Slovenia, April 24 – Mai 6, 2023. https://archive.iwc.int/pages/download.php?ref=20030&ext=pdf&alternative=6429&noattach=true&k=
Avila, I.C., Pineda-Cendales, S., Akkaya, A., Kalashnikova, E., Carvajal-Cogollo J.E. & P. Lyne. 2023. Humpback whale songs in the Colombian Pacific and in the Tanzania Indian Ocean: same subpopulation and season but different song pattern. Poster ID 60 presented at the 34th European Cetacean Society (ECS) Conference in Galicia, Spain. April 18-20, 2023. https://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/humpback-whale-songs-colombian-pacific-and-tanzania-indian-ocean-same-subpopulation-and-season
2022
IUCN-MMPATF. 2022. Gorgona-Tribugá-Malpelo IMMA, Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (MMPATF) Website, 23.11.2022. Authored by: Avila, I.C., Palacios, D., D. Barragán & N. Botero. 2022. Available at: https://www.marinemammalhabitat.org/portfolio-item/gorgona-tribuga-malpelo-imma/
Alava, J.J., Merley G., Rosero P., Avila I.C., Salazar S. 2022. A Juan Fernández Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii, Peters, 1866) in the Galápagos Islands: Insights from the First Anecdotal Observation in the Last Century. Aquatic Mammals. 48(6): 559-564.
https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.559
Alava, J.J., Riofrío-Lazo, M., Reygondeau, G., Rosero, P., Avila, I.C., Lara, D., Gil, F., Yaipen-Llanos, C.F., Elorriaga-Verplancken, F.R. & D. Páez-Rosas. 2022. Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in the Galapagos Islands and the Eastern Tropical Pacific Amid Ocean Environmental Changes: Towards a Habitat Suitability Index. Aquatic Mammals. 48(5): 418-431. DOI: 10.1578/AM.48.5.2022.418
Avila, I.C., Ortega, L.F. Isaza-Toro, E & E. Ángulo. (2022). Recent accidental entanglements of humpback whales in the Colombian Pacific. Aquatic Mammals 48 (4): 341-348. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.4.2022.341
Avila, I.C., Farías-Curtidor, N., Castellanos-Mora, L., Bohrer do Amaral, K., Barragán-Barrera, D., Orozco, C., León, J. & V. Puentes. 2022. The Colombian Caribbean Sea, a tropical habitat for the vulnerable sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)? Oryx. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321001113
Ingram, D., Prideaux, M. ,. Hodgins, N. ,. Frisch-Nwakanma, H. ,. Avila, I. C. ,. Collins, T. ,. Cosentino, M. ,. W. Keith-Diagne, L. ,. Marsh, H. D. ,. Shirley, M. H. ,. Van Waerebeek, K. ,. Djondo, M. K. ,. Fukuda, Y. ,. Glaus, K. B. J. ,. Jabado, R. W. ,. Lang, J. W. ,. Lüber, S. ,. Manolis, C. ,. Webb, G. J. W. ,. Porter, L. Widespread Use of Migratory Megafauna for Aquatic Wild Meat in the Tropics and Subtropics. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 837447 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.837447
Avila, I.C., & A. Giraldo. 2022. Áreas en riesgo para los mamíferos marinos en Colombia. Revista de Biología Tropical, 70: 96-113. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/48553
2021
Félix, F., Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Avila, I.C., Botero,N., Calderón, A., Cáceres, B., Capella, J., Carnero, R., Castro, C., Cheeseman, T., Dalla-Rosa, L., Dellabianca, N., Denkinger, J., Friedlaender, A., Guzmán, H., Haase, B., Haro, D., Hucke-Gaete, R., Llano, M., Oviedo, L., Pacheco, A., Pacheco, J., Palacios, J., Pérez, M.J., Rasmussen, K., Santillán, L., Secchi, E., & Vásquez, E. 2021. Humpback whale breeding Stock G; update population estimate integrating photo-id data from breeding and feeding areas. Paper SC/68C/ASI/02 submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, UK, virtual, April – Mai 2021. https://archive.iwc.int/pages/download.php?direct=1&noattach=true&ref=19255&ext=pdf&k=
Marcondes, M., Cheeseman, T., Jackson, J.A., Friedlaender, A.S., Pallin, L., Olio, M., Wedekin, L.L., Daura-Jorge, F.G., Cardoso, J., Santos, J.D.F., Fortes, R.C., Araújo, M.F., Bassoi, M., Beaver, V., Bombosch, A., Clark, C.W., Denkinger, J., Boyle, A., Rasmussen, K., Savenko, O., Avila, I.C., Palacios, D.M., Kennedy, A.S., & R.S., Sousa-Lima. The Southern Ocean Exchange – porous boundaries between humpback whale breeding populations in southern polar waters. Scientific Reports.
Scientific Reports 11, 23618 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02612-5
Avila, I.C., Ortega, L.F., Pretel, C. & G. Mayor. A decade of whale watching in an important tourist destination in the Pacific coast of Colombia: Challenges for proper management. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 16(1) https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/1389/451
Nelms, S.E., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Arnould, J.P.Y., Avila, I.C., Bengtson Nash, S., Campbell, E., Carter, M.I.D., Collins, T., Currey, R.J.C., Domit, C., Franco-Trecu, V., Fuentes, M.M.P.B., Gilman, E., Harcourt, R.G., Hines, E.M., Hoelzel, A.R., Hooker, S.K., Johnston, D.W., Kelkar, N., Kiszka, J.J., Laidre, K.L., Mangel, J.C., Marsh, H., Maxwell, S.M., Onoufriou, A.B., Palacios, D.M., Pierce, GJ, Ponnampalam LS, Porter LJ, Russell DJF, Stockin KA, Sutaria D, Wambiji N, Weir CR, Wilson B., & Godley, B.J. Marine mammal conservation: Over the horizon. Endangered Species Research 44: 291-325 https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v44/p291-325/
Avila, I.C., Trujillo, G.A., Alava, J.J. Primeros registros de elefantes marinos en el Pacífico colombiano: ¿Elefantes marinos del sur, Mirounga leonina? [First records of Elephant Seals in the Colombian Pacific: Southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina?]. Caldasia 43(1):408–411. doi: https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v43n2.84687.
2020
Avila, I.C., C.F. Dormann, C. García, L.F. Payán & M.X. Zorrilla. Humpback whales extend their stay in a breeding ground in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77(1): 109–118. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz251. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/77/1/109/5688942
2018
Avila, I.C., K. Kaschner & C.F. Dormann. Current global risks to marine mammals: taking stock of the threats. Biological Conservation 221: 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.021
2017
Avila, I.C., L. M. Correa & K. Van Waerebeek. Where humpback whales and vessel traffic coincide, a Colombian Pacific case study. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 66: 85-99. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10RpE_qbem2y-pyHwFMJsw05JkXOmWAqh/view
2015
Van Bressem M. F., P. C. Simoes-Lopes, F. Félix, J. Kiszka, F.G. Daura-Jorge, I. C. Avila, E. R. Secchi, L. Flach, P. F. Fruet , K. du Toit, P. H. Ott, S. Elwen, A. B. Di Giacomo, J Wagner , A. Banks & K. Van Waerebeek. Epidemiology of lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphins from South America and southern Africa. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 117: 59-75. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.3354/dao02932
Avila I.C., L. M. Correa & E.C.M Parsons. Whale-watching activity in Bahía Málaga, on the Pacific coast of Colombia, and its effect on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) behavior. Tourism in Marine Environments 11 (1): 19-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427315X14398263718394
2014
Avila I.C., J.J. Alava & C.A. Galvis. On the presence of a vagrant Juan Fernández fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii) in the Pacific coast of Colombia: a new extralimital record. Mastozoología Neotropical 21(1): 109-114.
http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S0327-93832014000100011&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt
2012
Palacios D.M., T. Gerrodette, J. Herrera, C. García, G. Soler, I. C. Avila, S. Bessudo, E. Hernández, F. Trujillo & L. Flórez-González. Cetacean distribution and relative abundance in Colombia’s Pacific EEZ from survey cruises and platforms of opportunity. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(1): 45–60.
2011
Avila I.C., L.M. Cuellar & J.R. Cantera. Crustaceans ectoparasites and epibionts of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in the Colombian Pacific. UNED Research Journal / Cuadernos de Investigación UNED 3 (2): 177-185. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/5156/515651980001.pdf
2008
Avila I.C., C. García & J.C. Bastidas. A note on the use of dolphins as bait in the artisanal fisheries off Bahía Solano, Chocó, Colombia. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(2):179–182.
2007
Van Bressem M.F., K. Van Waerebeek, J. Reyes, F. Félix, M. Echegaray, S. Siciliano, A.P. Di Beneditto, L. Flach, F. Viddi, I.C. Avila, J.C. Herrera, I.C.Tobón, J. Bolaños, I. Moreno, P.H. Ott, G.P. Sanino, E. Castineira, D. Montes, E. Crespo, P.A.C. Flores, B. Haase, S.M.F. Mendonça de Souza, M. Laeta & A.B. Fragoso. A preliminary overview of skin and skeletal diseases and traumata in small cetaceans from South American waters. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals (LAJAM): 6(1): 7-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5597/lajam00108
2004
Stevick P., A. Aguayo, J. Allen, I.C. Avila, J. Capella, C. Castro, K. Chater, L. Dalla-Rosa, M. H. Engel, F. Félix, L. Flórez-González, A. Freitas, B. Haase, M. Llano, L. Lodi, E. Muñoz, C. Olavarría, E. Secchi, M. Scheidat & S. Siciliano. A note on the migrations of individually identified humpback whales between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6(2): 109-113.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND BOOK PUBLICATIONS:
2023
Palacios, D., Felix, F.,Montecinos, Y., Nájera, E., Kelez, S., Samaniego, J., Velásquez, P., Zapata, L., Lancaster, M., Johnson, C., Friedlaender, A., Castro, C., Quintana, E., Bermúdez-Rivas, C., Villamil, C., Casas, J.J., Sepúlveda, M., Benites, L., Flórez-González, L., Rojas-Bracho, L., Medrano-Gonzales, L., Santillan, L., Aguilar, R., Reisinger, R., Pineda, L., Pacheco, A., Avila, I.C., Pérez-Ortega, B., Acevedo, J., Haase, B., López, R.M., Sánchez, C., Botero, N., Campbell, E., Pacheco, J.D., Pelayo, L., Carnero, R., De Weerdt, J., Pozo, M., Frisch, A., Gómez, S., González, A.M., Angulo, S., Bueno, P., & Fernández, J.A. (2023). Corredor Azul del Pacifico Oriental Oportunidades y acciones para la protección de ballenas migratorias [Eastern Pacific Blue Corridor Opportunities and actions for the protection of migratory whales]. Informe técnico. Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF). 72p. Available online at: https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_au_whale_report_es_digital_preview_single_page_1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0_Ok2YQAjWXFZ4_j7njr5CMCfYHWxKmbZweVHZsvlQ7XBPXM5eLGGl8gA
2022
Trujillo, F., Caicedo, D., Diazgranados, M.C. & I.C. Avila. (2022). Plan de Acción Nacional para la Conservación de los Mamíferos Acuáticos de Colombia 2022-2035. In: Avello-Castiblanco, G.C., González-Delgadillo, A.M., Quintero-Gil, J.A. (Eds.) Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Bogotá, DC. Colombia. 96p. ISBN: 978-958-5551-82-4.
2020
Avila, I.C. How do whales grow so fast and so much? Pp.: 23-26. In: Rivas, M.I., M. Cardona, M. Guerrero & L.D. Gómez (Eds.) Why, if the water is transparent, does one see the blue sea? What kids are wondering about science answered in short stories from experts. Icesi University, Cali, Colombia. 170p. ISBN 978-958-5590-46-5.
Farías-Curtidor, N., P. López, J. Alarcón, L. Duque, D. C. Barragán-Barrera, I. C. Avila, D. M. Palacios, K. B. do Amaral, M. Mutis & V. Puentes. Marine mammals sighted offshore in the Colombian Caribbean. Pp: 78-97. En: Puentes V, León J. (Eds.). Visual Guide for Birds, Marine Mammals and Other Organisms Sighted Offshore in the Colombian Caribbean. Anadarko Colombia Company, 130p. ISBN: 978-958-52392-2-7.
2019
Avila, I.C. Málaga el escenario de las ballenas (“Malaga the stage of the whales”). Pp: 44-51. In: Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca-CVC. El Valle de los Sueños. Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca-CVC & Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Cali, Colombia. ISBN: 978-958-8332-93-2.
2016
Amorocho, D., A. Leslie, M. Fish, E. Sanjurjo, S. Amoros, I. C. Avila, V. Toral, J. L. Gerhartz, K. Bilo, P. Guerrero, L. A. Zapata & K. Douthwaite. Marine Turtle Action Plan. WWF Latin America and The Caribbean: 2015-2020. Amorocho, D. & C. A. Dereix (Eds.). WWF- Colombia. Cali, Colombia, 122 p. ISBN: 978-958-8915-28-9.
2013
Avila, I.C., C. García, D. Palacios & Caballero, S. Mamíferos acuáticos de la Región del Pacífico colombiano (“Aquatic Mammals Colombian Pacific Region”). Pp: 128- 169. In: Trujillo, F., A. Gärtner, D. Caicedo & M. C. Diazgranados (Eds.). Diagnóstico del estado de conocimiento y conservación de los mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Fundación Omacha, Conservación Internacional y WWF. Bogotá, 282 p.
Avila, I.C., C. Gómez-Salazar, C. García & F. Trujillo. Interacciones entre mamíferos acuáticos y pesquerías en Colombia (“Interactions between marine mammals and fisheries in Colombia”). Págs: 196- 231. In: Trujillo, F., A. Gärtner, D. Caicedo & M. C. Diazgranados (Eds.). Diagnóstico del estado de conocimiento y conservación de los mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Fundación Omacha, Conservación Internacional y WWF. Bogotá, Colombia, 282 p.
Trujillo, F. & I.C. Avila. Uso no letal de cetáceos: el turismo de observación de delfines y ballenas como estrategia de conservación en Colombia (“Using non-lethal cetacean: the tourism of whale and dolphin watching as a conservation strategy in Colombia”). Págs: 232- 251. In: Trujillo, F., A. Gärtner, D. Caicedo y M. C. Diazgranados (Eds.). Diagnóstico del estado de conocimiento y conservación de los mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Fundación Omacha, Conservación Internacional y WWF. Bogotá, Colombia, 282 p.
2011
Arias-Gaviria, D., Muñoz-Vargas, C.A. & I.C. Avila. Tourist Guide of Whalewatching in Colombia. Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Vice Ministry of Tourism, Directorate of Quality and Sustainable Development of Tourism of Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia. 61p. https://www.mincit.gov.co/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=fcc2c682-2ac9-45a5-954a-fbe56222267c
2007
Avila, I.C. (Comp.). Management Plans for 18 endangered species of the Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Dirección Técnica Ambiental, Grupo Biodiversidad, Secretaría General, Grupo Gestión Documental (Ed.). Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca & Fundación EcoAndina. Cali, Colombia. 132p. ISBN 978-958-8332-06-2.
Herrera J.C., I.C. Avila, P. Falk, G. Soler, C. García, I.C. Tobón & J. Capella. Marine Mammals in the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Malpelo Island and along tracks from the continent. In Dimar-CCCP y UAESPNN-DTSO. Santuario de Fauna y Flora Malpelo: descubrimiento en Marcha. Dimar (Ed.). Bogotá, Colombia. Pp. 113-130. ISBN 978-958-44158-6-8.
Flórez-González, L., I.C. Avila, J. Capella, P. Falk, F. Félix, J. Gibbons, H. Guzmán, B. Haase, J. Herrera, V. Peña, L. Santillán, I.C. Tobón & K. Van Waerebeek. The Conservation Strategy of the Southeastern Pacific humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Fundación Yubarta (Ed.). Cali. Colombia. 106p. ISBN 978-958-96199-3-2.
Published Dataset:
2018
Avila I.C., Kaschner K. & C. Dormann. Global risk maps based on documented threats (1991-2016) for marine mammals: GIS files. Mendeley Data, v1, http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/jwfrz8238k.1
