Publications

Del Caño. M., Quintana, F., Dell’Omo, G. and Gómez-Laich, A. 2024. Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird. Avian Research 15 100194.

Wilson, R,P., Redcliffe, J., Holton, M., Hopkins, P., Thomas, V., Rosell, F.N, Lodberg-Holm, H.K., Robstad, C., Kominos, T., Galanaki, A., Gasteratos, G., Naziridis T., Gunner, R., Silovsky, V., Ježek, M., English, H., Shott, O., Bambridge, K., Fuller, A., Willoughby, C., Dee, E., Nichols, N., Quintana, F., Fahlman, F., Larsson, J., Scantlebury. D.M and Siebert, U. 2025. Why catch when you can throw? A framework for tagging animals without capture or restraint. R. Soc. OpenSci. 12: 250139.

Kaidarova, A., Geraldi, N., Wilson, R., Kosel, J., Meekan, M., Eguíluz, V., Hussain, M., Shamim, A., Liao, H., Srivastava, M., Saha, S., Strano, M., Zhang, X., Ooi, B., Holton, M., Hopkins, L., Jin, X., Gong, X., Quintana, F., Tovasarov, A., Tasmagambetova, A., & Duarte, C. 2023. Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants. Nature Biotechnology 41: 1208 -1220.

Quintana, F., Wilson, R., Prandoni, N., Svagelj, W. and Gómez-Laich, A. 2022. Long-term ecology studies in Patagonian seabirds: a review with the Imperial Cormorant as a case study. Chapter 10. In: Global change in Atlantic coastal Patagonian ecosystems: A journey through time. Eds.: E.W. Helbling, M.A. Narvarte, R.A. González & V.E. Villafañe, Springer.

Climate Driven Egg and Hatchling Mortality Threatens Survival of Eastern Pacific Leatherback Turtles

Zermoglio P, Robuchon E, Leonardi MS, Chandre F and Lazzari CR. 2017. What does heat tell a mosquito? Characterization of the orientation behaviour of Aedes aegypti towards heat sources. Journal of Insect Phisiology, doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.04.010.

Svagelj WS, Lisnizer N, García Borboroglu P y Yorio P. (2015). Variation in the size of eggs of Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) at two colonies in Patagonia, Argentina. Waterbirds 38 (1): 92-98.

Svagelj WS, Agüero ML y García Borboroglu P. 2012. Variation in the size of eggs of Chubut Steamer Ducks (Tachyeres leucocephalus). Emu 112: 167-172.

Retana V y Quintana F. 2009. Variación inter e intraespecífica del ciclo respiratorio durante las inmersiones en tres especies de cormoranes patagónicos. El Hornero 24(2): 79-86.

Leonardi MS y Lazzari C. 2014. Uncovering deep mysteries: the underwater life of an amphibious louse. Journal of Insect Physiology 71: 164- 169.

Giudici P, Quintana F, Svagelj W. 2017. The Role of Hatching Asynchrony in a Seabird Species Exhibiting Obligate Brood Reduction. Waterbirds 40 (3):221-232.

Halsey LG, Shepard ELC, Quintana F, Gomez Laich A, Green JA y Wilson RP. 2009. The relationship between oxygen consumption and body acceleration in a range of species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 152: 197–202.

Leonardi, MS, Svagelj W, Gómez-Laich A, Quintana F. 2017. The eldest sibling is the lousiest in an obligate brood reducer seabird. Emu - Austral Ornithology. doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1387028.

Techow NM, O´Ryan C, Phillips R, Gales R, Marin M, Patterson-Fraser D, Quintana F, Ritz MS, Thompson DR, Wanless R, Weimerskirch H y Ryan P. G. 2010. Speciation and phylogeography of giant petrels Macronectes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 472–487.

Svagelj WS, Gómez‐Laich A, Pérez MR, Somoza GM, Quintana F. 2021. Sex‐specific environmental sensitivity on the postnatal growth of a sexually size‐dimorphic seabird. Ibis 163(3):1032-1044. doi:10.1111/ibi.12920

Leonardi MS, Crespo EA, Raga JA y Fernández M. 2012. Scanning electron microscopy of Antarctophthirus microchir (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae): studying morphological adaptations to aquatic life. Micron 43: 929-936.

Svagelj WS, Gómez-Laich A, Quintana F. 2019. Richards’s equation and nonlinear mixed models applied to avian growth: why use them? Journal of Animal Ecology e01864. doi: 10.1111/jav.01864

Leonardi MS y Palma R. 2013. Review of the current knowledge of the systematics and ecology of Echinophthiriidae (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Zootaxa 3630: 445-466.

Blanco GS, Morreale SJ, Vélez E, Piedra R, Montes WM, Paladino FV y Spotila JR. 2012. Reproductive Output and Ultrasonography of an Endangered Population of East Pacific Green Turtles. Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 841-846. Doi: 10.1002/jwmg.304.

Leonardi MS, Bobinac M and Negrete J. 2016. Redescription of Antarctophthirus lobodontis (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) from the crabeater seal and identification key for Antarctic lice. Polar Biology 39, 671-676.

Wilson RP, Sala JE, Gómez-Laich A, Ciancio J y Quintana F. 2015. Pushed to the limit: food abundance determines tag-induced harm in penguins. Animal Welfare 24:37-44

Yorio P, Pozzi L, Herrera G, Punta G, Svagelj WS, Quintana F. 2020. Population trends of Imperial Cormorants (Leucocarbo atriceps) in northern coastal Argentine Patagonia over 26 years. Emu 114-122

Aznar FJ, Leonardi MS, Berón-Vera B, Vales DG, Ameghino S, Raga JA y Crespo EA. 2009. Population dynamics of Antarctophthirus microchir (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) in pups from South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, in Northern Patagonia. Parasitology 136: 293- 303.

Calderón L, Quintana F, Cabanne G, Lougheedd SC y Tubaro P. 2014. Phylogeography and genetic structure of two Patagonian shag species (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 72: 42-53.

Allen JM, B Boyd, Nguyen N, Vachaspati P, Warnow T, Huang DI, Gero P, Bell K, Cronk Q, Mugisha L, Pittendrigh BR, Leonardi MS, Reed DL, and Johnson KP. 2017. Phylogenomics from whole genome sequences using aTRAM. Systematic Biology, doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syw105.

Acosta Hospitaleche C y Haidr N. 2011. Penguin cranial remains from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 23 (4): 369-378.

Rebstock GA, Agüero ML, Boersma PD, Ebert LA, Gómez Laich A, Lisnizer N, Svagelj WS y Trivellini MM. 2010. Repeated observations of a Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) on the coast of Patagonia Argentina. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 81 (2): 167-169.

Freire MG, Schweigmann NJ, Svagelj WS, Loetti MV, Jensen O and Burroni NE. 2016. Relationship between environmental conditions and host-seeking activity of Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in an agroecosystem and in an urban area in Chubut, Central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Natural History 50: 1369-1380.

Leonardi MS, Crespo EA, Raga JA y Fernández M. 2009. Redescription of Antarctophthirus microchir, Trouessart & Neumman 1888 (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) from South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, from Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Parasitology 95: 1086-1092.

Calderón L, Svagelj WS, Quintana F, Lougheed SC y Tubaro, PL. 2012. No evidence of extra-pair paternity or intraspecific brood parasitism in the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps. Journal of Ornithology 153: 399-404.

Degrati M, Grandi MF, García NA, Leonardi MS, Loizaga de Castro R, Vales D, Dans S, Pedraza S y Crespo EA. 2011. New record of a stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and a review of strandings along the continental argentine coast. Mastozoología Neotropical 18: 307-313.

Hart C, Blanco GS, Coyne MS, Delgado-Trejo C, Godley BJ, Jones TT, Resendiz A, Seminoff JA, Witt MJ y Nichols WJ. 2015. Multinational tagging efforts illustrate regional scale of distribution and threats for East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii). PlosOne 10 (2): e0116225. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116225.

Haidr N y Acosta Hospitaleche C. 2014. Miocene Patagonian penguins: craniomandibular morphology and functional mechanics. Alcheringa 38(2): 273-280.

Wilson RP, Holton MD, Neate A, Del Caño M, Quintana F, Yoda K, Gómez-Laich A. 2022. Luck and tactics in foraging success: the case of the imperial shag. Marine Ecology Progress Series 682: 1-12. doi:10.3354/meps13967

Sapoznikow A, Quintana F y Kuba, L. 2009. Low seasonal variability in the diet of Rock Shags at a Patagonian colony in Argentina. Emu 109: 35-39.

Leonardi MS, Crespo EA, Raga JA y Aznar FJ. 2013. Lousy mums: patterns of vertical transmission of an amphibious louse. Parasitology Research 112: 3315-3323.

Leonardi MS, Quintana F. 2017. Lousy chicks: Chewing lice from the Imperial Shag, Leucocarbo atriceps. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 6: 229-232. doi: 10.1016.2017.08.002.

Clyde-Brockway C, Robinson NJ, Blanco GS, Morreale SJ, Spotila JR, Santidrián Tomillo P, Paladino FV. 2019. Local Variation in the Internesting Behavior of Green Turtles in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 18(2): 217–230. doi:10.2744/CCB-1352.1

Leonardi MS, Crespo EA, Vales DG, Feijoo M, Raga JA y Aznar FJ. 2012. Life begins when the sea lion is ashore: habitat use by a louse of a diving mammal host. Bulletin of Entomological Research 102: 444-452.

Thiebot JB, Arnould J, Gómez-Laich A, Ito K, Kato A, Mattern T, Mitamura H, Noda T, Poupart T, Quintana F, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sala J, Seddon P, Sutton G, Yoda K, Takahashi A. 2017. Jellyfish and other gelata as food to four penguin species: insights from predator-borne videos. Frontiers in ecology and the environment.

Santidrián Tomillo MP, Suss J, Wallace BP, Magrini K, Blanco GS, Paladino FV y Spotila JR. 2009. Influence of emergence success on the annual reproductive output of leatherback turtles. Marine Biology 156 (10): 2021-2031.

Rumbold C, Obenat S, Leonardi MS y Spivak ED (2015) Intersex in the gonochoristic crustacean Tanais dulongii (Audouin, 1826) (Peracarida: Tanaidacea: Tanaididae): A comparison of external reproductive characteristics. Journal of Natural History 49:775-778.

Leonardi MS, Crespo EA, Raga JA y Aznar FJ. 2011. Insectos oceánicos: piojos buceadores. Ciencia Hoy 21: 58- 64.

Quintana F, Uhart MM, Gallo L, Mattera MB, Rimondi A, Gómez-Laich A. 2022. Heat-related massive chick mortality in an Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps colony from Patagonia, Argentina. Polar Biology (45): 275-284. doi:10.1007/s00300-021-02982-6

Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips R, Walling CA, Agnew P. et al. 2018. Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds, Nature Climate Change 8: 313-318. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0115-z

García GO, Isacch JP, Gómez Laich A, Albano M, Favero M, Cardoni AD, Luppi T y Iribarne O. 2010. American Oystercatcher foraging behaviour and diet in a Patagonian intertidal área affected by nutrients loading. Emu 110: 146-154.

Haidr N y Acosta Hospitaleche, C. 2012. Feeding habits of Antarctic Eocene penguins from a morphofunctional perspective. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 263 (2): 125-131.

Leonardi MS. 2014. Faster the better, a reliable technique to sample anopluran lice in large hosts. Parasitology Research 113: 2015-2018.

Loizaga de Castro R, Leonardi MS, Grandi MF, García NA y Crespo EA. 2011. Far from home: record of a vagrant striped dolphin in Patagonia with notes on diet, parasites and age determination. Mammalian Biology 76: 521-526

Svagelj WS y Quintana F. 2011. Egg-size variation in the Imperial Cormorant: on the importance of individual effects. Condor 113: 528-537.

Svagelj WS, Fernández GJ y Mermoz ME. 2009. Effects of nest-site characteristics and parental activity on cowbird parasitism and nest predation in the Brown-and-yellow Marshbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 80: 9-18.

Blanco GS y Quintana F. 2014. Differential use of the Argentine shelf by wintering adults and juveniles southern giant petrels, Macronectes giganteus, from Patagonia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 149: 151-159.

Yorio P, Copello S, Kuba L, Gosztonyi A y Quintana F. 2010. Diet of Imperial Cormorants Phalacrocorax atriceps Breeding at Central Patagonia, Argentina. Waterbirds 33 (1): 70-78.

Ciancio J, Quintana F, Sala JE and Wilson RP. 2016. Cold birds under pressure; can thermal substitution ease heat loss in diving penguins? Marine Biology 163: 43. DOI 10.1007/s00227-016-2813-2.

Leonardi MS. 2015. Clave para el reconocimiento de las especies de Echinophthiriidae (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) de Argentina y Antártida. Revista Argentina de Parasitología 3: 24-30.

Svagelj WS y Quintana F. 2011. Breeding performance of the Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) in relation to year, laying date and nest location. Emu 111: 162-165.

Harris S, Raya Rey A y Quintana F. 2014. Breeding experience and foraging behavior of Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps). Emu 113(3): 222-228.

Copello S y Quintana F. 2009. Breeding biology of the Southern GiantPetrel (Macronectes giganteus) in Patagonia, Argentina. Ornitología Neotropical20: 369-380.

Sapoznikow A y Quintana F. 2009. Asincronía de puesta y reposición de la nidada en el cormorán cuello negro (Phalacrocorax magellanicus): ¿evidencias de las características de su fuente de alimento? El Hornero 24(1): 21-30.

Edelaar P, Donazar J, Soriano M, Santillán MA, González-Zevallos D, Garcia Borboroglu P, Lisnizer N, Gatto AJ, Agüero ML, Passera C, Ebert LA, Bertelotti M, Blanco G, Abril M, Escudero G y Quintana F. 2011. Apparent selective advantage of leucism in a coastal population of southern caracaras (Falconidae). Evolutionary Ecology Research (13): 187-196.

Leonardi MS, Poljak S, Carlini P, Galliari J, Bobinac M, Santos MM, Márquez ME y Negrete J. 2014. Antarctophthirus carlinii (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae), a new species from the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli. Parasitology Research 113: 3947- 3951.

Righi C, Blanco GS y Frere E. 2013. Abundance and Spatial Distribution of Commerson´s Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) at a breeding site: Ría Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina. Aquatic Mammals: 39:1-9. Doi: 10.1578/AM.39.1.2013.1

Leonardi MS, Grandi MF, García NA, Svendsen G, Romero A, González R y Crespo EA. 2011. A stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia Argentina, with notes of the parasite infestation and diet. African Journal of Marine Science 33: 177-179.

Robinson NJ, García-Párraga D, Stacy BA, Costidis AM, Blanco GS, Clyde-Brockwa, CE, Heather LH, Harms CA, Patel SH, Stacy NI et al. 2021. A Baseline Model For Estimating the Risk of Gas Embolism in Sea Turtles During Routine Dives. Frontiers in Physiology 12: 678555. doi:10.3389/fphys.2021.678555