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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Electronic Books Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist InfoHub Site Search:		Dr. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo Photo provided by Dr. Aguirre-Macedo Dr. Aguirre joined CINVESTAV in 1996, and conducts research on taxonomy, life cycle and ecology of aquatic animal parasites, with special emphasis on biology of trematodes and parasites of gastropod and bivalve molluscs. Her objective is to determine transmission processes in the hosts and the most frequent parasites of the most cultured aquatic organisms in the Yucatan Peninsula. Institution(s) / Organization(s): Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados Unidad Mérida (CINVESTAV), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) Education: B.S. Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México M.S. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Mérida, Mexico Ph.D. Parasite ecology, University of Exeter, England, 1996 Area of Expertise / Interest: Aquatic Parasitology; Ecology; Population Biology; Systematics; Ecological Indicators; Invasive Species; Pollution Preferred Language:   Spanish Mailing Address: A.P. 73, Cordemex C.P. 97310 Mérida Yucatán, México Telephone: +52 999-942-9450 Fax: +52 999-981-2917 E-mail: leo@mda.cinvestav.mx Home Page URL:   http://www.mda.cinvestav.mx/personaldelmar/laguirre.htm Links to Projects or Publications: Parasites of the American Oyster Crassostrea virginica in the Gulf of Mexico Invertebrates as Intermediate Hosts of Parasitic Helminths of the Snapper, Lutjanus griseus in Two Coastal Lagoons of the Yucatan Keywords:   Aquatic parasitology, Trematode, Mollusc, Aquaculture, Parasite taxonoly, Parasite ecology, Parasite life cycle
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