Dr. Abreu-Pérez has focused much of her research on exploring echinoderm diversity in Latin America. She was associated with Instituto de Oceanologia in Havana, Cuba.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Abreu-Pérez has published the following:

Tzompantzi, D., F. Solís-Marín, A. Laguarda-Figueras, M. Abreu-Pérez, and A. Durán-González. 1999. Equinoideos (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) del Caribe Mexicano: Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Avicennia 10/11: 43–72.

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