Aguilar, Robert
Biologist
Research Areas
Geographic Focus
Selected Publications
Article
Blakeslee, April M. H., Moore, Christopher, Stancil, Carter K., Woodard, Nina C., Geesin, Megan E., Manning-Moore, Chloe, Aguilar, Robert, Ogburn, Matthew B., Smith, Scott, and Gittman, Rachel K. 2024. "Caribbean Creeping Crabs: northward expansion of the green porcelain crab in North Carolina, USA ." Bioinvasions Records , 13, (1) 109–120. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.1.10 .
2024
Livernois, Mariah C., Ogburn, Matthew B., Legett, Henry D., Richie, Kimberly D., Aguilar, Robert, Heggie, Keira, and Furey, Nathan B. 2024. "Tracking animal movements via collaborative acoustic telemetry networks: Multiscale habitat use, phenology, and management insights ." Journal of fish biology , https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15952 .
2024
Huang, Claire S., Legett, Henry D., Plough, Louis V., Aguilar, Rob, Fitzgerald, Catherine, Gregory, Benjamin, Heggie, Keira, Lee, Benjamin, Richie, Kimberly D., Harbold, William, and Ogburn, Matthew B. 2023. "Early detection and recovery of river herring spawning habitat use in response to a mainstem dam removal ." PLOS ONE , 18, (5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284561 .
2023
Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Aguilar, Robert, DiMaria, Ruth, Heggie, Keira, Tuckey, Troy D., Fabrizio, Mary C., and Ogburn, Matthew B. 2023. "Juvenile Striped Bass consume diverse prey in Chesapeake Bay tributaries ." Marine and Coastal Fisheries , 15, (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10259 .
2023
Tracy, Allison M., Heggie, Keira, Ritter, Carmen, Norman, Dave, Aguilar, Rob, and Ogburn, Matthew B. 2023. "Oyster reef habitat depends on environmental conditions and management across large spatial scales ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 721 103–117. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14426 .
2023
Legett, Henry D., Aguilar, Robert, Heggie, Keira, Richie, Kimberly D., and Ogburn, Matthew B. 2023. "Timing and environmental drivers of spawning migrations of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (A. aestivalis) in rivers of Chesapeake Bay." Fishery Bulletin , 121, (3) 96–111. https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.121.3.4 .
2023
Guéron, Rodrigo, Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira, Aguilar, Robert, Ogburn, Matthew B., Prakash, Sanjeevi, and Baeza, J. Antonio. 2022. "Delimiting species within the Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860) (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) species complex in a world full of invaders ." Zootaxa , 5150, (2) 189–216. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.2 .
2022
Aguilar, Robert, Prakash, Sanjeevi, Ogburn, Matthew B., Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp, Macdonald, Kenneth S., Driskell, Amy C., Ahyong, Shane T., Leray, Matthieu, McIlroy, Shelby E., Tuckey, Troy D., and Baeza, J. Antonio. 2022. "Unresolved taxonomy confounds invasive species identification: the Lysmata vittata Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Caridea: Lysmatidae) species complex and recent introduction of Lysmata vittata sensu stricto in the western Atlantic ." Journal of Crustacean Biology , 42, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab079 .
2022
Bangley, Charles W., Edwards, Michelle L., Mueller, Claire, Fisher, Robert A., Aguilar, Robert, Heggie, Keira, Richie, Kimberly, Ahr, Bonnie J., and Ogburn, Matthew B. 2021. "Environmental associations of cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) seasonal presence along the US Atlantic Coast ." Ecosphere , 12, (9). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3743 .
2021
Semmler, Robert Francis, Ogburn, Matthew Bryan, Aguilar, Robert, North, Elizabeth Watkins, Reaka, Marjorie Lindquist, and Hines, Anson Hemingway. 2021. "The influence of blue crab movement on mark-recapture estimates of recreational harvest and exploitation ." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences , 78, (4) 371–385. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0112 .
2021
Fuchs, Lauren D., Tupper, Todd A., Aguilar, Robert, Lorentz, Eva B., Bozarth, Christine A., Fernandez, David J., and Lawlor, David M. 2020. "Detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola at two mid-Atlantic natural areas in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia, USA ." Amphibian & Reptile Conservation , 14, (1) 22–28.
2020
Edwards, Michelle L., Balazik, Matthew T., Bangley, Charles W., Aguilar, Robert, and Ogburn, Matthew B. 2020. "Detection of a Mature Atlantic Sturgeon in the Patuxent River, Maryland, Using Passive Acoustic Telemetry." Northeastern Naturalist , 27, (4) 792–802. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0417 .
2020
Mohammed-Geba, Khaled, Sheir, Sherin, K., Aguilar, Robert, Ogburn, Matthew B., Hines, Anson H., Khalafallah, Hussain J., El-Kattan, Ahmed, Hassab El-Nabi, Sobhy E., and Galal-Khallaf, Asmaa. 2019. "Molecular and morphological confirmation of an invasive American isopod; Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818, from the Mediterranean region to Lake Qaroun, Egypt ." Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries , 23, (4) 251–273. https://doi.org/10.21608/ejabf.2019.54062 .
2019
Tupper, Todd A., Fuchs, Lauren D., and Aguilar, Robert. 2019. "Molecular confirmation of Ophidiomyces ophidiodiicola in Crotalus horridus and Agkistrodon contortrix ." Catesbeiana , 39, (1) 35–37.
2019
Zhang, Junlong, Yurchenko, Olga V., Lutaenko, Konstantin A., Kalachev, Alexander V., Nekhaev, Ivan O., Aguilar, Robert, Zhan, Zifeng, and Ogburn, Matthew Bryan. 2018. "A tale of two soft-shell clams: an integrative taxonomic analysis confirms Mya japonica as a valid species distinct from Mya arenaria (Bivalvia: Myidae) ." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 184, (3) 605–622. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx107 .
2018
Fuchs, Lauren D., Tupper, Todd A., Bozarth, Christine A., Fernandez, David, and Aguilar, Robert. 2018. "An investigation of co - infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Ranavirus (FV3) in anurans of two natural areas in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia, USA ." Catesbeiana , 38, (1) 44–55.
2018
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan, Bangley, Charles W., Aguilar, Robert, Fisher, Robert A., Curran, Mary Carla, Webb, Sarah Fae, and Hines, Anson H. 2018. "Migratory connectivity and philopatry of cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus along the Atlantic coast, USA ." Marine Ecology Progress Series , 602 197–211. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12686 .
2018
Flowers, Emily M., Johnson, Andrew F., Aguilar, Robert, and Schott, Eric J. 2018. "Prevalence of the pathogenic crustacean virus Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 near flow-through blue crab aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay, USA ." Diseases of aquatic organisms , 129, (2) 135–144. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03232 .
2018
Tupper, Todd A., Aguilar, Robert, and Fuchs, Lauren D. 2018. "Snake Fungal Disease:MD." Catesbeiana , 38, (1) 78–79.
2018
Fuchs, Lauren D., Tupper, Todd A., Sephapur, Tina, Aguilar, Robert, and Bozarth, Christine A. 2017. "A Survey of the Pathogenic Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland." Catesbeiana , 37, (1) 32–39.
2017
Ogburn, Matthew Bryan, Spires, Jason, Aguilar, Robert, Goodison, Michael R., Heggie, Keira, Kinnebrew, Eva, McBurney, William, Richie, Kimberly D., Roberts, Paige M., and Hines, Anson H. 2017. "Assessment of River Herring Spawning Runs in a Chesapeake Bay Coastal Plain Stream using Imaging Sonar ." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society , 146, (1) 22–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1235612 .
2017
Tupper, Todd A., Fuchs, Lauren D., O'Connor-Love, Caitlin, Aguilar, Robert, Bozarth, Christine, and Fernandez, David. 2017. "Detection of the Pathogenic Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Anurans of Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Virginia ." Catesbeiana , 37, (2) 109–120.
2017
Aguilar, Robert, Ogburn, Matthew Bryan, Driskell, Amy C., Weigt, Lee A., Groves, Mary C., and Hines, Anson H. 2017. "Gutsy genetics: identification of digested piscine prey items in the stomach contents of sympatric native and introduced warmwater catfishes via DNA barcoding ." Environmental Biology of Fishes , 100, (4) 235–336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-016-0523-8 .
2017
Tupper, Todd A., Fuchs, Lauren D., Shaffer, Deborah L., and Aguilar, Robert. 2017. "Snake Fungal Disease, Crotalus horridus." Catesbeiana , 37, (2) 128–130.
2017
Tupper, Todd A., Aguilar, Robert, Sepahpur, Tina, Hay, Coline C., and Ebrahimi, Seyedes. 2016. "A Survey of Amphibians at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland ." A Survey of Amphibians at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.2016 Virginia Natural History Society.Banisteria, Number , pages 12-24. , 46 12–24.
2016
Moran, Z., Orth, D. J., Schmitt, J. D., Hallerman, E. M., and Aguilar, Robert. 2016. "Effectiveness of DNA barcoding for identifying piscine prey items in stomach contents of piscivorous catfishes." Environmental Biology of Fishes , 99, (1) 161–167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0448-7 .
2016
Tupper, Todd A., Aguilar, Robert, Ferrara, Alyssa, and Hay, Coline. 2015. "Northern Water Snake (Nerodia s. sipedon) MD: Anne Arundel Co. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (38053’24.81”N” 7603’27.04”W”) ." Catesbeiana , 35, (1) 36–37.
2015
Johnson, Eric G., Young, Alicia C., Hines, Anson H., Kramer, Margaret A., Bademan, Martha, Goodison, Michael R., and Aguilar, Robert. 2011. "Field comparison of survival and growth of hatchery-reared versus wild blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun." Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology , 402, (1-2) 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.013 .
2011
Johnson, Eric, Hines, Anson H., Kramer, Margaret A., Goodison, Michael R., Aguilar, Robert, Soulen, Heather, Roberts, Paige, Zohar, Yonathan, and Zmora, Oded. 2009. "Field Assessment of Blue Crab Restocking in Upper Chesapeake Bay ." Journal of Shellfish Research , 28, (3) 705–706.
2009
Aguilar, Robert, Johnson, Eric, Hines, Anson H., Roberts, Paige, Goodison, Michael R., and Kramer, Margaret A. 2009. "Population and Fishery Dymanics of Blue Crabs Callinectes Sapidus in a Subestuary of Chesapeake Bay ." Journal of Shellfish Research , 28, (3) 677–677.
2009
Aguilar, Robert, Johnson, Eric, Hines, Anson H., Kramer, Margaret A., and Goodison, Michael R. 2008. "Importance of blue crab life history for stock enhancement and spatial management of the fishery in Chesapeake Bay ." Reviews in Fisheries Science , 16 117–124.
2008
Hines, Anson H., Johnson, Eric, Young, A. C., Aguilar, Robert, Kramer, Margaret A., Goodison, Michael R., Zmora, O., and Zohar, Y. 2008. "Release strategies for estuarine species with complex migratory life cycles: Stock enhancement of Chesapeake blue crabs (Callinextes sapidus) ." Reviews in Fisheries Science , 16 173–185.
2008
Conference Paper
Hines, Anson H., Johnson, Eric G., Darnell, M. Z., Rittschof, Daniel, Miller, Thomas J., Bauer, Laurie J., Rodgers, Paula, and Aguilar, Robert. 2011. "Predicting Effects of Climate Change on Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay." In Effects of Climate Change on Blue Crabs, , 109-127. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. https://doi.org/10.4027/bmecpcc.2010.22
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