Publications (1997-Present)

Quintero-Martínez, G.Á., Hernández, C., Palacios, E., Chávez‑Sánchez, M. A., Ibarra‑Castro, L., Hurtado‑Oliva, M. A. 2023. Oxidized fish oil in the diet negatively affect rearing performance, health, and tissue fatty acid composition of juvenile spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869). Aquaculture International. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-023-01137-0

Osuna-Salazar, A.Hernández, C.Lizárraga-Velázquez, C. E.Sánchez Gutiérrez, E. Y.Hurtado-Oliva, M. A.Benitez-Hernández, A.Ibarra-Castro, L. 2023. Improvement in spotted rose snapper growth and skin coloration after incorporation of shrimp head meal in diet. Aquaculture Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2023.101599

Martínez-Brown, J. M., Alvarez-Gonzalez, F., Ibarra-Castro, L., Abdo-de la Parra, M. I., Rodríguez-Ibarra, L. E., Rojo-Cebreros, A. H., Navarro-Flores, J. 2023. Benchmarking of early ontogeny parameters as predictors of the first-feeding larvae vitality in spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus. Aquaculture Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2023.101619

Velasco-Blanco, G., Álvarez González, C. A., Abdo de la Parra, M. I., Rodríguez-Ibarra, L. E., Ibarra-Castro, L., Maytorena-Verdugo, C. I., Arias-Jiménez, J. N., Peña Marín, E. S. 2023. Ontogeny of digestive enzymes in larvae of the Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Revista de Biología Tropical, https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71i1.51085

Morales-Plasencia, M. E., Ibarra-Castro, L., Martínez-Brown, J. M., Nieves-Soto, M., Bermúdez-Lizarraga, J. F., Rojo-Cebreros, A. H. 2023. The effect of nitrogen limitation on carbohydrates and β-glucan accumulation in Nannochloropsis oculata. Algal Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103125

Benitez-Hernández, A., Montaño-Martínez, E., Hernández, C., Gaxiola-Cortez, G., Lizárraga-Velázquez C. E., Sánchez-Gutiérrez, E.Y., Ibarra-Castro, L., Leyva-López, N. 2022. Protein-carbohydrate effect in Lutjanus guttatus juvenile growth performance, feed utilization and metabolic responses. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 50(2): 276-288. DOI: 10.3856/vol50-issue2-fulltext-2850.

Baldini, G., Santamaría-Miranda, A., Martínez-Brown, J.M., Ibarra-Castro, L. 2022. Technical-economic viability of white snook Centropomus viridis culture in floating cages in a coastal lagoon in northwestern Mexico. Aquaculture Reports 23 (2022)
101048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101048m

Galkanda Arachchige Harsha, S. C., Davis, R. P., Nazeer, S., Ibarra-Castro, L., and Davis D. A. 2021. Effect of salinity on growth, survival, and serum osmolality of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus. Fish Physiol Biochem doi. org/10.1007/s10695-021-01009-5

Walsh, S., Davis, R., Weldon, A., Reis, J., Stites, W., Rhodes, M., Ibarra-Castro, L., Bruce, T, Allen Davis, D.. 2021. Effects of fishmeal replacement, attractants, and taurine removal on juvenile and sub-adult Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). Aquaculture 544 (2021) 737054. doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737054

Apún Molina, J.P., García, M. M., Ibarra-Castro L., Sainz Hernández, J. C. and Santamaría, M. 2021. Morpho-Physiological, Blood Biochemistry And Health Status In Wild Yellow Snapper Lutjanus Argentiventris (Peters, 1869). Examines Mar Biol Oceanogr. 4(1). DOI: 10.31031/EIMBO.2021.04.000580

Peña-Marín, E. S., Ibarra-Castro L., Martínez- Brown, J. M., Hernández-López, I. A., Tovar-Ramírez, D., Pérez-Urbiola, J. C., Morales-García, V., Martinez-García, R., Camarillo Coop, S., Martínez-Montaño, E., & Álvarez-González, C. A. 2021. Partial characterization of digestive proteases in Pacific red snapper Lutjanus peru Nichols & Murphy, 1922 (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 49(3): 49(3): 442-450. DOI: 10.3856/ vol49-issue3-fulltext-2624

Larios-Soriano, E., Re-Araujo, A. D., Díaz, F., Lopez-Galindo, L. L., Rosas, C., Ibarra-Castro, L. 2021. Effects of recent thermal history on thermal behaviour, thermal tolerance and oxygen uptake of Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) juveniles. Journal of Thermal Biology 99, 103023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103023

Crisantema Hernándeza, C., Lizárraga-Velázqueza, C. E., Contreras-Rojasa, D., Sánchez-Gutiérreza, E. Y., Martínez-Montaño, E., Ibarra-Castro, L., Peña-Marín, E. S. 2021. Fish meal replacement by corn gluten in feeds for juvenile spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus): Effect on growth performance, feed efficiency, hematological parameters, protease activity, body composition, and nutrient digestibility. Aquaculture 531, 735896; doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735896.

Hernandez-Lopez, I. A., Ibarra-Castro, L., Alvarez-Gonzalez, C. A., Martínez-Brown, J. M., Maytorena-Verdugo, C. I., Peña-Marín, E. S. 2021. Characterization of digestive enzymes during early ontogeny of white Snook (Centropomus viridis). Aquaculture 535, 736399. doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736399

Martínez-Brown, J. M., Navarro-Flores, J., García-Rodríguez, F. J., Ibarra-Castro, L., Vargas-Peraltae, C. E., Del Río-Portilla, M. A., Martínez-Moreno, R. 2021. Revision of the
diagnostic characters of two morphologically similar snook species, Centropomus viridis and C. nigrescens (Carangiformes: Centropomidae). doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.0000.0.0

Arriaga-Hernández, D., Hernández, C., Martínez-Montaño, E., Ibarra-Castro, L., Lizárraga-Velázquez, E., Leyva-López, N., Chávez-Sánchez. M. C. 2021. Fish
meal replacement by soybean products in aquaculture feeds for white snook, Centropomus viridis: Effect on growth, diet digestibility, and digestive capacity.
Aquaculture 530, 735823; doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735823

Samuel Walsh, Robert Davis, Alexis Weldon, Joao Reis, William Stites, Melanie Rhodes, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Timothy Bruce, D. Allen Davis. 2021. Effects of fishmeal replacement, attractants, and taurine removal on juvenile and sub-adult Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). Aquaculture 544 (2021) 737054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737054 

Apún Molina Juan Pablo, García Marciano Maximo, Ibarra Castro Leonardo, Sainz Hernández Juan Carlos and Santamaría Miranda. 2021. Morpho-Physiological, Blood Biochemistry And Health Status In Wild Yellow Snapper Lutjanus Argentiventris (Peters, 1869). Examines Mar Biol Oceanogr. 4(1). DOI: 10.31031/EIMBO.2021.04.000580 

Peña-Marín Emyr S., Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Martínez-Brown Juan M., Hernández-López Iris A., Tovar-Ramírez Dariel, Pérez-Urbiola Juan C., Morales-García Vicente, Martinez-García Rafael, Camarillo Coop Susana, Martínez-Montaño Emmanuel & Álvarez-González1 Carlos A. 2021. Partial characterization of digestive proteases in Pacific red snapper Lutjanus peru Nichols & Murphy, 1922 (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 49(3): xxx-xxx. DOI: 10.3856/vol49-issue3-fulltext-2624

Larios-Soriano Ernesto, Re-Araujo Ana Denisse, Díaz Fernando, Lopez-Galindo Laura L., Rosas Carlos, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo. 2021. Effects of recent thermal history on thermal behaviour, thermal tolerance and oxygen uptake of Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) juveniles. Journal of Thermal Biology 99, 103023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103023

Martínez-Brown Juan Manuel, Navarro-Flores Jaime, García-Rodríguez Francisco Javier, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Vargas-Peraltae Carmen Elvira, Del Río-Portilla Miguel Angel, & Martínez-Moreno Rodrigo. 2021. Revision of the diagnostic characters of two morphologically similar snook species, Centropomus viridis and C. nigrescens (Carangiformes: Centropomidae). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.0000.0.0

Ibarra-Castro L., Ochoa-Bojórquez M.O., Sánchez-Téllez J.L., Rojo-Cebreros A. H. and Alvarez-Lajonchère L. 2020 (b). A new efficient method for the mass production of juvenile spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus. Aquaculture Reports, 18, 100550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100550 

Abdo-de la Parra1 María Isabel, Rodríguez-Ibarra Luz Estela, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Martínez-Brown1 Juan Manuel, Velasco-Blanco Gabriela. 2020. Effects of frequency and feeding time on growth, food utilization, somatic indexes, and survival of juvenile white snook Centropomus viridis. Ciencias Marinas, 46(3):155–163 https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v46i3.3089 

Crisantema Hernándeza, Cynthia Esmeralda Lizárraga-Velázqueza, Daniela Contreras-Rojasa, Erika Yazmín Sánchez-Gutiérreza, Emmanuel Martínez-Montaño, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Emyr Saúl Peña-Marín. 2021. Fish meal replacement by corn gluten in feeds for juvenile spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus): Effect on growth performance, feed efficiency, hematological parameters, protease activity, body composition, and nutrient digestibility. Aquaculture 531, 735896; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735896

Ibarra-Castro L., Ochoa-Bojórquez M.O., Sánchez-Téllez J.L., Rojo-Cebreros A. H. and Alvarez-Lajonchère L. 2020. Advances in spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus, Steindachner, 1869) juveniles production. Investigaciones Marinas, in press. 

Daniela Arriaga-Hernández, Crisantema Hernández, Emmanuel Martínez-Montaño, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Esmeralda Lizárraga-Velázquez, Nayely Leyva-López, María Cristina Chávez-Sánchez. 2020. Fish meal replacement by soybean products in aquaculture feeds for white snook, Centropomus viridis: Effect on growth, diet digestibility, and digestive capacity. Aquaculture 530, 735823; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735823

Francisco N. Morales-Serna, Juan M. Martínez-Brown, Anaguiven Avalos-Soriano, Sara Sarmiento-Vázquez, Zaira L. Hernández-Inda, Rosa M. Medina-Guerrero, Emma J. Fajer Ávila, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo. The Efficacy of Geraniol and ß-Citronellol against Freshwater and Marine Monogeneans. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health; DOI: 10.1002/aah.10109. 

Francisco N. Morales-Serna, Dania G. López-Moreno, Rosa M. Medina-Guerrero, Selene M. Abad-Rosales, Juan M. Martínez-Brown, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Emma J. Fajer-Avila. 2020. Toxicity of formalin for juvenile Centropomus viridis and in vitro efficacy against the parasite Rhabdosynochus sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae). Journal Apply Ichthyology;00:1–5. DOI: 10.1111/jai.14077. 

Giovanna Ilieva Bobadilla‑Carrillo, Paola Magallón‑Servín, Melissa López‑Vela,·Yolotzin Apatzingán Palomino‑Hermosillo, José Carmen Ramírez‑Ramírez, Ranferi Gutiérrez‑Leyva,·Ibarra‑Castro Leonardo, Pedro Ulises Bautista‑Rosales. 2020. Characterization and proliferation capacity of potentially pathogenic fungi in marine and freshwater fish commercial feeds. Archives of Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-020-01954-4

Mauricio Escalante‑Rojas, Juan Manuel Martínez‑Brown, Ibarra‑Castro Leonardo, Raúl Llera‑Herrera,·Alejandra García‑Gasca. 2020. Effects of feed restriction on growth performance, lipid mobilization, and gene expression in rose spotted snapper (Lutjanus guttatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 190:275–286; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-020-01268-3

Rodolfo Lozano-Olvera, Selene Maria Abad-Rosales, Bruno Gomez-Gil, Sonia Araceli Soto-Rodriguez, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo. 2020. Experimental infection of the white snook Centropomus viridis Lockington (1877) with Vibrio ponticus: Histopathological manifestations and screening for putative virulence genes. Aquaculture 528, 735599; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735599

Ernesto Larios-Soriano, Ana Denise Re-Araujo, Fernando Díaz, Clara Galindo Sánchez, Laura López-Galindo, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Dariel Tovar Ramírez. 2020. Effect of acclimation temperature on thermoregulatory behaviour, thermal tolerance and respiratory metabolism of Lutjanus guttatus and the response of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and lactate dehydrogenase (Ldh-a) genes. Aquaculture research; DOI: 10.1111/are.14455. 

Julia Torres‑Velarde, Raúl Llera‑Herrera, Ibarra‑Castro Leonardo, Teresa García‑Gasca, Alejandra García‑Gasca. 2020. Post‑transcriptional silencing of myostatin‑1 in the spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) promotes muscle hypertrophy. Molecular Biology Reports 47:443–450; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-05147-1

Torres-Velarde Julia, Raúl Llera-Herrera, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Teresa García-Gasca, Alejandra García-Gasca. 2019. Post-transcriptional silencing of myostatin-1 in the spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) promotes muscle hypertrophy. Molecular Biology Reports. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-05147-1.

Velasco-Blanco Gabriela, Re Ana Denise, Díaz Fernando, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Abdo-de la Parra María Isabel, Rodríguez-Ibarra Luz Estela, & Rosas Carlos. 2019. Thermal preference, tolerance, and thermal aerobic scope in clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris (Cuvier, 1830) predict its aquaculture potential across tropical regions. International Aquaic Research. Doi.org/10.1007/s40071-019-0228-7.

Soto-Rodriguez S. A.*, R. Lozano-Olvera, S. M. Abad-Rosales, J. M. Martínez-Brown, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo. 2019. Susceptibility of Pacific white snook Centropomus viridis to Vibrio species. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Vol. 134: 189–195; https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03370

Jaime Navarro-Flores, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Juan M. Martínez-Brown and Iram Zavala-Leal. 2019. Hermaphroditism in teleost fish and their implications in commercial aquaculture. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol. 54, N°1: 1-10.

Martínez-Brown Juan Manuel, Cetzal-Aké Aaron, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Sánchez-Cárdenas Rebeca, Rodríguez-Ibarra Luz Estela, Sánchez-Téllez Juan Luis, Rojo-Cebreros Angel Humberto and Maldonado-Amparo María de los Ángeles. 2019. Embryonic development of the bullseye puffer Sphoeroides annulatus (Tetraodontidae): A morphofunctional approach to ontogenetic steps. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20994.

Pérez‐Robles Javier, Ana Denisse Re‐Araujo, Maricela Cortez‐García, Fernando Díaz IbarraCastro Leonardo, Ivone Giffard‐Mena. Fluctuating salinity effect on Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns 1842) physiological responses. Aquaculture research, https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13884.

Medina-Romo Evnika Zarina, Fernando Díaz, Ana Denise Re-Araujo, Ibarra Castro Leonardo, Mario Garduño-Lugo, Erendira Rocio Latorre-Pozos, Ernesto Larios-Soriano & Carlos Rosas. 2018. Thermal tolerance and Activity metabolic rate of tetra-hybrid tilapia Pargo-UNAM. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res., 46(5): 935-944. DOI: 10.3856/vol46-issue5-fulltext-7.

Crisantema Hernández, Erika Yazmín Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Emyr Peña, Gabriela Gaxiola Ana M Calderón De La Barca. 2018. Effect of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Growth Performance and Body Composition of Snapper, Lutjanus colorado Juvenile. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 18: 1227-1233. DOI: 10.4194/1303-2712-v18_10_09.

Larios Soriano Ernesto, Dariel Tovar Ramírez, Denise Re Araujo, Bruno Gómez-Gilc, Ibarra Castro Leonardo, Clara Galindo Sáncheza. 2018. Effect of temperature and dietary lipid proportion on gut microbiota in yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi juveniles. Aquaculture, 497 269-277.

Martínez-Brown Juan M., Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Ángel H. Rojo-Cebreros, Jonathan López-Cabanillas, Mariana Rodríguez-Trejo and José L. Ortíz-Galindo. 2018. Acute hyperosmotic stress test for vigor assessment of first-feeding larvae of spotted sand bass Paralabrax maculatofasciatus and spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, Vol. 53, N°1: xx-xx, abril.

Crisantema Hernández, Erika Yazmín Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Emyr Peña, Gabriela Gaxiola Ana M Calderón De La Barca. 2018. Effect of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Growth Performance and Body Composition of Snapper, Lutjanus colorado Juvenile. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, DOI: 10.4194/1303-2712-v18_10_09.

Francisco Neptalí Morales-Serna, Martha Chapa-Lópeza, Juan Manuel Martínez-Brown, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Rosa María Medina-Guerrero, Emma Josefina Fajer-Ávila. 2018. Efficacy of praziquantel and a combination anthelmintic (Adecto®) in bath treatments against Tagia ecuadori and Neobenedenia melleni (Monogenea), parasites of bullseye puffer fish. Aquaculture 492 361–368.

Irma Gutiérrez-Sigeros, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Luis Alvarez-Lajonchère, Adolfo Sanchez-Zamora. 2018. Natural spawning and scaling-up of yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus): Larval rearing for the mass production of juveniles. Aquaculture 491 252-257.

Angel Humberto Rojo-Cebreros, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Ernesto Guerrero-Carlock, Juan Luis Sánchez-Téllez and Luis Alvarez-Lajonchère. 2017. Pilot-scale production of the rotifer Brachionus sp. under different culture systems. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, Vol. 52, N°3: 539-549.

Abdo-de la Parra María Isabel, Gustavo Alejandro Rodríguez-Montes de Oca, L. Estela Rodríguez-Ibarra, Patricia Domínguez-Jiménez, José Cristóbal Román-Reyes, Gabriela Velasco-Blanco y Leonardo Ibarra-Castro. 2017. Proximal composition and amino acid profile of early stages of the flamingo snapper Lutjanus guttatus. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía,Vol. 52, N°2: 325-332.

Alfaro-Fuentes Israel, Rodrigo Castro-Ramírez, Naytzé Ortiz-Pastrana, Rosa María Medina-Guerrero, Lilia Catherinne Soler-Jiménez, Irma Martínez-Rodríguez, Miguel Betancourt-Lozano, Leonardo Ibarra-Castro, Noráh Barba-Behrens, Emma Josefina Fajer-Ávila. 2017. Novel antihelmintic activity of tinidazole coordination compounds. Relevance of the metal ion and structural properties. Journal of inorganic Biochemistry, 176 159-167.

Teles Andressa, Salas-Leiva Joan, Alvarez-González Carlos Alfonso, Gisbert Enric, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Pérez Urbiola Juan Carlos, Tovar-Ramírez Dariel. 2017. Histological study of the gastrointestinal tract in longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana) larvae. Fish Physiol Biochem. DOI 10.1007/s10695-017-0397-5.

Peña Emyr, Carlos Alfonso Álvarez-González, Crisantema Hernández, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo. 2017. In vitro protein digestibility of different grow-out stages of spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus, Steindachner, 1869). Aquaculture Nutrition, DOI: 10.1111/anu.12489.

Rojo-Cebreros Angel H., Morales-Plascencia Manuel E., Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Martínez-Brown, Juan M., Medina-Jasso, María A. 2016. Floculación de Nannochloropsis sp. inducida por hidróxido de sodio: eficiencia de floculación, efecto sobre la viabilidad microalgal y su uso como alimento para rotíferos. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res., 44(4): 662-670.

Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Kenneth A. Webb Jr. and G. Joan Holt. 2016 Molecular cloning, tissue distribution, and ontogenetic expression of growth hormone in cobia, Rachycentron canadum. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, Vol. 51, N° 2: 421-428.

Javier Perez-Robles, Fernando Diaz, Ibarra-Castro L, Ivone Giffard-Mena, Ana Denise Re, Luz Estela Rodríguez Ibarra & Jesus Armando Ibarra Soto. 2016. Effects of salinity on osmoregulation during the embryonic development of the bullseye puffer (Sphoeroides annulatus Jenyns 1842). Aquaculture research, 47,838-846.

Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, I. Gutiérrez-Sigeros, Luis Alvarez-Lajonchère, C.V. Durruty-Lagunes y A. Sánchez-Zamora. 2015. Reproductive performance and early life stages of spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus in captivity. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, Vol. 50, Nº3: 439-451.

Javier Pérez-Robles, Fernando Diaz, Ana Denise Re, Ivone Giffard-Mena, María Isabel Abdo-de la Parra & Ibarra-Castro Leonardo. 2015. Osmoregulation, growth, and survival during the larval development of bullseye puffer fish Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842, Pisces: Tetraodontidae). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, Vol. 48, No. 6, 397–415.

Torres-Velarde J., Ibarra-Castro L., E. Rodríguez-Ibarra, I. Sifuentes-Romero, R. Hernández-Cornejo and A. García-Gasca. 2015. Expression of myostatin in the spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus during larval and juvenile development under cultured conditions. doi:10.1111/jfb.12772, available online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. Journal of Fish Biology 2015.

Peña Emyr, Crisantema Hernández, Carlos Alfonso Álvarez-González, Ibarra-Castro Leonardo, Ana Puello-Cruz1 & Ronald W. Hardy. 2015. Comparative characterization of protease activity in cultured spotted rose snapper juveniles (Lutjanus guttatus). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 43(4): 641-650, 2015.

Hernández C., Ibarra-Castro L., Hernández C. H., Quintero-Martínez G., Aragón-Noriega, E. A. and Tacon A. G. 2015. Growth Performance of Spotted Rose Snapper in Floating Cages and Continuous Water-Flow Tank Systems. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 77(4), 423-428.

María Isabel Abdo-de la Parra, L. Estela Rodríguez-Ibarra, Gustavo Rodríguez-Montes de Oca, Gabriela Velasco-Blanco & Ibarra-Casto L. 2015. Estado actual del cultivo de larvas del pargo flamenco (Lutjanus guttatus). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 43(3): 415-423.

Rodríguez-Ibarra L. Estela, M. Isabel Abdo-de la Parra, Gabriela Aguilar-Zárate Gabriela Velasco-Blanco, & Ibarra-Castro L. 2015. Desarrollo osteológico de la columna vertebral y del complejo caudal de larvas de Lutjanus guttatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) en condiciones de cultivo. Rev. Biol. Trop. Vol. 63 (1): 155-164.

María Isabel Abdo-de la Parra; Noemí García-Aguilar; L. Estela Rodríguez-Ibarra; Gabriela Velasco-Blanco & Ibarra-Castro L. 2014. Desarrollo Embrionario del Pargo Colorado Lutjanus colorado (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Int. J. Morphol., 32(3):902-908.

Abdo de la Parra María Isabel, L. Estela Rodríguez-Ibarra, Noemí García-Aguilar, Gabriela Velasco-Blanco y Ibarra-Castro L. 2013. Biotecnología para la producción masiva de juveniles del botete diana Sphoeroides annulatus: inducción hormonal y cultivo larvario. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol. 48, Nº3: 409-420.

Rodríguez-Ibarra L. Estela, M. Isabel Abdo-de la Parra, Gabriela Velasco-Blanco, Blanca T. González-Rodríguez, V. Patricia Domínguez-Jiménez, Noemí García-Aguilar y Ibarra-Castro L. 2013. Efecto de la eliminación de la capa adherente de los huevos utilizando enzima proteolítica proteasa y jugo de piña en la larvicultura del botete diana Sphoeroides annulatus. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, Vol. 48, Nº2: 379-385.

Alvarez-Lajonchère Luis, Ibarra-Zatarain Zohar, Ibarra-Castro L. 2013 Validación y estandarización de una técnica para biopsia ovárica en el pargo flamenco, Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869). Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 33(1) 71-78.

Alvarez-Lajonchère Luis and Ibarra-Castro L. 2013 Aquaculture species selection method applied to marine fish in the Caribbean. Aquaculture 408-409, 20-29.

Ibarra-Castro L., Francisco Javier Martínez Cordero and Luis Alvarez-Lajonchère. 2013. Financial Analysis of Pilot-Scale Egg Production of Spotted Rose Snapper, Lutjanus guttatus. Aquaculture Economics & Management, 17:171–183.

Luis Alvarez-Lajonchère and Ibarra-Castro L. 2012. Relationships of Maximum Length, Length at First Sexual Maturity, and Growth Performance Index in Nature with Absolute Growth Rates of Intensive Cultivation of Some Tropical Marine Fish. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Vol. 43, No. 5, 607-620.

Ibarra-Castro L., Luis Alvarez-Lajonchère, Noemi García-Aguilar, María Isabel Abdo de la Parra and Luz Estela Rodríguez-Ibarra. 2012. Generation cycle closure of the spotted rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus, in captivity. Revista de Biologia marina y Oceanografía. Vol. 47, No.2:333-337.

Ibarra-Castro L., C. R. Lizárraga-Osuna, B. Gómez-Gil y Luis Alvarez-Lajonchere. 2012. Tratamientos profilácticos para desinfectar la superficie de huevos del pargo flamenco Lutjanus guttatus. Revista de Biologia marina y Oceanografía. Vol. 47, No.1:155-160.

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Monroig O., Webb K., Ibarra-Castro L., Holt G.J., Douglas R. Tocher. 2011. Biosynthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine fish: Characterization of an Elovl4-like elongase from cobia Rachycentron canadum and activation of the pathway during early life stages. Aquaculture 312, 145-153.

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