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Aletta T. Yñiguez, Ph.D. – Professor

Contact:
atyniguez@msi.upd.edu.ph

Education:
Ph.D. Marine Biology and Fisheries, University of Miami, U.S.A.

Research Interests:
Marine Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Ecological Modelling, Dynamics of Marine Systems

Selected Publications:

  • Apego, G.C.M.B., Kudela, R.M., & Yñiguez, A.T. (30 December 2024). Phytoplankton assemblage shifts from whale shark off-season to in-season in Donsol, Philippines influenced by temperature and nutrients. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 103898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103898
  • Azanza, R.V., Yñiguez, A.T., Onda, D.F., Benico, G.A., Lim, P.T., Leaw, C.P., & Iwataki, M. (15 April 2024). Expansion of toxic algal blooms in coastal and marine areas in the Philippines and Malaysia: Is it climate change related? Sustainability, 16(8), 3304. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083304
  • San Diego-McGlone, M.L., Yñiguez, A.T., Benico, G., … & Lim, P.T. (30 November 2024). Fish kills related to Harmful Algal Bloom events in Southeast Asia. Sustainability, 16(23), 10521. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310521
  • Villanoy, C.L., & Yñiguez, A.T. (2024). Oceanography and connectivity. In Arceo, H.O., Velos, M.J.P., Nuñez, M.A.C. and Aliño, P.M. (eds.). The West Philippine Sea: State of the Coasts (pp. 26-34). University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Edullantes, B., Concolis, B.M.M., Olario, R.Q., Atup, D.P.D., Cotes, A., & Yñiguez, A.T. (September 2023). Characteristics of marine heatwaves in the Philippines. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 62, 102934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102934
  • Quilestino-Olario, R., Concolis, B.M.M., Atup, D.P.D., Cortes, A., Yñiguez, A.T., & Edullantes, B. (May 2023). Co-occurrence of a marine heatwave and a reported tomato jellyfish (Crambione mastigophora Maas, 1903) bloom in March 2020 at El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Plankton and Benthos Research, 18(2), 93-105. https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.18.93
  • Silva, A., Yñiguez, A.T., McKenzie, C.H., Anderson, D.M., Garcés, E., Doucette, G., Broadwater, M., Fernandez, M., Botelho, M.J., Mozetic, P., Stumpf, R., Arcamo, S., Vance, T., & Trainer, V. (April 2023). Chapter 4. Toxic pelagic harmful algal blooms impacting shellfish safety. In Joint FAO-IOC-IAEA technical guidance for the implementation of early warning systems for harmful algal blooms. Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 690. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4794en
  • Alves-de-Souza, C., Mardones, J.I., Yñiguez, A.T., Veronique. L.B., Guillotreau, P., Gatti, C., Richlen, M.L., Larse, J., & Berdalet, E. (October 2022). Harmful algae. In Urban Jr., E.R., & Ittekkot, V. (eds.). Blue Economy: An ocean science perspective (pp. 287-317). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5065-0_10
  • Cordero-Bailey, K.S., Almo, A.T., David, L.T., & Yñiguez, A.T. (November 2022). Estimation of the vertical phytoplankton distribution in the Philippine Sea: Influence of turbulence following passage of typhoons. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 56, 102659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102659
  • Edullantes, B., Concolis, B.M.M., Quilestino-Olario, R., Atup, D.P.D., Cortes, A., & Yñiguez, A.T. (October 2022). Marine heatwaves and their impacts: Research perspectives in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 151(5), 1885-1892. https://doi.org/10.56899/151.05.28
  • Lumayno, S.D.P., Benico, G., Yñiguez, A., Alabia, I.D., Fernandez, I.Q.D., Dianala, R.D.B., Azanza, R.V., & Villanoy, C. (2022). Residence time models and Pyrodinium blooms in Matarinao and Murcielagos Bays, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 151(S1), 79-90. https://doi.org/10.56899/151.S1.06
  • Punongbayan, A.T., Wang, Y.D., Villanoy, C.L., & Yñiguez, A.T. (January 2022). Connections and clustering of paralytic shellfish toxin events among coastal embayments in an archipelago partly mediated by advection. Harmful Algae, 111, 102147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102147
  • Yñiguez, A.T., Apego, G.C.M., Mendoza, N., Gomez, N.C., & Jacinto, G.S. (25 January 2022). Nearshore to offshore trends in plankton assemblage and stable isotopes in reefs of the West Philippine Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 724504. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.724504
  • Benico, G., Lum, W.M., Takahashi, K., Yñiguez, A.T., & Iwataki, M. (August 2021). Thecal tabulation, body scale morphology and phylogeny of Heterocapsa philippinensis sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) from the Philippines. European Journal of Protistology, 80, 125811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125811
  • Berdalet, E., Anderson, C., Banas, N., Davis, T., Clarke, D., Jeong, H.J., Karlson, B., Kudela, R.M., Lapointe, B., Lim, P.T., Filho, J.E.M., Serrao, E., Siano, R., Silke, J., Trainer, V., van Tussenbroek, B., Wood, S., Yniguez, A., Miloslavich, P., & Enevoldsen, H. (March 2021). GLOBALHAB (IOC-UNESCO AND SCOR): Latin America contribution to the international coordination for sound knowledge of HABS and management of their impacts. Phycologia, 60, 86–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.1922050
  • Cadeliña, P.L.P., & Yñiguez, A.T. (August 2021). Measuring up to the challenge: Enhancing the capacity of ARAICoBeH system by enabling coral colony size measurement. Philippine Journal of Science, 150(4), 777-788. https://doi.org/10.56899/150.04.15
  • Cordero-Bailey, K., Bollozos, I.S.F., Plaermo, J.D.H., Silvano, K.M., Escobar, M.T.L., San Diego-McGlone, M.L., David, L.T., & Yñiguez, A.T. (5 June 2021). Characterizing the vertical phytoplankton distribution in the Philippine Sea off the northeastern coast of Luzon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 254, 107322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107322
  • Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M., Belin, C., Bottein, M.D., Bresnan, E., Chinain, M., Enevoldsen, H., Iwataki, M., Karlson, B., McKenzie, C.H., Sunesen, I., Pitcher, G.C., Provoost, P., Richardson, A., Schweibold, L., Tester, P.A., Trainer, V.L., Yñiguez, A.T., & Zingone, A. (08 June 2021). Perceived global increase in algal blooms is attributable to intensified monitoring and emerging bloom impacts. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00178-8
  • Lum, W.M., Benico, G., Doan-Nhu, H., Furio, E., Leaw, C.P., Leong, S.C.Y., Lim, P.T., Lim, W.A., Lirdwitayaprasit, T., Lu, S., Muawanah, Nguyen, N.V., Orlova, T.Y., Rachman, A., Sakamoto, S., Takahashi, K., Teng, S.T., Thoha, M., Wang, P., Yñiguez, A.T., Wakita, K., & Iwataki, M. (July 2021). The harmful raphidophyte Chattonella (Raphidophyceae) in Western Pacific: Its red tides and associated fisheries damage over the past 50 years (1969–2019). Harmful Algae, 107, 102070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102070
  • Pata, P.R., & Yñiguez, A.T. (06 October 2021). Spatial planning insights for Philippine coral reef conservation using larval connectivity networks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 719691. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.719691
  • Pata, P.R., Yñiguez, A.T., Deauna, J.D.L., De Guzman, A.B., Jimenez, C.R., Borja-Del Rosario, R.T., & Villanoy, C.L. (15 September 2021). Corrigendum to insights into the environmental conditions contributing to variability in the larval recruitment of the tropical sardine Sardinella lemuru. Ecological Modelling, 456, 109677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109677
  • Pata, P.R., Yñiguez, A.T., Deauna, J.D.L., De Guzman, A.B., Jimenez, C.R., Borja-Del Rosario, R.T.B., & Villanoy, C.L. (1 July 2021). Insights into the environmental conditions contributing to variability in the larval recruitment of the tropical sardine Sardinella lemuru. Ecological Modelling, 451, 109570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109570
  • Yñiguez, A.T., Lim, P.T., Leaw, C.P., Jipanin, S.J., Iwataki, M., Benico, G., & Azanza, R.V. (February 2021). Over 30 years of HABs in the Philippines and Malaysia: What have we learned? Harmful Algae, 102, 101776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101776
  • Benico, G., Takahashi, K., Lum, W.M., Yñiguez, A.T., & Iwataki, M. (October 2020). The harmful unarmored dinoflagellate Karlodinium in Japan and Philippines, with reference to ultrastructure and micropredation of Karlodinium azanzae sp. nov. (Kareniaceae, Dinophyceae)1. Journal of Phycology, 56(5), 1264-1282. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13030
  • Lim, P.T., Yñiguez, A.T., & Leaw, C.P. (1 January 2020). The toxic marine thecate dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense. In Dinoflagellates: Classification, Evolution and Ecological Significance (pp.481-498). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Yñiguez, A.T., & Ottong, Z.J. (10 March 2020). Predicting fish kills and toxic blooms in an intensive mariculture site in the Philippines using a machine learning model. Science of the Total Environment, 707, 136173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136173
  • Andres, J.K., Yñiguez, A.T., Maister, J.M., Turner, A.D., Olano, D.E.B., Mendoza, J., Salvador-Reyes, L., Azanza, R.V. (9 August 2019). Paralytic shellfish toxin uptake, assimilation, depuration, and transformation in the southeast asian green-lipped mussel (Perna viridis). Toxins, 11(8), 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11080468
  • Benico, G.A., Takahashi, K., Lum, W.M., Yñiguez, A.T., Azanza, R.V., Leong, S.C.Y., Lim, P.T., & Iwataki, M. (2019). First report of Biecheleriopsis adriatica in Bolinao, Northwestern Philippines and its wide distribution in Southeast Asia and adjacent waters. Philippine Journal of Natural Science, 24, 34-41. https://pjns.upv.edu.ph/first-report-of-biecheleriopsis-adriatica-in-bolinao-northwestern-philippines-and-its-wide-distribution-in-southeast-asia-and-adjacent-waters/
  • Benjamin, C.S., Cadeliña, P.L.P., Yñiguez, A.T., & Villanoy, C.L. (14 September 2019). Development and application of a low-cost rapid assessment system for coastal benthic habitats. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191(10), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7808-2
  • Onda, D.F.L., Santos, M.A.G., De la Cruz-Papa, D., Yñiguez, A.T., Azanza, R.V., & Siringan, M.A.T. (February 13, 2019). Microbial oceanography studies in the context of climate change in the Philippines. Philippine Science Letters, 12(1), 9-23. https://scienggj.org/2019/PSL%202019-vol12-no01-p9-23-Onda%20et%20al.pdf
  • Pata, P.R., & Yñiguez, A.T. (July 23, 2019). Larval connectivity patterns of the North Indo-West Pacific coral reefs. PLoS ONE, 14(7), e0219913. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219913
  • Yñiguez AT, Maister J, Villanoy CL, Deauna JD, Peñaflor E, Almo A, David LT, Benico GA, Hibay E, Mora I, Arcamo S, Relox J, Azanza RV. 2018. Insights into the dynamics of harmful algal blooms in a tropical estuary through an integrated hydrodynamic-Pyrodinium-shellfish model. Harmful Algae 80:1-14.
  • Gajigan AP, Yñiguez AT, Villanoy CL, San ML, Jacinto, GS, Conaco C. 2018. Diversity and community structure of marine microbes around the Benham Rise underwater plateau, Northeastern Philippines (#22613 ) Structure and. Peer J 1–17.
  • Camoying, M. and A.T. Yñiguez. 2016. FlowCAM optimization: attaining good quality images for higher taxonomic classification resolution of natural phytoplankton samples. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 14(5): 305-314. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10090.
  • Yñiguez, A.T., J. W. McManus, and L. Collado-Vides. 2015. Consequences of morphological plasticity and fragmentation on space occupation of coral reef macroalgae. Ecological Modelling 309-310: 128-142. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.04.024
  • Cayetano, A., A. T.Yñiguez, C.L. Villanoy, J.D. Deauna, E. Peñaflor, J.D. Palermo, L.David, G. A. Benico, R.V. Azanza. 2013. Improving the validity and robustness of a harmful algal bloom model through genetic algorithm-based optimization. Journal of Environmental Science and Management 1:21-28.
  • Yñiguez, A., A. Cayetano, C.L. Villanoy, I. Alabia, I. Fernandez, J.D. Palermo, G. A. Benico, F.P. Siringan, R.V. Azanza. 2012. Investigating the roles of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the blooms of Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum using an individual-based model. Procedia Environmental Sciences 13: 1462-1476.
  • Villanoy, C.L., O. Cabrera, A. Yñiguez, A., M. Camoying, A. de Guzman, L. David and P. Flament. 2011. Monsoon-driven coastal upwelling. Oceanography 24 (1): 98-107.
  • Yñiguez, A., J. McManus and L. Collado-Vides. 2010. Capturing the dynamics in benthic structures: environmental effects on morphology in the macroalgal genera Halimeda and Dictyota. Marine Ecology Progress Series 411: 17-32.
  • Yñiguez, A., J. McManus and D. DeAngelis. 2008. Allowing macroalgae growth forms to emerge: use of an agent-based model to understand the growth and spread of macroalgae in Florida coral reefs. Ecological Modelling 216: 60-74.
  • Yñiguez, A. 2006. Allowing macroalgae growth forms to emerge: use of an agent-based model to understand the growth and spread of macroalgae in Florida coral reefs. Reef Encounter 34.
  • Minett, J.W., M. Hongbin, A.M. Perez, J. Qi, A.B. Smith, Y. Wang, H. Yang, A. Yñiguez. (alphabetical order). 2004. Processes of Extinction. In Proceedings of the Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe Institute and Qingdao University, Qingdao, China, July 5-30, 2004.
  • Azanza, R.V., F. Siringan, M.L. San-Diego-McGlone, A. Yñiguez, N. Macalalad and P.B. Zamora. 2004. Horizontal dinoflagellate cyst distribution, sediment characteristics and benthic flux in Manila Bay, Philippines. Phycological Research 52: 376-386.
  • Lindeman, K., R. Fortuna, A. Yñiguez, and M. Brandt. 2001. Research and Management Recommendations for Caribbean Coral Reefs from Past Workshops. In: Proceedings of the Priorities for Caribbean Coral Reef Research Workshop, Doubletree Hotel, Miami, 3-5 October 2001.
  • Villanoy, C., R.V.Azanza, G. Jacinto, A. Casil, A. Yñiguez, I. Velasquez and K. Cordero. 2001. Research status and needs on physical and chemical oceanography in relation to harmful algal blooms. In: Proceedings of the 1st National Harmful Algal Bloom Conference/ Workshop, Marine Science Institute, C.S., U.P. Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 24 August 2000.
  • Siringan, F., R.V. Azanza, J. Duyanen, M. McGlone, M. Agustin, R. Dizon, N. Macalalad, Y. Yacat, A. Yñiguez, and P. Zamora. 2001. Sediment control on “Toxic Algal Blooms” and records of bloom occurrences in the bay. In: Proceedings of the 1st National Harmful Algal Bloom Conference/ Workshop, Marine Science Institute, C.S., U.P. Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 24 August 2000.

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