CATERINA D'AGROSA, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
PO BOX 874601
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-4601
Caterina.Dagrosa@asu.edu
(480) 727-8178

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in using information about where things happen (i.e., space, or location) to improve conservation of the oceans. This includes the use of GIS and other spatially explicit approaches ranging from habitat modeling, to marine protected area design, to fisheries bycatch reduction. My Ph.D. work used the U.S. pelagic swordfish fishery as a case study to explore how spatial analytical techniques can be used to improve the conservation of long-lived marine vertebrates. For my M.Sc., I estimated the incidental mortality of a porpoise called the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, in the upper Gulf of California.

For my postdoctoral research here at ASU, I am currently working with The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund prioritize conservation activities within a network of 54 conservation areas throughout the Gulf of California. I am developing indices of biological irreplaceability and vulnerability, as well as trying to understand how these 54 areas are connected among each other.

PUBLICATIONS

2003 Torres, L.G., P.E. Rosel, C. D'Agrosa and A. J. Read. Improving management of overlapping bottlenose dolphin ecotypes through spatial analyses and genetics. Marine Mammal Science 19:502-514.
2000 D'Agrosa, C., C. E. Lennert-Cody and O. Vidal. Vaquita bycatch in Mexico's artisanal gillnet fisheries: Driving a small population to extinction. Conservation Biology 14:1110-1119.
1997 Hohn, A. A. and C. D'Agrosa. 1997. Vaquita conservation: Current science and management. International Marine Biological Research Institute Reports (Japan) 7:45-56.
1995 D'Agrosa, C., O. Vidal, and W. C. Graham. A preliminary analysis of the incidental mortality of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) in gillnet fisheries during 1993-94. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 16):283-291.

SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

2007 Young, J.K., L. R. Gerber and C. D'Agrosa. Wildlife Population Increases in Serengeti National Park (Letter). Science 315:1790-1791.