Galli, M. & Garcia, T.O. & Baini, M. & Urban, R.J. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Viloria-Gomora, L. & Panti, C. & Martellini, T. & Cincinelli, A. & Fossi, M.C. (2023)
Microplastic occurrence and phthalate ester levels in neuston samples and skin biopsies of filter-feeding megafauna from La Paz Bay (Mexico). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 192, Article 115086
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115086

Doane, M.P. & Reed, M.B. & McKerral, J. & Lima, L.F.O. & Morris, M. & Goodman, A.Z. & Johri, S. & Papudeshi, B. & Dillon, T. & Turnlund, A.C. & Peterson, M. & Mora, M. & Venegas, R.D. & Pillans, R. & Rohner, C.A. & Pierce, S.J. & Legaspi, C.G. & Araujo, G. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Edwards, R.A. & Dinsdale, E.A. (2023)
Emergent community architecture despite distinct diversity in the global whale shark (Rhincodon typus) epidermal microbiome. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 12747
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39184-5

Araujo, G. & Agustines, A. & Bach, S.S. & Cochran, J.E.M. & de la Parra-Galvan, E. & de la Parra-Venegas, R. & Diamant, S. & Dove, A. & Fox, S. & Graham, R.T. & Green, S.M. & Green, J.R. & Hardenstine, R.S. & Hearn, A. & Himawan, M.R. & Hobbs, R. & Holmberg, J. & Shameel, I. & Jaidah, M.Y. & Labaja, J. & Leblond, S. & Legaspi, C.G. & Maguino, R. & Magson, K. & Marcoux, S.D. & Marcoux, T.M. & Marley, S.A. & Matalobos, M. & Mendoza, A. & Miranda, J.A. & Norman, B.M. & Perry, C.T. & Pierce, S.J. & Ponzo, A. & Prebble, C.E.M. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Rees, R. & Reeve-Arnold, K.E. & Reynolds, S.D. & Robinson, D.P. & Rohner, C.A. & Rowat, D. & Snow, S. & Vazquez-Haikin, A. & Watts, A.M. (2022)
Improving sightings-derived residency estimation for whale shark aggregations: A novel metric applied to a global data set. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 775691
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.775691

Womersley, F.C. & Humphries, N.E. & Queiroz, N. & Vedor, M. & da Costa, I. & Furtado, M. & Tyminski, J.P. & Abrantes, K. & Araujo, G. & Bach, S.S. & Barnett, A. & Berumen, M.L. & Lion, S.B. & Braun, C.D. & Clingham, E. & Cochran, J.E.M. & de la Parra, R. & Diamant, S. & Dove, A.D.M. & Dudgeon, C.L. & Erdmann, M.V. & Espinoza, E. & Fitzpatrick, R. & Cano, J.G. & Green, J.R. & Guzman, H.M. & Hardenstine, R. & Hasan, A. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Hearn, A.R. & Hueter, R.E. & Jaidah, M.Y. & Labaja, J. & Ladino, F. & Macena, B.C.L. & Morris, J.J. & Norman, B.M. & Penaherrera-Palma, C. & Pierce, S.J. & Quintero, L.M. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Reynolds, S.D. & Richardson, A.J. & Robinson, D.P. & Rohner, C.A. & Rowat, D.R.L. & Sheaves, M. & Shivji, M.S. & Sianipar, A.B. & Skomal, G.B. & Soler, G. & Syakurachman, I. & Thorrold, S.R. & Webb, D.H. & Wetherbee, B.M. & White, T.D. & Clavelle, T. & Kroodsma, D.A. & Thums, M. & Ferreira, L.C. & Meekan, M.G. & Arrowsmith, L.M. & Lester, E.K. & Meyers, M.M. & Peel, L.R. & Sequeira, A.M.M. & Eguiluz, V.M. & Duarte, C.M. & Sims, D.W. (2022)
Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(20), Article e2117440119
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117440119

González-Pestana, A. & Maguiño, R. & Mendoza, A. & Kelez, S. & Ramírez-Macías, D. (2020)
Distribution of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off northern Peru based on habitat suitability. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(7), 1325–1336
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3330

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Sanchez, L. (2018)
Caribbean Whale Shark Workshop [Abstract]. The Latin America and Caribbean Section of the Society for Conservation Biology. Trinidad y Tobago, July 2018.

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Castillo, M.C. & Moreno, G. & Meza, L. & Saad, G. & Cáceres, J. (2018)
Key elements for managing whale shark tourism in the Gulf of California. Poster abstract. 5th International Marine Conservation Congress, Kuching Sarawak Malaysia, June, 2018.

Castillo, M.C. & Moreno, G. & Meza, L. & Saad, G. & Cáceres, J. & Ramírez-Macías, D. (2018)
Estimates of the tourist carrying capacity of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Bay of La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico [Abstract]. Oral Presentation

Meza, L. & Cáceres, J. & Moreno, G. & Castillo, M.C. & Ramírez-Macías, D. & Saad, G. (2018)
Re-authoring of guides from capacity development processes, the key to the sustainable management of the whale shark in La Paz Bay. Oral Presentation [Abstract]. Member of scientific review panel at the I SIMPOSIO PERUANO DE TIBURONES, RAYAS Y ESPECIES AFINES. October 2017, Lima, Peru.

Ramírez-Macías, D. (2017)
Biología de la Conservación del Tiburón Ballena. Magistral Conference. I SIMPOSIO PERUANO DE TIBURONES, RAYAS Y ESPECIES AFINES. October, 2017. Perú

Fossi, M.C. & Baini, M. & Panti, C. & Galli, M. & Jiménez, B. & Muñoz-Arnanz, J. & Marsili, L. & Finoia, M.G. & Ramírez-Macías, D. (2017)
Are whale sharks exposed to persistent organic pollutants and plastic pollution in the Gulf of California (Mexico)? First ecotoxicological investigation using skin biopsies. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part C, Toxicology & Pharmacology, 199, 48–58
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.03.002

Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. & Flores-Ramírez, S. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Gutiérrez-Rivera, J.N. (2017)
Population structure of the Pacific angel shark (Squatina californica) along the northwestern coast of Mexico based on the mitochondrial DNA control region. Ciencias Marinas, 43(1), 69–80
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v43i1.2692

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Queiroz, N. & Pierce, S.J. & Humphries, N.E. & Sims, D.W. & Brunnschweiler, J.M. (2017)
Oceanic adults, coastal juveniles: tracking the habitat use of whale sharks off the Pacific coast of Mexico. PeerJ, 5, Article e3271
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3271

Norman, B.M. & Holmberg, J.A. & Arzoumanian, Z. & Reynolds, S.D. & Wilson, R.P. & Rob, D. & Pierce, S.J. & Gleiss, A.C. & de La Parra, R. & Galvan, B. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Robinson, D. & Fox, S. & Graham, R. & Rowat, D. & Potenski, M. & Levine, M. & McKinney, J.A. & Hoffmayer, E. & Dove, A.D.M. & Hueter, R. & Ponzo, A. & Araujo, G. & Aca, E.Q. & David, D. & Rees, R. & Duncan, A. & Rohner, C.A. & Prebble, C.E.M. & Hearn, A. & Acuna, D. & Berumen, M.L. & Vázquez, A. & Green, J. & Bach, S.S. & Schmidt, J.V. & Beatty, S.J. & Morgan, D.L. (2017)
Undersea Constellations: The Global Biology of an Endangered Marine Megavertebrate Further Informed through Citizen Science. BioScience, 67(12), 1029–1043
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix127

Pelayo del Real, G.E. & Luja, V.H. & Ramirez-Macias, D. & Murillo, R. (2014)
Evaluación de la actividad turística de avistamiento con tiburón ballena (Rhincodon typus) en la costa central de Nayarit y Bahía de La Paz, Baja California Sur, México: Una propuesta de estudio. Poster Abstract. In Libro de resúmenes, VI Simposium Nacional de Tiburones y Rayas, 07 al 12 de abril de 2014, Mazatlán, Sin: 154–159

Vignaud, T.M. & Maynard, J.A. & Leblois, R. & Meekan, M.G. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. & Ramírez-Macías, D. & Pierce, S.J. & Rowat, D. & Berumen, M.L. & Beeravolu, C. & Baksay, S. & Planes, S. (2014)
Genetic structure of populations of whale sharks among ocean basins and evidence for their historic rise and recent decline Molecular Ecology, 23(10), 2590–2601
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12754

Mendoza, A. & Kelez, S. & Vélez Zuazo, X. & Ramírez-Macías, D. & Maguiño, R. (2014)
Distribución geográfica y estacional del Tiburón ballena en la costa norte del Perú. Poster abstract. in: IV Congreso de Ciencias del Mar de Perú(CONCIMAR), Lima Perú

Ramírez-Macías, D. (2013)
Genética del tiburón ballena y estimación de abundancia en México. Publicia, ISBN–10: 3639551451, ISBN–13: 978–3639551457: 156pp

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Queiroz, N. & Brunnschweiler, J.M. (2012)
Spatial Dynamics of Whale Sharks Satellite Tagged in the Gulf of California [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 16. European Elasmobranch Association Conference(EEA), Italy: 48

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Meekan, M.G. & de La Parra-Venegas, R. & Remolina-Suárez, F. & Trigo-Mendoza, M. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2012)
Patterns in composition, abundance and scarring of whale sharks Rhincodon typus near Holbox Island, Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology, 80(5), 1401–1416
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03258.x

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Haikin, A. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2012)
Whale shark Rhincodon typus populations along the west coast of the Gulf of California and implications for management. Endangered Species Research, 18(2), 115–128
DOI: 10.3354/esr00437

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2010)
Whale shark abundance and structure from La Paz Bay, México [Abstract]. Program and Abstracts, Sharks International Conference, Cairns Australia 2010: 66

Ramírez-Macías, D. & de La Parra, R. & Meekan, M.G. & Remolina, F. & Trigo, M. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2009)
Population size and structure of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Holbox Island, México [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 13th EEA Conference 2009, Palma de Mallorca, Spain(ed.Morey, G. & Yuste, L. and Pons, G.X.): 70

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Shaw, K. & Ward, R. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2009)
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(3), 798–800
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02197.x

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2008)
Conservation and science of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Gulf of California [Abstract]. SOSF Shark & Ray Workshop, Simons Town, Sudáfrica.

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vazquez-Juarez, R. & Quirós, A.L. & de La Parra, R. (2008)
Population structure of the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) on a global scale (Pacific, Indian and Atlantic) [Abstract]. 2th International Whale Shark Conference, Isla Holbox México. Ponencia

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2008)
Conservation and science of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Gulf of California [Abstract]. 2th International Whale Shark Conference, Isla Holbox México. Ponencia

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. & de La Parra, R. & Quiros, A. & Ward, R. (2008)
Population structure of the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) on a global scale (Pacific, Indian and Atlantic) [Abstract]. In Program and Abstracts for the 2008 Oceania Chondrichthyan Society Conference, Sydney Australia: 35

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Munguía-Vega, A. (2007)
Variations of the mitochondrial control region sequence in whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Fisheries Research, 84(1), 87–95
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.11.038

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. & Galván-Magaña, F. & de La Parra, R. (2006)
Variabilidad genética del tiburón ballena (Rhincodon typus) en dos poblaciones aisladas: Caribe (Isla Holbox) y Golfo de California. (Genetic Variability of the Shark Whale (Rhincodon typus) in Two Isolated Populations: The Caribbean (Holbox Island) and Gulf of California.) Proceedings of the Fifty Nine Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 471–478

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. & Galván-Magaña, F. (2005)
Characterization of Molecular Markers for population studies of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus, Smith, 1828) of the Gulf of California [Abstract]. International Whale Shark Conference, Perth Australia: 54

Ramírez-Macías, D. (2005)
Caracterización de Marcadores Moleculares del Tiburón Ballena (Rhincodon typus) del Golfo de California. MSc Thesis, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas Departamento de Pesquerías y Biología Marina, La Paz, Mexico, 2005

Ramírez-Macías, D. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Vázquez-Juárez, R. (2003)
Caracterización de marcadores moleculares del tiburón ballena (Rhincodon typus) del Golfo de California [Abstract]. VI Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, La Habana Cuba.