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Blanca Rios-Touma
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
485 Points

Contributions by role

Author 470
Reviewer 15

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Entomology
Taxonomy
Zoology
Freshwater Biology
Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Ecology

Blanca Rios-Touma

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I'm an aquatic ecologist. My main interests are biodiversity and function of streams, ecological quality of streams, life history of aquatic insects, especially Trichoptera and conservation of freshwater ecosystems. I also focus my research on the monitoring and 'success' of river restoration projects in urban and highly degraded landscapes.

Biodiversity Ecology Entomology Environmental Sciences Taxonomy

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad de las Americas
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Universidad de las Américas

Work details

Professor

Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA)

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 6
April 14, 2025
Diversity and distribution of the caddisfly genus Atopsyche Banks, 1905 in Ecuador, with the description of seven new species (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae)
Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales, Ralph Holzenthal, Blanca Ríos-Touma
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18769 PubMed 40247834
June 21, 2024
Path for recovery: an ecological overview of the Jambato Harlequin Toad (Bufonidae: Atelopus ignescens) in its last known locality, Angamarca Valley, Ecuador
Mateo A. Vega-Yánez, Amanda B. Quezada-Riera, Blanca Rios-Touma, María del Carmen Vizcaíno-Barba, William Millingalli, Orlando Ganzino, Luis A. Coloma, Elicio E. Tapia, Nadine Dupérré, Mónica Páez-Vacas, David Parra-Puente, Daniela Franco-Mena, Gabriela Gavilanes, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Carlos A. Valle, Juan M. Guayasamin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17344 PubMed 38915382
June 27, 2018
Nectopsyche of Ecuador: a new species from the high Andean páramo and redescription of Nectopsyche spiloma (Ross) (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae)
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Blanca Rios-Touma
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4981 PubMed 29967719
November 3, 2017
New species of the endemic Neotropical caddisfly genus Contulma from the Andes of Ecuador (Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae)
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3967 PubMed 29114439
October 27, 2017
New Cernotina caddisflies from the Ecuadorian Amazon (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)
Lucas M. Camargos, Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3960 PubMed 29085756
January 12, 2017
Diversity and distribution of the Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Ecuador
Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal, Jolanda Huisman, Robin Thomson, Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2851 PubMed 28097062