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Alessandro Ponzo
PeerJ Author
440 Points

Contributions by role

Author 370
Preprint Author 70

Contributions by subject area

Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Marine Biology
Zoology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Science Policy
Biodiversity

Alessandro Ponzo

PeerJ Author

Summary

Dr. Ponzo began his career as an ethologist with a thesis on odontecete cognition. In 2002, he studied killer whales in Alaska; in 2004, he was part of the first international expedition along the Russian coast of the Bering sea in search of the critically endangered western pacific gray whale. In 2010, he started the Large Marine Vertebrates Project Philippines and has been working tirelessly to conserve marine vertebrates in the Bohol sea and throughout the country.

Animal Behavior Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology Ethical Issues Marine Biology Veterinary Medicine

Work details

Director of Research

Physalus

Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Preprints 2
July 24, 2018
Satellite tracking of juvenile whale sharks in the Sulu and Bohol Seas, Philippines
Gonzalo Araujo, Christoph A. Rohner, Jessica Labaja, Segundo J. Conales, Sally J. Snow, Ryan Murray, Simon J. Pierce, Alessandro Ponzo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5231 PubMed 30065862
November 26, 2015
Learning from a provisioning site: code of conduct compliance and behaviour of whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines
Anna Schleimer, Gonzalo Araujo, Luke Penketh, Anna Heath, Emer McCoy, Jessica Labaja, Anna Lucey, Alessandro Ponzo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1452 PubMed 26644984
September 16, 2014
Population structure and residency patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, at a provisioning site in Cebu, Philippines
Gonzalo Araujo, Anna Lucey, Jessica Labaja, Catherine Lee So, Sally Snow, Alessandro Ponzo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.543 PubMed 25279256
September 30, 2013 - Version: 1
Describing the population structure of Rhincodon typus occurring in the waters of Oslob– Cebu, Philippines– between March 2012 and June 2013, during the provisioning interaction hours.
Gonzalo Araujo, Alessandro Ponzo, Daniel Geary, Samantha Craven, Sally J Snow, Anna R Lucey
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.70v1
September 30, 2013 - Version: 1
Whale Shark Provisioning: What do we know and where do we stand; The case study of Oslob, Philippines
Alessandro Ponzo, Gonzalo Araujo, Jessica Labaja, Catherine L. So, Sally J. Snow, Daniel Geary, Samantha Craven, Anna R. Lucey
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.69v1